Seth Meyers: Trump Distances Himself From Sidney Powell Amid Another Surprise Guilty Plea in GA
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Well now that was quick.
One down already in the Speakerstakes!
PA lawmaker running for Speaker bails an hour after plugging himself on Fox
ep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) was one of nine lawmakers vying to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy in hopes of becoming the next House Speaker.
And Meuser wasn’t shy about sharing why he would be the best candidate to lead the house out of D.C. dysfunction.
“I have a plan that will make the Speaker’s office more — we will put members first,” he said during an appearance on Fox Business, that he pinned to his Twitter/X feed.
Minutes later, he replaced the almost three-minute self-boosting soundbite for Speaker with a concession thread explaining why he was no longer seeking the gavel.
“…I want to focus on this commitment, as well as the House and PA Senate race, so therefore, I am withdrawing from the Speaker’s race,” he posted on social media.
“I believe the House will elect a new Speaker, and I know we will be in good hands with one of our colleagues running. I’ve spoken to President Trump, and he supports my decision.”
He reportedly made an announcement to widespread applause.
“After giving his speech at tonight’s candidate forum, Rep. Dan Meuser dropped out of the speaker’s race, per members in the room,” wrote CNN’s Melanie Zanona in a social media post during the candidates’ forum. “He got a standing ovation, and members said it was an honorable move. Eight others are still in the running. Forum still ongoing.”
But prior to speaking to former President Donald Trump, Meuser was bolder on Speaker Meuser the unifier.
Hmmm, my life insurance policy payment is increasing from $66 a month to $1232 a month. I think I’ll cancel.
re: #2 Captain Ron
Hmmm, my life insurance policy payment is increasing from $66 a month to $1232 a month. I think I’ll cancel.
That premium will kill you.
Fuck that https://t.co/DjC2WXS8l1
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) October 23, 2023
Thread of the Kentucky Governor debate tonight.
First Q is to Beshear on how he can govern effectively as a Democrat working with a GOP-dominated legislature. He mentions sports betting & marijuana, HHR & banning ‘gray games.’
“We work well behind the scenes, but in politics what happens out front is not” reality.— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) October 24, 2023
re: #4 Dangerman
That’s Pittsburghese for “I beg to differ.”
I get so much spam at my public accounts now, It causes me to despair for the future of the human race.
Jon Karl fact checks Tim Scott: None of that money has gone to Iran. None of it. And to say that Joe Biden is complicit in the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, I mean that’s beyond the pale pic.twitter.com/SekJWWEjNZ
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) October 22, 2023
re: #4 Dangerman
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We know why Peter Thiel’s puppet wants to split the aid.
Thiel is all in with Putin.
The Astros are getting crushed. A great season, you can’t win them all. 7 straight appearances in the ALCS, and two titles. See ya in April.
re: #10 Ace Rothstein
The Astros are getting crushed. A great season, you can’t win them all. 7 straight appearances in the ALCS, and two titles. See ya in April.
The burning question—Is Ted Cruz in the stadium?
re: #11 Joe Bacon ✅
The burning question—Is Ted Cruz in the stadium?
Probably. He was there last year at game six of the WS pounding Ultras (he was ten feet away from us photographers) Not only is he an insufferable twat, he drinks horse piss.
Bravo Seth for bucking the gotdam suit and tie late night host trend whose time has long past.
Just learned that a best friend and roommate for a couple years died at 57. I know everyone does it and we really can’t feel guilty for what is mostly an unconscious reaction, but there is that small actuarial part of my brain thinking, “well, my odds just improved.” I hate it, but yes, there’s the sense the catastrophe just happened to someone else. Maybe Death hunts on the other side of the herd now for awhile.
re: #12 Ace Rothstein
Probably. He was there last year at game six of the WS pounding Ultras (he was ten feet away from us photographers) Not only is he an insufferable twat, he drinks horse piss.
I hope you had a crucifix, wolfsbane and a vial of holy water handy to shield you from Cruz!
re: #8 Dangerman
Journalists shouldn’t ask Republicans “that’s beyond the pale, isn’t it?”
They’ll never get them to agree.
Ya hate to se…no, I’m fuckin’ lovin’ it:
House GOP terrified they will have to cut a deal with Democrats if next Speaker votes failhttps://t.co/TRqrj8ODit
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 24, 2023
“A number of Republicans emerging from closed-door meeting worried their speaker candidates can’t get 217 on the floor,” Raju posted to X. “Some fear if they can’t this time, more Rs will want to cut a deal with Dems to reopen House.”
“They don’t want to work with Democrats, but it might end up to be a point where that’s the only way,” said Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL). “We’ve got to get the government open. People are very angry, upset.”
Folks were telling you all the way back in January that it was inevitable that the loonies would pull the lever and eject Qev. Every time it looked like he was peeving them just a little, talk was immediately about whether or not this would be the thing that sent them to the floor with a vacate motion.
But instead of nipping this in the bud or at the very least cultivating a back-up Speaker that could be put forward when it happened, you kept acting as though things were under control and if you just kept feeding the tiger red meat it would let you ride it forever. Now here you are, whining because the tiger’s biting your ass and the only people who can help you are the ones you’ve been pissing on for ages. Sucks to suck.
re: #12 Ace Rothstein
Probably. He was there last year at game six of the WS pounding Ultras (he was ten feet away from us photographers) Not only is he an insufferable twat, he drinks horse piss.
Remember that video of him opening a Shiner Bock in front of a bunch of dudes in cowboy hats, he takes a sip and you can see him wince. Dude wouldn’t know a good ale/beer even if it was cracked over his head. Hey, didn’t someone throw a full beer bottle at him in a parade once?
re: #18 teleskiguy
Remember that video of him opening a Shiner Bock in front of a bunch of dudes in cowboy hats, he takes a sip and you can see him wince. Dude wouldn’t know a good ale/beer even if it was cracked over his head. Hey, didn’t someone throw a full beer bottle at him in a parade once?
Yes, last year. That was at the Astros parade downtown after they won the World Series.
What might’ve been.
The results of a short-sighted strategic leader. Arafat had the solution within his grasp, and he didn’t take it. What would things be like today if he had only said “yes.” https://t.co/DtQ9vkv8zI
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) October 24, 2023
re: #7 Charles Johnson
If only one could ask chatGPT to sort one’s email.
re: #22 No Malarkey!
What might’ve been.
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Arafat couldn’t give up his apartment in Paris for peace.
re: #22 No Malarkey!
The status quo was much too useful to far too many rulers in that part of the world.
re: #21 GlutenFreeJesus
White Men Can’t Wank
A Few Good Wanks
12 Angry Wanks
The Caine Wank
The Last of the Wanks
Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word to beware
Cause the wanks are coming
re: #26 No Malarkey!
A Few Good Wanks
12 Angry Wanks
The Caine Wank
The Last of the Wanks
The Third Wank
re: #4 Dangerman
Fuck that https://t.co/DjC2WXS8l1
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) October 23, 2023
Oh dear! The gun-humping, baby-starving killers, cheats, and apostles of cruelty will be hitting their fainting couches over such language.
re: #32 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Oh dear! The gun-humping, baby-starving killers, cheats, and apostles of cruelty will be hitting their fainting couches over such language.
well…Big John didn’t tell Peter Thiel’s stooge to WANK OFF…😏
re: #34 jaunte
Memories of my senior year in high school when there was all the publicity saying that it would be The Next Big Thing in the Auto Industry.
But the BLANK-el fizzed out…
re: #22 No Malarkey!
What might’ve been.
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It never would have worked. Arafat got too much street cred as a rebel, leading a terrorist campaign with the end goal of wiping out Israel and pushing the Jews into the sea. Accepting the deal would have meant becoming a leader, trying to get his former colleagues under control, and hammering together disparate peoples into a unified nation under the watchful eye of the world. He’d have either ended up assassinated, deposed, or would have brought the whole thing crashing down within a decade if not a year.
re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅
Suzuki got a small one into a bike.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #37 Targetpractice
Arafat was a maximalist. Unfortunately, so is Bibi.
The Wanks of Iwo Jima
High Plains Wanker
The Wank of 42
Wank Shot
Major Wanks
Pride of the Wankies
Wank the Bismarck
re: #39 Dangerman
It’s a wonderful wank
Some wank it hot
Back to the wank
Wank-E
Witness for the wank
And with that, I’m out
This is like a PG-13-rated flashback to the Great Toaster Thread of ages past.
Zod, do I feel old.
From previous
I had a burnt valve at 104k that manifested itself near Santa Barbara bitd
Removed head, took it shop for valve repair and then put in new head gasket, bolts, water pump and timing belt once returned. It made it like new.
This two in the process was that I slid the belt onto the camshafts with the marks aligned and the next step was to tighten the tensioner.
I liked the goofy lighting on this shot
Once fixed the car ran for another 138k until totaled by a tire on the freeway 😑
His Wikipedia page is just truthful sentences about him, especially his dipshittery after buying Twitter.
A baby rhino playfully charging a wildebeest before running back to mom pic.twitter.com/JZFLYn50f7
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 23, 2023
re: #47 teleskiguy
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His Wikipedia page is just truthful sentences about him, especially his dipshittery after buying Twitter.
Best guess: He asked/demanded Wiki either delete his page or at least lock it, got told politely to fuck off, and figures that they can’t talk to the “RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD” like that because he’s got enough money to buy them out if he wanted to.
Music movies….
A Hard Days Wank
The Last Wank
The Wank Remains the Same
The Great Rock and Roll Wank
Sympathy for the Wank
Gimme Wankers
Not music… 4 Weddings and a Wank.
re: #51 Markm1960
Music movies….
A Hard Days Wank
The Last Wank
The Wank Remains the Same
The Great Rock and Roll Wank
Sympathy for the Wank
Gimme WankersNot music… 4 Weddings and a Wank.
Wanker on the Roof
The Wanker of the Opera
Wanker Man
This has to be the most borhsider piece of crap I’ve read in a while. Even for the he New York Times it’s really in the gutter. Shit like this:
People are used to Washington dysfunction, and this is just another episode,” she said. “It’s Republicans and Democrats, and they’re all dysfunctional. For voters, it’s just further evidence that Washington can’t address their problems.”
re: #50 Targetpractice
Best guess: He asked/demanded Wiki either delete his page or at least lock it, got told politely to fuck off, and figures that they can’t talk to the “RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD” like that because he’s got enough money to buy them out if he wanted to.
Which will never happen because the bigwigs behind Wikipedia (namely Jimmy Wales) are principled people who have vowed to keep the website a non-profit and free to use for all time.
re: #53 BeachDem
One candidate’s a rapist, the other works to control a stutter.
Finishing a glass of wine and late snack, because I won’t get to eat for another 10-15 hours. Tomorrow the urologist will “grab” a large kidney stone and “slurp” a couple small ones. (I love it when he talks “doctor”.)
This is just to explain why there is to be NO reference to wanking for the next few days.
re: #53 BeachDem
This has to be the most borhsider piece of crap I’ve read in a while. Even for the he New York Times it’s really in the gutter. Shit like this:
People are used to Washington dysfunction, and this is just another episode,” she said. “It’s Republicans and Democrats, and they’re all dysfunctional. For voters, it’s just further evidence that Washington can’t address their problems.”
They’re desperately trying to drag the GQP out of the hole they keep digging deeper with this BSAB BS that the Dems are equally to blame because they voted exactly the way they said they would instead of running to save the ass of a guy who left a flaming bag of dogshit on their front doorstep RIGHT BEFORE THE DAMNED VOTE!
A Wank To Remember
Wanktanic
Wank The Bismark!
re: #56 Decatur Deb
No messing with the frozen zone.
Tomorrow.
re: #54 teleskiguy
Which will never happen because the bigwigs behind Wikipedia (namely Jimmy Wales) are principled people who have vowed to keep the website a non-profit and free to use for all time.
Right, but in the twisted mind of libertarians, a refusal to sell to you means that they’re already sold to somebody else. The idea that people could have principles other than seeking more money for themselves is laughable. Thus the conclusion that Wiki’s strings are being pulled by somebody opposed to him.
re: #60 Targetpractice
Right, but in the twisted mind of libertarians, a refusal to sell to you means that they’re already sold to somebody else. The idea that people could have principles other than seeking more money for themselves is laughable. Thus the conclusion that Wiki’s strings are being pulled by somebody opposed to him.
Therefore libertarians don’t hold to any principles.
People who have money who talk about nothing but money should be regarded as lepers by decent folk, stay the fuck away from them. I’ve cut ties with a few people I knew because of their obsession with money.
re: #61 Belafon
Therefore libertarians don’t hold to any principles.
Just the other golden rule. He who has the gold rules.
re: #62 teleskiguy
People who have money who talk about nothing but money should be regarded as lepers by decent folk, stay the fuck away from them. I’ve cut ties with a few people I knew because of their obsession with money.
Those who talk about money don’t have any.
LESS THAN 400 HOURS UNTIL VIRGINIA ELECTIONS!
We need YOU to volunteer to get the vote out.
Just ONE HOUR OF YOUR TIME will help Democrats protect reproductive freedom in Virginia from Youngkin’s draconian abortion ban.
Will you help volunteer?#MondayMotivation…— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 23, 2023
Republicans in disarray: A compilation pic.twitter.com/VN5S4URyMp
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) October 20, 2023
re: #64 Ace Rothstein
Those who talk about money don’t have any.
Eh? Not true in some of my circles. I know a few landowners and real estate developers around these parts who are living comfortably and all they think about is money.
Resources here: scores, votes, and notes on speaker candidates. Tab 1 are lawmakers scored by actions related to Jan 6, and extremist recent votes. Tab 2 is the Speaker candidates. Tab 3 is sources and links.https://t.co/aQj853mp5v pic.twitter.com/X929pKta64
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) October 23, 2023
re: #64 Ace Rothstein
Those who talk about money don’t have any.
Skum and Drumpf prove you wrong. It’s all they talk about.
They are very smart.
re: #4 Dangerman
Ron Johnson, (R-Moscow) has also been calling for that.
True story. One of my close friends in Steamboat Springs is friends with Bill, and he was following around the U.S. Pro Cycling Championship in Colorado (circa 2010). My friend invited me on the ride (Steamboat Springs to Avon, almost a hundred miles and spanning three major drainages [lots of hills to climb]). I wasn’t about to do that ride on the only bike I owned at the time, a full-suspension mountain bike.
So I’m shopping for computer stuff…
Trying to see what is on Amazon reminds me of those old giant warehouses full of used goods, where there isn’t really much one can do but walk the aisles and discover things here and there.
The tough nut is the monitor. Would love an Apple monitor but damn they are expensive. $2k for a 5K monitor with height adjustment (because the stand costs so much.)
Back in the day (like, 1980s) I’d shop for NEC which made decent monitors. Then Iyama or Viewsonic.
The latter brand is still in business but Amazon (and Best Buy) have so many off-brand monitors that I gather some factories in China just produces them in large quantities and then different companies just slap their own names on them.
When the ATSC came out with their standard it was clear that flat panels would soon totally replace CRTs, which of course happened.
But also what happened is that the 16:9 aspect pushed out other aspect ratios for computer monitors.
I prefer a monitor that is slightly more square. iMacs use 16:10 which I like, but there are very few 16:10 monitors available for sale anymore.
Sigh…
re: #47 teleskiguy
Truth is the second worst thing you can do to a Nazi. The worst is laughter.
re: #72 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I use a 43 inch 4k tv.
re: #73 William Lewis
The worst thing you can do to any human being is kill them.
Two 15-year-olds allegedly murdered a 23-year-old local kid in Salt Lake City last week, police are saying it’s not a random crime.
The obituary section of the local paper has been rough lately. A kid murdered in Salt Lake City, shot in the back. Another kid the same age committing suicide.
I am very VERY lucky to have a *local newspaper* with actual working journalists and photographers. I’m actually a source for a reporter at the Vail Daily and him and I have talked extensively.
re: #50 Targetpractice
Best guess: He asked/demanded Wiki either delete his page or at least lock it, got told politely to fuck off, and figures that they can’t talk to the “RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD” like that because he’s got enough money to buy them out if he wanted to.
This is about a lot more than just his personal Wiki page. Musk is just the face of a movement of klept (in the William Gibson Jackpot sense) billionaire oligarchs operating under the information warfare strategy pioneered under Putin and best articulated by Steve Bannon as “flood the zone with bullshit.” It involves undermining the populace’s very ability to understand and accept objective reality, by giving us not one story to believe, but by inundating everyone with so many contradictory conspiracy theories that nobody knows what to believe, so we all stop believing in anything.
Like yes, he’s an absolutely ridiculous narcissistic dipshit with no self control, and that might actually be all we need to understand his initial reason for deciding to purchase twitter. But as to why he had his play backed by the Saudi royal family and other billionaire oligarchs, we need to comprehend the leverage opportunity it provided over international public discourse. We need to understand the opportunity that making Twitter go private presented, to make certain inconvenient events like the Arab Spring never happen again. If we understand that, then it becomes obvious that the “feud” with Jimmy Wales over Wikipedia is just another gambit in that same campaign. A way to co-opt a crucial, perhaps the only truly effective epistemological online repository left to humanity. If they can wrest control of that, then they can effectively destroy the very idea of objective reality.
And that is the true Frontier of Credibility, the ability to reset entire populations’ concept of what is real and what isn’t. By first get us to believe in nothing, thereby allowing them to do whatever they want, then by having us accede to the reality they first forced upon us and then subsequently retconned.
re: #76 Belafon
I would love to find a 50 in curved tv.
50” Class JU7500 Curved 4K UHD Smart TV TVs - UN50JU7500FXZA | Samsung US.
Time to read and sleep.
Nice surprise this morning, 1.1” of rain!
Night all, sweet dreams.
re: #80 goddamnedfrank
You and The Ghost of a Flea have magnificent ways to make me nod my head in agreement and recoil in terror at the same time rather effectively. It’s a gift and a curse, I suppose.
re: #10 Ace Rothstein
The Astros are getting crushed. A great season, you can’t win them all. 7 straight appearances in the ALCS, and two titles. See ya in April.
There is one more game between the AZ Cardinals and the Phillies. I have to admit, I was taken completely by surprise with the D-Backs performance this year.
re: #74 Belafon
I use a 43 inch 4k tv.
A friend (PhD in computer engineering) has two of those on the wall above his desk. Recommends that as the way to go. Can run files across both screens from his laptop in his recliner.
re: #83 teleskiguy
You and The Ghost of a Flea have magnificent ways to make me nod my head in agreement and recoil in terror at the same time rather effectively. It’s a gift and a curse, I suppose.
Totally agree with you on that!!
re: #85 retired cynic
A friend (PhD in computer engineering) has two of those on the wall above his desk. Recommends that as the way to go. Can run files across both screens from his laptop in his recliner.
Your friend knows how to live. lol
re: #67 teleskiguy
Eh? Not true in some of my circles. I know a few landowners and real estate developers around these parts who are living comfortably and all they think about is money.
Old money never talks about money. New money talks about it ALL. THE. TIME.
re: #47 teleskiguy
I saw that Melon Husk was ranting about Wikipedia today, so I threw a few bucks at the Wikimedia Foundation. Yeah, they take in a lot of money, but running their own systems also costs a fair chunk of change. I like having Wikipedia there to check up on stuff so yeah, that’s fine. And their Form 990 is available on the Wikipedia website to look through; it looks on the up and up to me. Certainly a hell of a lot more information than your average megachurch.
re: #85 retired cynic
A friend (PhD in computer engineering) has two of those on the wall above his desk. Recommends that as the way to go. Can run files across both screens from his laptop in his recliner.
43 is as big as you can go on a desktop with a flat TV, but it’s the equivalent of 4 21 inch monitors, so I can move files all over the place. And i can sit back and stream a show.
re: #90 mmmirele
I saw that Melon Husk was ranting about Wikipedia today, so I threw a few bucks at the Wikimedia Foundation. Yeah, they take in a lot of money, but running their own systems also costs a fair chunk of change. I like having Wikipedia there to check up on stuff so yeah, that’s fine. And their Form 990 is available on the Wikipedia website to look through; it looks on the up and up to me. Certainly a hell of a lot more information than your average megachurch.
About the only thing I’m annoyed at is I donate $3 per month and they don’t seem to have a way of remembering that, so I keep seeing “Please donate.”
re: #1 Joe Bacon ✅
Well now that was quick.
One down already in the Speakerstakes!
PA lawmaker running for Speaker bails an hour after plugging himself on Fox
ep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) was one of nine lawmakers vying to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy in hopes of becoming the next House Speaker.
*snip*
Minutes later, he replaced the almost three-minute self-boosting soundbite for Speaker with a concession thread explaining why he was no longer seeking the gavel.
*snip.*
Kashana
@kashana.bsky.social
We gotta come up with better penalties for treason than making people the speaker of the house.
POLITICO
@politico.com
The nine Republicans running for House speaker aren’t known as legislative giants. And overwhelmingly, they went along with Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Daily Show:
guest host this week: Desus Nice
tonight’s guest: AOC
re: #89 sagehen
You’re in NYC. I trust this anecdote.
re: #68 Belafon
sort version, they all suck and they’re all assholes, they’re all shit sandwiches, what type of bread used really doesn’t matter much.
re: #79 teleskiguy
I am very VERY lucky to have a *local newspaper* with actual working journalists and photographers. I’m actually a source for a reporter at the Vail Daily and him and I have talked extensively.
Move to a new town:
1) Utilities
2) cable Internet & TV
3) Subscribe to local newspaper.
re: #99 Joe Bacon ✅
Brand managers come in, erode the base brand for marginal revenues for two years, then go get another job at another company. Repeat until brand is meaningless.
re: #99 Joe Bacon ✅
OH NO THEY DIDN’T…
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Local coffee establishment does pumpkin pie lattes. They put pie filling in lattes. No crust.
re: #104 retired cynic
it’s a free country!
It would ‘pair’ well with a coffee-cardamom cookie. Crust substitute.
re: #101 wrenchwench
Local coffee establishment does pumpkin pie lattes. They put pie filling in lattes. No crust.
Pumpkin pie? Yes
Pumpkin (anything else)? NO!
A married man was having an affair with his secretary, and lost track of time.
Exhausted from the wild sex, they fell asleep, awakening around 8pm. As the man threw on his clothes, he told his secretary to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied. He slipped into his shoes and drove home. “Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house. “Darling, I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having an affair with my secretary and we’ve been having sex all afternoon. I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock”. The wife glanced down at his shoes and said “You lying bastard! You’ve been playing golf again! How much money did you lose this time?
re: #99 Joe Bacon ✅
OH NO THEY DIDN’T…
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It’s not pumpkin spice.
I might have to find those, I like some of the other flavors they have done.
re: #108 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
A married man was having an affair with his secretary, and lost track of time.
Exhausted from the wild sex, they fell asleep, awakening around 8pm. As the man threw on his clothes, he told his secretary to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied. He slipped into his shoes and drove home. “Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house. “Darling, I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having an affair with my secretary and we’ve been having sex all afternoon. I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock”. The wife glanced down at his shoes and said “You lying bastard! You’ve been playing golf again! How much money did you lose this time?
I remember reading in one of Heinlein’s books that the best way to lie is to tell the truth in such a way that you aren’t believed.
re: #99 Joe Bacon ✅
I wouldn’t care for it but it can’t really be any worse than the Key Lime Pie KitKat or the Fruity Cereal Candy Bar KitKat … 🤦♂️
Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot - 11 September 1845 - 28 March 1903), French telegraph engineer and inventor of the first means of digital communication Baudot code, was one of the pioneers of telecommunications. He invented a multiplexed printing telegraph system that used his code and allowed multiple transmissions over a single line.[1] The baud unit was named after him.
The book I’m reading mentions that he came up with one of the first codes for translating characters into text, which used five binary digits, and laster also used on of the unused codes to expand his set beyond 32.
re: #111 William Lewis
I wouldn’t care for it but it can’t really be any worse than the Key Lime Pie KitKat or the Fruity Cereal Candy Bar KitKat … 🤦♂️
Peanut butter Oreos were the second best. Best was Paul Newman’s, and his were first, but of course called something other than oreos.
re: #80 goddamnedfrank
This is about a lot more than just his personal Wiki page. Musk is just the face of a movement of klept (in the William Gibson Jackpot sense) billionaire oligarchs operating under the information warfare strategy pioneered under Putin and best articulated by Steve Bannon as “flood the zone with bullshit.” It involves undermining the populace’s very ability to understand and accetp objective reality, by not giving us one story to believe, but by inundating everyone with so many contradictory conspiracy theories that nobody knows what to believe so we all stop believing in anything.
Like yes, he’s an absolutely ridiculous narcissistic dipshit with no self control, and that might actually be all we need to understand his initial reason for deciding to purchase twitter. But as to why he had his play backed by the Saudi royal family and other billionaire oligarchs, we need to comprehend the leverage opportunity it provided over international public discourse. We need to understand the opportunity that making Twitter go private presented, to make certain inconvenient events like the Arab Spring never happen again. If we understand that, then it becomes obvious that the “feud” with Jimmy Wales over Wikipedia is just another gambit in that same campaign. A way to co-opt a crucial, perhaps the only truly effective epistemological online repository left to humanity. If they can wrest control of that then they can effectively destroy the very idea of objective reality.
That’s the true Frontier of Credibility, the ability to reset entire populations’ concept of what is real and what isn’t. By first get us to believe in nothing, thereby allowing them to do whatever they want, then having us accede to the reality they first forced upon us then subsequently retconned.
See, this is a mindset I would believe in someone like a Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Mark Zuckerberg to be more contemporary. That belief in the idea of technology as a means to control the flow of information and thus control people. That you don’t use your money and your influence to force editors to pulp stories but instead feed half-truths and outright lies to reporters, that you pay TV networks not to can shows or episodes but instead to air “the other side of the debate,” and other little things that cause this “fog of war” that makes viewers question reality.
But no, Elmo is in the same league as Thomas Edison or Donald Trump, a bullshit artist who is used to bullying others into doing his bidding with threats of ruining them or those close to them if they don’t comply. IOW, if he’s partnered with others in a war upon information and the truthful distribution of such, it’s as a henchman rather than the mastermind.
re: #2 Captain Ron
Hmmm, my life insurance policy payment is increasing from $66 a month to $1232 a month. I think I’ll cancel.
Sounds like there is some bug in the system. Maybe you should contact the company to find the reason for this huge increase?
re: #114 Targetpractice
That’s because Elmo the Boi Nazi is much more Pinky than the Brain… 😉
*facepalm*
*sigh*
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re: #117 Targetpractice
*facepalm*
*sigh*
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re: #116 William Lewis
That’s because Elmo the Boi Nazi is much more Pinky than the Brain… 😉
Elmo is one of those people who styles themselves as an “ideas guy.” You know the kind, the one who feels they have value because they “think outside the box” or have an “open mind” when really they just belch out whatever comes to mind like somebody with indigestion belching up bile. The ones who come from either rich or at least upper-middle class backgrounds who “make their fortune” by blowing their parents money on a hunch, then use that money to pay other people to make their “ideas” into workable reality. And also the ones who are a headache to lawyers because they view the law and the enforcement there of as yet another tool to bully others.
re: #114 Targetpractice
See, this is a mindset I would believe in someone like a Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Mark Zuckerberg to be more contemporary.
…
But no, Elmo is in the same league as Thomas Edison or Donald Trump, a bullshit artist who is used to bullying others into doing his bidding with threats of ruining them or those close to them if they don’t comply. IOW, if he’s partnered with others in a war upon information and the truthful distribution of such, it’s as a henchman rather than the mastermind.
Okay but the crucial mistake I believe you’re making is thinking of Elon the reckless fuckup individual as somehow operationally distinct from the larger billionaire oligarch milieu in which he operates. IOW it doesn’t actually matter if he’s a henchmen or mastermind. In fact it doesn’t matter if there even is a mastermind, because there isn’t, and even if there were one the billionaire oligarchs would still collectively operate indistinguishably from a gestalt, similar to Devastator from the Transformers. Meaning the only lasting influence they can have upon our world is that to which they can collectively agree, which due to their various motivations canceling each other out is therefore limited to that which they can effectively agree to preserve or destroy.
And what they collectively want to preserve is inherited wealth while what they want to collectively destroy is the very concept of objective reality, because that’s what actually stands in the way of each of them, individually and dynastically, attaining power.
re: #119 Targetpractice
Elmo is one of those people who styles themselves as an “ideas guy.” You know the kind, the one who feels they have value because they “think outside the box” or have an “open mind” when really they just belch out whatever comes to mind like somebody with indigestion belching up bile. The ones who come from either rich or at least upper-middle class backgrounds who “make their fortune” by blowing their parents money on a hunch, then use that money to pay other people to make their “ideas” into workable reality. And also the ones who are a headache to lawyers because they view the law and the enforcement there of as yet another tool to bully others.
It’s fun to compare him against a real one like Steve Jobs. Who could also be an incredible ass but really could come up with real ideas and pull of things others could not. They used to make fun of Job’s “Reality Distortion Field” but yet, the Mac shipped and was insanely great. Then NeXT. And then salvaging Apple after the disaster years. I’d have not wanted to know him personally, but I wish to fuck to hop on the TARDIS with enough money to invest in the Apple IPO and stash that 1000 shares away till now.
re: #37 Targetpractice
It never would have worked. Arafat got too much street cred as a rebel, leading a terrorist campaign with the end goal of wiping out Israel and pushing the Jews into the sea. Accepting the deal would have meant becoming a leader, trying to get his former colleagues under control, and hammering together disparate peoples into a unified nation under the watchful eye of the world. He’d have either ended up assassinated, deposed, or would have brought the whole thing crashing down within a decade if not a year.
As I’ve said before, I have no doubt that he believed he would be signing his death warrant if he agreed to peace. And he was too much of a coward to take the risk.
re: #118 William Lewis
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re: #115 Hecuba’s daughter
Sounds like there is some bug in the system. Maybe you should contact the company to find the reason for this huge increase?
I was locked in on a rate for 20 years. Now I’m 67 and they don’t want to insure me anymore. Which is fine because it was to cover house payments for wife if I died. House was paid off last year.
re: #92 Belafon
43 is as big as you can go on a desktop with a flat TV, but it’s the equivalent of 4 21 inch monitors, so I can move files all over the place. And i can sit back and stream a show.
I got a 43 inch TV as my home monitor, and I prefer it to the four monitor setup I could have at work. (Could have; I disconnected two of the monitors because their location made it difficult to actually read them.
re: #121 William Lewis
It’s fun to compare him against a real one like Steve Jobs. Who could also be an incredible ass but really could come up with real ideas and pull of things others could not. They used to make fun of Job’s “Reality Distortion Field” but yet, the Mac shipped and was insanely great. Then NeXT. And then salvaging Apple after the disaster years. I’d have not wanted to know him personally, but I wish to fuck to hop on the TARDIS with enough money to invest in the Apple IPO and stash that 1000 shares away till now.
One could argue that both comes from different ends of a spectrum, Jobs making his fortune being an “ideas guy” who approached things from the practical end, while Musk is one of those “ideas guys” who think the goal should be to “push the envelope” and expect the people doing the actual work to make it reality. Jobs is on record as saying he and Woz came up with the Apple I because they wanted a cheap computer that fit their needs, while Musk has been more about pushing the technology as far as he can. But based upon the reports of others, both are still a pair of egotistical jackasses who are a nightmare to work for but you still keep cashing the paychecks because you want to “be a part of something.”
re: #99 Joe Bacon ✅
OH NO THEY DIDN’T…
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I could go for some Japanese strawberry Kitkats right now.
Someone, please tell me if this isn’t malpractice. I learned that a friend of mine was given metformin, 500 mg 2x a day. She’s been complaining of feeling queasy since she started taking it last week, so I asked her if she was testing her blood sugar. No, she doesn’t have a meter. She wasn’t even told she NEEDED a meter. I threw a bloody hissy fit about how she needed to have a meter and log her blood sugar so she can keep track of what it’s doing. For all we know, she may be knocking her blood sugar into the 70s or worse when she takes metformin. The doctor apparently explained NOTHING to her.
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*
re: #130 mmmirele
Someone, please tell me if this isn’t malpractice. I learned that a friend of mine was given metformin, 500 mg 2x a day. She’s been complaining of feeling queasy since she started taking it last week, so I asked her if she was testing her blood sugar. No, she doesn’t have a meter. She wasn’t even told she NEEDED a meter. I threw a bloody hissy fit about how she needed to have a meter and log her blood sugar so she can keep track of what it’s doing. For all we know, she may be knocking her blood sugar into the 70s or worse when she takes metformin. The doctor apparently explained NOTHING to her.
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*
Metformin had me puking within a day and I stopped taking it and complained to my VA doc. They changed it to something else which has now been changed to something else entirely but I have no love for Metformin.
re: #131 William Lewis
Metformin had me puking within a day and I stopped taking it and complained to my VA doc. They changed it to something else which has now been changed to something else entirely but I have no love for Metformin.
Januvia did that to me. I was constantly throwing up. It was unbearable.
Decided I hadn’t played a Civ game in awhile so I booted up Civ VI to kill a bit of time. Then I got curious how long a stretch it had been and checked the last save game…which shows a date of 2019. Now I’m afraid to check the save dates on the other games I used to binge.
re: #130 mmmirele
Someone, please tell me if this isn’t malpractice. I learned that a friend of mine was given metformin, 500 mg 2x a day. She’s been complaining of feeling queasy since she started taking it last week, so I asked her if she was testing her blood sugar. No, she doesn’t have a meter. She wasn’t even told she NEEDED a meter. I threw a bloody hissy fit about how she needed to have a meter and log her blood sugar so she can keep track of what it’s doing. For all we know, she may be knocking her blood sugar into the 70s or worse when she takes metformin. The doctor apparently explained NOTHING to her.
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*
You’re right: this is bad medical practice. I have pre-diabetic issues myself: my GP flagged a bad number in a blood test, and sent me straight to an endocrinologist. She started me on Metformin (thank goodness I didn’t have any bad reactions to it), but switched ASAP to more-effective stuff (Mounjaro now). But she also impressed on me the need to constantly monitor. And the meters are easy enough (and partly covered by insurance so cheap enough) to use. Queasiness as a reaction usually means something is not right: your upset is justified IMO.
re: #133 Targetpractice
Decided I hadn’t played a Civ game in awhile so I booted up Civ VI to kill a bit of time. Then I got curious how long a stretch it had been and checked the last save game…which shows a date of 2019. Now I’m afraid to check the save dates on the other games I used to binge.
Heh. I only discovered Civ 6 a year ago and it’s been my go to game until I started Baldur’s Gate recently. Civ says I’ve got over 2000 hours logged now and I got up to playing on deity level. Good game, good times
re: #130 mmmirele
Someone, please tell me if this isn’t malpractice. I learned that a friend of mine was given metformin, 500 mg 2x a day. She’s been complaining of feeling queasy since she started taking it last week, so I asked her if she was testing her blood sugar. No, she doesn’t have a meter. She wasn’t even told she NEEDED a meter. I threw a bloody hissy fit about how she needed to have a meter and log her blood sugar so she can keep track of what it’s doing. For all we know, she may be knocking her blood sugar into the 70s or worse when she takes metformin. The doctor apparently explained NOTHING to her.
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*
The same damned thing happened to me in June 2022 when I was first diagnosed. I was put on metformin with no guidance at all and not even prescribed a meter. After several days of not tolerating the metformin, I went to the after hours walk in clinic and the PA there was surprised that I hadn’t been issued a meter. I got taken off the metformin and had my prescription changed to an older medication, glipazide, and then had to pester my then-primary care provider by calling up and asking them if I should’ve been prescribed a meter and regularly testing my blood sugar. That got me a meter. Then, as soon as I could, I switched to my current provider.
My A1C was 10.4 when I was diagnosed. By six months after diagnosis, I had it down to a 5.5 and I am now also off the glipazide, relying upon lisinopril and diet to keep things in check.
I’m so glad I’m no longer dealing with my first provider.
re: #22 No Malarkey!
What might’ve been.
That was about the time I quit following events in the Middle East because I saw that there would never be any resolution…
re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅
Memories of my senior year in high school when there was all the publicity saying that it would be The Next Big Thing in the Auto Industry.
But the BLANK-el fizzed out…
A buddy of mine in college even drove an early Mazda with the Wankenheimer engine. We also thought it was cutting-edge.
re: #63 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Just the other golden rule. He who has the gold rules.
And the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
part of a 2-volume set paired with the Borg Rules of Assimilation
re: #67 teleskiguy
Eh? Not true in some of my circles. I know a few landowners and real estate developers around these parts who are living comfortably and all they think about is money.
I remember going to parties at ASU with clusters of business students talking about business.
There was once a guy and a girl talking about their respective post-graduation business plans, to which the fellow asked “But can you get capital?” and the girl tossed her hair and stating confidently “I can get capital!”
That became one of our catch phrases.
re: #89 sagehen
Old money never talks about money. New money talks about it ALL. THE. TIME.
Then there is the example of Russia. Under the Soviet regime, the better-off were taught to be discrete about their wealth and privelege so as not to disturb the veneer of civility that their ideology called for.
But under the oligarchs, it is all about crass and disgusting displays of tasteless opulence.
re: #112 Belafon
The book I’m reading mentions that he came up with one of the first codes for translating characters into text, which used five binary digits, and laster also used on of the unused codes to expand his set beyond 32.
and his granddaughter Bridget went on to become a film star
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
So Russians are going to meet a Gob on the Throne of Heaven, the French an Ueid
and the Muslims a Halla?
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That was about the time I quit following events in the Middle East because I saw that there would never be any resolution…
Things will never change so long as one or both sides are led by men whose hold on power depends upon there being conflict. Unfortunately, history has shown that when men who wished peace came forward, those who desired continued conflict would not abide.
Heh. Got the outside trash emptied _just_ in time, he sez as the thunderstorm rolls in 😉
Musk seems to like being an asshole in order to just bully, firing anyone who disagreed with him. I know the tyoe as I lost a job I had for 16 years when I told someone they were wrong when they wee..
But I also had managers like Jobs. They could be an asshole but tended to respect those who could defend their work. If you could not explain what you were doing at the company they wondered why you were there. Which is why so many of his top people were with him for decades. He recognized all those who worked on the Original Mac by putting their signatures in the plastc on the inside. Those names will be there in every Original Mac in future.
But there are two anecdotes about him that make me smile. He never had license plates on his mercedes.ca at that time had a loophole that said you did not need plates for the first 6 months you had a new car. So he leased cars on 6 month intervals. It had nothing to do with identifying the vehicle because everyone knew that a grey Mercedes with no plates was Jobs’. I think he did not like how plates destroyed the clean lines of the car.
The other story is about how he alays parked in a handicapped parking spot at Apple so he did not have to walk far. Apple has never had executive parking so often the CEOs who were not Jobs would walk 10 minutes to get to the building.
But not Jobs. He parked in a handicapped parking spot not too far from the door. Only it was not an official restricted parking spot. When peple would call the police to come out, they would reply that it was not a proper space.
Apparently, according to Wozniak, Jobs painted a space to look like a handicapped one. But he knew it was not. No one else would park in it though so he always had a space close to the building.He did not care if he looked like a jerk. He knw the truth and he did not have to walk.
That man was an evil genius ;-)
re: #148 William Lewis
Heh. Got the outside trash emptied _just_ in time, he sez as the thunderstorm rolls in 😉
I have more than once chased the garbage truck down the street pulling my bin…
re: #72 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I wouldn’t go for a large TV since the colour balance isn’t quite right for computer display and things like photo editing. I use a 43” 4k monitor, the Dell UltraSharp U4320Q which comes with a three-year on-site exchange warranty since it’s a business model rather than consumer-grade. It can do tricks like split-screen with four inputs if you really want it to but it’s something I’ve never needed myself.
Apple thinks everyone who buys their stuff is a 30-something with good eyesight hence their 27” maximum monitor size. God forbid more than two people need to read the same screen at one time either.
re: #129 mmmirele
I could go for some Japanese strawberry Kitkats right now.
Green Tea flavored Kitkats are awesome!
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Green Tea flavored Kitkats are awesome!
That actually does sound good to me.
Last night Trump filed three motions to dismiss in the D.C. case, and a fourth motion to strike references to the J6 attack on the Capitol he incited. I’m confident all 4 motions will be denied.
JUST IN: Donald Trump is mounting what appears to be the heart of his effort to derail the election-subversion case against him in Washington, D.C., filing three motions tonight to dismiss the case:
1) On constitutional grounds
2) On legal grounds
3) For selective prosecution— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 24, 2023
re: #154 No Malarkey!
Last night Trump filed three motions to dismiss in the D.C. case, and a fourth motion to strike references to the J6 attack on the Capitol he incited. I’m confident all 4 motions will be denied.
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The “legal grounds” is because apparently, he believes he was already tried and acquitted by the Senate, so therefore he is immune to prosecution under double jeopardy. LOL. That’s going to go over well, I can assure you.
Well hello there pretty Birbie. Sing your song all day long.
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re: #156 Nerdy Fish
Nicely done! Gonna have to start calling you PhD Fish. LOL.
I would pay all the money if the Court said something along the lines of, “A show trial in the Senate in front of one’s friends is hardly the equivalent of a criminal trial in front of a jury of one’s peers.”
re: #158 TarHellion
Nicely done! Gonna have to start calling you PhD Fish. LOL.
I would accept that, if I had actually put in the effort to secure such an advanced degree. Alas, I chose the professional route, rather than remain comfortable in the academic world.
re: #160 Nerdy Fish
OK, so an unofficially honorary one. Nerdy Fish, (PhD in Wordle-ology)
re: #154 No Malarkey!
Last night Trump filed three motions to dismiss in the D.C. case, and a fourth motion to strike references to the J6 attack on the Capitol he incited. I’m confident all 4 motions will be denied.
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“For selective prosecution.”
Translation: His lawyers arguing the legal theory that Donald J. Trump is simultaneously too important to politics to put on trial and too unimportant in light of other federal crimes to put on trial for the worst attack on American democracy in modern history.
On the one hand, his lawyers would be remiss if they did not pursue every legal avenue available. Because on its merits, the case against Trump is looking very solid.
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
On the one hand, his lawyers would be remiss if they did not pursue every legal avenue available. Because on its merits, the case against Trump is looking very solid.
While that’s true, and I would expect them to try novel legal arguments in a case that is the first of its kind (a former president being tried for what essentially amounts to seditious conspiracy, even though that is not one of the charges currently on the docket), there is a line between “novel legal arguments” and “stupid legal arguments.” Some of these are stupid legal arguments, and I hope the court calls them out as such. Note that the court likely won’t do anything to him or his lawyers over it, as courts generally give lawyers an opportunity to understand that they have made a grave mistake before the punishment starts.
re: #165 Nerdy Fish
there is a line between “novel legal arguments” and “stupid legal arguments.” Some of these are stupid legal arguments, and I hope the court calls them out as such. Note that the court likely won’t do anything to him or his lawyers over it, as courts generally give lawyers an opportunity to understand that they have made a grave mistake before the punishment starts.
It also shows that they have little or nothing left to lose as they situation grows more and more dire with each co-conspirator who turns State’s Witness.
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It also shows that they have little or nothing left to lose as they situation grows more and more dire with each co-conspirator who turns State’s Witness.
Yes. If they had any actual legal arguments against the charges, they would have come out already. Lawyers generally take a shotgun approach to motion practice; motions to dismiss may contain multiple lines of legal argument, sometimes contradictory. Those are usually phrased as, “If this defense fails, then there’s this other, otherwise contradictory, defense that would apply.” That the best argument they have at this point is, “LOL double jeopardy” and “but muh freeze peach,” is not a good sign for the defense.
re: #162 Targetpractice
“For selective prosecution.”
Translation: His lawyers arguing the legal theory that Donald J. Trump is simultaneously too important to politics to put on trial and too unimportant in light of other federal crimes to put on trial for the worst attack on American democracy in modern history.
I’d think the rest of the J6 people who are in prison ATM might have an issue with the selective part. And trumpy, old man, you’re not likely to be alone by the time this is all over.
re: #165 Nerdy Fish
While that’s true, and I would expect them to try novel legal arguments in a case that is the first of its kind (a former president being tried for what essentially amounts to seditious conspiracy, even though that is not one of the charges currently on the docket), there is a line between “novel legal arguments” and “stupid legal arguments.” Some of these are stupid legal arguments, and I hope the court calls them out as such. Note that the court likely won’t do anything to him or his lawyers over it, as courts generally give lawyers an opportunity to understand that they have made a grave mistake before the punishment starts.
Remember that trump is used to throwing every legal argument at the wall in hopes that his litigants would run out of money and go away. The US gov ain’t gonna play that.
re: #170 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Remember that trump is used to throwing every legal argument at the wall in hopes that his litigants would run out of money and go away. The US gov ain’t gonna play that.
Which is why he sees it as Deep State Witch Hunt Persecution
re: #170 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Remember that trump is used to throwing every legal argument at the wall in hopes that his litigants would run out of money and go away. The US gov ain’t gonna play that.
That’s a fair point, and it is an attempt at a delaying action, but Judge Chutkan, at least, seems unmoved as far as ensuring the trial occurs on time. Trump has finally found an opponent who is more stubborn and obstinate than himself: Uncle Sam.
re: #172 Nerdy Fish
That’s a fair point, and it is an attempt at a delaying action, but Judge Chutkan, at least, seems unmoved as far as ensuring the trial occurs on time. Trump has finally found an opponent who is more stubborn and obstinate than himself: Uncle Sam.
For exceptionally good cause!
re: #172 Nerdy Fish
That’s a fair point, and it is an attempt at a delaying action, but Judge Chutkan, at least, seems unmoved as far as ensuring the trial occurs on time. Trump has finally found an opponent who is more stubborn and obstinate than himself:
Uncle Samthe Soros-funded, Obama-led, Bill Gates-equipped Deep State.
Asked GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson on how his constituents view the dysfunction in the House amid the Republican infighting: “They just can’t believe that we’re this bad,” he told me
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 24, 2023
they cant believe the leopards they voted for are eating each other’s faces
re: #175 Dangerman
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They were supposed to eat the Bad Guys’ faces
Approaching 15,000 karma points. Given how paltry that is compared to others, there will simply be a BYOB in a Waffle House parking lot to commemorate. Bonus to anyone who goes into the Waffle House and gets their hash browns scattered smothered covered chunked topped diced and peppered.
re: #17 Targetpractice
Ya hate to se…no, I’m fuckin’ lovin’ it:
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But instead of nipping this in the bud or at the very least cultivating a back-up Speaker that could be put forward when it happened, you kept acting as though things were under control and if you just kept feeding the tiger red meat it would let you ride it forever. Now here you are, whining because the tiger’s biting your ass and the only people who can help you are the ones you’ve been pissing on for ages. Sucks to suck.
Having to work WITH other people in a democracy, why I never.
re: #178 Eventual Carrion
Having to work WITH other people in a democracy, why I never.
That is forbidden under the operating procedure of the modern GOP. They are all evil: communists/socialists/pedophiles/terrorist sympathizers/traitors, etc…
re: #169 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’d think the rest of the J6 people who are in prison ATM might have an issue with the selective part. And trumpy, old man, you’re not likely to be alone by the time this is all over.
It’s actually worse than I thought, as explained by Emptywheel:
re: #175 Dangerman
They can’t believe how bad the GOP are?
Who here knew the GOP was this bad - everyone who wasn’t voting for GOPers, because they saw how awful they were - by any measure.
Mornin’ everyone…how about a little propaganda that probably has Russians wishing to be more like Odesa.
re: #181 lawhawk
The GOP started an attention-seeking race to the bottom to show who could be the most radically ideological, outrageous and offensive to the liberals and woke snowflakes.
People whose campaign ads feature them firing semi-automatic weapons at symbols of US government. People who deny the results of elections that do not result in their favor.
They are getting what they voted for.
re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP started an attention-seeking race to the bottom to show who could be the most radically ideological, outrageous and offensive to the liberals and woke snowflakes.
People whose campaign ads feature them firing semi-automatic weapons at symbols of US government. People who deny the results of elections that do not result in their favor.
They are getting what they voted for.
re: #182 darthstar
Mornin’ everyone…how about a little propaganda that probably has Russians wishing to be more like Odesa.
This is fully in line with GOP ideology that (their boneheaded, narrow-minded concept of) “moral decay” is a leading factor in economic decline.
re: #180 Targetpractice
It’s actually worse than I thought, as explained by Emptywheel:
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He’s really banking on Hunter Biden being his ace in the hole. But the charges against Hunter are nothing like the charges against Trump “He was caught jaywalking and the cops just let him go!” isn’t the same as a seditious conspiracy to overthrow the government.
I think I forgot to x-post this here last night. The boys do like sashimi.
Safe journey to your intended destination little missile!
re: #192 Dave In Austin
needs to be deep-fried first
re: #195 Targetpractice
What fresh hell is that?!
An impossible to eat trash heap of non-complimentary flavors and textures.
re: #196 darthstar
An impossible to eat trash heap of non-complimentary flavors and textures.
exactly. food as performance art
all things I would enjoy in a proper combination
re: #201 darthstar
Gov. Wheels: “To keep pregnant women within our borders, we must build another wall!”
re: #203 TarHellion
Gov. Wheels: “To keep pregnant women within our borders, we must build another wall!”
Yes, this is actually great news for young Texas women where there is a six week ban - affordable healthcare and abortion access just across the border.
re: #147 Targetpractice
Things will never change so long as one or both sides are led by men whose hold on power depends upon there being conflict. Unfortunately, history has shown that when men who wished peace came forward, those who desired continued conflict would not abide.
The leaders is one side of the coin.
Though even after protracted wars there has been peace, of a sort.*
So even if some peace were actually hammered out by the higher ups, there’s still the other side
Semi anonymous evil members of one of the groups who wont abide or agree.
Willing to commit more evil and in this case against innocents.
And it wont take many of them
Eta* didn’t just mean the ME. I meant any war.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have more than once chased the garbage truck down the street pulling my bin…
Lady: am I too late for the trash?
Garbage man: nope, hop right in….
The fitst video is for the cyclists among us.
fb.watch
re: #192 Dave In Austin
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Nail together two things that have never been nailed together before and some schmuck will buy it from you
- G. Carlin
Another Trump attorney flips!
Down goes another one. https://t.co/YVemZtsQ1y
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 24, 2023
re: #201 darthstar
Well, as of last month abortion is legal in Mexico! So yet another medical service Americans will go to Mexico to access.
Until the Gilead border guards stop them.
re: #212 No Malarkey!
Another Trump attorney flips!
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Down goes another one. https://t.co/YVemZtsQ1y
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 24, 2023
Tfg: nope, Never heard of her. Nice legs though, right?
re: #157 TarHellion
Well hello there pretty Birbie. Sing your song all day long.
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re: #212 No Malarkey!
Another Trump attorney flips!
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Trump: “We all gotta stick together to beat Jack Smith!”
Co-conspirators: “What’s this ‘we’ business, kemosabe?”
Four down, 14 left (excluding the asshole at the top)! Who’s gonna flip next as the courts solidify the case around the Tangerine Traitor?
Ellis is the fourth of 19 defendants to plead guilty in this case. Her agreement comes less than a week after two others, Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro, negotiated deals just hours before going to trial.
— Tamar Hallerman (@TamarHallerman) October 24, 2023
re: #218 (((Archangel1)))
Four down, 14 left (excluding the asshole at the top)! Who’s gonna flip next as the courts solidify the case around the Tangerine Traitor?
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Criswell Bacon predicts Rudy will be the next to flip…after he sobers up in a week or 2…
re: #212 No Malarkey!
Ah, why is it that I hear NIN’s March of the Pigs when I hear all Trump lawyers rushing to prosecutors to take deals to avoid prison?
Oh, that’s right - because they’re rushing to avoid prison and have to name names to avoid the full consequences of their criminal conduct.
Trump’s level of fuckedness keeps growing.
I put him now at sincerely fucked. That’s up from surely fucked.
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re: #219 Joe Bacon ✅
Criswell Bacon predicts Rudy will be the next to flip…after he sobers up in a week or 2…
He won’t flip until he gets to Step Five in the AA program: “Admit your wrongs to yourself, God and others.”
The Fani Willis method of nabbing everyone in the conspiracy and looking to prosecute all of them is paying dividends as the dominoes are falling to CYA and give up names on Trumpworld.
The more conservative approach by Smith is still the more streamlined approach, but Willis has gotten coconspirators to flip on Trump, Meadows, Rudy, Eastman, etc.
I do think Rudy will flip this week. He can’t afford not to.
re: #220 lawhawk
Ah, why is it that I hear NIN’s March of the Pigs when I hear all Trump
I put him now at sincerely fucked. That’s up from surely fucked.
Oh Trump’s way past NIN and he’s in Infected Mushroom territory now!
You betcha it’s NSFW!
re: #220 lawhawk
Ah, why is it that I hear NIN’s March of the Pigs when I hear all Trump lawyers rushing to prosecutors to take deals to avoid prison?
Oh, that’s right - because they’re rushing to avoid prison and have to name names to avoid the full consequences of their criminal conduct.
Trump’s level of fuckedness keeps growing.
I put him now at sincerely fucked. That’s up from surely fucked.
Remember when people were saying Fulton County’s case was an unworkable mess because there were too many defendants to try at once? By the time the trial date for Trump arrives, there will be few, if any co-defendants left standing by his side.
Wank The Parents
Wanking Arizona
Good day, everyone!
re: #225 No Malarkey!
Remember when people were saying Fulton County’s case was an unworkable mess because there were too many defendants to try at once? By the time the trial date for Trump arrives, there will be few, if any co-defendants left standing by his side.
I was not among those thinking that btw. I thought that Willis had all of them dead to rights, and that her office didn’t flinch on the speedy trial request. They relished the request - not only did they have the goods, but knew it would force them to flip on Trump and his remaining codefendants.
It’s going to get to a point where the remaining defendants wont be given a chance to take a deal, or that deal will be indistinguishable from a guilty verdict at trial. We might see a few more quick plea deals announced, but it might slow into next year as the evidence Powell and Chesebro are digested by prosecutors. There might be superseding indictments too, and additional parties named.
This term SCOTUS will decide if domestic abusers under a DVO have a constitutional right to own a gun so that they can more easily murder their significant others and their children. Under SCOTUS’ recent decision adopting originalism as applied to Second Amendment cases, Bruen, it’s an easy question to answer. Since men were expected to physically discipline their wives and children, domestic violence was not illegal in the 19th century, so of course domestic abusers were not barred from owning guns, and the law is unconstitutional. However this is the Calvinball Court, and Roberts and Kavanaugh left themselves an out in a concurring opinion to Bruen that allows them to join with the three liberals to uphold gun laws, just because they say so. It will be interesting to see who joins Thomas in holding that domestic abusers should have guns.
re: #226 GlutenFreeJesus
Wank The Parents
Wanking ArizonaGood day, everyone!
Honey, I Wanked the Kids
So I Married a Wank Murderer
and of course
Wank’s World (party time, excellent!”)
re: #230 Dave In Austin
lol. And some folks would say that you have that going the wrong way.
re: #230 Dave In Austin
A Nation Divided…..
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When you have been the King Of England on the throne for 30 minutes you do not care which way that roll is set.
Featuring Meryl Streep:
Sophie’s Wank
The French Lieutenant’s Wank
Don’t Wank Up
re: #85 retired cynic
A friend (PhD in computer engineering) has two of those on the wall above his desk. Recommends that as the way to go. Can run files across both screens from his laptop in his recliner.
This is my recliner “office” setup:
A 43” 4K Samsung M7 (Near) and a 65” 4K LG TV, both driven from an Intel NUC, bluetooth keys and mouse.
It looks like the right wing has discovered Shareholder Proposals. I received a proxy statement from MicroSoft and there are proposals to (1) require the company to write a report on how funding abortion and gender affirming care negatively impacts moms, (2) require a report on the risk of omitting ideology from their equal employment opportunity statements (quote from the proposal “There is ample evidence that individuals with conservative viewpoints may face discrimination at Microsoft. According to a letter sent to the Company by Congressman Jim Jordan”), (3) a report itemizing any take-down requests from any US government agency including name and position of official, and a (4) “request that the Company adopt a policy requiring that, prior to making a donation or expenditure that supports the political activities of any trade association, social welfare organization, or entity established and operated primarily to engage in political activities”, that these third party organizations provide a gazillion more bits of information than they already do.
Of course, there are left leaning proposals on climate change and the like, and I’ve occasionally seen a right leaning proposal, but this seems much more coordinated than in the past.
re: #239 dat_said
“Conservativism” is not an ethnicity or a gender. Hence it is not subject to the same protections. But I cann well guess some see it as worthy of protection as a religious denomination
re: #241 Ace Rothstein
I guess Jesus told Jenna to flip.
Just like a table at the Temple in Jerusalem!
Three Days of the Wank.
I’m sure I’ve seen that before. But now it’s just an observation of circumstances.
re: #243 wrenchwench
Three Days of the Wank.
I’m sure I’ve seen that before. But now it’s just an observation of circumstances.
Marathon Wank
re: #243 wrenchwench
Three Days of the Wank.
I’m sure I’ve seen that before. But now it’s just an observation of circumstances.
Wank Soup
A Wank at the Opera
A Wank at the Races
Go Wank
Horse Wankers
Wank Service
Wank Happy
Casabwanker
It’s really not the best version of “I’m Sorry”
‘Deep remorse’: Jenna Ellis tearfully throws Trump and Giuliani under the bus in plea
“If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-challenges,” Ellis said. “I look back on this experience with deep remorse.”
“I failed to do my due diligence,” she added. “In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way … I endeavored to represent my client to the best of my ability.”
Ellis pointed a finger at Giuliani in her plea agreement by admitting she aided and abetted the fellow Trump lawyer’s “false statements” to Georgia legislators at a December 2020 hearing and acknowledged she was, “Assisting with the execution of” the hearing with Giuliani and co-defendant Ray Smith, also a former Trump campaign lawyer.
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
Rudy, your physical freedom light is flashing in the red. Prison is your final future.
re: #248 lawhawk
Rudy, your physical freedom light is flashing in the red. Prison is your final future.
Yeah, it looks like he’s being underbussed, good and hard.
(Can we stop with the wanking now?)
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
It’s really not the best version of “I’m Sorry”
‘Deep remorse’: Jenna Ellis tearfully throws Trump and Giuliani under the bus in plea
“If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-challenges,” Ellis said. “I look back on this experience with deep remorse.”
“I failed to do my due diligence,” she added. “In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way … I endeavored to represent my client to the best of my ability.”
Ellis pointed a finger at Giuliani in her plea agreement by admitting she aided and abetted the fellow Trump lawyer’s “false statements” to Georgia legislators at a December 2020 hearing and acknowledged she was, “Assisting with the execution of” the hearing with Giuliani and co-defendant Ray Smith, also a former Trump campaign lawyer.
this is BS
they all knew what they were doing was wrong.
everybody did. because we all know what transfer of power is supposed to look like
else why ask for pardons?
re: #249 Unabogie
Yeah, it looks like he’s being underbussed, good and hard.
(Can we stop with the wanking now?)
I thought they’d get that out of their systems last night, but it may be the new Wordle.
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
I wanna know why the members of Congress sought pardons, and someone will flip giving that salient detail and expand the prosecutions into those in Congress presently.
My random learning of the day - SC has a relatively high risk of earthquakes: usgs.gov
I was aware of the earthquake risks along the Pacific coast and also the New Madrid fault in MO and the seismic activity around Yellowstone, but was not aware of a major earthquake in 1886 Charleston. I’m curious about that little red spot in the east of Tennesse.
re: #214 Dangerman
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Tfg: nope, Never heard of her. Nice legs though, right?
Not sure how/why Victoria and Joe have escaped indictments. They’ve been in it up to their ears.
i.e.
In November 2020, Trump named Toensing, diGenova, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis to join a legal team led by Giuliani to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election in which Trump was defeated.
re: #245 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Wank Soup
A Wank at the Opera
A Wank at the Races
Go Wank
Horse Wankers
Wank Service
Wank Happy
The Wanks from Brazil
The Great Wank
Gone with the Wank
The Wizard of Wank
re: #256 dat_said
Charleston has had some of the strongest earthquakes in the US not found on the West Coast or the New Madrid fault.
It’s not known why the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone is active, unlike say New Madrid or Charleston or St. Lawrence.
re: #253 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I thought they’d get that out of their systems last night, but it may be the new Wordle.
Don’t you mean the new Wankle?
re: #230 Dave In Austin
A Nation Divided…..
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One simple photograph that tells the world whether or not you have a cat living at your place of residence.
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
It’s really not the best version of “I’m Sorry”
‘Deep remorse’: Jenna Ellis tearfully throws Trump and Giuliani under the bus in plea
“If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-challenges,” Ellis said. “I look back on this experience with deep remorse.”
“I failed to do my due diligence,” she added. “In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way … I endeavored to represent my client to the best of my ability.”
The reputation of those who practice the legal profession, which has always been none to great, sure is taking a hit these days. Perhaps the law schools should provide more training on Constitutional law or maybe lawyers shouldn’t treat Saul Goodman as a professional role model. Or maybe Trump is just a big, fat black hole of attorney misconduct that they come to close to and get sucked in.
Underway - Michael Cohen will be testifying against Trump in the civil fraud case. Another witness is testifying and Cohen is in the courthouse, waiting for his turn to testify.
Wank in the City.
Or alternatively, Sex and the Wank
re: #256 dat_said
My random learning of the day - SC has a relatively high risk of earthquakes: usgs.gov
I was aware of the earthquake risks along the Pacific coast and also the New Madrid fault in MO and the seismic activity around Yellowstone, but was not aware of a major earthquake in 1886 Charleston. I’m curious about that little red spot in the east of Tennesse.
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Mom’s grandparents lived thru the Charleston quake. It was awful.
the spot you’re talking about in Tennessee is the New Madrid Fault which had three earthquakes in the early 1800s that were so powerful that the Mississippi River flowed backwards.
re: #266 Joe Bacon ✅
Mom’s grandparents lived thru the Charleston quake. It was awful.
the spot you’re talking about in Tennessee is the New Madrid Fault which had three earthquakes in the early 1800s that were so powerful that the Mississippi River flowed backwards.
No, on the map there is a spot in East Tennessee as well.
re: #267 No Malarkey!
No, on the map there is a spot in East Tennessee as well.
I love my diabetic eyes that didn’t see it
re: #223 lawhawk
The Fani Willis method of nabbing everyone in the conspiracy and looking to prosecute all of them is paying dividends as the dominoes are falling to CYA and give up names on Trumpworld.
The more conservative approach by Smith is still the more streamlined approach, but Willis has gotten coconspirators to flip on Trump, Meadows, Rudy, Eastman, etc.
I do think Rudy will flip this week. He can’t afford not to.
I wonder if Rudy won’t get a deal since as a former US Attorney he should have known better.
Time to move on, or as they say in the Navy
Wankers Aweigh!
re: #271 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
He might not get a deal because he’s got nothing else to offer. A deal would only be about avoiding trial and the associated costs. It’ll save him the time and money of legal fees, but he’ll get all the jail he so richly deserves.
re: #270 Belafon
Willy Wanker’s Chocolate Factory
That was already taken by a porn producer in the 70s.
re: #271 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I wonder if Rudy won’t get a deal since as a former US Attorney he should have known better.
Powell was a US Attorney as well.
The longer Rudy waits, the worse the deal.
re: #256 dat_said
My random learning of the day - SC has a relatively high risk of earthquakes: usgs.gov
I was aware of the earthquake risks along the Pacific coast and also the New Madrid fault in MO and the seismic activity around Yellowstone, but was not aware of a major earthquake in 1886 Charleston. I’m curious about that little red spot in the east of Tennesse.
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Just goes to show that there really no areas that are totally safe.
“If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump.” - Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pic.twitter.com/MJvRxfkE2X
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 24, 2023
Too late.
re: #244 No Malarkey!
Meet the Wankers
Little Wankers
re: #156 Nerdy Fish
Whee! There’s a way to go!
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Jenna Ellis trying the Kyle Rittenhouse defense.
re: #281 Eclectic Cyborg
And on a related note, is there a Speaker vote today?
re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg
And on a related note, is there a Speaker vote today?
I think the GOP conference is voting for their nominee. Secret ballots and all.
January 1, 2021 reply from Jenna Ellis to @MollyJongFast pic.twitter.com/VG1JJ8CSXF
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2023
re: #249 Unabogie
The Neverending Wank
Could we just go back to posting our Wordle?
NOW: 5,000 @UAW members in Texas are walking out of General Motors largest and most profitable plant, Arlington Assembly.
To the workers- the Texas labor movement stands in complete solidarity with you in this historic fight. #StandUpStrikehttps://t.co/cwVFfplF7R— Texas AFL-CIO (@TexasAFLCIO) October 24, 2023
re: #256 dat_said
The yellow spot in eastern Massachusetts is me! Cape Ann, 1755.
I’ve felt both earthquakes in DC, all the way up in Salem. Living on the third floor of a concrete apartment building will do that.
re: #291 Backwoods Sleuth
5,000 UAW members in Texas are walking out of General Motors largest and most profitable plant, Arlington Assembly.
To the workers- the Texas labor movement stands in complete solidarity with you in this historic fight.
I don’t think Ted Cruz approves of this move…
He doesn’t want it.
The Case for Arnold Schwarzenegger Being Speaker of the House
With the U.S. House of Representatives still without a speaker after three weeks—and with no end in sight to the drama—The New Abnormal co-host Andy Levy has someone in mind.
“There’s nothing in the rules that says the speaker has to be a member of Congress. And that’s why we’ve been hearing Donald Trump’s name floated,” Lexy explains.
“I think I have the right pick. I think it should be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Because he has experience being a kindergarten cop.”
Levy adds Schwarzenegger is perfect for the role because it’s like “trying to keep a bunch of kindergarten kids in line and letting them know when it’s nap time and when they have to drink their milk and whatever.”
Arnold would rather play chess on the tables at Santa Monica Beach.
re: #296 Joe Bacon ✅
He doesn’t want it.
The Case for Arnold Schwarzenegger Being Speaker of the House
But he would not be able to be in line to succeed the President
re: #295 Backwoods Sleuth
Here’s the third round tally, according to a person familiar with the secret ballot results.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.): 100
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.): 43
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.): 32
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.): 26
Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.): 12
A total of six Republicans didn’t choose a candidate: Three members voted “other” and three more voted “present.”
Pete Sessions, Jack Bergman, and Austin Scott have now been voted off.
re: #298 dat_said
Why don’t they just draw straws and live with the outcome?
Rep. Austin Scott has been eliminated from the House GOP speakership ballot, as Majority Whip Tom Emmer continues to win a plurality of votes.Emmer, who topped 100 votes for the first time, is inching closer to a majority of the 221-member conference. Republicans will now begin a fourth ballot.
Jenna Ellis read this letter in court. 🙄
It was hard to listen to after she brought God and her religion up immediately. Weird seeing a grown ass woman who went to law school and passed the Bar exam blame more experienced lawyers for her actions. 😒
…and sound moral and… pic.twitter.com/fD7cHOe1VN— Ryan Shead (@RyanShead) October 24, 2023
re: #238 jeffreyw
This is my recliner “office” setup:
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A 43” 4K Samsung M7 (Near) and a 65” 4K LG TV, both driven from an Intel NUC, bluetooth keys and mouse.
That is a GLORIOUS nest!
re: #301 Backwoods Sleuth
Jenna Ellis continued to stand strong in court, as Christ our Father guided her every word to prove her innocence to the world. pic.twitter.com/94r8Ozmcd6
— Gary Peterson 🇺🇸 (@GaryPetersonUSA) October 24, 2023
re: #301 Backwoods Sleuth
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Good lord, this makes me hate her more. Fake tears, high-pitched voice, and deflection of blame? Typical lying conservative.
She KNEW the cries of election fraud were fake. She was there in the room. She knows these people. She knows Donald freaking Trump.
Hollow words from a hollow person.
re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why don’t they just draw straws and live with the outcome?
They’d spend way too much time comparing straw length.
/
re: #227 lawhawk
I was not among those thinking that btw. I thought that Willis had all of them dead to rights, and that her office didn’t flinch on the speedy trial request. They relished the request - not only did they have the goods, but knew it would force them to flip on Trump and his remaining codefendants.
It’s going to get to a point where the remaining defendants wont be given a chance to take a deal, or that deal will be indistinguishable from a guilty verdict at trial. We might see a few more quick plea deals announced, but it might slow into next year as the evidence Powell and Chesebro are digested by prosecutors. There might be superseding indictments too, and additional parties named.
But far cheaper for them especially when they don’t have the financial resources to keep up a fight. Innocent people do plead because they cannot afford justice but, in this case, not a single one is innocent of the attempt to overthrow the government.
re: #304 Unabogie
Good lord, this makes me hate her more. Fake tears, high-pitched voice, and deflection of blame? Typical lying conservative.
She KNEW the cries of election fraud were fake. She was there in the room. She knows these people. She knows Donald freaking Trump.
Hollow words from a hollow person.
Religious extremism stops people from maturing into responsible adults. You can be a lawyer without growing up first. That’s not good.
GOP announces the new speaker of the House is now a pull tab can of old Coca Cola.
re: #308 nines09
GOP announces the new speaker of the House is now a pull tab can of old Coca Cola.
New Coke.
re: #241 Ace Rothstein
I guess Jesus told Jenna to flip.
Probably her bank statement was what advised her.
re: #303 Dave In Austin
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Jenna Ellis continued to stand strong in court, as Christ our Father guided her every word to prove her innocence to the world. pic.twitter.com/94r8Ozmcd6
— Gary Peterson 🇺🇸 (@GaryPetersonUSA) October 24, 2023
innocent?
so she didnt do it?
she’s pleading guilty to something she didnt do?
eta: oops. i’ve been justifiably admonished.
re: #312 Dangerman
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innocent?
so she didnt do it?
she’s pleading guilty to something she didnt do?
Are you upset by a parody account?
re: #302 retired cynic
That is a GLORIOUS nest!
Thanks! I improve it in increments. The M7 wants to be a smart tv but I don’t use any of that. Premium channels like Netflix all do well through their web browser portals.
re: #312 Dangerman
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innocent?
so she didnt do it?
she’s pleading guilty to something she didnt do?
eta: oops. i’ve been justifiably admonished.
re: #300 Backwoods Sleuth
Now down to Emmer (MN) and Mike Johnson (La). Hern (Ok) got voted out and Donalds (Fl) dropped.
re: #317 dat_said
Now down to Emmer (MN) and Mike Johnson (La). Hern (Ok) got voted out and Donalds (Fl) dropped.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.): 107 votes
not gonna cut it
i really do have to stop trying to diplomatically explain stuff to dumb assholes on bluesky. i’ve tried it twice now with bad results. from now on, I will try to only be pedantic here, where it is tolerated, if not appreciated.
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re: #297 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But he would not be able to be in line to succeed the President
True — but irrelevant to the actual role of Speaker. Plenty of others are in line.
re: #318 Dangerman
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.): 107 votes
not gonna cut it
Now if Johnson can pick up the 25 votes for Hern and the 25 votes for Donalds - we’ll have a nice 107-106 death rattle.
re: #320 Hecuba’s daughter
Just like Jennifer Granholm’s place in the succession order would be skipped over due to her Canadian citizenship at birth.
re: #313 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Are you upset by a parody account?
Poe’s Law strikes again.
Nevermore will we be able to ponder, weakly and wearily the diff’rence between reality and parody.
re: #107 BeenHereAwhile
Pumpkin pie? Yes
Pumpkin (anything else)? NO!
Pumpkin bread is yummy. Not going to die on this hill, but my brother makes a mean pumpkin bread.
re: #304 Unabogie
Good lord, this makes me hate her more. Fake tears, high-pitched voice, and deflection of blame? Typical lying conservative.
She KNEW the cries of election fraud were fake. She was there in the room. She knows these people. She knows Donald freaking Trump.
Hollow words from a hollow person.
The only thing missing was the Tammy Faye Dripping Mascara Down The Face Shtick.
Imagine a dog park full of this. And you ate a big edible.
This is Roux. She’s no expert, but she’s pretty sure this isn’t how dog bowls are supposed to work. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/s0ZPfeUmru
— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) October 24, 2023
re: Jenna Ellis and her crocodile tears:
* Ken White points out on Bsky that the crime she pleaded guilty to requires intent to commit a crime, e.g. she admitted that she knew what she was doing was wrong at the time she did it. Spare us the “if I knew what I was doing was wrong, I wouldn’t have done it” bullshit.
* Mike Dunford reminds us that Ellis wore a smug smirk in her booking photo. She’s not remorseful, she’s just saying what the judge wants to hear. It’ll be just like those J6 assholes who shouted “Trump won” as soon as the judge left the courtroom.
Holy hell—Republican Party is now mailing explicit adult 🎞️ photos to voters—disgusting. Does GOP stand for—‘Groomers of Porn’? “This is the most boomer cruelty shit I’ve seen in a long time, @RichAndersonRPV you continue to be the most disgusting hack ever” ~@peteymca @Jaaavis pic.twitter.com/vxsMTsf0cu
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 24, 2023
re: #333 Backwoods Sleuth
End Result of a party that totally embraces the Anything Goes shit Ayn AS IN MINE Rand pushed.
Vouchers would steal taxpayer money from public schools and send it to fancy private schools.
My opponent won’t say it on camera and he refuses to be honest with you because he knows it’s unpopular: he supports school vouchers. pic.twitter.com/i5o479VMWb— Andy Beshear (@AndyBeshearKY) October 24, 2023
re: #333 Backwoods Sleuth
Open only if 18+ is just what every little kid wants to see. Wouldn’t those people be receiving unsolicited porn? Is there a stature to prohibit that?
re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Honey, I Wanked the Kids
So I Married a Wank Murderer
and of course
Wank’s World (party time, excellent!”)
The Parent Wank.
Ewww, eww, eww
re: #326 mmmirele
Pumpkin bread is yummy. Not going to die on this hill, but my brother makes a mean pumpkin bread.
Pumpkin soup, baked pumpkin with gorgonzola, pumpkin curry.
Just keep it outta my coffee.
re: #334 Joe Bacon ✅
End Result of a party that totally embraces the Anything Goes shit Ayn AS IN MINE Rand pushed.
If you pronounce her name correctly, you then have to explain that you’re not a fan. I like the shorthand of calling her Ann, which says you dgaf about her.
re: #333 Backwoods Sleuth
Holy hell—Republican Party is now mailing explicit adult photos to voters—disgusting. Does GOP stand for—‘Groomers of Porn’? “This is the most boomer cruelty shit I’ve seen in a long time,
So why aren’t the Dems sending out nude photos of Melania?
re: #323 TarHellion
Just like Jennifer Granholm’s place in the succession order would be skipped over due to her Canadian citizenship at birth.
I love Jennifer Granholm. She was supposed to be the speaker at our state convention dinner last year, but she got sick.
Here she is, in all her fury/glory at Blue Jambouree in SC in 2016.
re: #342 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Original patent picture. Checkmate.
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That is objectively correct, because the paper can’t be drawn to the wall by static electricity, but the real way to win is to not play.
re: #267 No Malarkey!
No, on the map there is a spot in East Tennessee as well.
There’s also a tiny spot in central Oklahoma. That’s where a lot of fracking is going on. There was an earthquake in Prague, OK in the early ’10s. I pinpointed the epicenter to a particular crossroads in the area and asked my dad about. “Nope, I would have no idea why there’d be an earthquake at that location.” (Well, except for the fracking.
re: #252 Dangerman
this is BS
they all knew what they were doing was wrong.
everybody did. because we all know what transfer of power is supposed to look like
else why ask for pardons?
DING! DING! DING!
Interesting question to ask witnesses under cross.
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