Orchestrion - an Excerpt From Pat Metheny's Orchestrion Project

Orchestrion - an Excerpt From Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion Project

MusicNovember 2023 • Views: 15,227

This isn’t brand new, but I was surprised to discover I hadn’t posted it before; the first part of an amazing concert by Pat Metheny with his Frankenband, the Orchestrion, a huge assortment of automated instruments.

The Orchestrion Project was filmed at the former St Elias Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in November 2010. It features Pat Metheny on guitar performing with the Orchestrion, a vast collection of mechanical instruments that surround Pat Metheny in this atmospheric setting. The focus of the performance is the Orchestrion Suite, a work written specifically for this combination and debuted on Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion album released earlier in 2010. Added to this are other tracks from across Metheny’s prolific career going right back to Unity Village from his debut solo album Bright Size Life in 1976 and including other tracks from the seventies, eighties and nineties. This is a unique collaboration between a master guitarist and the pinnacle of mechanical music.

Directed by Pierre & François Lamoureux.

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271 comments

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 12, 2023 • 3:59:37pm

How about the latest superhero “Ver-Man”?

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:00:30pm

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 12, 2023 • 4:02:51pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, “settler-colonialism” must be wiped out!

I think it important to establish and respect mutually and internationally recognized borders. Not just in Israel/Palestine

PhillyPretzel ✅ Nov 12, 2023 • 4:07:04pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

That is a beautiful piece of tile.

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 4:07:55pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

Can you read the letters above the kinnor?

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 4:08:34pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

Yeah but, “settler-colonialism” must be wiped out!

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Snek and kitty look like they’re enjoying the music.

Hecuba's daughter Nov 12, 2023 • 4:09:18pm

re: #5 jaunte

Can you read the letters above the kinnor?

Think that just says David in Hebrew.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:09:40pm

re: #5 jaunte

Can you read the letters above the kinnor?

David.

gwangung Nov 12, 2023 • 4:11:38pm

re: #140 Romantic Heretic

I wonder how many of those kids will be dead or in the hospital by Christmas?

Or, more likely, homeless and kicked out of the house.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:15:22pm

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Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:23:53pm

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 12, 2023 • 4:27:11pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

He acts like he’s flying economy. Did he bring any chickens?

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 12, 2023 • 4:36:12pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

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That’s the behavior of a person who thinks that the rules do not apply to him and only to the little people. And thus any consideration for others on the flight is secondary to his own comfort.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:36:13pm

JFC WTF NYT

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Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:37:18pm

re: #13 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

That’s the behavior of a person who thinks that the rules do not apply to him and only to the little people. And thus any consideration for others on the flight is secondary to his own comfort.

How is it “comfortable” to walk in your bare feet on garbage & literal piss?

Eclectic Cyborg Nov 12, 2023 • 4:38:58pm

re: #15 Vicious Babushka

How is it “comfortable” to walk in your bare feet on garbage & literal piss?

Yeah, an airplane is barely above Chuck E Cheese on my list of “stupid places to be barefoot”.

Nerdy Fish Nov 12, 2023 • 4:40:14pm

re: #14 Vicious Babushka

JFC NYT

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What happened to his campaign promises? Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and a whole bunch of Republican fuckery happened, that’s what. Assholes.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 4:40:18pm

re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah, an airplane is barely above Chuck E Cheese on my list of “stupid places to be barefoot”.

He could step on a rusty nail & get tetanus & die.

calochortus Nov 12, 2023 • 4:41:39pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

He could step on a rusty nail & get tetanus & die.

Hope he’s vaccinated!

Charles Johnson Nov 12, 2023 • 4:43:18pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

If he wasn’t such a dangerous wacko that might make me like him.

Decatur Deb Nov 12, 2023 • 4:50:40pm

re: #2 Vicious Babushka

IIRC, the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) derived its name from the harp—it’s harp-shaped.

Charles Johnson Nov 12, 2023 • 4:51:49pm

I have to admit when I grew up in Hawaii we went barefoot a lot. The locals would make fun of the haoles who couldn’t hang, and call them “tenderfoot.” So you pretty much had to, or some moke might kick your ass just for the hell of it.

Charles Johnson Nov 12, 2023 • 4:57:09pm

An airplane is a lot safer than most places to go barefoot, but it’s just gross. I never went barefoot on a plane, but I did take off my shoes especially on long flights because your feet swell up. When Jarreau band flew business class (which wasn’t often) one of the things they handed out was a goodie bag with a bunch of stuff, including slipper socks for walking around the plane.

Captain Ron Nov 12, 2023 • 4:58:42pm

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Unabogie Nov 12, 2023 • 4:58:53pm

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jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 5:01:11pm

@lizdye.bsky.social

Trump requests an extension of deadlines in DC election interference case on grounds of UH OH we plastered the docket with eleventy-seven garbage motions and now we can’t keep up, BOOHOO.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 5:02:21pm

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Captain Ron Nov 12, 2023 • 5:03:38pm

the first Youtube ad I didn’t skip or mute…

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Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 5:16:06pm

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wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 5:29:54pm

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wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 5:31:13pm

Sorry.

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Charles Johnson Nov 12, 2023 • 5:43:03pm

re: #28 Captain Ron

This looks pretty interesting.

There are several things coming up on the streamers soon that look very promising. The Godzilla series with Kurt Russell and his son, the new Fargo series, the new Airbender movie.

Must. Consume. More. Entertainment.

jeffreyw Nov 12, 2023 • 5:58:22pm

re: #124 silverdolphin

And when I am accused of being intolerant of the intolerant, I bring up Karl Popper’s response to the Intolerance paradox.as long as the intolerant allow themselves to be controlled by social norms, they can be dealt with. The tolerant maintain the right to fight the intolerant to protect society if social norms do not work.

Yes. Tolerance is a tactic, not an ideology. It is a method for getting along with others who do not think like you. There is always a plan B for dealing with those others who see your tactical tolerance as a weakness.

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 6:00:03pm

@donmoyn.bsky.social

Hi, I am a professor who studies public management.
Can confirm there is no Thanos exception to civil service rules.
donmoynihan.substack.com

Nerdy Fish Nov 12, 2023 • 6:01:22pm

re: #34 jaunte

“Absolutely *nothing* will break as a result.” BULL FUCKING SHIT. Even you aren’t that stupid, Vivek. You know exactly what that will do: Paralyze every single branch of the civil service, instantly. But that’s the point, isn’t it? Make the government useless, and then rebuild it in your image.

Charles Johnson Nov 12, 2023 • 6:02:03pm

I think Vivek might be a false front for a GOP experiment to measure how extreme their base is and what they might be able to get away with in 2024.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 6:03:23pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

I think Vivek might be a false front for a GOP experiment to measure how extreme their base is and what they might be able to get away with in 2024.

Strike the word ‘false’ and I’m right there.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 6:04:07pm

re: #35 Nerdy Fish

“Absolutely *nothing* will break as a result.” BULL FUCKING SHIT. Even you aren’t that stupid, Vivek. You know exactly what that will do: Paralyze every single branch of the civil service, instantly. But that’s the point, isn’t it? Make the government useless, and then rebuild it in your image.

ELON FIRED 75% OF X EMPLOYIES & NOTHING BROKE! HE FIXED X!!!!1!!!! WHY NOT DO THA SAME TING WITH LAZY GUBMIT!!!!!1!1!!!

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 6:04:43pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

From Don Moynihan:

“…the second reason why ZBB can’t work. The political system can manage only so much conflict. Starting the budget afresh reach year massively increases conflict. Incremental budgeting focuses conflict around the change in the budget, not the base, reducing conflict. Our current Congress cannot even manage an incremental budget, routinely failing to pass appropriations bills on time.”

They’re wreckers.

Nerdy Fish Nov 12, 2023 • 6:04:52pm

re: #38 Vicious Babushka

ELON FIRED 75% OF X EMPLOYIES & NOTHING BROKE! HE FIXED X!!!!1!!!! WHY NOT DO THA SAME TING WITH LAZY GUBMIT!!!!!1!1!!!

So, um, about that.///

Decatur Deb Nov 12, 2023 • 6:06:45pm

re: #39 jaunte

From Don Moynihan:

They’re wreckers.

Toddlers with hand grenades.

darthstar Nov 12, 2023 • 6:07:11pm

Get me to the church on time…I really need to hit the lotto soon. I enjoy hanging out in the redwoods too much to have to show up for in office work three days a week…the only real issue is the cat…will have to take her up a few times to see how she handles two hours in the car.

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 6:07:45pm

re: #40 Nerdy Fish

So, um, about that.///

Are there any actual human wingnuts who believe that or are they all just bots & ai?

retired cynic Nov 12, 2023 • 6:12:14pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

I think Vivek might be a false front for a GOP experiment to measure how extreme their base is and what they might be able to get away with in 2024.

stonekettle.com

I’m almost certain Ramaswamy is being remotely operated by Donald Trump — or maybe Don Jr, because the guy sounds like Trump but amped out of his melon on a couple lines of Peruvian flake. “I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing this for YOU!” Oh the heroic sacrifice!

That’s when I opened the whiskey.

Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 6:14:08pm

re: #34 jaunte

@donmoyn.bsky.social

Hi, I am a professor who studies public management.
Can confirm there is no Thanos exception to civil service rules.
donmoynihan.substack.com

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In case you think the Avengers’ movies weren’t an event, they are now a description of what is happening in America.

To be serious, I view the Democrats to be a bit like the Avengers: a disparate group of interests all thinking they are trying to do the right thing, frequently fighting among themselves, sometimes having to clean up after their own actions, and yet can really come together when everything is on the line.

piratedan Nov 12, 2023 • 6:27:37pm

re: #14 Vicious Babushka

to my knowledge, all of those have been done…. there was a big announcement regarding the first ten drugs that are now having their prices negotiated with the 10 next most already identified. If anyone is STILL building a wall, its news to me, my understanding is that in AZ all wall construction has been halted.

I have less info on the death penalty, but I haven’t heard anyone complain or get any media oxygen that this is still being pursued by the Feds.

jeffreyw Nov 12, 2023 • 6:29:51pm

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darthstar Nov 12, 2023 • 6:37:08pm

re: #47 jeffreyw

That’s a hummingbird bidet!

Captain Ron Nov 12, 2023 • 6:44:33pm

RNC Chair: Perfectly ‘Appropriate’ To Have Convicted Felon As Nominee https://t.co/qtWoMvURDv

— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) November 12, 2023

RNC Chair Attacks Dems For Not Adopting GOP Position On Abortion https://t.co/C5ePuSjXtu

— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) November 12, 2023

BeenHereAwhile Nov 12, 2023 • 6:44:42pm

re: #33 jeffreyw

re: #124 silverdolphin

Yes. Tolerance is a tactic, not an ideology. It is a method for getting along with others who do not think like you. There is always a plan B for dealing with those others who see your tactical tolerance as a weakness.

Plan B: it’s “fun button” time.

Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 6:45:53pm

For all of you math and science people, this guy gives a geometric derivation of complex numbers without starting with i, giving an idea of why they are useful and not just a math thing that works:

The Real Reason Complex Numbers are Useful!

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 6:46:42pm

re: #49 Captain Ron

Ask her about convicted felons voting.

Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 6:46:45pm

re: #49 Captain Ron

He’s the best they have to offer.

— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) November 13, 2023

Hecuba's daughter Nov 12, 2023 • 6:47:16pm

Tim Scott is dropping out, what a surprise!

Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 6:51:42pm

re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter

Tim Scott is dropping out, what a surprise!

My attempts to make a joke about him wanting to be in the Trump administration led me down some dark paths related to antebellum America.

A Three Hour Tour Nov 12, 2023 • 6:53:13pm

re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter

Tim Scott is dropping out, what a surprise!

To spend more time with his “Canadian” girlfriend?

Dangerman Nov 12, 2023 • 6:53:54pm

re: #49 Captain Ron

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RNC Chair: Perfectly ‘Appropriate’ To Have Convicted Felon As Nominee https://t.co/qtWoMvURDv

— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) November 12, 2023

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 7:01:36pm

@mitchellepner.bsky.social

The end of the Presidential campaign of Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) was ordained from the moment he refused to stake out a position on whether he would be a better nominee than former President Trump, let alone why.

I doubt he could have won, but he decided not even to try.

Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 12, 2023 • 7:02:13pm

OK…so now that Tim Scott is out WHO’S NEXT?

Criswell Bacon predicts that Ramalamadingdong is the next one to drop out.

darthstar Nov 12, 2023 • 7:04:26pm

re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter

Tim Scott is dropping out, what a surprise!

Thank goodness. He’s a religious fascist movement’s wet dream. Total fucking idiot who appeals to minorities.

Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 12, 2023 • 7:05:01pm

Few things could give me greater pleasure than seeing Jack Smith tie Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel to the 1/6 insurrection.

Patricia Kayden Nov 12, 2023 • 7:13:29pm

re: #54 Hecuba’s daughter

That “girlfriend” was too expensive to pay. They all should drop out. Trump is their nominee and the only one cultists will support.

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 7:14:56pm

re: #61 Joe Bacon ✅

“Just a helper.”

“…During a brief excerpt from her deposition played during the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, McDaniel explained that Trump called her and put her in touch with Eastman, who then engaged with the RNC about the scheme over the following months.

“He turned the call over to Mr. Eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the RNC helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of these legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result of any of the states. I think more, just helping them reach out and assemble them,” she said. “My understanding is the campaign did take the lead, and we just were helping them in that — in that role.”
gazette.com

darthstar Nov 12, 2023 • 7:17:48pm

re: #63 jaunte

In a perfect world Mitt Romney would testify against his niece.

Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 12, 2023 • 7:21:55pm

I guess the billionaires said they already flushed 22 million down the toilet for Scott and it was getting him nowhere so they pulled the plug on him.

mmmirele Nov 12, 2023 • 7:23:31pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

Ewww, ewww, ewww. I mean, I’ve slipped off my shoes at my seat briefly when on airline flights (give my feetsies a brief break), but I don’t walk around in my socks on planes. Walking around in bare feet is right out. *shudder* I’m just absolutely grossed out.

silverdolphin Nov 12, 2023 • 7:25:05pm

MI GOP Sues To Overturn 2022 Abortion Ballot Measure

They will not give up their stupidity on this issue.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 7:31:16pm

re: #63 jaunte

“Just a helper.”

Is that like an ‘accessory’?

Thor Heyerdahl Nov 12, 2023 • 7:40:37pm

re: #11 Vicious Babushka

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Paging Tom Nichols - as if he needed another reason to despise RFK Jr.

mmmirele Nov 12, 2023 • 7:53:41pm

re: #29 Vicious Babushka

Hmmm. In Japan, there is ハンバーガー (hanbaagaa/hamburger) and then there is ハンバーグステーキ (hanbaagusuteki/hamburger steak). I have been told that the latter is a German food that was brought into Japan after Japan opened to the West. You can find it all over the place. You have to be careful about pronouncing it, because hanbaagaa is not the same as hanbaagu.

silverdolphin Nov 12, 2023 • 7:57:46pm

Tesla’s Cybertruck policy: No resale for 12 months

You can only sell it with Tesla’s permission. If you try, Tesla will take you to court, asking at least $50,000 and refuse to ever sell you any car in the future.

Now that is sure to drive sales.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Nov 12, 2023 • 7:58:41pm

Campaign staffers telling me they were surprised by the announcement, and found out in real time, as they watched Scott on @TGowdySC’s FoxNews TV show.

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) November 13, 2023

SC’s @VoteTimScott surprises Trey Gowdy - and his campaign staffers - on live TV, by announcing he’s dropping out of the 2024 race for president. Says he has no desire to be vice president. Hints he may run again in the future.

My latest: https://t.co/dro8Q8anid

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) November 13, 2023

Big SC Scott donor, Charleston businessman Chad Walldorf, tells me tonight he’s “sad” that @votetimscott is dropping out - but will now throw his support behind @NikkiHaley. Says he “greatly respects” Scott for “unselfishly stepping aside, rather than waiting until it’s too…

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) November 13, 2023

Vicious Babushka Nov 12, 2023 • 8:00:00pm

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Here is a link to get past the paywall. London Jews were being attacked as they came out of Shabbat services.

mmmirele Nov 12, 2023 • 8:01:21pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

This looks pretty interesting.

There are several things coming up on the streamers soon that look very promising. The Godzilla series with Kurt Russell and his son, the new Fargo series, the new Airbender movie.

Must. Consume. More. Entertainment.

Godzilla Minus One is coming to the US on December 1. It will be subtitled, obviously.

mmmirele Nov 12, 2023 • 8:06:02pm

re: #46 piratedan

If anyone is STILL building a wall, its news to me, my understanding is that in AZ all wall construction has been halted.

.

Doug Ducey spent millions on a bargain basement wall that was made out of shipping containers. The current governor has spent millions on dismantling the thing.

GlutenFreeJesus Nov 12, 2023 • 8:08:03pm

re: #71 silverdolphin

Tesla’s Cybertruck policy: No resale for 12 months

You can only sell it with Tesla’s permission. If you try, Tesla will take you to court, asking at least $50,000 and refuse to ever sell you any car in the future.

Now that is sure to drive sales.

GM did something similar with the EV Hummer.

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 8:09:32pm

@helenkennedy.bsky.social

70,000 people gave Scott money. I’d be kinda pissed if I sent money to a guy who dropped out long before the first contest.

Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 8:14:05pm

re: #73 Vicious Babushka

I like to advertise my support here in Texas by wearing a t-shirt, mainly because you aren’t going to see a lot of outward anti-whatever in my area. So I have one about racisim (Stop pretending your racism is patriotism), one about the -isms (Why be racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic when you can just be quiet?), and an equality shirt. It can be fun watching people who read it and then realize that they wish they hadn’t, and I have had a few people like my shirt and a couple of thanks. (it’s not to say I don’t stand up for people when I have seen the need - I did yell at a guy in Walmart who decided to “Don’t you speak English?” to the cashier - but it doesn’t arise very often.) So my question to you is what kind of shirt do you think would work for me to show my support for Jews?

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 8:36:43pm

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Belafon Nov 12, 2023 • 8:46:05pm

Bill Burr’s wife Nia giving Trump the double bird is the content I’m here for pic.twitter.com/x7A2GKK9f5

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) November 12, 2023

sagehen Nov 12, 2023 • 8:46:52pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

This looks pretty interesting.

There are several things coming up on the streamers soon that look very promising. The Godzilla series with Kurt Russell and his son, the new Fargo series, the new Airbender movie.

Must. Consume. More. Entertainment.

and a new season of True Detective, starring Jodie Foster. Set in Alaska during the long night.

True Detective: Night Country | Official Teaser | Max

sagehen Nov 12, 2023 • 8:53:29pm

re: #70 mmmirele

Hmmm. In Japan, there is ハンバーガー (hanbaagaa/hamburger) and then there is ハンバーグステーキ (hanbaagusuteki/hamburger steak). I have been told that the latter is a German food that was brought into Japan after Japan opened to the West. You can find it all over the place. You have to be careful about pronouncing it, because hanbaagaa is not the same as hanbaagu.

when I go to a Japanese restaurant staffed by Japanese people who maybe don’t speak English, I like a menu with pictures. I point to what I want, they get my order right, and everybody’s happy.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 8:55:48pm

re: #77 jaunte

And in the polls, Scott was doing pretty well in Iowa and NH and SC.

But it is clear from the same polls that Trump’s support is not fading.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 8:57:47pm

I’ve not been able to get on Blue Sky for days.

Anybody else have that problem?

mmmirele Nov 12, 2023 • 9:00:18pm

re: #82 sagehen

when I go to a Japanese restaurant staffed by Japanese people who maybe don’t speak English, I like a menu with pictures. I point to what I want, they get my order right, and everybody’s happy.

Yeah, there’s that, and then there are the places that have the food displayed in artful plastic in the front window, so you know what you’re getting.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 9:01:16pm

re: #84 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ve not been able to get on Blue Sky for days.

Anybody else have that problem?

Not I. Would you like an invite code? I have three to choose from.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 9:02:49pm

re: #86 wrenchwench

Not I. Would you like an invite code? I have three to choose from.

I have an account.

But it refuses to let me see anything other than my profile.

So I logged out.

Now I tried to log back in with my password, but it did not accept it.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 9:03:49pm

re: #85 mmmirele

Yeah, there’s that, and then there are the places that have the food displayed in artful plastic in the front window, so you know what you’re getting.

When I was in Italy with a fellow English only American, we had a waiter kind enough to mimic a bunny when we asked what something was. There were reactions at other tables.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 9:05:31pm

re: #87 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I have an account.

But it refuses to let me see anything other than my profile.

So I logged out.

Now I tried to log back in with my password, but it did not accept it.

Duolingo keeps doing that to me. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes not. I don’t change it.

sizzzzlerz Nov 12, 2023 • 9:09:09pm

re: #57 Dangerman

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They have completely lost their minds!

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 9:15:34pm

re: #89 wrenchwench

I changed my bsky password anyway.

Sent in a request to fix whatever is wrong.

It looks like someone deleted everything in my account, including my profile.

Hecuba's daughter Nov 12, 2023 • 9:18:17pm

re: #91 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I changed my bsky password anyway.

Sent in a request to fix whatever is wrong.

It looks like someone deleted everything in my account, including my profile.

I haven’t had any problems as of yet, but then I’m not very active on the account. I live mainly on FB and here — with an occasional trip to X to insult Tuberville.

wrenchwench Nov 12, 2023 • 9:20:26pm

re: #91 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I changed my bsky password anyway.

Sent in a request to fix whatever is wrong.

It looks like someone deleted everything in my account, including my profile.

That sucks.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 9:23:39pm

re: #93 wrenchwench

That sucks.

Yes, it does. I’ve been trying to push Blue Sky as much as possible and give away my codes (had four of them).

But I have little tolerance for websites that are too difficult to use.

I’ve lost some hope for Blue Sky. I doubt they will replace X. Not just because of this incident, but because they have missed so many opportunities to really grow. They need so much but haven’t delivered the platform goodies that people want.

Hecuba's daughter Nov 12, 2023 • 9:27:26pm

re: #94 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Yes, it does. I’ve been trying to push Blue Sky as much as possible and give away my codes (had four of them).

But I have little tolerance for websites that are too difficult to use.

I’ve lost some hope for Blue Sky. I doubt they will replace X. Not just because of this incident, but because they have missed so many opportunities to really grow. They need so much but haven’t delivered the platform goodies that people want.

I can still see you on BlueSky.

ETA: bsky.app

jaunte Nov 12, 2023 • 9:29:36pm

Blue Skies

Eclectic Cyborg Nov 12, 2023 • 9:44:50pm

“Tim Scott to end Presidential bid.”

So it’s kind of like in the movies when the black dude dies first?

piratedan Nov 12, 2023 • 9:48:21pm

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

Tim Scott’s political legacy….. wearing a red shirt while in the original landing party.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 9:57:33pm

re: #95 Hecuba’s daughter

I can still see you on BlueSky.

Thanks. But I can’t see anything or anybody. Only the splash page with the menus, but no data.

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Hecuba's daughter Nov 12, 2023 • 10:04:44pm

re: #99 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Thanks. But I can’t see anything or anybody. Only the splash page with the menus, but no data.

I see your comments and reposts. Wonder what the issue is. Maybe you accidentally set up another account?

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austin_blue Nov 12, 2023 • 10:32:26pm

re: #27 Vicious Babushka

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Hamas wants the civilian casualty count to increase in Gaza.

Bibi is more than willing to oblige.

This is shared murder by two right wing organizations bent on mutual annihilation. So stupid, so shallow.

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austin_blue Nov 12, 2023 • 10:59:22pm

re: #101 austin_blue

Hamas wants the civilian casualty count to increase in Gaza.

Bibi is more than willing to oblige.

This is shared murder by two right wing organizations bent on mutual annihilation. So stupid, so shallow.

I mean it’s Hamas saying “Kill more children!” and Bibi saying “Yes! We will kill as many children as we can! They are simply future terrorists!”

Madness.

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austin_blue Nov 12, 2023 • 11:15:38pm

And off to bed.

She Who Must Be Obeyed had a kickass concert tonight at the Paramount Theater with Oliver Rajamani. Record release gig for his new album, Vasi. Peter bay conducted a chamber orchestra.

Sweet!

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goddamnedfrank Nov 12, 2023 • 11:23:28pm

re: #71 silverdolphin

Tesla’s Cybertruck policy: No resale for 12 months

You can only sell it with Tesla’s permission. If you try, Tesla will take you to court, asking at least $50,000 and refuse to ever sell you any car in the future.

Now that is sure to drive sales.

It’s essentially unenforceable. The only way Tesla would know that someone sold their truck is if the new owner attempted to transfer the vehicle to their online Tesla account for things like Supercharging costs. The workaround is to just change the contact information on the original account and then hand that account’s password over with the car. If you change both the first and last name it might send up a red flag, but people change their emails all the time and Tesla doesn’t demand any kind of proof that you’re the owner on file when you take their cars in for service. Additionally the NHTSA registration data is totally opaque to them, manufacturers can access it obliquely to contact current owners for recalls but that’s just them telling the system which VINs need to have notices sent out, they can’t use it to see who the current registered owner is.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 11:29:44pm

re: #71 silverdolphin

If true, I wonder if it will survive a court challenge.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 12, 2023 • 11:37:01pm

re: #85 mmmirele

Yeah, there’s that, and then there are the places that have the food displayed in artful plastic in the front window, so you know what you’re getting.

I have a couple of those, an urchin sushi and red caviar but would like to have more.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 12, 2023 • 11:38:25pm

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

“Tim Scott to end Presidential bid.”

So it’s kind of like in the movies when the black dude dies first?

/

The Herman Caine of 2024

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 12, 2023 • 11:39:16pm

re: #101 austin_blue

Hamas wants the civilian casualty count to increase in Gaza.

Bibi is more than willing to oblige.

This is shared murder by two right wing organizations bent on mutual annihilation. So stupid, so shallow.

War is practically impossible to stop when you have people on both sides who want it.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Nov 12, 2023 • 11:42:48pm

re: #104 goddamnedfrank

Also, what happens if:
1) a person buys such a truck using a loan;
2) the buyer defaults on the loan;
3) the truck is taken by the bank/credit-union.

It seems like Tesla is really trying to do something that is absurd.

But we have not seen the supposed agreement.

Perhaps Tesla does not really “sell” the truck, but is planning on leasing it for the first 12 months. Then the lease has one giant balloon payment at the end for the buyer?

In such a manner I guess Tesla could control who gets the truck the first 12 months.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 2:12:55am

Tory Bitch on Wheels gets sacked for saying the quiet parts out loud

Mrs Braverman was sacked following days of a political firestorm sparked when she wrote an article for The Times newspaper, accusing the police applying a”double standard” and took a tougher stance with right-wing demonstrations.

The article was not cleared by No10 and it later emerged Mrs Braverman had defied a Downing Street request to tone the article down.

Not for her policies or attitude, just for the way she presented them to the press.

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TarHellion Nov 13, 2023 • 2:52:49am

It’s a beautiful day in this Birbie-hood…

A few observations from my recent trip:
- So many people have no clue how to play blackjack;
- Elderly ladies will set up a fortress around their favorite slot machine;
- Some video poker players have insane hand-eye coordination;
- Banks have to be making a killing off people accessing funds off credit cards;
- The drive across the mountains is especially breathtaking in the mornings

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Nov 13, 2023 • 4:14:00am

I’ll take it. 3/6

The Wordle page is hosed. It’s not showing chosen but incorrect letters. That makes it much harder to play.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Nov 13, 2023 • 4:15:46am

re: #113 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I’ll take it. 3/6

The Wordle page is hosed. It’s not showing chosen but incorrect letters. That makes it much harder to play.

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It’s not Wordle, it’s the NYT page not playing well with my Dark Reader app. 😢

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 4:25:40am

Oh. I’ve been lurking and totally forgot to share my totally irrelevant Wordle.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 4:29:40am

Thank you again, all Wordlers for hiding results. Someday I might take it up myself. Right now I stick to Solitaire.

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 4:45:26am

The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 4:46:26am

re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Tory Bitch on Wheels gets sacked for saying the quiet parts out loud

Mrs Braverman was sacked following days of a political firestorm sparked when she wrote an article for The Times newspaper, accusing the police applying a”double standard” and took a tougher stance with right-wing demonstrations.

The article was not cleared by No10 and it later emerged Mrs Braverman had defied a Downing Street request to tone the article down.

Not for her policies or attitude, just for the way she presented them to the press.

Nah, Braverman’s basically been digging her political grave for months now. The first time I heard of her when listening to commentary on UK politics, it was coming up with a scheme to cram asylum seekers onto an old barracks barge that the government had bought from an oil company. Then the same wwek they started actually doing it, somebody leaked to the press that the Home Office had tests showing the barge was riddled with Legionella and they’d gone ahead with putting asylum seekers aboard anyway. Of course, when they finally addressed it, her office passed the pound to the Health Ministry who in turn acted as though they’d only found out the same time the press had. The government paid several million pounds for a barge they can’t use, while two others they’d also bought were denied permission to dock because of paperwork issues.

She’s also up to her eyeballs in what’s being called the “Rwanda Scheme,” which is this idea of sending 200 asylum seekers (out of a backlog of 75,000) to Rwanda to have their applications processed. The way the Home Office has tried to spin it is they’ll be resettled there if their applications are rejected, but the reality is that the Rwanda government will just kick them out. The Supreme Court is currently set to rule on the legality of the scheme this Wednesday, but the Home Office seems set to start pushing for the government to ignore a negative ruling and push forward with a variant of the same scheme.

And in the last two weeks, she’s shat all over UK/Irish relations, referred to homelessness as a “lifestyle choice,” portrayed migrants as rapists and murderers, and referred to pro-Palestinian protests as “hate marches” and characterized not only participants but supporters as supporting terrorism. The capper wasn’t the article, it was basically being responsible for the British version of 1/6, calling on the far-right to “defend the Cenotaph” from a pro-Palestinian march that was miles away, leading to riots on Armistice Day that put dozens of cops in the hospital and over 120 rioters in jail. Her response? Blaming “both sides” for the violence and voicing the bare minimum support for the police that her asshole supporters put in hospital.

If you’re asking why she’s doing all this, it’s because she wants to be Party Leader and figures the only way to achieve that goal is to basically make a public spectacle of pissing in Rishi Sunak’s cereal. There’s been calls for days now to sack her, but Sunak has been dithering and even had her sitting next to him during the King’s Speech debate as the leader of the Labour Party called him weak and pathetic for refusing to hold her to account.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 4:52:59am

re: #118 Targetpractice

She sounds like a real piece of work, like the British version of Vivek Ramaswamy.

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dharmamark Nov 13, 2023 • 4:55:24am

YouTube

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 4:56:20am

Some background R&B to pop up in a separate browser as you surf this am.

HENRIK FREISCHLADER - FULL STUDIO LIVE SESSION - LITTLE BIG BEAT STUDIOS

… also you should sub to Little Big Beat Studios if you do such things at teh youtubes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:01:12am

re: #118 Targetpractice

Nah, Braverman’s basically been digging her political grave for months now.

Yes, the article was just the final straw.

Many have hinted that she wanted to get fired so she can distance herself from Sunak’s failing government and make a comeback later (along with Boris Johnson).

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 5:01:13am

I recall crabbing about this in a skeet the first time I heard about it, mainly saying studios should not get massive write offs if they don’t market something already completed.

bsky.app

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 5:08:49am

re: #122 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, the article was just the final straw.

Many have hinted that she wanted to get fired so she can distance herself from Sunak’s failing government and make a comeback later (along with Boris Johnson).

Oh, all the nutters apparently are contemplating returns to “greatness” if the Tories take it in the arm next general elections. Both Johnson and Truss have been making noises about how they believe themselves the victims of conspiracies within the party and plan triumphant returns in the near future after their political rivals lose their seats in the elections.

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 5:12:51am

re: #118 Targetpractice

Reminds me of the prison hulks they used to use.

Inside Britain’s Brutal Prison Ships Which Housed Children

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 5:13:01am

Put them all on an island survivor style. Then drone it. https://t.co/diARfqdbkL

— Jean-Michel Connard 🎃 (@torriangray) November 10, 2023

Great example of the idiocy of “we need businessmen in politics” myth; if Phillips were actually good at business & good at politics he’d know a bunch of the people he’s hired are parasites who feed off the carcasses of weenie “I’m going to do things differently” loser candidates https://t.co/8uomFDziy9

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2023

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 5:13:36am

He also is finding out there’s more to winning the D primary than hiring a team of proven losers to run his campaign

— Claude Lemieux 🌻 (@ClaudeLemieuxCA) November 9, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 5:14:41am

re: #127 Belafon

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He keeps going like this, he’s going to get primaried. I, for one, will gladly vote for a primary challenger from the left, because this asshat is getting on my last nerve, and I am not happy.

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 5:24:43am

re: #53 Belafon

They will only have convicted felons, felon adjacent, or soon to be convicted seditious treasonweasels as party standard bearers.

That’s what the GOP is. It’s in their institutional DNA now. They are a cancer on democracy.

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 5:25:16am

You can hear the press practically begging the Dems to hold primaries if only because the Repub primaries are an absolute joke and unless something changes the only thing election-related they’ll be able to report on for the next 9 months is Trump’s criminal trials.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:27:26am

re: #124 Targetpractice

Oh, all the nutters apparently are contemplating returns to “greatness” if the Tories take it in the arm next general elections. Both Johnson and Truss have been making noises about how they believe themselves the victims of conspiracies within the party and plan triumphant returns in the near future after their political rivals lose their seats in the elections.

The UK residents over in a Discord I hang out on are mainly remarking on Cameron getting a peerage and back into the Cabinet as part of this shakeup. Very little about Braverman getting sacked and why.

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 5:30:41am

re: #128 Nerdy Fish

Scoop: @deanbphillips’ longshot bid for president is running into a problem: Minnesota power players are demanding he return past campaign donations or he must commit not to use those funds vs. @JoeBiden.
Others are just flat out saying they won’t help himhttps://t.co/rmPkNRpAHt

— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) November 6, 2023

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 5:31:00am

re: #131 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

The UK residents over in a Discord I hang out on are mainly remarking on Cameron getting a peerage and back into the Cabinet as part of this shakeup. Very little about Braverman getting sacked and why.

Yeah, the commentator I was listening to earlier said the same, that Sunak managed to score some needed points with folks by not only sacking Braverman, but managing to overshadow it by bringing back David Cameron. That the Brexiteers are absolutely furious right now that the man who lead the Remainers has been made the #3 man in His Majesty’s Government.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:32:34am

re: #127 Belafon

Primaries are party-internal processes, they can set and amend the rules as they see fit. We heard this whining coming from the Berniebots in 2016.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:34:45am

re: #131 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

The UK residents over in a Discord I hang out on are mainly remarking on Cameron getting a peerage and back into the Cabinet as part of this shakeup. Very little about Braverman getting sacked and why.

Soon will the Braverman come and then our nefarious dealing’s done
Once all the ruckus dies down, we’ll pack our tents and go….

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:35:36am

re: #133 Targetpractice

Yeah, the commentator I was listening to earlier said the same, that Sunak managed to score some needed points with folks by not only sacking Braverman, but managing to overshadow it by bringing back David Cameron. That the Brexiteers are absolutely furious right now that the man who lead the Remainers has been made the #3 man in His Majesty’s Government.

The commenters over on Discord are not happy about having Cameron turn up at all. They essentially viewed him as a failure who screwed up in series by having the Brexit referendum at all, miscalculating the result of it, and then spinelessly resigning rather than trying to see things through after that.

I am curious whether the Tory bench is that thin, or their little pet “old boy” oligarchy within the party simply ends up trying to recycle certain people because it wants to.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 5:36:06am

re: #132 Belafon

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I don’t know what he thought would happen, tbh. Minnesota is a fairly reliably blue state, and Joe Biden is effectively the Democratic nominee unless he himself says otherwise. That’s kind of how it works, as the incumbent President. Philips isn’t doing anything but trashing his already dubious reputation in the party with this stunt.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 5:38:29am

At this point, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if Philips came out and switched parties. He represents a fairly Republican area of the state, as far as our state has Republican areas, so his election as a Democrat is already relatively unusual.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:38:37am

re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Primaries are party-internal processes, they can set and amend the rules as they see fit. We heard this whining coming from the Berniebots in .

It’s part of the USA political theater now. Everyone one doesn’t win or have handed to them is now “rigged” against them. From the Berniebots who don’t want to even start doing the work this is precious. It makes them sound even more like tools of the GQP than they already are.

And the roster over in that end seems pretty thin since the same names come up again and again as the campaign managers and PAC organizers. I guess the grift circuit on that side of the political spectrum is smaller.

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William Lewis Nov 13, 2023 • 5:41:06am

re: #127 Belafon

Who is this referring to?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:41:51am

re: #138 Nerdy Fish

At this point, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if Philips came out and switched parties. He represents a fairly Republican area of the state, as far as our state has Republican areas, so his election as a Democrat is already relatively unusual.

How close is this getting to the political suicide of Phillips now getting primaried from his left by a Democrat and him not having the support to successfully get the endorsement of the GOP and then successfully holding onto the seat?

(I won’t say it’s impossible since the incumbent county DA here just essentially did that. Lost the Democratic primary. The local GOP offered to endorse him and he was on the ticket as such. And won.)

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William Lewis Nov 13, 2023 • 5:43:25am

re: #140 William Lewis

Who is this referring to?

Oh, dipshit Phillips? Can’t wait for him to be a nobody soon.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 5:45:51am

re: #141 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

The odds are getting increasingly grim for him. I think I saw here late last week or over the weekend that someone had already announced a primary challenge. The DFL party apparatus is not lining up behind him, as we saw here this morning. The GOP here is pretty batshit crazy (reminder that we have Tom Emmer, who at one point was in the running for Weaker of the House), and I don’t think Philips is quite crazy enough to be able to effectively pivot to get their support - and certainly not enough so to get votes; here, in the white Republican suburbs, his anti-Trump record is going to be enough to sink any attempt to court the crazies’ favor. If the DFL backs his primary challenger, he is officially fucked.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:46:03am

re: #139 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

It’s part of the USA political theater now. Everyone one doesn’t win or have handed to them is now “rigged” against them. From the Berniebots who don’t want to even start doing the work this is precious. It makes them sound even more like tools of the GQP than they already are.

Yes, lots of proud “independents” were annoyed when they showed up to closed-state primaries and were not allowed to vote because they were not registered for a particular party.

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Shropshire Slasher Nov 13, 2023 • 5:46:21am

Good for him!

A gay Israeli soldier recently unfurled an LGBTQ flag on Gaza soil - making good on a self-made vow to bring a rainbow pride flag into battle against Hamas.

Yoav Atzmoni, 31, told The Post Sunday he posed for photos holding up a rainbow flag with the words “In The Name of Love” written across it while stationed in Gaza — in defiance of the territory’s deep anti-gay laws and imposed rhetoric.

The images began circulating online over the weekend as some social media users noted how the flag was a powerful statement considering how LGBTQ people are oppressed in the strip under Hamas rule.

Atzmoni told Insider late last month he hoped to display the pride flag on his tank and bring it to Palestinians.

“I remember as a child how important that flag was for me,” he told the outlet.

nypost.com

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 5:46:49am

Mastodon

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 5:47:44am

re: #49 Captain Ron

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You can really tell that they never expected things to get this bad, that public sentiment would turn so suddenly and sharply against them once they finally managed that decades-long goal of overturning Roe. So now they’re desperately trying to move the goalposts, presenting “fetal pain” laws that they’d tried (and failed) for years to build up support for now as the “compromise” because the unspoken threat is if you don’t agree with them then they’re just going to push forward with total bans.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 5:49:27am

re: #147 Targetpractice

any “compromise” made with these people will be of a temporary nature until they can rally and come after us again, like ceding the Sudetenland and expecting the rest of Czechoslovakia to remain un-annexed.

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William Lewis Nov 13, 2023 • 5:55:20am

Well, it’s my first full day off, it’s a bright sunny day, supposed to get into the mid 50’s (warm for the middle of November) so I’m going to pack up and head for the Mississippi River valley and follow it south, probably as far as La Crosse and hope for good pictures. Perhaps see if Villa Louis is open. Hold down the fort folks, don’t let the Mango Moron escape and play whack a mole with the fools like Phillips when they pop up. I’ll keep an eye on ya’ all where cell coverage exists.

Later!

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 5:55:40am

re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

any “compromise” made with these people will be of a temporary nature until they can rally and come after us again, like ceding the Sudetenland and expecting the rest of Czechoslovakia to remain un-annexed.

Right. Roe was the compromise, the cut-off point being viability, the idea that states could ban abortions past the point at which a fetus could survive outside the womb. Now the GQP want to push it back to “fetal pain,” because they say the alternative is abortion being legal “up to the point of birth,” and anybody who doesn’t agree with them is effectively supportive of “killing babies.” But once they get enough people to agree with them that their “compromise” is agreed upon, they’ll start pushing 6 weeks “fetal heartbeat” bans with the same BS about how you either agree with them or you support “killing babies.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 6:01:35am

re: #150 Targetpractice

Right. Roe was the compromise, the cut-off point being viability, the idea that states could ban abortions past the point at which a fetus could survive outside the womb…

They have made it clear that they want nothing less than a full national ban without exceptions, which will culminate in all childbearing-age women being subjected to medical examination when leaving and/or re-entering the country. (if they are allowed to leave in the first place)

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 6:02:25am

Yeah, this is exactly what I thought went on all those months ago when the Beltway reported that Trump’s lawyers had been seen at the DOJ:

Jack Smith sat in stone-cold silence as Trump lawyers pleaded with him not to indict: bookhttps://t.co/fj1hKDlaRq

— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 13, 2023

Politico reports that ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl’s new book on Trump’s post-presidential life claims that Trump lawyers Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro met with Smith’s team over the summer and gave them a list of reasons why charging Trump with crimes related to his efforts to illegally remain in power would be a mistake.

According to Karl, Smith sat through through the presentation without saying a word.

“As Lauro spoke, the prosecutors took notes, but they said nothing,” Karl reports. “Smith waited until Lauro was done speaking and then, without commenting on what he just heard, he bid the Trump lawyers farewell. According to sources with direct knowledge of the meeting, Smith did not ask a single question. And aside from the pleasantries at the start of the meeting (including the offer of a glass of water) and the goodbye at the end, neither Smith nor the two prosecutors said anything at all.”

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 6:08:16am

re: #152 Targetpractice

It was the GFY moment that Trump dreaded. He was up against someone who would not be cajoled or prodded into inaction.

Trump faced the immovable object of his own doom. Out of Trump’s criminal conduct arose a prosecutor whose sole purpose was to see his conviction and incarceration for trying to overthrow the government, end democracy, and the rule of law. And Trump’s lawyers couldn’t do a damned thing to stop it.

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 6:14:41am

Hi, friends. I’m back at the New York attorney general’s civil fraud trial today to watch Donald Trump, Jr. testify a second time. But why is he coming back, especially when his own lawyers could have questioned him last week? I’ll try to answer that question & others today.

— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) November 13, 2023

Because Trump’s lawyers think that they can control the narrative, and if they cross examined him when prosecutors were giving their case in chief, they could redirect and it would have gone horribly wrong.

It will still go horribly wrong.

The defense seems to think that calling bank officials who were more than happy with the Trump financial arrangements is proof of no wrongdoing, except that had any of them done their proper due diligence or realized all of the numbers were wrong, they would not have extended the levels of credit Trump got at the terms Trump got, and would have likely given other businesses those financial terms/credit.

For other businesses, it was lost opportunities we’re talking about. If a bank has a limited means to lend, then Trump’s fraud meant other businesses that were clean and proper asking for loans, and were denied credit were screwed thanks to Trump’s fraud.

That’s part of the case we’re talking about too. It’s not just the fraud on the banks and creditors and investors. It’s the other businesses that were screwed thanks to Trump’s fraud that weren’t able to secure loans from these banks.

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 6:15:55am

Thread… how moms for Liberty chapters & allies who don’t have kids in schools are using unwitting students to get books from libraries to report librarians to the police… https://t.co/Ax736ommlR

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 13, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 6:16:28am

re: #152 Targetpractice

Yeah, this is exactly what I thought went on all those months ago when the Beltway reported that Trump’s lawyers had been seen at the DOJ:

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You kind of wonder why he had that meeting with them at all, if his mind wasn’t about to be moved, but I think it was simply a matter of observing all the forms and formalities of the process. Leave them no avenue with which to appeal. They had their chance to dissuade the prosecutors from pressing charges; they had their motion practice; they had their discovery; they had their day in court. They can argue before the appeals court until the cows come home, but the procedures were followed by the book. Which is now being thrown at him.

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 6:16:34am

Just another RW hero:

Mastodon

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jeffreyw Nov 13, 2023 • 6:17:49am

pickles onions mustard

Good morning!

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 6:18:51am

re: #157 Thanos

And you can be sure that some GOPer will run to his right.

I stand by what I wrote before:

They will only have convicted felons, felon adjacent, or soon to be convicted seditious treasonweasels as party standard bearers.

That’s what the GOP is. It’s in their institutional DNA now. They are a cancer on democracy.

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darthstar Nov 13, 2023 • 6:18:54am

re: #152 Targetpractice

Yeah, this is exactly what I thought went on all those months ago when the Beltway reported that Trump’s lawyers had been seen at the DOJ:

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“Good afternoon, would you like a glass of water?…Thank you for your time.”

Trump’s lawyers must have loved going back to the boss after that. So…what did he say?

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darthstar Nov 13, 2023 • 6:20:59am

re: #157 Thanos

Just another RW hero:

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I actually called that two years ago when I knew he would be out in 23.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 6:29:45am

re: #157 Thanos

Not surprised at all. I fully expected that freak to eventually run as a Republican for something.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 6:33:17am

re: #157 Thanos

QAnon Shaman’ who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 files paperwork to run for Congress

Jacob Chansley, who served about 27 months in prison for his role in the Capitol attack, filed to run for the seat left vacant by Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.

Will he come and shit on the floor of his own office?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 6:33:51am

re: #158 jeffreyw

Good morning!

cookies only make you happy during moment you are eating them.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 6:34:35am

re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’ll be organic…

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Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 6:38:20am

Sure they will, Wayne.

Far-right host claims Black and Latino voters will support Trump once he’s convicted

Far-right conspiracy theorist and host Wayne Allyn Root told Roger Stone in a discussion Sunday that he thinks minority voters will ultimately come out more for Donald Trump if he’s convicted of a crime.

“Well, I, I’m with you that Black votes are the key or minority votes are the key here — Black and Latino votes,” Root told Stone. “And every time they indict him and if they convict him — God forbid, but you and I both know those juries and those judges are all biased and against us. If he’s convicted before the election — which I’d say is probably almost a certainty. Now, in one of these cases — maybe more than one — I think Black voters who believe the system is rigged against them come to Trump even more.”

He didn’t fully explain why Black and Latino voters would like Trump better if he were convicted, but it is a campaign that has been promoted since Aug. 2023 by Fox commentators.

Axios reported in September that Trump’s campaign thinks “he can make inroads with Black voters by pushing an I-am-a-victim-just-like-you storyline.”

The site says that it is “unclear whether Trump’s favorability with Black voters has increased beyond the 8 percent or so share he received in 2020. (Recent polls have suggested Trump’s support among Blacks is improving, but pre-election polls in 2020 overstated his support).”

msnbc.com commentator Ja’han Jones called the idea “desperate.”

Writing in August, Jones explained, “The lie about Black folks being attracted to alleged criminality didn’t die with Rush Limbaugh, you see. It lives on in the conservative movement — only now, they’re framing this as a good thing instead of suggesting it could destroy the country.”

“But if you don’t trust Black people’s intelligence to begin with — if you don’t believe in their ability to discern fact from fiction — it’s easy to assume that many of them would be fine voting for a criminally indicted hatemonger like Trump just because he’s been arrested,” said Jones.

There’s no actual evidence of the claim, both Axios and Jones explained.

Root suggested that Michelle Obama would be the candidate if Joe Biden dropped out. The former first lady has made it clear numerous times that she has no desire to be involved in politics again. There are several other political leaders of color in the Democratic Party than Michelle Obama.

Roger Stone and Wayne Allyn Root

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Rightwingconspirator Nov 13, 2023 • 6:41:14am

Good morning. I was never so grateful for mass transit trains as I am this morning. Wow. South downtown is so screwed by the Interstate 10 closure.

cbsnews.com

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Teukka Nov 13, 2023 • 6:45:37am

TIL there actually is a Saint Chad.
That is all.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 6:48:44am

re: #168 Teukka

TIL there actually is a Saint Chad.
That is all.

That was mentioned in 2000 back when he was hanging everywhere…

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Eventual Carrion Nov 13, 2023 • 6:56:04am

re: #84 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ve not been able to get on Blue Sky for days.

Anybody else have that problem?

I’m not having any problem FWIW. I can get to it through their portal and through deck.blue

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Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 6:58:57am

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Shropshire Slasher Nov 13, 2023 • 6:59:42am

Secret Service agents assigned to defend President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire late Sunday on a group of people attempting to break into an unmarked Secret Service car in Washington, DC, officials said.
“On Nov. 12 around 11:58 p.m. in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, Secret Service agents encountered possibly three individuals breaking a window on a parked and unoccupied government vehicle,” the agency’s spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said in a statement.

“During this encounter, a federal agent discharged a service weapon and it is believed no one was struck. The offenders immediately fled the scene in a red vehicle and a regional lookout was issued to supporting units. There was no threat to any protectees and the incident is being investigated by the DC Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Service.”

nypost.com

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 7:01:00am

re: #156 Nerdy Fish

You kind of wonder why he had that meeting with them at all, if his mind wasn’t about to be moved, but I think it was simply a matter of observing all the forms and formalities of the process. Leave them no avenue with which to appeal. They had their chance to dissuade the prosecutors from pressing charges; they had their motion practice; they had their discovery; they had their day in court. They can argue before the appeals court until the cows come home, but the procedures were followed by the book. Which is now being thrown at him.

I don’t remember whether it was Popehat or Emptywheel, but I remember reading at the time that it’s a common courtesy for prosecutors to invite attorney(s) for the defense in to talk with them towards the end of the investigation and basically give them a chance to present reasons why prosecutors should not go forward with formal charges. Offer evidence that hasn’t turned up in the investigation, offer names of people who’ve not been interviewed who might have relevant info, and other stuff that prosecutors may have missed. And I remember remarking at the time that Trump lawyers would do no such thing, that instead they’d get in front of Smith and try to argue that it was a “bad idea” to go forward with charges and he’d be better off just letting their client walk.

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Hecuba's daughter Nov 13, 2023 • 7:01:28am

re: #111 TarHellion

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Nov 13, 2023 • 7:01:55am

Allen, Texas:

Security officer leaves gun unattended at Story elementary school

Principal Claudia Harrison explained that the school security officer left his firearm in a bathroom reserved for teachers and staff. Less than one minute later, a teacher found the firearm and alerted administration, after which an Allen Police Officer who was on campus immediately took the firearm. Harrison said no students accessed the bathroom and everyone was safe.

The letter went on to explain that the security officer was not an Allen ISD employee. He was contracted from local security company L&P Global Security to meet the requirements of Texas’ new House Bill 3, which requires all public schools to now have at least one armed security guard at each public campus.

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Teukka Nov 13, 2023 • 7:04:49am

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Nov 13, 2023 • 7:07:04am

re: #175 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

The article went on to explain that the security officer will not be charged, since complete dumbshittery is obviously not illegal in Texas. He has been permanently banned from working at the school, however.

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 7:13:07am

I knew Musk made a mistake when he hired those designers from GE Appliances Division. https://t.co/UnG6ud0Mgt

— Marc Possley 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇺🇸 🌈 (@mcpoz) November 13, 2023

Zero visibility out the back. It has all of the hallmarks of being a deathtrap for some unwitting person standing behind (even with backup cameras).

This isn’t going to disrupt pickup truck manufacturing or get people to buy these trucks. Not in the slightest.

It’s a mess of design and manufacturing. The tolerances necessary to get everything to match up are revealing every imperfection on the manufacturing process and it shows Tesla doesn’t have the fundamentals in place. It has Musk. That’s it.

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Dave In Austin Nov 13, 2023 • 7:17:30am

re: #178 lawhawk

Plus it can’t seem to climb a small hill.

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cat-tikvah Nov 13, 2023 • 7:21:28am

re: #176 Teukka

And in the on-deck circle of oddly parallel quotes:
Life unworthy of life/useless eaters

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Axolotl Nov 13, 2023 • 7:22:15am

re: #178 lawhawk

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Zero visibility out the back. It has all of the hallmarks of being a deathtrap for some unwitting person standing behind (even with backup cameras).

This isn’t going to disrupt pickup truck manufacturing or get people to buy these trucks. Not in the slightest.

It’s a mess of design and manufacturing. The tolerances necessary to get everything to match up are revealing every imperfection on the manufacturing process and it shows Tesla doesn’t have the fundamentals in place. It has Musk. That’s it.

I’m not a truck fan, I do own a 20yo beater jeep Wrangler.

That being said, the truck market is so hyper competitive that the trucks they (GM, Ford etc) make are fantastic. They have all the bells and whistles that truck owners want.

This is just a novelty in that market. A niche product. Can you use it as a work truck? Can you attach a boat or trailer? Who is this for?

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Dave In Austin Nov 13, 2023 • 7:22:45am

images of Donald Trump Jr and Letitia James in court this morning pic.twitter.com/8GB2dWo2Mw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2023

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Oblongatis Nov 13, 2023 • 7:23:33am

re: #118 Targetpractice

Full circle. The prison barges on the Thames reborn.

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 7:25:31am

re: #178 lawhawk

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Zero visibility out the back. It has all of the hallmarks of being a deathtrap for some unwitting person standing behind (even with backup cameras).

This isn’t going to disrupt pickup truck manufacturing or get people to buy these trucks. Not in the slightest.

It’s a mess of design and manufacturing. The tolerances necessary to get everything to match up are revealing every imperfection on the manufacturing process and it shows Tesla doesn’t have the fundamentals in place. It has Musk. That’s it.

That thing exists for one purpose: To part idiots from their money.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 7:26:46am

re: #181 Axolotl

I’m not a truck fan, I do own a 20yo beater jeep Wrangler.

That being said, the truck market is so hyper competitive that the trucks they (GM, Ford etc) make are fantastic. They have all the bells and whistles that truck owners want.

This is just a novelty in that market. A niche product. Can you use it as a work truck? Can you attach a boat or trailer? Who is this for?

Why would you attach a trailer to this electric trailer?

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Shropshire Slasher Nov 13, 2023 • 7:33:46am

re: #178 lawhawk

Definitely pretty ugly, looks like it was designed by an engineer. If the rearview mirror is an LED display (because a mirror would be blocked), I will tell you from experience that they suck because you don’t notice things, like flashing red (or blue) lights because it is all the same intensity.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 7:34:13am

re: #175 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

The letter went on to explain that the security officer was not an Allen ISD employee. He was contracted from local security company L&P Global Security to meet the requirements of Texas’ new House Bill 3, which requires all public schools to now have at least one armed security guard at each public campus.

You can bet dollars to dingleberries that L&P Global Security is a major contributor to Gov Abbott and the Texas GOP.

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 7:34:22am

It’s the 21st century Delorean: Built to the CEO’s desires rather than what the market is hoping for, compromised so badly that it’s little more than a show piece, and will inevitably fall apart on you just as the parts supply dries up.

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 7:34:36am

Stakes, not odds, from the @AP! Bravo! https://t.co/3fqphb4ZDX pic.twitter.com/122dDiBncQ

— Dan Froomkin (presswatchers.org) (@froomkin) November 12, 2023

Well, I will be damned. This is currently on the front page of the WaPo website. It’s about time. 👏

“𝘐𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴… pic.twitter.com/2q2Zsr9OfN

— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) November 12, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 7:34:44am

re: #177 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

The article went on to explain that the security officer will not be charged, since complete dumbshittery is obviously not illegal in Texas. He has been permanently banned from working at the school, however.

So he can go work at another school…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 7:35:44am

re: #178 lawhawk

It’s a mess of design and manufacturing. The tolerances necessary to get everything to match up are revealing every imperfection on the manufacturing process and it shows Tesla doesn’t have the fundamentals in place. It has Musk. That’s it.

Tesla Trucks: the electric DeLorean!!!

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Axolotl Nov 13, 2023 • 7:36:21am

re: #185 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

There seems to be a lot of people here in Florida with trucks just to tow their fifth wheel RVs or their gianormous boats.

The cybertruck does not look up to that challenge.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 7:38:50am

re: #192 Axolotl

There seems to be a lot of people here in Florida with trucks just to tow their fifth wheel RVs or their gianormous boats.

I’d think you’d just tell the cybertrailer to follow your Tesla. You’ll do the same with your CyberBoat and CyberRV.

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 7:39:43am

Mastodon

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steve_davis Nov 13, 2023 • 7:44:29am

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

“Tim Scott to end Presidential bid.”

So it’s kind of like in the movies when the black dude dies first?

/

in the movies, the black dude is president during the meteor strike. so it looks like we dodged one there.

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dat_said Nov 13, 2023 • 7:45:43am

Big news that made the nightly news shows in ND. My cousin’s wife’s daughter had a baby girl. Why did that make the news in North Dakota:

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Probably broadcasted right before the corn report.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Nov 13, 2023 • 7:50:56am

Morning Lizards.

These always pop up at 3 am when you’re not supposed to be up pic.twitter.com/0CO1HSu9VN

— Lance🇱🇨 (@Bornakang) November 13, 2023

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 7:51:56am

re: #196 dat_said

Big news that made the nightly news shows in ND. My cousin’s wife’s daughter had a baby girl. Why did that make the news in North Dakota:

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Probably broadcasted right before the corn report.

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 7:59:26am

re: #167 Rightwingconspirator

Good morning. I was never so grateful for mass transit trains as I am this morning. Wow. South downtown is so screwed by the Interstate 10 closure.

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cbsnews.com

I went a short way down this rabbit hole, and found

Toks Omishakin, the California Secretary of Transportation

and felt a strong desire to make him in charge of something seismic.

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 13, 2023 • 8:00:48am

re: #188 Targetpractice

It’s the 21st century Delorean: Built to the CEO’s desires rather than what the market is hoping for, compromised so badly that it’s little more than a show piece, and will inevitably fall apart on you just as the parts supply dries up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 8:03:25am

re: #199 wrenchwench

I went a short way down this rabbit hole, and found

and felt a strong desire to make him in charge of something seismic.

Make him Mayor of Watts, CA

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danarchy Nov 13, 2023 • 8:05:04am

re: #178 lawhawk

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This isn’t going to disrupt pickup truck manufacturing or get people to buy these trucks. Not in the slightest.

Except there ae already 2 million pre-orders. If Tesla can make 375000 of them a year which is their rosy projection, it will be years before they can just fill the pre-orders.

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sagehen Nov 13, 2023 • 8:07:10am

Did people have to put down a deposit? Is there are penalty for cancelling a pre-order, now that they’ve had a look at it?

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Eventual Carrion Nov 13, 2023 • 8:08:00am

re: #111 TarHellion

It’s a beautiful day in this Birbie-hood…
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Captain Magic Nov 13, 2023 • 8:11:08am

re: #166 Joe Bacon ✅

Who is paying Stone?

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A Cranky One Nov 13, 2023 • 8:12:08am

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dat_said Nov 13, 2023 • 8:17:05am

re: #203 sagehen

Did people have to put down a deposit? Is there are penalty for cancelling a pre-order, now that they’ve had a look at it?

From what I read there is/was a $100 deposit. Supposedly, Tesla is currently allowing a refund for a cancelled order, which does go against the written agreement.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 8:18:12am

re: #207 dat_said

From what I read there is/was a $100 deposit. Supposedly, Tesla is currently allowing a refund for a cancelled order, which does go against the written agreement.

obviously because they still have enough orders coming in

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 8:18:34am

Tim Scott drops out of the campaign. He should have been forced to carry to term.

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 8:19:13am

re: #206 A Cranky One

Page 23 in my Image Library.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 8:19:35am

re: #209 lawhawk

Tim Scott drops out of the campaign. He should have been forced to carry to term.

He does so right after he trotted out his beard. Maybe that went sideways on him.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 8:21:12am

re: #197 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Morning Lizards.

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The human brain is very flexible. If you want to be a gopher, you can be a gopher.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 8:21:34am

re: #210 wrenchwench

Page 23 in my Image Library.

What the…
Holy…
I don’t give a…
Go…
Wanna…?

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 13, 2023 • 8:30:54am

I have no idea if Hell exists. But if it does, I’m pretty sure someday this will be the reception committee. pic.twitter.com/evNbeR6NTm

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 12, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 8:32:16am

re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg

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Who’s the baldy, is that Joe Rogan?

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Targetpractice Nov 13, 2023 • 8:32:49am

re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg

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All the more reason to hope there’s no afterlife.

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Teukka Nov 13, 2023 • 8:33:01am

So, Kurzgesagt dropped a new one [01:03:30]: 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 8:34:31am

Birb from the blue. Wordle 877 3/6*

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 13, 2023 • 8:39:44am

re: #215 Nerdy Fish

Who’s the baldy, is that Joe Rogan?

Yep. That’s him.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 8:42:36am

re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg

Yep. That’s him.

So, in order: A washed up has-been, a shock jock, an indicted felon and traitor, a former media powerhouse whose new career is trolling on Xitter, and the heir apparent to Keith Richards. Do I have that right?

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 8:53:24am

Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing
Musk and Yaccarino’s X has been placing ads for BetMGM, DraftKings, and FanDuel on the pro-Hitler account
mediamatters.org

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gocart mozart Nov 13, 2023 • 8:56:05am

Pitch perfect. https://t.co/zj32d0eflv

— Ed Mix (@EdMix13) November 13, 2023

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Romantic Heretic Nov 13, 2023 • 8:58:49am

re: #155 lawhawk

As always if you replace ‘rights’ with ‘power’ you get the true goal of these authoritarian fuckwads.

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EstebanTornado1963 Nov 13, 2023 • 9:01:23am

re: #215 Nerdy Fish

Who’s the baldy, is that Joe Rogan?

That Dana White

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gocart mozart Nov 13, 2023 • 9:02:26am

pic.twitter.com/89wyAGTn8h

— 𝓙𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓘𝓼𝓷’𝓽 𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓭 (@Jess_Isnt_Jaded) November 13, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Nov 13, 2023 • 9:05:24am

re: #225 gocart mozart

to early to speculate but this was definitely an Antifa/BLM false flag.

If this turns out not to be the case I will just quietly delete this post and disavow any knowledge of it

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 9:18:27am

Mastodon

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 9:23:36am

First all women City Council in a major American city in the country. It’s a woman’s world in Saint Paul! 🌎 pic.twitter.com/AmdmtHQPN4

— HwaJeong Kim (@HJKforWard5) November 11, 2023

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 9:25:29am

re: #228 Belafon

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Dressed to work. I love it.

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 9:25:59am

re: #228 Belafon

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Hey, that’s awesome! Great place to have it happen.

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Axolotl Nov 13, 2023 • 9:26:09am

re: #193 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

I’m missing the joke here. Does he have some sort of autonomous electric trailer in the works?

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Dave In Austin Nov 13, 2023 • 9:34:38am

Clock Radio, I’ll just leave this here without comment…..

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Vicious Babushka Nov 13, 2023 • 9:35:09am

Mastodon

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 9:37:11am

re: #197 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Then there’s this one.
x.com

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lawhawk Nov 13, 2023 • 9:39:18am

re: #232 Dave In Austin

I understood that reference!

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dat_said Nov 13, 2023 • 9:40:08am

re: #228 Belafon

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Not just all woman but also all young (from my perspective). All are under 40 and 6 of the 7 are women of color.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 9:42:09am

re: #231 Axolotl

I’m missing the joke here. Does he have some sort of autonomous electric trailer in the works?

Not yet, but I expect it. It’s a much easier problem to solve than self-driving.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Nov 13, 2023 • 9:46:33am

re: #228 Belafon

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It’s a hellsite, and the comments are all hellish.

Says a right-wing traitor/8-buck chucklefuck. Presenting yourself as a stupid asshole gets you pats on the back from other assholes, but you’re still embarrassing yourself.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 13, 2023

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JC1 Nov 13, 2023 • 9:47:44am

re: #202 danarchy

Except there ae already 2 million pre-orders. If Tesla can make 375000 of them a year which is their rosy projection, it will be years before they can just fill the pre-orders.

The ‘pre-orders’ are $100 refundable deposits. How many people are going to follow through?

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Belafon Nov 13, 2023 • 9:47:58am

re: #238 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

The low bar is set by an all white-male council. It only gets better from there.

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 9:50:26am

BEAK

Mastodon

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gocart mozart Nov 13, 2023 • 9:52:13am

There’s always a Senate angle — the Tim Scott impression here is quite strong https://t.co/yDc3bEvAtt

— Ursula Perano (@UrsulaPerano) November 12, 2023

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 9:53:32am

Mastodon

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 9:56:35am

Mastodon

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Decatur Deb Nov 13, 2023 • 9:57:49am

re: #224 EstebanTornado1963

That Dana White

Thank god. I mis-read yesterday’s headline and thought Vanna White was traveling in bad company.

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 9:58:46am

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 10:02:17am

Link to the UN OCHA update

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Backwoods Sleuth Nov 13, 2023 • 10:02:49am

When you’re announcing you are dropping out of the presidential race and no-one seems to care. Bye, Tim. pic.twitter.com/pIhcjca3ih

— Paul Leigh-Some Rascal on the Internet 🟧🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Pleightx) November 13, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 10:04:57am

re: #238 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

It’s a hellsite, and the comments are all hellish.

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Considering that it is St. Paul, our capital city, I’m surprised the featured comment in the post didn’t say it is already garbage.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Nov 13, 2023 • 10:06:03am

re: #166 Joe Bacon ✅

Far-right conspiracy theorist and host Wayne Allyn Root told Roger Stone in a discussion Sunday that he thinks minority voters will ultimately come out more for Donald Trump if he’s convicted of a crime.

All black and Latino voters are criminals so, ipso facto, they’ll support criminally convicted trump.

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Backwoods Sleuth Nov 13, 2023 • 10:07:19am

Maryanne Trump Barry, older sister of Donald Trump, has died at 86

Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of former President Donald Trump and a former federal judge, has died, according to sources. She was 86 years old.

She was discovered in her Fifth Avenue apartment at about 4 a.m., sources told ABC News. There were no signs of trauma or foul play.

Emergency crews responded to a call of a person in cardiac arrest, the sources said.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Nov 13, 2023 • 10:07:28am

re: #186 Shropshire Slasher

Definitely pretty ugly, looks like it was designed by an engineer. If the rearview mirror is an LED display (because a mirror would be blocked), I will tell you from experience that they suck because you don’t notice things, like flashing red (or blue) lights because it is all the same intensity.

I find the backup camera on my Subaru worthless over half the time. Light coming into the car pretty much washes out the display and I can’t see anything. (The laptop-size display in the center console of my friend’s Tesla is at a much closer to vertical angle, is larger, and does not have that issue. It also pretty much hogs that area of the front seat area however.)

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Vicious Babushka Nov 13, 2023 • 10:10:04am

NYT seriously campaigning for Trump.

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Backwoods Sleuth Nov 13, 2023 • 10:12:13am

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Joe Bacon ✅ Nov 13, 2023 • 10:13:33am

re: #241 wrenchwench

BEAK

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Well, Hello Woody!

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 13, 2023 • 10:13:52am

re: #251 Backwoods Sleuth

Maryanne Trump Barry, older sister of Donald Trump, has died at 86

I was about to make a poor taste joke, but I’ll hold off for now.

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Backwoods Sleuth Nov 13, 2023 • 10:14:51am

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Backwoods Sleuth Nov 13, 2023 • 10:17:59am

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BeachDem Nov 13, 2023 • 10:18:16am

re: #251 Backwoods Sleuth

Maryanne Trump Barry, older sister of Donald Trump, has died at 86

Trump’s first post since news broke this morning of his sister’s passing pic.twitter.com/2H2VyrMP5X

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2023

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 10:19:25am

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Thanos Nov 13, 2023 • 10:20:18am

In other really great news /////

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Nerdy Fish Nov 13, 2023 • 10:25:56am

re: #257 Backwoods Sleuth

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Judge Engoron’s got a point: The state has to deal with evidence as stupid as this, whether they like it or not. You might as well address it head-on and get somebody who can tell the judge why this valuation isn’t taken seriously by anyone except the idiot who owns the property.

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mmmirele Nov 13, 2023 • 10:26:47am

re: #239 JC1

The ‘pre-orders’ are $100 refundable deposits. How many people are going to follow through?

That is not a “truck” you can take tailgatin’.

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Vicious Babushka Nov 13, 2023 • 10:31:22am

When you lose the Satmars…

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mmmirele Nov 13, 2023 • 10:32:45am

re: #264 Vicious Babushka

When you lose the Satmars…

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I don’t know much about the ultra-Orthodox but I knew this about the Satmars. And this is shocking.

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Vicious Babushka Nov 13, 2023 • 10:34:57am

re: #265 mmmirele

I don’t know much about the ultra-Orthodox but I knew this about the Satmars. And this is shocking.

Satmar has always been anti-Zionist, but Neturei Karta are Hamas stooges.

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wrenchwench Nov 13, 2023 • 10:39:08am

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Dangerman Nov 13, 2023 • 10:47:33am

re: #262 Nerdy Fish

Judge Engoron’s got a point: The state has to deal with evidence as stupid as this, whether they like it or not. You might as well address it head-on and get somebody who can tell the judge why this valuation isn’t taken seriously by anyone except the idiot who owns the property.*

* to add not too fine a point , ie the idiot who wrote it

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Eventual Carrion Nov 13, 2023 • 11:15:44am

re: #259 BeachDem