The Tallest Man on Earth, Concert and Interview, Live on KEXP

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kexp.org presents The Tallest Man On Earth performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 25, 2023

Songs:
Every Little Heart
Major League
Henry St.
Foothills

Kristian Matsson - Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Piano
Mark Paulson - Guitar, Piano, Violin,
Sinclair Palmer - Bass
Yan Westerlund - Drums

Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro, Ettie Wahl
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Jim Beckmann

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1
A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:31:36pm

2
Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:32:47pm

Installed outside:

3
No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:38:00pm

This is what I expect. The cultists will vote for Trump no matter what, but marginal voters will peal off, and Trump can’t afford to lose any.

4
Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:45:50pm

Of course he did.

Todd Starnes Denounces ‘Dirty RINOs’ Who Voted to Expel Accused Fraudster George Santos

rightwingwatch.org

Some right-wing members and activists tried to manufacture outrage over the vote. “Meet the Dirty RINOs Voted to Expel George Santos” screamed a headline on right-wing pundit Todd Starnes’ website over a list of the 105 Republicans who voted to oust Santos.

Earlier in the day, before the vote, Starnes interviewed Rep. Andy Biggs, who said he hoped the House wouldn’t do something “crazy” and expel Santos. Starnes complained about the lack of punishment for Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who apologized for and pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge last month after pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building before a key vote. Of course, Santos, who filed a resolution to expel Bowman in a media stunt earlier this week, has been charged with far more serious crimes. Speaking of serious misconduct, in 2020 Biggs pressured Arizona’s House Speaker to dump Biden electors in favor of Trump.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:47:55pm
6
Unabogie  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:50:26pm

re: #5 No Malarkey!

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It’s uncanny how the people who run wars spend the whole war in super comfy clothes and chairs.

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TedStriker  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:53:57pm

re: #6 Unabogie

It’s uncanny how the people who run wars spend the whole war in super comfy clothes and chairs.

And hundreds/thousands of miles away from the carnage.

8
Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:55:56pm

Speaker Jesusbot argued the 23 criminal charges weren’t enough to determine Santos’ fate…before announcing Republicans would forge ahead with their efforts to impeach Biden.

thedailybeast.com

“We’re down to a three-vote margin, it’s a difficult thing to govern under those circumstances,” he said.

Later in the interview, Johnson announced that he would bring forward a vote on an impeachment inquiry against Biden, even as Republicans have failed to produce hard evidence the president committed any crime.

“A formal impeachment inquiry vote on the floor will allow us to take it to the next necessary step,” he said. “I think it’s something we have to do at this juncture.”

Do it you phony-assed hypocrite. We DARE you to try to impeach Joe!

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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2023 • 2:59:50pm

re: #5 No Malarkey!

Gaza Report - اخبار غزة
@gaza_report
Speaking from Beirut, Hamas deputy leader Salah Al Arouri hardens the movement’s negotiating positions by saying that ceasefire negotiations for the remaining captives will only even resume at the conclusion of the conflict.

I’m confused. Is Hamas saying they won’t negotiate until the IDF kills all the Israeli hostages?

10
Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:04:06pm

Are we surprised?

Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers

Two months after a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser was caught hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes, leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers.

In a 32-29 vote on Saturday, members of the Texas GOP’s executive committee stripped a pro-Israel resolution of a clause that would have included the ban— delivering a major blow to a faction that has called for the party to confront its ties to groups that have recently employed, elevated or associated with outspoken white supremacists or antisemitic figures.

In October, The Texas Tribune published photos of Fuentes, an avowed admirer of Adolf Hitler who has called for a “holy war” against Jews, entering and leaving the offices of Pale Horse Strategies, a consulting firm for far-right candidates and movements. Pale Horse Strategies is owned by Jonathan Stickland, a former state representative and at the time the leader of a political action committee, Defend Texas Liberty, that two West Texas oil billionaires have used to fund right-wing movements, candidates and politicians in the state — including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Matt Rinaldi, chairman of the Texas GOP, was also seen entering the Pale Horse offices while Fuentes was inside for nearly 7 hours He denied participating, however, saying he was visiting with someone else at the time and didn’t know Fuentes was there.

Defend Texas Liberty has not publicly commented on the scandal, save for a two-sentence statement condemning Fuentes’ “incendiary” views. Nor has it made clear what role Stickland has at Defend Texas Liberty, which quietly updated its website to reflect that he was no longer its president in October.

Tim Dunn, one of the two West Texas oil billionaires who funds Defend Texas Liberty, confirmed the meeting between Fuentes and Stickland and called it a “serious blunder,” according to a statement from Patrick.

In response to the scandal — as well as subsequent reporting from the Tribune that detailed other links between Defend Texas Liberty and white supremacists — nearly half of the Texas GOP’s executive committee had called for the party to cut ties with Defend Texas Liberty and groups it funds until Stickland was removed from any position of power, and a full explanation for the Fuentes meeting was given.

The proposed demands were significantly watered down ahead of the party’s quarterly meeting this weekend. Rather than calling for a break from Defend Texas Liberty, the faction proposed general language that would have barred associations with individuals or groups “known to espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.”

But even that general statement was not enough to sway a majority of the executive committee. In at-times tense debate on Saturday, members argued that words like “tolerate” or “antisemitism” were too vague or subjective, and could create future problems for the party, its leaders and candidates.

“It could put you on a slippery slope,” said committee member Dan Tully.

uh, Dan…the Texas Republican Party is already on a slippery slope heading toward destroying democracy….

rawstory.com

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:04:23pm

re: #4 Joe Bacon ✅

Of course he did.

Todd Starnes Denounces ‘Dirty RINOs’ Who Voted to Expel Accused Fraudster George Santos

rightwingwatch.org

Some right-wing members and activists tried to manufacture outrage over the vote. “Meet the Dirty RINOs Voted to Expel George Santos” screamed a headline on right-wing pundit Todd Starnes’ website over a list of the 105 Republicans who voted to oust Santos.

Earlier in the day, before the vote, Starnes interviewed Rep. Andy Biggs, who said he hoped the House wouldn’t do something “crazy” and expel Santos. Starnes complained about the lack of punishment for Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who apologized for and pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge last month after pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building before a key vote. Of course, Santos, who filed a resolution to expel Bowman in a media stunt earlier this week, has been charged with far more serious crimes. Speaking of serious misconduct, in 2020 Biggs pressured Arizona’s House Speaker to dump Biden electors in favor of Trump.

So Starnes is trying gin up “outrage” over two really awful ethical lapses on the part of Congress….
1. Voting to expel George Santos for (well-documented) frauds, misrepresentations, and financial crimes.
2. NOT voting to expel Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm.

One of these things is not like the other…

12
BigPapa  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:20:59pm

re: #11 Jay C

So when we consider how a church can cover up for priests or a coach can cover up for another coach molesting students, this is why. The sanctity of whatever group or organization is more important than anything else, skewing right and wrong.

These are horrible people not to be trusted.

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:38:08pm

Within hours of Trump saying he was going to go after Obamacare (now that is going to do the GOP a lot of harm as 60% of Americans have a favorable view of Obamacare. It is even a higher 65% aongst Independents) Biden’s campaign had this on national rotation.

Your Family | Biden-Harris 2024

We now have the GOP going after abortion, contraception, impeaching Biden, bankrupting people over student loans, legalizing marijuana, aid to Ukraine, woman’s healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and, now, Obamacare. The ads just write themselves. None of this issues have a majority of American behind them.

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:44:12pm

‘Perfect solar system’ found in search for alien life
bbc.com

Researchers have located “the perfect solar system”, forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different-sized planets.
The system, 100 light years away, has six planets, all about the same size. They’ve barely changed since its formation up to 12 billion years ago.
These undisturbed conditions make it ideal for learning how these worlds formed and whether they host life. …
Not only are the planets similarly sized; in a far cry from the unrelated timing of the orbits of the planets in our own solar system, these rotate in synch.
In the time it takes for the innermost planet to go around the star three times, the next planet along gets around twice, and so on out to the fourth planet in the system. From there things change to a 4:3 pattern of relative orbit speeds for the last two planets. …
Over the past thirty years, astronomers have discovered thousands of star systems. But none of them are so well suited to study how planets formed. The planets’ near identical size and the system’s undisturbed nature are gold dust for astronomers because they make it much easier to compare and contrast them. That will help build up a picture of how they first formed and how they evolved.
The system also has a bright star which will make it easier to look for life signs in the planets’ atmospheres.
All six of the new planets are what astronomers call “sub-Neptunes”, which are larger than the Earth and smaller than the planet Neptune (which is four times wider than the Earth). The six newly discovered planets are between two and three times the size of Earth. …

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:46:55pm

re: #5 No Malarkey!

I see he is well fed.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:53:54pm

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Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:54:32pm

re: #11 Jay C

Good grief, I’d forgotten all about Turdd Staines.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:58:50pm

Well the Covid tests came in today. They are NOT the BinaxNow tests we got last time. but the iHealth tests. There are 5 tests per box, so instead of the expected 8 tests, we got 10. And in case you are confused, by the “we” I mean my sister Steph and I.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2023 • 3:59:57pm

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:00:34pm

Last one

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EstebanTornado1963  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:10:03pm

Scrolling thru the posts that ca,e after I left to golf today and I see people were pissed at some “celebrating” Derick Chauvin getting stabbed. While could give a shit about Chauvin, I will give Chauvin the same amount of empathy that Chauvin gave while he murdered George Floyd, which is fucking zero.

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Unabogie  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:23:25pm

re: #21 EstebanTornado1963

Scrolling thru the posts that ca,e after I left to golf today and I see people were pissed at some “celebrating” Derick Chauvin getting stabbed. While could give a shit about Chauvin, I will give Chauvin the same amount of empathy that Chauvin gave while he murdered George Floyd, which is fucking zero.

I guess you could respond and ask them if they think his life matters, and if they say yes, just end it with “yeah, well All Lives Matter not just his”

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:29:32pm

O’Connor

She should have recused herself from one case, the case that would eventually define her career. She had publically talked against Gore’s possible election. She wanted to retire and did not want a Democratic President. Instead of realizing how her personal feelings would distort the law, she went ahead and made Bush President, thus negating any positive effects of her time on SCOTUS.

So sorry that the first woman on the SCOTUS was that corrupt to make her personal feelings impact the decision. If every vote in Florida had been recounted, Gore would have won. The Florida judge in charge of the issue was going to decide on Dec 13 whether all votes should be recounted. The SCOTUS handed down their decision stopping all vote counting on Dec 12.

Then 12 years later, she said it was probably a mistaken opinion but never taking any presonal responsiblity now that she was retired. Recently released notes indicate she was the primary driver behind the decision, convincing Kennedy to side with her rather than Alito, who was pushing for the decision to be entirely made by the state rather than the SCOTUS..

The Court’s obvious political decision started it on a long decline in popular approval. In 2001, 62% of Americans approved of the job the SCOTUS was doing. Now it is 40%. This has hurt the US.

Millions of people are dead because of her decision. Climate change will warp the globe in monstrous ways because she wanted to retire. It makes a political coup so much easier. We could see the end of democracy in the US because of her decision.

All thanks to O’Connor and her retirement plans.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:40:18pm

re: #21 EstebanTornado1963

Scrolling thru the posts that ca,e after I left to golf today and I see people were pissed at some “celebrating” Derick Chauvin getting stabbed. While could give a shit about Chauvin, I will give Chauvin the same amount of empathy that Chauvin gave while he murdered George Floyd, which is fucking zero.

The point wasn’t in giving a shit about Chauvin at all, it’s about the larger ethical implications in a society deliberately turning its “corrections” system into a Hell on Earth so that dull and cruel people can feel like they’re getting some kind of karmic return on their tax dollar. It’s about saying maybe we shouldn’t cheer the consequences of the racist powers that be using deliberate negligence to set up and maintain a system where conflict resolution is primarily enforced through race based gang membership to send the not so subtle message that this somehow represents a more raw and natural state for humans to live when they’ve “forfeited” the right to live in “civilized” society. Because in cheering or even condoning the specific outlier instance where one racist ass cop is on the receiving end of that violence we’re helping to empower and legitimize that despicable racist structure and the distorted funhouse mirror reflection of us it’s very much intended to provide.

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sagehen  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:42:24pm

re: #23 silverdolphin

Millions of people are dead because of her decision. Climate change will warp the globe in monstrous ways because she wanted to retire. It makes a political coup so much easier. We could see the end of democracy in the US because of her decision.

All thanks to O’Connor and her retirement plans.

Even worse… the main reason she wanted to retire was to spend time with husband who was in failing health and encroaching dementia. But his decline was quicker than anticipated, and by the time she got home he was in love with some old lady at the memory-care home and didn’t remember her AT ALL. She got exactly 0 time to be with “him” ever again.

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William Lewis  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:47:13pm

From a repost of short SFF micro stories by O Westin:

Nov 03

“You are beautiful,” the witch said. “What did that cost?”
The young man gave her a dazzling smile. “You noticed? My firstborn.”
“To the fairies?”
“Fools. I’ll never want children.”
“So what do you want?”
“To be a composer. I’m working on an opera.”
“I’m sure they’ll like it.”

Nov 05

“Aw, it’s over?”
“I’m afraid that’s the end of the ride. Did you enjoy it?”
“Yeah! Some parts were a bit scary, and some were a bit boring, but it was exciting too! And the twists and turns and loops and- Yeah! Can I go again?”
God smiled at the soul. “Sure.”

Nov 08 - Most popular

“Sanctuary,” the child cried, running into the library.
“Nice try,” the guard following after sneered, “but only holy places can grant sanctuary.”
The librarians glanced at each other. A small nod.
The head librarian gave the guard a stern look.
“Sanctuary granted.”

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Captain Ron  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:50:48pm
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sizzzzlerz  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:52:52pm

re: #11 Jay C

So Starnes is trying gin up “outrage” over two really awful ethical lapses on the part of Congress….
1. Voting to expel George Santos for (well-documented) frauds, misrepresentations, and financial crimes.
2. NOT voting to expel Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm.

One of these things is not like the other…

I assume you mean other than Bowman being a POC and Santos, a POS?

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:56:52pm

Shall we check in with Ammon Bundy?

OOPS! We can’t…he’s disappeared!

kidotalkradio.com

A national publication along with a firsthand report from the field has confirmed that political activist Ammon Bundy has left Idaho. Mr. Bundy ran for governor first as a Republican and then as an Independent. His vote total was nearly 20% in the general election. The Atlantic published a lengthy article detailing Mr. Bundy’s current status in Idaho. In the report, they quote a well known friend of Mr. Bundy who confirmed that no one is living in his property in Emmett. Two local sources confirmed that no one is living at the property at this time.

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:58:21pm

re: #28 sizzzzlerz

I assume you mean other than Bowman being a POC and Santos, a POS?

I was thinking more about the relative seriousness of the “offenses”, but your formulation works, too.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 2, 2023 • 4:58:47pm

re: #29 Joe Bacon ✅

That’s one off my Christmas wish-list.

32
William Lewis  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:01:11pm

Hey Joe Bacon, question on SSI. My son gets it due to his mental health issues. Is he able to have additional work income or will he lose his SSI if he gets a job too? My ex has been dealing with it but I am not sure how well…

Pointers to resources would be fine.

Thanks!

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sizzzzlerz  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:02:00pm

re: #27 Captain Ron

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Two fine Lone Star State citizens giving an enthusiastic Texas “Howdy” salute.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:03:07pm

re: #33 sizzzzlerz

Two fine Lone Star State citizens giving an enthusiastic Texas “Howdy” salute.

With their nostalgic flag.

35
Romantic Heretic  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:08:03pm

re: #5 No Malarkey!

Translation: We don\t give a fuck who gets hurt as long as we win.

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Romantic Heretic  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:09:34pm

re: #6 Unabogie

Give ‘em all the same grub,
and all the same pay.
Why the war would be over,
and done in a day.

Erich Maria Remarque

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:09:38pm

re: #27 Captain Ron

The Texas Tribune reported:

“…Two months after a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser was caught hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes, leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with known Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers.

In a 32-29 vote on Saturday, members of the Texas GOP’s executive committee stripped a pro-Israel resolution of a clause that would have included the ban— delivering a major blow to a faction that has called for the party to confront its ties to groups that have recently employed, elevated or associated with outspoken white supremacists or antisemitic figures.

In October, The Texas Tribune published photos of Fuentes, an avowed admirer of Adolf Hitler who has called for a “holy war” against Jews, entering and leaving the offices of Pale Horse Strategies, a consulting firm for far-right candidates and movements. Pale Horse Strategies is owned by Jonathan Stickland, a former state representative and at the time the leader of a political action committee, Defend Texas Liberty, that two West Texas oil billionaires have used to fund right-wing movements, candidates and politicians in the state — including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
texastribune.org

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:10:04pm

re: #32 William Lewis

Hey Joe Bacon, question on SSI. My son gets it due to his mental health issues. Is he able to have additional work income or will he lose his SSI if he gets a job too? My ex has been dealing with it but I am not sure how well…

Pointers to resources would be fine.

Thanks!

blog.ssa.gov

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William Lewis  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:14:01pm

re: #38 Joe Bacon ✅

blog.ssa.gov

Thank you!

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:17:34pm

Texas must remove floating barrier from Rio Grande, Fifth Circuit Court orders

“…Judge Don Willett, a Trump appointee, was the dissenting vote in the ruling, arguing that the Rio Grande cannot accommodate commercial boat traffic and is therefore not navigable.

Texas argued that the barrier was also meant to save lives and force migrants to cross the border at ports of entry, but Willet said Texas hasn’t proved that’s the case.

“At this stage, however, Texas has not offered concrete evidence that the barrier has saved lives or reduced illegal crossings and drug trafficking,*” Willet wrote.
texastribune.org

*As if! Not really the intended purpose.

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Nerdy Fish  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:19:05pm

re: #40 jaunte

Texas must remove floating barrier from Rio Grande, Fifth Circuit Court orders

*As if! Not really the intended purpose.

It amazed me, when I saw this headline, that somehow, Governor Abbott managed to be too crazy for the Fifth Circus.

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jeffreyw  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:19:09pm

Mastodon

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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:22:21pm

re: #33 sizzzzlerz

Two fine Lone Star State citizens giving an enthusiastic Texas “Howdy” salute.

Texas friendly!

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:45:43pm

re: #27 Captain Ron

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When they tell you who they are, believe them.

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teleskiguy  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:50:45pm

Mastodon

And by cold I mean low teens and by wind I mean the occasional 30 mph gust. Katie was the most comfortable of all of us, we made this for her and had heaters from two sides. She was very popular when she occasionally got out of the heated cave to prance around and relieve herself.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 2, 2023 • 5:54:12pm

Just finished Joe R. Lansdale’s “Lost Echoes,” and it’s one of the greatest mystery/horror/supernatural novels I’ve ever read and I’ve read a lot of ‘em. An amazing twisty plot full of unexpected shocks, surprises, and memorable characters.

Here’s the Amazon page: amazon.com…

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:07:26pm

Sending a tip o the hat to Dolly Parton on her latest album Rockstar.

So here is one of Dolly’s original recipes.

When you’re working 9 to 5, you don’t want to have to work yourself to the bone over the stove to make dinner. How about we do something a little easier instead? Dolly Parton’s 5-Layer Casserole, straight from the queen of country herself, is as simple as stacking, seasoning, and baking. The results are a melody of flavors, from the hearty potato base to the savory ground beef, tender onions, bright tomatoes, and garden-fresh green peppers. It all comes together for a warming and filling dish that you’ll be amazed you didn’t have to work harder to make. Come and explore the layers of goodness in Dolly Parton’s 5-Layer Casserole!

Ingredients:

3 large russet potatoes, sliced
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 pound ground beef, cooked and seasoned
2 onions, sliced, with the rings separated
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 1/2 green bell peppers, chopped

Step 1 -
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 -
Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Step 3 -
Spread an even layer of the sliced potatoes at the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Step 4 -
Season the potatoes with the salt and the pepper.
Step 5 -
Top the potato layer with the cooked ground beef.
Step 6 -
Layer the sliced onion on top of the beef.
Step 7 -
Season the onions with the salt and the pepper.
Step 8 -
Top the onions with the tomatoes, seasoning them with the salt and the pepper.
Step 9 -
Top the tomatoes with the green peppers.
Step 10 -
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake until the casserole is cooked through, about 2 hours.
Step 11 -
Allow the casserole to cool for 5-10 minutes.
Step 12 -
Serve.

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:25:09pm

Mastodon

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:25:57pm

Russian drone footage shows two Ukrainian heroes holding off a Russian assault group in Verbove, killing almost all attackers.

In the most cold-blooded fashion, two Ukrainians, while observed by a Russian drone, take up a position in a trench. Russian drone operator navigates an assault group that fails to locate the Ukrainians who open fire, killing almost 5 people instantly, and throwing grenades at them. The drone operators are in shock.

A Russian vehicle also apparently explodes nearby at the start of the engagement, but it is unclear what took it out.

In the end, the drone has to leave, while Russians try to evacuate the dead and wounded.

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Nerdy Fish  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:27:25pm

re: #49 Belafon

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In the United States, we call that Medal of Honor material.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:37:03pm

not to be all negative but it does seem like the shit is rolling downhill, getting bigger, and gathering speed

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:37:31pm

re: #45 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

And by cold I mean low teens and by wind I mean the occasional 30 mph gust. Katie was the most comfortable of all of us, we made this for her and had heaters from two sides. She was very popular when she occasionally got out of the heated cave to prance around and relieve herself.

She is a darling pupper!

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:51:07pm

re: #47 Joe Bacon ✅

Sending a tip o the hat to Dolly Parton on her latest album Rockstar.

So here is one of Dolly’s original recipes.

When you’re working 9 to 5, you don’t want to have to work yourself to the bone over the stove to make dinner. How about we do something a little easier instead? Dolly Parton’s 5-Layer Casserole, straight from the queen of country herself, is as simple as stacking, seasoning, and baking. The results are a melody of flavors, from the hearty potato base to the savory ground beef, tender onions, bright tomatoes, and garden-fresh green peppers. It all comes together for a warming and filling dish that you’ll be amazed you didn’t have to work harder to make. Come and explore the layers of goodness in Dolly Parton’s 5-Layer Casserole!

*snip*

When traveling on her tour bus, Dolly cooks for her tour bus drivers and friends.

If traveling from Nashville to LA, she doesn’t fly, it’s a ~36 hr run with two drivers alternating & stopping only for fuel and necessaries. .

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JC1  Dec 2, 2023 • 6:54:32pm

re: #23 silverdolphin

O’Connor

She should have recused herself from one case, the case that would eventually define her career. She had publically talked against Gore’s possible election. She wanted to retire and did not want a Democratic President. Instead of realizing how her personal feelings would distort the law, she went ahead and made Bush President, thus negating any positive effects of her time on SCOTUS.

So sorry that the first woman on the SCOTUS was that corrupt to make her personal feelings impact the decision. If every vote in Florida had been recounted, Gore would have won. The Florida judge in charge of the issue was going to decide on Dec 13 whether all votes should be recounted. The SCOTUS handed down their decision stopping all vote counting on Dec 12.

Then 12 years later, she said it was probably a mistaken opinion but never taking any presonal responsiblity now that she was retired. Recently released notes indicate she was the primary driver behind the decision, convincing Kennedy to side with her rather than Alito, who was pushing for the decision to be entirely made by the state rather than the SCOTUS..

The Court’s obvious political decision started it on a long decline in popular approval. In 2001, 62% of Americans approved of the job the SCOTUS was doing. Now it is 40%. This has hurt the US.

Millions of people are dead because of her decision. Climate change will warp the globe in monstrous ways because she wanted to retire. It makes a political coup so much easier. We could see the end of democracy in the US because of her decision.

All thanks to O’Connor and her retirement plans.

Alito wasn’t on the court yet. Did you mean Scalia?

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:05:24pm
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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:07:41pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

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A suppurating sack of skin.

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:07:43pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

He’ll always have the banality.

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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:08:51pm

re: #54 JC1

Alito wasn’t on the court yet. Did you mean Scalia?

Yeah Alito took her seat when she retired.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:22:52pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

Another reason to tax the churches and kick the Pulpit Pimps off of the Tax-Exempt Gravy Train.

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EPR-radar  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:23:27pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

The only kind of exorcism these clowns could perform on anyone would be to remove all good from a person. Naturally, that would be pointless with Trump.

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:28:32pm

re: #54 JC1

Alito wasn’t on the court yet. Did you mean Scalia?

Crud. I did mean Scalia. Brain fart.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:30:51pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

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So you’re saying he was full of evil before and you still endorsed him?

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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:32:31pm

re: #59 Joe Bacon ✅

Another reason to tax the churches and kick the Pulpit Pimps off of the Tax-Exempt Gravy Train.

Never gonna happen.

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mmmirele  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:39:14pm

re: #13 silverdolphin

We now have the GOP going after abortion, contraception, impeaching Biden, bankrupting people over student loans, legalizing marijuana, aid to Ukraine, woman’s healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and, now, Obamacare. The ads just write themselves. None of this issues have a majority of American behind them.

Biden may not want to, but he really needs to hammer on abortion. Because, as we’ve seen, access to abortion is a winner.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:46:39pm

One can only hope.

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mmmirele  Dec 2, 2023 • 7:50:53pm

re: #14 retired cynic

Blargh, this is not a Sunlike system. For one thing, the star is a K star, and our star is a G star. It makes a difference. These planets have to orbit much closer to their parent star, and they apparently do (a year for the planets ranges from 9 to 54 days). I do not know if K stars have the same problem that M stars have (which is massive solar flares—and I checked, apparently K stars are very stable) but I would bet money that they’re tidally locked (as in, one side always faces the star). Also, the smallest planet is less than 3.9 the mass of the earth. I wouldn’t want to walk there all the time! What would make it a Sunlike system to me is, it’s a G star and there’s a planet (or two) in the so-called Goldilocks zone with liquid water, the planet isn’t tidally locked, and is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 Earth mass. Also, a moon and a magnetosphere would be helpful. :)

*However*, given the age of this system (12 billion years, estimated) and it’s a K star (life span of 50 to 100 billion years), all other things being equal, it’s possible there’s some sort of life on at least one of those rocks. That’s worth looking into. But don’t call it a Sunlike system. /pedant

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:01:04pm

re: #6 Unabogie

It’s uncanny how the people who run wars spend the whole war in super comfy clothes and chairs.

I don’t need your civil war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You’re power hungry
selling soldiers in a human grocery store…

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:05:44pm

Mastodon

Mastodon

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HypnoToad  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:05:50pm

re: #67 mmmirele

-Snip some-

*However*, given the age of this system (12 billion years, estimated) and it’s a K star (life span of 50 to 100 billion years), all other things being equal, it’s possible there’s some sort of life on at least one of those rocks. That’s worth looking into. But don’t call it a Sunlike system. /pedant

If it’s 12 billion years old, it will be a very low metallicity system—so little if any complex chemistry, or life.

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sizzzzlerz  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:06:54pm

re: #55 DodgerFan1988

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A 3 pound sack of shit.

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jeffreyw  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:09:20pm

YouTube

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:10:37pm

re: #64 mmmirele

Biden may not want to, but he really needs to hammer on abortion. Because, as we’ve seen, access to abortion is a winner.

Biden has it on his radar. He knows how to fight here (heck even Carville knows it is a loser for the GOP, as he said on Bill Mahrer on Friday). While he may not be able to directly attack here he will have excellent surrogates on these issues. I expect that Newsom passed the audition for becoming Biden’s bulldog and will, along with the excellent Harris, drive the debate on these issues. He will have 2 excellent champions while Trump has clowns.

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(((Archangel1)))  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:16:20pm

UNRWA, an organization rife with incompetence, corruption, failure and worse, really didn’t like getting a Community Note correction slapped on one of the organization’s Twitter posts.
Did they react to this by carrying on, business as usual, like any sensible person or organization? Nope, instead they published a post calling for that kind of thing to stop immediately. As one would expect, that post got slapped with a community note as well (with a whole bunch of others CNs just waiting for approval - likely just a matter of time, usually a day or two).
Because telling people on the internet not to do something clearly works every time… /

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:26:14pm

re: #73 silverdolphin

Biden has it on his radar. He knows how to fight here (heck even Carville knows it is a loser for the GOP, as he said on Bill Mahrer on Friday). While he may not be able to directly attack here he will have excellent surrogates on these issues. I expect that Newsom passed the audition for becoming Biden’s bulldog and will, along with the excellent Harris, drive the debate on these issues. He will have 2 excellent champions while Trump has clowns.

Joe has a full bullpen to call on. Besides Kamala and Newson there are others wanting to get their licks in like Shapiro in PA, Andy in Kentucky, JB in Illinois, Stacy Abrams in Georgia and a whole bunch of Congressional Democrats who want to stick the shiv in Trump and take him out once and for all.

On the GOP side it’s all disorder no matter what the New York Times says.

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:31:47pm

re: #75 Joe Bacon ✅

Joe has a full bullpen to call on. Besides Kamala and Newson there are others wanting to get their licks in like Shapiro in PA, Andy in Kentucky, JB in Illinois, Stacy Abrams in Georgia and a whole bunch of Congressional Democrats who want to stick the shiv in Trump and take him out once and for all.

On the GOP side it’s all disorder no matter what the New York Times says.

Yep. I did not mean to suggest that he will have only 2. And the qualities of those he has are outstanding. I really do think we will see Harris expand her role into a striking bulldog for Biden’s policies. And Newsom’s snark with DeSantis was surprisingly fun to watch ;-)

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:32:55pm

re: #76 silverdolphin

Yep. I did not mean to suggest that he will have only 2. And the qualities of those he has are outstanding. I really do think we will see Harris expand her role into a striking bulldog for Biden’s policies. And Newsom’s snark with DeSantis was surprisingly fun to watch ;-)

The only things missing from the Newsom roast of ilDuce were the franks and marshmallows.

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:34:29pm

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:34:31pm

The Fansville ads from Dr Pepper are seriously funny and consistently good, and this one killed me (though the link is the full ad and the commercial stops at him saying “we have higher recruiting standards”):

Conference Breakup :60 | Fansville Season 6

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:34:34pm

re: #77 Joe Bacon ✅

Don’t forget Gretchen Whitmer. We have so many to call on, that it is astonishing to behold!

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:43:50pm

re: #79 Belafon

The Fansville ads from Dr Pepper are seriously funny and consistently good, and this one killed me (though the link is the full ad and the commercial stops at him saying “we have higher recruiting standards”):

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This one from last week was right on target.

Transfer Vortex :30 | Fansville Season 6

I always loved that Brian Bosworth is still the sheriff in town.

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JC1  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:46:17pm

re: #69 BeenHereAwhile

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Just push out a hosts file that blocks all ad servers.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:48:20pm

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:51:59pm

re: #83 Joe Bacon ✅

Generalisimo Francisco Franco is not dead!

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2023 • 8:56:40pm

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social

1m
tonight talking to a friend I suddenly realized that the whole “presidential race that might end up with the literal fascist winning” starts for real in four weeks

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 9:11:13pm

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Targetpractice  Dec 2, 2023 • 9:18:41pm

re: #8 Joe Bacon ✅

Speaker Jesusbot argued the 23 criminal charges weren’t enough to determine Santos’ fate…before announcing Republicans would forge ahead with their efforts to impeach Biden.

thedailybeast.com

“We’re down to a three-vote margin, it’s a difficult thing to govern under those circumstances,” he said.

Later in the interview, Johnson announced that he would bring forward a vote on an impeachment inquiry against Biden, even as Republicans have failed to produce hard evidence the president committed any crime.

“A formal impeachment inquiry vote on the floor will allow us to take it to the next necessary step,” he said. “I think it’s something we have to do at this juncture.”

Do it you phony-assed hypocrite. We DARE you to try to impeach Joe!

They’re finally planning to hold a vote on an official inquiry and the reason couldn’t be more obvious:

Translation: “Our lawyers have sat us down and finally beaten it into our empty skulls that we’ve no legal or legislation grounds to demand anything of anyone.”

Abbe Lowell’s letter on behalf of Hunter Biden the other day made that pretty clear: The GQP have no grounds to compel his client to appear, cannot claim legislative purpose for the subpoena unless they also subpoena Jared, and can’t claim it’s part of an impeachment inquiry because no formal vote was ever held. I imagine the WH response has been largely the same, that without a formal inquiry they won’t comply with any demands for documents other than those they feel comfortable handing over.

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2023 • 9:38:55pm

re: #66 No Malarkey!

One can only hope.

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I know that Santos’s seat will probably be filled in (relatively) short order - NY state law calls for the Special Election to be done within a 70-90-day timeframe: a quick wiki search sez California has a 126-140-day window, but what is the timeframe for Ohio? (Their election code online doesn’t seem to specify)

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:00:03pm

re: #18 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Well the Covid tests came in today. They are NOT the BinaxNow tests we got last time. but the iHealth tests. There are 5 tests per box, so instead of the expected 8 tests, we got 10. And in case you are confused, by the “we” I mean my sister Steph and I.

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My Covid tests arrived today — and they are from Celltrion DiaTrust, with the normal 8 tests. Totally unfamiliar with this brand.

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Targetpractice  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:02:05pm

I am…cautiously optimistic:

Fallout - Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:02:52pm

A bride-to-be discovers a reality-bending mistake in Apple’s computational photography

Not really a problem with the Apple camera as it is an “bug” in any panoramic photo. In an analog era, a pano-camera swiveled perhaps 120 degrees as it captured the photo lengthwose on the film. It moved slow enough for someone to run around from one side to the orther and appear on both sidies in the final photo.

Somethiong similar happened here. What a digital one does is take a lot of photos as it swivels and then stitch them together. It choses th best ones to get everything in focus. In early digital panos, if someone was moving, there would often be distortions and such.

But Apple now uses software to overcome this by picking the ‘best’ still picture in a group of photos surrounding the moving person. So here, it chose a different example for each reflection, acting as though they were different people. Kinda cool.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:05:13pm

Went with a girl friend to see Godzilla this afternoon, and we both greatly enjoyed the film. Good script, good acting, very well done. I am not a fan of these type of movies and generally avoid them, but there was nothing else acceptable to both of us that was at a desirable time.

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Romantic Heretic  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:29:38pm

re: #49 Belafon

Watching the translation and one of the drone operators calls the Ukrainians, “Fucking scumbags.”

I translated it as, “How dare our victims fight back?”

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:35:56pm

Back away from your cantaloupe if you don’t know the brand, the CDC warns.

Salmonella that has put over 52% in the hospital and killed at least 2.

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retired cynic  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:36:38pm
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jaunte  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:41:07pm

@longwall26.bsky.social

My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?

Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:43:13pm

re: #91 silverdolphin

Because my high school band had 450+ members back in the 80s, our band directors would run from one side to the other for the band photo.

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:44:42pm

re: #97 Belafon

Because my high school band had 450+ members back in the 80s, our band directors would run from one side to the other for the band photo.

Oh man, ours did the same thing. I had forgotten. The picture is probably at back at the family home in Houston.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:49:04pm

So Anymouse hasn’t been here for almost 2 months now; seems to prefer his new home at BlueSky. Hope he visits us again — miss his commentary. Also miss Happy Warrior, who I thought might have returned during the Virginia races. Of course, sometimes people just tire of certain sites or get involved with other activities in their lives.

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2023 • 10:58:43pm

Will You Miss Me

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wrenchwench  Dec 2, 2023 • 11:42:12pm

Mastodon

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silverdolphin  Dec 2, 2023 • 11:46:53pm

There will be some very good ads even from unusual sources.

Biden Positives

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 3, 2023 • 12:12:55am

re: #90 Targetpractice

I am…cautiously optimistic:

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Video

Any show in 2023 that uses Nat Cole as the music track has to be on the short list to check out.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 3, 2023 • 12:19:10am

re: #103 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The original version (remastered), not the Fallout edit:

Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Remastered)


..

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 3, 2023 • 1:00:16am

51 years ago… another adventure through the BBC archives:

1972: TRAVERSING the PENNINES | The Pennine Way | Science and Nature | BBC Archive

..

Disappointed that the presenter did not express any curiosity about the rocks in the tunnel. In the bare rock one can definitely make out layers, including a large black one, which makes me wonder if it is a coal seam.

The final bit about the road is a bit questionable. I suspect local historians know the answer.

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Dangerman  Dec 3, 2023 • 3:43:19am
The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment,” Deadline reports

Meteoric?

He won a single house district by conning 145000 people.

Then made it his mission to make an ass of himself almost daily

Then he burnt up while entering the atmosphere

Meteoric. Pfffft.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 4:05:20am

re: #106 Dangerman

Then he burnt up while entering the atmosphere

Meteoric. Pfffft.

So, perfect

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Randall Gross  Dec 3, 2023 • 4:16:11am

Good morning all

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 4:23:09am

Beagle for today.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 897 2/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Nerdy Fish  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:13:01am

I had the general idea.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 897 3/6*

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Dangerman  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:14:22am
“Two months after a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser was caught hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes, leaders of the Republican Party of Texas have voted against barring the party from associating with known Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers,” the Texas Tribune reports.

“In a 32-29 vote on Saturday, members of the Texas GOP’s executive committee stripped a pro-Israel resolution of a clause that would have included the ban— delivering a major blow to a faction that has called for the party to confront its ties to groups that have recently employed, elevated or associated with outspoken white supremacists or antisemitic figures.”

when they show you who they are, believe it goddammit!

i get it - how could they possibly vote to not associate with their base?

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Dangerman  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:16:46am

re: #80 retired cynic

Don’t forget Gretchen Whitmer. We have so many to call on, that it is astonishing to behold!

this guy’s not bad //

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:18:09am

re: #106 Dangerman

Meteoric?

He won a single house district by conning 145000 people.

Then made it his mission to make an ass of himself almost daily

Then he burnt up while entering the atmosphere

Meteoric. Pfffft.

RIGHT!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:20:21am

I’ll take the birb.

dHU1ZTFRM2Y0WEo4T00wZkIxS3ZYWVpVck04TExFM014WlpWejRiaytobi9lWGVsMU9DRDF5czNYZmtTNlEzekRsVy9wbmpaV09RRWpQcjF3OUx2UEZocExRRXlkMU90Rk1WdDZBbm1od1FjVnR0bVgrRytPOTZKYjBvWUtocmQ6OrAyJFXBhp737rWGgd07CwM=

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Decatur Deb  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:23:05am

re: #93 Romantic Heretic

Watching the translation and one of the drone operators calls the Ukrainians, “Fucking scumbags.”

I translated it as, “How dare our victims fight back?”

“We are lucky they are so fucking stupid.”

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:28:46am

Some Sunday funday drive time music.

Jelly Roll - “NEED A FAVOR” (Official Music Video)

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Dizzy  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:42:44am

I’ve created my second page at LGF:

A Just War

Combat Resumes amid a flood of Misinformation about Israel and the Laws of War

Visiting Scholar Brian Cox explained a number of complex ideas. One was the notion of proportionality. He explained that in the laws of war, a proportionate response has two aspects. One has to do with the decision to go to war and the objectives that are set by the state that makes the decision to go to war. This comes from a body of law called Jus ad Bellum. In this context, the law requires that the objectives of the war must be proportionate to the threat…

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jeffreyw  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:52:09am

Good morning!

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No Malarkey!  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:56:32am

re: #90 Targetpractice

I am…cautiously optimistic:

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After video game adaptations were almost universally trash, they’ve been making good ones lately. Why Video Game Adaptations are Good Now

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No Malarkey!  Dec 3, 2023 • 5:58:39am

re: #88 Jay C

I know that Santos’s seat will probably be filled in (relatively) short order - NY state law calls for the Special Election to be done within a 70-90-day timeframe: a quick wiki search sez California has a 126-140-day window, but what is the timeframe for Ohio? (Their election code online doesn’t seem to specify)

No idea; sometimes House vacancies just stay vacant until the next regularly scheduled election.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 3, 2023 • 6:04:06am

re: #87 Targetpractice

They’re finally planning to hold a vote on an official inquiry and the reason couldn’t be more obvious:

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Translation: “Our lawyers have sat us down and finally beaten it into our empty skulls that we’ve no legal or legislation grounds to demand anything of anyone.”

Abbe Lowell’s letter on behalf of Hunter Biden the other day made that pretty clear: The GQP have no grounds to compel his client to appear, cannot claim legislative purpose for the subpoena unless they also subpoena Jared, and can’t claim it’s part of an impeachment inquiry because no formal vote was ever held. I imagine the WH response has been largely the same, that without a formal inquiry they won’t comply with any demands for documents other than those they feel comfortable handing over.

I predict this vote will never happen because they won’t be able to whip enough votes to pass it.

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sagehen  Dec 3, 2023 • 6:06:02am

re: #116 Shropshire Slasher

Some Sunday funday drive time music.

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I’m baffled that people get tattoos on their face. (or neck for that matter. or forehead. WTF is wrong with these people?)

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Belafon  Dec 3, 2023 • 6:09:33am

re: #98 silverdolphin

Oh man, ours did the same thing. I had forgotten. The picture is probably at back at the family home in Houston.

Did you grow up in Houston?

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Nerdy Fish  Dec 3, 2023 • 6:11:57am

re: #122 sagehen

I’m baffled that people get tattoos on their face. (or neck for that matter. or forehead. WTF is wrong with these people?)

There are some tasteful and well-done face/neck tattoos out there. I don’t think it should be done casually, and you definitely should consider your circumstances (it can affect your employment in some situations if you have visible tattoos, no matter what they are).

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Belafon  Dec 3, 2023 • 6:34:33am

SNL Cold Open:

George Santos Expelled Cold Open - SNL

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No Malarkey!  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:00:27am

re: #125 Belafon

SNL Cold Open:

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Video

There are so many bizarre characters from the Trump era GOP the shows about them will seem like parodies even when playing it straight.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:11:00am

John Kirby is on ABC This Week and he is a pretty smooth talker. If he said the world is coming to the end and the administration has a plan, I would be ok with that.

Now this is a joke, and is a compliment to Mr. Kirby’s competency.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:18:16am

What a wimp…

‘Excuse me!’ DeSantis gets testy when asked to condemn Trump calling opponents ‘vermin’

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Sunday refused to condemn Donald Trump for using the term “vermin” to describe his political opponents.

“Mr. Trump is campaigning on the idea of retribution,” NBC host Kristen Welker told DeSantis in an interview. “He’s promising to jail his political enemies if he’s reelected.”

“He’s also referred to some of his political opponents as vermin, language that people, frankly, across the political spectrum, say harkens back to Nazi Germany,” she continued. “Do you think that kind of language is presidential?”

“Well, I think even beyond that, the issue is, is why are you running?” DeSantis dodged. “Are you running for your personal issues? Are you running for the American people’s issues?”

Welker pressed: “But let me ask you about my original question, the use of the word vermin. Are you comfortable with that term? But are you comfortable with that term, Governor?”

“Let me just say on the DOJ, well, first of all, I’m responsible for what I say, and I say things differently,” DeSantis replied.

“Are you comfortable with that term?” the host asked again. “Let’s just on my question though, Governor.”

“Excuse me!” DeSantis exclaimed. “What I’m not comfortable with is FBI agents going after parents going to school board meetings. I’m not comfortable with DOJ, FBI working with tech companies to censor dissent.”

Welker asked the candidate to condemn the use of the word “vermin.” But he refused.

“I don’t use the term, but what I don’t do is play the media’s game where I’m asked to referee other people,” DeSantis opined. “He’s responsible for his words. He’s responsible for his conduct. I’m responsible for mine.”

DeSantis won’t condemn calling people ‘vermin’

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:20:57am

Fox News host demands ‘honest conversation’ about how Dems are ‘communists and fascists’

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Sunday called for an “honest conversation” about how Democrats should be considered “communists and fascists.”

During a discussion about Donald Trump’s campaign stops in Iowa, Campos-Duffy praised Trump for attacking Democrats.

“As the Democrats have sort of removed the mask of who they are — and we’ve seen it on display in many ways, especially over the last couple months through these protests — I love that he is just naming it out, calling them communists and fascists,” she said. “Let’s just have a really blunt, honest conversation about what are the choices in this election.”

“I like the phrase, the destroyers of democracy,” co-host Will Cain added. “Now, listen, I don’t know if it’s a matter of human nature, but I definitely know it’s a matter of political strategy, that the left has engaged successfully for a good half a decade now of accusing their opponents of the sins which they are committing.”

“What they have done is demonize others for the things that they are secretly doing,” he added. “And it’s been revealed to itself as well through this lens of, you’re a threat to democracy.”

Fox News host says Dems are “communists” and “fascists”

Note how they laugh. Disgusting.

Fuck Screwpert Murdoch and his sleazier son for fucking this country up with their lies

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Belafon  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:22:55am

re: #129 Joe Bacon ✅

Did they name one, or did they just spout that Democrats have done “stuff”?

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:24:04am

‘Don’t even know what the accusations are’: Analyst slams GOP’s ‘no substance’ impeachment plan

As House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his GOP colleagues’ efforts to impeach President Joe Biden potentially move forward this week, the Louisiana lawmaker insists the party will prevail in its plans.

However, during a Sunday morning conversation with CNN’s Victor Blackwell, Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer insisted House Republicans are “moving forward fast without” any real accusations, evidence, or substance.

House GOP doesn’t ‘even know what the accusations are’ in Biden impeachment inquiry: analyst

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jeffreyw  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:25:20am

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:25:59am

‘I don’t think there is a Republican Party’: Former GOP governor trashes ‘cult’ of Trump

Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, in a Sunday interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart, insisted the Republican Party, as she has known it, no longer exists.

“Governor, in this Washington Post op-ed, [Robert Kagan] writes this,” Capehart said. “‘As perilous as it is for Republicans to say a negative word about Trump today, it will be impossible once he has sowed up the nomination.

“The party will be in full general election mode, all to the presidential campaign. There will be no more infighting, only outfighting. In short, a tsunami of Trump support from all directions.’”

Capehart asked, “Governor, as a former Republican office holder, does Kagan’s warning ring true?”

Whitman replied, “Yes, it does, absolutely. … Let me just say, I don’t think there is a Republican Party, there is a cult around Donald Trump.

“They didn’t adopt a platform in 2020, which meant that they didn’t set out what they stood for. It was whatever Donald Trump tells us we should stand for today, that’s what we’ll stand for.

“So it’s not a party as we have known it. Believe what he says. He says what he’s going to do. Believe him. He will tear down the very guardrails of our democracy — the rule of law the respect for the constitution.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:28:33am

re: #133 Joe Bacon ✅

Gov Whitman is correct. Everybody is afraid of DT and what he will do. This is why we have to vote for Joe.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:37:32am

re: #124 Nerdy Fish

There are some tasteful and well-done face/neck tattoos out there. I don’t think it should be done casually, and you definitely should consider your circumstances (it can affect your employment in some situations if you have visible tattoos, no matter what they are).

It severely limits your employment opportunities. You can exclude most client-facing jobs. Anything in a more conservative field (lawyer, etc.) and even a good amount of technical field service jobs (goes back to client-facing) because how comfortable will a home-alone mom be letting that person in their house? I’m pretty fucking liberal in how I think about people and I have to say, that would give me pause.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 7:41:18am

re: #135 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Same here. My roofer was in my house recently. One of the guys with him looked like the “Illustrated Man”

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:00:53am

$46 for a hydraulic oil filter for my Kubota Tractor and $30 a gallon for hydraulic oil. I need 7.5 gallons. Sigh. At least I don’t have to service it for another 400 hours.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:12:07am

re: #137 Shropshire Slasher

$46 for a hydraulic oil filter for my Kubota Tractor and $30 a gallon for hydraulic oil. I need 7.5 gallons. Sigh. At least I don’t have to service it for another 400 hours.

How much does disposing of the used oil properly cost you?

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:13:33am

re: #138 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

How much does disposing of the used oil properly cost you?

Nothing, any store that sells oil has to accept used oil at no charge. Some service stations up here heat with used engine oil as well.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:14:12am

re: #109 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Beagle for today.

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Group: 3,3,3,4

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:18:12am

Another par. Guess I know the wrong words.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:19:05am

re: #120 No Malarkey!

No idea; sometimes House vacancies just stay vacant until the next regularly scheduled election.

That happens when a Republican governor wants to keep a Democrat from office — either because the seat is safely Democratic or because they fear the seat may switch parties.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:30:56am

re: #135 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

It severely limits your employment opportunities. You can exclude most client-facing jobs. Anything in a more conservative field (lawyer, etc.) and even a good amount of technical field service jobs (goes back to client-facing) because how comfortable will a home-alone mom be letting that person in their house? I’m pretty fucking liberal in how I think about people and I have to say, that would give me pause.

Have to confess, though I hate tattoos (something like a small rose by the ankle is not terrible), I was always a fan of Chakotay on Voyager.

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Jay C  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:34:57am

re: #142 Hecuba’s daughter

That happens when a Republican governor wants to keep a Democrat from office — either because the seat is safely Democratic or because they fear the seat may switch parties.

Well, it can work the other way: I don’t think Gov. Newsom is going to be in any big hurry to schedule a Special to fill Kevin McCarthy’s seat if/when he bolts, as I think that district (farm country, IIRC), is pretty red. From my readings, I think the outside timeframe for scheduling is something like 5 months. So I’m guessing CA-21 will be unrepresented for a while.

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wrenchwench  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:38:00am

re: #141 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Another par. Guess I know the wrong words.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:51:50am

Mastodon

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:55:58am

re: #122 sagehen

I’m baffled that people get tattoos on their face. (or neck for that matter. or forehead. WTF is wrong with these people?)

You gotta really be into tattoos to get them on any skin covering a boney part of the body, e.g. shin or skull, as they’re really painful.

Not enough flesh under the skin to help absorb the shock of the penetration of the tattoo needle.

Tattoos can play a part in recovery from intravenous drug use. I’ve known friends who had kicked the habit (they were clean), and would get a tattoo instead of relapsing to the urge for “just one last taste.” One who was all tatted up, succumbed rather than get another tattoo, and overdosed.

I do want to make it clear. I’m not saying all folk with tattoos are junkies.

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A Cranky One  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:56:09am

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 3, 2023 • 8:59:05am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirate — An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

“We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,” the Pentagon said.

nypost.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:10:10am

Heh.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:12:16am

re: #124 Nerdy Fish

There are some tasteful and well-done face/neck tattoos out there. I don’t think it should be done casually, and you definitely should consider your circumstances (it can affect your employment in some situations if you have visible tattoos, no matter what they are).

Oh there are 2 places it won’t limit employment opportunities—The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Seeing these guys in the locker room at the Y literally covered with tattoos…

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:19:38am

The Greased Penis vs. Donna Brazile.

‘Totally comfortable’: Reince Priebus battles Donna Brazile over Trump’s ‘91 felonies’

Former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said he is ready to throw his support behind Donald Trump for president even if he is convicted of any of the 91 felony charges he is facing.

During a Sunday panel discussion, ABC host George Stephanopoulos seemed surprised at Priebus’ willingness to support Trump despite his criminal problems.

“And you’re totally comfortable going into the election with a candidate who’s been accused of 91 felonies?” Stephanopoulos said.

“Um,” an off-guard Priebus replied, “I’m comfortable if that’s what the Republican party wants to move forward with, sure, 110%.”

“I would take Donald Trump over Joe Biden every single day of the week, no problem,” he continued. “Because where this country has gone and how far we’ve gone downhill in the last three years is a place that most Republicans aren’t willing to go.”

And of course George Snuffleufflegus cuts Donna off as she replies…

Reince Priebus will be 110% behind Trump after convictions

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:23:34am

‘He votes no on everything’: James Comer terrified GOPer Ken Buck could ruin impeachment

Bartilomo demanding instant impeachment and her buddy Comer Pyle trying to comply but he’s afraid Ken Buck is gonna fuck things up.

James Comer says Ken Buck could ruin impeachment

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Decatur Deb  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:23:45am

Why is anybody talking to Prince Rebus?

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Nerdy Fish  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:24:37am

re: #154 Decatur Deb

Why is anybody talking to Prince Rebus?

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:25:17am

re: #154 Decatur Deb

Why is anybody talking to Prince Rebus?

Our Corporate Controlled Conservative Press has to “both sides” everything!

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Decatur Deb  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:26:28am

re: #156 Joe Bacon ✅

They’d learn more from a janitor at the RNC.

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BigPapa  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:33:36am

re: #157 Decatur Deb

They’d learn more from a janitor at the RNC.

I can’t wait for the Plumbers to start yapping.

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jeffreyw  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:35:35am

re: #155 Nerdy Fish

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time.

Bozo Rebebe

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Teukka  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:35:42am
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Decatur Deb  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:42:27am

re: #158 BigPapa

I can’t wait for the Plumbers to start yapping.

Those plumbers know some shit.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:53:58am
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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:55:20am

re: #164 No Malarkey!

Very interesting.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:55:50am

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BigPapa  Dec 3, 2023 • 9:55:56am

re: #165 PhillyPretzel ✅

Very interesting.

Very Derp State-y. The rot runs deep.

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A Cranky One  Dec 3, 2023 • 10:07:19am

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retired cynic  Dec 3, 2023 • 10:17:28am

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wrenchwench  Dec 3, 2023 • 10:27:17am

Mastodon

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A Cranky One  Dec 3, 2023 • 10:34:18am


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