James Taylor: "Angels of Fenway"

James Taylor: “Angels of Fenway”

One of the greatest songs ever written about baseball.

James Taylor’s tribute to the @redsox from the 2015 album “Before This World.”

LYRICS
86 summers gone by
Bambino put a hex on the Bean
We were livin’ on a tear and a sigh
In the shadow of the Bronx machine

Man, you could feel it smolder
Whole town had an attitude
Tend to get a little chip on your shoulder
Say something that’s downright rude

Damn them Yankees
Outspending everybody 2 to 1
Picking up on the cream of the crop
Stealing everyone’s favorite son

Angels of Fenway – hear our prayer
We have been chastened
We have been patient

Grandmama was a Fenway fan
Even after grandad died
I still remember her holding my hand
Takin’ me along for the ride
She was born in 1918
Last year that the Red Sox won
Back then when they sold the Babe
Something that they never should have
Ever have done

“Hey Nanna can I have another Coke
Here comes the hot dog man
Look at that! His bat just broke
Gee, that’s got to kill his hand”

Riding home on the Green Line
Watching the town go by
Nanna made another Red Sox fan
‘Til the day I die

That was back in ’65
Doesn’t seem like a long time ago
Grandmama keeping hope alive
Watched them win in ‘004

Oh my god, it was beyond belief
Down 3 needing 4 in a row
Holding on by the skin of our teeth
Like a hungry dog on a bone

Angels of Fenway – give them peace
They have been patient
Red Sox Nation

The whole world held its breath
People got down on their knees
Ready for the sudden death
Praying to heaven for hell to freeze

Nanna watched from her hospital bed
She was there ’til the end of the race
I couldn’t hear the last words she said
But she was lying there with a smile on her face

Just a little smile on her face
Doesn’t feel like a long time ago

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Available now: http://smarturl.it/BeforeThisWorldD2C

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301 comments

sizzzzlerz Apr 20, 2024 • 3:27:31pm

I think my favorite song about baseball would have to be John Fogerty’s Centerfield.

John Fogerty - Centerfield

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 3:36:24pm

The dog knew it was coming 🤭

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 3:42:53pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Why must I be like that?
Why must I chase the cat?

TedStriker Apr 20, 2024 • 3:45:36pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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Video

I love how the cat was trying to be sneaky by easing into the hit… they knew they were just starting some shit.

CleverToad Apr 20, 2024 • 3:49:17pm

re: #1 sizzzzlerz

I think my favorite song about baseball would have to be John Fogerty’s Centerfield.

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This is still my favorite baseball ballad

A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 20, 2024 • 3:53:50pm

I made cake today:

recipe:
French Apple Cake

Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 large eggs
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled
3/4 c. plus 1 tbsp. granulated sugar, divided
3 tbsp. dark rum
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
3 medium sweet-tart apples (such as Granny Smith or Honeycrisp), peeled, cored, and chopped

Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350° with a rack in the middle position; lightly coat an 8” round cake pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk eggs until foamy. Add melted butter, 3/4 cup sugar, rum, and vanilla and whisk to combine. Add dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until evenly incorporated. Fold in apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
Step 3
Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

BeachDem Apr 20, 2024 • 4:01:53pm

All the updings for Angels of Fenway—not only the song but the video as well. I play it about once a week for smiles. My favorite line is “praying to heaven for hell to freeze ” which so well captures the 2004 Sox/Yankees series.

I tell the tale that my Boston born and raised parents were born in 1919 and died in the late 1980s, so lived their whole lives without seeing a Red Sox world series won

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 20, 2024 • 4:02:53pm

So yesterday Politico echoed my thoughts:

Could a single Trump sympathizer trigger a mistrial? It’s not unheard of.

I guess we will see.

For how long can the jurors be kept safe?

This country is full of nutjobs.

nines09 Apr 20, 2024 • 4:03:29pm

re: #6 Backwoods Sleuth

And where was my invite? Eh?

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 20, 2024 • 4:04:43pm

re: #9 nines09

And where was my invite? Eh?

pull up a seat…

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 4:06:38pm

So the Internet turns out to be good at something after all.

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman.bsky.social) 2024-04-20T20:53:17.547Z

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 20, 2024 • 4:07:10pm

Mastodon

no surprise that my congresscritter Massie is there.

silverdolphin Apr 20, 2024 • 4:07:47pm

re: #8 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So yesterday Politico echoed my thoughts:

Could a single Trump sympathizer trigger a mistrial? It’s not unheard of.

I guess we will see.

For how long can the jurors be kept safe?

This country is full of nutjobs.

Maybe but there are also 5 jurors who are either lawyers or have family members who are lawyers. They might be able to keep the jury from running away. They might also be able to tell a judge that a juror lied to get on the jury and get an alternate to replace.

goddamnedfrank Apr 20, 2024 • 4:11:37pm

A stunning statement from the American Association of University Professors, Barnard and Columbia Chapters.

“We have lost confidence in our president and administration, and we pledge to fight to reclaim our university.”

drive.google.com/file/d/1rciM…

— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) 2024-04-20T21:40:24.519Z

Broad With Sass Apr 20, 2024 • 4:12:12pm

re: #12 Backwoods Sleuth

Posey is mine

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 4:14:48pm

re: #6 Backwoods Sleuth

Oh that cake looks so yummy!

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 20, 2024 • 4:14:54pm

re: #11 teleskiguy

They ripped off this guy.

tiktok.com

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 4:15:23pm

Fun fact—when you die a day or two after eating this, they will be able to pour your liver out of your body at the autopsy.

— Kingfisher & Wombat (@tkingfisher.bsky.social) 2024-04-20T22:33:19.025Z

nines09 Apr 20, 2024 • 4:18:40pm

Kim Wilson and Kid Ramos.
Respect.

The Fabulous Thunderbirds - The hustle is on

And if you ain’t never heard a Fabulous Thunderbirds tune…. well…..

Fabulous Thunderbirds - Powerful Stuff (Jimmie Vaughan)

nines09 Apr 20, 2024 • 4:24:14pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

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They have completed the murder of the internet.
Now comes AI and genocide.

goddamnedfrank Apr 20, 2024 • 4:27:28pm

This is who they are. This is the clique that runs the state. They let Ken Paxton off. They won after Uvalde. Doubt or express all the incredulity you want, but they are not subtle creatures. They don’t care what it costs

— Lord Businessman II (@lordbusinessman.bsky.social) 2024-04-20T22:55:20.814Z

These people have a straight pipeline of sympathetic Judges all the way up to the Supreme Court, they know it, and even anything less than an unqualified loss to them on this is a huge victory and they know it

— Lord Businessman II (@lordbusinessman.bsky.social) 2024-04-20T22:58:04.714Z

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 20, 2024 • 4:28:48pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

The lawsuits will be interesting when AI inevitably gets people killed.

BeachDem Apr 20, 2024 • 4:30:40pm

re: #12 Backwoods Sleuth

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no surprise that my congresscritter Massie is there.

And of the six Republican assholes from SC, only Joe you lie Wilson voted yes.

jaunte Apr 20, 2024 • 4:31:30pm

re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg

The lawsuits will be interesting when AI inevitably gets people killed.

getyarn.io

Cheechako Apr 20, 2024 • 4:32:16pm

This song could have been written about my Nana. Red Sox fan her whole life. Listened to every game on the radio. Made the several trips to Fenway Park every year. Knew all the stats about every player on the roster every year.

Unfortunately she passed away in 1962 and never saw them win the world Series.

BeachDem Apr 20, 2024 • 4:35:54pm

re: #25 Cheechako

This song could have been written about my Nana. Red Sox fan her whole life. Listened to every game on the radio. Made the several trips to Fenway Park every year. Knew all the stats about every player on the roster every year.

Unfortunately she passed away in 1962 and never saw them win the world Series.

Hey, childhood neighbor who I never met—we obviously share some Sox memories. (I’m heading to Beantown Wednesday)

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 4:36:49pm

Baseball stadium song.

3rd Base, Dodger Stadium

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 4:42:21pm

I got a feeling SMELLVIS is farting up a storm during his North Carolina rally today!

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 4:42:55pm

re: #17 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Pretty sure they’re the same guy. Look at his sleeve tattoos. Only difference is the Batman costume.

goddamnedfrank Apr 20, 2024 • 4:44:07pm

Charles, wondering if it’s possible for the Bluesky embed code to also automatically grab the post that is being responded to?

jaunte Apr 20, 2024 • 4:45:07pm

re: #28 Joe Bacon ✅

Trump cancels North Carolina rally due to stormy.
yahoo.com

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 20, 2024 • 4:46:29pm

Even God has had enough of Trump these days.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 4:46:40pm

re: #31 jaunte

Don’t know why
Can’t see Trump
Up there so sly
Stormy Weather…

jaunte Apr 20, 2024 • 4:46:52pm

Unless It’s Raining

goddamnedfrank Apr 20, 2024 • 4:47:19pm

re: #30 goddamnedfrank

Charles, wondering if it’s possible for the Bluesky embed code to also automatically grab the post that is being responded to?

Just realized this could run into privacy setting conflicts if implemented wrong.

Cheechako Apr 20, 2024 • 4:48:17pm

re: #26 BeachDem

Hey, childhood neighbor who I never met—we obviously share some Sox memories. (I’m heading to Beantown Wednesday)

When I was in Jr High, the local Chevy dealer had the Town’s school bus contract. In appreciation, every summer he would buy a block of tickets to a Red Sox game and invite any student who wanted to go to the game. This included parents if they would help usher the kids. He also provided each person with a ticket for a hot dog and soda.

It was always a fun day. I even got to see Ted Williams hit a game winning home run over the Green Monster.

garzooma Apr 20, 2024 • 4:55:36pm

re: #25 Cheechako

This song could have been written about my Nana. Red Sox fan her whole life. Listened to every game on the radio. Made the several trips to Fenway Park every year. Knew all the stats about every player on the roster every year.

Unfortunately she passed away in 1962 and never saw them win the world Series.

There was a thread from sonsofsamhorn.net, “Win It For”, that’s filled with these.

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 4:56:11pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

I’ve said it before:
There are old mushroom hunters,
There are boys mushroom hunters,
There are no old and bold mushroom hunters.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 20, 2024 • 4:57:31pm

re: #38 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

I’ve said it before:
There are old mushroom hunters,
There are boys mushroom hunters,
There are no old and bold mushroom hunters.

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 4:58:33pm

re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg

Touché

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 5:00:57pm

Jason Mraz - Feel Good Too (Official Music Video)

IngisKahn Apr 20, 2024 • 5:06:26pm

re: #38 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

I’ve said it before:
There are old mushroom hunters,
There are boys mushroom hunters,
There are no old and bold mushroom hunters.

You really shouldn’t be hunting for boys mushrooms.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 20, 2024 • 5:07:00pm

re: #29 teleskiguy

Pretty sure they’re the same guy. Look at his sleeve tattoos. Only difference is the Batman costume.

I think I watched that Batman one like 50 times. It cracks me up.

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:12:06pm

goddamnedfrank Apr 20, 2024 • 5:13:03pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

LOL, of course …

nines09 Apr 20, 2024 • 5:14:26pm

Happy 420 on whoa we missed 420 anyway 420 is a date and bejeebus who forgot 420 and who the fuck am I, eh! Eh? Eh? Eh?

A bit and a bite. Wish the quality was better, but oh what the F…

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:15:35pm

Today’s adventures with the chainsaw.

KingKenrod Apr 20, 2024 • 5:16:43pm

Mastodon

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:19:15pm

re: #46 nines09

Happy 420 on whoa we missed 420 anyway 420 is a date and bejeebus who forgot 420 and who the fuck am I, eh! Eh? Eh? Eh?

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There’s a big 420 party at the movie theater in Guerneville tonight. I’m grilling a filet tail and some vegetables in the new BBQ we rescued from the curb because our new neighbor doesn’t use the housewarming gift left by our previous neighbors.

Now I don’t have to buy one! I’m stoked. Not stoned…didn’t bring that up.

jeffreyw Apr 20, 2024 • 5:19:34pm

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:21:25pm

I have had a lovely and somewhat productive day…the only thing that could make it better is knowing that Trump is so butt-hurt by his legal woes that he isn’t even going out on the campaign trail.

Dangerman Apr 20, 2024 • 5:22:56pm

WATCH: Sen. Ossoff on Donald Trump killing bipartisan border security bill pic.twitter.com/DSQe11oe3j

— Ossoff’s Office (@SenOssoff) April 18, 2024

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:23:07pm

re: #50 jeffreyw

What the fuck happened to Charlie?
He’s dead, Jake.
Dead? How?
Forget it Jake, it’s China Town.

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 5:26:37pm

re: #27 wrenchwench

Baseball stadium song.

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all time great

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 5:27:20pm

MAGA people are complete fucking dipshits.

The Good Liars at the Greensboro Trump Rally

William Lewis Apr 20, 2024 • 5:27:59pm

re: #50 jeffreyw

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been watching too much Lucifer lately, I was looking at the picture trying to see if any of them had red eyes… ;)

(2 episodes left in season 5. Getting … intense.)

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 5:29:36pm

re: #52 Dangerman

WOW!

First I see Ossoff rip the crap out of DeJoy and now seeing him put Senate Republicans in the meat grinder over killing their own border security bill!

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 5:30:26pm

To be clear, I’m absolutely not pressuring anyone to change their privacy settings, and I understand why some people prefer it that way.

But many artists, musicians, writers, actors, etc. need to reach as many people as possible, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows it affects embedded posts.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-04-21T00:24:21.000Z

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 5:30:37pm

re: #42 IngisKahn

Stupid autocorrect 😹

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 20, 2024 • 5:30:53pm

I need to find this movie to enjoy again after all these years:

Good Morning Vietnam Best Scenes

BeachDem Apr 20, 2024 • 5:33:07pm

re: #36 Cheechako

When I was in Jr High, the local Chevy dealer had the Town’s school bus contract. In appreciation, every summer he would buy a block of tickets to a Red Sox game and invite any student who wanted to go to the game. This included parents if they would help usher the kids. He also provided each person with a ticket for a hot dog and soda.

It was always a fun day. I even got to see Ted Williams hit a game winning home run over the Green Monster.

Good on Shovel Town. We had to get to Fenway on our own.

jeffreyw Apr 20, 2024 • 5:33:47pm

Mastodon

Dangerman Apr 20, 2024 • 5:37:15pm

We’re watching the beautiful game

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 5:42:49pm

re: #62 jeffreyw

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It’s a bunny butt cake.

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 5:43:43pm

I miss the internet that had shit like this in it.

Chris Landreth - Bingo (1998 Film) {480p}

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 5:43:55pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

Since when have we been allowing members of the House Of Lords to tell Americans what they can and cannot say?

jaunte Apr 20, 2024 • 5:54:43pm

chrislandreth.com

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 20, 2024 • 5:55:18pm

re: #66 Lancelot Link Returns!

Since when have we been allowing members of the House Of Lords to tell Americans what they can and cannot say?

Since Christopher Rufo is leading the Republican charge against “woke” and “DEI” with the full assistance from the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press!

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:56:58pm

Turned on the AC today for the first time (now I have a house with AC!) All the windows are open and I”m sure the river will cool the air as the sun drops but jesus it felt hot to me today when it was pushing 80 outside.

Forced Air FTW, btw…will probably end up putting this shit in the mater bedroom before Summer gets into full swing.

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 5:58:22pm

re: #55 teleskiguy

MAGA people are complete fucking dipshits.

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Lazy bastard won’t do any rallies west of EST for the next five months, with maybe one Arizona visit and one or to MI/WI flyovers.

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 6:02:28pm

Mastodon

Cats, too.

Mastodon

HRH Stanley Sea Apr 20, 2024 • 6:04:13pm

re: #12 Backwoods Sleuth

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no surprise that my congresscritter Massie is there.

Just sent response to my rep Russell Fry.

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 6:15:25pm

In case you didn’t know, Marcus King is a total badass.

1960 Gibson Les Paul “Barn Burst” played by Marcus King

A Cranky One Apr 20, 2024 • 6:19:44pm

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 6:28:29pm

4202024

yes my frens it is indeed a palindrome

Jay C Apr 20, 2024 • 6:36:21pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

4202024

yes my frens it is indeed a palindrome

WOW!

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 6:36:40pm

New forever home for a street score…

Mastodon

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 6:38:33pm

re: #76 Jay C

WOW!

Wow Bob Wow

darthstar Apr 20, 2024 • 6:42:09pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

4202024

yes my frens it is indeed a palindrome

That calls for a doobie, brother.

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 6:44:13pm

Mastodon

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 6:45:17pm

THE SNOUT ABIDES

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-04-21T01:43:21.000Z

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 6:47:03pm

You’ll just have to take my word for it that the snout definitely does abide.

A Cranky One Apr 20, 2024 • 6:47:17pm

I find it amusing thar the biggest pot dispensary in the area is directly across the street from the police station.

Decatur Deb Apr 20, 2024 • 6:48:01pm

re: #77 darthstar

New forever home for a street score…

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That looks a lot like a “Happy Cooker”, a Weber clone with a very interesting history. We got ours in the PX in Seoul when our Army-issue stove blew up in 1980.

smokingmeatforums.com

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 6:51:22pm

jeffreyw Apr 20, 2024 • 6:55:38pm

re: #64 wrenchwench

It’s a bunny butt cake.

Good eye! LOL

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 6:58:47pm

re: #86 jeffreyw

Good eye! LOL

Took me a few looks, so I was compelled to type it.

Dave In Austin Apr 20, 2024 • 6:59:05pm

re: #46 nines09

Happy 420 on whoa we missed 420 anyway 420 is a date and bejeebus who forgot 420 and who the fuck am I, eh! Eh? Eh? Eh?

[Embedded content]

Hey! I have that same grinders!

Vicious Babushka Apr 20, 2024 • 7:01:56pm

Here is a baseball song that my kids learned at summer camp.

The Ninth man

Captain Ron Apr 20, 2024 • 7:02:04pm

re: #88 Dave In Austin

Hey! I have that same grinders!

I use manicure scissors.

coin operated Apr 20, 2024 • 7:03:02pm

re: #46 nines09

re: #88 Dave In Austin

Hey! I have that same grinders!

Same here. Best on the planet in my opinion.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 20, 2024 • 7:03:16pm

Get That Boy Back ft. Chris Stapleton - SNL

garzooma Apr 20, 2024 • 7:05:30pm

YouTube

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 7:06:15pm

[Let’s Go] Smoke Some Pot

DodgerFan1988 Apr 20, 2024 • 7:11:20pm

Sometimes the NY Post Gets it Right! pic.twitter.com/Lr0hBRh6LL

— Tom Suozzi (@Tom_Suozzi) April 21, 2024

Rightwingconspirator Apr 20, 2024 • 7:12:41pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

Video

Call it.

Sublime - Smoke Two Joints (Official Music Video)

Dave In Austin Apr 20, 2024 • 7:13:50pm

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 7:15:31pm

Rick Moranis just blew through his 71st birthday a couple of days ago. I saw this on some SocMed, never knew it was there, and it has made me fucken laugh, man…

MICHAEL McDONALD - A Tribute To The Greatest Backing Vocalist Of All Time

TedStriker Apr 20, 2024 • 7:16:09pm

re: #96 Rightwingconspirator

Call it.

[Embedded content]

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Peter Tosh - Legalize It (Audio)

100

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 20, 2024 • 7:21:30pm

Brilliant video and it also convinces me that we are doomed:

I Made a Graph of Wikipedia… This Is What I Found

..

101

sagehen Apr 20, 2024 • 7:22:02pm

Willie Nelson + Snoop Dog ” Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” 04/29/23 Hollywood Bowl, LA, CA

102

Jay C Apr 20, 2024 • 7:25:11pm

Birbed it today:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,036 3/6

⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordlebot scored me a 97 for “luck” with my opening word: I went with the more-common letters for the second guess, but at least narrowed it down (to one, pretty narrow IMO).

103

Charles Johnson Apr 20, 2024 • 7:27:26pm

ANGRY BIRB

HE ATTAC

104

Patricia Kayden Apr 20, 2024 • 7:36:11pm

re: #21 goddamnedfrank

Why should they care? Voters keep electing them. They’re untouchable.

105

Patricia Kayden Apr 20, 2024 • 7:37:24pm

re: #97 Dave In Austin

I shouldn’t laugh but 😂 😂 😂

106

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 20, 2024 • 7:58:51pm

If we’re talking sports songs, I gotta throw this in.

Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)

And by the way: The guy shouting “hit somebody!” is none other than David Letterman.

107

Egregious Philbin Apr 20, 2024 • 8:08:24pm

re: #98 teleskiguy

Michael McDonald talked about that. He was incredibly stoned when he saw it, he called up his manager to ask him when he did that sketch. That is a good high.

108

wrenchwench Apr 20, 2024 • 8:16:48pm

The YouTube algorithm is my friend.

Ry Cooder’s Chavez Ravine

109

Patricia Kayden Apr 20, 2024 • 8:19:47pm

110

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 8:22:04pm

re: #109 Patricia Kayden

Rupert and Lachlan know that letting Putin run roughshod over eastern Europe is a bad thing for everyone, including the Murdochs.

111

Patricia Kayden Apr 20, 2024 • 8:22:42pm

112

Belafon Apr 20, 2024 • 8:26:06pm

The rain finally stopped here in Rockwall around 7:30 or so after about 12 hours.

113

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 8:32:11pm

Here’s your baseball song.

“The Yanks Are The Champs” - The Fowls

114

teleskiguy Apr 20, 2024 • 8:36:24pm

Baseball vs Football

115

DodgerFan1988 Apr 20, 2024 • 8:47:14pm

Someone’s having a bad day https://t.co/Ms6JErUpwA

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 21, 2024

Drinking Russian Stan’s tears.

116

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 8:48:10pm

PENNANT FEVER / THE CHICAGO CUBS [CHESS 2075]

117

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 20, 2024 • 8:48:22pm

SLIDE / CHICAGO CUBS CLARK ST. BAND [CHESS 2075]

118

sagehen Apr 20, 2024 • 9:04:33pm

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

119

Markm1960 Apr 20, 2024 • 9:25:08pm

re: #118 sagehen

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The Baseball Project has 4 albums of baseball themed songs. Peter Buck and Mike Mills of REM are members of the Project.

120

BeenHereAwhile Apr 20, 2024 • 9:35:04pm

Take Me out to the Ballgame

121

Targetpractice Apr 20, 2024 • 9:48:53pm

re: #115 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Drinking Russian Stan’s tears.

It’s a testament to Ukraine’s resolve and fortitude that they have managed to hold the line this long despite deliberate efforts by the GQP to sabotage the war effort. Assholes who are deliberately holding up funding not because they have some ideological opposition to the war or “better” plan, but because they genuinely believe that they will score brownie points with a certain branch of voter if the war effort ends in a Russian victory of one degree or another.

122

retired cynic Apr 20, 2024 • 9:56:42pm

re: #118 sagehen

[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]

My father was a devoted member of Barbershoppers, singing lead tenor in a regional chorus and in quartets. He had outfits and hats, and wore makeup, and had a wonderful time. His devoted family (wife and two children) toughed out a lot of rehearsals and concerts, but the one quartet that we always loved my father did not belong to. Their specialty song was Take Me Out to the Ball Game, but after a slightly confused start, they would sing the whole thing one syllable ahead of the proper wording. They had a great set of expressions as they kept trying to get back with the music, but always failing. I used to be able to sing it, even being unable to sing it correctly after a time. But now, years later, I can’t seem to get started on it “wrongly”. Ah, the memories!

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 20, 2024 • 11:16:48pm

re: #121 Targetpractice

It’s a testament to Ukraine’s resolve and fortitude that they have managed to hold the line this long despite deliberate efforts by the GQP to sabotage the war effort. Assholes who are deliberately holding up funding not because they have some ideological opposition to the war or “better” plan, but because they genuinely believe that they will score brownie points with a certain branch of voter if the war effort ends in a Russian victory of one degree or another.

I will not celebrate until the foreign aid packages pass the Senate. Given the GOP allegiance to Trump and the way he torpedoed the immigration legislation, I retain the concern that Senate Republicans who previously supported the bills will suddenly show their cowardice again and do a 180. Republicans cannot be trusted to do what’s best for our nation.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 12:17:11am

re: #38 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

I’ve said it before:
There are old mushroom hunters,
There are boys mushroom hunters,
There are no old and bold mushroom hunters.

“How did your first husband die?”
-“He ate poison mushrooms!”
“How did your second husband die?”
-“He ate poison mushrooms!”
“How did your third husband die?”
-“Brain concussion!”
“How did that happen?”
-He didn’t want to eat his mushrooms!”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 21, 2024 • 12:36:38am

VOCES8: Magnificat Primi Toni - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Targetpractice Apr 21, 2024 • 12:40:24am

re: #123 Hecuba’s daughter

I will not celebrate until the foreign aid packages pass the Senate. Given the GOP allegiance to Trump and the way he torpedoed the immigration legislation, I retain the concern that Senate Republicans who previously supported the bills will suddenly show their cowardice again and do a 180. Republicans cannot be trusted to do what’s best for our nation.

At this point, I suspect most of the moves left are parliamentary in nature, that they’ll follow the usual script: first try to delay it however they can, then they try to poison it with amendments, then trying to scare enough votes against it to sustain a filibuster.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 21, 2024 • 3:21:01am

Post is shutting down. That leaves me with CounterSocial and Mastodon. Huge sigh.

P.S. I hope the other alternatives to Twitter hang in there.

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 3:21:24am

re: #125 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Music of my misspent youth.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 21, 2024 • 3:25:15am

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Eventual Carrion Apr 21, 2024 • 3:29:32am

Phew 6/6

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 3:29:34am

The Ukrainians have no respect for old ladies (actually the Kommuna is a valuable asset to their submarines still in the Black Sea).

Russian Ship Kommuna Hit by Neptune Missile at Sevastopol!

en.wikipedia.org

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 3:36:40am

re: #129 Patricia Kayden

You don’t tip your hand when you are trying to outwit Satan!!!

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Nojay UK Apr 21, 2024 • 3:53:13am

re: #131 Decatur Deb

That’s sad. The Kommuna is a rescue and recovery ship with no offensive capabilities. Now if they’d hit the Kamchatka there would be great rejoicing in the Russian Navy HQ.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Apr 21, 2024 • 3:56:01am

re: #127 Patricia Kayden

For me, bsky.app is where it’s at.

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 3:56:33am

re: #133 Nojay UK

That’s sad. The Kommuna is a rescue and recovery ship with no offensive capabilities. Now if they’d hit the Kamchatka there would be great rejoicing in the Russian Navy HQ.

Per wiki it has been involved in recovering sensitive materials (and bodies) from the Moscow. Fuck it.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Apr 21, 2024 • 4:02:22am

re: #115 DodgerFan1988

If there’s ANYTHING I’m confident the US government can “just print”, it’s artillery shells and air defense missiles.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 4:05:36am

My streak dies at 229
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Eventual Carrion Apr 21, 2024 • 4:23:57am

Perfect! Connections

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 4:24:54am

re: #136 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

If there’s ANYTHING I’m confident the US government can “just print”, it’s artillery shells and air defense missiles.

It takes 20 years to make a soldier, a few minutes to make the round that kills him.

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William Lewis Apr 21, 2024 • 4:36:57am

re: #139 Decatur Deb

It takes 20 years to make a soldier, a few minutes to make the round that kills him.

Tanks are cheap; crews are priceless.

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Eventual Carrion Apr 21, 2024 • 4:38:17am

Last of my new camping gear is being delivered today. Now I just wait for the weather to be in my favor and I am going to jump on the bike and take off for a few days to wherever it takes me. Had to get new gear because all my other stuff was far too big for strapping on the bike. Now tent, sleeping bag, pad, etc are much smaller and roll into their carry pouches small enough for easy storage in the saddlebags and extra sissy bar bag.

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:05:40am

Dem tiny claws.

Hatchling tortoise says hi.

— Alexander Glass (@alexanderglass.bsky.social) 2024-04-21T11:40:02.922Z

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:11:51am

Long, but good, Cotton thread starts here.

bsky.app

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 5:17:27am

re: #140 William Lewis

Tanks are cheap; crews are priceless.

I also heard this said about planes and pilots, one of the lasting lessons from the Japanese in WWII.

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Dangerman Apr 21, 2024 • 5:18:12am

re: #141 Eventual Carrion

Last of my new camping gear is being delivered today. Now I just wait for the weather to be in my favor and I am going to jump on the bike and take off for a few days to wherever it takes me. Had to get new gear because all my other stuff was far too big for strapping on the bike. Now tent, sleeping bag, pad, etc are much smaller and roll into their carry pouches small enough for easy storage in the saddlebags and extra sissy bar bag.

That was me with the Harley in 1992.
Six months later I bought the trailer…

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 5:19:26am

It took me a hot minute to come up with this word.

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Eventual Carrion Apr 21, 2024 • 5:25:39am

re: #145 Dangerman

That was me with the Harley in 1992.
Six months later I bought the trailer…

A place up the road from me sells them. I kicked that idea around but am still going minimal right now. Still getting used to the cruiser size bike. So much different handling from my other smaller bikes.

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:29:35am

The end of an era:

10 years ago coal generated almost 40% of the UK‘s electricity.

In less than 6 months the last remaining coal power plant will be shut down.

www.theguardian.com/business/202…

— Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) 2024-04-21T08:54:28.936Z

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:36:26am

Health update

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We are still planning a “drive the coast of Florida and hit two BB stadiums on the list” trip later this summer.

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Nojay UK Apr 21, 2024 • 5:44:46am

re: #148 Randall Gross

The British coal-fired generating fleet was mostly replaced by gas-fired power stations, cleaner and easier to switch on and off to meet fluctuating demand during the day and night cycle. IIRC we’ve got about 35GW of gas capacity today.

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:47:30am

re: #150 Nojay UK

The British coal-fired generating fleet was mostly replaced by gas-fired power stations, cleaner and easier to switch on and off to meet fluctuating demand during the day and night cycle. IIRC we’ve got about 35GW of gas capacity today.

Are there any considerations for new Nuclear plants there?

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:50:17am

Nagorno-Karabahk at the ICC again
courthousenews.com

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:56:18am

Drudge this morn:

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Randall Gross Apr 21, 2024 • 5:59:20am

I’m out to the hospital, meanwhile Iggy is still ‘Chairman of the Bored’

Iggy Pop - I’m Bored (Official Video)

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coin operated Apr 21, 2024 • 6:00:08am

re: #147 Eventual Carrion

A place up the road from me sells them. I kicked that idea around but am still going minimal right now. Still getting used to the cruiser size bike. So much different handling from my other smaller bikes.

Fully understand getting used to the new bike. That said, you’ll enjoy the trailer if motorcycle camping is your thing. Especially if you find a partner who wants to go with you.

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Dangerman Apr 21, 2024 • 6:03:12am

re: #147 Eventual Carrion

A place up the road from me sells them. I kicked that idea around but am still going minimal right now. Still getting used to the cruiser size bike. So much different handling from my other smaller bikes.

just having a bit of fun

i was on the road for weeks and months at a time in all kinds of weather.
i had a 6 man domed tent, in case i was stuck inside for an extended period of rain
i needed to carry food - dry and cooled, a one burner stove, etc.
clothes, of course, plus rain gear.
and a sub-compact laptop computer (1992!)

pre-trailer it was awkward. way overloaded and top heavy.

i fell over from a standing position /not moving. my leg just gave out. somewhat gracefully it kind of eased over like a horse going to lay down. i needed help to pick it up.

happened one more time and that was it.

the trailer has an ice chest on the neck. upped my cuisine game.
i could carry a snowmobile suit so my range increased dramatically too. plus frivolities. books, more camping comforts etc.

i love being on the road

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Nojay UK Apr 21, 2024 • 6:05:21am

re: #151 Randall Gross

Are there any considerations for new Nuclear plants there?

Two EPR1600 reactors are being built at Hinkley at the moment but their capacity (3.2GW total) isn’t going to replace the capacity of the existing Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) as they are all heading for shutdown and decommissioning over the next five to ten years with some of them already in decommission at the moment. There’s a single 1100MW PWR that was built in the 1980s that’s good for maybe another forty years or so depending on licencing and upgrades. The plan was to build more of them using the skillset acquired from its construction but instead there was a “dash for gas”.

There are advanced plans to build two more EPR1600s plus some blue-sky PowerPoint presentations about small modular reactors and magical thorium designs but nothing shovel-ready, never mind poured concrete and bent metal. Mostly it’s being kicked down the road into the future for other people to deal with.

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Dangerman Apr 21, 2024 • 6:07:33am

re: #147 Eventual Carrion

A place up the road from me sells them. I kicked that idea around but am still going minimal right now. Still getting used to the cruiser size bike. So much different handling from my other smaller bikes.

oh, and ditto ;-)

ok that was actually dangersister’s honda rebel in 2007. me driving it home the day she bought it.

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 6:14:47am

re: #133 Nojay UK

That’s sad. The Kommuna is a rescue and recovery ship with no offensive capabilities. Now if they’d hit the Kamchatka there would be great rejoicing in the Russian Navy HQ.

Looked up the Kamchatka. Amazing amount of attributed FU’s in a 3-year career.
en.wikipedia.org
reddit.com

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jeffreyw Apr 21, 2024 • 6:15:59am

Good morning!

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austin_blue Apr 21, 2024 • 6:16:46am

re: #85 teleskiguy

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Dr. Matt Apr 21, 2024 • 6:19:03am

re: #153 Randall Gross

Drudge this morn:

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Dr. Matt Apr 21, 2024 • 6:22:32am

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sagehen Apr 21, 2024 • 6:23:07am

re: #160 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

That’s paper towels, right? Please tell me it’s not a roll of toilet paper he can sit on that size.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 6:25:57am

re: #164 sagehen

That’s paper towels, right? Please tell me it’s not a roll of toilet paper he can sit on that size.

Yes, it’s paper towels. The joke is that Bounty is a well-known manufacturer of paper towels.

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Nojay UK Apr 21, 2024 • 6:31:20am

re: #159 Decatur Deb

Looked up the Kamchatka. Amazing amount of attributed FU’s in a 3-year career.

The YouTuber Drachinifel did a two-part presentation of the Imperial Russian Second Pacific Fleet’s adventures entitled “Voyage of the Damned.” It is at times depressing but mostly hilarious and the Kamchatka is always present to make things worse for the admiral in command of the fleet.

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jeffreyw Apr 21, 2024 • 6:43:33am

re: #164 sagehen

That’s paper towels, right? Please tell me it’s not a roll of toilet paper he can sit on that size.

That would give new meaning to it being “the quicker picker-upper”.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 21, 2024 • 6:43:54am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 6:55:59am

re: #168 Patricia Kayden

Their “logic” is that they people want to kill are not really Americans and even pose such an existential threat to our Godly Naion that it is our Divine Duty to snuff them before they do anymore damage to it themselves.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 21, 2024 • 6:57:20am

Los Angeles and other big American cities aren’t the only places facing a homeless crisis: Prague’s situation is one of the worst in Central and Eastern Europe.

Why Prague’s homeless are resorting to poverty tourism

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 6:58:51am

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steve_davis Apr 21, 2024 • 7:00:50am

re: #118 sagehen

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 7:00:58am

re: #137 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

My streak dies at 229
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Belafon Apr 21, 2024 • 7:02:45am

re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That’s all Ted Bundy was doing, right?

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 7:04:23am

re: #171 darthstar

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The one downside is the whole TikTok ban thing that got attached to it. I’m thankful that we’re (probably, after some Senate shenanigans) going to support our allies, and it makes me glad to hear how they are encouraged by that news, but that amendment is going to have some serious ramifications in the near future.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 7:06:21am

The Hill claims…

GOP vice presidential hopefuls look for Trump’s golden ticket

If any of those clowns believe it’s a “golden ticket” they need to remember 1/6/21 and what the thugs wanted to do to Mike Pence…

thehill.com

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 7:08:13am

And Killer Kristi want to be Fartman’s Veep so bad…(3X Spellcheck inserts HARTMAN)

VP hopeful Kristi Noem: Mike Pence ‘failed Donald Trump’ ever since Jan. 6

rawstory.com

Watch the embedded video clip the Killer Kristi fudges on the question about doing what Trump commanded.

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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 21, 2024 • 7:26:59am

Beavis and Butt-Head - SNL

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 7:27:32am

re: #174 Belafon

That’s all Ted Bundy was doing, right?

He and every “Patriot” out there with thier Constitutional Right to Bear Arms…

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 7:27:38am

re: #168 Patricia Kayden

Fuck you, Tom Rotten.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 7:28:44am

re: #179 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He and every “Patriot” out there with thier Constitutional Right to Bear Arms…

dOn’T tReAd On mE

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 7:29:07am

Ain’t that a shame! The Jesusbots fail to put an abortion ban on the Colorado ballot!

Colorado organizers fail to gather enough signatures to put anti-abortion measure on the ballot

Colorado organizers who sought to put an anti-abortion initiative on the ballot this November failed to gather enough signatures in time to qualify.

The proposed measure from the Colorado Life Initiative sought to declare “a living human child must not be intentionally dismembered, mutilated, poisoned, scalded, starved, stabbed, given toxic injections known to cause death, left to die of the elements for lack of warmth or nutrition, used for experimentation, or treated in any way inhumanely to cause intentional physical harm leading to intended death or intended to cause disability to otherwise healthy and functioning parts of the body of a child.”

Colorado organizers who sought to put an anti-abortion initiative on the ballot this November failed to gather enough signatures in time to qualify.

For the purposes of the group’s initiative, a “living human child” exists “from the moment human life biologically begins at conception,” according to its website.

The group needed to collect 124,238 signatures by the April 18 deadline. Faye Barnhart, co-sponsor of the measure, told CBS News that the group had collected “tens of thousands of signatures,” but fell short.

In a press release, the Colorado Life Initiative blamed abortion opponents they deemed “ProLife In Name Only” — even calling them “PLINOs” — as well as insufficient publicity and recruitment for its failure to obtain enough valid signatures.

cbsnews.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 7:29:27am

re: #180 Ace Rothstein

Fuck you, Tom Rotten.

He belongs at the top of a list of answers to the question “When did Murder become maistream in US political discourse?”

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 7:31:36am

re: #182 Joe Bacon ✅

In a press release, the Colorado Life Initiative blamed abortion opponents they deemed “ProLife In Name Only” — even calling them “PLINOs” — as well as insufficient publicity and recruitment for its failure to obtain enough valid signatures.

Or maybe - just hear me out on this - your policy is so unpopular that nobody, not even your rabid right-wing evangelical buddies, wants to bring it to a vote. Funny how abortion bans don’t make it on ballot initiatives, but amendments to protect the right to an abortion do.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 7:32:26am

I wonder if these MAGAts understand that the waving of Ukrainian flags yesterday was a show of solidarity.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Apr 21, 2024 • 7:34:55am

re: #120 BeenHereAwhile

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 7:35:33am

re: #184 Nerdy Fish

Or maybe - just hear me out on this - your policy is so unpopular that nobody, not even your rabid right-wing evangelical buddies, wants to bring it to a vote. Funny how abortion bans don’t make it on ballot initiatives, but amendments to protect the right to an abortion do.

This just shows what a flawed model of government we have when we cannot trust Voters and States Rights to force people to Vote The Right Way.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 7:37:33am

re: #186 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I think Billy Crystal has never forgiven Pittsburgh for beating the Yankees in 1960.

I have never forgiven the 1969 Mets for beating the Cubs out of first place. And that hatred will keep my breast warm even as I moulder in my grave…

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 7:41:00am

Did they do a sleeping in court cold-open last night on SNL?

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 7:44:27am

This motherfucker on FTN just said that Biden has cut defense spending. No pushback from Brennan.

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Broad With Sass Apr 21, 2024 • 7:46:14am

re: #189 darthstar

SNL was off last night

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 7:49:55am

Redwood trees have a way of making houses look tiny.

Mastodon

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 7:50:25am

re: #191 Broad With Sass

SNL was off last night

So they did…they slept through it! I was hoping for a “Counsel, would your client like a binky?”

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A Cranky One Apr 21, 2024 • 7:51:32am

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 7:53:30am

re: #130 Eventual Carrion

Phew 6/6

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Grrr. Another game of “find that letter” and I lost.

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sagehen Apr 21, 2024 • 7:55:34am

re: #175 Nerdy Fish

The one downside is the whole TikTok ban thing that got attached to it. I’m thankful that we’re (probably, after some Senate shenanigans) going to support our allies, and it makes me glad to hear how they are encouraged by that news, but that amendment is going to have some serious ramifications in the near future.

So maybe they’ll sell it to Mark Cuban or Mercedes Bezos. Or a consortium headed by Taylor Swift and Jay-Z. Keep hope alive. (If Musk or Zuckerberg puts in a bid, the FTC can scream “monopoly!!” and refuse them permission.)

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 7:56:20am

re: #195 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

I’m gathering that I got insanely lucky with my birdle.

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 7:57:47am

re: #196 sagehen

So maybe they’ll sell it to Mark Cuban or Mercedes Bezos. Or a consortium headed by Taylor Swift and Jay-Z. Keep hope alive. (If Musk or Zuckerberg puts in a bid, the FTC can scream “monopoly!!” and refuse them permission.)

China may not permit the sale because they don’t want the underlying algorithm to go to another country.
There is also a chance that the demand that it be sold is unconstitutional anyway.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Apr 21, 2024 • 7:59:54am

re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Their “logic” is that they people want to kill are not really Americans and even pose such an existential threat to our Godly Naion that it is our Divine Duty to snuff them before they do anymore damage to it themselves.

I really enjoy going out in public with a set of cross hairs between my shoulder blades. ///

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 8:00:46am

re: #199 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I really enjoy going out in public with a set of cross hairs between my shoulder blades. ///

Welcome to the New Media Discourse.

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jeffreyw Apr 21, 2024 • 8:02:15am

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wrenchwench Apr 21, 2024 • 8:02:31am

re: #155 coin operated

Fully understand getting used to the new bike. That said, you’ll enjoy the trailer if motorcycle camping is your thing. Especially if you find a partner who wants to go with you.

Or this way.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 21, 2024 • 8:02:33am

re: #198 calochortus

China may not permit the sale because they don’t want the underlying algorithm to go to another country.
There is also a chance that the demand that it be sold is unconstitutional anyway.

Frankly, I’d imagine that ByteDance will end up taking this to SCOTUS.

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sizzzzlerz Apr 21, 2024 • 8:03:16am

Whiff * 6. Real nasty one today

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 8:06:55am

re: #186 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I think Billy Crystal has never forgiven Pittsburgh for beating the Yankees in 1960.

Good game. They put it on our HS public address system.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 8:09:39am

re: #186 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I think Billy Crystal has never forgiven Pittsburgh for beating the Yankees in 1960.

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A Cranky One Apr 21, 2024 • 8:12:20am

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wrenchwench Apr 21, 2024 • 8:13:08am

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When I know it’s a tough one, I stick with the unusual.

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Decatur Deb Apr 21, 2024 • 8:16:11am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

Mazeroski let the kid keep the ball. Different times.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 8:17:08am

re: #197 Nerdy Fish

I’m gathering that I got insanely lucky with my birdle.

Some days you bite the bear, others the bear bites you.

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A Cranky One Apr 21, 2024 • 8:19:26am

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Romantic Heretic Apr 21, 2024 • 8:23:09am

re: #65 Charles Johnson

My thought watching that was, “The CIA studies this for methods of breaking people’s wills.”

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 8:34:18am

I went to the new exhibition at the Asian Art museum yesterday. This is an ancient tomb beast (about 300 b.c.), thought to have the power to ward off evil.

Or an armrest, as at least one scholar thinks.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 8:36:42am

Life in the Deep South: There’s always some asshole in a giant pickup ready to ruin your day.

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 8:37:02am

I got booped in the head by a bat last night as I was taking the boys out for a squirt before bed. It was flying around in the stairwell down to the back yard. I quickly turned the light back off and closed the door. It followed us out and flew around a bit as our second floor windows were attracting bugs with their glow.

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BeenHereAwhile Apr 21, 2024 • 8:37:08am

re: #189 darthstar

Did they do a sleeping in court cold-open last night on SNL?

Local station in Nashville showed two reruns.

They usually brosdcast a rerun, local news, and then the current episode.

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 8:38:36am

re: #213 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

I went to the new exhibition at the Asian Art museum yesterday. This is an ancient tomb beast (about 300 b.c.), thought to have the power to ward off evil.

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Or an armrest, as at least one scholar thinks.

Or a sex toy…though I’m no scholar on these things.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 21, 2024 • 8:41:49am

re: #182 Joe Bacon ✅

An abortion rights group, Coloradans for Reproductive Freedom, appears to have been more successful in its signature collection efforts. It hopes to put a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to an abortion on the ballot and submitted 230,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office on Thursday. The group’s signatures must now be validated by the secretary of state.

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No Malarkey! Apr 21, 2024 • 8:42:09am

re: #207 A Cranky One

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I had a dream last night about having a newborn baby, and calculating that by the time the baby turned 18, I would be 79 years old.

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 8:42:09am

re: #217 darthstar

Or a sex toy…though I’m no scholar on these things.

I know…everyone has just 3-D rotated that thing around in their minds…sorry.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 8:42:30am

re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg

Life in the Deep South: There’s always some asshole in a giant pickup ready to ruin your day.

Let me guess - Blue line sticker, Punisher sticker, Trump sticker, 3% sticker, Confederate battle flag sticker, and a We The People sticker?

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 8:42:56am

re: #221 Ace Rothstein

Let me guess - Blue line sticker, Punisher sticker, Trump sticker, 3% sticker, Confederate battle flag sticker, and a We The People sticker?

You missed the Molon Labe sticker.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 8:44:17am

re: #222 Nerdy Fish

You missed the Molon Labe sticker.

“My Pronouns are Smith & Wesson!”

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 8:45:10am

re: #221 Ace Rothstein

Let me guess - Blue line sticker, Punisher sticker, Trump sticker, 3% sticker, Confederate battle flag sticker, and a We The People sticker?

Or some combination thereof.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 8:45:43am

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

Is that the new way of saying a Smith & Wesson beats four aces?

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 8:46:02am

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

“My Pronouns are Smith & Wesson!”

“It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 8:47:58am

re: #226 Ace Rothstein

“It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!”

My father used to beat me whenever I showed any form of feminine weakness but I turned out just fine!”

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 8:49:30am

re: #122 retired cynic

My father was a devoted member of Barbershoppers, singing lead tenor in a regional chorus and in quartets. He had outfits and hats, and wore makeup, and had a wonderful time. His devoted family (wife and two children) toughed out a lot of rehearsals and concerts, but the one quartet that we always loved my father did not belong to. Their specialty song was Take Me Out to the Ball Game, but after a slightly confused start, they would sing the whole thing one syllable ahead of the proper wording. They had a great set of expressions as they kept trying to get back with the music, but always failing. I used to be able to sing it, even being unable to sing it correctly after a time. But now, years later, I can’t seem to get started on it “wrongly”. Ah, the memories!

You need to start 2 syllables ahead. See the second version here (starts around 0.55) after the proper version.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 8:50:37am

re: #217 darthstar

Or a sex toy…though I’m no scholar on these things.

Probably too big.

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No Malarkey! Apr 21, 2024 • 8:51:31am

re: #222 Nerdy Fish

You missed the Molon Labe sticker.

And the Don’t Tread On Me sticker.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 8:53:29am

re: #230 No Malarkey!

Keep Honking I am reloading sticker. Does that work?

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 21, 2024 • 8:53:36am

re: #130 Eventual Carrion

Phew 6/6

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 8:54:17am

re: #213 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

I went to the new exhibition at the Asian Art museum yesterday. This is an ancient tomb beast (about 300 b.c.), thought to have the power to ward off evil.

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Or an armrest, as at least one scholar thinks.

Any time they can’t figure out what something was it must have been used ceremonially, or to keep the evil eye away, or something. I seem to recall ancient pieces with holes, carved from bone or wood that someone recently pointed out were more likely rope making tools than scepters used in religious rites.

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jeffreyw Apr 21, 2024 • 8:54:39am

re: #207 A Cranky One

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William Lewis Apr 21, 2024 • 8:55:49am

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

“My Pronouns are Smith & Wesson!”

I really hate that one because I actually like S&W … 👿

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 8:57:45am

re: #122 retired cynic

I came really close to joining the SPESBSQSA (Society for the preservation and encouragement of barbershop quartet singing in America) once. Just because it has a rockin’ initialism.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 21, 2024 • 8:58:50am

re: #221 Ace Rothstein

Let me guess - Blue line sticker, Punisher sticker, Trump sticker, 3% sticker, Confederate battle flag sticker, and a We The People sticker?

Don’t forget the Moron Label (come and get it).

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 21, 2024 • 8:59:29am

re: #222 Nerdy Fish

You missed the Molon Labe sticker.

re: #237 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Don’t forget the Moron Label (come and get it).

GOTDAMMIT!

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 21, 2024 • 9:03:23am

re: #207 A Cranky One

Punk Croc

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 9:06:16am

re: #238 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

GOTDAMMIT!

I updinged you anyway, partly because great minds and all that, but also because you used the more proper form of the phrase.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 9:08:59am

re: #201 jeffreyw

Now that is just torturing poor doggy!

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Dave In Austin Apr 21, 2024 • 9:10:28am

re: #213 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

I went to the new exhibition at the Asian Art museum yesterday. This is an ancient tomb beast (about 300 b.c.), thought to have the power to ward off evil.

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Or an armrest, as at least one scholar thinks.

I was going with Dog Peeing….

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wrenchwench Apr 21, 2024 • 9:10:50am

I heard this song on the radio, then I discovered there’s another Coen Bros. movie I need to see.

Inside Llewyn Davis - “Please Mr. Kennedy” w/ commentary by T Bone Burnett

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 9:11:24am

re: #239 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

“Doesn’t play well with others.”

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TarHellion Apr 21, 2024 • 9:11:36am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

The 1960 World Series featured one of the most lopsided run differentials ever. The Yankees won 3 games by 35 runs, while the Pirates won their 4 by just 7 runs. Overall, the Yankees outscored the Pirates 55-27.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 21, 2024 • 9:12:25am

re: #243 wrenchwench

I heard this song on the radio, then I discovered there’s another Coen Bros. movie I need to see.

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I watched it for the first time earlier last week. It’s very good.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 9:12:42am

re: #245 TarHellion

Proving again it’s not just what you do, it’s WHEN you do it.

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William Lewis Apr 21, 2024 • 9:15:20am

re: #239 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

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Oh, I _LIKE_ them 😎

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BeenHereAwhile Apr 21, 2024 • 9:17:32am

re: #222 Nerdy Fish

You missed the Molon Labe sticker.

I like pointing out to the Molon Labe folk that more Thespians fought to the death at the final battle at Thermopylae than Spartans.

It sometimes causes confusion.

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BeenHereAwhile Apr 21, 2024 • 9:19:29am

re: #231 PhillyPretzel ✅

Keep Honking I am reloading sticker. Does that work?

“Miami, come back, we’re not shooting st you.

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 9:19:32am

Off to the local e-waste recycling event. I imagine the lines will be shorter than Darth’s large stuff disposal day yesterday.

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DodgerFan1988 Apr 21, 2024 • 9:26:58am

A reminder that the people saying “what about Americans” are the same folks who vote no on free lunch for hungry kids.

They don’t care about Americans. It’s just a shell game to them. The truth is, they don’t care about other people, regardless of who they are. https://t.co/oYajY02Evy

— RandomWhiteGuy📖 Heretic & Disheveled Misfit (@TheReelRandom) April 21, 2024

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 9:27:25am

re: #249 BeenHereAwhile

I like pointing out to the Molon Labe folk that more Thespians fought to the death at the final battle at Thermopylae than Spartans.

It sometimes causes confusion.

The myth of the Spartans is vastly overblown. They weren’t alone at Thermopylae, as you rightly pointed out. And after the event, the Greeks united under the Athenian banner, except for the Spartans, who said, “Nah, fuck all that.” And the Athenians kicked their asses straight into the Mediterranean Sea.

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wrenchwench Apr 21, 2024 • 9:28:00am

re: #248 William Lewis

Oh, I _LIKE_ them 😎

Croc locs. Do they get stolen, or just slip off from the weight?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 21, 2024 • 9:30:07am

re: #252 DodgerFan1988

450 million US children are going to hungry just to send money to a foreign government!!!

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Apr 21, 2024 • 9:31:49am

re: #255 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

450 million US children are going to hungry just to send money to a foreign government!!!

And everyone knows that there were will never be enough money available in the USA (or anywhere) to deal with the poor and poverty. Too much cultural, capitalist, and religious baggage involved. Plus the total GOP hypocrisy on this issue.

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No Malarkey! Apr 21, 2024 • 9:32:12am

David Pecker will reportedly be the prosecution’s first witness.

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wrenchwench Apr 21, 2024 • 9:32:49am

re: #253 Nerdy Fish

The myth of the Spartans is vastly overblown. They weren’t alone at Thermopylae, as you rightly pointed out. And after the event, the Greeks united under the Athenian banner, except for the Spartans, who said, “Nah, fuck all that.” And the Athenians kicked their asses straight into the Mediterranean Sea.

I got credit for making a joke, when I was the dumb one just asking a question. I was in Athens, getting ready to take a bus to Marathon. I asked how far it was.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 9:35:33am

re: #233 calochortus

Any time they can’t figure out what something was it must have been used ceremonially, or to keep the evil eye away, or something. I seem to recall ancient pieces with holes, carved from bone or wood that someone recently pointed out were more likely rope making tools than scepters used in religious rites.

This isn’t quite the situation here. The faces on that dingus look like the faces of other tomb guardians of the time or later. Also, one armrest implies two, and I don’t believe any more were found in this (previously undisturbed, I think) tomb.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 9:37:25am

re: #252 DodgerFan1988

Nicole lying thru her teeth like a typical ~~Soviet Communist~~, er, Republican…

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 9:37:44am

OMFG.

lol wut pic.twitter.com/eNR4px7PpM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 21, 2024

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 9:40:07am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

OMFG.

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The 68 Year Old Virgin once again overdosed on the Trump farts.

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Jay C Apr 21, 2024 • 9:41:13am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

OMFG.

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Is that for his saying “President Trump” instead of “President Biden”?

Freudian Slip? Wishful thinking? Brainfart?

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 9:41:48am

re: #242 Dave In Austin

I was going with Dog Peeing….

Except that the raised appendage has a head with eyes, a nose and a mouth. Of course, you never know about those tomb beasts…

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 21, 2024 • 9:42:25am

re: #263 Jay C

Is that for his saying “President Trump” instead of “President Biden”?

Freudian Slip? Wishful thinking? Brainfart?

100% pure concentrated ass kissing.

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 9:43:40am

re: #259 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

This isn’t quite the situation here. The faces on that dingus look like the faces of other tomb guardians of the time or later. Also, one armrest implies two, and I don’t believe any more were found in this (previously undisturbed, I think) tomb.

I believe they used an arm (or wrist) rest when writing or for some painting because unlike a pen, holding a brush up can be tiring.

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 9:45:28am

And yeah, the e-waste drop off was fast.

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Unabogie Apr 21, 2024 • 9:45:55am

re: #252 DodgerFan1988

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Wait, is that RFK’s running mate? So random how she’s pro-Putin.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 9:48:51am

re: #266 calochortus

I believe they used an arm (or wrist) rest when writing or for some painting because unlike a pen, holding a brush up can be tiring.

Of course you can’t tell from the picture, but it’s much too big for that.

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 21, 2024 • 9:49:08am

re: #176 Joe Bacon ✅

The Hill claims…

GOP vice presidential hopefuls look for Trump’s golden ticket

If any of those clowns believe it’s a “golden ticket” they need to remember 1/6/21 and what the thugs wanted to do to Mike Pence…

thehill.com

But the ones trying out now would do whatever Trump asked. 1/6/21 would have resulted in a real Civil War if the VP had consented to Trump’s request — and all the current candidates would have done exactly that.

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BeenHereAwhile Apr 21, 2024 • 9:52:01am

re: #265 Eclectic Cyborg

100% pure concentrated ass kissing.

100% pure Kompromat ass kissing

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 9:53:59am

re: #269 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Of course you can’t tell from the picture, but it’s much too big for that.

Oh, OK. They should have put something in for scale…

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 9:56:33am

re: #252 DodgerFan1988

Yes that IS Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs running mate!

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 9:58:10am

re: #257 No Malarkey!

David Pecker will reportedly be the prosecution’s first witness.

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Damn. I will have to head straight to Ralphs and double my Jiffy Pop buy! Tomorrow is gonna be a fire, er, fart storm in the courtroom!

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 21, 2024 • 10:04:14am

re: #272 calochortus

Oh, OK. They should have put something in for scale…

It’s there in the flesh, so no scales needed. The picture was mine.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 21, 2024 • 10:05:02am

re: #274 Joe Bacon ✅

Damn. I will have to head straight to Ralphs and double my Jiffy Pop buy! Tomorrow is gonna be a fire, er, fart storm in the courtroom!

I’ll have to pick up some popcorn, too. Trump’s gonna be fartin’ up a hurricane tomorrow, LOL.

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 10:05:24am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

OMFG.

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Did that go unchallenged? Or is the media on board with giving Trump credit for the aid package passing.

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calochortus Apr 21, 2024 • 10:05:57am

re: #275 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

It’s there in the flesh, so no scales needed. The picture was mine.

Obviously you should have opened the case and placed a coin or small ruler in there before taking the picture!

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sagehen Apr 21, 2024 • 10:08:13am

re: #219 No Malarkey!

I had a dream last night about having a newborn baby, and calculating that by the time the baby turned 18, I would be 79 years old.

By the time Robert De Niro’s youngest turns 18, he’ll be 98.

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jaunte Apr 21, 2024 • 10:09:41am

reddit.com

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Dr Lizardo Apr 21, 2024 • 10:14:06am

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 21, 2024 • 10:14:31am

re: #280 jaunte

LOL

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 10:16:40am

Gee. I am surprised that I just got an email from the City Commissioners regarding poll book lessons. They said they were adding more classes. I guess they are trying to get people accustomed to using an electronic version rather than a paper one.

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sagehen Apr 21, 2024 • 10:19:58am

re: #281 Dr Lizardo

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It’s like that Twilight Zone episode; the guy finally has time to read everything, and his glasses break…

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Dr Lizardo Apr 21, 2024 • 10:23:36am

re: #284 sagehen

It’s like that Twilight Zone episode; the guy finally has time to read everything, and his glasses break…

“Time Enough at Last”, starring Burgess Meredith. One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes.

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Romantic Heretic Apr 21, 2024 • 10:32:57am

re: #218 Patricia Kayden

An abortion rights group, Coloradans for Reproductive Freedom, appears to have been more successful in its signature collection efforts. It hopes to put a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to an abortion on the ballot and submitted 230,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office on Thursday. The group’s signatures must now be validated by the secretary of state.

In the words of Han Solo, “Well, that’s the tricky part, isn’t it?”

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goddamnedfrank Apr 21, 2024 • 10:34:07am

re: #280 jaunte

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It’s funny because it’s an ugly kludge for a part was absolutely prime for an interference fit. Just make the pedal plate with a minuscule amount of allowable flex at the bottom edges and a couple of tiny indents on the bottom sides that dig into divots in the pedal body, then slide them together until they snap in place.

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steve_davis Apr 21, 2024 • 10:36:32am

re: #285 Dr Lizardo

“Time Enough at Last”, starring Burgess Meredith. One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes.

even more mind blowing is that burgess was probably 60 when he did that, and then he lived another 60 years.

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jaunte Apr 21, 2024 • 10:37:11am

@apocalypticanow.bsky.social

I read someone say that it’s very difficult to get AI to redo something exactly while changing only one or two details.

Unfortunately for those who want to replace artists and designers, that’s ~99% of what they do for clients

@artphobos.bsky.social

Via Vincent Proce on Twitter (@vproceart) some hope vs the Ai glut

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Romantic Heretic Apr 21, 2024 • 10:39:13am

re: #253 Nerdy Fish

And the Spartans never forgave them for it. Eventually they got help from the Achaemenids to fuck up Athens and open the door for Phillip.

Smooth move, ExLax.

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Jay C Apr 21, 2024 • 10:41:01am

re: #288 steve_davis

even more mind blowing is that burgess was probably 60 when he did that, and then he lived another 60 years.

Not exactly.

Burgess Meredith was born Nov. 16, 1907, and was 52 when the “Time Enough At Last” episode aired (11/1959). He died in 1997, aged 89.

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darthstar Apr 21, 2024 • 10:41:02am

Mastodon

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 10:42:53am

re: #292 darthstar

That is a beautiful picture. It is so peaceful.

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jeffreyw Apr 21, 2024 • 10:43:23am

re: #241 Joe Bacon ✅

Now that is just torturing poor doggy!

Who’s a good boy?

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Nerdy Fish Apr 21, 2024 • 10:46:00am

re: #290 Romantic Heretic

And the Spartans never forgave them for it. Eventually they got help from the Achaemenids to fuck up Athens and open the door for Phillip.

Smooth move, ExLax.

They weren’t the most intelligent bunch, that’s for sure.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Apr 21, 2024 • 10:48:32am

re: #295 Nerdy Fish

They weren’t the most intelligent bunch, that’s for sure.

There are a couple of nice historian articles on how Sparta should not be any sort of standard for a society to emulate given how very screwed up their culture was on a number of levels.

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Jay C Apr 21, 2024 • 10:50:10am

re: #286 Romantic Heretic

re: #218 Patricia Kayden

An abortion rights group, Coloradans for Reproductive Freedom, appears to have been more successful in its signature collection efforts. It hopes to put a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to an abortion on the ballot and submitted 230,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office on Thursday. The group’s signatures must now be validated by the secretary of state.

In the words of Han Solo, “Well, that’s the tricky part, isn’t it?”

Maybe not so tricky: Colorado’s SoS, Jena Griswold seems to be a good Democrat, so the likelihood of her office trying to slow-walk or scuttle an abortion-rights amendment seems fairly low.

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CleverToad Apr 21, 2024 • 11:00:41am

re: #297 Jay C

Maybe not so tricky: Colorado’s SoS, Jena Griswold seems to be a good Democrat, so the likelihood of her office trying to slow-walk or scuttle an abortion-rights amendment seems fairly low.

We’ve had ‘personhood’ on the CO ballot several times already and managed to vote to down. But they keep hoping if they get the language juuuust right it will sneak through. I see they’re going for the graphic horror appeal for the signature collection, though I’m sure the usual deliberate obfuscation is planned for the final ballot language.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 21, 2024 • 11:04:22am

re: #197 Nerdy Fish

I’m gathering that I got insanely lucky with my birdle.

Grrrr. And good job. I had four guesses and still failed. Looking back (hingsight blah, blah) and it should have been more obvious.

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retired cynic Apr 21, 2024 • 11:17:15am

re: #228 calochortus

You need to start 2 syllables ahead. See the second version here (starts around 0.55) after the proper version.

They did a different version, one syllable off. Amazing you found this.

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Dangerman Apr 21, 2024 • 2:59:04pm

re: #13 silverdolphin

Maybe but there are also 5 jurors who are either lawyers or have family members who are lawyers. They might be able to keep the jury from running away. They might also be able to tell a judge that a juror lied to get on the jury and get an alternate to replace.

(Ianal) you have to negotiate in the jury room in good faith. You can’t just sit there with your arms folded and say not gonna convict no matter what no way no how.

You have to be reasonably intelligent to pull that off without tipping your hand to your real motive

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