John Oliver Dives In: Israel-Hamas War
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My new truck has a heated steering wheel, and a warm steering wheel just feels…wrong.
re: #1 Dave In Austin
Con Jr in Court today
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Under 50’s probably would get the Alfred E. Neuman reference. I still have all my Mad magazines.
re: #2 Shropshire Slasher
My new truck has a heated steering wheel, and a warm steering wheel just feels…wrong.
Where I live in Chicagoland, a steering wheel can be painfully cold in the winter, just like it can be painfully hot in the summer. A heated wheel solves the cold wheel half of the problem.
re: #7 Backwoods Sleuth
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“I have a permit code of ethics.”
“This is just a piece of paper that says, ‘I do what I want.’”
🇮🇸 Footage of the massive steamy crack in center of Grindavik, Iceland amid potential volcanic eruption#icelandvolcano #Iceland pic.twitter.com/tY0oQQYTwJ
— Attentive Media (@AttentiveCEE) November 13, 2023
re: #7 Backwoods Sleuth
SupremeCourt adopted binding code of conduct for the first time, responding to a stream of ethics controversies that have undercut its public standing and shined new light on the justices’ friendships and financial dealings.
But are they retroactive?
re: #9 Dave In Austin
Footage of the massive steamy crack in center of Grindavik, Iceland amid potential volcanic eruption
Put that behind a NSFW tag, for Chrissakes!!!
re: #2 Shropshire Slasher
My new truck has a heated steering wheel, and a warm steering wheel just feels…wrong.
Heated seats give me the swamp ass……..
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Put that behind a NSFW tag, for Chrissakes!!!
Lol.
“How dare you accuse our Leader of using Nazi rhetoric. For that we will exterminate you.” https://t.co/DddY5CoMDV
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) November 13, 2023
re: #7 Backwoods Sleuth
Prospective only. They forgive all the retrospective controversies, and Thomas and Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are good to go.
Easy Peasy.
None of this is worth the paper it’s written on without enforcement. Break the code, and you’re gone.
Wait you say, enforcement? Yeah, enforcement.
Ah, it’ll be fine - until it applies specifically and only against Democrats’ nominees to the Court.
Gaaaack!
Sometimes you just need to hit the ranch dressing before getting back on the road pic.twitter.com/V2dqcfivoT
— Warren (@swd2) November 13, 2023
I’d thought everything that was going to be found had been found, but there are still people hoarding missing episodes.
Two classic Doctor Who episodes have been found, but they may never reach the public. The hunt for the long-lost episodes has been ongoing since the BBC purged their copies of many episodes from the William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, and Jon Pertwee eras. There has been an ongoing effort to recreate the episodes through animated reconstructions, but some secret recordings have been discovered over the years.
Just a few weeks before the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials, The Guardian has revealed that two more lost episodes have been found. The episodes, which both feature Hartnell as the Doctor, have been lost for decades. While other episodes have been given to the BBC for distribution, the owners of these recordings, who have not revealed their names, will not be distributing them. As former BBC employees, they fear that they could face prosecution from the BBC for stealing the episodes.
Long-Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found, But Owners May Not Turn Them Over (Screenrant)
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Put that behind a NSFW tag, for Chrissakes!!!
Was that a Yo Mama joke?
re: #20 jeffreyw
Was that a Yo Mama joke?
You mama so fat, she eat her dinner from her own tectonic plate.
re: #8 Nerdy Fish
“I have a
permitcode of ethics.”
“This is just a piece of paper that says, ‘I do what I want.’”
“It’s less of a code and more of a set of guide lines.”
re: #12 Dave In Austin
Heated seats give me the swamp ass……..
In Finland, people without a garage usually have an electrical outlet near their parking space, which you set with a timer for a half an hour before you leave to warm up your seat (and your engine block)
re: #19 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’d thought everything that was going to be found had been found, but there are still people hoarding missing episodes.
Long-Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found, But Owners May Not Turn Them Over (Screenrant)
the owners of these recordings, who have not revealed their names, will not be distributing them. As former BBC employees, they fear that they could face prosecution from the BBC for stealing the episodes.
Statute of limitations? Immunity/settlement? Surely something can be worked out.
re: #22 Dangerman
what are the consequences?
who’s gonna enforce it?
According to #18 above, it looks like the answers to your questions are “none” and “nobody,” respectively.
re: #7 Backwoods Sleuth
#SupremeCourt adopted binding code of conduct for the first time, responding to a stream of ethics controversies that have undercut its public standing and shined new light on the justices’ friendships and financial dealings
They’re guidelines. Nothing says any of the crooks on the SCOTUS will actually follow them.
Whoa!
The Supreme Court just issued a “code of conduct”?
Is it printed on Leonard Leo’s personal stationery?
re: #27 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re guidelines. Nothing says any of the crooks on the SCOTUS will actually follow them.
“We pinkie swear not to be bad people, but if we are, oh well, too bad.”
re: #31 jeffreyw
Heated steering wheel, seats, scenic view:
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Swimming pool on the top?????
re: #31 jeffreyw
What in the Hugh Hefner hell?
re: #31 jeffreyw
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There’s a cruise ship I might take.
re: #12 Dave In Austin
Heated seats give me the swamp ass……..
Aerosol Arid Extra dry works on your junk too.
That’s what I said on the bus!
— Craigo from down underer. (@craigo001) November 13, 2023
re: #31 jeffreyw
Heated steering wheel, seats, scenic view:
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I’ve heard of mobile homes before: this is the first mobile apartment building I’ve seen….
re: #39 jaunte
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Judge Cannon: “OK, take as much time as you need. Trial delayed until March 2025.”
Poor people alway get grief delays in their legal issues, right?
re: #31 jeffreyw
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Just take it easy going around corners as it looks like an easy tip-over.
re: #32 Joe Bacon ✅
Swimming pool on the top?????
And limited to a world without overpasses and low hanging wires.
re: #39 jaunte
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“Adjourned until you make your first post about something other than her.”
re: #39 jaunte
He’s going to mourn by holding a few rallies.
re: #45 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
He’s going to mourn by holding a few rallies.
And threatening the extermination of his political enemies.
re: #45 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
He’s going to mourn by holding a few rallies.
How else is he going to pay for her funeral? //
re: #42 Semper Fi
Just take it easy going around corners as it looks like an easy tip-over.
Watch that underpass.
re: #39 jaunte
Tell him he can get 3 months delay for every death in the family and the kids will do the math and ask for FBI protection.
re: #45 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
He’s going to mourn by holding a few rallies.
Has he already sent out a fundraising letter asking for $$$$ to pay for her funeral?
re: #53 Joe Bacon ✅
If he has not it will happen soon.
re: #53 Joe Bacon ✅
How much of a tax break does he get for TWO graves at a golf course?
re: #55 jaunte
How much of a tax break does he get for TWO graves at a golf course?
Double your tax break, double your fun…
re: #53 Joe Bacon ✅
Has he already sent out a fundraising letter asking for $$$$ to pay for her funeral?
That’s a good one, Joe,.
Still laughing
The word “must” appears 6 times in the Supreme Court’s new ethics code.
The word “should” appears 53 times.
You hoi-polloi must be satisfied with that.
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Put that behind a NSFW tag, for Chrissakes!!!
I wouldn’t walk within 20 feet of that crack…you have no idea how wide the river of lava is beneath you there.
re: #61 darthstar
I wouldn’t walk within 20 feet of that crack…you have no idea how wide the river of lava is beneath you there.
It’s fine. It’s just a little steam that the deep state wants you to be afraid of so they can control you.
/
re: #19 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’d thought everything that was going to be found had been found, but there are still people hoarding missing episodes.
Long-Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found, But Owners May Not Turn Them Over (Screenrant)
Does the King have the right to pardon someone anymore? (I would presume that it’s only if the Prime Minister recommends he do so.)
I wonder if Queen Elizabeth II would have given a pardon given her known love for the series…
Indicted MAGA pastor ‘will not cooperate with evil’ and vows to never flip on Trump
One of the lesser known people swept up in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ RICO indictment related to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election result was Stephen Lee, an Illinois-based pastor accused of trying to pressure a Georgia election worker into falsely confessing to committing fraud.
The Washington Post reports that, unlike some other defendants such as attorneys Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis, Lee is vowing to never seek a plea deal and will take his chances in court — even if it lands him in prison.
During a speech he delivered in front of fellow Trump-backing evangelicals who held a fundraiser in his honor last week, Lee dismissed any notion that he would follow the path of other one-time Trump allies.
“I’m not going to plead out to a lie,” Lee said. “I’m not going to cooperate with evil. I’m not going to do something that is going to eat away or destroy our First Amendment rights… This is the Lord’s battle, and we’ve got to fight it.”
Lee has been accused, along with pro-Trump activist Harrison Floyd and publicist Trevian Kutti, of trying to pressure Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman into claiming that she helped steal the 2020 election from Trump, which prosecutors say was designed to give Republicans a justification for blocking the certification of President Joe Biden’s win.
Well I wonder what Pulpit Pimp will do when he’s in a jail cell and his Lawd and Savior isn’t…
re: #65 Joe Bacon ✅
He apparently saw no ethical challenges with “trying to pressure Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman into” lying.
re: #66 dat_said
He apparently saw no ethical challenges with “trying to pressure Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman into” lying.
Dude said he wouldn’t cooperate with evil.
Absolutely knuckling under, ecstatically licking the boot, just taking your goon-ness and elevating it to piety are all technically not “cooperation.”
re: #1 Dave In Austin
Con Jr in Court today
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That reminds me of Ted Cruz almost as much. Except that Ted has a bigger face.
The EU’s 27 countries issued a statement on Sunday saying hospitals “must be protected” and condemning Hamas for using the medical facilities and civilians as “human shields”.
So at least the EU is demonstrating awareness that IDF is telling the truth about where Hamas has repeatedly denied locating themselves. There must have been some back-channel sharing of evidence.
The Israeli military has said it was providing safe corridors for people to escape intense fighting in the north and move south, but Palestinian officials inside Shifa have said the compound was surrounded by constant heavy gunfire.
So “constant heavy gunfire” must mean shooting between one side and the other, right? IDF isn’t shooting just for the hell of it. Proof that indeed Hamas is there.
re: #55 jaunte
How much of a tax break does he get for TWO graves at a golf course?
No, no, he’s going to bury her at a different golf course so he gets the tax break on two of his properties.
re: #46 Belafon
So, beyond Biden appointing more judges and groups like the SPLC and ACLU going after those rulings, what can be done?
It is one of those times when we must patiently and persistently counter by speaking up, demonstrating, countering with our own legal teams, and importantly: electing only sane people until things change. We will overcome is something that has been sung forever, but we must continue to do so.
John Oliver’s summation broke me for this day. I have too many tears.
re: #64 aatharuv
Does the King have the right to pardon someone anymore? (I would presume that it’s only if the Prime Minister recommends he do so.)
I wonder if Queen Elizabeth II would have given a pardon given her known love for the series…
Yes, the monarch can indeed grant such pardons. QEII gave a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing in 2013; he was convicted in 1952 of being gay. In 2017, Parliament passed “The Alan Turing Law” which granted blanket pardons to anyone ever who’d been convicted of that offense.
Democrat Dean Phillips says he’ll vote for Speaker Johnson’s CR proposal
Making a name for himself by doing what the GOP wants. That’s what we want in a Presidential candidate. Not.
I am Schrödinger’s Sandwich. It is impossible to know whether or not I contain mayonnaise.
re: #77 Charles Johnson
I am Schrödinger’s Sandwich. It is impossible to know whether or not I contain mayonnaise.
Too risky. Get rid of that thing.
re: #42 Semper Fi
Just take it easy going around corners as it looks like an easy tip-over.
It’s not too bad if you remember to drain the pool.
There’s an idea that support for fascism is an act of despair, but I think that’s mostly backwards. I think it comes from, essentially, boredom and a vague impunity, a situation that enables people to recklessly gamble the lives of others
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) November 13, 2023
I am Schrödinger’s Legion. It is impossible to know whether or not I contain multitudes.
re: #81 gocart mozart
Trump is too dysfunctional to do real harm?
Except for all the harms we saw in his first term, including burning down the rule of law, trying to pack the courts with right wing extremists, and succeeding - giving the right wing Christian fascists decades to try and get the Christian fascist regime they’ve always sought.
re: #12 Dave In Austin
Heated seats give me the swamp ass……..
My wife loves the heated seats in our Subaru in the winter time.
re: #9 Dave In Austin
Sorry. But massive steamy crack just makes me giggle.
re: #81 gocart mozart
Why should we give a shit how some woman in Canada thinks we should vote??
re: #82 Charles Johnson
I am Schrödinger’s Legion. It is impossible to know whether or not I contain multitudes.
What are all these plaintive calls to !jazbot about?
Currently being driven crazy by people who see actual evidence that Hamas is using hospitals in Gaza to hide hostages and launch attacks, and dismiss it as propaganda.
Anyone who doesn’t believe Hamas would do things like this is an ignorant jackass who should really shut the fuck up.
re: #87 Thanos
What are all these plaintive calls to !jazbot about?
It’s a Bluesky bot that has some interesting features. Those are commands to the bot - it replies with whatever you’re asking about. If you just type “!jazbot help” it replies with a list of possible commands.
re: #67 The Ghost of a Flea
Dude said he wouldn’t cooperate with evil.
Absolutely knuckling under, ecstatically licking the boot, just taking your goon-ness and elevating it to piety are all technically not “cooperation.”
Add in kissing Trump ass and snorting his farts.
re: #88 Charles Johnson
Currently being driven crazy by people who see actual evidence that Hamas is using hospitals in Gaza to hide hostages and launch attacks, and dismiss it as propaganda.
Anyone who doesn’t believe Hamas would do things like this is an ignorant jackass who should really shut the fuck up.
It’s a direct repeat of what they did back in 2008 - Hamas used the Shifra hospital to hide from IDF forces. Hamas fired from the vicinity of same.
SS/DW (same shit, different war).
re: #65 Joe Bacon ✅
I suppose in an absurdly technical sense, “being evil” is not “cooperating with evil”.
re: #91 lawhawk
It’s a direct repeat of what they did back in 2008 - Hamas used the Shifra hospital to hide from IDF forces. Hamas fired from the vicinity of same.
SS/DW (same shit, different war).
Naturally. The whole point (from Hamas’ depraved point of view) is to provoke the IDF to fire on hospitals etc. and then whine to the world about that atrocity.
“I don’t know where to fucking start” pic.twitter.com/8Wb1bUX1Mr
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 13, 2023
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
Why should we give a shit how some woman in Canada thinks we should vote??
You’re the last person here I’d expect to say that, lol.
re: #65 Joe Bacon ✅
Indicted MAGA pastor ‘will not cooperate with evil’ and vows to never flip on Trump…
Did he say this immediately before or after the pitch for his legal defense fund?
re: #94 Backwoods Sleuth
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— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) November 13, 2023
re: #97 Targetpractice
Larry gets to the heart of the matter.
re: #99 jeffreyw
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I like how close the smile is to the neutral expression. Just the slightest change, but the meaning is clear.
re: #80 Backwoods Sleuth
I’ll be glad when his name is removed from the Waikiki hotel. I was bummed when I saw it there. But it gave tourists a place to take selfies giving a middle finger.
re: #102 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
When I saw the spot of mold on the buns, I could have chopped up the burger and made a burrito, but this was easier.
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
re: #88 Charles Johnson
If I was the head of a terror organization, I would certainly consider setting up in or near hospitals because it reduces the chances that my ops center gets blown to bits.
I would consider this even moreso if I did not really give a shit about the lives of the civilians in said hospital.
It’s a logical move. There is no reason to doubt Hamas is doing it.
re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg
If I was the head of a terror organization, I would certainly consider setting up in or near hospitals because it reduces the chances that my ops center gets blown to bits.
I would consider this even moreso if I did not really give a shit about the lives of the civilians in said hospital.
It’s a logical move. There is no reason to doubt Hamas is doing it.
There’s independently verified documented evidence that shows they’re doing this. I don’t know why this is even a question, beyond, “We stubbornly refuse to believe anything but the worst about Israel and the best about Hamas.”
re: #31 jeffreyw
Heated steering wheel, seats, scenic view:
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Looks like it was designed by AI.
re: #106 BeenHereAwhile
Looks like it was designed by AI.
I’d like to have a portable luxury home like that. It would make moving very easy.
I am currently in La Crosse WI at a place called Dave’s Guitar Shop. TIL that Squire (Fender’s less expensive brand) makes a 12 string version of the Jazzmaster guitar that sounds scary good in a Twin Reverb… Pic when I get home.
re: #108 William Lewis
I am currently in La Crosse WI at a place called Dave’s Guitar Shop. TIL that Squire (Fender’s less expensive brand) makes a 12 string version of the Jazzmaster guitar that sounds scary good in a Twin Reverb… Pic when I get home.
Dave’s not here, man.
re: #105 Nerdy Fish
There’s independently verified documented evidence that shows they’re doing this. I don’t know why this is even a question, beyond, “We stubbornly refuse to believe anything but the worst about Israel and the best about Hamas.”
People believe what they want to believe, with very few exceptions.
re: #43 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And limited to a world without overpasses and low hanging wires.
That was my first thought, what is the clearance for that thing?
Michael Flynn’s brother is out. pic.twitter.com/nFHNMaUlAV
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 13, 2023
Ken White speculation thread on new SCOTUS code of conduct:
If a Justice’s family member — let’s just say, hypothetically, a wife, no reason — is a paranoid psycho with an elaborate delusional structure driving efforts to overthrow the United States government, the Justice should not bring them to the picnic, because no other Justice wants to hear that shit.
A Justice may attend, and speak at, conferences of prominent legal organizations, but should avoid joining chants that might indicate partiality, including but not limited to “Lock Her Up” and “Jews Will Not Replace Us.”
re: #111 Eventual Carrion
That was my first thought, what is the clearance for that thing?
I think a turn at over 1 mile an hour would solve that clearance problem. From there, you just slide through.
re: #112 Backwoods Sleuth
So now he’s ready to send the National Guard if asked?
re: #51 darthstar
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The “strength of Trump branding” is what most all the rest of us call stench. A very powerful stench.
re: #117 Eventual Carrion
Trump steaks, aging naturally.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
In the course of a flight on a private jet to a billionaire’s island retreat, a Justice should not bogart all of the caviar in a way to bring disrepute onto this Court
re: #118 jaunte
Trump steaks? I can get better quality locally.
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re: #7 Backwoods Sleuth
“binding”… as I’ve said repeatedly, ethics reform at the Supreme Court means nothing unless/until there is political will in Congress to use the power of impeachment.
re: #101 darthstar
I’ll be glad when his name is removed from the Waikiki hotel. I was bummed when I saw it there. But it gave tourists a place to take selfies giving a middle finger.
Question for New Yorkers— has that ghastly eyesore TRUMP LINKS been removed now that Bally’s has taken over Ferry Point so I can safely go from LaGuardia to Westchester?
re: #123 A Cranky One
re: #124 KGxvi
“binding”… as I’ve said repeatedly, ethics reform at the Supreme Court means nothing unless/until there is political will in Congress to use the power of impeachment.
It’s even worse than that. There’s literally no enforcement mechanism specified. It’s the Judicial Code of Ethics, with the word “shall” replaced by the word “should,” and with no reference whatsoever to any consequences for violating these guidelines, nor any way to act on said violations.
re: #124 KGxvi
“binding”… as I’ve said repeatedly, ethics reform at the Supreme Court means nothing unless/until there is political will in Congress to use the power of impeachment.
Exactly. It’s like your boss telling you they’ve decided to hold themselves to higher standards that only they are accountable for.
Basically SCOTUS is just doing this performative bullshit to try and get us to stop asking questions about all the shady shit behind the curtain.
oh dear
Spice-lovers can now get their fix from an unexpected place.
Dr. Pepper released a new limited edition soda Wednesday, and it’s made with actual peppers: https://t.co/ou4mnjRjxx pic.twitter.com/eK8EsshzXs— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) November 13, 2023
I do wonder though, if these unreported gifts have turned up on tax returns over the years. I believe tax fraud is how they got Al Capone Alcee Hastings off the bench (but the Senate wasn’t smart enough to bar him from future off so he ended up where most tax cheats go: the House of Representatives.
re: #116 darthstar
So now he’s ready to send the National Guard if asked?
Isn’t the brother who didn’t send the National Guard Charles Flynn?
re: #130 KGxvi
nevermind, Hastings was bribery and perjury, not tax fraud.
re: #70 Dave In Austin
Turned me to a blubbery mess on the way to work this morning.
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Call me an ole softy, but heard some Gregg Allman stylings in Susan’s voice, and some Dicky Betts licks from Derek Trucks.
(Dicky Betts is a very talented guitar player and song writer but doesn’t get due recognition because too many people of my generation compare him to Duane Allman)
in Yorkshire
Swimming to safety during Storm Debi pic.twitter.com/OuITpyCM1j
— Hill Top Farm (@hilltopfarmgirl) November 13, 2023
re: #123 A Cranky One
I bet the guy played a mean axe in any case.
[This tweet may have been rendered invisible because of some new Musk shenanigan.]
re: #139 jaunte
[This tweet may have been rendered invisible because of some new Musk shenanigan.]
[This Xit may smear the halls of Congress.]
re: #123 A Cranky One
I sent that to a friend who plays bass. He’d already received it from multiple friends over the weekend.
re: #136 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I bet the guy played a mean axe in any case.
Coulda been David Crosby’s brother.
Folks, yet another automaker has announced a wage increase for their workers following historic UAW agreements.
More evidence of the power of collective bargaining and that when unions do well, everyone does well. https://t.co/orf6Cag6Ad— President Biden (@POTUS) November 13, 2023
re: #145 Backwoods Sleuth
That is what happens when unions work for their members and not for management.
re: #74 Thanos
John Oliver’s summation broke me for this day. I have too many tears.
There’s an old saying in show business:
Drama is easy, comedy is hard.
Look what Oliver’s Comedy writers put together here, 30 minutes of pure pathos. It’s a spectacular balancing act they did, and they absolutely stuck the fucking landing.
Bravo to all. So much heartbreak, on all sides.
re: #140 Backwoods Sleuth
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Did they remove other things, or was there a single little ziplock of coke alone in this wiped down locker? It’s weird either way, but weirder if it was alone in the locker.
re: #149 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Did they remove other things, or was there a single little ziplock of coke alone in this wiped down locker? It’s weird either way, but weirder if it was alone in the locker.
it’s all incredibly tidy
re: #146 PhillyPretzel ✅
That is what happens when unions work for their members and not for management.
Can you give an example where a union has worked for management?
Government shutdown is looming.
Electing multi-millionaires hurts working class Americans.
Why?
Because they don’t understand living paycheck to paycheck.
Stop electing people who can’t relate to your struggles.
I’m running against MTG.https://t.co/cNoPs11gVU pic.twitter.com/kI5f7rqsdM— Tambrei Cash for GA14 (@cash4ga) November 13, 2023
oh lookie…my congresscritter on the left in the pic
re: #151 Belafon
Can you give an example where a union has worked for management?
Not sure about recent events, but the Teamsters did all kinds of shady shit back in the day.
LOL I got one of those “grandma scam” calls.
*phone rings*
ME: Hello?
SCAMMER: Hell0, grandma?
ME: Who is this?
SCAMMER: It’s me, your grandson!
ME: What’s your name?
SCAMMER: Uh, uh… uh… it’s Daniel! It’s your grandson Daniel!
ME: Fuck off scammer *end call*
re: #156 Vicious Babushka
lol. I had something similar the other day. CallerID displayed a family last name and when I answered the person on the other end said, “Diane?” I hung up. They called back 3 times even though I blocked the number. (Diane is my kid sister’s first name.)
re: #156 Vicious Babushka
LOL I got one of those “grandma scam” calls.
*phone rings*
ME: Hello?
SCAMMER: Hell, grandma?
ME: Who is this?
SCAMMER: It’s me, your grandson?
ME: What’s your name?
SCAMMER: Uh, uh… uh… it’s Daniel! It’s your grandson Daniel!
ME: Fuck off scammer *end call*
They have a much better chance of guessing a name accurately with you than with most other people.
re: #155 Eclectic Cyborg
Not sure about recent events, but the Teamsters did all kinds of shady shit back in the day.
They did a lot to damage the reputation of unions in America.
re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They did a lot to damage the reputation of unions in America.
Not as much as police unions do.
re: #160 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Not as much as police unions do.
Public sector unions are a class unto themselves, not directly comparable with private sector unions.
We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared
re: #157 PhillyPretzel ✅
lol. I had something similar the other day. CallerID displayed a family last name and when I answered the person on the other end said, “Diane?” I hung up. They called back 3 times even though I blocked the number. (Diane is my kid sister’s first name.)
I hope someone tries that shit on me sometime (I have no children, let alone grandchildren).
re: #31 jeffreyw
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Unless that is like the bus in Harry Potter, it ain’t going nowhere. Right, Ern?
I’m sitting in my office chair. Mork just jumped up, clawed my back, drawing blood, and ran away. This is new.
re: #31 jeffreyw
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When did Clarence Thomas go bad on a loan to buy that??
re: #158 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
They have a much better chance of guessing a name accurately with you than with most other people.
None of my kids or grandkids have what you would call “popular” names, and they never call me “Grandma.”
But there are lots of duplicate names, so even if a scammer happened to guess one, they would still get interrogated on “who’s your Mama? Who’s your Daddy? Name all your brothers & sisters,” etc. etc. by that time they would hang up on ME.
re: #166 Ace Rothstein
When did Clarence Thomas go bad on a loan to buy that??
Leonard Leo will never tell…
Correction: No visible blood, just ten holes in my back. He tried to support himself from his claws on my back.
From our lovely, polite neighbors to the North:
re: #170 Vicious Babushka
From our lovely, polite neighbors to the North:
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Israel is murdering Palestinians. Vandalism is wrong, but is expected under those circumstances because a lot of people are stupid, want a target for their rage, and choose that target poorly.
As the terrorist attack fades into the past, and Israel keeps killing, the extremely violent reaction will be remembered more than the Hamas attack.
Attacking Canadians will do nothing to help Palestinians.
re: #165 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’m sitting in my office chair. Mork just jumped up, clawed my back, drawing blood, and ran away. This is new.
My previous cat Lefty did that to me once as a young adult - then never did it again, lived for 15 years. My theory is the cat sees a muscle twitching or vein pulsing and can’t resist the urge to murder.
::: watching Great Scenic Railway Journeys :::
re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope someone tries that shit on me sometime (I have no children, let alone grandchildren).
Probably not likely to happen to me. I don’t answer my landline; just periodically listen to voice messages. And I seldom answer my cell unless it’s a number I recognize.
AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social
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Per Adam Klasfeld’s reports on Twitter, Judge Engoron is basically overruling every AG objection to whatever evidence Trump wants to admit, which has to be very heartwarming for the AG and terrifying for Trump’s lawyers
With my usual disclaimer that “I am not a lawyer,” the best way to read this is thus: Judge Engoron is probably going to throw the hammer at Trump. Trump’s attorneys will, no doubt, try to appeal on whatever grounds they think they can find. By allowing all his bullshit “evidence,” it takes one route of appeal off the table: “We had all this evidence and the mean judge didn’t let us present it.”
I bet this is why Donald is raging about his legal issues on the day his older sister died rather than expressing any fond remembrances about Maryanne Trump Barry.
Or maybe it’s because he’s a sociopath who doesn’t care about *anyone* but himself. Or both. pic.twitter.com/GscupF14D3— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) November 13, 2023
Nate Silver, ratfucker.
Nate, President Biden’s schedule is public. You can see that he frequently travels to other states and countries for events. The idea that he is somehow hiding in DC is a blatant lie.
He avoids the DC press because he hates them, with good reason. They are awful people. https://t.co/nWPU9mLvUh— Just a Random Guy (@What46HasDone) November 13, 2023
I’m trying to use a shared calendar across all our devices, but it’s not so easy… Using the calendar app on my IPAD my google and microsoft outlook appts either show up three times, or not at all on my wife’s pad… grrrrr arrrrgh.
re: #179 Sherlock Hound
Too many reporters and political ‘influencers’ behave as if they’ll be just fine under a fascist regime.
re: #173 jaunte
Attacking Canadians will do nothing to help Palestinians.
You say that because your brain is functioning. Angry dummies do not think things through.
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Well, ok then.
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Now I feel like I have to take up drinking.
Man grabs Greta Thunberg’s microphone after pro-Palestinian chants at climate rally
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This is devastating in my view. Trump never had any intention of complying with the election results. He was told repeatedly in the presence of a convicted co-defendant that he had lost. He ignored it and conspired with his lawyers to overthrow the election anyway. https://t.co/kJFe01fgVo pic.twitter.com/52BOCXgIIj
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) November 13, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: ABC News has obtained video from Georgia prosecutors’ interview with ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, in which Ellis tells them she was personally informed by a top Trump adviser that Trump was “not going to leave” the White House — despite losing the 2020 election.… pic.twitter.com/J9c4bm9cbZ
— ABC News (@ABC) November 13, 2023
re: #188 Backwoods Sleuth
He’s a monster, but is supported by millions of idiots who let Republican propagandists make them into monsters. The problem is a lot bigger than Trump. The weak Republican party was easily turned entirely criminal by a very stupid narcissist.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 13, 2023
It’s National Odd Couple Day, when Felix moved in with Oscar.
When the TV show premiered in 1969, ABC execs felt the premise would make Felix and Oscar look gay.
This is why the intro had an explanation, and why we have Odd Couple Day.
The cast knew. 😂pic.twitter.com/qa7r6AdGBU— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) November 13, 2023
re: #189 Backwoods Sleuth
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This really seems like it should be a death penalty offense.
You’re supposed to execute leaders that betray your nation if you want to keep your nation.
re: #190 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
You hit the nail squarely on the head. It is a huge problem that needs to be beaten down again.
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Well, ok then.
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My mother was active in that movement.
re: #194 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
My mother was active in that movement.
You never know when you’re going to accidentally insult someone’s mother when you don’t know your audience well.
re: #194 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
My mother was active in that movement.
My family was on the other side.
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re: #181 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
And the Drys are still giving the Wets heck in PA.
re: #196 wrenchwench
My family was on the other side.
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my family was mostly Irish on one side…’nuf said
Another “this guy”.
Johnny McEntee, the cheerful and upbeat young aide who became Trump’s essential man in the waning days of his presidency. In McEntee, Trump had the ultimate loyalist: He never hesitated to carry out the president’s orders, and he made it his mission to find and remove anyone in the executive branch who was not as devoted to the president as he was.
re: #179 Sherlock Hound
IIRC Trump had exactly how many press conferences?
re: #194 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
My mother was active in that movement.
In my own defense, I must point out that this was undoubtedly well before your mother’s time. Movements change over time. Just compare today’s repugs to Eisenhower, and we won’t even mention Teddy Roosevelt or, Cthuhu forbid, Lincoln.
re: #197 PhillyPretzel ✅
And the Drys are still giving the Wets heck in PA.
Thought for a brief moment that “Wet’s Heck” might be the name of a town.
re: #190 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
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This is what Scavino said to Ellis, not something she heard directly from Trump. Trump lies about everything — and he clearly did not stay in office and refuse to leave after the January 6 vote in the House. Trump may have thought that Pence would be persuaded to hand him the presidency and his assertions to Scavino were based on his confidence in Pence being the toady he’s always been.
re: #202 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Maybe at one time there might have been such a name.
re: #197 PhillyPretzel ✅
And the Drys are still giving the Wets heck in PA.
I remember Grandma telling me about the Prohibition Party in PA during the 1920s. The mill bosses gladly financed them to divert workers away from the Socialist Party…and when the Volstead Act enabling Prohibition passed the mill bosses were ROYALLY PISSED OFF!
Those same bosses made sure that there were “speakeasy” joints where you could get your beer and hard liquor fix.
Awwwww. Natasha Sinema has a sads…
Kyrsten Sinema’s funds ‘dried up’ as Democratic donors abandon her
Donors who gave to Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Arizona) 2018 US Senate campaign have largely left her for her Democratic opponent, according to federal campaign finance records.
As of the latest available Federal Election Commission data, Politico reports that Sinema is finding little financial support in what’s shaping up to be a close three-way race next November. Following her exit from the Democratic Party last December and Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-Arizona) campaign launch the following month, Sinema has had very little success maintaining enthusiasm among the financial backers that propelled her last campaign
re: #206 Joe Bacon ✅
I remember Grandma telling me about the Prohibition Party in PA during the 1920s. The mill bosses gladly financed them to divert workers away from the Socialist Party…and when the Volstead Act enabling Prohibition passed the mill bosses were ROYALLY PISSED OFF!
Those same bosses made sure that there were “speakeasy” joints where you could get your beer and hard liquor fix.
And naturally the owners of those speakeasys were those bosses.
re: #208 EPR-radar
And naturally the owners of those speakeasys were those bosses.
Of course they were!
re: #18 Thanos
So to shut people up, SCOTUS issues ethic rules which don’t have to be enforced by them and has no consequences if broken/ignored. **rolls eyes**
re: #211 Patricia Kayden
So to shut people up, SCOTUS issues ethic rules which don’t have to be enforced by them and has no consequences if broken/ignored. **rolls eyes**
And Slappy T and Alito can still get lots of presents from their Sugar Daddies!
re: #207 Joe Bacon ✅
I’m surprised Republicans haven’t flocked to support her but I guess there must be a Republican candidate in that race. Oh well. I’ll be so glad to see her out of the Senate. She’s such a tool.
It’s National Odd Couple Day, when Felix moved in with Oscar.
When the TV show premiered in 1969, ABC execs felt the premise would make Felix and Oscar look gay.
This is why the intro had an explanation, and why we have Odd Couple Day.
The cast knew. 😂pic.twitter.com/qa7r6AdGBU— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) November 13, 2023
re: #213 Patricia Kayden
I’m surprised Republicans haven’t flocked to support her but I guess there must be a Republican candidate in that race. Oh well. I’ll be so glad to see her out of the Senate. She’s such a tool.
I’ve seen a lot of online guesswork that Kari Lake is likely to take a run at the GOP Senate race next year: good - she can have another loss to bitch about and waste court time over….
Hannah Arendt told us:
Johnny McEntee went viral before virality, as a trick-shot QB at UConn. He foresaw the rise of Donald Trump, while ordering him KFC on the campaign trail. He was straight out of central casting, but suddenly “Johnny Mac” the quarterback became enforcer-in-chief for the commander-in-chief, running a presidential “Gestapo” and hand-picking cabinet secretaries. Correspondent Devin Gordon meets a Trumpworld action figure and asks: How did this in-over-his-head loyalist get so powerful? And could it happen again?
Interview with Johnny Mentee:
(6 minutes intro edited out apparently didn’t work - skip the first 6 minutes)
re: #197 PhillyPretzel ✅
And the Drys are still giving the Wets heck in PA.
Jews, it goes without saying, have a real problem with the Drys.
Proper observance of Jewish rituals requires we drink wine at the beginning and end of every Sabbath, plus 14 annual holidays. At Passover, we eat sitting on cushions on the floor instead of in chairs, so if we fall. over drunk we don’t hurt ourselves. On Purim, we get so drunk we can’t tell the hero from the villain.
And of course births, deaths, weddings, bar mitzvahs, graduations, engagement parties, naming ceremonies… if you have.a large family, there’s at least one of those every couple of weeks.
God would like us to be joyful even when our hearts lie panting on the floor
How much more should we be joyful when there’s really something to be joyful for?
re: #207 Joe Bacon ✅
I would not be shocked if she just leaves her name on the ballot as an Independent and simply doesn’t do anything. It’s apparent she doesn’t actually like doing the job.
re: #219 piratedan
I would not be shocked if she just leaves her name on the ballot as an Independent and simply doesn’t do anything. It’s apparent she doesn’t actually like doing the job.
That all depends on how the job of US senator is defined. The Republican definition of the job is “cashes the bribe checks promptly.”
re: #213 Patricia Kayden
I’m surprised Republicans haven’t flocked to support her but I guess there must be a Republican candidate in that race. Oh well. I’ll be so glad to see her out of the Senate. She’s such a tool.
the Republican in that race is Kari Lake
“appear” doing yeoman work in this sentence
Funny how Ted “knows” this, but somehow can’t produce even a single bit of evidence that will convince a grand jury, or even REPUBLICAN House members bent on impeachment.
No wonder he’s a senator, he utterly sucks as a lawyer. https://t.co/L0EGrRRwkZ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 13, 2023
re: #217 sagehen
Jews, it goes without saying, have a real problem with the Drys.
Proper observance of Jewish rituals requires we drink wine at the beginning and end of every Sabbath, plus 14 annual holidays.
A devotion to ritual, which, I am sure, was given a considerable boost in attention when Prohibition kicked in; IIRC, certified Kosher winemakers (and a few other religiously-affiliated producers) were exempt from the 18th Amendment’s clutches. Freedom of religion! I’ll drink to that!
Supposedly, that’s how Manischewitz got their wine business started: they had been a matzo bakery, but took a chance and bought out an Upstate NY winery when it had had to go out of business due to Prohibition.
re: #176 Hecuba’s daughter
Probably not likely to happen to me. I don’t answer my landline; just periodically listen to voice messages. And I seldom answer my cell unless it’s a number I recognize.
Ditto! Same here.
Calls from unknown numbers are not answered. Must leave voice mail identifying the person/purpose of the call for me to pick-up.
re: #221 Backwoods Sleuth
JoeMyGod refers to her as the “vaseline woman”. LOL
re: #194 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
My mother was active in that movement.
One of my aunts was a “viper” and hung out in the Jazz clubs in Harlem in the 1930s. Grandfather had to hire a private detective to locate her and bring her back home to Sarasota.
Brilliant lady, my favorite aunt, ended up programing pentagon computers in the 1950s.
re: #203 Hecuba’s daughter
This is what Scavino said to Ellis, not something she heard directly from Trump. Trump lies about everything — and he clearly did not stay in office and refuse to leave after the January 6 vote in the House. Trump may have thought that Pence would be persuaded to hand him the presidency and his assertions to Scavino were based on his confidence in Pence being the toady he’s always been.
tfg waited until the very last minute to vacate the White House (just hours that morning before Biden’s inauguration). Thus the clusterfuck with all boxes and packages piled up in the driveway. He really thought he wouldn’t have to leave and proclaimed that he “would be back soon” as he left to the helicopter.
re: #215 Jay C
I’ve seen a lot of online guesswork that Kari Lake is likely to take a run at the GOP Senate race next year: good - she can have another loss to bitch about and waste court time over….
she’s running:
Arizona Republican Kari Lake launches 2024 Senate campaign
re: #228 Backwoods Sleuth
she’s running:
Arizona Republican Kari Lake launches 2024 Senate campaign
If you’re a conservative with money in Arizona, throwing some of it in a Lake sounds like a good idea.
re: #207 Joe Bacon ✅
Awwwww. Natasha Sinema has a sads…
Kyrsten Sinema’s funds ‘dried up’ as Democratic donors abandon her
Donors who gave to Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Arizona) 2018 US Senate campaign have largely left her for her Democratic opponent, according to federal campaign finance records.
As of the latest available Federal Election Commission data, Politico reports that Sinema is finding little financial support in what’s shaping up to be a close three-way race next November. Following her exit from the Democratic Party last December and Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-Arizona) campaign launch the following month, Sinema has had very little success maintaining enthusiasm among the financial backers that propelled her last campaign
The donors that were giving because Sinema (along with Manchin) was ratfucking the Dems have decided that she has outlived her usefulness.
re: #229 wrenchwench
If you’re a conservative with money in Arizona, throwing some of it in a Lake sounds like a good idea.
only if a sword is on offer in return…
re: #227 Backwoods Sleuth
tfg waited until the very last minute to vacate the White House (just hours that morning before Biden’s inauguration). Thus the clusterfuck with all boxes and packages piled up in the driveway. He really thought he wouldn’t have to leave and proclaimed that he “would be back soon” as he left to the helicopter.
That musta hurt real bad…he was no longer the prez. He had to leave. The lawless stampede on the Capitol didn’t work like he thought it would despite all the planning. I’m sure he thinks the U.S. Presidency is his destiny. He was Prez 4yrs and screwed things up so badly. It was a disaster and millions of Americans were often embarrassed by his behavior when he visited the heads of other nations. He probably deserved to be in jail long before 2016.
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