Marcus King: “F*ck My Life Up Again” (Solo Acoustic Version)

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I was blown away by the studio version of this song, but this one, Marcus playing an acoustic guitar and singing with no accompaniment, may be even more amazing.

Let you down one last time
So you remember you were mine
Count on me
To be something you could never be
‘Cause I’ll be free from all this hate
You’ll be left behind carrying the weight

Come fuck my life up again
I don’t deserve to live without pain
Destroy all my confidence again
Watch me lose control and feel ashamed
So come fuck my life up again

The problem’s always me
It’s just taken years for me to see
You didn’t call again last night
Maybe I’m just not worth the fight
I swear to God you saved my life
I swear to God that I won’t let you down twice

Come fuck my life up again
I don’t deserve to live without pain
Destroy all my confidence again
Cut me down and let me feel ashamed

Our hell was paradise to me
Happiness makes me feel so weak, yeah
Come fuck my life up again

I hope you never let me go through the years
Hope your madness starts to grow
I hope you never let me go through the years
Hope your madness starts to grow

I hope you never let me go through the years
Hope your madness starts to show
I hope you never let me go through the years
Hope your madness starts to grow

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“F*ck My Life Up Again” The Single Out Now
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Director: Sutton Davison
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Gaffer: Cole Egilsson
Key Grip: Bevis Tran
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Asst. Engineer: Sofia Staedler
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Editor/Colorist: Nick Leonard

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Music video by Marcus King performing F*ck My Life Up Again (Shangri-La Sessions). © 2024 Marcus King, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings Inc.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:40:33pm

Okay, smart asses…how many?

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Charles Johnson  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:41:27pm

42.

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:42:22pm

re: #1 darthstar

Okay, smart asses…how many?

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I don’t know, there’s not enough information to be able to tell. Too many assumptions. And not enough globular clusters.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:42:35pm

re: #1 darthstar

I need Ray Milland’s help to answer your question!

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:43:55pm

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Ace Rothstein  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:44:29pm

re: #1 darthstar

Okay, smart asses…how many?

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How many are inside it?

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Charles Johnson  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:45:14pm

It says a lot about the US that it remains politically advantageous for government to be horribly cruel, in so many ways.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:47:56pm

The one math problem I got wrong on the GRE was because I forgot to include the negative result of a square root.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:49:52pm

re: #6 Ace Rothstein

How many are inside it?

It’s the highlander of boxes.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:52:38pm

Mastodon

Mastodon

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:53:33pm

When you’re a president’s dog they just let you do it.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:56:11pm

facebook.com

The link is a VoteVets video from a retired colonel urging people to keep Trump out of office.

I just realized that it’s time to throw “you hate our soldiers and veterans” back in the face of every Trump supporter.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:57:40pm

re: #10 darthstar

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We had a dog like that. You never knew when it would turn and bite. Took it to a dog behaviorist. Found out that the dog never gave any signals of submissive behavior (drop head, licking, etc.) It simply could not respond properly to a human, even its owners. It also had a couple of other behavior problems (circling) We had a young child and simply could not keep it.

It was tough.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:57:52pm

re: #10 darthstar

“But dad, you said they would all bring treats.”

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 5:59:11pm

re: #13 silverdolphin

We had a dog like that. You never knew when it would turn and bite. Took it to a dog behaviorist. Found out that the dog never gave any signals of submissive behavior (drop head, licking, etc.) It simply could not respond properly to a human, even its owners. It also had a couple of other behavior problems (circling) We had a young child and simply could not keep it.

It was tough.

Autism in dogs. We assume that there’s a range of behaviors they will behave in, but why is that true?

Edit: and that they would understand what we want given the right inputs.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:13:52pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

For me, this is the best version of Crossroads by a light year. Clapton was absolutely on fire, the solo sections in this are unbelievable. He just doesn’t play like this any more.

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I agree and almost posted the original uptempo version, but thought watching the visual and listening to interplay between Clapton, Bruce and Baker underscored Bruce’s bass lines contrasting with Clapton’s. (Bach smiles).

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:16:10pm

Dan Goldman on Alex Wagner just now dropping the same thought I had earlier…”I’m not saying [Congressional Republicans] knew they were working with Russian operatives, but the question has to be asked by the special counsel…”

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:16:49pm

re: #17 darthstar

Dan Goldman on Alex Wagner just now dropping the same thought I had earlier…”I’m not saying [Congressional Republicans] knew they were working with Russian operatives, but the question has to be asked by the special counsel…”

They knew they were working with Rudy Giuliani, which is the same as working with a Russian operative.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:18:38pm

re: #14 Belafon

“But dad, you said they would all bring treats.”

When Merle, my cattle dog, starts barking at someone, I say, “Merle, don’t be a dick!” and he stops. Used the same command with Banjo for 13 years. Between that and “Two dogs!” (My call when I want both dogs to return to me if they’re beyond my immediate vision) that’s all I need.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:19:43pm

re: #18 Nerdy Fish

They knew they were working with Rudy Giuliani, which is the same as working with a Russian operative.

Yes, they knew based on Rudy’s downfall that their informant was shit…and yet they persisted…totally misunderstanding the Hillary Clinton meme with that phrase (And yet, she persisted)

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:19:55pm

I remember when this short was shown with King Of Hearts.

That was the favorite movie of my best friend from college. 27 years ago tonight his Mom called me and told me Jim had a massive stroke. He never regained consciousness and he passed away the next day…Thinking of you buddy. You’re in a far better place…

Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969, HQ)

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:27:30pm

Republicans Issue New Government Shutdown Threat Over Trans People

On Wednesday, the House Freedom Caucus issued a letter indicating that the government may shut down if anti-trans polices are not included.

erininthemorning.com

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:30:38pm

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:30:52pm

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:31:48pm

Kanal 13 videos suck, but Russian pilots have a good reason to be afraid…Ukraine is getting better and better and shooting those fuckers out of the sky.

Mastodon

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:33:14pm

re: #22 Joe Bacon ✅

Republicans Issue New Government Shutdown Threat Over Trans People

On Wednesday, the House Freedom Caucus issued a letter indicating that the government may shut down if anti-trans polices are not included.

erininthemorning.com

That list is joke. Sometimes it would really be nice just to go Jack Reacher on some of them.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:34:24pm

Show sympathy for Navalny, then you’re no longer a necessary citizen.

Mastodon

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:35:23pm

re: #27 darthstar

Show sympathy for Navalny, then you’re no longer a necessary citizen.

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And there will be someone watching them if they try to surrender.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:35:54pm

A pox on both houses:

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:36:05pm

re: #26 Belafon

That list is joke. Sometimes it would really be nice just to go Jack Reacher on some of them.

I like that phrase…’go Jack Reacher on them’ - but not the Tom Cruise Reacher…the AmaNetflix version (I get those two services screwed up)

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:38:02pm

Fox News Town Hall Audience Cheers When Trump Says He Wouldn’t Defend Besieged NATO Allies That Don’t Spend Enough on Militaries

Fox News town hall attendees cheered when former President Donald Trump declared that if elected president again, he would not aid NATO allies that are attacked if those countries have failed to meet their financial obligations.

mediaite.com

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jaunte  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:38:06pm

@mitchellepner.bsky.social

Just days after the Alabama Supreme Court held that frozen IVF embryos were “unborn children” covered by Alabama’s Wrongful
Death Of A Minor Act, the University of Alabama health system shut down all IVF clinics.

2% of American babies born last year came as a result of IVF. So did my 21yo daughter
cnn.com

The same people worried about fewer American babies being born just cut the supply by 2%.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:38:21pm

re: #27 darthstar

This is the evil Republicans are supporting when they refuse to aid Ukraine. Unthinkable horror.

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:38:22pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It says a lot about the US that it remains politically advantageous for government to be horribly cruel, in so many ways.

Cruel is in the eye of the oppressed

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:38:40pm

I posted on FB today the Delthia Ricks tweet from yesterday on the resurgence of measles in this country due to the influence of anti-vaxxers. To my surprise(maybe not) 2 of my Trump supporting friends apparently believe that the immigrants who have migrated here bear responsibility for the return of measles. Other than over-the-top rhetoric from RW media on disease-ridden migrants, I don’t believe there is any validity to those charges. Or does someone here have any evidence to the contrary?

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:39:29pm

Watching the Alabama coverage again and I decided to update the meme.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:39:47pm

re: #31 Joe Bacon ✅

Water is wet. It’s not shocking that cult members cheer every move of their leader. We just have to make sure that he’s not elected so they don’t win.

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austin_blue  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:40:32pm

re: #10 darthstar

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Maybe they deserved it?

Just saying. Dogs read people really, really well.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:40:38pm

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:41:12pm

re: #33 Patricia Kayden

This is the evil Republicans are supporting when they refuse to aid Ukraine. Unthinkable horror.

Those people will be sent to the front without training to draw Ukrainian fire…and they will die.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:42:10pm

re: #30 darthstar

I like that phrase…’go Jack Reacher on them’ - but not the Tom Cruise Reacher…the AmaNetflix version (I get those two services screwed up)

Amazon. We’re watching an episode a week.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:42:38pm

re: #38 austin_blue

Maybe they deserved it?

Just saying. Dogs read people really, really well.

Yep…when my dogs read someone as being a little sketch I look for what may have triggered them. Gloves, a hoodie, face mask…all those things are triggers for the boys.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:46:52pm

re: #39 Patricia Kayden

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We’re trying to find a new dog, but we’re not a big dog family, and most of the dogs are big dogs. The one dog I might have wanted requires an application (for some reason some, but not all dogs, require an application). The dog’s been stuck at the animal shelter for 3 months now. One section is about our vet schedule. I’m going to straight up admit that I didn’t take the dogs to the vet unless they were sick, but two of my dogs made it well into ancient age for their breed.

The third one went from healthy to had to be put to sleep in a couple of days.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:50:15pm

re: #35 Hecuba’s daughter

I posted on FB today the Delthia Ricks tweet from yesterday on the resurgence of measles in this country due to the influence of anti-vaxxers. To my surprise(maybe not) 2 of my Trump supporting friends apparently believe that the immigrants who have migrated here bear responsibility for the return of measles. Other than over-the-top rhetoric from RW media on disease-ridden migrants, I don’t believe there is any validity to those charges. Or does someone here have any evidence to the contrary?

Nope, it’s the anti-vaxxers fault.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:51:19pm

re: #43 Belafon

Good luck!! I reluctantly adopted two dogs in 2011 based on my ex. They both have passed (2021 and 2022). I’ve adopted two more dogs now and can’t imagine my life without them. They’re family.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:51:42pm

re: #44 No Malarkey!

Nope, it’s the anti-vaxxers fault.

I don’t have the stats with me, but every time it gets looked up, immigrants have higher vaccination rates than citizens.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:52:01pm

re: #45 Patricia Kayden

Good luck!! I reluctantly adopted two dogs in 2011 based on my ex. They both have passed (2021 and 2022). I’ve adopted two more dogs now and can’t imagine my life without them. They’re family.

We definitely miss having a dog.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:52:57pm

Under His Eye. This is horrifying.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:53:46pm

re: #43 Belafon

Just say you’ll take them for regular vaccinations and an annual checkup. I know that going to the vet is basically a $200 minimum these days (Though Eartha’s mani-pedi is about $24)…but anything requiring seeing the doctor is a couple hundred bucks. Hell the dog’s flea/tick/dewormer pills are 60 bucks a month.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:55:39pm

re: #49 darthstar

Just say you’ll take them for regular vaccinations and an annual checkup. I know that going to the vet is basically a $200 minimum these days (Though Eartha’s mani-pedi is about $24)…but anything requiring seeing the doctor is a couple hundred bucks. Hell the dog’s flea/tick/dewormer pills are 60 bucks a month.

This week I dropped nearly $600 getting two dogs teeth cleaned. Their breath is a lot nicer though.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:57:00pm

re: #49 darthstar

Just say you’ll take them for regular vaccinations and an annual checkup. I know that going to the vet is basically a $200 minimum these days (Though Eartha’s mani-pedi is about $24)…but anything requiring seeing the doctor is a couple hundred bucks. Hell the dog’s flea/tick/dewormer pills are 60 bucks a month.

They want a reference to the vet I use and records.

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Nojay UK  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:57:22pm

re: #46 Belafon

I don’t have the stats with me, but every time it gets looked up, immigrants have higher vaccination rates than citizens.

Most press reports I’ve seen of measles outbreaks in Europe and the US centre around private schools or public schools in high-value areas.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 6:59:55pm

re: #48 No Malarkey!

Under His Eye. This is horrifying.

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Just not the woman’s life.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:02:18pm

Love to see Representative Jack Reacher deal with the GOP traitors in the House restroom.

Jack Reacher’s Epic Fight Against a Prison Gang | Reacher Sneak Peek

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Targetpractice  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:05:33pm

re: #48 No Malarkey!

Under His Eye. This is horrifying.

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All this brought to you by the same people who respond to any suggestions for national forms of ID or registries for dangerous items (i.e. firearms) with screaming fits about “invasion of privacy” and how the federal government will use such to track your every movement.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:05:41pm

Federal Court affirms $5 million arbitration award to man who falsified Mike Lindell’s vote fraud claim. lawandcrime.com

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:06:13pm

re: #50 No Malarkey!

This week I dropped nearly $600 getting two dogs teeth cleaned. Their breath is a lot nicer though.

I don’t do open mouth kisses with the dogs anymore, and I give them Greenies every day…

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:06:30pm

Matt Schlapp scandal takes a turn as official who shredded CPAC documents subpoenaed

Embattled American Conservative Union leader Matt Schlapp is facing yet another turn in the sexual misconduct scandal, as an official at his organization who allegedly shredded documents just after the news broke has been hit with a subpoena, reported The Daily Beast.

thedailybeast.com

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austin_blue  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:07:08pm

My experience is that finding a proper cat is the way to go.

“Proper” is the operative point.

Does the cat, as a kitten, love to get belly rubs and not bite and scratch?

That’s a major plus! It will save you a lot of flesh wounds.

Does the cat make biscuits without driving its claws into the top of your thighs?

That’s a keeper!

Does the cat mark territory outside of the house and not inside? Congrats! You have a Nice Kitty, who will give you years of love and companionship.

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:09:11pm

re: #51 Belafon

They want a reference to the vet I use and records.

That’s bullshit. I had to go through that once adopting a dog. I told the people it was easier to adopt a child and if they didn’t want me to adopt it they just had to say so. That was Banjo and I had him for 13 wonderful years.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:09:19pm

re: #58 Joe Bacon ✅

Matt Schlapp scandal takes a turn as official who shredded CPAC documents subpoenaed

Embattled American Conservative Union leader Matt Schlapp is facing yet another turn in the sexual misconduct scandal, as an official at his organization who allegedly shredded documents just after the news broke has been hit with a subpoena, reported The Daily Beast.

thedailybeast.com

The same people who want the Committee on Virtue and Prevention of Vice to regulate everyone else’s sex lives are closet sexual predators.

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:12:53pm

re: #46 Belafon

I don’t have the stats with me, but every time it gets looked up, immigrants have higher vaccination rates than citizens.

iirc they can’t (or aren’t supposed to) get in without them

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:12:54pm

re: #61 No Malarkey!

The same people who want the Committee on Virtue and Prevention of Vice to regulate everyone else’s sex lives are closet sexual predators.

There isn’t a closet big enough to hold Schlapp.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:13:10pm

re: #61 No Malarkey!

The same people who want the Committee on Virtue and Prevention of Vice to regulate everyone else’s sex lives are closet sexual predators.

I was thinking of the “Anti Sex League”

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:14:12pm

re: #50 No Malarkey!

This week I dropped nearly $600 getting two dogs teeth cleaned. Their breath is a lot nicer though.

$300 a tooth??????

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mmmirele  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:19:23pm

re: #59 austin_blue

The bonded pair I adopted last April were afraid of me at first. They were 11 months old and had been with their foster all that time. They were hard to adopt because they look so much alike. Over the last 10 months, they’ve come around. They like to be with me. We have our little routines. Sakura always jumps on my bed when I open the bedroom door in the morning. She wants to sniff my breath. Fuji comes to check out my legs when I get out of the shower. They sleep on my bed. They love it when I strip the sheets because it’s playtime!

I still have a hard time telling them apart.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:20:41pm

re: #65 Dangerman

$300 a tooth??????

Told my wife I was going to get a haircut. She told me that while I was at it, I should get all my hairs cut.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:22:06pm

re: #66 mmmirele

The bonded pair I adopted last April were afraid of me at first. They were 11 months old and had been with their foster all that time. They were hard to adopt because they look so much alike. Over the last 10 months, they’ve come around. They like to be with me. We have our little routines. Sakura always jumps on my bed when I open the bedroom door in the morning. She wants to sniff my breath. Fuji comes to check out my legs when I get out of the shower. They sleep on my bed. They love it when I strip the sheets because it’s playtime!

I still have a hard time telling them apart.

different collars.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:40:21pm

I wanted to send that link to the picture of the beehive with all of the gaps to my son but it looks like the poster deleted it. But I found this instead:

Mastodon

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:41:46pm

Note: When you start trying to learn the trumpet, don’t buy a generic tuner, because it doesn’t understand trumpet any more than you do. I couldn’t figure out what I was needing to hit for an open C and G, and trying to use a generic tuner wasn’t helping. I found a Trumpet ap, and that helped a lot.

Open C sounds flat to me, even though I am hitting the point on the tuner. I don’t have a lot of air in the sound, but I suspect my embouchure isn’t quite up to quality yet, and I’ve got work to do (I started a month a go, then caught a sinus infection, and have gotten back into it since monday). And it could also be that it’s actually a b-flat.

Something kind of cool happened. I played the first five notes of the C scale and when I got to G, I found that I had already changed my blowing on the way up to be at that note.

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:44:47pm
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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:51:26pm
The Senate GOP’s campaign arm is instructing its candidates to demand a Senate impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Axios reports.

See what’s driving this?

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:52:10pm

re: #72 Dangerman

See what’s driving this?

They can fuck right off.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:52:31pm

re: #71 Dangerman

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But the sad part is that it can easily be lost once again. It didn’t take an autocrat to eliminate democracy in Wisconsin, only the modern Republican Party and its fervent dedication to handing our nation over to autocrats and plutocrats, eliminating voting protections for minorities, and its overwhelming desire to install a white supremacist theocracy at all levels of government.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:54:01pm

re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter

But the sad part is that it can easily be lost once again. It didn’t take an autocrat to eliminate democracy in Wisconsin, only the modern Republican Party and its fervent dedication to handing our nation over to autocrats and plutocrats, eliminating voting protections for minorities, and its overwhelming desire to install a white supremacist theocracy at all levels of government.

Yes it can. But we enjoy the victory. And continue to work to keep it there and win it in other states.

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:55:43pm

While Texas remains off the national grid, If Abbott allows the TX power grid to fail again resulting in the loss of frozen embryos, can he be charged for mass murder?

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Dangerman  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:57:02pm

re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter

But the sad part is that it can easily be lost once again. It didn’t take an autocrat to eliminate democracy in Wisconsin, only the modern Republican Party and its fervent dedication to handing our nation over to autocrats and plutocrats, eliminating voting protections for minorities, and its overwhelming desire to install a white supremacist theocracy at all levels of government.

You gotta show up
You gotta vote blue
Every time

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jaunte  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:57:53pm

re: #76 Dangerman

(*in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind)

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 7:59:52pm

Holy shit.

Mastodon

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EPR-radar  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:01:04pm

re: #77 Dangerman

You gotta show up
You gotta vote blue
Every time

Voting in US general elections is not a political act. It is pest control (voting against Republicans as effectively as possible).

People who want to actually do politics in the US need to engage in the D primaries (and ever earlier, realistically).

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darthstar  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:01:12pm

re: #73 Nerdy Fish

They can fuck right off.

Schumer will tell them that in the next day or so and they’ll scream at the microphones for a few days and it will be over.

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EPR-radar  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:03:23pm

re: #81 darthstar

Schumer will tell them that in the next day or so and they’ll scream at the microphones for a few days and it will be over.

I’m hoping Schumer does two things regarding the Mayorkas impeachment.

1) Have Fetterman be both the PR guy and the substance guy for this.

2) Have no leash on Fetterman.

We may as well make good use of the talents we have in the Senate.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:05:01pm

re: #76 Dangerman

While Texas remains off the national grid, If Abbott allows the TX power grid to fail again resulting in the loss of frozen embryos, can he be charged for mass murder?

He wasn’t charged with mass murder when 100’s already born died in the previous power grid failure. Don’t they always use the phrase “an act of God”, even if it was a totally predictable consequence of ignoring appropriate measures to take to prevent a known potential problem.

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:12:23pm

re: #76 Dangerman

While Texas remains off the national grid, If Abbott allows the TX power grid to fail again resulting in the loss of frozen embryos, can he be charged for mass murder?

He cannot fail, only be failed… ////////

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:17:15pm

re: #80 EPR-radar

Voting in US general elections is not a political act. It is pest control (voting against Republicans as effectively as possible).

People who want to actually do politics in the US need to engage in the D primaries (and ever earlier, realistically).

I’m just worried that if the Hamas war isn’t resolved soon, we will end up with Trump in the White House. I am certain the Florida election in 2000 would have ended very differently if Elian Gonzalez’s mother hadn’t made that disastrous voyage to the United States. One event outside our control — and the whole world can change.

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:17:35pm

re: #13 silverdolphin

We had a dog like that. You never knew when it would turn and bite. Took it to a dog behaviorist. Found out that the dog never gave any signals of submissive behavior (drop head, licking, etc.) It simply could not respond properly to a human, even its owners. It also had a couple of other behavior problems (circling) We had a young child and simply could not keep it.

It was tough.

That is so sad. A dog which doesn’t understand how to work with humans.

I guess I will say the quiet part out loud…

Unless that dog was amazingly lucky, it likely did not have much of a chance to survive. And it almost sounds cruel to demand that such a dog try to interact with humans.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:19:02pm

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m just worried that if the Hamas war isn’t resolved soon, we will end up with Trump in the White House. I am certain the Florida election in 2000 would have ended very differently if Elian Gonzalez’s mother hadn’t made that disastrous voyage to the United States. One event outside our control — and the whole world can change.

Like Dobbs.

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Jay C  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:26:28pm

re: #81 darthstar

Schumer will tell them that in the next day or so and they’ll scream at the microphones for a few days and it will be over.

Yeah, maybe. I know that’s what Schumer and the Senate Dems would like to do, but Mitch McConnell is still Mitch McConnell, and if GOP campaign people are leaning on them to go on with their little show trial for PR purposes, then show trial it’s likely gonna be. It’s an election year: they aren’t going to let ANY opportunity to try to embarrass the Biden Admin go by

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:30:07pm

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

There are a whole bunch of issues that the Iranians and their Russian friends tried to set in motion by activating their client militias. All of which are problems for the US and our allies.

That is why Biden sent two carrier task forces to the region. Which might explain one of the reasons why Hezbollah suddenly lost interest in starting a war in the region.

The Israelis are also relocating troops from Gaza to the Lebanese border. And many of the Israeli airstrikes that have been carried out fly through American radar zones. Which requires Israel to brief the United States on what they are doing and get US permission.

That was why I was so curious about the Iranian Natural Gas pipeline explosion last week. I was wondering if it was a pointed warning by one of our more capable allies/clients.

I saw a news blurb today that Iran blamed Israel for it, which confirmed that the explosion happened.

As to the cause. Who knows… There is a sufficient incompetence in that region to cause a pipeline explosion without external assistance. And it gives Iranian authorities something else to wonder about.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:30:32pm
An important new iteration of the robotic seeing eye dog was shown to the world this week, when Glasgow University showed off RoboGuide, an AI-powered quadruped for visually impaired people. The future for robotic canine assistants looks not just commercially huge, but also massively empowering for the world’s one-third of billion visually impaired people.

Replacing a real “seeing eye dog” with a robot guide dog might seem like a step backwards, particularly considering the life-affirming nature of the inter-species collaboration and the obvious emotional bond.

That’s until you realize that only one in every 15,000 visually impaired people has a service dog of any kind.

After a century of development, there are just 20,000 guide dogs on the planet … and 43 million blind people … plus another 295 million who are visually impaired enough that a guide dog would radically improve their existence.

That is a significant number - one third of a billion human beings - and it puts the need for low cost robotic assistants into the territory of a humanitarian cause because each one can give a human life-changing autonomy.

…

Most importantly, in reducing the cost of a useful assistant from the US$50,000 for a trained dog, to below $2,000 which seems likely, there’s a formidable latent demand waiting to be met.

As ingenious as the guide dog is, all that training costs money (ballpark $50,000 a dog) and time (15-18 months) and the failure rate is around 50%, so it isn’t surprising that the system hasn’t scaled well enough to include the other 99.9% of less privileged humans who need one now. This is further compounded by the limited life expectancy of dogs. The average service life of a canine service dog is just five to seven years. Robots will have a life expectancy far greater than that, and can be repaired to brand new: canines and humans cannot.

newatlas.com

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:33:39pm

re: #76 Dangerman

While Texas remains off the national grid, If Abbott allows the TX power grid to fail again resulting in the loss of frozen embryos, can he be charged for mass murder?

Caterpillar is gonna sell a lot of gen sets.

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sagehen  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:38:39pm

re: #89 ckkatz

As to the cause. Who knows… There is a sufficient incompetence in that region to cause a pipeline explosion without external assistance. And it gives Iranian authorities something else to wonder about.

Iran also has their own internal anti-government terrorists, some of whom set off a bomb last year that killed dozens of civilians. I’d need more evidence before assuming Israel did the pipeline thing.

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:40:39pm

re: #90 Belafon

Aren’t there several SciFi movies with that plot?

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:41:59pm

re: #93 ckkatz

Aren’t there several SciFi movies with that plot?

I don’t know if there’s a robot seeing eye dog movie.

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Lancelot Link Returns!  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:45:09pm

re: #38 austin_blue

Maybe they deserved it?

Just saying. Dogs read people really, really well.

Ah. That would explain why so many dogs don’t like me.

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ckkatz  Feb 21, 2024 • 8:45:38pm

re: #92 sagehen

Iran also has their own internal anti-government terrorists, some of whom set off a bomb last year that killed dozens of civilians. I’d need more evidence before assuming Israel did the pipeline thing.

I think that is the point.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:06:25pm

re: #86 ckkatz

That is so sad. A dog which has doesn’t understand how to work with humans.

I guess I will say the quiet part out loud…

Unless that dog was amazingly lucky, it likely did not have much of a chance to survive. And it almost sounds cruel to demand that such a dog try to interact with humans.

That is why it was so heartbreaking. Kiri could not live with humans. The breeder, who is one of the best in the country, had originally been hesitant about selling her to us. Because the coloring was very rare, requiring recessive genes on both chromosomes, which increased the chances of other problems. Turns out she was right.

She only did this because we had waited so long for one of hers. My son is the one who was set on a Shiba Inu.

She gave us pick of the next litter - Samurai - who we had for over 15 years. He was the best dog I ever had and I still miss him 10 years later.

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Targetpractice  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:33:15pm

Console’s been out for four years, has just 13 games exclusive to it, and Sony’s already talking as though the system is on its way out. You think maybe we finally reached that point they tried to sell us in the 90s about computers becoming “entertainment systems” that are used more for streaming old episodes of Scrubs than playing games?

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Captain Ron  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:37:58pm
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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:42:24pm

re: #98 Targetpractice

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Console’s been out for four years, has just 13 games exclusive to it, and Sony’s already talking as though the system is on its way out. You think maybe we finally reached that point they tried to sell us in the 90s about computers becoming “entertainment systems” that are used more for streaming old episodes of Scrubs than playing games?

The gap in actual play between the consoles gets smaller with each generation, which, as good as they’ve gotten, makes it harder to justify getting the next version. VR/AR is really the next frontier just because getting true 3D is a big enough jump for people to think it’s really and advancement.

When I talk about PCs, I consider the 16 to 32 bit jump to have been a major leap. 32 to 64 really wasn’t as big of a jump, and neither was single core to multicore. It wasn’t until we saw solid state drives come out that a true leap in computer’s ability. It might seem strange, but it was such a big difference in how the computer operated.

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:42:51pm

re: #99 Captain Ron

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The dead prisoners.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:43:26pm

And here’s Lara Trump more or less making it official; Trump’s gonna raid the RNC’s piggy bank and bust ‘em out….

Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and handpicked choice to help lead the Republican National Committee said she thinks Republican voters would support having the political organization pay the former president’s ballooning legal fees.

Lara Trump said Wednesday while campaigning for her father-in-law ahead of the South Carolina primary that she was not familiar with the RNC’s rules about paying Donald Trump’s legal fees in a multitude of criminal and civil cases.

But she said she thought the idea would get broad support among GOP voters who see his legal cases as political persecution.

“That’s why people are furious right now. And they see the attacks against him. They feel like it’s an attack not just on Donald Trump but on this country,” she said. “So yeah I think that is a big interest to people, absolutely.”

yahoo.com

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:44:35pm

Unvaccinated Florida kids exposed to measles can skip quarantine, officials say

According to the MAGA, the only people who spread measles are the migrants entering the country. So no need for real Americans to worry.

The fact that any migrant must be fully vaccinated does not enter their heads.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:49:27pm

re: #103 silverdolphin

Yeah, I had to get ALL MY VACCINATIONS AGAIN to qualify for my green card because my mother had lost my childhood records.

Guess what she found about two weeks after I got all my boosters?

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Belafon  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:49:45pm

re: #102 Dr Lizardo

And here’s Lara Trump more or less making it official; Trump’s gonna raid the RNC’s piggy bank and bust ‘em out….

yahoo.com

It’s going to be fun. Democrats need to run ads telling people that Trump is using their money to pay his bills. The true MAGAs will be like OK, but there will be a lot of grumbling among the rest. It will more than likely kill what little enthusiasm they have.

BTW, Colin Allred is running ads bashing Cruz for supporting the end of abortion.

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jaunte  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:50:41pm

re: #99 Captain Ron

“…The university began performing autopsies for the prison system in 2006, according to a January 2017 research paper published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences by three of the school’s researchers. Back then, the death rate in the prisons was 80% less than what it was in 2023.

The article found that 421 inmate cases were referred to the university from June 2006 through July 10, 2015. Most of those deaths were ruled accidental as a result of drug toxicity. There were also nearly 180 deaths found to have been the result of natural causes, researchers said.

But in 2018, questions began to emerge regarding the university’s handling of prisoner organs post-autopsy inside the medical school.

A group of medical students began questioning their pathology lab instructors over what they saw as a disproportionate number of organ specimens coming from deceased prisoners. Each specimen, the students told me, included a short biography, which did not name the person who had died, but gave some of their health history.

“We kept getting cases that read, ‘This is a set of lungs from a man who was incarcerated at St. Clair Correctional Facility,’ ” one of the former students said. ” ‘These are the lungs of a 90-year-old man, who died of aspiration, pneumonia, secondary to Alzheimer’s disease in X, Y, Z correctional facility.’ “

The students suspected that the families of the dead inmates hadn’t consented to the use of their relatives’ organs for medical education.

“I remember someone from the Department of Pathology writing down, ‘No more than one-third of the specimens came from incarcerated people,’ ” a former student said.

“And it seems like to them, they were saying that that wasn’t a disproportionate number, but to me, that stood out because one-third of the population of Alabama is not incarcerated.”
andscape.com

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Mattand  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:51:05pm

re: #13 silverdolphin

We had a dog like that. You never knew when it would turn and bite. Took it to a dog behaviorist. Found out that the dog never gave any signals of submissive behavior (drop head, licking, etc.) It simply could not respond properly to a human, even its owners. It also had a couple of other behavior problems (circling) We had a young child and simply could not keep it.

It was tough.

Went through something similar a few years. The dog immediately bonded with us, but literally every other living thing was seen as a threat that must be terminated immediately.

In retrospect, we’re lucky he never mauled anyone or killed another dog.

I still apologize to Morty when I look at pictures of him. Poor dog was born behind the eight ball thanks to a shitty breeder and never really had a chance.

We really tried our best, buddy.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:54:55pm

re: #105 Belafon

It’s going to be fun. Democrats need to run ads telling people that Trump is using their money to pay his bills. The true MAGAs will be like OK, but there will be a lot of grumbling among the rest. It will more than likely kill what little enthusiasm they have.

BTW, Colin Allred is running ads bashing Cruz for supporting the end of abortion.

Yep - I don’t doubt that Trump’s hardcore ride-or-die supporters will care all that much (hell, they’re probably totally on board with the idea), but other Republicans might well grow disgruntled, seeing this for exactly what it is…yet another Trump grift. And that can help demoralize them heading into this November.

Good to see Allred relentlessly going after Cruz, too. Keep it up.

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mmmirele  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:55:34pm

re: #68 Belafon

different collars.

Yeah, I can’t get a collar on these two. They’re very, um, *squirmy*.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:55:57pm

Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children”

Alabama has a state income tax. Looks like some people are going to declare a lot of dependents. Question, who takes care of the embryos if the parent’s estate does not pay for the freezers after the parents die? Does the state have to take that on?

Of course, Exodua actually describes the costs of actually causing a miscarriage. It is a fine decided on by the woman’s husband and the judges. So, this ruling not only goes against the Bible, it tells those of the Jewish faith they have to go against their own beliefs.

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Targetpractice  Feb 21, 2024 • 9:57:30pm

re: #100 Belafon

The gap in actual play between the consoles gets smaller with each generation, which, as good as they’ve gotten, makes it harder to justify getting the next version. VR/AR is really the next frontier just because getting true 3D is a big enough jump for people to think it’s really and advancement.

When I talk about PCs, I consider the 16 to 32 bit jump to have been a major leap. 32 to 64 really wasn’t as big of a jump, and neither was single core to multicore. It wasn’t until we saw solid state drives come out that a true leap in computer’s ability. It might seem strange, but it was such a big difference in how the computer operated.

I’d argue that the “games as a service” business model that AAA studios have adopted in recent years was a bit part of the reason this console generation stagnated. The bulk of the game titles either available at launch or released within the first year were available on the previous gen with slightly downgraded graphics, while most of the big money makers were “live service” games that made most of their profits on things like battle passes and loot boxes rather than physical sales. If you can play the same games without shelling out for a new console or just download them on your PC, then why fork over the cash for a shiny new brick?

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Targetpractice  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:10:37pm

re: #108 Dr Lizardo

Yep - I don’t doubt that Trump’s hardcore ride-or-die supporters will care all that much (hell, they’re probably totally on board with the idea), but other Republicans might well grow disgruntled, seeing this for exactly what it is…yet another Trump grift. And that can help demoralize them heading into this November.

Good to see Allred relentlessly going after Cruz, too. Keep it up.

If Lara Trump manages to become co-chair, a number of very expensive purses are suddenly going to snap shut and stay that way for the remainder of the election. You donate to the party to have influence over the party, to help elect those who will get you the most bang for your buck. You don’t make major donations to the party just to watch it go to the sort of lawyers who think that yelling at a judge in the midst of a major trial is a good idea because they saw Jack McCoy do it on Law & Order.

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The GOP is a Terrorist Organization  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:16:52pm
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No Malarkey!  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:18:37pm

re: #110 silverdolphin

Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children”

Alabama has a state income tax. Looks like some people are going to declare a lot of dependents. Question, who takes care of the embryos if the parent’s estate does not pay for the freezers after the parents die? Does the state have to take that on?

Of course, Exodua actually describes the costs of actually causing a miscarriage. It is a fine decided on by the woman’s husband and the judges. So, this ruling not only goes against the Bible, it tells those of the Jewish faith they have to go against their own beliefs.

The fertility clinic has to maintain those embryos forever, lest they be indicted for murder.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:20:01pm

re: #112 Targetpractice

If Lara Trump manages to become co-chair, a number of very expensive purses are suddenly going to snap shut and stay that way for the remainder of the election. You donate to the party to have influence over the party, to help elect those who will get you the most bang for your buck. You don’t make major donations to the party just to watch it go to the sort of lawyers who think that yelling at a judge in the midst of a major trial is a good idea because they saw Jack McCoy do it on Law & Order.

See, that’s why I’m rooting for Lara to get that RNC co-chair position. By the time Trump is done raiding the election year war chest, the GOP won’t be able to afford much of anything.

Can’t wait to see what the Republican convention looks like this July. Maybe they can save some money and have it at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philly.

Why not? It turned out great for Rudy G. 😄

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:21:18pm

re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah, I had to get ALL MY VACCINATIONS AGAIN to qualify for my green card because my mother had lost my childhood records.

Guess what she found about two weeks after I got all my boosters?

I cried as I laughed. Vaccination works so well for something that still is pretty primitive.

I spent the last 10 years of my research career trying to bring vaccines into the 21st Century (If you knew how we used to make smallpox vaccines you’d simply not understand hiow we eradicated it from the wild).

It was because of that research and that of so many others that we were able to meet the SARS-CoV2 pandemic as well as we did. Imagine if we had not had any vaccines for say 5 years?

And then imagine my horror as the MAGA nuts simply threw away all the work of 100 years? Darwin Award winners all. I’ve dealt with denialists like creationists but they are generally harmless. But these people will not only kill themselves, they will kill those who canot be vaccinated - the young and the immunocompromised. I count myself on of the latter, so I still wear a mask, even with all the possible vaccinations I can.

I ahte MAGAs because they put my life in danger. I simply cannot take the chance of visiting Disney World or anywhere else in Florida.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:26:46pm

re: #107 Mattand

Went through something similar a few years. The dog immediately bonded with us, but literally every other living thing was seen as a threat that must be terminated immediately.

In retrospect, we’re lucky he never mauled anyone or killed another dog.

I still apologize to Morty when I look at pictures of him. Poor dog was born behind the eight ball thanks to a shitty breeder and never really had a chance.

We really tried our best, buddy.

It can happen even with the best breeders, as ours is. She has spent 30 years trying to breed Shibas who are much more easily socialized that the breed general is.Not as standoffish or single people dogs. She now has dogs that are the most fun ones I have ever seen - tremendous personalities, like cats, but so nice and well-behaved. ANd sometimes just plain goofy. She has a large group of them running on her property and it is fun just watching them. If I felt like I could physically take care of a dog, I’d get one of hers again.

It took her a long time to get there and some failures like ours.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:42:11pm
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones did it two years ago. Rudolph Giuliani did it just before Christmas. Now there’s a very good chance that before March 12, Donald Trump will join them in filing personal bankruptcy.

Trump would do so for the same reason as Jones and Giuliani — to delay paying court-ordered awards for defamation.

Trump has never filed personal bankruptcy, as I will show below. Doing so now might seem at first blush to ruin his brand, his polished image as a multi-billionaire, a modern Midas who turns to gold all that he touches.

Trump has managed to trick tens of millions of Americans into believing he is a business genius rather than a wealth-destroying con artist. People who believe he is worth billions will believe him when he says he only filed personal bankruptcy because they made him do it.

dcreport.org

As the article says, this is just another delaying tactic, and a desperate one at that. It won’t help him in the end, but he’s pretty much grasping at straws right now.

Well, that and hawking sneakers and perfume, LOL.

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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:47:43pm

re: #118 Dr Lizardo

dcreport.org

As the article says, this is just another delaying tactic, and a desperate one at that. It won’t help him in the end, but he’s pretty much grasping at straws right now.

Well, that and hawking sneakers and perfume, LOL.

I really wonder how someone delays paying the money out for over 2 years by simply declaring bankruptcy. One can then easily negotiate lower payments at some later date.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 21, 2024 • 10:51:00pm

Another chink in the globally interconnected economy:

Panama Canal suffering major disruption | BBC News



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silverdolphin  Feb 21, 2024 • 11:11:10pm

re: #114 No Malarkey!

The fertility clinic has to maintain those embryos forever, lest they be indicted for murder.

Yep, but at we discussed before, this violates the rule against perpetuities. The law has this to prevent just these sorts of entanglements. Now this can be broken and opens up all sorts of things. Most were previously illegal.

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Captain Ron  Feb 21, 2024 • 11:19:54pm
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Dr Lizardo  Feb 21, 2024 • 11:25:56pm

If Russian security services are proven to have been responsible for this, then it’s time for the US State Department to put Russia on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Enough is enough.

The Spanish intelligence services have no doubt that the long hand of the Kremlin is behind an unprecedented crime: the assassination in Alicante of Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian captain who defected last August and crossed over to Ukraine with his Mi8 combat helicopter. Publicly, the Spanish government has been very cautious regarding the possible responsibility behind the murder. “We have to let the Guardia Civil [national police force] do its job and for the investigation to progress,” said the government spokeswoman, Pilar Alegría, on Tuesday. However, diplomatic sources recognize that, although they are still waiting to gather enough information, it is a “very serious” matter. If the involvement of the Russian authorities is confirmed, they add, Spain will give a “forceful response”.

It is not the first time that a dissident has been killed in Western Europe (the most famous case is that of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned with plutonium in 2006 in the United Kingdom), but it is the first time that it has been done on Spanish soil. Contrary to other occasions, Moscow has not remained hidden. It has shown its satisfaction. When his identity had not yet been confirmed, Russian media were the first to report the news of Kuzminov’s death, to whom they attributed problems with alcohol and drugs, adding that he had become an “uncomfortable and dangerous witness” for Kyiv. After the news was ratified by Ukraine, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, sentenced this Tuesday that the victim was “a criminal traitor” and “a moral corpse” since he defected from his country.

english.elpais.com

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sagehen  Feb 21, 2024 • 11:36:32pm

re: #107 Mattand

Went through something similar a few years. The dog immediately bonded with us, but literally every other living thing was seen as a threat that must be terminated immediately.

In retrospect, we’re lucky he never mauled anyone or killed another dog.

I still apologize to Morty when I look at pictures of him. Poor dog was born behind the eight ball thanks to a shitty breeder and never really had a chance.

We really tried our best, buddy.

None of our dogs ever bit a person, but there was the one who killed the neighbor’s goat, and the one who killed a bunch of another neighbor’s chickens, and the one who chased a neighbor boy up a tree…

Each time, Dad said he gave the dog to the Army and it was sent to Vietnam. I’m embarrassed that it took me 20 years to realize that’s probably not what happened to them.

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Captain Ron  Feb 21, 2024 • 11:53:52pm
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Captain Ron  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:07:51am
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silverdolphin  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:53:44am

re: #120 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Another chink in the globally interconnected economy:

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Rail is becoming a real alternative. There already is one in Panama but Mexico is looking to build one also. These sorts of Sea-Land alternatives may well be the coming rage.

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Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:09:13am

re: #125 Captain Ron

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And you can bet your ass that nowhere in the article does it explain that Biden is doing it “bit by bit” because Congressional Dems met his calls for action with whining that he could do it all himself “if he wanted to” and Congressional Repubs screaming it was “unfair” to those who’d paid off their debts to give relief to those who were struggling just to pay the interest on theirs.

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silverdolphin  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:12:25am

re: #125 Captain Ron

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Somebody further down in the comments hit the real reason, I suspect - SEO. I did a search using the original headline and almost every major media outlet came up with one similar. Not a good way to get clicks.

But the changed headline returned only 1 other one and it was not similar at all. Remember it it is all about clicks.

And they have now changed it again, likely due to feedback. Gone is the ‘beleaguered’. The headline is now “Biden Chips Away at Student Loan Debt, Bit by Bit, Amid High Expectations.”

It only took them like 12 hours. And the article it ends with this: A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 22, 2024, Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion in Student Debt, Addressing Issue on the Trail. So the positive Biden story is buried way back in section A. But a very blah headline.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:12:42am

re: #68 Belafon

different collars.

I don’t think collars on cats is an especially good idea. The way cats jump on things it’s too easy for a collar to get hung up. If you put a collar on a cat it has to be one that breaks apart if stressed.

FWIW.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:15:48am

re: #6 Ace Rothstein

How many are inside it?

Alive or dead?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:16:50am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It says a lot about the US that it remains politically advantageous for government to be horribly cruel, in so many ways.

Because if government is not cruel, people will not hate it and want to abolish it so that corporations can be even crueler to us all.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:19:19am

re: #30 darthstar

I like that phrase…’go Jack Reacher on them’ - but not the Tom Cruise Reacher…the AmaNetflix version (I get those two services screwed up)

How does Jack Reacher chamber his pistol?

-With a Reacher round!!!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:27:28am

Fore it is. 🏌 Whiff on one.

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Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:37:02am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

How does Jack Reacher chamber his pistol?

-With a Reacher round!!!

Rimshot

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:37:40am

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Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Arr. C. Leon for Violin & Orchestra)





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Targetpractice  Feb 22, 2024 • 1:44:46am

So once again, I surfed the YT channels I keep up with regularly and one of them was playing a game I’d heard of but never seen enough of to be interested…and then I bought a copy because it was right up my alley.

I present thee…Timberborn:

Timberborn - Official 2nd Anniversary Trailer

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:18:34am

Richter interpreting Vivaldi as if Vivaldi lived through the 20th century:

Richter: Winter 1 (2022)


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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:26:44am

re: #138 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The Red Priest was fine where he was.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:39:47am

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Les Pêcheurs de perles, GB. 4, WD. 13: Je crois entendre encore (Arr. for Cello Octet by Roland…




..

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DodgerFan1988  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:39:58am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:53:38am

re: #77 Dangerman

You gotta show up
You gotta vote blue
Every time

and make sure those votes get counted, registered and certified.

That is gonna be the GOP game this upcoming election because they know it is the only way they can win.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 3:55:54am

re: #38 austin_blue

Maybe they deserved it?

Just saying. Dogs read people really, really well.

Famous WC Fields Quote about why he hated kids and dogs “You dress and act well enough to fool adults but kids and dogs will always smell the bum on ya.”

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:06:07am

Friday-eve drive time ditty, I hope you enjoy the mustache man!

CAKE - Mustache Man (Wasted)

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:20:23am

i’ve been using two 40amp relays in our solar distribution panel.
the wires didnt seem thick enough and i think i was getting too much voltage drop. (in retrospect, probably wasnt a lot).
and they get pretty hot
so i wanted to replace them

there was definitely voltage drop in the wiring so I wanted to up the gauge of all the panel wires too from 12 to 8

i learned about solid state relays (ssrs)
got two
installed
had that wiring problem last week, fixed it and… wow, even more voltage drop

(note to ssr manufacturers. dont label your terminals 1, 2, 3, 4. label them like a relay, 30, 85, 86, 87 ffs)

having upgraded the wiring there was no going back to those old relays.
found a much bigger relay, with m6 screw termsinals for the load wires.
got it overnight (thank you amazon).
and tested it before installing / rewiring.
looks like almost no voltage drop across the contacts.

meanwhile, I had an epiphany the other night while falling asleep.
i can eliminate one of the two relays and the low voltage cutoff/battery protector.
and all that wiring.

because we have 4 solar controllers and a clock, i dont use the solar controller DC load feature.
but couldnt i use one controller to switch the relay on and off?
after testing, indeed i can.
i just never ‘saw’ it before, then all of a sudden, poof, ah, of course.

so that’ll be this coming weekend - reroute a few wires, and install the new relay.

but first a final bit of testing today to ensure it will really work the way i want. (all that planning and hoping with the ssrs was disappointing)

then there will be pix

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:20:47am

Here’s some more drive time music - new live concert video from BAND-MAID:

BAND-MAID / Don’t you tell ME (Official Live Video)

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:21:18am

re: #134 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Fore it is. 🏌 Whiff on one.

Par. Did a stupid on line two.
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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:22:55am

re: #144 Shropshire Slasher

Friday-eve drive time ditty, I hope you enjoy the mustache man!

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is it daylight savings time?
cause it’s only thursday morning here

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:25:58am
Playbook: “If Republicans didn’t realize it when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, they sure understand now: The long tail of the Dobbs ruling just keeps whipping Republicans with thorny political consequences.”
…
“Already, Republicans are being forced to answer for a policy that is not only out of step with public opinion on IVF but has very personal and potentially devastating consequences for the one in six Americans who struggle with fertility issues. The decision not only risks alienating swing voters but highlights how the consequences of Dobbs continue to crush Republicans up and down the ballot.”

why cant we stop hitting ourselves in the face?

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:27:59am

Random observation of the day (yesterday) is that I can smell my farts going 75 mph in a Mazda Miata with the top down.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:28:24am

re: #149 Dangerman

why cant we stop hitting ourselves in the face?

Because the Fundamentalist Religious Right Wing of the party has tasted blood and wants more: a nationwide ban on abortion and contraception, sex education and mandatory medical inspections of all childbearing-age women leaving or re-entering the country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:29:12am

re: #150 Shropshire Slasher

Random observation of the day (yesterday) is that I can smell my farts going 75 mph in a Mazda Miata with the top down.

and so can cars a up to a quarter-mile behind you

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:29:46am

A little bit of local news.

Craig Ross Jr., 46, appeared in court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and predatory sexual assault against a child. With the plea deal, the case will no longer go to trial, which could have forced the victim to testify.
Ross is accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl in late September while she was riding her bike not far from her family in Moreau Lake State Park. Her disappearance prompted an amber alert that lasted over the course of two days.

news10.com

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:45:52am

re: #10 darthstar

Why’d you bite so many people?

Commander (in Ahnold’s voice): they were all bad.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:46:42am

re: #154 lawhawk

Why’d you bite so many people?

Commander (in Ahnold’s voice): they were all bad.

let Dog God sort ‘em out

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:49:01am

AT&T is facing outages in parts of the US. Verizon and T-Mobile are also seeing some outages, but far less widespread.

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Nojay UK  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:49:38am

re: #145 Dangerman

Solid-state relays have a voltage drop since they’re semiconductor devices, not contacts. If you’re scavenging for joules then use really good-quality contactors and relays, don’t cheap out. Over-spec them, if you’re switching 40A currents regularly then buy 80A or 100A rated devices (doof-car audio gear often has decent high-current switching devices at reasonable prices if you don’t mind pointless gold-plating here and there).

Wiring, make it as thick as you can bend and as short as you can route them. If you can, convert to higher voltages as close to the solar panels as you can since low voltages and high currents means greater losses in the wires.

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 4:59:14am

re: #156 lawhawk

It appears that the outages are affecting ISP/phone providers nationally.

Is this a cyberattack? Because it feels like it could be.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:03:43am

re: #158 lawhawk

It appears that the outages are affecting ISP/phone providers nationally.

Is this a cyberattack? Because it feels like it could be.

That thought occurred to me as well - the outages have been reported on Czech news as well and one of the talking heads thought it seemed “unusual”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:10:16am

Sunspots?

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:18:23am

Vacation request has been approved, time to figure out my itinerary for my trip to the Gulf Shores of Alabama.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:23:27am

re: #161 Shropshire Slasher

Vacation request has been approved, time to figure out my itinerary for my trip to the Gulf Shores of Alabama.

Just be careful with your embryos. Make sure they are all buckled into their car seats.

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:31:47am

Good morning from Chatsworth. The fog and moon really caught my eye this morning. You gotta grab a moment like this, right?

Early morning moon
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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:35:36am

re: #149 Dangerman

why cant we stop hitting ourselves in the face?

They caught the car and don’t have a clue.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:39:03am

re: #157 Nojay UK

Solid-state relays have a voltage drop since they’re semiconductor devices, not contacts. If you’re scavenging for joules then use really good-quality contactors and relays, don’t cheap out. Over-spec them, if you’re switching 40A currents regularly then buy 80A or 100A rated devices (doof-car audio gear often has decent high-current switching devices at reasonable prices if you don’t mind pointless gold-plating here and there).

Wiring, make it as thick as you can bend and as short as you can route them. If you can, convert to higher voltages as close to the solar panels as you can since low voltages and high currents means greater losses in the wires.

i didnt know about the ssrs. now of course it makes sense.
not surprising they dont mention it in the dox.

the new relay is 120A. our load is about 15a max.

i considered switching to an mppt and serial wiring the panels but i dont think we’d gain much. we generate enough juice so inefficiency before the controllers is not an issue. the batteries stay topped off pretty well even while running the pumps all day every day.

the real voltage drop is from the distribution panel to the furthest pump. it’s 70 feet, 12v, and a 5 amp pump.

after the panel’s done, that 12awg 70 foot run will be upgraded.
either i’ll run another 12awg and use one pair for positive, one for negative. or just bite the bullet and go with 8awg

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:39:51am

re: #164 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

They caught the car and don’t have a clue.

They want the whole automobile industry

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:43:55am

re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They’ve caught the convoy of secret stealth buses and keep getting run over.

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BlueSpotinAL ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:44:47am

re: #161 Shropshire Slasher

Vacation request has been approved, time to figure out my itinerary for my trip to the Gulf Shores of Alabama.

See if the Blue Angels are flying at Pensacola Air Force base, visit the Naval Air museum even if they aren’t.

Big Beach brewing is definitely worth a trip. The Tacky Jack’s close to Big Beach has all you can eat crawfish boil on some Saturdays in the Spring for a ridiculously low price. Their mudslide is an alcoholic milk shake, they invented it and it is the best down there.

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BlueSpotinAL ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 5:58:08am

Doh! I meant Bushwhacker, not mudslide. And Bushwhacker invented in a St Thomas Virgin Island in 1975.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:03:05am

Gee, Nikki!

Yesterday you said you wee in full support of the Alabama Supreme Court decision and now…

Haley: I didn’t say I agreed with Alabama IVF ruling

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she did not endorse the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos and fertilized eggs should be treated as children under state law.

Instead, Haley told the hosts of CNN’s “King Charles,” that she agreed an embryo is an unborn baby.

“Well, first of all, I didn’t, I mean, this is again, I didn’t say that I agreed with the Alabama ruling. What the question that I was asked is, do I believe an embryo is a baby?” Haley said Wednesday evening. “I do think that if you look in the definition, an embryo is considered an unborn baby. And so, yes, I believe from my stance that that is.”

“The difference is — and this is what I say about abortion as well — we need to treat these issues with the utmost respect,” she added.

Her remarks come after she faced pushback to an earlier interview with NBC News, in which she said, “I mean, embryos, to me, are babies.”

thehill.com

Nikki once again proves she’s like every other Republican—talking out of both sides of her mouth…

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:06:44am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

And they still do not understand biology.

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:07:46am

I lucked into this one.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:09:08am

re: #171 PhillyPretzel ✅

And they still do not understand biology.

Nor do they differentiate between whether it is in a test tube or inside a woman’s body.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:10:56am

re: #134 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Fore it is. 🏌 Whiff on one.

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Group: 3,4,4,4

Took awhile to get others results — problems with ATT network this morning

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:15:41am

Meanwhile let’s check in with the latest naughty goings on at Hillside Church!

Former Hillsong leader Brian Houston insists he wasn’t searching for “ladies and girls” online

The disgraced pastor said his X/Twitter account was hacked. No one seems to believe him.

GEE I WONDER WHY????

When you see this on Xitter…

There were the “moral failures” of hipster pastor Carl Lentz of their New York affiliate. And the financial and leadership failures of Reed and Jess Bogard of their Dallas affiliate. And the COVID-related death of a church member who happened to be an anti-vaxxer. And the 60 Minutes Australia segment that documented even more allegations of sexual abuse by Hillsong leaders so egregious that reporter Tom Steinfort said the church was guilty of “indifference to the victims’ suffering so heartless it would surely make Jesus weep.”

In 2021, Houston was arrested on charges that he concealed child sexual abuse that he supposedly knew about… because the alleged culprit was his own father. Last August, however, he was acquitted of those charges.

Anyway. Back to “Ladies and girls kissing.”

That tweet remained up for about 16 minutes before it was deleted and Houston tweeted that his account had been broken into…oh and the excuses, excuses, excuses sound just as phony as the piety that has always been a hallmark of Hillsong…

friendlyatheist.com

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BeachDem  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:22:03am

re: #169 BlueSpotinAL ✅

Doh! I meant Bushwhacker, not mudslide. And Bushwhacker invented in a St Thomas Virgin Island in 1975.

Can verify—from a St. Thomas magnet:

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BeachDem  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:23:56am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

Gee, Nikki!

Yesterday you said you wee in full support of the Alabama Supreme Court decision and now…

Haley: I didn’t say I agreed with Alabama IVF ruling

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she did not endorse the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos and fertilized eggs should be treated as children under state law.

Instead, Haley told the hosts of CNN’s “King Charles,” that she agreed an embryo is an unborn baby.

“Well, first of all, I didn’t, I mean, this is again, I didn’t say that I agreed with the Alabama ruling. What the question that I was asked is, do I believe an embryo is a baby?” Haley said Wednesday evening. “I do think that if you look in the definition, an embryo is considered an unborn baby. And so, yes, I believe from my stance that that is.”

“The difference is — and this is what I say about abortion as well — we need to treat these issues with the utmost respect,” she added.

Her remarks come after she faced pushback to an earlier interview with NBC News, in which she said, “I mean, embryos, to me, are babies.”

thehill.com

Nikki once again proves she’s like every other Republican—talking out of both sides of her mouth…

Or, more simply:

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SerialUpDinger  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:26:33am

re: #163 Rightwingconspirator

love the composition!

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BlueSpotinAL ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:29:26am

and while I am thinking of it, the Barber sports museum in Birmingham has an awesome collection of motorcycles, about 1400, 700 on exhibit. Not a day trip but possibly a travel stop.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:31:48am

ATT is currently shitting the bed in this neck of the woods. My phone is a brick.
You’s??

181
Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:32:09am

What?

‘No one wanted to talk’: Report finds GOP silent on massive new political headache

politico.com

The GOP’s latest nightmare scenario comes from Alabama, where the state’s high court found on Friday that the destruction of embryos constituted a crime under the state’s “wrongful death of a minor” law. That has led the eighth-largest hospital in the nation to stop in vitro fertilization procedures indefinitely, with other health care providers likely to follow.

Already, Republicans are being forced to answer for a policy that is not only out of step with public opinion on IVF but has very personal and potentially devastating consequences for the one in six Americans who struggle with fertility issues. The decision not only risks alienating swing voters but highlights how the consequences of Dobbs continue to crush Republicans up and down the ballot.

“It certainly intersects badly with general election politics for Republicans,” STAN BARNES, a political consultant and former GOP Arizona state senator told our colleague Alice Miranda Ollstein. “When a state, any state, takes an aggressive action on this particular topic, people are once again made aware of it and many think: ‘Maybe I can’t support a Republican in the general election.’”

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:33:22am

re: #180 Dave In Austin

Check #156. Lawhawk mentioned it earlier.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:35:28am

It’s going to be 58F in Chicagoland today.
A motorcycle cruised past my apartment yesterday, which was my first hint that it had gotten nice out.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:40:12am

Mastodon

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:41:12am

re: #183 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

It’s going to be 58F in Chicagoland today.
A motorcycle cruised past my apartment yesterday, which was my first hint that it had gotten nice out.

I went topless yesterday, only because I am too tall for my brother’s Miata.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:41:26am

re: #180 Dave In Austin

ATT is currently shitting the bed in this neck of the woods. My phone is a brick.
You’s??

We’re all going to have to learn how to talk to each other again.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:42:17am

re: #184 darthstar

So far my Verizon services are operating normally.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:47:19am

My xfinity internet was down from about 1-3:30AM. “Planned outage” for maintenance they claim. My T-Mobile cellphone worked just fine.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:50:05am

re: #186 darthstar

We’re all going to have to learn how to talk to each other again.

Oh No, Not that!! Not going thru that crap again.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:52:15am

I’ve been a senator since ’72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. But guess what? These guys are worse. These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles.”

— President Biden, quoted by Axios, on Republicans in Congress.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:52:58am

… Replacement theory — the concept that Western elites, sometimes manipulated by Jews, want to “replace” and disempower white Americans — is a prominent conspiracy among white conservatives, particularly MAGAs.

It is this panoply of racist theories and their historical foundational legacy that underpins so much political discourse in the U.S. It’s also, arguably, behind the ongoing demand among white male pundits and some Democratic strategists to get President Biden to step out of the 2024 campaign or at the very least, change vice presidents to a white man, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, or even a white woman, like Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Headlines like “Democrats have a Kamala Harris problem” and “Democrats’ weird answers on Kamala Harris” and “The Kamala Harris Problem” and “The Case for Biden to Drop Kamala Harris” abound — unprecedented in recent American politics.

The anti-Kamala caucusing has only escalated since 2020 when Biden was vetting vice presidential candidates. White male Democrats — the smallest voting bloc in the Democratic “Big Tent” — have not voted majority Democratic in any national election since LBJ passed that legislation, which was widely perceived as making him a “race traitor.” Yet, they still feel entitled to speak over and through Black women, who are the largest Democratic voting bloc.

The last all-white, all-male ticket in the Democratic party was in 2004 with John Kerry and John Edwards. That is also the first time Democrats have lost the popular vote since 1988…

Regardless of what some white Democrats might think, Harris is both beloved and admired among the Democratic base — including among LGBTQ+ people — for her long history of support for historically marginalized people. For 20 years, Harris has been fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. She was marrying lesbian and gay couples in San Francisco as District Attorney in 2004, before same sex-marriage was legal. She even reconnected with a gay male couple, Bradley Witherspoon and Raymond Cabone, whom she married on Feb.13, 2004, a day before Valentine’s Day…

Should Biden decide now to withdraw, which is extremely unlikely, he would endorse Harris. Voters would vote for Biden-Harris on the ballot and Harris would accrue his delegates — and the nomination. Who other than Dean Phillips would challenge her? The die is cast.

It’s nearly all white male pundits and late-night comedians (also all white men) doing this hand-wringing over Biden’s age. The Black Caucus is strongly supportive of Biden. It’s implausible that Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg or Gretchen Whitmer would set themselves up as write-in candidates against Harris: even if they wanted to — that’s career suicide for any future candidacy in 2028 or 2032…

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who was close friends with Harris when they were in the Senate together, highlights Harris’s work on key issues of HBCU funding, police reform, expanding access to health care and LGBTQ rights. Booker told CNN, “I can’t think of a time that I’ve seen somebody have earned her chops but not get the credit where credit is due.”

Senate Pro Tempore Patty Murray was succinct, summing up the concern of many white pundits that Harris will be the next president — and expand the presidency beyond white men forever: “Everyone who says you can’t do something,” she said, “is afraid that you will.”

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:54:18am

re: #185 Shropshire Slasher

I went topless yesterday, only because I am too tall for my brother’s Miata.

Walked into a strip club
Waitress has a shirt on
I said I thought this place was topless.
She said wait till it rains…

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gocart mozart  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:54:19am
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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:58:14am

Britain’s ‘deep state’ thwarted my plans, Liz Truss tells US far-right summit (Guardian)

Tory Facepalm
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A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:58:33am

Seeing the news about the wireless carrier issues and not getting that frantic phone call at 3 a.m. from execs is a joyous moment in my retirement.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 6:59:08am

Haley: “Trump is siding with a dictator who kills his political opponents.”

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:00:20am
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sizzzzlerz  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:00:58am

re: #149 Dangerman

why cant we stop hitting ourselves in the face?

Simpson’s did it.

The Simpsons - Sideshow Bob Stepping On Rakes Compilation

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:03:49am
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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:06:34am

re: #190 Dangerman

Wait until they get word of TFC.

Photo of an actual black Trump voter.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:07:17am

re: #199 Dangerman

LET THE FLEECING BEGIN!!

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gocart mozart  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:07:24am
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mmmirele  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:08:52am

re: #130 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I don’t think collars on cats is an especially good idea. The way cats jump on things it’s too easy for a collar to get hung up. If you put a collar on a cat it has to be one that breaks apart if stressed.

FWIW.

No, this is a good point, and any collar that I’ve ever put on a cat has been a breakaway collar. However, some cats are clever, they figure out how a breakaway collar works and you can’t keep a collar on them.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:09:38am

Mastodon

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gocart mozart  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:11:33am
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BeachDem  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:12:36am

re: #202 gocart mozart

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And they left out his “certainly in the inner city” qualification. Yeah, nothing racist about that jackwagon.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:14:26am

re: #201 Dr Lizardo

LET THE FLEECING BEGIN!!

It hasn’t stopped for eight years.

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mmmirele  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:15:37am

re: #156 lawhawk

AT&T is facing outages in parts of the US. Verizon and T-Mobile are also seeing some outages, but far less widespread.

Ugh. This is a problem for my employer if people can’t get to our front door. And why yes, if they can, they call and complain.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:16:35am

Looks like Alabama Week in the national media. They enjoyed the experimental nitrogen execution so much that they’re going to try it again. Maybe they’ll work the kinks out this time.

Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
al.com

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:18:48am

re: #207 darthstar

It hasn’t stopped for eight years.

True, but now the fleecing is gonna hit light speed.

Light speed, hell….it’s gonna go plaid.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:20:26am

re: #180 Dave In Austin

ATT is currently shitting the bed in this neck of the woods. My phone is a brick.
You’s??

I got a warning, but no loss and I was using my phone on Teams meeting.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:22:11am

I don’t have a link to the article, but someone said they read an article that says “the current outage appears linked to a SIM card database registry issue”.

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gocart mozart  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:22:19am
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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:24:22am

re: #209 Decatur Deb

Looks like Alabama Week in the national media. They enjoyed the experimental nitrogen execution so much that they’re going to try it again. Maybe they’ll work the kinks out this time.

Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
al.com

Wouldn’t an old plastic dry cleaning bag work basically the same way and be cheaper?

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dat_said  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:24:46am

re: #199 Dangerman

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They have to make up for the enthusiasm gap somehow: (APNews) Trump faces warning signs that his fundraising prowess may have limits in 2024 campaign

Also, per the Financial Times, Trump has about 220,000 fewer donors than last time - roughly 516,000 donors in the second half of last year, compared with 740,000 at the same stage of his last race for the White House

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steve_davis  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:25:44am

re: #59 austin_blue

My experience is that finding a proper cat is the way to go.

“Proper” is the operative point.

Does the cat, as a kitten, love to get belly rubs and not bite and scratch?

That’s a major plus! It will save you a lot of flesh wounds.

Does the cat make biscuits without driving its claws into the top of your thighs?

That’s a keeper!

Does the cat mark territory outside of the house and not inside? Congrats! You have a Nice Kitty, who will give you years of love and companionship.

Jesse loved to give me the therapeutic massage while gazing at me lovingly. But I did have to form the soccer shield sometimes over the tender bits because she wasn’t always mindful of that. and then sometimes I’d have to pull a little corner of the duvet up and say “here, use that please” which she was pretty good at doing! She developed a mortal fear of being anywhere near the afghan, after several embarrassing moments in which I had to help her extract her claws.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:26:50am

re: #212 Belafon

I don’t have a link to the article, but someone said they read an article that says “the current outage appears linked to a SIM card database registry issue”.

That just sounds dirty……. From an IT standpoint.. Ick!

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:29:02am

Top WV election official is a conspiracy nut peddling voter fraud/election fraud lies.

During the question-and-answer portion of a cybersecurity panel, which included senior officials from the FBI and Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Warner stepped up to the mic. “In October of 2020, the CIA lied to the American people on purpose and it was covered up by the FBI,” he said. “We have our own federal agencies lying to the American people.”

The panel thanked Warner tersely and moved on to another question.

Warner, who has been in his role for eight years and is running for the Republican nomination for governor, made similar conspiratorial claims about the CIA on the debate stage in December. His statements fit into a larger false conspiracy theory that he’s advanced that government agencies such as the CIA had a hand in rigging the 2020 election. The remarks have solidified him among his colleagues as the only sitting election director in the country to openly embrace the election denialism that former President Donald Trump has used to explain his 2020 loss.

“It is problematic when you have a chief election officer of a state embracing conspiracy theories that undermine people’s confidence in the election process for no good reason,” said Rick Hasen, a professor of election law at the UCLA School of Law.

“People should be able to look to their election and elected officials to provide them with truthful information and not to fan the flames of conspiracies,” Hasen said.

Warner, more than any other top election official in the country, has vacillated over the years between promoting election conspiracy theories and fighting them.

Yeah, vacillating. He supports right wing conspiracy theories claiming voter fraud, while ignoring actual election fraud committed by GOPers.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:30:38am

re: #214 Dave In Austin

Wouldn’t an old plastic dry cleaning bag work basically the same way and be cheaper?

It wouldn’t take much welding to work up a gallows trailer that could be rolled out to the 50-yard line at ‘Bama game halftimes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:30:56am

re: #191 Belafon

GOP reaction to Kamala Harris = (Obama + Hillary)³

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:31:39am

re: #218 lawhawk

They’re willing to commit fraud in order to overcome the actual fraud that doesn’t exist.

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BeachDem  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:31:44am

re: #191 Belafon

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And a full-throated positive column about Kamala Harris from Jennifer Rubin:
Kamala Harris is an underrated asset

Vice President Harris was never as flawed as her critics made her out to be. From the onset of her term, she maintained a rigorous and effective diplomatic travel schedule and bolstered President Biden’s fight for voting rights. Unlike Biden, she never got ahead of the president on policy. Unlike former vice president Dan Quayle, she never made a late-night-comedy-worthy gaffe. And she has avoided her predecessor’s cringeworthy fawning…

The media seems bent on artificially leveling the playing field rather than providing substantive coverage of Biden and Harris’s record and probing the egregious defects in their opponent. (Sure, Trump’s a crazy insurrectionist, an indicted criminal and a fascist, but Biden is old and has Harris!)

That said, her work as the tip of the campaign’s spear on critical issues such as abortion and her fiery prosecution of the case against Trump will be gauged by her reception internationally and at home with voters critical to the Biden-Harris victory. So far, she is hitting her marks.

Gift link
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:32:05am

re: #196 Dangerman

Haley: “Trump is siding with a dictator who kills his political opponents.”

“…but I will still pardon him!”

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:33:08am

re: #213 gocart mozart

I saw Hamilton…all the founders were black.

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:33:34am

So, maybe related to the outages, there is a very large sunspot on the sun today that you can see, if you have eclipse glasses or a telescope solar filter. It is located about 9 o’clock on the sun, near the limb. Do not attempt to look at the sun unless you have proper filters, we just saw it, if its big enough to see with the naked eye…its big. (not my photo, I got it from spaceweather.com)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:33:47am

re: #205 gocart mozart

During a recent interview with a QAnon conspiracy theorist, the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice indicated that he is a proponent of the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” which calls on Christians to impose fundamentalist values on all aspects of American life institute a Fundamentalst Christian theocracy

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:36:03am

re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“…but I will still pardon him!”

Then again, what else is she going to say to a room full of Republicans?

“And when I make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I’ll see to it that Trump is sent to Gitmo, by the end of my first full day!”

I get that feeling that would be…distinctly unhelpful to her campaign.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:37:37am

re: #225 Egregious Philbin

So, maybe related to the outages, there is a very large sunspot on the sun today that you can see, if you have eclipse glasses or a telescope solar filter.

The Police - King of Pain (music video)

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:38:15am

re: #220 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The problem seems to be that too many white male Democrats’ reaction to Kamala Harris = Hillary.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:38:24am

Just waiting for Garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Russian attacks on Hunter Biden…waiting…waiting…waiting…waiting…

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:39:36am

re: #230 Joe Bacon ✅

Now you know that is not going to happen.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:39:58am

re: #229 Belafon

The problem seems to be that too many white male Democrats’ reaction to Kamala Harris = Hillary.

and the “progressive” wing will bring up her rather hard-nosed record as a state attorney general.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:40:45am

re: #230 Joe Bacon ✅

Just waiting for Garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Russian attacks on Hunter Biden…waiting…waiting…waiting…waiting…

Wouldn’t that be considered politicizing this? Unfair to Republicans who could be implicated.

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:44:14am

re: #228 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yeah, but that’s the same old thing as yesterday….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:47:37am

re: #234 Egregious Philbin

Yeah, but that’s the same old thing as yesterday….

There was a scene in the series Lucifer where he starts playing that song on the piano and it drove me dippy trying to recall what it was until my mind could piece together enough snippets of lyrics to mount a Google search…

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gocart mozart  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:48:47am
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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:49:30am

re: #214 Dave In Austin

Wouldn’t an old plastic dry cleaning bag work basically the same way and be cheaper?

The way Alabama did it last time, yes. Done as right as killing someone can be, no.
The bag causes co2 buildup and the resulting panic.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:50:56am

re: #237 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

The way Alabama did it last time, yes. Done as right as killing someone can be, no.
The bag causes co2 buildup and the resulting panic.

not if you beat the convict senseless first…

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:51:49am

re: #238 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

not if you beat the convict senseless first…

Alabama probably has that covered.

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mmmirele  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:52:09am

re: #208 mmmirele

Ugh. This is a problem for my employer if people can’t get to our front door. And why yes, if they can, they call and complain.

I just got a page, apparently something is happening, but my initial scan indicates it’s not related to AT&T, at least not right now. I’m going to try and stay out of it for as long as I can. *off to work*

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:52:30am

Not sure if this is correlation or causation: With the cell phone outage affecting Waze users who do not have wifi in their cars, I saw a very large presence of LEOs and their radar guns on my commute today. I take two different highways to get to work and they were heavily present on both.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:53:32am

re: #238 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

not if you beat the convict senseless first…

Don’t want to damage any harvestable organs.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:06am

re: #241 Dr. Matt

Not sure if this is correlation or causation: With the cell phone outage affecting Waze users who do not have wifi in their cars, I saw a very large presence of LEOs and their radar guns on my commute today. I take two different highways to get to work and they were heavily present on both.

The cops are behind the outage, probably in league with the illuminati.
/

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:27am

re: #209 Decatur Deb

Looks like Alabama Week in the national media. They enjoyed the experimental nitrogen execution so much that they’re going to try it again. Maybe they’ll work the kinks out this time.

Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
al.com

How pro-life of them. I’m sure their God (him/her/they) will be pleased.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:52am

re: #110 silverdolphin

Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children”

Alabama has a state income tax. Looks like some people are going to declare a lot of dependents. Question, who takes care of the embryos if the parent’s estate does not pay for the freezers after the parents die? Does the state have to take that on?

Of course, Exodua actually describes the costs of actually causing a miscarriage. It is a fine decided on by the woman’s husband and the judges. So, this ruling not only goes against the Bible, it tells those of the Jewish faith they have to go against their own beliefs.

According to Jewish scripture, a person is not alive until they take their first breath. These embryos not only have never taken a breath, they don’t even have lungs!

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:52am

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:55am

There’s a Jewish space laser involved somewhere.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:54:59am

re: #239 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Alabama probably has that covered.

Or just make sure his last meal contains enough grits & gravy to ensure a food coma

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:55:42am

re: #247 Decatur Deb

There’s a Jewish space laser involved somewhere.

Sting is certainly in league with the Illuminati

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:56:41am

re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Reminds me to check the Scientology Trump GFM.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:56:53am

So freezing embryos in Alabama is child abuse then, right? The parents-in-waiting should be arrested as accomplices to said crime?

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:57:46am

re: #245 Vicious Babushka

According to Jewish scripture, a person is not alive until they take their first breath. These embryos not only have never taken a breath, they don’t even have lungs!

Yes, but according to Alabama, Jewish beliefs don’t matter. The law of the land, according to the Alabama Supreme Court, is white Christian nationalism.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:58:13am

re: #251 Dr. Matt

So freezing embryos in Alabama is child abuse then, right? The parents-in-waiting should be arrested as accomplices to said crime?

In all seriousness, that is only waiting for legislative support.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:59:16am

re: #252 Nerdy Fish

Yes, but according to Alabama, Jewish beliefs don’t matter. The law of the land, according to the Alabama Supreme Court, is white Christian nationalism.

Don’t think for a moment that the Papists are going to skate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:59:25am

re: #252 Nerdy Fish

Yes, but according to Alabama, Jewish beliefs don’t matter. The law of the land, according to the Alabama Supreme Court, is white Christian nationalism.

Gilead has arrived, and it is going to aggressively spread its boundaries wherever it can…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:00:13am

re: #254 Decatur Deb

Don’t think for a moment that the Papists are going to skate.

abortion is one thing where the Papists and Bible-Thumpers agree

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Unabogie  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:00:49am

If frozen embryos are people, then can I store 1,000 of them in my freezer and get paid for doing foster care?

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:02:28am

re: #257 Unabogie

If frozen embryos are people, then can I store 1,000 of them in my freezer and get paid for doing foster care?

And can I freeze children and claim they are embryos?

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:03:42am

Speaker Jesusbot goes off the rails again.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered a “horrible” presentation at a GOP retreat in Miami, Florida this weekend that transformed into an all out “sermon,” sources told POLITICO. Johnson’s talk was meant to focus on the Republican Party’s prospects of keeping its two person House majority in the 2024 elections, but instead he began ranting about moral rot in the United States. According to two sources, the lawmaker cited declining numbers of church goers, as well as a withering national religious identity, in his speech. “I’m not at church,” said one source, who described the presentation as “horrible.” They believed Johnson was trying to unite GOP members. “The sermon was so long he couldn’t bring it back to make the point,” they said. Johnson, a Christian nationalist, has a habit of crossing the line between church and state. He’s so devoted to being devout he even admitted that Joe Biden’s presidency was “God’s will.” Last week, Johnson signaled that he planned to crush the Senate’s $95 billion foreign aid package.

thedailybeast.com

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:04:00am

re: #258 Belafon

And can I freeze children and claim they are embryos?

Yes, but you will go to an Alabama prison, and might get executed with nitrogen.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:05:28am

Alabama—The Xtian Paradise where embryos are kept in frozen nitrogen and prisoners are killed in sealed rooms filled with nitrogen…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:06:06am

re: #259 Joe Bacon ✅

Speaker Jesusbot goes off the rails again.

He is not off the rails, those are his tracks. Mainline Fundamentalism.

Ry Cooder - Jesus On The Mainline - Live 1977

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lawhawk  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:06:41am

re: #261 Joe Bacon ✅

Alabama—The Xtian Paradise where embryos are kept in frozen nitrogen and prisoners are killed in sealed rooms filled with nitrogen…

Sublime sublimation - double duty. /

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:07:38am

re: #260 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Yes, but you will go to an Alabama prison, and might get executed with nitrogen.

Pro-tip: If you are sentenced to an Alabama prison, have a surgeon put your nametag on all your important organs. It’s like summer camp.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:08:54am

re: #261 Joe Bacon ✅

Alabama—The Xtian Paradise where embryos are kept in frozen nitrogen and prisoners are killed in sealed rooms filled with nitrogen…

re: #264 Decatur Deb

Pro-tip: If you are sentenced to an Alabama prison, have a surgeon put your nametag on all your important organs. It’s like summer camp.

They should try cryogenics for the guilty.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:12:09am

re: #260 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Yes, but you will go to an Alabama prison, and might get executed with nitrogen.

Or have my organs harvested.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:13:18am

re: #265 wrenchwench

They should try cryogenics for the guilty.

I HAVE seen that movie. Taco Bell wins the restaurant wars.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:16:53am

Mastodon

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:17:03am

This is a real church you can attend in TN.

PROTIP: I’d advise not going to that website. It’s exactly what you think it might be.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:18:28am

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

Thanks for the tip. ::: driving away from it as fast as I can :::

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Unabogie  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:21:15am

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

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This is a real church you can attend in TN.

PROTIP: I’d advise not going to that website. It’s exactly what you think it might be.

I’m fascinated by the people who support “Jesus” by repudiating everything he allegedly said.

Welcome strangers, pursue peace, don’t be judgmental, give away your belongings to the poor, don’t pray in public, etc.

I don’t believe in any of that stuff but if I did, I’d swear that Satan is behind all this ;-)

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:21:18am

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

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This is a real church you can attend in TN.

PROTIP: I’d advise not going to that website. It’s exactly what you think it might be.

Where the Aryan Nation attends services when they aren’t selling meth in prison.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:22:13am

Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would strictly define who is considered female and male based on their reproductive systems. Opponents said the move could erode the rights of transgender and intersex people in the state.

“There are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female,” declares the Senate bill approved in committee on Tuesday.

It defines sex based on reproductive anatomy and says schools and local governments can establish single-sex spaces, such as bathrooms, based on those definitions. A House committee plans to take up similar legislation Wednesday.

usnews.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:22:47am

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

This is a real church you can attend in TN.

PROTIP: I’d advise not going to that website. It’s exactly what you think it might be.

Are these people who would protest Westboro Baptist funerals?

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:23:15am

re: #272 Randall Gross

Where the Aryan Nation attends services when they aren’t selling meth in prison.

TIL that rod of iron ministries is a schism group of the Moonies…
en.wikipedia.org

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:24:04am

re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Are these people who would protest Westboro Baptist funerals?

These are the people who would shoot up a library for having “Drag Story Hour”

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:24:20am

re: #275 Randall Gross

Another good reason to stay away from them.

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Jay C  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:24:50am

Par for the course:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 978 4/6

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Though I stupidly repeated a dead letter in #3, it at least gave me the clue I needed to nail it in four.

And: aced Spelling Bee today! (third time this month) - nary a peek, and got all 41.

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William Lewis  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:24:57am

re: #267 Belafon

I HAVE seen that movie. Taco Bell wins the restaurant wars.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:26:50am

re: #276 Vicious Babushka

These are the people who would shoot up a library for having “Drag Story Hour”

They would shoot the shooters for displaying poor aim.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:26:53am

Just waiting for someone to name their kitty “Carlisle” 😏

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:28:14am

re: #275 Randall Gross

TIL that rod of iron ministries is a schism group of the Moonies…
en.wikipedia.org

More here
vice.com

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:28:34am

re: #281 Joe Bacon ✅

lol.
en.wikipedia.org

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:32:36am

re: #278 Jay C

Par for the course:

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Partridge for the forest. Wordle 978 4/6*

Click to Reveal

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:32:51am

re: #134 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Fore it is. 🏌 Whiff on one.

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4/6 with a whiff here also

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:34:37am

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DodgerFan1988  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:37:53am


Actually more closer to the Confederates.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:38:22am

re: #286 Joe Bacon ✅

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That’s a Republic dumpster. Fitting.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:40:51am

re: #273 Joe Bacon ✅

Alabama: Our leaders are committed to driving every decent human out of this state as soon as fucking possible.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:41:12am

re: #287 DodgerFan1988

“He’s the closest thing I’ve met to a Founding Father in today’s environment. I actually believe that.”

Well, George Washington did grow hemp on his Mount Vernon estate…

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:44:59am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Alabama: Our leaders are committed to driving every decent human out of this state as soon as fucking possible.

That’s the next strategy in Republican led states staying Republican.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:47:01am

re: #291 Belafon

That’s the next strategy in Republican led states staying Republican.

If the GOP ever loses Alabama, they’re hopelessly screwed.

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jeffreyw  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:47:06am

Good morning!

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:47:21am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Alabama: Our leaders are committed to driving every decent human out of this state as soon as fucking possible.

I’ll probably die here, but I want my ashes tossed off the Roberto Clemente bridge. In the meanwhile, I’ll make the mofos a little less comfortable.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:49:14am

re: #271 Unabogie

I’m fascinated by the people who support “Jesus” by repudiating everything he allegedly said.

Welcome strangers, pursue peace, don’t be judgmental, give away your belongings to the poor, don’t pray in public, etc.

I don’t believe in any of that stuff but if I did, I’d swear that Satan is behind all this ;-)

They were warned that false preachers would lead them astray, but they like hate too much to resist its pull.

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ericblair  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:52:49am

re: #295 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

They were warned that false preachers would lead them astray, but they like hate too much to resist its pull.

False prophets are the ones saying stuff they don’t like.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:54:56am

re: #296 ericblair

False prophets are the ones saying stuff they don’t like.

Fake prophecy!

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:55:49am

re: #292 Eclectic Cyborg

If the GOP ever loses Alabama, they’re hopelessly screwed.

When the planets aligned, we elected Doug Jones. They haven’t forgotten that.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 8:56:05am

re: #32 jaunte

@mitchellepner.bsky.social

The same people worried about fewer American babies being born just cut the supply by 2%.

I tend to be more optimistic than most, but I keep getting this sinking feeling that the US is headed for a Japanese-style Lost Decade sort of recession. Between the constant threats of default and government shut downs, the refusal to understand that if we want the economy to keep growing we need more people via immigration, the ongoing consolidation of industries, threatened trade wars (10% tariff across the board!), and all the social conservative culture war bullshit as icing on the shit cake… a long term economic downturn for the US is the sort of thing that could lead to a global depression.

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mmmirele  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:01:19am

Work blues…

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:04:48am

So, one of the challenges Trump is filing in Florida today is the legitimacy of the special counsel’s appointment. Good luck with that. Has as much chance as his lifetime immunity claim.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:06:21am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

If embryos are babies and Nikki has already said that she’ll sign a nationwide abortion ban, you do the math.
And I don’t understand how she backtracked. She said that embryos are babies both times. Isn’t that pretty much what the Alabama Supreme Court just decided?
She’s a weasel.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:14:36am

All abortions are ‘committed’ in self-defense.

The jerks who think biology is a political issue should at least be taught the difference between a fertilized egg implanted in the womb, and a fertilized egg starting to grow somewhere else. Those fuckers are murderers. I don’t care if you think it’s a full human being with constitutional rights, murder is not one of those rights. A number of lawmakers need to be jailed for practicing medicine without a license.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:19:50am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:20:22am

re: #303 wrenchwench

. A number of lawmakers need to be jailed for practicing medicine without a license.

Not to mention for practicing law without a conscience

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:21:09am

re: #305 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Not to mention for practicing law without a conscience

That’s legal.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:21:52am

One killed, 11 wounded in terrorist shooting attack near Jerusalem checkpoint

One of the more severely wounded was a 23 year old pregnant woman. But hey, she’s a “settler” so she probably deserved it! //////////

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:23:01am

re: #191 Belafon

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Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:23:15am

re: #304 Dave In Austin

Krazi Kari did local talk radio the other day, and well, ya know, according to her, she was joking when she said all those vile things about McCain. And, she really doesn’t want abortion to be illegal everywhere and the woman getting abortions and the doctors to go to jail, isn’t that special? And she double talked about how she still believes that the governor election was stolen from her.

She is nuttier than a port - a - potty after a week long pecan fest.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:24:55am

re: #306 wrenchwench

That’s legal.

in many places it’s a requirement

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:25:45am

Some good news for Philly. The Market-Frankford line is getting new cars. From WHYY:
whyy.org

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:26:13am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

It would weaken the ticket. Incumbency is powerful.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:28:37am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

Why? Kamala is a fine candidate.

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gwangung  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:29:29am

re:

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

So, basically, kick black women in the teeth and de-energize the most loyal component of the Democratic coalition?

Nice.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:34:14am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

VP nominees don’t get changed in the modern era. Back in the day when the party actually chose the VP at the convention, sure (that’s why FDR had 3 VPs). But in the modern era when the presidential nominee picks the VP, it has never happened.

Also, there’s no upside to changing the VP. Because then it’s a week or two of “why are you changing running mates?” “have you lost faith in your VP?” and a plethora of other uncomfortable questions.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:34:47am

re: #306 wrenchwench

That’s legal.

it’s actually encouraged, especially if you’re doing insurance defense.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:36:30am

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:36:42am

re: #312 wrenchwench

It would weaken the ticket. Incumbency is powerful.

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:38:04am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

The Biden age issue isn’t. The rest of that sounds like a you problem.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:38:05am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

Nope.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:38:24am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

I don’t think the world perceives her for who she is. (Wonder what the reason for that could be?)

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:38:42am

re: #313 Vicious Babushka

Why? Kamala is a fine candidate.

(See #319)

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gwangung  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:39:20am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

So you do want to kick black women in the teeth.

She’s actually very popular in non-black segments of the Democratic coalition, as well.

Why do you have a problem with black women?

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A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:39:46am

VP Harris has done a good job.

All the hysteria about Biden’s age is really “another black person” could become president!!!”.

Racism combined with ageism.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:41:11am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

The Biden age issue is not growing. Where is it now? It lasted a week and then the Right had to deal with a $400M ruling against Trump. The Biden age issue is the Harris black issue wrapped in a cloak.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:42:06am

re: #324 gwangung

So you do want to kick black women in the teeth.

She’s actually very popular in non-black segments of the Democratic coalition, as well.

Why do you have a problem with black women?

Yeah, I don’t think Simper actually read what I pasted.

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:43:40am

I’d vote for Kamala for P in an eyeblink.

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gwangung  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:44:04am

re: #327 Belafon

Yeah, I don’t think Simper actually read what I pasted.

If I’m not mistaken, her approval among Democrats is 80%, comparable or higher than Biden’s.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:44:25am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

The ‘Biden age issue’ would not be an issue without his opponents making it one. Yes, he’s old. Yes, he may not complete another term. Yes, Harris may need to step up to the big desk. She may not be first choice for second place. But I hate to see you weaken the ticket in an effort to strengthen it. Joe Biden served 2 terms as VP, and look what a good president he’s made. Harris has served a good first one. It would upset a lot of circumstances to make a change now.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:44:26am

re: #320 Nerdy Fish

The Biden age issue isn’t. The rest of that sounds like a you problem.

I think Biden’s age fine. I have no issue with his age but apparently it is a growing issue because R’s seem to be pushing so.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:49:25am

Awwwwwww! That’s so sad, Crackhead Mike!

‘I have $10K to my name’: Mike Lindell bellyaches after he’s hit with $5M judgment

“We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys, Lindell told CBS News. “MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”

So set up that GiveFundGo account Crackhead!

rawstory.com

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gwangung  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:50:08am

re: #331 Semper Fi

I think Biden’s age fine. I have no issue with his age but apparently it is a growing issue because R’s seem to be pushing so.

Like the border? Like Hunter Biden?

Don’t sweat the gnats. Pay attention to what voters are really concerned about.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:51:45am

re: #324 gwangung

So you do want to kick black women in the teeth.

She’s actually very popular in non-black segments of the Democratic coalition, as well.

Why do you have a problem with black women?

No, I have no issue with any black woman or man. My major concern is the importance of winning this election. It is very important for America.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:51:50am

re: #326 Belafon

The Biden age issue is not growing. Where is it now? It lasted a week and then the Right had to deal with a $400M ruling against Trump. The Biden age issue is the Harris black issue wrapped in a cloak.

The ‘age issue’ is being used because it is available. It’s seen as the best weapon, so the opposition is continuing to use it. NPR followed the news with a report on aging brains. It may be fair and balanced, but when the Dr. who spoke first about declines in the ability to handle distractions, his ‘for instance’ was, ‘if you already have a speech issue, and they turn on the spotlights and start talking to you…’

Reacting to opposition’s framing of an issue is a mistake.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:53:50am

re: #334 Semper Fi

No, I have no issue with any black woman or man. My major concern is the importance of winning this election. It is very important for America.

the last three times that Democrats have had a black person on the ticket, they won (2008, 2012, 2020). the last three times that they have not, they lost (2000, 2004, 2016). maybe having a person of color on the ticket is a winning formula for Democrats?

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:55:19am

re: #330 wrenchwench

The ‘Biden age issue’ would not be an issue without his opponents making it one. Yes, he’s old. Yes, he may not complete another term. Yes, Harris may need to step up to the big desk. She may not be first choice for second place. But I hate to see you weaken the ticket in an effort to strengthen it. Joe Biden served 2 terms as VP, and look what a good president he’s made. Harris has served a good first one. It would upset a lot of circumstances to make a change now.

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense, ” But I hate to see you weaken the ticket in an effort to strengthen it.”

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:56:35am

re: #316 KGxvi

Gerald Ford changed his VP from Rockefeller to Dole.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:56:36am

re: #332 Joe Bacon ✅

Awwwwwww! That’s so sad, Crackhead Mike!

‘I have $10K to my name’: Mike Lindell bellyaches after he’s hit with $5M judgment

“We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys, Lindell told CBS News. “MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”

So set up that GiveFundGo account Crackhead!

rawstory.com

Let me play you a sad Song on the World’s smallest Violin

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gwangung  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:56:49am

re: #334 Semper Fi

No, I have no issue with any black woman or man. My major concern is the importance of winning this election. It is very important for America.

Yet, every course of action you’re recommending is deeply insulting and dismissive of the black community.

I think you really need to THINK about what you’re saying and how it comes off to others. America is more than white people. And you need to consider folks other than white people.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:57:31am

re: #338 Egregious Philbin

Gerald Ford changed his VP from Rockefeller to Dole.

Ford did not run for office with Rockerfeller, he was nominated and approved by the Senate, as was he himself.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:58:36am

re: #333 gwangung

Like the border? Like Hunter Biden?

Don’t sweat the gnats. Pay attention to what voters are really concerned about.

That old saying is probably valid concerning my fears, “If it works, don’t fix it.”

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 9:59:08am

re: #337 Semper Fi

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense, ” But I hate to see you weaken the ticket in an effort to strengthen it.”

I see what you’re trying to do there, but you have no evidence that replacing Harris would help, and there’s plenty of evidence that it would hurt.

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Jay C  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:01:13am

re: #338 Egregious Philbin

Gerald Ford changed his VP from Rockefeller to Dole.

That was, in fact, Rocky’s decision: he cared little about being VP, and made it clear he didn’t want to run in ‘76: so Ford went with Bob Dole, as he was a stalwart GOP fixture.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:01:25am

re: #323 Semper Fi

(See #319)

Just because you think Kamala is “meh” & Joe is “too old” does not mean they are not capable, qualified and with a great track record. All it means is that you believe all the media bullshit about non-issues.

I’d like to see a Harris/Warren or a Harris/Klobuchar ticket in 2028.

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:02:05am

re: #335 wrenchwench

The ‘age issue’ is being used because it is available. It’s seen as the best weapon, so the opposition is continuing to use it. NPR followed the news with a report on aging brains. It may be fair and balanced, but when the Dr. who spoke first about declines in the ability to handle distractions, his ‘for instance’ was, ‘if you already have a speech issue, and they turn on the spotlights and start talking to you…’

Reacting to opposition’s framing of an issue is a mistake.

If age is all they have at this stage, then they are already sucking wind with the race just starting.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:02:10am

re: #335 wrenchwench

The ‘age issue’ is being used because it is available. …

Reacting to opposition’s framing of an issue is a mistake.

it’s all they got

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:02:28am

re: #332 Joe Bacon ✅

Awwwwwww! That’s so sad, Crackhead Mike!

‘I have $10K to my name’: Mike Lindell bellyaches after he’s hit with $5M judgment

“We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys, Lindell told CBS News. “MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”

So set up that GiveFundGo account Crackhead!

rawstory.com

“Had”, Mikey. HAD. You HAD $10,000 to your name because lawyers, credit card companies, the plaintiff, your mortgage company, etc all want a piece of that dwindling empire you once had. FAFO. Rot in hell.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:01am

re: #338 Egregious Philbin

Gerald Ford changed his VP from Rockefeller to Dole.

Rockefeller did not want to be VP again. Which is about the only way that they VP would be changed.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:04am

re: #336 KGxvi

the last three times that Democrats have had a black person on the ticket, they won (2008, 2012, 2020). the last three times that they have not, they lost (2000, 2004, 2016). maybe having a person of color on the ticket is a winning formula for Democrats?

Yes, I agree, it should be so. It’s only proper for this country to be represented by all American races.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:04am

Acchh! Have I turned deadbeat Republican without knowing it?Just found out I have been paying one of my farm bills a month late since October. The payment I made yesterday was for January.

The provider never dunned me for it because “we know you’re good for it” so no damage done. I doubled up and made another payment today to get it all in order.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:30am

re: #348 Dr. Matt

Is MyPillow even still operating? Because if it is, I think it’s not going to be for much longer.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:51am

re: #341 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Ford did not run for office with Rockerfeller, he was nominated and approved by the Senate, as was he himself.

Ford nominated Rockefeller, and he was approved by the House and Senate. Rockefeller, as mentioned above, didn’t want to serve another term.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:03:52am

re: #339 Dr Lizardo

Doc all Crackhead Mike has to do is sell his factory to get that $5 million.

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A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:04:23am

re: #332 Joe Bacon ✅

Awwwwwww! That’s so sad, Crackhead Mike!

‘I have $10K to my name’: Mike Lindell bellyaches after he’s hit with $5M judgment

“We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys, Lindell told CBS News. “MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”

So set up that GiveFundGo account Crackhead!

rawstory.com

Gee, Mike. Perhaps if you hadn’t destroyed your name and company trying to prop up a failed autocrat we’d feel some sympathy.

But we don’t.

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:04:51am

re: #345 Vicious Babushka

Just because you think Kamala is “meh” & Joe is “too old” does not mean they are not capable, qualified and with a great track record. All it means is that you believe all the media bullshit about non-issues.

I’d like to see a Harris/Warren or a Harris/Klobuchar ticket in 2028.

Some due to his condition, some due to his passion, Joe Biden has been a walking bag of stammers, stumbles, gaffes, and misstatements for most of my life, however he’s always been highly effective. Remember way back when he couldn’t talk without waving his hands about in arcane gestures?

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:04:56am

re: #343 Belafon

I see what you’re trying to do there, but you have no evidence that replacing Harris would help, and there’s plenty of evidence that it would hurt.

(see my #342)

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:05:23am

re: #354 Joe Bacon ✅

Doc all Crackhead Mike has to do is sell his factory to get that $5 million.

I just took a cursory look on the web, and yeah, they’re still around.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:05:29am

Mastodon

Personally, I believe all the hostages are deceased. We have seen no “signs of life” and IDF seems to have little success on locating them in the wreckage of Gaza.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:06:56am

re: #344 Jay C

That was, in fact, Rocky’s decision: he cared little about being VP, and made it clear he didn’t want to run in ‘76: so Ford went with Bob Dole, as he was a stalwart GOP fixture.

back then, the R’s would never opt for someone who had ever been a registered D.

like Tfg, Pilip, etc

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:07:38am

re: #346 Randall Gross

If age is all they have at this stage, then they are already sucking wind with the race just starting.

gmta
5 effing seconds!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:08:11am

re: #229 Belafon

The problem seems to be that too many white male Democrats’ reaction to Kamala Harris = Hillary.

Misogyny is stronger than racism. Black men could vote before black (or any) women. Obama was elected. It’s a fact of life. I’m not discounting racism at all. I’m just stating facts.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:08:33am

I have 4 bars again on my iPhone.

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A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:08:53am

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:08:59am

re: #348 Dr. Matt

“Had”, Mikey. HAD. You HAD $10,000 to your name because lawyers, credit card companies, the plaintiff, your mortgage company, etc all want a piece of that dwindling empire you once had. FAFO. Rot in hell.

another moron who should have stayed out of politics and would still be sitting on top of his oh so cushiony soft ‘empire’ right now

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:09:42am

re: #360 Dangerman

back then, the R’s would never opt for someone who had ever been a registered D.

like Tfg, Pilip, etc

four years later they nominated Reagan (who won 24 primaries in 1976, and finished just 110 delegates behind Ford)

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:10:06am

re: #338 Egregious Philbin

Gerald Ford changed his VP from Rockefeller to Dole.

FDR went through a couple.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:12:18am

re: #348 Dr. Matt

“Had”, Mikey. HAD. You HAD $10,000 to your name because lawyers, credit card companies, the plaintiff, your mortgage company, etc all want a piece of that dwindling empire you once had. FAFO. Rot in hell.

I wonder if he’ll declare bankruptcy to try and get out of paying.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:12:46am

re: #366 KGxvi

four years later they nominated Reagan (who won 24 primaries in 1976, and finished just 110 delegates behind Ford)

;-)

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:12:59am

re: #364 A Cranky One

Don’t stop at one box of Thin Mints!

Yield to temptation and buy the whole case!

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:13:00am

re: #316 KGxvi

VP nominees don’t get changed in the modern era. Back in the day when the party actually chose the VP at the convention, sure (that’s why FDR had 3 VPs). But in the modern era when the presidential nominee picks the VP, it has never happened.

Also, there’s no upside to changing the VP. Because then it’s a week or two of “why are you changing running mates?” “have you lost faith in your VP?” and a plethora of other uncomfortable questions.

That’s true. FDR did have 3 VP’s and changing VP’s no longer happens. Didn’t occur to me.

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Jay C  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:13:39am

re: #360 Dangerman

back then, the R’s would never opt for someone who had ever been a registered D.

like Tfg, Pilip, etc

Given Nelson Rockefeller’s reputation among the more right-leaning segment of the GOP, he might as well have been one (and recall that Ford’s main rival for the nomination in 1976 was Ronald Reagan: darling of the RW).

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:14:03am

re: #364 A Cranky One

LOL I read that in Werner Herzog’s voice. 😄

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:14:38am

FYI if you are a Sandman Slim urban fantasy fan
bsky.app

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:15:03am

re: #365 Dangerman

another moron who should have stayed out of politics and would still be sitting on top of his oh so cushiony soft ‘empire’ right now

Hell, he could have stayed in politics as yet another conservative fixture gifting the maga and RWNJ crowds. But he insisted being Diaper Don’s cabana boy/fluffer/piss boy and become a deep throating election denier/liar. He royally fucked up.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:15:08am

re: #370 Joe Bacon ✅

Don’t stop at one box of Thin Mints!

Yield to temptation and buy the whole case!

Following Sagehen’s recipe, I put half my Thin Mints in the freezer. The best part of that is when you forget they’re in there, and make a discovery.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:15:40am

re: #362 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Misogyny is stronger than racism. Black men could vote before black (or any) women. Obama was elected. It’s a fact of life. I’m not discounting racism at all. I’m just stating facts.

I saw a word on twitter, ‘misogynoir’. A combination greater than its parts.

I have found statistical support for your statement (wage discrepancies), but in life, there’s no control group and all the factors enter everywhere, so a fact doesn’t feel like or act like a fact.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:17:24am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Personally, I would like VP Kamala Harris to drop out and suggest Gretchen Whitmer.

Why?

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Mattand  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:17:52am

re: #319 Semper Fi

The Biden age issue seems to be growing and I feel about Harris the same as Clinton. I voted for Clinton but didn’t think she presented herself to the world as well as she could have.

Republicans: Our POTUS nominee is a rapist, indicted 91 times, engaged in real estate fraud to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and fucking tried to murder his VP and Congress to stay in power.

Sounds good!

Democrats: The current POTUS is responsible for leading one of the best US economies in history, is standing with NATO and against Russian imperialism, and actually got people vaccinated against COVID-19.

But he’s old, so fucking throw his ass out. All Democrats are the same and in no way will that backfire. And get rid of the Black chick while we’re at it.

Jesus Effing Christ, dude…

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danarchy  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:20:59am

re: #339 Dr Lizardo

[Embedded content]

I heard a my pillow commercial on the radio yesterday, so he must still have some cash.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:22:06am

re: #376 Decatur Deb

Following Sagehen’s recipe, I put half my Thin Mints in the freezer. The best part of that is when you forget they’re in there, and make a discovery.

As Issac Hayes said…DAMN RIGHT…

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ipsos  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:23:45am

re: #349 KGxvi

Rockefeller did not want to be VP again. Which is about the only way that they VP would be changed.

Ol’ Nelson had better things to do with his time, or better mistresses to do with whatever time he had remaining, which was only about three years at that point anyway.

Look, the point is, he died happy, albeit with a woman who wasn’t Happy.

(I had a great time showing my teenage son around the state capitol and all the things named for Nelson, while recounting the bawdy tale of his exit from this earth.)

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:24:58am

re: #381 Joe Bacon ✅

As Issac Hayes said…DAMN RIGHT…

Shaft theme

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:25:02am

re: #376 Decatur Deb

Following Sagehen’s recipe, I put half my Thin Mints in the freezer. The best part of that is when you forget they’re in there, and make a discovery.

I’m not a big fan of Thin Mints, but they are definitely better out of the freezer. Tagalongs (my favorite) are also great out of the freezer.

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A Cranky One  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:25:29am

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:26:52am

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:27:19am

re: #384 KGxvi

I’m not a big fan of Thin Mints, but they are definitely better out of the freezer. Tagalongs (my favorite) are also great out of the freezer.

Give me Samoas (Caramel Delights) and I’m like… Go away until I finish this case. It’ll just be a few minutes.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:28:00am

re: #382 ipsos

Ol’ Nelson had better things to do with his time, or better mistresses to do with whatever time he had remaining, which was only about three years at that point anyway.

Look, the point is, he died happy, albeit with a woman who wasn’t Happy.

(I had a great time showing my teenage son around the state capitol and all the things named for Nelson, while recounting the bawdy tale of his exit from this earth.)

As I’ve said many, many, many times… I have never understood the appeal of the Vice Presidency. The only upside is that you’ll probably be the frontrunner in a future presidential race. Otherwise, you have no real autonomy, your approval rating is tied to the president, and it just seems like a shit job at the end of the day.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:28:23am

re: #386 darthstar

lol. You expected something different?

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:28:45am

re: #385 A Cranky One

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I want audio!

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:28:50am

re: #387 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Give me Samoas (Caramel Delights) and I’m like… Go away until I finish this case. It’ll just be a few minutes.

Girl Scout Cookies are one of those things where I believe the appropriate serving size is one box, so I get it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:30:22am

re: #345 Vicious Babushka

Just because you think Kamala is “meh” & Joe is “too old” does not mean they are not capable, qualified and with a great track record. All it means is that you believe all the media bullshit about non-issues.

Media need a horse race, they need to appear “balanced” especially when the leading candidate of one party is clearly mentally imbalanced

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:30:40am

re: #388 KGxvi

As I’ve said many, many, many times… I have never understood the appeal of the Vice Presidency. The only upside is that you’ll probably be the frontrunner in a future presidential race. Otherwise, you have no real autonomy, your approval rating is tied to the president, and it just seems like a shit job at the end of the day.

If Biden called you to serve… not just a little appeal?

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:30:49am

re: #219 Decatur Deb

It wouldn’t take much welding to work up a gallows trailer that could be rolled out to the 50-yard line at ‘Bama game halftimes.

ROLL TIDE HEADS!

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danarchy  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:33:27am

re: #388 KGxvi

As I’ve said many, many, many times… I have never understood the appeal of the Vice Presidency. The only upside is that you’ll probably be the frontrunner in a future presidential race. Otherwise, you have no real autonomy, your approval rating is tied to the president, and it just seems like a shit job at the end of the day.

Lifetime pension for essentially a no show job…I’ll take it. I mean you can go for months at a time not knowing what the VP is up to.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:34:22am

The Biden-Harris ticket is the closest any party has gotten to representing the American people. That matters to a lot of people.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:35:20am

re: #395 danarchy

Lifetime pension for essentially a no show job…I’ll take it. I mean you can go for months at a time not knowing what the VP is up to.

Also depends on the President and the administration, some can be active and sent to represent the Prez in person.

And let os not forget the example of Dick Cheney, who was the Grey Eminence behind Dubya Bush who was just there to give speeches in his homey, affable Texan accent.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:35:46am

re: #340 gwangung

Yet, every course of action you’re recommending is deeply insulting and dismissive of the black community.

I think you really need to THINK about what you’re saying and how it comes off to others. America is more than white people. And you need to consider folks other than white people.

It would be nice to look over the bannisters of heaven (after 100’s) of years and see the progress of interracial marriage. It can only be an improvement on our ability to accept one another as we are.

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Mattand  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:37:23am

re: #398 Semper Fi

It would be nice to look over the bannisters of heaven (after 100’s) of years and see the progress of interracial marriage. It can only be an improvement on our ability to accept one another as we are.

So, therefore, get rid of Harris as VP?

LOL, sure, okay.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:38:13am

re: #396 Belafon

The Biden-Harris ticket is the closest any party has gotten to representing the American people. That matters to a lot of people.

Would a Clarence Thomas/MTG ticket satisfy them?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:38:32am

Ugh. Back to the grind. BBIAB

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:39:51am

re: #400 Decatur Deb

Would a Clarence Thomas/MTG ticket satisfy them?

That assumes Clarence Thomas could be persuaded to leave his post as lifetime dictator of the United States to become the… well… lifetime dictator of the United States.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:40:20am

re: #378 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Why?

Because I think she presents a more professional demeanor.

Thanks for asking.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:40:46am

In our house, all Thin Mints and Little Debbie Nutty Bars live in the freezer. They also have very short lifespans.

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dat_said  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:43:38am

Yahoo News: German bishops: far-right politics incompatible with Christian values

Germany’s Catholic bishops on Thursday urged the faithful to oppose rising far-right nationalism, calling such politics opposed to the fundamental beliefs of Christianity.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:43:56am

LOLOLOL!
Taters and Greens

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:44:34am

re: #379 Mattand

Republicans: Our POTUS nominee is a rapist, indicted 91 times, engaged in real estate fraud to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and fucking tried to murder his VP and Congress to stay in power.

Sounds good!

Democrats: The current POTUS is responsible for leading one of the best US economies in history, is standing with NATO and against Russian imperialism, and actually got people vaccinated against COVID-19.

But he’s old, so fucking throw his ass out. All Democrats are the same and in no way will that backfire. And get rid of the Black chick while we’re at it.

Jesus Effing Christ, dude…

Nope. Don’t throw Biden out. He’s the best there is to repair the place we found ourselves in after DJT.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:44:38am

re: #403 Semper Fi

Because I think she presents a more professional demeanor.

WTAF

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:45:02am

re: #395 danarchy

Lifetime pension for essentially a no show job…I’ll take it. I mean you can go for months at a time not knowing what the VP is up to.

My dogs would hate it if I had Kamala’s travel schedule.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:45:03am

re: #404 Dave In Austin

In our house, all Thin Mints and Little Debbie Nutty Bars live in the freezer. They also have very short lifespans.

That’s like talking about heroin in front of a recovering junkie. *twitch*

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:49:17am

The Trump rescue Go Fund Me scam is approaching $1M, from 17.2K donors, but slowing.

Addendum by the originator:

My lawyers are diligently working to ensure the funds are utilized properly.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:49:21am

Mastodon

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Mattand  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:49:25am

re: #407 Semper Fi

Nope. Don’t throw Biden out. He’s the best there is to repair the place we found ourselves in after DJT.

But you’re still on the “Dump the Black woman, despite the fact Black women are a major backbone of the Democratic party” train?

A person saying they want to keep Biden and dump Harris isn’t the clever compromise they might think it is.

I’m still waiting for the evidence that Harris has been this major fuck up who needs to go ASAP.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:50:22am

re: #406 Dave In Austin

“One the most exclusive social clubs in the world”

AH, so she admits that MAL:

1. is not meant to store our nation’s top secret and classified documents.
2. is highly elitist….something the MAGA Nazi claim to hate.
3. is not for the average working person, someone Dotard claims to represent.

10-4

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:50:22am

re: #319 Semper Fi

How is age an issue for President Biden but not for Trump? Any Democrat/progressive who is pushing the “Biden is too old” nonsense should be ignored and treated as a troll.

President Biden’s accomplishments show that he is more than able to serve the American people.
As to VP Harris, what has she not done that other VPs have done? VPs don’t do much beyond supporting the President and representing the administration in various functions. Can we please stop downing VP Harris? She doesn’t have a separate agenda from President Biden and she’s doing a good job supporting and representing him.
Screed over.

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darthstar  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:50:26am

re: #411 Decatur Deb

The Trump rescue Go Fund Me scam is approaching $1M, from 17.2K donors, but slowing.

Addendum by the originator:

My lawyers are diligently figuring out how much I can skim off the top without raising suspicion.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:53:46am

Oh no!

You’ll never guess who’s on the list!

Celebrities Who Are Secretly Being Controlled By Satan

theonion.com

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:54:44am

re: #411 Decatur Deb

I thought Trump was a billionaire. He’s been saying that he is for years now. Why would anyone have to donate $$$ to a billionaire? His sheeple are such idiots that it’s almost unbelievable.

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:57:22am

re: #406 Dave In Austin

LOLOLOL!
Taters and Greens

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1. Then tfg should have no problem paying the judgment
And
2. Mal should be taxed accordingly

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Mattand  Feb 22, 2024 • 10:57:33am

I’m geniunely not trying to pile on, but this “Dismantle the current Dem POTUS ticket for the good of the country” is just fucking stupid. There’s an article over at AV Club about Jon Stewart’s ratings, and the comments are chock full of guys who are fucking clueless about what both siding is.

And a lot of that is being driven by the idea that Biden has to step down because of Oldgate and that any old Democrat will swoop right in and beat Trump without trying.

Forget the fact that Biden’s the only Democrat who beats Trump in polls.

Forget that fact that the fucking idiots out there who are undecided will inevitably go “Wow, the Dems caved on their guy even though we asked that we get rid of him. They can’t be trusted, let’s go with the wannabe dictator.”

I keep coming back to Clinton’s “It’s the economy, stupid” comment. Now it’s apparently, “It’s the economy, stupid, unless you’re old.”

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danarchy  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:00:51am

If Mar-A-Lago is worth a billion dollars, Trump should sell it to pay off his penalty and he could also prove the judge was wrong. Would be a big PR win for him…you know if he could actually sell Mar-A-Lago for a billion like he says.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:00:56am

re: #420 Mattand

No, I think now we’re at: “it’s the Republicans, stupid.”

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:01:03am

re: #413 Mattand

But you’re still on the “Dump the Black woman, despite the fact Black women are a major backbone of the Democratic party” train?

A person saying they want to keep Biden and dump Harris isn’t the clever compromise they might think it is.

I’m still waiting for the evidence that Harris has been this major fuck up who needs to go ASAP.

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:01:43am

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

???? What?

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:02:11am

re: #408 Vicious Babushka

WTAF

(see my #423)

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:02:22am

re: #421 danarchy

If Mar-A-Lago is worth a billion dollars, Trump should sell it to pay off his penalty and he could also prove the jusdge was wrong. Would be a big PR win for him…you know if he could actually sell Mar-A-Lago for a billion like he says.

He could probably get $300 million for it, maybe $350 million tops. Still wouldn’t be enough to cover the judgement.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:02:55am

re: #423 Semper Fi

I know you’re one of the OG lizards and have been part of this site for almost 20 years, so I’m not gonna downding you.

But I do respectfully disagree with you about Kamala Harris.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:03:37am

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

You can get used to that. It will be beneficial if you do. (It’s not just the vice presidency getting girlified.)

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:03:46am
Pharmacies all over the country are experiencing delays in prescription orders due to a cyberattack on one of the biggest healthcare technology companies in the nation, Change Healthcare.

Change Healthcare first noticed the “cyber security issue” affecting its networks on Wednesday morning on the East Coast.

It comes amid a major cell outage which has affected millions of customers across the country, crippling 911 services and leaving customers without reception on the biggest networks. That outage may have been caused by “human error”, according to one expert, but a “solar flare” has also been cited as a possible explanation for the cell problems.

the-express.com

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:05:09am

re: #411 Decatur Deb

The Trump rescue Go Fund Me scam is approaching $1M, from 17.2K donors, but slowing.

Addendum by the originator:

Disgraced former Navy doc, Ronny Jackkkson (R-Nazi), continues to suck off Dear Leader?

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Dangerman  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:05:13am

This is not heading to any good place

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:06:07am

re: #404 Dave In Austin

In our house, all Thin Mints and Little Debbie Nutty Bars live in the freezer. They also have very short lifespans.

We put out After Eight dinner mints in the freezer as well.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:06:31am

re: #415 Patricia Kayden

How is age an issue for President Biden but not for Trump? Any Democrat/progressive who is pushing the “Biden is too old” nonsense should be ignored and treated as a troll.

President Biden’s accomplishments show that he is more than able to serve the American people.
As to VP Harris, what has she not done that other VPs have done? VPs don’t do much beyond supporting the President and representing the administration in various functions. Can we please stop downing VP Harris? She doesn’t have a separate agenda from President Biden and she’s doing a good job supporting and representing him.
Screed over.

To me, age is not an issue. I think it’s about the only ammunition the R’s have.

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danarchy  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:07:02am

re: #426 Dr Lizardo

He could probably get $300 million for it, maybe $350 million tops. Still wouldn’t be enough to cover the judgement.

Even that could be a win for him, part of the judges ruling was based on an 18 million dollar valuation of Mar-a-lago.

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:07:15am

The talk of replacing VP Harris seems rather silly to me, since I don’t think she takes shit from anyone, and President Biden and herself call the shots. I believe she would have input on that.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:07:25am

re: #430 Dr. Matt

Check line 2 “Be a donor for Elena Cardone”.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:08:46am

re: #428 wrenchwench

You can get used to that. It will be beneficial if you do. (It’s not just the vice presidency getting girlified.)

Something I’m not accustomed to I guess.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:09:14am

re: #434 danarchy

Even that could be a win for him, part of the judges ruling was based on an 18 million dollar valuation of Mar-a-lago.

I think Trump would rather place his dong in the hand of a scissors-wielding lunatic than have to give up Mar-a-Lago.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:09:20am

re: #433 Semper Fi

To me, age is not an issue. I think it’s about the only ammunition the R’s have.

In a nutshell, not just the GOP but the media have to “balance” the race because they do not want to outright admit that one party is a dumpster fire led by a narcissist rapist fraudster shoe scammer.

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jeffreyw  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:09:54am

re: #332 Joe Bacon ✅

Awwwwwww! That’s so sad, Crackhead Mike!

‘I have $10K to my name’: Mike Lindell bellyaches after he’s hit with $5M judgment

“We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys, Lindell told CBS News. “MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”

So set up that GiveFundGo account Crackhead!

rawstory.com

He sold a fuck ton of factory equipment last summer. k-bid.com

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:10:44am

re: #437 Semper Fi

Something I’m not accustomed to I guess.

And when you get accustomed, it will change again.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:10:51am

Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party’s candidate for President in 2024. Kamala Harris WILL be his running mate.

End of story. Fini! Full stop.

Y’all just move on now there nothing to see here.

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Interesting Times  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:10:55am

re: #428 wrenchwench

You can get used to that. It will be beneficial if you do. (It’s not just the vice presidency getting girlified.)

Ever heard a male candidate described as “too boyish”?

I’m also reminded of Timothy Synder’s admonition “Do not obey in advance” with respect to fascists or wannabe-fascists - this means trying to anticipate what would offend them and surrendering to what you think they want before they even ask/demand. There’s a similar dynamic going on with people trying to anticipate what certain voters won’t accept - “Oh noes, swing voters would never go for Kamala so let’s get rid of her.”

I’d say the people who feel that negatively toward VP Harris - i.e. they’d never vote for Biden because of her - are trumpers anyway, so screw trying to figure out what they want or worse, giving in to it.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:12:25am

re: #436 Decatur Deb

Check line 2 “Be a donor for Elena Cardone”.

Clearly the maga crowd is living up to their single digit IQs and NOT reading the fine print.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:12:33am
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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:12:49am

re: #431 Dangerman

This is not heading to any good place

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:15:24am

re: #382 ipsos

Ol’ Nelson had better things to do with his time, or better mistresses to do with whatever time he had remaining, which was only about three years at that point anyway.

Look, the point is, he died happy, albeit with a woman who wasn’t Happy.

(I had a great time showing my teenage son around the state capitol and all the things named for Nelson, while recounting the bawdy tale of his exit from this earth.)

Compare and Contrast—Two Rich Guy Politico Sex Scandals

The woman involved, Megan Marshack was 25 at the time of Rockefeller’s death, and is only now as old as he was when he died. Unlike, say, Stormy Daniels, she was neither a sex worker nor a “model/actress,” but a genuinely qualified and competent political assistant. She went on to a career as a news writer, married another journalist, and apparently lives in Southern California.
If Trump died during sex, I would wonder what he had done to piss off Putin.

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:16:57am

Moon 2-22-24 From David Branchflower

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:17:14am

re: #443 Interesting Times

Ever heard a male candidate described as “too boyish”?

Yes, JFK.

I’m also reminded of Timothy Synder’s admonition “Do not obey in advance” with respect to fascists or wannabe-fascists - this means trying to anticipate what would offend them and surrendering to what you think they want before they even outright ask/demand. There’s a similar dynamic going on with people trying to anticipate what certain voters won’t accept - “Oh noes, swing voters would never go for Kamala so let’s get rid of her.”

I’d say the people who feel that negatively toward VP Harris - i.e. they’d never vote for Biden because of her - are trumpers anyway, so screw trying to figure out what they want or worse, giving in to it.

People are complicated. Think and talk twice before quitting on a voter.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:18:29am

re: #448 Randall Gross

Moon 2-22-24 From David Branchflower

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Biggest movie set ever.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:19:14am

re: #448 Randall Gross

Moon 2-22-24 From David Branchflower

[Embedded content]

The lander descent should be about an hour from now.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:19:20am

re: #427 Eclectic Cyborg

I know you’re one of the OG lizards and have been part of this site for almost 20 years, so I’m not gonna downding you.

But I do respectfully disagree with you about Kamala Harris.

re: #439 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In a nutshell, not just the GOP but the media have to “balance” the race because they do not want to outright admit that one party is a dumpster fire led by a narcissist rapist fraudster shoe scammer.

In my thinking the dumpster fire will get millions of votes. That’s concerning because of the importance of this election.

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JC1  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:19:33am

re: #324 gwangung

So you do want to kick black women in the teeth.

She’s actually very popular in non-black segments of the Democratic coalition, as well.

Why do you have a problem with black women?

She’s a horrible candidate, and it’s not because of her race and gender.
If she were a white dude with her history, would you still support?

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JC1  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:22:19am

re: #388 KGxvi

As I’ve said many, many, many times… I have never understood the appeal of the Vice Presidency. The only upside is that you’ll probably be the frontrunner in a future presidential race. Otherwise, you have no real autonomy, your approval rating is tied to the president, and it just seems like a shit job at the end of the day.

6? Presidents died in office. Decent chance of promotion.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:22:27am

re: #447 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

From the link:

Conservatives could hardly contain their glee at Rockefeller’s demise and the embarrassing circumstances. They considered it the death knell of liberal Republicanism. And it pretty much was. It took a while, but the species Rockefeller represented is now as extinct as the dodo. Even today a Google search of Rockefeller’s death will turn up dozens of right wing web sites still gloating and many consigning their old foe to eternal damnation. These folks never give up a grudge. [emphasis added]

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:23:01am

Pedo-Faced

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EPR-radar  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:23:44am

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

I suggest you quit while you are behind.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:24:20am

re: #450 Dr. Matt

Biggest movie set ever.

/////

Like the old joke goes, Stanley Kubrick was such a notorious perfectionist, he insisted that 2001: A Space Odyssey be filmed on location.

Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:24:27am

re: #453 JC1

She’s a horrible candidate, and it’s not because of her race and gender.
If she were a white dude with her history, would you still support?

Heh.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:26:24am

re: #332 Joe Bacon ✅

Who knew that throwing yourself into the fiery furnace of election denial would cost you your company which consists of overpriced, lumpy pillows? I’ll hunt down my tiny violin for Mikey.

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Randall Gross  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:26:49am

bsky.app
AP Direct link
apnews.com

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:27:01am

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

I have never seen her wear a dress.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:28:52am

re: #454 JC1

6? Presidents died in office. Decent chance of promotion.

Eight VPs have succeeded to the Presidency.

Seven Presidents died in office:
W.H. Harrison (succeeded by Tyler)
Lincoln (succeeded by Andrew Johnson)
Garfield (succeeded by Chester Arthur)
McKinley (succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt)
Harding (succeeded by Coolidge)
Franklin Roosevelt (succeeded by Truman)
Kennedy (succeeded by Lyndon Johnson)
plus Nixon’s resignation (succeeded by Ford)

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piratedan  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:28:53am

Since Dems are a broad coalition, more or less based on a consensus of sanity and fairness, I see VP Harris as a reflection of us. Accomplished woman of color, who’s had to succeed on an uneven playing field. She’s a strength to the ticket, not a weakness. It demonstrates that Dems mean what they say, its an inclusive party that is looking forward to present opportunity to everyone, no limits based on age, gender, creed… y’know the self-professed American ideals.

the fact that sooooo many people want a change is illustration of at least two things …
there’s still a great deal of misogyny out there and that her effectiveness and competency also scare the absolute crap of a lot of people.

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ckkatz  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:29:08am

*Disclaimer*
First the disclaimer: I was and am for Kamala Harris as the nominee for Biden’s VP. I find her as professional, highly competent, and effective.

Something to consider regarding this debate. Objections regarding Kamala Harris are going to surface, not only among friends like Semper Fi, who is afaict, going to vote for the Biden 2024 ticket.

But they are also going to surface among voters we want/need to convince to vote Biden in 2024. We need to have good and convincing reasons why they should vote Biden 2024.

I suspect screaming at them is probably not a good way to convince them of the value of the Biden ticket.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:29:29am

gofundme.com

If you feel so inclined……

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:29:34am

re: #456 Dave In Austin

No Drag Queens

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:31:03am

re: #465 ckkatz

*Disclaimer*
First the disclaimer: I was and am for Kamala Harris as the nominee for Biden’s VP. I find her as professional, highly competent, and effective.

Something to consider regarding this debate. Objections regarding Kamala Harris are going to surface, not only among friends like Semper Fi, who is afaict, going to vote for the Biden 2024 ticket.

But they are also going to surface among voters we want/need to convince to vote Biden in 2024. We need to have good and convincing reasons why they should vote Biden 2024.

I suspect screaming at them is probably not a good way to convince them of the value of the Biden ticket.

I find that yelling things like “you racist piece of crap” to be very effective. No, wait… the other thing. It makes people angry, so they dig in deeper.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:31:37am

re: #467 Patricia Kayden

No Drag Queens

Is there ever?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:31:52am

re: #462 Vicious Babushka

I have never seen her wear a dress.

She has, on occasion.

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sagehen  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:32:04am

re: #454 JC1

6? Presidents died in office. Decent chance of promotion.

I tried to remember without looking it up.

Lincoln
Harrison
McKinley
FDR
JFK

so now I went to look it up, and…

Taylor
Garfield
Harding

so that’s 8 out of 46.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:32:16am

re: #462 Vicious Babushka

I have never seen her wear a dress.

She’s a pretty woman anyway.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:32:33am

re: #465 ckkatz

Why would anyone object to Harris though? She’s the VP. She has a limited role in the Biden administration and so far, I’m not aware of any scandalous conduct on her part. Why are we even discussing her? Replacing her with a White woman for no good reason is a nonstarter.

Can we please talk about defeating Trump and whichever sycophant he picks as his VP? Focus!!

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:33:11am

re: #471 sagehen

I tried to remember without looking it up.

Lincoln
Harrison
McKinley
FDR
JFK

so now I went to look it up, and…

Taylor
Garfield
Harding

so that’s 8 out of 46.

I completely forgot about Taylor (as many people have, tbh)

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:33:28am

re: #466 Dr. Matt

gofundme.com

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If you feel so inclined……

It’s funnier to let it keep rolling, and that’s money that won’t get donated to viable Republican candidates.
$960,440 raised of $355,000,000 goal.

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:34:47am

re: #475 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

It’s funnier to let it keep rolling, and that’s money that won’t get donated to viable Republican candidates.
$960,440 raised of $355,000,000 goal.

Keep on truckin’, there, sluggers. You’ll be there in *checks notes* seven years. And you still haven’t covered the pre-judgment interest. And there’ll be even MORE interest due on top of that when you do get there. So, knock yourselves out.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:34:48am

re: #468 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

But some people are racist pieces of crap and should be told so.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:35:47am

Off to ride the hamster bike. I’m in a new game of Civ4—the last one lasted for 31 hours. That means the game kept me on the bike for a bit more than a month. (I lost of course, but survived to endgame at Emperor level.)

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ckkatz  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:36:07am

re: #473 Patricia Kayden

Why would anyone object to Harris though? She’s the VP. She has a limited role in the Biden administration and so far, I’m not aware of any scandalous conduct on her part. Why are we even discussing her? Replacing her with a White woman for no good reason is a nonstarter.

Can we please talk about defeating Trump and whichever sycophant he picks as his VP? Focus!!

This is a critical part of the argument.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:36:32am

re: #477 Patricia Kayden

But some people are racist pieces of crap and should be told so.

As long as you’re not trying to win them over, that’s fine.

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KGxvi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:37:05am

re: #393 wrenchwench

If Biden called you to serve… not just a little appeal?

in this hypothetical, am I a politician, or just the person I am?

If I’m thinking as a politician and looking at my future career, I’d probably pass. You can build a better resume as a governor, Senator, or even as a Rep in the House.

If I’m not a politician (which, so far, at least, I am not), then it might be appealing as a short cut to the political career.

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:37:26am

re: #464 piratedan

Since Dems are a broad coalition, more or less based on a consensus of sanity and fairness, I see VP Harris as a reflection of us. Accomplished woman of color, who’s had to succeed on an uneven playing field. She’s a strength to the ticket, not a weakness. It demonstrates that Dems mean what they say, its an inclusive party that is looking forward to present opportunity to everyone, no limits based on age, gender, creed… y’know the self-professed American ideals.

the fact that sooooo many people want a change is illustration of at least two things …
there’s still a great deal of misogyny out there and that her effectiveness and competency also scare the absolute crap of a lot of people.

I like what you said.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:38:15am

re: #472 Semper Fi

She’s a pretty woman anyway.

Nobody ever says that about a male candidate, except for Ben Garrison.

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Nerdy Fish  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:38:39am

re: #472 Semper Fi

She’s a pretty woman anyway.

Not that that’s at all relevant to being a qualified candidate for Vice President. Sure, she’s attractive, but so was Barack Obama (even I admit that man was/is very handsome), and he did better than fine.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:39:22am

Chester A. Arthur. That’s who Trump wants to be! Two terms, with a term off in between.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:43:11am

re: #481 KGxvi

in this hypothetical, am I a politician, or just the person I am?

If I’m thinking as a politician and looking at my future career, I’d probably pass. You can build a better resume as a governor, Senator, or even as a Rep in the House.

If I’m not a politician (which, so far, at least, I am not), then it might be appealing as a short cut to the political career.

The latter. You don’t have AT&T, do you? Well, I’m sure the president can get through…

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:43:34am

Mega #MagaTroll indeed…
Fuck! We all know the depths of this one.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:44:14am

re: #487 Dave In Austin

Joe has said it. He is correct.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:45:22am

re: #488 PhillyPretzel ✅

Joe has said it. He is correct.

I wonder whether it would bother Trump more if we said he was second worst.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:45:36am

re: #487 Dave In Austin

I’m glad Dems are finally taking the gloves off.

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ckkatz  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:45:58am

Lawrence O’Donnell on the Wednesday night show presented what I found, an excellent set of arguments against the stenographers who are loudly saying that Biden and Harris ought to be replaced.

Among his points, the polls that show Harris 7 points ahead of Democratic alternatives.

(My conclusion is that these goons just want to sow dissension among Democrats. They don’t wish Newsom well. And Newsom has made clear, by word and action, that he supports Biden and Harris.)

28 minutes long.

MSNBC: Lawrence on what they don’t tell you about the Dump Biden ‘fantasy’

Eta - For some reason the video is starting some 21 minutes into the session. Please reset the video to the beginning. Meanwhile I am dorking around trying to figure out how fix the url. If I do figure it out, I will edit the link.

Eta(2) - The time length may be internal to the current browser running on my system only. Dunno… Off to cogitate upon this mystery.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:46:08am

re: #487 Dave In Austin

Mega #MagaTroll indeed…
Fuck! We all know the depths of this one.

[Embedded content]

Unfortunately, the fuckups that he uses to place himself above the law imagine that he’s the greatest President ever, just because he gave them attention and says the stupid things Republicans taught them to think.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:48:44am

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Joe Bacon ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:51:02am

Awwwww what a bummer!

Judge issues terse rejection of Trump’s demand to pause $355M fine payment

rawstory.com

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:51:05am

re: #484 Nerdy Fish

Not that that’s at all relevant to being a qualified candidate for Vice President. Sure, she’s attractive, but so was Barack Obama (even I admit that man was/is very handsome), and he did better than fine.

Barrack Obama blew everyone away. Sometime about the beginning of his first year in office I regretted my vote for McCain.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:51:24am

re: #493 Dave In Austin

They are not showing DT what I want to see but I am not going any further.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:52:08am

re: #493 Dave In Austin

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The OK from Nixon is a nice touch.

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EPR-radar  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:53:10am

re: #485 wrenchwench

Chester A. Arthur. That’s who Trump wants to be! Two terms, with a term off in between.

That’s Grover Cleveland, IIRC.

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wrenchwench  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:56:35am

re: #498 EPR-radar

That’s Grover Cleveland, IIRC.

You are correct.

I don’t want to blame the streets, but I’m going to. We have only one Cleveland Ave., but there’s Arthur Ave. and Arthur Place, and I didn’t check. Thanks.

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Jay C  Feb 22, 2024 • 11:59:07am

re: #485 wrenchwench

Chester A. Arthur. That’s who Trump wants to be! Two terms, with a term off in between.

Grover Cleveland, but who’s counting?

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:00:15pm

re: #487 Dave In Austin

Mega #MagaTroll indeed…
Fuck! We all know the depths of this one.

[Embedded content]

Daaaaaaamn. Dark Brandon is going all in. AMEN!

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Semper Fi  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:00:28pm

Lunch time for me may even nap.

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Unabogie  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:02:18pm

re: #421 danarchy

If Mar-A-Lago is worth a billion dollars, Trump should sell it to pay off his penalty and he could also prove the judge was wrong. Would be a big PR win for him…you know if he could actually sell Mar-A-Lago for a billion like he says.

If he did sell off that dump for 200x what it’s actually worth then that would be an in-kind contribution and completely illegal. Not saying Donnie wouldn’t try that, but it would still be a bribe.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:04:52pm

Video of MAGAt loser that paid $9,000 for $20 Dotard shoes:

youtube.com

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:05:22pm

re: #501 Dr. Matt

Daaaaaaamn. Dark Brandon is going all in. AMEN!

You know how some people, the older they get, the less they fear how people will react to what they say? It works in our favor this time.

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ckkatz  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:05:52pm

re: #497 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

The OK from Nixon is a nice touch.

Heh, I had not noticed that. It is indeed a nice touch.

Apparently there are a bunch of different culturally assigned meanings and of course, remember the trolls mis-using it for White power as well as the 3% militia using it.

adl.org

And in some cultures it is reportedly vulgar and offensive.

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Belafon  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:06:00pm

Harris has also already been president temporarily and the world didn’t end.

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Jay C  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:08:55pm

re: #507 Belafon

Harris has also already been president temporarily and the world didn’t end.

Ah, yes: the infamous Colonoscopy Interregnum….

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Mattand  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:21:52pm

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

I think I see the problem; your calendars all say “1924” rather than “2024”.

I usually get my ass handed to me when I criticize long time members here, that is not only misogynist, it’s fucking stupid.

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CleverToad  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:44:39pm

re: #452 Semper Fi

In my thinking the dumpster fire will get millions of votes. That’s concerning because of the importance of this election.

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

Okay, now that I’ve simmered down from the initial reaction to ‘girly’, and also acknowledging the importance of this election and the frustration of dealing with the horse-race press:
— what behavior from the VP gives you that impression?
— what evidence/counter-view from other Democrats might make you change your mind?
— what arguments do you think might sway other voters in your age range/ demographic/ neighborhood (whether physical or cyber-reach)?

We need every vote we can get, and every lever we can use to persuade the people who aren’t paying attention yet.

EDIT TO ADD: ckkatz said it better in #465
serves me right for not getting through the whole thread again…

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TedStriker  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:51:54pm

re: #423 Semper Fi

There is none. I just think (I’m ashamed to say) she’s a little too girly.

What. The. Fuck?!?

Seriously?

I could understand opposition to VP Harris on things that she actually did when she was the SF DA, CA AG, or Senator, but “girly” is a pretty damn shallow (and, frankly, misogynistic) “reason”. She’s shown herself to be a competent VPOTUS, as much as the modern job duties allow.

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Vicious Babushka  Feb 22, 2024 • 12:59:40pm

...

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austin_blue  Feb 22, 2024 • 2:19:18pm

…

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BadgerB  Feb 22, 2024 • 7:29:46pm

re: #404 Dave In Austin

In our house, all Thin Mints and Little Debbie Nutty Bars live in the freezer. They also have very short lifespans.

As would I if someone left me to live in the freezer.


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