Wolfe was a senior appointee at both DOD and State for Trump. No natsec expertise, theology degree and social conservative activist. Has talked about Christians ātaking up armsā against the govt. Expect this to be a typical appointment in Trump II https://t.co/aCkS8KB4jl
ā David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) (@dburbach) December 3, 2023
How right-wing activists influence SCOTUS to boost ātheir historical narrativeā: report
This is the Radical Republican who controls the Sleazy Six on the corrupted court:
Leonard LeoāHis GoalāTo turn the US into a right wing theocracy.
Far-right groups connected to United States Supreme Court conservative justices are actively using āamicus briefs to support their historical narrative,ā according to a Sunday POLITICO report by Washington DC journalist Heidi Przybyla.
She reports, āA POLITICO review of tax filings, financial statements and other public documents foundā conservative billionaire activist and Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo āand his network of nonprofit groups are either directly or indirectly connected to a majority of amicus briefs filed on behalf of conservative parties in seven of the highest-profile rulings the court has issued over the past two years.ā
Przybyla writes, āIt is the first comprehensive review of amicus briefs that have streamed into the court since Trump nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020, solidifying the courtās conservative majority. POLITICOās review found multiple instances of language used in the amicus briefs appearing in the courtās opinions.ā
The DC journalist notes, āAround the turn of the 20th century in America, there was a shift to amicus briefs becoming vehicles for parties who felt a stake in the case but werenāt among the official litigants.ā
William and Mary Law School constitutional law expert Allison Orr Larson told the news outlet, āJustices appointed by both Democrats and Republicans over the past decade have come to rely on amicus briefs, including those funded by advocacy groups, for āfact-finding,āā
She said, āThereās no real vetting process for who can file these amicus briefs,ā and judges āaccept these historical narratives at face value.ā
Princeton Professor Robert P. George, a leader of the conservative legal movement and confidant of the judicial activist and Donald Trump ally Leonard Leo, made the case for overturning Roe v. Wade in an amicus brief a year before the Supreme Court issued its watershed ruling.
Roe, George claimed, had been decided based on āplain historical falsehoods.ā For instance, for centuries dating to English common law, he asserted, abortion has been considered a crime or āa kind of inchoate felony for felony-murder purposes.ā
A hawk makes a pass but the crow sees it coming and dodges. The crow comes right back. Play at reduced speed as the hawk is only visible in a few frames.
This is a LONG (3 hours, 51 minutes) video about plagiarism by hbomberguy, a YouTuber famous for chopping through a fake wall and then asking Ben Shapiro who Floridians were supposed to sell their houses to when their houses are under water?!?
This is probably something you want to put on in the background and perk up your ears every now and then. Although I did learn about a lawsuit between Ben Bova and Harlan Ellison and ABC about āFuture Copā I was unaware of. Mainly, itās about the rampant plagiarism on YouTube and basically, nothing gets done about it.
I went back a few orders and they all have the same front door. I didnāt realize they did that every time.
re: #12 darthstar
lol. I know the feeling. I have has a few items delivered to other doors. My favorite was my immediate neighbor getting my stainless steel washing machine hoses. That was a hoot.
re: #5 A Cranky One
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Love it, but I may drop that into Photoshop and replace the gremlin with a Gorn.
If you know, you know.
Itās Christmas and again, M&M candies has replaced the mās in some bags with wās to celebrate women. As a guy, I am very offended and will be boycotting m&ms #GoWokeandGoBroke
ā Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) December 3, 2023
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 donāt have to service it for another 400 hours.
400 hours is 16 days.
Isnt that kind of a lot?
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I read a good article about how social media is lifting the veil of sanitized news globally. The images of multiple Palestinian children killed by an air strike posted almost as soon as it happened has the emotional connection that official rationalization canāt offset. The horror of the triggering event wears off as continued examples of other horrors surface.
Soon it will happen with a school shooting here in the US and then you will see movement on gun control that the GOP will be powerless to hold back.
re: #15 PhillyPretzel ā
lol. I know the feeling. I have has a few items delivered to other doors. My favorite was my immediate neighbor getting my stainless steel washing machine hoses. That was a hoot.
Did they fight giving them back to you. Stainless steel after all
re: #22 darthstar
No. My immediate next door neighbor was a gentleman and just handed them to me.
re: #12 darthstar
Yeah, Amazon has in the past also informed me off doors I didnāt know I had
re: #1 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
Require men to provide for their children as soon as itās determined the child is theirs
That is one point I can agree with and one which we need to improve on.
Trumpās GA RICO co-defendant Trevian Kutti went on Instagram live and threatened witness Ruby Freeman: āIām going to f*ck her whole life up!ā Story ā¦https://t.co/zs2PUYPWA0
ā Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 3, 2023
re: #24 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
Yeah, Amazon has in the past also informed me off doors I didnāt know I had
This is a first for me. I almost always have the same UPS driver on weekdays - the boys recognize him - this was a Saturday delivery. Itās the Amazon prime guys and gig drivers who probably screwed up.
re: #28 Dangerman
She looks like a villain in one of those shitty Batman movies. I hope her āfind outā phase includes revoking of bail.
re: #7 wrenchwench
So, I liked, I mean enjoyed, that post, so I look up the poster to see if I should follow for more; the answer is yes.
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My variation:
1) eliminate the cream cheese
2) eliminate the prunes
3) eliminate the lettuce leaves
Serves one.
re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is one point I can agree with and one which we need to improve on.
Itās a throwaway to make it seems like holding men accountable.
re: #34 Belafon
Itās a throwaway to make it seems like holding men accountable.
yes, and probably the lowest on their list of priorities.
after allowing rapists to have access to their children
Soon after they saw the footage of Russians executing Ukrainian soldiers as they try to surrender Ukraine assaulted the position with a little more force and eliminated the entire Russian company. FA/FO is even more intense in war.
re: #34 Belafon
Itās a throwaway to make it seems like holding men accountable.
Also an excuse to interrogate single mothers. ABCW = Always Be Controlling Women
re: #31 darthstar
sheās gonna find out that a POC influencer isnāt going to be treated the same way as a supposedly rich white dude in a hurry
re: #39 piratedan
sheās gonna find out that a POC influencer isnāt going to be treated the same way as a supposedly rich white dude in a hurry
I think that an awful lot of the Cult of Virginity comes from a time when paternity was much harder to determine and the Cult of Property (and the question of who gets to inherit it) were paramount.
re: #17 Mattand
Love it, but I may drop that into Photoshop and replace the gremlin with a Gorn.
If you know, you know.
I havenāt gotten that error page in ages.
Though 58 is pretty warm water for HMB. Itās usually 53-54.
Iāve got about 10 quarts of chicken bones and vegetables simmering on the stove for another two hours for stock. Already smells great in the house.
re: #42 Mattand
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The LGF error page with the Gorn holding a stop sign telling you that the page youāre looking for doesnāt exist.
Edited to add. Hey Charles, could you post a GIF/PNG of that page please?
re: #41 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I havenāt gotten that error page in ages.
Itās here if you want it - just screw up a URL
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #48 darthstar
Itās here if you want it - just screw up a URL
littlegreenfootballs.com
Thanks. I tried that and got the standard 404 page not found error
re: #48 darthstar
It kicked me out of the thread.
re: #19 Dangerman
400 hours is 16 days.
Isnt that kind of a lot?//
Does seem like a lot of oil, but Iām guessing thatās 400 hours of operation, not just the elapsed time.
re: #12 darthstar
Thanks for the delivery pic, Amazon, but thatās not my door.
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Thatās why I stopped ordering from DoorDash, because on no less than three separate occasions (different drivers), I got a picture showing me where my food was, it was not on my porch, and I had to go wandering around to look for it.
This is not that hard; the local pizza parlor has no difficulty finding my place when I order a pie.
re: #48 darthstar
Itās here if you want it - just screw up a URL
littlegreenfootballs.com
āLFGā???
Good find, sweet hit. Great ROI.
TOR-M2 - $25,000,000
Excalibur Artllery Shell - $100,000
re: #56 wrenchwench
lol. I remember that one.
re: #52 Jay C
Does seem like a lot of oil, but Iām guessing thatās 400 hours of operation, not just the elapsed time.
Thanks
I donāt know what I was thinking //
re: #57 PhillyPretzel ā
lol. I remember that one.
Youāre no hatchling. Youāve shed a few skins, and maybe even replaced a tail after that buffet accident.
/
re: #18 gocart mozart
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The guy understands Poeās Law. He represents the 54th Congressional district in a state with only 53 districts. And he just wrote a book about Detective Jesus entitled āThou Shall Not Killā that he says he wrote during boring speeches in Congress. Imahine Jesus as a Quinn Martin Productions detective.
Well done, sir.
re: #55 darthstar
Plus cost of however many missiles the Tor had on board.
āā¦On 29 September 2023, Ukrainian National Police recovered an undisclosed number of TOR missiles from a house in Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast. The missiles were believed to have been abandoned by Russian forces when they withdrew from the area in the spring of 2022. According to a Ukrainian official each missile was worth āabout 30 million hryvnias (about $811,000).ā The missiles were handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
en.wikipedia.org
Fixed it for you, NYT. Facts > stenography. pic.twitter.com/ugAJTjv8ZK
ā Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) December 3, 2023
re: #46 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
The LGF error page with the Gorn holding a stop sign telling you that the page youāre looking for doesnāt exist.
Edited to add. Hey Charles, could you post a GIF/PNG of that page please?
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
Hereās the Gorn page some of you were asking about:
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Thanks. Had never seen this before.
Rudy Giuliani fears āprison for the rest of my lifeā after laptop āmanipulationā claim
Itās what that piece of morally bankrupt garbage deserves
Rudy Giuliani expressed fear on Sunday that he could go to prison for the rest of his life after Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) suggested that data from Hunter Bidenās laptop had been āmanipulatedā by the former New York mayor.
On his Sunday radio program, Giuliani said he deserved praise for exposing the contents of a laptop belonging to President Joe Bidenās son, Hunter.
āDo you think Iām entitled to some credit for being the one who brought out Biden for the first time?ā Giuliani asked longtime girlfriend and co-host Maria Ryan.
āYou deserve a lot of credit,ā Ryan agreed.
āThey donāt,ā Giuliani complained. āThey think I deserve to go to prison for the rest of my life for doing it.ā
āThatās why they went after you, Rudy, because you had information, and you were highly credible,ā Ryan insisted. āThey had to discredit you, so they made up stories about you.ā
Giuliani argued that he had been āvindicatedā even though a lawsuit from Hunter Biden accused him of hacking and manipulating the laptopās contents.
āI was accused by Biden during the last debate, presidential debate, by name, of being a Russian pawn,ā he complained. āIt is proven that Iām not.ā
āAnd then this liar, the newest big liar in the Democratic Party, Dan Goldman from New York, a little rich boy, comes out and calls me a Russian pawn again,ā he added.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, Goldman said there was evidence Giuliani had āmanipulatedā the laptopās hard drive.
āYou have no idea, you know hard drives can be manipulated,ā Rep. Goldman told a witness. āHard drives can be manipulated by Rudy Giuliani or Russia. There is actual evidence of it, but the point is itās not the same thing.ā
Giuliani is facing charges in Georgia related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but he has not been indicted in connection to the laptop.
CNN panel flattens GOP strategist for supporting ādead on arrivalā Biden impeachment
During an appearance on CNNās āState of the Union,ā Republican Party strategist Brad Todd got an earful from both liberal and conservatives sitting on the panel with him when he attempted to defend plans by the GOP-controlled House to impeach President Joe Biden.
Talking about the impeachment inquiry which got the go-ahead from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Todd was lectured that it was ādead on arrivalā because multiple Republican House members in swing districts donāt want it hanging over their heads as they run for re-election.
āThe reality is it is dead on arrival,ā former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin explained. āThere is a slim House Republican majorityā¦ If youāre [Republican Rep.] Mike Lawler in New York, youāre talking about losing seats in D+2 districts.ā
When Todd tried to compare the inquiry to the impeachments of Donald Trump, and said it would not impact the 2024 election, former Biden White House communications official Kate Bedingfield smirked and pounced.
āThat in and of itself is a hyperpartisan, hyperpolarized argument,ā she argued. āJust because we impeached Donald Trump for demonstrable crimes against the Constitution doesnāt mean that Republicans will in turn impeach Joe Biden. This not just about scoring points.ā
re: #77 Joe Bacon ā
Does he ever take that beanie off? And wow heās put on some weight.
re: #78 GlutenFreeJesus
Does he ever take that beanie off? And wow heās put on some weight.
Makes me wonder what is tattooed on his headā¦
NASA Says Up to 20 SpaceX Starship Refueling Launches Per Moon Mission
This is Starship, not Falcon. Musk says it might only take 4. Who is likely to be correct?
re: #81 wrenchwench
What are the consequences?
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
lol
re: #87 darthstar
George has hit the nail on the head. Joe would turn over anything that is marked confidential or higher. DT would not.
re: #88 PhillyPretzel ā
George has hit the nail on the head. Joe would turn over anything that is marked confidential or higher. DT would not.
More so, Joe actually did (as did Mike Pence).
Trump, OTOHā¦.
re: #89 Jay C
I know. And when people ask me who am I voting for I usually say that is why there is a curtain around the polling machine.
Watched Charade with Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn last night. Super fun movie with what turned out to be an all-star cast. In addition to Grant and Hepburn: Karl Malden, Lee Marvin, George Kennedyā¦definitely worth a rainy night Amazon Prime fix.
You can unfollow us if you want, but it wonāt stop us from showing off all of President Bidenās Wins.
Weāre dedicating this page to re-electing President Biden. Retweet and follow if youāre in. pic.twitter.com/QGQhYEFHzKā Bidenās Wins (@BidensWins) December 3, 2023
re: #77 Joe Bacon ā
How fragile is your fucked up belief system when a black dude in a Santa suit can make you throw it all away?
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
How fragile is your fucked up belief system when a black dude in a Santa suit can make you throw it all away?
Remember itās Tim Pool The Dim Fool having a sads.
re: #71 wrenchwench
Their āsolutionā is going to include slapping down any difference in opinion, labour camps, and mass graves.
Just like in the Soviet Union theyāve envied for their entire lives.
re: #77 Joe Bacon ā
If thatās all it took for him to lose his faith it was never very strong to begin with.
Or more likely his āfaithā was an excuse to be a dick to other human beings.
re: #102 Vicious Babushka
HE NEVER LOOKED BETTER š
re: #63 silverdolphin
The guy understands Poeās Law. He represents the 54th Congressional district in a state with only 53 districts. And he just wrote a book about Detective Jesus entitled āThou Shall Not Killā that he says he wrote during boring speeches in Congress. Imahine Jesus as a Quinn Martin Productions detective.
Well done, sir.
I was unfamiliar with Jack Kimble before our gocart mozart posted his George Santos tweet. Fool that I was, I made some pedantic tweet, then suddenly the light dawned, and I quickly deleted my comment. Very clever guy!.
re: #96 Joe Bacon ā
Remember itās Tim Pool The Dim Fool having a sads.
It needs be said that this kind of person makes themselves upset because in that upset-ness they find something important and meaningful that fulfills them.
Like, at some point it has to be underlined thatā¦this is what they want, they enjoy this, and treating their performance as genuine sorrow or anger is stepping over something important: the manufacture of outrage is not moralistic, itās hedonistic.
There was a semi fire on I30 in Rockwall County earlier today:
Just what we need to seeā¦
Thereās Already a George Santos Movie in the Works
Sounds like a RAZZIEĀ® contender to me!
George Santos will be back on-screen soon.
Not in a livestream from the floor of the House of Representatives, from which he was expelled last week over his various liesābut instead on a silver screen.
HBO Films has picked up the rights to The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, a book by Newsday columnist Mark Chiusano that was published last week.
The film will be executive produced by Frank Rich, of Veep and Succession fame, alongside Bad Education writer Mike Makowsky, according to Variety. Chiusano will serve as a consulting producer.
āCould not think of a better team for this,ā Chiusano wrote on X.
The movieās logline describes it as a āstory of a seemingly minor local race that wound up a battle for the soul of Long Island, and unexpectedly carved the path for the worldās most famous (and now disgraced) congressman.ā
āThe Gatsby-esque journey of a man from nowhere who exploited the system, waged war on truth and swindled one of the wealthiest districts in the country to achieve his American Dream,ā it read.
A release date, director, and cast have not been announced, though social-media speculation over who could play the serial fabulist has already run rampant.
Much of that conjecture has offered up Nelson Franklin, who starred in Veep and played Santos on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this year. In a Vulture interview in January, Franklin said he hadnāt heard Santos speak until he was offered the chance to play the now-disgraced congressman for a segment.
āI realized right away that, yes, there are very crucial parts of our faces that are almost exactly the same,ā Franklin said. āIf he were way better looking than me, I would have been screwed because then it would have been like, āOh, youāre like the uglier George Santos.ā That would have been the end of the world.ā
re: #92 darthstar
Watched Charade with Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn last night. Super fun movie with what turned out to be an all-star cast. In addition to Grant and Hepburn: Karl Malden, Lee Marvin, George Kennedyā¦definitely worth a rainy night Amazon Prime fix.
At midnight, I was watching a horrible/good movie, The X-15. It was a lot of good USAF/NASA footage of the great space ship, cut with a trite domestic story of 3 pilots and their women. Bonus: Mary Tyler Moore is the Hot Young Thing in her first role. Charles Bronson plays Charles Bronson.
imdb.com
re: #110 Joe Bacon ā
hbomberguy almost completely cancelled James Somerton on the internet in less than a day.
Somertonās behavior was downright sociopathic.
I didnāt even know who he was until today, as (confession) I donāt visit a lot of queer spaces online. What Somerton did over years was nothing short of monstrous. His theft of queer writersā words is fucking appalling.
re: #113 teleskiguy
hbomberguy almost completely cancelled James Somerton on the internet in less than a day.
Somertonās behavior was downright sociopathic.
I didnāt even know who he was until today, as (confession) I donāt visit a lot of queer spaces online. What Somerton did over years was nothing short of monstrous. His theft of queer writersā words is fucking appalling.
This has been an astounding takedown. The video is 4 hours long, but well worth the effort.
re: #113 teleskiguy
As somebody who watched Somerton and found him initially impressive but then strangely inconsistentā¦finding out heās a plagiarist both makes sense and remains tremendously sad. He sometimes said stuff I thought was genuinely inspirational, and that is was other unrecognized writers just drains me.
re: #115 The Ghost of a Flea
{{{gentle hugs}}}
Like I said, what he did was monstrous. He fucked with goodpeopleās heartstrings by stealing from the best queer writers out there for fun and profit. One of those dudes I wish there was a Hell for dude to burn in an āafterlife.ā
re: #113 teleskiguy
I found it funny and peculiar that hbomerguy didnāt also delve into Epic Meal Time. Then the fucking thing probably wouldāve approached six hours!