The Bob Cesca Interview: Tara Dublin Day

Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Tara Dublin Day — You might know Tara from her book The Sound of Settling (promotional link) or from her regular appearances on Hal Sparks Megaworldwide or from this show. We covered a heaping pile of topics, including some music talk at the end. But mainly Tara talked me off my disillusionment ledge and made me laugh a lot. So stick around for this extended talk. Meantime, don’t forget to support this podcast by subscribing us at patreon.com/bobcesashow. Music by Powder Pink and Sweet.

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BeenHereAwhile Apr 3, 2024 • 3:08:26pm

Trump’s Tweet of May 3, 2018:

Adam Klasfeld & @Klasfel…•37m
Since the judge just rejected Trump’s motion to exclude evidence on presidential immunity grounds, this tweet remains fair game for prosecutors for now. nycourts.gov
LegacyPDFS/pre…

Adam Klasfeld & @….3/11/24
This is one of Trump’s tweets that his lawyers want to keep from a jury, on the theory of immunity that posting it was an “official act” of his presidency.
It’s a tweet apparently showing
Trump’s knowledge of the system of reimbursements at the center of his criminal charges.

Donald J. Trump © @realDonaldTrump
Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..
6:46 AM - May 3, 2018

darthstar Apr 3, 2024 • 3:10:43pm

re: #1 BeenHereAwhile

Donald J. Trump ©
Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..
6:46 AM - May 3, 2018

I still don’t see how this tweet is any more damning than a lot of other things he said at the time as he was looking to obstruct justice and avoid scrutiny.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 3:13:57pm

Gantz Proposes Elections in Israel in September; Netanyahu: Gov’t Will Continue Until War Goals Met

If Gantz takes his party out of the coalition government, it falls and there will be immediate elections. So Netanyahu insults him. And has his government, through the Energy Minister, also say “if the United States, our greatest friend which I value tremendously, doesn’t completely back Israel - it has nothing to do in the Middle East.”

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 3:22:03pm

Schumer welcomes Gantz’s call for early elections after making same plea himself

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

nines09 Apr 3, 2024 • 3:22:36pm

AI Trump speaks volumes.
NSFW

AI Trump Talks About His E.D.

Romantic Heretic Apr 3, 2024 • 3:23:32pm

From downstairs:

re: #66 BeenHereAwhile

Saw John Stewart talking about this yesterday. The killer was one of the techbros stating that “Ai would increase productivity while decreasing the tax of people.”

JFC.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 3, 2024 • 3:23:42pm

re: #4 silverdolphin

All I know is I really hope if Bibi goes, he goes for good.

Romantic Heretic Apr 3, 2024 • 3:24:36pm

re: #3 silverdolphin

Gantz Proposes Elections in Israel in September; Netanyahu: Gov’t Will Continue Until War Goals Met

Translation: This war will never end.

sizzzzlerz Apr 3, 2024 • 3:28:37pm

re: #6 Romantic Heretic

From downstairs:

Saw John Stewart talking about this yesterday. The killer was one of the techbros stating that “Ai would increase productivity while decreasing the tax of people.”

JFC.

I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned that AI would also cure your chillblains, fix your bad breath, put hair back onto your head, restore some life back into the bedroom, and get your children to clean their rooms.

Jay C Apr 3, 2024 • 3:30:13pm

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

All I know is I really hope if Bibi goes, he goes for good.

Well, since by all accounts, his next stop after the Premiership is likely to be jail, then yeah…

Not sure how smart a move it is to seriously piss off the US Government: I’m guessing Bibi thinks he can pull another number like he did with the Iran nuclear deal, and pitch an appeal directly to the (US) Opposition, flipping the bird to the incumbent Administration all the while. While staking his future on the upcoming election results…

But it’s not so much of sure thing now, IMO.

EPR-radar Apr 3, 2024 • 3:30:58pm

From downstairs:

Chef José Andrés
@chefjoseandres @bird.makeup
The seven angels killed on a @wckitchen mission in Gaza on Monday were the best of humanity.
The Israeli government needs to open more land routes for food and medicine today. It needs to stop killing civilians and aid workers today. It needs to start the long journey to peace today.
You cannot save the hostages by bombing every building in Gaza.
You cannot win this war by starving an entire population.

Bibi disagrees with the bolded part. By now, it is crystal clear that Bibi’s policy in Gaza is to implement a final solution (without being completely obvious about it).

Decatur Deb Apr 3, 2024 • 3:33:05pm

re: #11 EPR-radar

From downstairs:

Bibi disagrees with the bolded part. By now, it is crystal clear that Bibi’s policy in Gaza is to implement a final solution (without being completely obvious about it).

We’re about to build a pier there, for the express purpose of preventing starvation. If it needs anti-aircraft systems, that can happen.

Romantic Heretic Apr 3, 2024 • 3:42:03pm

Again from downstairs:

re: #97 BeenHereAwhile

Chef José Andrés
@chefjoseandres @bird.makeup
The seven angels killed on a @wckitchen mission in Gaza on Monday were the best of humanity.
The Israeli government needs to open more land routes for food and medicine today. It needs to stop killing civilians and aid workers today. It needs to start the long journey to peace today.
You cannot save the hostages by bombing every building in Gaza.
You cannot win this war by starving an entire population.

The point of this war is that Bibi and his cronies stay in power, Chef Andrés.

If any hostages are freed, Bibi will accept that. But he doesn’t regard it as a necessary condition for him staying out of jail.

As long as this war goes on Bibi will be in power. That’s the whole point of this.

He’ll be cool if the Palestinians are driven out of Gaza or all in the ground but that’s secondary.

Must read this book again. Current events in Israel keep reminding me of it. At Any Price

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 3:52:26pm

Hey, looks like lots of Apple Services have gone down hard in the last 20 minutes.

This happened right in the middle of watching The Godfather, free this month on Apple TV+. Can watch other streaming stuff so switched to the Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce on Max

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 3:55:10pm

re: #14 silverdolphin

And this is why I have downloaded my favorite movies and TV shows to my iPad.

Dangerman Apr 3, 2024 • 3:59:20pm

i hate these two weeks of the work year

i am not overworked/overloaded

i hate when otherwise nice people get whiny all of a sudden
and cant do the simplest thing (like open their mail)
and expect that i should do it for them (cause i have nothing else to do)
and of course expect that i dont bill the time and eat it

oh, and dont get me started on software and how it’s ‘supposed’ to work vs how it actually doesnt

ah me. it’ll soon be over…

(rant off)

A Cranky One Apr 3, 2024 • 4:01:29pm

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 3, 2024 • 4:02:28pm

As tornadoes threaten around parts of lizardland, though it appropriate to note that it’s the 50th anniversary of The Super Tornado Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974.

I managed to drive my Honda Civic right smack into the east side of the F5 tornado on Rt 50 in Sayler Park, Ohio, pulled up in the air, and emerging on the west side of the tornado unscathed. Actually landed quite gently back on the pavement on Rt 50 in the correct lane and direction.

wrenchwench Apr 3, 2024 • 4:02:37pm

re: #16 Dangerman

breathe, smile, and there was another one….

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 4:03:36pm

re: #15 PhillyPretzel ✅

And this is why I have downloaded my favorite movies and TV shows to my iPad.

One of the nice things Apple TV+ has been doing is licensing some really good movies each month for free. But you cannot download them as they are normally for sale only. So was looking forward to this and a slew of others. Oh well.

A Cranky One Apr 3, 2024 • 4:03:45pm

Eventual Carrion Apr 3, 2024 • 4:09:42pm

A Perfect! Connections

I just got around to playing it

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Apr 3, 2024 • 4:10:51pm

If José Andrés and World Central Kitchen don’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel committee should abolish it because it is worthless.
Pelosi, DeLauro, McGovern Nominate José Andrés, World Central Kitchen for Nobel Peace Prize

EstebanTornado1963 Apr 3, 2024 • 4:12:11pm

So did some people try and do a half ass hostile takeover of Disney? 😂

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 4:12:27pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I agree. Chef Jose Andres deserves the Nobel Peace prize.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 3, 2024 • 4:12:39pm

re: #18 Backwoods Sleuth

As tornadoes threaten around parts of lizardland, though it appropriate to note that it’s the 50th anniversary of The Super Tornado Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974.

I managed to drive my Honda Civic right smack into the east side of the F5 tornado on Rt 50 in Sayler Park, Ohio, pulled up in the air, and emerging on the west side of the tornado unscathed. Actually landed quite gently back on the pavement on Rt 50 in the correct lane and direction.

Holy cow! How far off the ground were you lifted?

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 4:13:40pm

re: #24 EstebanTornado1963

Yes. The Associated Press mentioned it as one of the news stories they “alert” me to.

jaunte Apr 3, 2024 • 4:17:37pm

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
*
16m
Now *this* one seems like a violation of the gag order

ckkatz Apr 3, 2024 • 4:24:12pm

Interesting local saga.

You may remember that I have commented several times about the efforts by MAGAts to stir up culture wars in Loudon County, Virginia over the past few elections. It worked well enough to help get Youngkin elected as Virginia Governor in 2022. Fortunately Biden did carry the State in 2020 (By 10 points iirc!).

The Town of Herndon is officially in Fairfax County. However, parts of it are actually in neighboring Loudon County. And there is a contingent of MAGAts in the town. Who view Fairfax County as an evil commie zone. Including a few in various city government positions.

Anywho…
The head of the Fairfax County Police Academy is proudly of Chinese ancestry. For fun, he apparently signs Fairfax Police Academy graduate diplomas using his Chinese signature.

Well, the City of Herndon Chief of Police decided to kick up a fuss when she saw that the three recent department graduates had Chinese signatures on their diplomas. She declared that the diplomas were unacceptable and that she didn’t want Herndon officers to receive these.

Things turned out a bit differently, though…

Washington Post Gift Article: Fairfax police academy bars Herndon officers in dispute over Chinese signature

When 61 law enforcement trainees graduated last month from Fairfax County’s Criminal Justice Training Academy, including county police officers and some from smaller departments in Fairfax, each received a certificate signed by the academy’s director, county police Maj. Wilson Lee, who is Chinese American.

Lee, whose given name is Lee Wai-Shun, signed the certificates in Chinese, as he typically does. Among those who received certificates March 7 were three new officers from the Herndon town police force — the first trainees from that department to attend the academy since Lee took command more than a year ago. When Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard noticed the Chinese signature shortly before the graduation ceremony, she was not pleased.

“This is not acceptable for my agency,” she told Lee in an email. “I don’t want our Herndon officers to receive these.”

Not only did Fairfax County refuse to issue new certificates as DeBoard requested, but a top Fairfax official also has notified DeBoard that Herndon police trainees will no longer be welcome at the academy.

*snip*

Hecuba's daughter Apr 3, 2024 • 4:24:16pm

re: #11 EPR-radar

From downstairs:

Bibi disagrees with the bolded part. By now, it is crystal clear that Bibi’s policy in Gaza is to implement a final solution (without being completely obvious about it).

I have some friends who are very religious (not Orthodox, though). One of them has a son and grandchildren living in Israel. They have always been thoughtful women but after October 7, they changed dramatically. Their attitudes toward Palestinians are the same as ours toward the Germans and Japanese during WWII — no concern about civilian deaths, because they are all guilty.

We are living through very dark times in our nation and our world. Let’s hope we can get through this.

Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 4:26:04pm

App Store and More Down as Apple Services Suffer Widespread Outage - MacRumors

First time this has happened in quite a while. Services still seem to be down 90 minutes after first reported. Can confirm Apple Music and Apple TV no worky.

Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 4:28:23pm

iCloud mail seems to be working.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 3, 2024 • 4:28:29pm

re: #28 jaunte

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
*
16m
Now *this* one seems like a violation of the gag order

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A failed former President quotes a woman who’s so unhinged that she’s been banned from ride share apps for being a raving bigoted crackpot. A woman so stupid that she physically attacked a play in a park when it confused and enraged her.

EstebanTornado1963 Apr 3, 2024 • 4:29:25pm

re: #27 PhillyPretzel ✅

Yes. The Associated Press mentioned it as one of the news stories they “alert” me to.

Yep, some MAGA rich clowns who were against “woke” yada yada something or other.
Fucked it up just like their cult leader.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 4:32:45pm

re: #31 Charles

App Store and More Down as Apple Services Suffer Widespread Outage - MacRumors

First time this has happened in quite a while. Services still seem to be down 90 minutes after first reported. Can confirm Apple Music and Apple TV no worky.

You can check out the outages here.

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 3, 2024 • 4:32:50pm

re: #34 EstebanTornado1963

Yep, some MAGA rich clowns who were against “woke” yada yada something or other.
Fucked it up just like their cult leader.

Literally a dude whose agenda was that it was bad that The Marvels were all women and Black Panther (a massive worldwide success) was all-black.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 3, 2024 • 4:34:10pm

re: #24 EstebanTornado1963

To no one’s surprise:

Elon Musk on Wednesday advocated for Nelson Peltz in the activist investor’s proxy fight with Disney, saying he “should definitely” get a seat on the entertainment giant’s board.

Dangerman Apr 3, 2024 • 4:35:10pm

re: #19 wrenchwench

breathe, smile, and there was another one….

Smile, breathe, and go slowly

Thanks

ckkatz Apr 3, 2024 • 4:35:43pm

re: #31 Charles

App Store and More Down as Apple Services Suffer Widespread Outage - MacRumors

First time this has happened in quite a while. Services still seem to be down 90 minutes after first reported. Can confirm Apple Music and Apple TV no worky.

That is really weird.

It is being reported as “global outage” which implies some centralized issue. The major systems that I worked with tried to decentralize and diversify in order to minimize network downtime. It seemed to me that Apple was one of the smarter players.

Patricia Kayden Apr 3, 2024 • 4:36:01pm

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 4:37:57pm

re: #32 Charles

iCloud mail seems to be working.

As do photos.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 4:42:34pm

re: #42 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

As do photos.

Looks like most of them are things you get in the Apple Bundle (TV+, Fitness, Music, Arcade and the App Stores). Hope our Apple IDs are safe.

Vicious Babushka Apr 3, 2024 • 4:45:53pm

Mastodon

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 4:47:04pm

re: #44 Vicious Babushka

They look delicious.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 4:47:36pm

Looks like most of the Apple stuff is back online and in the green.

Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 4:48:27pm

re: #46 silverdolphin

Looks like most of the Apple stuff is back online and in the green.

Still seeing a lot of outages where I am.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 3, 2024 • 4:51:24pm

PowerBall jackpot is in real money tonight.

Will break my rule of only playing once a month.

It’s only money…

Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 4:54:00pm

Caught up now… most of Apple’s back. Still a few yellow issue indicators.

steve_davis Apr 3, 2024 • 4:56:52pm

re: #49 Charles

Caught up now… most of Apple’s back. Still a few yellow issue indicators.

yeah, I just got done watching episode 10 of The New Look and I was oblivious to all of this. Damn, fashion was just better in the 50’s. The dresses Dior exhibits at the end are actually dresses i would enjoy having a date wear (well, maybe not the one that looked like a wedding dress, but the others were just kind of the absolute epitome of what I would expect a fashionable woman to be wearing in the 50’s.)

jaunte Apr 3, 2024 • 4:57:21pm

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Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 4:58:59pm

I was raised to think it was terrible to wish death on someone so I don’t wish death on Donald Trump. But if his life happens to end before mine I will have a party.

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 3, 2024 • 5:01:31pm

re: #26 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Holy cow! How far off the ground were you lifted?

No idea really, it was very dark, but the steering wheel didn’t do anything, nor the brakes.

It really was like being in The Wizard of Oz, especially when the boat flew by me, followed by the fishing shack.

Charles Apr 3, 2024 • 5:03:02pm

re: #51 jaunte

I admit I’ve never considered the Faraday cage an automotive accessory.

teleskiguy Apr 3, 2024 • 5:05:03pm

Coming soon to your local Phish show parking lot.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 5:06:11pm

re: #52 Charles

I was raised to think it was terrible to wish death on someone so I don’t wish death on Donald Trump. But if his life happens to end before mine I will have a party.

I want to live long enough to see him penniless, where even in death he will own billions. And living hand to mouth in a “shithole” country.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 5:07:15pm

Watching Nova: American Eclipse. Also Nova is 50 years old.

cat-tikvah Apr 3, 2024 • 5:14:45pm

re: #52 Charles

I was raised to think it was terrible to wish death on someone so I don’t wish death on Donald Trump. But if his life happens to end before mine I will have a party.

Not death.
To the pain.

darthstar Apr 3, 2024 • 5:14:47pm

re: #54 Charles

I admit I’ve never considered the Faraday cage an automotive accessory.

I want to get a faraday blanket and throw it over a Tesla so the owners can’t find their car on the app. Freak them the fuck out.

silverdolphin Apr 3, 2024 • 5:15:33pm

War First, Then Annexation: Is Israel Preparing to Permanently Occupy Gaza?

This paragraph was chilling, referring to Netanyahu’s government:

“But the real reason this government wants to keep power is to advance its broad agenda: Inequality by law (Jewish supremacy); theocracy; annexation; gut the welfare state; legitimize corruption. To do these, the government is rapidly consolidating executive power, stacking the public sector with political loyalists and dismantling democratic institutions.”

Pretty much what Trump wants to do also (substitute Christian supremacy for Jewish).

Patricia Kayden Apr 3, 2024 • 5:16:00pm

re: #48 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

PowerBall jackpot is in real money tonight.

Will break my rule of only playing once a month.

It’s only money…

Playing as well. Good luck!!

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 3, 2024 • 5:19:12pm

re: #18 Backwoods Sleuth

As tornadoes threaten around parts of lizardland, though it appropriate to note that it’s the 50th anniversary of The Super Tornado Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974.

I managed to drive my Honda Civic right smack into the east side of the F5 tornado on Rt 50 in Sayler Park, Ohio, pulled up in the air, and emerging on the west side of the tornado unscathed. Actually landed quite gently back on the pavement on Rt 50 in the correct lane and direction.

Dad had to take a team of boilermakers from Shippingport PA to a power station in Ohio for emergency repairs on the 3rd and 4th. They just finished the repair work when those tornadoes started to appear. Dad got in his car and he said he didn’t care how many speeding tickets he got he was getting the F out of there Remember seeing the news covering the tornadoes. I was at Pitt getting ready for the end of the trimester. Mom call me in hysterics she was so scared that Dad was gonna get caught up. While she was on the phone I heard the door open and boy dad said DAMN I got to get to the john. Sure nuff he ran up the steps and I heard him yelp a big ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh and that toilet flush. Yes I heard the flush over the phone…

Today Dad would have been 104.

Been thinking of stuff like this all day Dad.

You’re in a far better place after you crossed the rainbow bridge.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 3, 2024 • 5:26:07pm

re: #53 Backwoods Sleuth

No idea really, it was very dark, but the steering wheel didn’t do anything, nor the brakes.

It really was like being in The Wizard of Oz, especially when the boat flew by me, followed by the fishing shack.

No cow? 😂

I jest because I know you’re alright. That must have been terrifying!!

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 3, 2024 • 5:32:37pm

re: #63 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

No cow? 😂

I jest because I know you’re alright. That must have been terrifying!!

After the first few seconds I realized there was nothing I could do, so I just sat back and watched the show.

retired cynic Apr 3, 2024 • 5:39:42pm

re: #18 Backwoods Sleuth

As tornadoes threaten around parts of lizardland, though it appropriate to note that it’s the 50th anniversary of The Super Tornado Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974.

I managed to drive my Honda Civic right smack into the east side of the F5 tornado on Rt 50 in Sayler Park, Ohio, pulled up in the air, and emerging on the west side of the tornado unscathed. Actually landed quite gently back on the pavement on Rt 50 in the correct lane and direction.

That is absolutely unbelievable! You should have played the lottery after that one!

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 3, 2024 • 5:49:07pm

re: #65 retired cynic

That is absolutely unbelievable! You should have played the lottery after that one!

NWS in Wilmington OH has confirmed 2 EF1 tornadoes yesterday, both in counties neighboring mine, so we pretty much won the weather lottery here in The Backwoods…no tornado, just a couple inches of rain.

JC1 Apr 3, 2024 • 7:00:03pm

re: #54 Charles

I admit I’ve never considered the Faraday cage an automotive accessory.

A car with a metal body is essentially a faraday cage.

Spy Auto

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