A Sublime Concert: Yo-Yo Ma, Live From the Great Smoky Mountains: J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

A Sublime Concert: Yo-Yo Ma, Live From the Great Smoky Mountains: J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1

MusicOctober 2023 • Views: 16,878

Yo-Yo Ma will donate his earnings from this video to EarthPercent, a charity that helps artists and the music industry support the most impactful organizations currently addressing the global climate emergency.

Listen to “Nature at Play: Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1” yoyoma.lnk.to

Pre-order “BACH CELLO SUITES – THE 1983 SESSIONS” yoyoma.lnk.to

Connect with Yo-Yo Ma:
facebook.com
instagram.com
@YoYo_Ma
yo-yoma.com

Jump to bottom

250 comments

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 8, 2023 • 7:52:32pm

Won’t add to the clueless professor takes, but just remember that the cruelest, most psychopathic posts you’re reading on here are very much a minority opinion (yes, even in the academy) and algos are there partly to cultivate/stoke your outrage engagement.

— Arthur Spirling (@arthur_spirling) October 8, 2023

And not only on Twitter.

Remember, outrage=clicks=$$$

Vicious Babushka Oct 8, 2023 • 8:00:51pm

Just blocked another Hamas stan saying any retaliation on Israel’s part is a “war crime” because Hamas was justified after “decades of occupation”

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 8, 2023 • 8:10:17pm

re: #1 HRH Stanley Sea

Does it matter if it is a “minority”?

As if often pointed out, only a minority of American colonists were interested in fighting the British to no longer be colonies.

But the minority prevailed.

jaunte Oct 8, 2023 • 8:16:04pm

Mastodon

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 8, 2023 • 8:19:21pm

re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Does it matter if it is a “minority”?

As if often pointed out, only a minority of American colonists were interested in fighting the British to no longer be colonies.

But the minority prevailed.

Pulled from wikipedia:

Between 40 and 45 percent of the white population in the Thirteen Colonies supported the Patriots’ cause, between 15 and 20 percent supported the Loyalists, and the remainder were neutral or kept a low profile.

So an absolute minority, but more than twice as many patriots as loyalists.

teleskiguy Oct 8, 2023 • 8:26:23pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

Just blocked another Hamas stan saying any retaliation on Israel’s part is a “war crime” because Hamas was justified after “decades of occupation”

From downstairs, from me.

re: #110 teleskiguy

Yes. Hamas operators are fucking demon monsters.

Targetpractice Oct 8, 2023 • 8:28:13pm

re: #5 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Pulled from wikipedia:

So an absolute minority, but more than twice as many patriots as loyalists.

IOW, between 35-45% of the colonials said “Dude, just leave me out of this!”

Ferdinand Oct 8, 2023 • 8:30:04pm

Boots on the ground in Denver, huzzah! Took us 6 days/5 hotel nights from NYC, first and last partial days on the road.
Catching up on the news, Hamas hitting a f**king music festival is straight up barbarian tactics. Brutal. On brand for them. Adam Silverman over at Balloon Juice has being doing incredible Ukraine coverage and has some comprehensive entries on Israel.
F**k Hamas. And f**k Bibi too.

goddamnedfrank Oct 8, 2023 • 8:43:11pm

Answering the question from last thread as to why Hezbollah didn’t join in, apparently they did, at least in spirit, by launching some rocket attacks at the Shabaa Farms as a stated show of solidarity. Further evidence that they weren’t clued in beforehand and weren’t in any kind of real position to capitalize on the chaos.

sagehen Oct 8, 2023 • 8:45:14pm

re: #5 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Pulled from wikipedia:

So an absolute minority, but more than twice as many patriots as loyalists.

That 6 week trip to report to the boss, request reinforcements and resupply, then another 6 week trip for whatever orders, personnel and gear they sent to arrive… pretty sure that made a big difference too.

BeenHereAwhile Oct 8, 2023 • 9:08:46pm

re: #10 sagehen

That 6 week trip to report to the boss, request reinforcements and resupply, then another 6 week trip for whatever orders, personnel and gear they sent to arrive… pretty sure that made a big difference too.

Street thugs like Samuel Adams made life miserable for the loyalists during the run up to the revolution.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 8, 2023 • 9:18:30pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

IOW, between 35-45% of the colonials said “Dude, just leave me out of this!”

Sounds like US voting statistics (up to 2020, things might be changing).

William Lewis Oct 8, 2023 • 9:27:23pm

re: #5 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Pulled from wikipedia:

So an absolute minority, but more than twice as many patriots as loyalists.

The III percenter asshats need to be smacked with that every time they open their ignorant traps.

Sherlock Hound Oct 8, 2023 • 9:34:51pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

Just blocked another Hamas stan saying any retaliation on Israel’s part is a “war crime” because Hamas was justified after “decades of occupation”

OK.

If that person is American, I ask this: What’s your position on slavery of the blacks. 406 years of oppression, participated in by many whites. You meet a black person who knows these facts and hates you for them. Said person wants to settle accounts NOW.

What do you do?

Oh, not American? Canadian? First Nations just walked in. The Francophones have quite a grudge going and almost went to war 50 years ago.

I guarantee you that whatever country you came from, you were somebody’s oppressor. If Hamas is heroic and in the right, there really are no morals anymore except power. (Yes, Ghost of a Flea, I know I’m complicit…)

Targetpractice Oct 8, 2023 • 9:43:16pm

Last week, Anymouse posted a link to a list of all the rights people blindly sign away when hitting “Accept” on the various Terms of Service out there in the world. And I realized there’s no more of a perfect example of how people do such than the way this hotel company has their “Terms & Conditions” page set up. Guests are required during the check-in process to scroll down and digitally initial a set of statements before they can advance the page…yet the “Next” button is at the very top and is visible the moment the screen comes up. So what do people do every time? That’s right, they stamp the “Next” button without reading a thing because we’ve all been conditioned to view such things as standard boilerplate that aren’t worth reading.

And yes, every time that people come back to bitch at us about some “hidden fee” or being kicked out for a rule they broke, we have to print the damned thing and point out the part on the document they digitally verified they read before signing.

sagehen Oct 8, 2023 • 9:49:33pm

re: #14 Sherlock Hound

I guarantee you that whatever country you came from, you were somebody’s oppressor. If Hamas is heroic and in the right, there really are no morals anymore except power. (Yes, Ghost of a Flea, I know I’m complicit…)

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 8, 2023 • 10:48:04pm

Is it just me, or has Youtube changed their pages again?

This time: when looking at the “Videos” page on a channel, I want to search for something.

Used to be, in the little magnifying glass in the menu within a channel, one could put in the string for which one wanted to search, and Youtube would give you the videos with that string (in the title or description) that are in that channel.

Today, though, when I try that Youtube seems to search all of Youtube for that string. That little magnifying glass is no longer limited in context to the channel in which one is browsing.

This is maddening.

Only recently, after many of us whined about the loss, did Youtube restore the ability to sort a channel’s videos by date of upload.

Now they have taken away the channel-context search function.

Sigh…

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 8, 2023 • 11:04:49pm

re: #17 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Is it just me, or has Youtube changed their pages again?

This time: when looking at the “Videos” page on a channel, I want to search for something.

Used to be, in the little magnifying glass in the menu within a channel, one could put in the string for which one wanted to search, and Youtube would give you the videos with that string (in the title or description) that are in that channel.

Today, though, when I try that Youtube seems to search all of Youtube for that string. That little magnifying glass is no longer limited in context to the channel in which one is browsing.

This is maddening.

Only recently, after many of us whined about the loss, did Youtube restore the ability to sort a channel’s videos by date of upload.

Now they have taken away the channel-context search function.

Sigh…

Include the channel name (or a significant part of it) in the search string. Still sucks, but you’ll get more from the hcnnel you want.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 9, 2023 • 12:01:56am

re: #18 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Include the channel name (or a significant part of it) in the search string. Still sucks, but you’ll get more from the hcnnel you want.

Yes, I discovered I had to do that.

But I shouldn’t have to.

If I’m searching inside a channel, shouldn’t it be obvious that I want results from that channel?

Up till now that is how Youtube search worked, it was not broken, but Youtube decide to just change it.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 1:13:08am

re: #7 Targetpractice

IOW, between 35-45% of the colonials said “Dude, just leave me out of this!”

“I’d rather have one King a thousand miles away than a thousand kings a mile away!”

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 9, 2023 • 1:24:19am

Life and Loss

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 2:32:32am

There was another word that could’ve gone there. I searched for ANY other word but that one.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 842 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 2:35:46am

re: #19 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Yes, I discovered I had to do that.

But I shouldn’t have to.

If I’m searching inside a channel, shouldn’t it be obvious that I want results from that channel?

Up till now that is how Youtube search worked, it was not broken, but Youtube decide to just change it.

This is how things SHOULD work, but the big tech companies have decided that all-encompassing search is more important, because rather than finding what YOU want, they want you to find what THEY want - more stuff to get you sucked into their service.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 2:36:56am

re: #23 Nerdy Fish

This is how things SHOULD work, but the big tech companies have decided that all-encompassing search is more important, because rather than finding what YOU want, they want you to find what THEY want - more stuff to get you sucked into their service.

You get what you pay for…

TarHellion Oct 9, 2023 • 2:53:59am

The bananas went from green to black during the time between guesses 2 and 3. Par it is.

Down to 39 this morning. The stink bugs have begun their inexorable march from the wooded area to the crevices of the nearby homes. Bleh.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 842 4/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 3:18:00am

re: #25 TarHellion

The bananas went from green to black during the time between guesses 2 and 3. Par it is.

Down to 39 this morning. The stink bugs have begun their inexorable march from the wooded area to the crevices of the nearby homes. Bleh.

We are having our own bug problem. The wine harvest happens earlier and earlier every year, while the first frosts arrive later.

Winemakers dump their pressed-out grapes back into the vineyards as fertilizers. This used to happen in late October, with the first frosts coming soon after.

But with the balmy, sunny Indian Summer weather we have been enjoying, the fruit flies are breeding in swarms and infesting everything.

One cannot leave any beverages (especially juice) out for any length of time without it getting covered by the little bastards.

Targetpractice Oct 9, 2023 • 3:23:03am

re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are having our own bug problem. The wine harvest happens earlier and earlier every year, while the first frosts arrive later.

Winemakers dump their pressed-out grapes back into the vineyards as fertilizers. This used to happen in late October, with the first frosts coming soon after.

But with the balmy, sunny Indian Summer weather we have been enjoying, the fruit flies are breeding in swarms and infesting everything.

One cannot leave any beverages (especially juice) out for any length of time without it getting covered by the little bastards.

Sir, as you trying to suggest that so-called “climate change,” which has been disproven by the presence of snowballs in DC in February, might be somehow to blame for this?! HMMM?!

////

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 3:26:30am

re: #27 Targetpractice

Sir, as you trying to suggest that so-called “climate change,” which has been disproven by the presence of snowballs in DC in February, might be somehow to blame for this?! HMMM?!

////

No, it is all because of Hunter Biden’s Laptop.

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 3:49:13am

re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Does it matter if it is a “minority”?

As if often pointed out, only a minority of American colonists were interested in fighting the British to no longer be colonies.

But the minority prevailed.

Because the defining character of a population is not what it supports, but what it tolerates.

The Ghost of a Flea Oct 9, 2023 • 3:53:26am

re: #14 Sherlock Hound

I’m in Icht, Morocco.

I talk on here most of the time in terms of systems and abstractions: processes that are impersonal but have intimate impacts. Machines that maim but that we all rely on, that are the backdrop to living. I don’t deal in complicity most of the time…exceptions made for a few powerful players actively making the machine worse. We are awash in trans-personal phenomena that manifest as deeply personal acts of cruelty and I the only path I see forward is to try and address that larger machinery.

I really want people to question their axioms of how things work and how suffering is distributed, but it’s not about personal responsibility it’s about skepticism of a fully individualistic understanding of events, that things happen because there is perceptible causal flow from event to event that is not karma or punishment.

If I’ve written in a way that feels accusatory, I apologize.

I need to talk more like a human being on here. I drop a lot of theory mixed with hyperbolic wit but I tend to do a lot less emotional expression, and in that void I think I come across as strident.

I’m horrified by Hamas, I’ve been dreading this happening and now it’s here and I’m shaken. I hate every detail. Nay, there is no “deserves”
because there is no collective guilt.

I talk a lot about how the world is shaped by colonialism and its ripples, but I’m not a revanchist: you can’t fix the world through cathartic retaliation. It won’t work because it’s a continuation of existing power structures: same strategies different institutions. Organizations that sell revenge as a solution always end up at the same altar.

I’m mad at what abstractions make possible by inventing distinctions, and on this board I tend to write in a challenging way that dissolves or contradicts those things as they are present in the discourse. I’m presenting some deep leftist arguments because I think they’re useful clinical tools is diagnosing the base assumptions that keeps human beings spiralling through the same tragedies.

I write what I write because, emotionally, I desperately don’t want more suffering or trauma because it compounds over generations. I speak of history as autopsy rather than as funerary mourning because I intellectualize my grief, want to find some kernel of understanding such that violence could happen less, so that each person would have less suffering in a world which is dictated by distinctions useful for a few powerful institutions, but where the remainder is the trauma from those distinctions that become culturally.

My deepest condolences to anyone affected.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 3:53:28am

re: #29 Decatur Deb

Because the defining character of a population is not what it supports, but what it tolerates.

Like slavery. Active abolitionists were a minority while a lot of people in the North opposed the notion of slavery, but tolerated its existence in the South.

It was the issue of exporting slavery to the new territories and states that led to a conflict.

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 4:00:00am

re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It was the issue of exporting slavery to the newly liberated native lands ~~territories and states~~ that led to a conflict.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 4:08:08am

re: #32 Decatur Deb

It was the issue of exporting slavery to the newly ~~liberated native~~ conquered Mexican lands that led to a conflict.

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 4:13:03am

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Not going to find many American lambs in the 19th Cent. Nor the 20th. Our great-grandkids will decide about the 21st. (We keep dogs and melt glaciers.)

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 4:14:25am

re: #20 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“I’d rather have one King a thousand miles away than a thousand kings a mile away!”

Another variant on how having the negative attention of local authority* is a lot worse for living one’s life than the attention of a more distant, though larger, federal authority. The former can make your life miserable on a consistent basis day-to-day via a large number of petty and not-so-petty legal and quasi-legal behaviors towards you. The latter is usually bound by much stiffer rules and procedures.

* - Would also include a very weak local authority unable or simply unwilling to stop local thugs. Though they or part of their organization is complicit.

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 4:14:35am

Some holiday morning drivetime music.
Kinda hard to type with a bandaged middle finger.

Boys Don’t Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy (1985)

William Lewis Oct 9, 2023 • 4:17:15am

re: #35 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Another variant on how having the negative attention of local authority* is a lot worse for living one’s life than the attention of a more distant, though larger, federal authority. The former can make your life miserable on a consistent basis day-to-day via a large number of petty and not-so-petty legal and quasi-legal behaviors towards you. The latter is usually bound by much stiffer rules and procedures.

* - Would also include a very weak local authority unable or simply unwilling to stop local thugs. Though they or part of their organization is complicit.

No different than “God bless and keep the Czar — far away from us!”

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 4:28:21am

Should’ve had the beagle
Wordle 842 3/6

Click to Reveal

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 4:35:00am

Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’

al.com received a copy of the book review list for the Madison branch and found that 91% of 233 titles had the words lesbian, gay, transgender, gender identity, or gender non-conforming in the subject header, which lists numerous themes for each book. Hewitt said the keywords she asked the 10 branch managers at HCPL to use were “sexuality, gender, sex, and dating.”

al.com

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 4:39:30am

re: #39 Decatur Deb

OK

Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’

al.com

I guess they won’t be listening to any Marvin Gaye any time soon.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 4:39:59am

re: #40 Nerdy Fish

I guess they won’t be listening to any Marvin Gaye any time soon.

Or donning their gay apparel when it comes time to deck the halls

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 4:40:19am

re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Or donning their gay apparel when it comes time to deck the halls

Or learning about the Enola Gay in US History.

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 4:41:07am

That probably also takes the original recording of West Side Story out of the equation, because Maria declaring she feels “pretty, and witty, and GAYYYYY” is right out.

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 4:42:30am

re: #40 Nerdy Fish

I guess they won’t be listening to any Marvin Gaye any time soon.

Or a Dvorak string sextet.

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 4:43:10am

And suddenly, this thread is reading like the cold open to an episode of Letterkenny.

William Lewis Oct 9, 2023 • 4:46:52am

re: #39 Decatur Deb

OK

Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’

al.com

Wonder what they’d make of Ensign George H. Gay, Jr… ?

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 4:56:46am

re: #46 William Lewis

Wonder what they’d make of Ensign George H. Gay, Jr… ?

I guess we will leave WW2 and Hiroshima out of the history books.

Thanos Oct 9, 2023 • 5:00:15am

I guess the Chiefs can’t play in Alabama…

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 5:00:21am

re: #47 Shropshire Slasher

I guess we will leave WW2 and Hiroshima out of the history books.

To be fair, we’d have to leave most of that out anyway, because we can’t have any discussion of American racism, or how Nazis are bad.

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 5:00:23am

The small Sears store in Lancaster PA had a divided clothing section, with huge signs on the walls: “Plain” and “Gay”.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 9, 2023 • 5:04:39am

re: #46 William Lewis

re: #47 Shropshire Slasher

2015
US newspaper claims Hiroshima bombing caused by ‘homosexual’ plane

The article reads “U.S. bomber, the Enola Homosexual, dropped the primary atomic weapon ever for use in wartime on Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945.

“The bombing, along side one other atomic assault on the town of Nagasaki two days later, are extensively credited with bringing the struggle within the Pacific to a swift conclusion.”

It is unclear whether the paper purposefully made the change, or if it was a mistake made by the reporter when writing the article.

I think this was actually a French paper but the error was real.

Targetpractice Oct 9, 2023 • 5:06:25am

re: #49 Nerdy Fish

To be fair, we’d have to leave most of that out anyway, because we can’t have any discussion of American racism, or how Nazis are bad.

To be faiiiiirrr…

Letterkenny - To Be Fair

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 5:09:00am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Over the weekend, Hamas launched an all out offensive across the border from Gaza into Israel. Hundreds of Israelis are dead and thousands are injured. There are definitely hostages among the missing. How could such a thing happen?

I would posit that this is a failure/policy disaster on the order of Yom Kippur War in 1973.

The Israelis were either caught with their pants down and the vaunted security fence failed to stop anything from crossing the border, or the Israeli government knew an attack was imminent and did nothing to stop it or to preempt the attack because it would appear to the world to be too aggressive an we’ve see how Israel is viewed when they’re the aggressor as opposed to the victim of this kind of violence.

Either way you frame the failure, Bibi and his government is a disaster for Israel. They let it happen either way, and they have no answer for the violence, except to respond in kind. The right wingers will insist on razing Gaza and killing everyone. Genocidal language is prevalent on both sides of the border.

In hindsight, the failures of the Yom Kippur War were not learned by Israel, and the Bibi government in particular. They got caught with their pants down, and are now mobilizing their military for a full on offensive against a guerilla army that is well entrenched, highly motivated, and has already succeeded in bloodying the Israelis in ways not seen since the war in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, my cousin who lives in Israel and her family are safe for now. Friends in our congregation have family over there and are apparently safe.

But I fear that this will not end well for Israelis or Gazans. Civilians on both sides are taking fearsome casualties and the leadership on both sides are pushing for more extreme solutions to the violence imposed by the other.

Belafon Oct 9, 2023 • 5:14:38am

re: #53 lawhawk

If they knew about it, I think Biden’s actions before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the way to go: tell the world and get ready for it.

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 5:17:05am

Blinken looked like he aged 20 years.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:17:39am

re: #53 lawhawk

My take is that the civilians and moderates are the main losers of these events.

Another round of atrocities and revenge killings which the extremists will point to while demanding more killing.

I think it was a misstep by Hamas, especially with the massacre at the music concert since that will dominate in the Western press. (Though I think a lot miss that the fundamentalist side of Hamas considers itself at war with both Israel and the West.)

How this shakes out for Bibi and the conservatives in Israel remains to be seen. Yom Kippur War inferences about parallels implies that it will not be positive for them.

Reactions by various western politicians, mainly GOP, has been the expected brain dead rhetoric since apparently Joe Biden is some sort of world emperor with global agency and power.

steve_davis Oct 9, 2023 • 5:20:17am

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

2015
US newspaper claims Hiroshima bombing caused by ‘homosexual’ plane

I think this was actually a French paper but the error was real.

lol! reminds me of the time one of my dear high school teachers, in a game where we had to guess the trivia answer from hints that were “synonyms” came up with “Queer God” as a hint for Gaylord Perry.

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 5:27:47am

Um, no.

Available Soon on Croc Day, October 23. Our Classic Crocs Cowboy Boot was made for our fans and inspired by our fans’ creativity. This limited-edition Croctober boot features a signature Crocskin texture, metallic disco desert embroidery details, and a spinning spur on the back so you can really kick up some dirt. Plus, each pair includes a Croc Star™ Jibbitz™ charm, 2023 Cowboy Duke Jibbitz™ charm, and plenty of room to add your own personalization.

crocs.com

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 5:28:34am

re: #56 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

The GOP are isolationist, but this runs counter to their Evangelical End Times outlook where they need violence to spiral out of control, but they can’t say the quiet bits out loud.

Pence blames Trump and the isolationist policies.

We’ve got people blaming Biden for encouraging Israel-Saudi diplomacy.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:30:01am

re: #59 lawhawk

We’ve got people blaming Biden for encouraging Israel-Saudi diplomacy.

Well, his son made $2billion from the Saudis while serving as a Special Envoy for Meddle East Policy, right?

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:31:11am

re: #58 Shropshire Slasher

Um, no.

crocs.com

I can think of no way of wearing those un-ironically

Belafon Oct 9, 2023 • 5:34:35am

There was a big earthquake in Afghanistan on Saturday, over 2,000 dead.

aljazeera.com

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 5:40:36am

Mastodon

William Lewis Oct 9, 2023 • 5:45:45am

re: #58 Shropshire Slasher

Um, no.

crocs.com

How about these instead?

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:48:40am

I cannot imagine wearing crocs anywhere except at home or in the yard.

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 5:52:09am

re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot imagine wearing crocs anywhere ~~except at home or in the yard~~.

FTFY

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 5:53:15am

So much croc hatred.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:53:30am

re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot imagine wearing crocs anywhere except at home or in the yard.

I could see them as a sort of wading shoe similar to how I use Tevas or used to use old pairs of canvas sneakers in my youth.

William Lewis Oct 9, 2023 • 5:54:24am

Shrug. I find them comfy and they have excellent traction which I greatly appreciate.

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 5:57:14am

re: #69 William Lewis

Shrug. I find them comfy and they have excellent traction which I greatly appreciate.

I proudly wear my rainbow crocs around the house and occasionally on a trip to Stewart’s to get some ice cream. Not in the snow though…

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 5:57:41am

their only advantge is ease of getting in and out. I suupose as beach wear or especially on the riverbanks, which are notoriously full of sharp and pointy things that wash up.

but never as any sort of dress or fashion item

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 5:58:39am

re: #69 William Lewis

White ones were popular among nurses until everyone discovered how often a dropped, used, needle would find one of the holes.

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 6:01:00am

Mastodon

Barefoot Grin Oct 9, 2023 • 6:01:19am

re: #39 Decatur Deb

OK

Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’

al.com

Not far across the border in west central Georgia is a tiny town named after a former postmaster whose family name was Gay. Will the town have to change its name?

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 6:08:39am

re: #74 Barefoot Grin

Not far across the border in west central Georgia is a tiny town named after a former postmaster whose family name was Gay. Will the town have to change its name?

No, but they should cover their Alabama-facing road signs. It’s only polite.

William Lewis Oct 9, 2023 • 6:16:14am

re: #73 darthstar

[Embedded content]

Thank you for posting this. I needed to read it today.

Shropshire Slasher Oct 9, 2023 • 6:21:10am

Wave of rockets launched from Gaza as Israeli defences intercept them

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 6:24:39am

re: #73 darthstar

[Embedded content]

I’m 69, My broken body would howl like a hundred hyena’s on fire, but given the situation, it’s the only option that’s livable after it’s all said and done.

Some of us just naturally run to the sound of conflict.

Some humans naturally have a a warriors psyche in these situations. Some don’t. That’s OK and just human.

Just to be fair……..

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 6:25:00am

re: #76 William Lewis

Thank you for posting this. I needed to read it today.

People who selflessly help others should be recognized.

Teukka Oct 9, 2023 • 6:25:33am

Consider the source, but yeah, not surprising…

Survivors of the Hamas attack on the music festival have been interviewed by @tabletmag:

“Women were raped at the area of the rave next to their friends bodies, dead bodies.

“Several of these rape victims appear to have been later executed.” pic.twitter.com/1gsXsnU2jg

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 9, 2023

jeffreyw Oct 9, 2023 • 6:30:07am

Mexican Lasagna

Good morning!

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 6:33:07am

re: #80 Teukka

Consider the source, but yeah, not surprising…

[Embedded content]

There’s enough verified atrocity circulating that questionable sources can safely be ignored.

Smith25's Liberal Thighs Oct 9, 2023 • 6:33:49am

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

One of my best friends growing up, Tyson Gay had a story written about him in some Christian newspaper/magazine. They changed his last name from Gay to Homosexual. Tyson Homosexual.

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 6:36:57am

re: #36 Shropshire Slasher

I haven’t heard that song in decades.

Unfortunately, my hearing is totally shot due to Meinere’s Disease - I have a cochlear implant in my right ear and my left ear’s hearing is so bad that is coming close to forcing me into getting an implant and go bilateral, like Limbaugh did.

Now, I can only remember in my mind what music sounds like…..😢

Teukka Oct 9, 2023 • 6:37:19am

re: #82 darthstar

There’s enough verified atrocity circulating that questionable sources can safely be ignored.

It’s a source which is okay-ish, but sometimes really spins stories.

Eventual Carrion Oct 9, 2023 • 6:41:31am

re: #22 Nerdy Fish

There was another word that could’ve gone there. I searched for ANY other word but that one.

[Embedded content]

And a 3/6 this morning

Click to Reveal

Wordle 842 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Teukka Oct 9, 2023 • 6:43:19am

Masked men chant “Fuck The Jews” at pro-Palestine rally on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Completely despicable anti-semitic hatred, I can’t believe we are seeing this on the streets of Sydney. pic.twitter.com/pHHNqKB4ud

— Drew Pavlou 柏乐志 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) October 9, 2023

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 6:43:23am

re: #63 Dave In Austin

Owls really are flying cats.

Teukka Oct 9, 2023 • 6:54:48am

Elon Musk told X users to follow accounts known for lies for Israel updates [WaPo]

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 6:55:24am

ck1jY1FsSEV2VlpCNFRJVFFFY2FCeG1Hc0YxbElGUlVEcm03a3VIY3huM2FncTRMbmRvYzBoRXlQSWNwZlYyTTVKUEhpdXVFU1lVRGNVRUw3UVVJZ1llSFJjUnh2QmJDV3lGeCtmaTBTaEhhR2grMi9PandGS3RaaXJzUkh0cW5ZN25pcUZQbko3R1E1QXBXSyswWGg0dVBJVnVqU0NNY2tCeStFVGgzMVlrPTo6/IWOsPiO+q0bPE8i1cWbBQ==

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 9, 2023 • 6:57:25am

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

2015
US newspaper claims Hiroshima bombing caused by ‘homosexual’ plane

I think this was actually a French paper but the error was real.

I thought I heard it was a search and replace that wasn’t well thought out.

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 7:07:37am

re: #84 Captain Magic

I haven’t heard that song in decades.

Unfortunately, my hearing is totally shot due to Meinere’s Disease - I have a cochlear implant in my right ear and my left ear’s hearing is so bad that is coming close to forcing me into getting an implant and go bilateral, like Limbaugh did.

Now, I can only remember in my mind what music sounds like…..😢

I have some of those symptoms, but not all. (From a 9 yr. old head injury.) My imbalance is constant, but my hearing is OK. I have tinnitus, and one-ear stuffiness. I have an ENT appointment at the end of the month (that was made last April). My job now is to get the MRI delivered to the ENT. I think I’ll be AOK.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 9, 2023 • 7:08:54am

The end of a 154-game streak.

UHFmb2JWWHZLMW5ZWDZaKzJHMXMyZW1RMmcrcXFHYjdRYzc4Vis1WVkrSlFLS0xOZndndzJMWVd0ZzRqRWJ1MmxEQWl3d0htY0taOW15b0ZOcnNBZVdJdXczVVp6Rk5hK09WZURhWXZiTmNKTWpGRnczQi9wcEtVaHpabjVPWVJKRzBaTUJCVy9Eakp1cU9xSVhKZDVhUS9QRzBITTRsc0poWExWWjdDR0lVdGFrYUQraUNDZ04xQkpSTmRGd1FLbEQ5YXU5MUl0emJYQzhkTFVxWnVIZz09OjoqPawSwN9viZp9nHr6wFo3

(Kind of a relief, it meant I absolutely had to wordle, no matter where I was or what I was doing.)

steve_davis Oct 9, 2023 • 7:16:12am

re: #73 darthstar

[Embedded content]

reminds me a bit of A Bridge too Far, where the lieutenant asks the private where the captain is. “Dead, Sir.”
“I asked you where he is, not how he is.” At which point he proceeds to take his jeep behind enemy lines near the front in order to get his captain to a MASH unit, and then holds a surgeon at gunpoint until the surgeon acknowledges to his complete surprise that the captain is indeed still alive. Afterwards, of course, the surgeon gives a little lecture about how he has no choice but to have the lieutenant arrested, which he does and then directs the arresting soldier to keep him under arrest for 10 seconds, at a fast count. Best goddamned scene in that movie. Does go to show almost unthinking heroism under fire.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Oct 9, 2023 • 7:19:49am

From spring bloomings.

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 7:21:44am

Get those surprised faces out.

It’s a four. Wordle 842 4/6*

Click to Reveal

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Dangerman Oct 9, 2023 • 7:22:29am

Painkiller

Netflix

Recommend

jeffreyw Oct 9, 2023 • 7:25:37am

How Hamas duped Israel as it planned devastating attack

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 7:27:28am

re: #92 wrenchwench

Whatever you do, do not let the doctor’s do a chemical ablation in your ears, because that will not only permanently stop any vertigo, but will make you deaf.

I’m lucky that any vertigo attack was brief, although there was one time when I was driving home and suffered a vertigo attack while driving. Thankfully, I pulled over to the right-hand lane and was able to make it home (my vehicle had lane assist, which worked wonders)

Short vertigo attacks can be problematic, long vertigo attacks may force people into chemical ablation (gentamycin) which causes loss of hearing.

Your ENT may do a intratympanic injection of a steroid, but the studies done to date does not show much, if not any, improvement.

If you keep having the spins, ask them if they are willing to prescribe a scopolamine patch behind the ear.

100

JC1 Oct 9, 2023 • 7:30:18am

If true, then pretty damning for Netanyahu.

💥Snr Egyptian intel official told AP that Egypt repeatedly warned Israel of “something big” from Gaza. Israel focused only on the West Bank & downplayed Gaza threat: “We warned them about the explosive situation, that it was very close & would be big. They disregarded warnings.” https://t.co/u13R8KpKYn

— Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي💙 (@NTarnopolsky) October 9, 2023

101

Barefoot Grin Oct 9, 2023 • 7:33:37am

re: #100 JC1

If true, then pretty damning for Netanyahu.

[Embedded content]

Indicted criminal who only works for himself and ultra-right supporters, who ignores intel and places incompetent people in important positions because they’re loyal. I wonder if America can draw any lessons?

102

Eclectic Cyborg Oct 9, 2023 • 7:35:32am

re: #42 Nerdy Fish

Or learning about the Enola Gay in US History.

That’s the Enola Homosexual you’re talking about, son.

103

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 7:40:33am

re: #102 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s the Enola Homosexual you’re talking about, son.

//

Could be a biplane.

104

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 7:43:32am

re: #99 Captain Magic

Whatever you do, do not let the doctor’s do a chemical ablation in your ears, because that will not only permanently stop any vertigo, but will make you deaf.

I’m lucky that any vertigo attack was brief, although there was one time when I was driving home and suffered a vertigo attack while driving. Thankfully, I pulled over to the right-hand lane and was able to make it home (my vehicle had lane assist, which worked wonders)

Short vertigo attacks can be problematic, long vertigo attacks may force people into chemical ablation (gentamycin) which causes loss of hearing.

Noted. Thanks.

I’m very well adjusted to the imbalance. Old people who have the imbalance I have, fall less than average, because they work on it so much. I got a physical therapist diagnosis, and she added standing on foam and a head-shake to produce the tipping-over sensation. And I’m thinking, ‘Wouldn’t anyone?’

105

Eclectic Cyborg Oct 9, 2023 • 7:43:48am

Just under the line.

Wordle 842 6/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

106

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 7:45:32am

I just blocked 2 more Hamas stans.

107

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 7:48:26am

re: #106 Vicious Babushka

I just blocked 2 more Hamas stans.

They’re all coming out of the woodwork, now that the IDF is preparing to steamroll Gaza into a pancake.

108

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 7:49:53am

re: #107 Nerdy Fish

They’re all coming out of the woodwork, now that the IDF is preparing to steamroll Gaza into a pancake.

A blintzkrieg?

109

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 7:51:00am

re: #108 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

A blintzkrieg?

!!SMACK!!

110

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 7:54:11am

re: #109 Dave In Austin

!!SMACK!!

Beat me to it this time.

111

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 7:54:20am

re: #104 wrenchwench

Ask your ENT if a scopolamine patch will work for your unsteadiness.

112

Charmingly Persistent Oct 9, 2023 • 7:57:14am

re: #100 JC1

If true, then pretty damning for Netanyahu.

[Embedded content]

I have been expecting to hear something like that. Bibi and Hamas both benefit from rampant bloodshed, and the people who live there don’t matter in that equation.

113

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 7:57:47am

Let’s be clear: This whole situation sucks all around. The Israelis have every right to be pissed as hell. Hamas is a terrorist organization and deserves to be burned to the ground. I just feel sorry for all the civilians who are inevitably caught in the crossfire. Hamas has no compunctions about hiding amongst civilians and parading the inevitable casualties in front of the international community when the IDF is just trying to defend itself and its people. The whole situation is infuriating, and saddening, and it’s all so stupid.

114

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 7:58:55am

re: #113 Nerdy Fish

In the end, Hamas is the reasons the Palestinians cannot have peace and Bibi is the reason the Israelis can’t have peace.

115

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 7:59:41am

re: #109 Dave In Austin

!!SMACK!!

after the blintzkrieg they will drop maplealm

I love the smell of that in the morning

116

Hecuba's daughter Oct 9, 2023 • 8:01:39am

re: #59 lawhawk

The GOP are isolationist, but this runs counter to their Evangelical End Times outlook where they need violence to spiral out of control, but they can’t say the quiet bits out loud.

Pence blames Trump and the isolationist policies.

We’ve got people blaming Biden for encouraging Israel-Saudi diplomacy.

Thought they were blaming Biden for releasing Iran’s money so that Iran could organize this concerted attack in the past 3 weeks.

117

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 9, 2023 • 8:02:10am

Bullshit. It was actually the Indian Ocean, since he found Indians there.

On this very day in 1492, a British explorer by the name of Christopher Columbus sat sail in his beloved ship, the Mayflower, in search of a better life.

When he crossed the Pacific and landed at Plymouth Rock, what he discovered exceeded his wildest imagination - it was the… pic.twitter.com/7GO8GFk1xy

— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) October 9, 2023

118

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:03:59am

re: #117 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Oy. He has his history scrambled up.

119

JC1 Oct 9, 2023 • 8:05:26am

re: #117 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Bullshit. It was actually the Indian Ocean, since he found Indians there.

[Embedded content]

3 year letterman is a legendary/often funny troll. Just roll with it.

120

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 8:07:04am

re: #119 JC1

3 year letterman is a legendary/often funny troll. Just roll with it.

That’s the joke.

121

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:08:50am

I just posted a new LGF page from ProPublica’s latest investigation into Idaho’s legislature not only banning abortion but eliminating services for pregnant women and newborns.

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

link—propublica.org

122

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 8:08:54am

Mastodon

123

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:10:22am

re: #121 Joe Bacon ✅

I just posted a new LGF page from ProPublica’s latest investigation into Idaho’s legislature not only banning abortion but eliminating services for pregnant women and newborns.

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

Unmarried and poor pregnant women need to be punished for their promiscuity.

124

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:11:23am

Watched this and the tears start…

Nic Robertson ‘overcome by the smell’ at killing scene in Israel

125

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 8:13:27am

Concerned Parent in North Texas UNMASKS traveling as woke, BESEECHES patriots to stay home! pic.twitter.com/ui23kmPO7t

— Zach Freeman (@ZachRunsThings) October 9, 2023

126

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:13:35am

re: #121 Joe Bacon ✅

I just posted a new LGF page from ProPublica’s latest investigation into Idaho’s legislature not only banning abortion but eliminating services for pregnant women and newborns.

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

It’s bold, but it’s not a link. I’ll find it.

127

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 9, 2023 • 8:14:46am

re: #119 JC1

3 year letterman is a legendary/often funny troll. Just roll with it.

Very familiar with TYL. Contradicting his, er, alternative facts with ass-sourced facts of your own is part of the game. In fact I think he got his World Book Encyclopdia trope from me. I cited the 1962 edition to contradict his claim that the liberal plot to erase Ben Franklin’s presidency was a recent development.

128

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:15:05am

re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Unmarried and poor pregnant women need to be punished for their promiscuity.

Those toss-offs add nothing positive. They add to the negativity.

129

Hecuba's daughter Oct 9, 2023 • 8:15:20am

re: #86 Eventual Carrion

And a 3/6 this morning

[Embedded content]

3 for me too

Click to Reveal

Wordle 842 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group: 3,4,4,6
I overlooked other possibilities — it was the only word that came to mind, given my first 2 words.

130

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:16:28am

re: #126 wrenchwench

It’s bold, but it’s not a link. I’ll find it.

Here’s the link

propublica.org

131

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:17:53am

re: #126 wrenchwench

It is under Recent Pages.

132

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:19:58am

re: #130 Joe Bacon ✅

Here’s the link

propublica.org

No, the link to your Page! Be proud as you promote it.

133

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 8:21:22am

re: #66 Nerdy Fish

FTFY

I find Crocs terribly uncomfortable. I’ve never seen the appeal. Must be my feet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

134

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 8:22:23am

Music i can no longer enjoy…

TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony no. 6 (Pathétique) - Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Philharmonic

DAYBREAK’S BELL - Remastered 2022

135

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:24:01am

It’s always about him…

Trump rages after he drops off Forbes rich list: ‘Really dumb writers hit me hard!’

Donald Trump lashed out at Forbes after the magazine dropped him from its list of the 400 richest people in America.

The former president fell off the Forbes 400 after his estimated net worth dropped by more than $600 million from last year, thanks primarily to the failure of his Truth Social platform - where Trump raged Monday against the publication - and drooping property values in his real estate holdings.

“China owned (China Investment Corp, the Country’s Sovereign wealth Fund!), and very badly failing, Forbes ‘Magazine,’ which lost most of its relevance long ago, and which knows less about me than Stormy Daniels (who doesn’t know me at all!) or Rosie O’Donnell, took me off their Fake Forbes 400 list, just by a ‘whisker,’ even though they know that I should be high up on that now very dated and discredited ‘antique,’” Trump posted.

Trump fell $300 million short of the $2.6 billion cutoff for the list, which he first joined in 1982 after tricking a reporter into believing that he held a larger percentage of his father Fred Trump’s fortune. He previously fell off in 1990 when Forbes exposed problems in his debt-laden business, and he returned in 1996 and stayed there until 2021.

“They are working with the Racist and highly incompetent, job killing Attorney General of New York, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James, who has allowed Murder and Violent Crime in the State to hit epidemic levels,” Trump posted. “China owned Forbes is a participant in the Election Interference Scam, and after what I have done to China, with hundreds of billions of dollars being paid to the USA, who can blame them? For years Forbes has attacked me with really dumb writers assigned to hit me hard, and I am now up 60 Points on the Republicans, and beating Crooked Joe by a lot. So much for Forbes!”

rawstory.com

Just drop this asshole off on Alcatraz island and leave him there…

136

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:26:06am

re: #125 Dave In Austin

Concerned Parent in North Texas UNMASKS traveling as woke, BESEECHES patriots to stay home!

Stay at home. Read nothing but the Bible. Watch nothing but Fox

anything else is dangerously woke

137

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:27:14am

re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Stay at home. Read nothing but the Bible. Watch nothing but Fox

anything else is dangerously woke

Don’t forget the church every Sunday and their Wednesday Bible Study! 🥴

138

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:28:00am

re: #135 Joe Bacon ✅

It’s always about him…

Trump rages after he drops off Forbes rich list: ‘Really dumb writers hit me hard!’

This is a real gut punch. Part of his nimbus of invulnerability was based on being rich and powerful and now both are fading faster than he can get the shills to replace it.

139

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 8:28:03am

re: #125 Dave In Austin

Having an Internet connection is as dangerous as traveling. They should disconnect the Woke Internet from their homes.

140

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 8:28:43am

Mastodon

141

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:29:09am

re: #139 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Having an Internet connection is as dangerous as traveling. They should disconnect the Woke Internet from their homes.

They can create an anti-woke Firewall that only allows ideologically safe sites

142

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 8:29:12am

re: #135 Joe Bacon ✅

Forbes has always been a radical Left fishwrapper. Might as well read The Masses.

143

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:30:02am

McCarthy comeback? Former speaker says reinstating him would bring strength to US after attack on Israel

as if Matty Mattel Gaetz and the Magnificent Seven will allow that…

U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says he is willing to return to his role as speaker of the House if members want him back, and says it would show strength in the U.S. after the attack on Israel.

“Well, right now, Mr. Speaker,” conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt said to McCarthy on Monday, “Congress is paralyzed, because of course, eight Republicans joined with every Democrat to evict you from the Speaker’s chair last week. The Republicans meet tomorrow. If there is a deadlock, and I fear there might be, would you be willing to stand up and become the Speaker

“Look, the [House Republican] conference has to make that decision. I’m still a member. I’m going to continue to fight and act. I know what it means to have a strong America and a strong relationship with Israel,” McCarthy said. “From every term I’ve been in, I have led all the freshmen to Israel. My first trip as Speaker was to Israel to speak at the Knesset at the 75th anniversary of the creation of Israel. We need to not part in any way and show no weakness here. And we’ve got to understand that this is not an interaction like they’ve had before. This is something that hasn’t happened in 50 years.”

Pointing to the “eight Republicans brought you down,” Hewitt made a prediction: “I don’t know if they can change their mind, but I don’t think we’re going to get to a Speaker other than Kevin McCarthy this week, and we can’t not have a Speaker right now. Would you be willing to go back if those eight retreated?”

“Look, whatever the conference wants, I will do,” McCarthy continued, blasting his critics. “If you take some of their comments of why they did this, because I kept the government open? Could you imagine? They’re the ones that stopped appropriations bills from going forward. They’re the ones who voted against a continuing resolution that secured our border and cut spending. They’re the ones who wanted a government shutdown. We wouldn’t be paying our troops while we’re putting out a carrier strike fighter there, a 30,000 American men and women in our armed services in the Middle East wouldn’t be being paid right now? I mean, what weakness would we be at?”

McCarthy then attacked Democrats.

“So don’t just look to the eight,” he continued. “Also remember what the Democrats did. The Democrats made the same political decision that Matt Gaetz and Mace did. This is a Gaetz-Mace-Hakeem-Pelosi decision.”

alternet.org

Yeah the wimpy weasel stays true to form…

144

piratedan Oct 9, 2023 • 8:31:58am

re: #137 Joe Bacon ✅

and you best not be reading that New Testament either…..

145

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 8:33:31am

lol

Mastodon

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday that he is willing to resume serving as House speaker if enough of the Republicans who voted in favor of his ouster last week are open to his reinstatement.

“Whatever the conference wants, I will do,” McCarthy said during an interview on Hugh Hewitt’s syndicated radio program when asked about a possible return to the job.

146

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:34:22am

re: #144 piratedan

and you best not be reading that New Testament either…..

Except the part about “those who do not work, they shall not eat”

147

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:34:32am

re: #144 piratedan

and you best not be reading that New Testament either…..

The Woke Testament.

148

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 8:36:34am

re: #135 Joe Bacon ✅

I remember back in the late 1980’s when Trump was in trouble and he owned the Trump Princess yacht. He stopped making insurance payments, which led to the lender to make those insurance payments to insure that their asses are covered should anything happen to the yacht.

I also remember back in the mid-1990’s when The Motley Fool shorted Trump’s “Empire” where they closed their short with a profit.

149

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:37:13am

re: #144 piratedan

and you best not be reading that New Testament either…..

Can’t get much more woke than rising from the dead. Easter is the Woke Celebration.

150

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:37:46am

re: #149 wrenchwench

Can’t get much more woke than rising from the dead. Easter is the Woke Celebration.

taking three whole days off work

151

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 8:37:54am

re: #135 Joe Bacon ✅

What’s the “peekaboo” thing with James? That seemed really odd.

152

lizardofid Oct 9, 2023 • 8:37:56am

re: #146 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Except the part about “those who do not work, they shall not eat”

Are you referring the parable of the grasshopper and the ant?

153

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 8:38:39am

re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

What’s the “peekaboo” thing with James? That seemed really odd.

Not if you’re familiar with racism against black people and dementia.

154

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:39:32am

re: #152 lizardofid

Are you referring the parable of the grasshopper and the ant?

one of the most misinterpreted bits of the NT, taken fully out of the context of the early Christians, who were totally communal and shared all their property.

155

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 8:40:21am

re: #135 Joe Bacon ✅

Also, too…

“They are working with the Racist and highly incompetent, job killing Attorney General of New York, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James, who has allowed Murder and Violent Crime in the State to hit epidemic levels,” Trump posted. “China owned Forbes is a participant in the Election Interference Scam, and after what I have done to China, with hundreds of billions of dollars being paid to the USA, who can blame them? For years Forbes has attacked me with really dumb writers assigned to hit me hard, and I am now up 60 Points on the Republicans, and beating Crooked Joe by a lot. So much for Forbes!”

That’s some mighty word salad right there.

156

Captain Magic Oct 9, 2023 • 8:41:02am

Some more songs I miss hearing….

Memento - Saviour

Lunar Silver Star Story - Wind’s Nocturne (Lunar’s Boat Song, Jennifer Stigile) HQ English

Light of the World

Jefferson Airplane - Today

157

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:41:45am

re: #144 piratedan

and you best not be reading that New Testament either…..

Gee isn’t that the book written by Ayn AS IN MINE Rand also known as Atlas Shrugged?

158

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 8:42:30am

re: #149 wrenchwench

Can’t get much more woke than rising from the dead. Easter is the Woke Celebration.

Wachtet Arf

P.D.Q. Bach - Canine Cantata: “Wachet Arf!”

159

JC1 Oct 9, 2023 • 8:42:50am

re: #140 Backwoods Sleuth

[Embedded content]

I first visited Chichen Itza in the mid 90s, and then in 2002. In those years it was a neat, relatively quiet place to visit.

Then I went back in 2010, and it had changed drastically. It became a total tourist trap with hundreds of vendors scattered around,selling cheap Chinese trinkets.

Haven’t been back since.

160

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 8:43:40am

re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

What’s the “peekaboo” thing with James? That seemed really odd.

His Ass-Holeyness always has to slander women of color.

161

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 8:44:12am

re: #153 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Not if you’re familiar with racism against black people and dementia.

Apparently I’m not. I still don’t understand.

162

jeffreyw Oct 9, 2023 • 8:45:25am

Mastodon

163

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 8:45:42am

re: #160 Joe Bacon ✅

His Ass-Holeyness always has to slander women of color.

I completely get that. I just don’t understand what peekaboo means.

164

Eclectic Cyborg Oct 9, 2023 • 8:46:07am

re: #161 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Apparently I’m not. I still don’t understand.

“Jigaboo” is a derogatory term for a black person. That is what TFG is invoking when he uses “peekaboo”.

It’s a racist dog whistle.

165

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 8:46:34am

re: #155 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Murder in NY is at epidemic level?

What fucking universe is that actually a thing?

Murder rate in NY, let alone NYC is lower than a whole bunch of red states, including Florida and Texas.

For cities, NYC doesn’t even register.

The word salad is strong with that mofo.

166

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:47:14am

re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg

“Jigaboo” is a derogatory term for a black person. That is what TFG is invoking when he uses “peekaboo”.

It’s a racist dog whistle.

what a sick fuck

167

lizardofid Oct 9, 2023 • 8:47:47am

re: #158 Decatur Deb

One upside to living in a cooler climate would be to own a dog like that.

168

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 8:47:55am

re: #165 lawhawk

Murder in NY is at epidemic level?

What fucking universe is that actually a thing?

Murder rate in NY, let alone NYC is lower than a whole bunch of red states, including Florida and Texas.

For cities, NYC doesn’t even register.

The word salad is strong with that mofo.

Per capita rate in my Lower Alabama county is several times that of NYC.

169

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 8:48:18am

Mastodon

170

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:48:58am

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Per capita rate in my Lower Alabama county is several times that of NYC.

Blue cities are murder-ridden shitholes, that is a matter of RW doctrine, no misleading statistics needed.

171

calochortus Oct 9, 2023 • 8:50:16am

re: #161 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Apparently I’m not. I still don’t understand.

I got curious and Googled. Basically, no one knows for sure. There are several theories.

NY Magazine Intelligencer article on the subject.

172

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 8:50:23am

re: #167 lizardofid

One upside to living in a cooler climate would be to own a dog like that.

One of my favorite Russian jokes:

Two fellows are stuck in a snowdrift. A St. Bernard appears with a cask of brandy under its collar.

“Look,” exclaims the first one, “Man’s best friend!”

“Yes,” replies the second, “and a dog to bring it!”

173

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 8:52:23am

re: #167 lizardofid

One upside to living in a cooler climate would be to own a dog like that.

Our last dog was a beautiful Pyr, but he was a central air couch potato.

174

wrenchwench Oct 9, 2023 • 8:52:30am

re: #158 Decatur Deb

Wachtet Arf

[Embedded content]

Video

That ‘arf’ sound just like a needle on a record. (All sounds subject to change without notice.) OK, now I got to the howl. I like it.

175

lizardofid Oct 9, 2023 • 8:52:48am

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Per capita rate in my Lower Alabama county is several times that of NYC.

In all fairness, the lawlessness in LA is well known.

176

calochortus Oct 9, 2023 • 8:54:09am

re: #171 calochortus

Had some trouble with the link, so if it doesn’t work, refresh the comment.

177

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 8:54:31am

re: #174 wrenchwench

That ‘arf’ sound just like a needle on a record. (All sounds subject to change without notice.) OK, now I got to the howl. I like it.

He wrote one for you:

P.D.Q. Bach - Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons

178

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 8:54:45am

Mastodon

179

Florida Panhandler Oct 9, 2023 • 8:55:37am

re: #137 Joe Bacon ✅

Don’t forget the church every Sunday and their Wednesday Bible Study! 🥴

This whole thing is literally my childhood in Texas. Walked away as a teen, told my parents I could no longer believe their fairy tales and magic power-enabled supermen in the sky, could not stomach the Earth being 6000 years old while every rock on the ground at my feet can be analyzed scientifically as being millions and millions of years old, etc.etc etc..

180

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 8:57:02am

GOP still putting US natsec at risk.

NBC News confirms: Republican Tommy Tuberville won’t lift his blockade of military nominations — even amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 9, 2023

Meanwhile, a reminder that Trump gave Russia national security information that was ostensibly gathered from Israeli sources. You can bet that Russia also has their fingerprints all over this as a way to distract from their own genocidal war against Ukraine.

181

lizardofid Oct 9, 2023 • 8:57:17am

re: #173 Decatur Deb

Our last dog was a beautiful Pyr, but he was a central air couch potato.

Some around here have them. They seem to do ok. I do love our Anatolians though. They are so lovable. And coyote kryptonite.

182

Florida Panhandler Oct 9, 2023 • 8:57:51am

re: #180 lawhawk

GOP still putting US natsec at risk.

[Embedded content]

Meanwhile, a reminder that Trump gave Russia national security information that was ostensibly gathered from Israeli sources. You can bet that Russia also has their fingerprints all over this as a way to distract from their own genocidal war against Ukraine.

Just a reminder that the MAGA crowd is about tearing everything down. Burning it. The entire world must burn.

183

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 8:57:57am

“End the Occupation” = All Jews Must Leave Israel Now!

Mastodon

184

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 8:59:51am

re: #183 Vicious Babushka

“End the Occupation” = All Jews Must Leave Israel Now!

[Embedded content]

End WHAT occupation? Did you know that Gaza hasn’t been occupied since 2005? (I learned this here yesterday, btw.) Israel has also voluntarily withdrawn from the West Bank, in the interest of peace. What has it gotten them? Death and destruction! Fuck you, Corbyn, you anti-semitic piece of shit.

185

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 9:02:27am

re: #182 Florida Panhandler

Burn it down, and usher in the end times. You can bet the evangelicals are hoping for far more bloodshed.

186

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:06:08am

re: #185 lawhawk

Burn it down, and usher in the end times. You can bet the evangelicals are hoping for far more bloodshed.

They are champing at the bit to kick-start Armageddon and usher in the End Times

187

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 9:07:08am

Mastodon

188

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 9:17:26am

Yes I felt that quake!

189

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 9:18:05am

re: #188 Joe Bacon ✅

Yes I felt that quake!

The Dog Belched

190

retired cynic Oct 9, 2023 • 9:21:30am

191

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 9:22:20am

re: #35 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I think you just described the Whiskey Rebellion

192

Belafon Oct 9, 2023 • 9:28:47am

re: #190 retired cynic

It’s pronounced threeth.

193

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:29:39am

re: #191 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

I think you just described the Whiskey Rebellion

That general description fits a lot of things. Rebellions at a larger scale, but also down to individuals and families facing intimidation from locals for any of a variety of reasons or prejudices.

194

Eclectic Cyborg Oct 9, 2023 • 9:30:54am

re: #190 retired cynic

“Damn it, Jenkins! Didn’t I tell you to double check the template?”

195

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:31:54am

re: #190 retired cynic

Dentists’ offices are on the 2th floor

196

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:32:54am

re: #190 retired cynic

8th floor still under construction.

197

jeffreyw Oct 9, 2023 • 9:32:58am

re: #192 Belafon

It’s pronounced threeth.

It’s one less than fourd

198

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:33:21am

re: #191 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

I think you just described the Whiskey Rebellion

America quickly went from “taxation without representation is tyranny” to “taxation is tyranny”.

199

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 9:34:01am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

lol

200

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 9:46:46am

Have to agree with George. Bibi is taking a page out of Putin’s book here. This goes beyond mere defense.

Mastodon

201

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:47:25am

re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

America quickly went from “taxation without representation is tyranny” to “taxation is tyranny”.

And excise taxes and tariffs were a pretty important income source for the federal government for a very long time. Pretty much what they were limited to until the 16th Amendment opened the door to income taxes. There were income taxes legislated a few times previously (1861-1872 and around 1894). And IIRC the latter one initiated a bunch of court cases challenging it.

202

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 9:47:48am

re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

America quickly went from “taxation without representation is tyranny” to “taxation is tyranny”.

I think they spell it ‘taxayshun is tranny’

203

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:47:57am

re: #200 darthstar

Have to agree with George. Bibi is taking a page out of Putin’s book here. This goes beyond mere defense.

He knows he has (most of) the world’s sympathy and thus a free hand to do whatever he feels necessary.

204

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 9:48:50am

re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg

“Jigaboo” is a derogatory term for a black person. That is what TFG is invoking when he uses “peekaboo”.

It’s a racist dog whistle.

HOLY SHIT! I hadn’t put that together. Wow.

What a fucking pig. I can’t wait til he’s either broke and living in a box or in prison (or both).

205

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:49:03am

re: #202 darthstar

I think they spell it ‘taxayshun is tranny’

speaking of which have DJT’s tax records ever officially come to light?

206

Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:49:23am

re: #180 lawhawk

GOP still putting US natsec at risk.

[Embedded content]

Meanwhile, a reminder that Trump gave Russia national security information that was ostensibly gathered from Israeli sources. You can bet that Russia also has their fingerprints all over this as a way to distract from their own genocidal war against Ukraine.

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct here, in a much larger and more sinister way.

1. Iran is Russia’s ally and friend
2. Russia needed to interrupt & distract from their losing campaign in Ukraine
3. Already we see the effects of the Kremlin’s toxic messaging creeping its way into the right-wing echo chamber, to the effect of “Jews wouldn’t be getting killed if Biden hadn’t sent all the weapons to Ukraine!”

Expect to see much, MUCH more of this in the weeks and months to come, as the paid-by-Kremlin traitors screech to cut off all aid to Ukraine.

207

Dangerman Oct 9, 2023 • 9:49:52am

re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

America quickly went from “taxation without representation is tyranny” to “taxation is tyranny”.

taxing me is tyranny

208

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 9:50:13am

Mastodon

209

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:50:21am

re: #204 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

HOLY SHIT! I hadn’t put that together. Wow.

What a fucking pig. I can’t wait til he’s either broke and living in a box or in prison (or both).

He will, unfortunately, never be broke. I find prison unlikely. Everyone who has dealt with him will lose money, but he will have a guaranteed income on the speaking circuit, merchandising and (ghost) writing memoirs.

210

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 9:52:09am

re: #203 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He knows he has (most of) the world’s sympathy and thus a free hand to do whatever he feels necessary.

‘Women and children first… we’ll kill the militants later’ is a good way to squander that sympathy… fast.

211

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Oct 9, 2023 • 9:53:06am

re: #200 darthstar

Have to agree with George. Bibi is taking a page out of Putin’s book here. This goes beyond mere defense.

[Embedded content]

Mass deprivation will rally support in Gaza for Hamas, not make them rally to throw them out. The rhetoric to punish Gaza pretty much guaranteed it would be done, as well as claiming that supplying Gaza would be supplying Hamas - which reinforces the claim that it is collective guilt.

Which, of course, will reinforce the Hamas rhetoric that Israel only supplies these things due to external pressures and if the Palestinians act like compliant slaves and do not resist.

It’s a shitshow where a bunch of people who would like to live their lives and would probably be nicely tolerant of each other are getting killed because of extremism and hate.

212

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 9:54:42am

re: #211 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

It’s a shitshow where a bunch of people who would like to live their lives and would probably be nicely tolerant of each other are getting killed because of extremism and hate.

This.

213

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Oct 9, 2023 • 10:01:13am

re: #171 calochortus

I got curious and Googled. Basically, no one knows for sure. There are several theories.

NY Magazine Intelligencer article on the subject.

Thanks! And…😂😂😂😂😂😂

Urban Dictonary does provide several disgusting sex-related options, but it’s still unclear why Trump would use the term in reference to James — and Cohen says he doubts Trump is familiar with such lingo anyway.

“There’s no way in the world that Donald Trump knows the Urban Dictionary,” Cohen told Insider. “Considering he doesn’t even know the English dictionary.”

214

JC1 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:05:07am

RFK Jr. Officially drops out of the Dem primary. Will run in 2024 as an indy. Here’s hoping that he draws more votes from Trump than from Biden.

215

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 10:06:27am

Human shields. Where have we seen that before?

Mastodon

216

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:10:27am

re: #215 Vicious Babushka

The Israelis have to rescue their own people. Operation Thunderbolt/Entebbe II?

217

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:10:40am

From MSNBC this morning.

Youtube Video

218

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:12:21am

re: #216 PhillyPretzel ✅

The Israelis have to rescue their own people. Operation Thunderbolt/Entebbe II.

You raid one location, and the hostages at other locations get executed by terrorists. It’ll take a plan better than Hamas’ attack plan.

219

darthstar Oct 9, 2023 • 10:12:44am

re: #214 JC1

RFK Jr. Officially drops out of the Dem primary. Will run an in 2024 as an indy. Here’s hoping that he draws more votes from Trump than from Biden.

Given how the GOP has responded, a lot.of the Q vote

220

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 10:14:18am

re: #216 PhillyPretzel ✅

The Israelis have to rescue their own people. Operation Thunderbolt/Entebbe II?

I think Hamas has dispersed them throughout various neighborhoods where Israel is most likely to bomb.

221

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:14:22am

re: #218 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

I understand. I personally have no solution. IDF could do a better job.

222

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:17:26am

re: #221 PhillyPretzel ✅

I understand. I personally have no solution. IDF could do a better job.

If anyone can do it it’s the Israelis, but it’s a tremendous challenge. Maybe an impossible one to complete without loss of hostages.

223

Sherlock Hound Oct 9, 2023 • 10:17:31am

re: #30 The Ghost of a Flea

Stay safe and be well!

224

lizardofid Oct 9, 2023 • 10:19:59am

Time for Tele-Doc session.

Later all!

225

Dr Lizardo Oct 9, 2023 • 10:21:49am

re: #222 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

If anyone can do it it’s the Israelis, but it’s a tremendous challenge. Maybe an impossible one to complete without loss of hostages.

Hamas is threatening to kill the hostages and post videos of the murders online. You know, like ISIS used to do back in the day.

226

Decatur Deb Oct 9, 2023 • 10:22:21am

re: #224 lizardofid

Time for Tele-Doc session.

Later all!

And I’m off to the outpatient clinic. Doc wants me to get my cat scanned, but I don’t have a cat.

227

retired cynic Oct 9, 2023 • 10:22:58am

Trump Adopts ‘Fyre Festival Strategies’ in Fraud Case
politicalwire.com

Rolling Stone: “In the weeks leading up to the start of his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump and his attorneys privately discussed how they believed defeat in this trial was preordained. Their best chance — and it wasn’t much, according to two sources familiar with the matter and another two people briefed on internal deliberations — would be to fight the case on appeal.”

“This belief led to the development of an approach to the case that centers around chaos and cacophony, rather than any attempt to win it on the merits. One person close to Trump describes it as the ‘Fyre Festival strategies.’”

“That approach — ‘let’s just do it and be legends,’ in the words of the festival’s founder — famously turned Fyre Fest into a scandal-riddled disaster. But Trump and his lawyers are hoping that their legal strategy in their ongoing courtroom “suicide mission” will score some political and public-relations points for Trump, kick up as much dirt as possible, enrage the judge, gratuitously trash some of the witnesses, and turn the process into a media circus.”

228

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 10:27:16am

Mastodon

229

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:29:28am

re: #228 Backwoods Sleuth

A true man of action. Joe will do everything he can for Israel. Bibi had better be darn thankful to Joe.

230

Dr Lizardo Oct 9, 2023 • 10:30:47am

It’s surreal watching a multi-cam from Gaza City (and props to the camera crews - whomever they are, they have balls of steel).

There’s a thunderstorm over the area, and the flashes of lightning are punctuated by JDAMs every so often, and you can see ammo depots burning and hear the rumble of distant explosions. And in the background, the ever-present, persistent sound of what I’m pretty damn sure are IDF spotter drones.

231

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 10:32:16am

Mastodon

232

Backwoods Sleuth Oct 9, 2023 • 10:33:48am

Mastodon

233

steve_davis Oct 9, 2023 • 10:33:56am

re: #209 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He will, unfortunately, never be broke. I find prison unlikely. Everyone who has dealt with him will lose money, but he will have a guaranteed income on the speaking circuit, merchandising and (ghost) writing memoirs.

How do you find prison unlikely? He’s facing 91 felony counts including stuff that is as close to what other countries call treason as it can get. He’s not Galileo. They’re not gonna let him wander around a compound somewhere. He’ll be in a Supermax wing on Pelican Bay.

234

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:34:09am

re: #229 PhillyPretzel ✅

A true man of action. Joe will do everything he can for Israel. Bibi had better be darn thankful to Joe.

Based on his track record I’m not expecting that.

235

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:35:23am

re: #234 Joe Bacon ✅

Joe or Bibi? I know Joe will do what he can. Bibi is a question mark.

236

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:35:48am

re: #214 JC1

RFK Jr. Officially drops out of the Dem primary. Will run an in 2024 as an indy. Here’s hoping that he draws more votes from Trump than from Biden.

Gee that leaves Flock Fleecer Marianne Williamson as the sole challenger…

237

Jay C Oct 9, 2023 • 10:36:17am

re: #229 PhillyPretzel ✅

A true man of action. Joe will do everything he can for Israel. Bibi had better be darn thankful to Joe.

Not to worry: he won’t be.
(except maybe in public. Which as we know, is scarcely an indicator of anything Netanyahu really thinks, or does…)

238

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:37:07am

re: #235 PhillyPretzel ✅

Joe or Bibi? I know Joe will do what he can. Bibi is a question mark.

Booby Nincompoopo.

239

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:37:35am

re: #226 Decatur Deb

And I’m off to the outpatient clinic. Doc wants me to get my cat scanned, but I don’t have a cat.

That may be the source of your problem. Have you tried adopting one or two?

240

Dangerman Oct 9, 2023 • 10:37:38am

I have and will continue to follow along

I’m not commenting because I don’t have the stomach right now

241

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:38:42am

Harvard’s big dumb bet on legacy admissions

For decades, sharing a last name with an alum of a prestigious university was a surefire way to get a leg up in the college-admissions gantlet — especially if they were a big donor.

Since June, when the US Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, a harsh spotlight has been cast on legacy admissions, especially at Harvard, which was a defendant in one of the cases.

Given how Harvard and other high-status schools have valued legacy students, it’s unlikely they will give up the practice easily, even with the Department of Education investigating the practice. These institutions say legacy admissions help foster relationships with alumni and promote an intergenerational community. But experts told me there is an underlying justification: money. Schools might believe that giving preference to children of alumni would prompt donations down the road.

That rationale, however, is coming under scrutiny. The explosion of endowments at elite colleges has allowed many forward-looking schools to drop their legacy preference with no signs of financial suffering. By clinging to legacy admissions, colleges are not only undermining claims of advancing equality but may be shooting themselves in the financial foot. By prioritizing the children of alumni, they’re casting aside a more diverse pool of qualified applicants who may be even more apt to donate down the line.

“Legacy harms almost all Americans unless you are legacy,” James Murphy, the deputy director of higher-education policy at nonprofit Education Reform Now — which advocates for equality in education — told me. “And who’s a legacy? It’s a benefit that goes to the wealthiest people in the country and harms everybody else. So why do we even have it at this point?”

businessinsider.com

242

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 9, 2023 • 10:41:31am

RFK Jr’s presidential run denounced by four of his own siblings

Conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. this week formally announced he would be running for the presidency as an independent — and some members of his own family took the unusual step of formally denouncing him.

In a statement released on Monday, RFK Jr. siblings Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend condemned their brother’s presidential run, which they said ran contrary to their own political values.

“The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third party candidate against Joe Biden is a dangerous decision for our country,” they wrote. “Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgement. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.”

Nice to see Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs RFK Jr joining Paul Gosar in the My Family Denounces Me Club.

243

Vicious Babushka Oct 9, 2023 • 10:42:11am

This is a war crime. But, IOKIYAH (It’s OK If You Are Hamas)

Mastodon

244

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 9, 2023 • 10:43:21am

re: #231 Backwoods Sleuth

[Embedded content]

That makes sense. Iran is the top supplier of weapons to Hamas, and also an ardent propaganda asset, but that is not the same as being involved in the planning and execution of the terrorist rampage. Given the extreme requirement for opsec, Hamas would certainly not have risked bringing in the Iranians. Iran’s actual collusion in anti-Israel operations would probably be limited to their fellow Shia client (and front) Hezbollah.

245

Dave In Austin Oct 9, 2023 • 10:45:25am

re: #210 darthstar

He need a Dacha in the Urls from which he can never return. Banishment would work.

246

Nerdy Fish Oct 9, 2023 • 10:49:17am

re: #243 Vicious Babushka

This is a war crime. But, IOKIYAH (It’s OK If You Are Hamas)

[Embedded content]

They’re a terrorist organization, they don’t need to play by the rules of organized warfare. The problem is, everyone expects Israel to play by the rules of organized warfare, even when fighting these animals. (Not that I’m advocating for Israel to violate the laws of war or anything, but it’s for illustrative purposes.)

247

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 9, 2023 • 10:49:28am

re: #210 darthstar

‘Women and children first… we’ll kill the militants later’ is a good way to squander that sympathy… fast.

It is, but Hamas gave Bibi the excuse he needs to wipe out the Palestinians. They didn’t stop the terrorists among them. If Mexico did this in Texas when Trump was President, we’d have been at war with Mexico.

248

lawhawk Oct 9, 2023 • 10:52:54am

re: #244 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

And from how Hizbullah initially joined but stopped firing almost immediately, it would appear that they had no clue what Hamas was up to either. Hizbullah is also in no mood to test Israel at the moment, the way Hamas thinks they can. Lebanon is still reeling from the Beirut blast, a government that can’t provide basic services, and more conflict is the last thing Lebanese people want or need.

I know, it’s also the last thing Gazans need, but the leadership there thinks this is a good idea to kill hundreds of Israeli civilians and risk Israeli reprisals that could kill thousands (or tens of thousands).

Bibi and the Kahanists want to eliminate Gaza as a separate entity, just as surely as they want to eliminate the West Bank enclave. Bibi is getting the war he wants to distract from all the problems he faces domestically - trying to eradicate an independent judiciary, and shifting the government to the hard right.

249

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 9, 2023 • 10:58:52am

re: #247 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

It is, but Hamas gave Bibi the excuse he needs to wipe out the Palestinians. They didn’t stop the terrorists among them. If Mexico did this in Texas when Trump was President, we’d have been at war with Mexico.

Indeed. What would happen if the Mexicans fired 5000 rockets into El Paso and sent tjousands of terrorists across the border to rape, murder and mutilate? Within 48 hours, there would not be one brick standing on another or two boards left nailed together anywhere within 60 miles of the Mexican side of the border.
I remember MTG screeching that 30 or so M-1 tanks we were sending to Ukraine should be sent to the border instead. I responded that if Mexico launched an armored invasion, you would see a hell of a lot than 30 of our tanks at the border.

250

Florida Panhandler Oct 9, 2023 • 1:00:12pm

re: #227 retired cynic

Trump Adopts ‘Fyre Festival Strategies’ in Fraud Case
politicalwire.com

Sounds like a good way for certain lawyers to get disbarred.

Spy Auto

This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.

Jump to top

A Sublime Concert: Yo-Yo Ma, Live From the Great Smoky Mountains: J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1

► LGF Headlines

► Top 10 Comments

► Bottom Comments

► Recent Comments

► Tools/Info

► Tag Cloud