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re: #68 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Afternoon Lizards. An update on getting the Egg back on the road. I mentioned this morning that the battery pack was totally depleted (4.5 VDC). Well not even my 72 VDC, 40 amp charger could bring it up to voltage. Hell, I had to shut it off because it was over heating. So I’m now having to charge each battery individually. I also ordered a 100 Amp load tester to check each battery to see if any of them need to be replaced. I just so happen to have 2 of the same type of batteries that I purchased for the ill fated RV project on hand. So if replacement(s) is/are necessary, I at least have them on hand.
Michele:
We have clients in Nashville who go on tour for weeks to months at a time.
To ensure their vehicle batteries aren’t flat when they return from tour, we recommend solar battery maintainers. You plug it into your 12V outlet on your dash, or wire them directly to the battery.
These devices will not charge a dead battery but it will not nor *overcharge* a vehicle battery. It just maintains the proper voltage level in a charged battery and stops providing a charging current when the battery is fully charged.
I have the solar model in my hybrid, and leave it sitting on my dashboard plugged in to the vehicle 12V battery 24/7 for the past 4 years, even while driving.
When i take my hybrid to the dealer for oil changes, the dealer reads the 4+ year battery install date and tests the 12V battery in an effort to sell me a new one.
The dealer test results to date have shown the battery cranking reserve is well above replacement level.
If you have access to an electrical outlet, there are also plug in battery maintainers, one of which I use on my wife’s Touareg, as it’s garaged, and only gets driven, except for trips, once a week.
HTH
Things have come full circle. Tonight my 17 year old great niece is at a Stevie nicks concert and I am jealous.
Election commissioner presents evidence that ‘Trump caught paying people to attend rally’
People were apparently paid to attend Donald Trump’s rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, according to Tennessee Democratic election commissioner Chris D. Jackson, although it’s not clear who did the paying.
Jackson, who criticized Hungary’s autocratic leader, Viktor Orbán, for endorsing the ex-president, took to social media over the weekend to draw attention to a Craigslist post appearing to offer payment for attendance at the MAGA event.
“BREAKING: Trump Caught Paying People to Attend Rally,” the official reported. “A Craigslist ad has been found offering payment for people to attend Trump’s rally in Las Vegas today.”
Busy busy.
The parents own the night at this point. I’ve been whacked in the back of the head this last week more than I like to say.
Take the trash out… Whack!
Let the dogs out… Whack!
Go to the shop… Whack!
Only a small scratch so far.
The Mastodon server I use won’t upload.
Baby Owlets should fledge in the next few days.
Eastern Screech Owls. Central Texas pic.twitter.com/3iGahG5WXN— TravisBlues 🦉🦉💙 (@Travisblues01) June 10, 2024
re: #62 Charles Johnson
For a long time LGF has shown times and dates in the Pacific timezone (America/Los Angeles). But I’m considering changing it to show time and dates in each user’s timezone instead, based on UTC time but formatted according to where your browser thinks you are.
Just make it all Mythical Time Zone and throw Teleskiguy and me a bone. /s
really enjoying season 2 of interview with the vampire. very well written. as has been observed, television now does all the stuff movies used to do before they became mostly mindless drivel.
I don’t want anybody going on me. We need every voter. I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.”
What I like about him is the way he tells it like it is.
a classy scene from Trump’s rally today in Vegas (Getty) pic.twitter.com/rNyz6YoYY7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2024
re: #8 Dangerman
What I like about him is the way he tells it like it is.
And his marks are brainwashed to the point they will do whatever he commands no matter what.
re: #9 Dangerman
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I don’t really care if it’s classy or not, but I doubt she’d like the crowd to take it literally.
re: #4 Joe Bacon ✅
Election commissioner presents evidence that ‘Trump caught paying people to attend rally’
People were apparently paid to attend Donald Trump’s rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, according to Tennessee Democratic election commissioner Chris D. Jackson, although it’s not clear who did the paying.
Jackson, who criticized Hungary’s autocratic leader, Viktor Orbán, for endorsing the ex-president, took to social media over the weekend to draw attention to a Craigslist post appearing to offer payment for attendance at the MAGA event.
“BREAKING: Trump Caught Paying People to Attend Rally,” the official reported. “A Craigslist ad has been found offering payment for people to attend Trump’s rally in Las Vegas today.”
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That sounds more like a some MAGA brand company trying to shill their crap to the Trump marks.
re: #76 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
In other doomerish news:
Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz
The rise of nationalism will lead to another world war.
I’m thinking by… 2038… oddly enough.
These were the European Parliament elections, not national parliament elections. These are elections for representatives to Brussels, and a lot of Europeans don’t take these elections seriously at all and vote for whatever whackjob protest candidates they can find. This has repercussions for EU law and regulations, of course, but doesn’t necessarily predict national elections.
re: #13 danarchy
That sounds more like a some MAGA brand company trying to shill their crap to the Trump marks.
Trump has been hiring paid actors on Craigslist for years now. People have been ignoring it because they don’t think it’s important, but there are ads for most towns he visits.
I’m just waiting for someone to make it big and say they got their acting start being paid to be a black Trump voter at his rallies.
I don’t think it was appropriate for Biden to turn the remembrance of D-Day into a political attack on his opponent.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 6, 2024
re: #16 darthstar
I’m just waiting for someone to make it big and say they got their acting start being paid to be a black Trump voter at his rallies.
re: #17 Dangerman
I love how, despite being completely saturated with Nazi filth, Xitter still manages to provide actual good information in its community notes.
re: #9 Dangerman
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I can’t tell if that person is male or female. I’m guessing male, unless Trumporrhoid ladies are so insane they are inviting rape because their Lord is a rapist.
re: #21 Vicious Babushka
I can’t tell if that person is male or female. I’m guessing male, unless Trumporrhoid ladies are so insane they are inviting rape because their Lord is a rapist.
That is 100% a female, and they are that insane.
Donald Trump stood in blazing heat in a Las Vegas park on Sunday and directly appealed to working-class voters by promising to eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality workers,” the New York Times reports.
re: #17 Dangerman
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Guilty fucking conscience, Erick?
Oh, who am I kidding? You snuffed out any semblance of your conscience long ago, like the rest of the MAGAchuds, when you figured out having no shame or scruples could get you what you want.
I did an interview today with @NEWSMAX and I think they picked the wrong guy. pic.twitter.com/4Ep5gajiE7
— Pushing The Limits (@PTLRadioShow) June 9, 2024
re: #20 Nerdy Fish
I love how, despite being completely saturated with Nazi filth, Xitter still manages to provide actual good information in its community notes.
Only because Musk hasn’t got the stones to kill it, despite CNs that have called him out specifically and repeatedly… yet.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
For a long time LGF has shown times and dates in the Pacific timezone (America/Los Angeles). But I’m considering changing it to show time and dates in each user’s timezone instead, based on UTC time but formatted according to where your browser thinks you are.
Even tho I’m Central time, I like LGF using Pacific time “as it’s Zulu coordinated time.” Consider potential confusion if Oz, Kiwi, & Eastern European posted on their local time.
re: #26 TedStriker
Only because Musk hasn’t got the stones to kill it, despite CNs that have called him out specifically and repeatedly… yet.
Nah, community notes is his baby. It is his solution to not having to pay people to moderate.
re: #27 BeenHereAwhile
Even tho I’m Central time, I like LGF using Pacific time “as it’s Zulu coordinated time.” Consider potential confusion if Oz, Kiwi, & Eastern European posted on their local time.
Agreed. Time is variable, depending on where you are when the sun rises. If you want to make PS(D)T the baseline for this Board, I think it’s kinda cool. If it confuses some people, they are probably too stupid to be Lizard’s anyway.
Oh, and here is my new Lizard skin, for now:
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These fuckers live for 130 years. I’m jumping on that train.
re: #27 BeenHereAwhile
Even tho I’m Central time, I like LGF using Pacific time “as it’s Zulu coordinated time.” Consider potential confusion if Oz, Kiwi, & Eastern European posted on their local time.
I thought Zulu Time was Greenwich Standard Time…
Started reading this
Why You Should Put A Zip Tie On Your Garage Door Link
And then realized, whoa, I don’t have a garage
re: #27 BeenHereAwhile
Even tho I’m Central time, I like LGF using Pacific time “as it’s Zulu coordinated time.” Consider potential confusion if Oz, Kiwi, & Eastern European posted on their local time.
I am not following where the confusion would be? If it is just showing things to you in your own time zone, it just prevents you from having to do the math. The only real confusion would be if the browser geolocates you wrong and starts tagging things with the wrong time.
re: #34 danarchy
I am not following where the confusion would be? If it is just showing things to you in your own time zone, it just prevents you from having to do the math. The only real confusion would be if the browser geolocates you wrong and starts tagging things with the wrong time.
This. My anti-virus service does it.
re: #27 BeenHereAwhile
Even tho I’m Central time, I like LGF using Pacific time “as it’s Zulu coordinated time.” Consider potential confusion if Oz, Kiwi, & Eastern European posted on their local time.
You wouldn’t see their times. You would see their times adjusted to your time zone.
It’s how other sites like Twitter (which was doing it long before Musk) and DailyKos show times.
re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There are four ethics committee members in the Oregon House (2D, 2R). Both Republicans and one Democrat said there was nothing wrong with his statement, and dismissed the ethics complaint.
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There are four ethics committee members in the Oregon House (2D, 2R). Both Republicans and one Democrat said there was nothing wrong with his statement, and dismissed the ethics complaint.
To paraphrase Art Linkletter “Right Wing Xtians Say the Darnedest Things!”
Tangentially, I always wondered why Coordinated Universal Time was abbreviated UTC. According to the googles it was a compromise between English speakers who wanted it to be CUT and French speakers who wanted it to be TUC. So I guess it is better for it to not make sense for anyone.
re: #31 austin_blue
Agreed. Time is variable, depending on where you are when the sun rises. If you want to make PS(D)T the baseline for this Board, I think it’s kinda cool. If it confuses some people, they are probably too stupid to be Lizard’s anyway.
Oh, and here is my new Lizard skin, for now:
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These fuckers live for 130 years. I’m jumping on that train.
They also have a vestigial eye on their forehead that can tell light from shadow in case there is an attack from above.
Ancient, ancient, ancient beasts. Like me. I think I’ll adopt it as my personal (not public) avatar.
I’ll stick to my 78704 shield publicly.
Did you know that the traditional subscript to the shield is “We’re all here because we’re not all there?”
True fact.
Now I’m off for the rack. Adios.
re: #39 Joe Bacon ✅
To paraphrase Art Linkletter “Right Wing Xtians Say the Darnedest Things!”
So do left-wing ones.
re: #25 Dave In Austin
I’m disappointed that he doesn’t like President Biden but I guess it is what it is. At least he’s not voting for the felon.
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Never heard of him before but what a sad way to die. May he RIP.
re: #42 danarchy
Tangentially, I always wondered why Coordinated Universal Time was abbreviated UTC. According to the googles it was a compromise between English speakers who wanted it to be CUT and French speakers who wanted it to be TUC. So I guess it is better for it to not make sense for anyone.
re: #42 danarchy
I’ve taken to calling it Universal Time Code to fit the acronym.
re: #14 darthstar
I’m sure MTG will claim this is shopped, but the Internet doesn’t lie.
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So that’s what makes her different.
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She’s gonna go work at The Intercept now, isn’t she?
re: #54 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
2 Corinthians 1:8-11
“Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.”
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
I’m disappointed that he doesn’t like President Biden but I guess it is what it is. At least he’s not voting for the felon.
But he is voting for Biden. The choice is between 2 old white guys and he’s voting for the one that supports democracy.
re: #53 Vicious Babushka
She’s gonna go work at The Intercept now, isn’t she?
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Well, since Scumm Scumwald resigned from the Intercept in October, 2020 claiming they were censoring him, I guess they might still have an opening.
re: #57 A Three Hour Tour
Well, since Scumm Scumwald resigned from the Intercept in October, 2020 claiming they were censoring him, I guess they might still have an opening.
They may have an opening but I’d be surprised if they would want her, given they didn’t wand Scumwald.
That Much-Despised Apple Ad Could Be More Disturbing Than It Looks
I think it is possible he gets this very wrong:
Picture it: A team of experienced, well-paid professionals spent months refining a strategy. Ideas were pitched, culled, refined, mocked up. Eventually, after countless steps, a winner emerged, and somehow it was this. They could have depicted all that gear being cheerfully shrunken and squeezed into one iPad, awaiting creative fun. Instead, they went with just demolishing it all. Did no one point out that people are increasingly wary of tech companies’ impact on the creative professions?
This ad, Crush, was created in-house, inside Apple, not by its normal ad agency. I hypothesize that the reason it was so tone deaf is that they used an Ai to create the ad, hoping they could get a cool ad without needing to have “a team of experienced, well-paid professionals” spending months refining a strategy. No ideas were pitched, none culled, nor refined, nor mocked up. It was all so easy, they thought. The tech bros could make their own cool ads.
The whole point was that they were encroaching on the creative professionals.
And because they did not have pros do any real work, they made the same mistake so many others have made with LLMs - amateurs trusted the output without engaging experts.
Apple actually had an ad released at the same time that was made by a pro ad agency, their normal one. It is actually quite effective and useful.
This might explain why Apple apologized so quickly. Their ‘A-B experiment’ showed what a huge mistake they had made. Their LLM was not ready for prime time.
Sure, all speculation but I do wonder why Apple released 2 ads: one by the pros and one that they did themselves.
Despite clickbait-y headlines regarding the EU Parliamentary elections, the real story is the center has held, which is mostly good news.
Centrist groups have retained a majority in the EU parliament despite high-profile gains by far-right parties in France, Germany and elsewhere, a projection showed Sunday.
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) came first with 181 out of 720 seats, followed by its two main partners — the centre-left Socialists and Democrats on 135 and the centrist Renew Europe on 82.
They were tailed by two far-right groupings, the European Conservatives and Reformists with 71 seats, and the smaller Identity and Democracy on 62.
re: #51 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve taken to calling it Universal Time Code to fit the acronym.
Before the internet existed, one could call WWV to get “Coordinated Universal Time”.
(Still remember the phone number)
re: #61 silverdolphin
Sure, all speculation but I do wonder why Apple released 2 ads: one by the pros and one that they did themselves.
Given most corporate culture, it was probably a “Give them enough rope” moment and the apology was written before the ad ever aired with the expectation of failure.
I honestly can’t wait for the AI Winter 2.0 to settle in…
re: #53 Vicious Babushka
She’s gonna go work at The Intercept now, isn’t she?
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“The truth”? The truth is that the experiments were designed to help address a zoonotic parasitic disease that affects humans where dogs are the natural reservoir (i.e. creatures that parasites grow and breed in) and sand flies are the vectors (i.e. creature that spreads the parasites). The hypothesis being tested (in layman’s terms) was if the sand flies are more attracted to infected dogs than uninfected dogs. And there are fewer variables to consider (age, health, disease, etc) with juvenile lab animals than there are with adults.
The truth is also that the Repubs making the biggest noise about this “scandal” were either silent or made excuses when one of their own proudly boasted about blasting a puppy with a shotgun because she couldn’t control it.
re: #61 silverdolphin
Don’t attribute to AI that which can be explained by an executive coming up with a bad idea.
Edited for a better idea.
re: #53 Vicious Babushka
She’s gonna go work at The Intercept now, isn’t she?
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She started there, didn’t she? Old home week…
re: #61 silverdolphin
That Much-Despised Apple Ad Could Be More Disturbing Than It Looks
I think it is possible he gets this very wrong:
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This might explain why Apple apologized so quickly. Their ‘A-B experiment’ showed what a huge mistake they had made. Their LLM was not ready for prime time.
Sure, all speculation but I do wonder why Apple released 2 ads: one by the pros and one that they did themselves.
Because it’s Apple, and Apple does strange things.
I have to smile when I turn off my Max Air Pro earphones by placing them in their Apple design “Micky Mouse Ears” case and clicking the magnetic latch.
re: #66 Targetpractice
The truth is also that the Repubs making the biggest noise about this “scandal” were either silent or made excuses when one of their own proudly boasted about blasting a puppy with a shotgun because she couldn’t control it.
This may be their first and only protest of using animals in research.
re: #67 Belafon
Humans are still the champion creators of dumb ads.
The Bluesky of disorienting interior decor.
Conversely I found one that sprung from MC Esther’s nightmares
— Erica Henderson (@ericafails.bsky.social) 2024-06-10T02:37:26.260Z
re: #70 jaunte
This may be their first and only protest of using animals in research.
It’s not even that. You’ll note that nowhere in this discussion is any real suggestion that this experiment or others like it should be banned or put under stricter review. It’s just a part of the overall narrative that is “Dr. Fauci is a remorseless monster” that keeps depending upon stitching together a patchwork quilt of whatever scraps they can find. The reality that Dr. Fauci did not propose the experiment, write up the paperwork for review, review said paperwork, or conduct the experiment does not matter, what’s supposed to matter is “the buck stopped with him.”
Again, these are the same people whose response to tens of thousands of civilians being killed in Gaza by Israeli missiles and bombs is “HIT’EM HARDER!”
I made pasta with a Okinawan sweet potato and caramelized onion sauce. It’s was lavender/purple-y. It is the most delicious purple sauce I’ve ever had.
re: #76 Joe Bacon ✅
Chef Luca is my fav. I follow his recipe for carbonara.
re: #77 BigPapa
Chef Luca is my fav. I follow his recipe for carbonara.
Chef Luca is so much fun to watch!
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
WDTV-TV, Raleigh-Durham, NC (two days ago, 4:07)
The unregulated hotel industry strikes again, this time with MOAR SQUATS
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Oh, we’re seeing this shit in the regulated hotel industry a lot as well. Ever since the eviction moratoriums were lifted in 2021 because everything was “back to normal,” we’ve not gone past a three month period without some broke-ass guest who’s managed to drag things out past the 90 day “residency” mark telling us to go screw ourselves because they can’t pay and won’t pay. Or begging us not to kick them out because “[my] kids will be on the street” if we go through with the eviction process. In fact, we’re currently in the process of dealing with a woman-beating SOB who’s actually come down here and told management that his lawyer told him that until the eviction process finishes we can’t deny him entry to his room…but please can he have some clean sheets, towels, and toilet paper.
Letters from an American June 9, 2024
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Yesterday the Washington Post published an article by Beth Reinhard examining the philosophy and the power of Russell Vought, the hard-right Christian nationalist who is drafting plans for a second Trump term. Vought was the director of the Office of Management and Budget from July 2020 to January 2021 during the Trump administration. In January 2021 he founded the Center for Renewing America, a pro-Trump think tank, and he was a key player in the construction of Project 2025, the plan to gut the nonpartisan federal government and replace it with a dominant president and a team of loyalists who will impose religious rule on the United States.
History and background on what the founders had in mind, and what these jerks have in mind.
re: #61 silverdolphin
That Much-Despised Apple Ad Could Be More Disturbing Than It Looks
I think it is possible he gets this very wrong:
This ad, Crush, was created in-house, inside Apple, not by its normal ad agency. I hypothesize that the reason it was so tone deaf is that they used an Ai to create the ad, hoping they could get a cool ad without needing to have “a team of experienced, well-paid professionals” spending months refining a strategy.
I doubt it had anything to do with an LLM.
The tone-deafness is just typical of the tech-bro climate, a group of people so enamored with their little (but highly paid) world that they are not in touch with the wider culture.
The ad was made by people who know a whole lot about computers but do not know much about psychology and history.
re: #83 retired cynic
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re: #81 Targetpractice
My overall dystopian view of our future is enhanced by stories such as you relate.
As the wealthy continue to accumulate ever increasing share of the land in this country, the rents will be continually pressured upwards, and the poorest will be homeless.
This was the nature of our past (serfs living on the dirt floors in the corners of stables) and I suspect that is to where we are returning.
It may take a couple of centuries but the end result of landlords is, well, Lords.
Unrestricted, wealth accumulation is biased by the powers that be to continually flow into fewer and fewer hands.
With the unraveling at the end of fossil fuels I do think that societies will struggle to make renewables work.
Not that we can’t electrify our lives. We can, and are trying to do that.
I just doubt that the masses on this planet can wait until such is accomplished.
Until then we are walking a tightrope: land barons and serfdom on one side, left-wing anarchy on the other.
I feel that I, tail end of the boomers, have lived during the golden age of America. Vast national riches poured out on untold luxuries that humans have never before experienced.
13 centuries from now I expect people living in what was once the US will be a mix of 40% serfs/indentured slaves, 50% tenant farmers, 9% commercial/clerical/military class, 1% elite land owners.
re: #86 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I doubt it had anything to do with an LLM.
The tone-deafness is just typical of the tech-bro climate, a group of people so enamored with their little (but highly paid) world that they are not in touch with the wider culture.
The ad was made by people who know a whole lot about computers but do not know much about psychology and history.
Wasn’t it a take on their 1984 mac ad? Instead of smashing IBM, they’re smashing old creativity tech.
re: #89 JC1
Wasn’t it a take on their 1984 mac ad? Instead of smashing IBM, they’re smashing old creativity tech.
Yes, that is the thinking.
The old hammer through the video screen somehow morphed into squashing instruments.
Three people injured following at the Sisters Rodeo in Oregon Saturday night. During the final section of the bull riding event, a bull jumped a fence, went out of the arena and entered an area with spectators. pic.twitter.com/ASgxzdNEwa
— Heidi Hatch KUTV (@tvheidihatch) June 9, 2024
Madness at the Sisters Rodeo last night as a bull jumped the fence & made it into the concession area. pic.twitter.com/1OVHiHrknj
— Rjrtyx (@weixj8862) June 9, 2024
re: #23 Dangerman
Donald Trump stood in blazing heat in a Las Vegas park on Sunday and directly appealed to working-class voters by promising to eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality workers,” the New York Times reports.
I hate to admit it, but that move is going to appeal to a lot of voters who live from tips.
The Tories continue to run an absolute shitshow of a general election:
"Tory aide stops Sky News interview after party chairman Richard Holden dodges questions"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
— Avon DeRussate (@avondeer.bsky.social) 2024-06-10T07:00:05.394Z
So I learned that British political pundits refer to this as a “chicken run,” when powerful party members afraid of losing their seats will run to the nearest “safe” seat and even push out the incumbent in order to avoid the embarrassment of the other side claiming their scalp on election night. In this case, Holden abandoned a run in the new constituency where his old seat was in order to instead run for a “safe” seat over 300 miles away.
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There are four ethics committee members in the Oregon House (2D, 2R). Both Republicans and one Democrat said there was nothing wrong with his statement, and dismissed the ethics complaint.
“Fuck the Constitution if it disagrees with my interpretation of my choice of Holy Scripture”
which could just about be the motto for DJT’s Agenda 2025
re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I hate to admit it, but that move is going to appeal to a lot of voters who live from tips.
Especially among those dumb enough to believe he’d actually do it.
re: #96 William Lewis
Especially among those dumb enough to believe he’d actually do it.
That is his skill: to say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear at the time.
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is his skill: to say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear at the time.
re: #85 Eventual Carrion
“I’m a faithfull follower of Brother John Burch
And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church
And I ain’t even got a garage you can call home and ask my wife”
Blast from the past
re: #34 danarchy
I am not following where the confusion would be? If it is just showing things to you in your own time zone, it just prevents you from having to do the math. The only real confusion would be if the browser geolocates you wrong and starts tagging things with the wrong time.
Who doesn’t love waking up and doing arithmetic first thing in the morning? 👀
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
Despite clickbait-y headlines regarding the EU Parliamentary elections, the real story is the center has held, which is mostly good news.
OMG. THANK YOU! I was honestly freaking out a little bit.
re: #72 jaunte
The Bluesky of disorienting interior decor.
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That’s the biggest cat house I’ve ever seen.
re: #88 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
…
I feel that I, tail end of the boomers, have lived during the golden age of America. Vast national riches poured out on untold luxuries that humans have never before experienced.
…
All Americans have lived during the golden age of America. Ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.
re: #99 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Bah
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re: #102 Dangerman
Its “rigged” if i dont agree with the verdict
They can argue that because DJT is a political candidate, that makes it a “political” trial.
As if the Zimmermann and Rittenhouse trials were not highly politically charged, especially the latter.
re: #107 Decatur Deb
All Americans have lived during the golden age of America. Ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.
Up until recently, most people believed in the American dream that the next generation should have it better than their parents.
That faith is faltering as the young generation faces the reality that they can barely afford to pay off their educations, much less come up with a down payment on a mortgage…
Trump is phoning it in.
Trump and Pence to address Southern Baptist groups at denomination’s annual gathering
re: #107 Decatur Deb
All Americans have lived during the golden age of America. Ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.
“It’s Morning in America in the Shining City on the Hill!”
re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Up until recently, most people believed in the American dream that the next generation should have it better than their parents.
That faith is faltering as the young generation faces the reality that they can barely afford to pay off their educations, much less come up with a down payment on a mortgage…
They aren’t joining the CCC so that their folks at home can get $30 per month. They’re not bagging bodies on Omaha Beach. They’re not drinking from Colored Only fountains.
re: #115 Decatur Deb
They aren’t joining the CCC so that their folks at home can get $30 per month. They’re not bagging bodies on Omaha Beach. They’re not drinking from Colored Only fountains.
True. But they are figuring out that the “work hard, save your money” ethos of their parents’ generation no longer applies to the modern social and economic reality.
re: #115 Decatur Deb
They aren’t joining the CCC so that their folks at home can get $30 per month. They’re not bagging bodies on Omaha Beach. They’re not drinking from Colored Only fountains.
I think there’s so much discontent because most western countries haven’t had an actual war or other negative world changing incident (excluding COVID). Too much peacetime let’s people ruminate over dumb things (not that all complaints are dumb, mind you) and completely miss the bigger picture.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
who goes first?
What’s on first.
(From the read, they are to separate sub-groups.)
re: #116 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
True. But they are figuring out that the “work hard, save your money” ethos of their parents’ generation no longer applies to the modern social and economic reality.
Never did. Birth and luck have always driven the dream.
re: #96 William Lewis
Especially among those dumb enough to believe he’d actually do it.
Yep, Infrastructure No tip tax week which will never come.
re: #119 Decatur Deb
Never did. Birth and luck have always driven the dream.
My dad was a steel mill worker, but he could afford to buy a house, keep mom at home and put us through (state) college where we all moved up into the Middle Class.
I was fortunate to be able to graduate without any debt to pay back, leaving me free to pursue my career path without major constraints.
re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I hate to admit it, but that move is going to appeal to a lot of voters who live from tips.
it’ll never happen
prez cant do it by himself
congress has to
sure, the rubes will still believe it because they’re not known for their knowledge of the constitution
re: #121 Eventual Carrion
Yep,
InfrastructureNo tip tax week which will never come.
Big Tipper for a Day
re: #118 Decatur Deb
What’s on first.
(From the read, they are to separate sub-groups.)
I was about to say: True DJT Believers see Mike Pence as Judas Incarnate
re: #122 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I was fortunate to be able to graduate without any debt to pay back, leaving me free to pursue my career path without major constraints.
Yup. Birth and luck.
My dad was killed 6 weeks before I was born to his lumpenprole girlfriend. We still got by, entirely on luck in a pre-welfare society. My 4 kids exist because I fell out of a troop truck.
Fox News edited an interview with Donald Trump to remove a section in which he appeared to back off a promise to declassify federal files related to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein because “you don’t want to affect people’s lives if it’s phony stuff in there,” Semafor reports.
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Yup. Birth and luck.
My dad was killed 6 weeks before I was born to his lumpenprole girlfriend. We still got by, entirely on luck in a pre-welfare society. My 4 kids exist because I fell out of a troop truck.
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re: #127 Dangerman
Fox News edited an interview with Donald Trump to remove a section in which he appeared to back off a promise to declassify federal files related to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein because “you don’t want to affect people’s lives if it’s phony stuff my name comes up in there,”
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They can argue that because DJT is a political candidate, that makes it a “political” trial.
As if the Zimmermann and Rittenhouse trials were not highly politically charged, especially the latter.
anything, anytime that affects or includes a politician is ‘political’ to one degree or another.
it can be related to an election or not
anytime a politician opens their mouth it’s ‘political’
‘political’ doesnt necessarily mean ‘hurt the politician’
‘political’ doesnt mean wrong
or illegal
or ill-advised
or ‘should not happen’
that there is a political aspect doesn’t mean that it is necessarily the driving force
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Yup. Birth and luck.
My dad was killed 6 weeks before I was born to his lumpenprole girlfriend. We still got by, entirely on luck in a pre-welfare society. My 4 kids exist because I fell out of a troop truck.
My son will be going to an American college rather than begging on a street corner (presuming he’d lived to 22) because I caught measles due to the fact that one of the 2 versions of the vaccine used until 1967 didn’t work - that left me infertile and lead to his adoption.
“for want of a nail” I think is how that goes…
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Yup. Birth and luck.
My dad was killed 6 weeks before I was born to his lumpenprole girlfriend. We still got by, entirely on luck in a pre-welfare society. My 4 kids exist because I fell out of a troop truck.
was a butterfly involved? //
re: #132 Dangerman
was a butterfly involved? //
Well, it kept him out of the bullet flying zone 😈 so one could call it more of a dove than a butterfly 🤣
Eleven current and former newsroom veterans told to National Review that Emma Tucker, the Wall Street Journal’s new editor-in-chief, “appears to lack a basic understanding of American government, politics, and culture.”“They say she seems to be prioritizing less serious lifestyle stories with snappy headlines over hard-hitting accountability journalism. And they worry that several moves she’s made… could lead to readers losing confidence.”
hard-hitting accountability journalism?
WSJ?
really?
lose reader’s confidence?
i think that ship has sailed
re: #132 Dangerman
was a butterfly involved? //
I had orders to go to a base in Texas with a combat photography MOS, cracked my wrist and they pulled them. Six months later, still stuck at Ft Knox, I met the daughter of a Master Sergeant. Close enough to a butterfly.
re: #135 Decatur Deb
I had orders to go to a base in Texas with a combat photography MOS, cracked my wrist and they pulled them. Six months later, still stuck at Ft Knox, I met the daughter of a Master Sergeant. Close enough to a butterfly.
Ah, misremembered where the original orders were for but I remembered the second half right 😊
re: #136 William Lewis
Ah, misremembered where the original orders were for but I remembered the second half right 😊
Yeah, Camp Wolters—I was the draftee who got the MOS he requested at the reception station. Fortuna was just fucking with me.
re: #137 Decatur Deb
Yeah, Camp Wolters—I was the draftee who got the MOS he requested at the reception station. Fortuna was just fucking with me.
Still makes me ponder that I should have enlisted for photography in ‘82 for a 4 year term. Could have gotten a nice Nikon F3 with a 50/1.4 with that enlistment bonus & still gotten assigned to Germany…
re: #138 William Lewis
Still makes me ponder that I should have enlisted for photography in ‘82 for a 4 year term. Could have gotten a nice Nikon F3 with a 50/1.4 with that enlistment bonus & still gotten assigned to Germany…
Could have got you blown up in any of several deployments. Or you could have spent 20 yrs making GO personality portraits for new Brigadiers.
re: #139 Decatur Deb
Could have got you blown up in any of several deployments. Or you could have spent 20 yrs making GO personality portraits for new Brigadiers.
Yup. That’s always the joy of working for Uncle. My luck, they’d have had me trying to take pictures of the T64s on trains in East Germany while the STASI was shooting at us. Which would have been much more … interesting … than doing the AFN thing 🤣
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re: #142 (((Archangel1)))
Wow, that headline is bait. I mostly try to keep out of the discussion of the Israel-Hamas war because it is incredibly charged on both sides, but I am hoping it is beyond dispute at this point that Hamas has a vested interest in maximizing reports of civilian casualties, to the point where they actively try to get civilians killed by fighting from positions that are closely co-located with civilians.
re: #143 Nerdy Fish
Wow, that headline is bait. I mostly try to keep out of the discussion of the Israel-Hamas war because it is incredibly charged on both sides, .
…yeah my FB was plastered with reports of the raid.
hydroponic trough is done.
plumbing works - it’s all timing
pumps come on and it fills to 4 inches, flooding the roots.
pumps stop and it slowly drains down to an inch.
no moving parts
yesterday i finished the inlet piping and put the rocks in the bottom.
marlon approves the drainpipe
next is plants, probably basil.
re: #143 Nerdy Fish
Wow, that headline is bait. I mostly try to keep out of the discussion of the Israel-Hamas war because it is incredibly charged on both sides, but I am hoping it is beyond dispute at this point that Hamas has a vested interest in maximizing reports of civilian casualties, to the point where they actively try to get civilians killed by fighting from positions that are closely co-located with civilians.
I would word it:
Wow, that headline is bait. I mostly try to keep out of the discussion of the Israel-Hamas war because it is incredibly charged on both sides, but I am hoping it is beyond dispute at this point that Hamas Israel has a vested interest in maximizing reports of civilian casualties, to the point where they actively try to get civilians killed by fighting from positions that are closely co-located with civilians.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on Earth.
Regardless of where Hamas (or any) fighters are, an armed force has due care to not target areas known to have civilians. (So-called human shields are civilians.) Overwhelmingly disproportionate targetting of civilian infrastructure is also off-limits.
The same argument could be applied to our own Republicans. Criminal organisations (drug cartels) are causing death and mayhem. The GOP wants to respond with an invasion of Mexico.
I’ve gotta go. Village board meeting is nigh.
re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Israel’s purposes are not served by maximizing reports of civilian casualties, though, which is why I chose the wording I did. Regardless of whether you believe they are performing genocide or not, revealing that fact to the world by publishing headlines of hundreds or thousands of civilians killed does not serve their interests.
Aside from that, though, I am going to leave the topic well enough alone. We’re already crossing into “highly charged” territory here, and the discussion is barely two posts in. I will leave it to people who are more educated on international warfare law and the history of Middle Eastern conflict to debate the finer points of genocide, proportional response, the role of official IDF policy versus spontaneous ground commander decisions, and the like.
Today is baking day. Because my apartment doesn’t have as much space in the “food prep corner” as I had in my old house, I’m going over to my son’s house. We are making two kinds of cheesecake, my famous New York Classic Cheesecake and in honor of our new home, a Key Lime Cheesecake.
I feel dumb.
I flipped AM and PM.
I was sitting over at the village hall wondering why no one was there. I went over to the village clerk’s house, and she was not pleased to be visited at 7AM with me wondering where everyone is.
I’m going back to bed.
As expected from 19th Century Fox they are bashing Justice Jackson for accepting Beyonce concert tickets…and totally downplaying the 4 million in bribes Slappy T got.
A blind woman was kicked out of a Texas church for bringing a service dog with her
A Texas woman recently attempted to attend a church service, only to be kicked out because she brought her service animal with her.
Mari Ramos is blind and goes everywhere with the help of her dog Betty, who, like other service pets, is trained for these very situations.
“I had somebody say to me on Sunday, well I’m not denying you. I’m denying your service animal. Well by extension. you are denying me because Betty and I are a cohesive unit,” Mari said.
“There was just this feeling of being turned away, this feeling of embarrassment, this feeling of being excluded from something,” Mari said.
When reporter Morgan Riddell of news outlet KBTX did a segment about this story, she didn’t name the church “because the organization did not break any laws”… which is true. While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allows service animals in all public places, churches are not public and don’t have to play by those rules. The church is within its rights to tell Ramos to get out—just as it could with gay people, trans people, people of color, and everyone else they feel are beneath them.
But then there is the temple I attend where we welcome people with service animals…oh and we do not close the door on anyone who wishes to enter…
re: #154 Joe Bacon ✅
As expected from 19th Century Fox they are bashing Justice Jackson for accepting Beyonce concert tickets…and totally downplaying the 4 million in bribes Slappy T got.
Beyonce have issues before the court?
What about Harlan crow?
So fuck off
Donnie Diapers: So we have a country that’s in trouble. We’re going to end the mandate on electric one day.
mediaite.com
Elmo will only lick Donnie’s boot even more vigorously.
re: #99 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Bah
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re: #156 Dangerman
Beyonce have issues before the court?
What about Harlan crow?So fuck off
Once again, rules only apply to some. Republicans have no obligation to follow rules, guidelines, or laws they don’t like, because religious war.
It’s not a military what-if, but in 1854, my great x3 gf had recently moved from London here to western NY and sent for his wife and infant child to join him.
The ship they were on sank in the North Atlantic and everyone on board was lost.
That’s how great-great-great-grandpa ended up marrying his widow’s older sister, who became my great x3 grandmother.
If the ship didn’t sink, I wouldn’t be here.
re: #115 Decatur Deb
They aren’t joining the CCC so that their folks at home can get $30 per month. They’re not bagging bodies on Omaha Beach. They’re not drinking from Colored Only fountains.
And the “gilded age” distribution of wealth is something we did away with once.
re: #150 Nerdy Fish
Same.
The area’s politics is an insanely difficult thing to grasp, which is why I mostly stay out of those discussions.
On a related note, I would have loved to go to college for International Studies with a focus on that area.
Instead I’ll be dithering tonight over which of two curb-installation proposals we should adopt. (That’s also important, but to a far fewer number of people.)
re: #134 Dangerman
hard-hitting accountability journalism?
WSJ?
really?lose reader’s confidence?
i think that ship has sailed
The WSJ for a very long time was top-rated for its strict news coverage, while its editorial board was slightly to the right of the Birchers. (Same as the local newspapers when I was growing up.) I don’t read it, so I don’t know when/whether that changed.
re: #156 Dangerman
Beyonce have issues before the court?
What about Harlan crow?So fuck off
Eta: she disclosed hers.
His $4m, not so much. Pps..that’s crime (literally)
re: #166 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
The WSJ for a very long time was top-rated for its strict news coverage, while its editorial board was slightly to the right of the Birchers.
The Wall Street Journal is the newspaper of record for money, and money is important to WSJ readers. Their news coverage about money is always, always precise and accurate. Their editorials are ripped bleeding from the Weekly World News and Epoch Times because rich people like a laugh.
Today’s severe thunderstorm target for the nation is painted right over my house. Yay.
Rain will stretch from Montana to Minnesota and down to Texas, along the Gulf Coast and back up to Delmarva, with more rain in northern New England.
Severe thunderstorms are also predicted for an area of the south Texas Panhandle and around Savannah.
Tomorrow the rains will move east with fewer thunderstorms.
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The weather for the week for Philly:
weather.gov
This week’s weather in the fishbowl is supposed to be warm temps and rain. The rivers are finally in flood stage, which is a bit late in the year for them to be flooding, but the spring has been very hit or miss on rain, and winter did not bring much snow to speak of. The downside of a rainy week, in addition to flooding rivers, is that I’m supposed to be on the lake next weekend, but we may be spending all our time indoors.
re: #171 PhillyPretzel ✅
The weather for the week for Philly:
weather.gov
Gonna be kinda warm there Friday.
Our own Cheyenne weekly weather story shows us with cooler weather and lots of thunderstorms.
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The Minnesota River appears to be pushing close to a record. This is something we would expect to see in late April or early May, not in the second week of June. From the NWS:
ISSUED: 9:12 PM JUN. 9, 2024 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
…FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY, JUNE 16…* WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Minnesota River at Savage.
* WHEN…Until Sunday, June 16.
* IMPACTS…At 705.0 feet, Flood waters begin to impact the park
road at Fort Snelling State Park.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
- At 900 PM CDT Sunday, the stage was 704.2 feet.
- Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 900 PM CDT Sunday was 704.3 feet.
- Forecast…The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Saturday morning and continue falling to 700.8 feet Sunday,
June 16.
- Flood stage is 702.0 feet.
- Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of
704.4 feet on 07/02/2013.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Same.
The area’s politics is an insanely difficult thing to grasp, which is why I mostly stay out of those discussions.
On a related note, I would have loved to go to college for International Studies with a focus on that area.
Instead I’ll be dithering tonight over which of two curb-installation proposals we should adopt. (That’s also important, but to a far fewer number of people.)
Your current job will at least have some positive results.
re: #176 Dangerman
it’s because the CCCP is All In to put Trump back in the Oval Office.
It’s all about those sweet sweet tax cuts for the rich.
re: #145 William Lewis
I’m totally in harmony with Finland there.
re: #175 Nerdy Fish
None of our rivers are near flood stage at the moment.
That said, Cheyenne’s weather radar is down until tomorrow afternoon for maintenance and we have heavy rain in the forecast today.
re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You completely missed or side-stepped the point there. You’re better than that.
re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Is there any nearby radar? I know with Phila/Mt Holly there is quite a bit of overlap in radar coverage.
Weather reports around here are all about the heat dome producing record-breaking temperatures, but in my tiny corner of the record-roasted area, the forecast is that we just might break 70 one day this week. I have my lap blanket out and deployed.
Not complaining…
re: #185 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Weather reports around here are all about the heat dome producing record-breaking temperatures, but in my tiny corner of the record-roasted area, the forecast is that we just might break 70 one day this week. I have my lap blanket out and deployed.
Not complaining…
Latest from Weather Channel says it will get to 76 in my part of Los Angeles. Won’t hit the 80s until Saturday…We’ll see…
re: #179 Vicious Babushka
I’m livid with Bibi and all the bullshit he’s causing but I get angrier and angrier with the “FREE PALATINE” people who ignore that Hamas is a terrorist organization that’s hurting its own people.
Spewing talking points without knowing the complex underpinnings is really fucking easy.
re: #187 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I always say: Protect all the civilians.
re: #183 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
You completely missed or side-stepped the point there. You’re better than that.
I’m not sure what the point was aside from “dead journalist comes to life to report is clickbait”
Any number of things might be true and I’m in no position to evaluate it:
a) He’s not dead, and the previous report was wrong.
b) He’s not dead, and the previous report was false.
c) He’s not dead, and the previous report was propaganda.
d) He is dead, and the story was written up before he died.
e) Both stories are wrong in different ways.
Neither side of this mess wants journalists reporting things which would make them look bad, or the other side look good.
I still don’t see the objective of Hamas on October 7, other than terrorism, crime, and religious justifications for them. I can’t imagine they didn’t know Israel would make some sort of severe response to that.
Like most conflicts, the non-involved civilian populace takes the brunt of the damage.
From several thousand miles away, I don’t get how all the “both-siderists” saying they won’t vote think somehow Mr. Trump would be better on this. He’s said he would send in our own army (though he says a lot of a crap). I suspect the both-siderists weren’t going to vote for Biden or anyone in the first place, and they’re just trying to come up for a justification for being principled centrists.
Aside from what’s going on in Gaza, there are a myriad of things going on here which will be far worse if Mr. Trump is elected again. Most people in my experience don’t actually vote on foreign affairs issues.
re: #194 Dave In Austin
Very colorful little guy.
Random ND News. Man from ND is in Tokyo train station when he spots a young man wearing an FFA jacket from his hometown of Park River. He stops the young man and discovers that it’s his late brother’s FFA jacket.
Story might be behind a paywall. Edit - interesting that the link doesn’t directly work when clicked. I saved the link when in “reader mode” of Microsoft Edge. Link can be opened with a right click and “open in new tab”
re: #181 Joe Bacon ✅
Stay classy, Rudy…and it’s so nice to see a bunch of Xtians cheer as he does this…
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Fani is a ho, and so therefore Trump should go free even though he fucked a porn start while his wife was home with their new baby, and then falsified business records to cover it over in an act of election fraud.
That Jesus crowd is pretty freaking confusing.
re: #196 dat_said
BTW, I’ve discovered that entering reader mode often gets around paywalls at news websites. It’s #3 in this wikihow: wikihow.com
re: #197 Unabogie
Fani is a ho, and so therefore Trump should go free even though he fucked a porn start while his wife was home with their new baby, and then falsified business records to cover it over in an act of election fraud.
That Jesus crowd is pretty freaking confusing.
Christianity is an authoritarian religion. The right-wing Christians just swapped in Trump in place of their authoritarian god. All that matters now is pleasing him.
re: #197 Unabogie
Fani is a ho, and so therefore Trump should go free even though he fucked a porn start while his wife was home with their new baby, and then falsified business records to cover it over in an act of election fraud.
That Jesus crowd is pretty freaking confusing.
“Jesus is a trick on … .”
Flannery O’Connor
For the curious in these “conspiracy as election weapon” days…
gizmodo.com
The Mythical Promise of Tin Foil Hats
The tin foil hat is a cultural symbol for crazy people, but where does it come from and why do some think it works?
Open your kitchen drawer and take out some tin foil. Twirl it into a cone - maybe even double-wrap it - and put it on your noggin. Do you feel safer yet? The tin foil hat is perhaps the most iconic headgear for conspiracy theorists. Wearing one signals to others that you’re unhinged, have a deep distrust of the government, or that you’re really worried about aliens. To some, it’s an alleged way to block a centralized power’s electromagnetic waves from entering your brain. But does it work?Origins of the Myth
The tin-foil hat can be traced back to 1927, first spotted by Business Insider roughly a decade ago, in a short story titled “The Tissue-Culture King.” It’s a strange short story written by Julian Huxley, whose brother Alduous was a prolific writer and author of Brave New World. It was Julian, however, who was possibly the first to mention wrapping your cranium in foil.
re: #148 Nerdy Fish
Israel’s purposes are not served by maximizing reports of civilian casualties, though, which is why I chose the wording I did. Regardless of whether you believe they are performing genocide or not, revealing that fact to the world by publishing headlines of hundreds or thousands of civilians killed does not serve their interests.
let’s do some genocide math
In 3 years, the Nazis killed 80% of the Jews in mainland Europe, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
in 1994 Rwanda, it took 90 days for the Hutus to kill 70% of the Tutsis, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
In Gaza, if the killings continue at the current pace (assuming we accept Hamas’ casualty numbers and pretend all the dead were civilians), it would take 10 years to kill 25% of the Palestinians. After Hamas dramatically, deliberately, provoked this war.
If Israel wanted to do a genocide, they have the means. Math tells me that’s not what this is. There may be, probably are, war crimes, but this is not by any stretch a genocide.
re: #204 sagehen
let’s do some genocide math
In 3 years, the Nazis killed 80% of the Jews in mainland Europe, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
in 1994 Rwanda, it took 90 days for the Hutus to kill 70% of the Tutsis, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
In Gaza, if the killings continue at the same pace (assuming we accept Hamas’ casualty numbers and pretend all the dead were civilians), it would take 10 years to kill 25% of the Palestinians. After Hamas dramatically, deliberately, provoked this war.
If Israel wanted to do a genocide, they have the means. Math tells me that’s not what this is. There may be, probably are, war crimes, but this is not by any stretch a genocide.
Genocide & War Crimes Chart
re: #196 dat_said
Random ND News. Man from ND is in Tokyo train station when he spots a young man wearing an FFA jacket from his hometown of Park River. He stops the young man and discovers that it’s his late brother’s FFA jacket.
Story might be behind a paywall. Edit - interesting that the link doesn’t directly work when clicked. I saved the link when in “reader mode” of Microsoft Edge. Link can be opened with a right click and “open in new tab”
Direct link (I used Firefox, but all of my paranoiaware may allow me to read it whilst others cannot)
A busy train station in Tokyo, a long-forgotten FFA jacket and an incredible coincidence for Grand Forks man (two days ago, Grand Forks Herald, the lede, more at the link)
GRAND FORKS - What are the odds?
That’s what Peter Meberg has been asking himself ever since, on a recent vacation in Japan, he noticed a young man in an Future Farmers of America jacket walking ahead of him at a bustling train station in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo.
Meberg, his wife and a friend were changing trains at the popular, well-known station in a “very lively part of town,” he said. Some 3.7 million people go through that station daily, he said.
“You come out and it’s just massive numbers of people.”
Sally Pyle, who was traveling with Peter and Bernadette Meberg, first spotted the jacket.
“We were walking and … (she) said, ‘Peter, you see that guy in the blue jacket?’ I’m like, what? She goes, ‘Look ahead, it says ‘Park River’ on the jacket.’ So on the back of the FFA jacket is ‘North Dakota’ and ‘Park River.’
“So, I don’t why, I didn’t even think, I just took off and ran after the guy through this crowd,” Meberg said. “And I don’t know if I grabbed him or touched him on the shoulder, and he turned around and I saw my brother’s name on the front of the FFA jacket. I’m like, no, this can’t be.”
The jacket front is embroidered with “Eric Meberg, Vice President, 1975-76,” denoting the years he served as an officer with the FFA chapter in Park River. Eric “Ike” Meberg, who was a couple of years older than Peter Meberg, died in February 2020.
re: #154 Joe Bacon ✅
As expected from 19th Century Fox they are bashing Justice Jackson for accepting Beyonce concert tickets…and totally downplaying the 4 million in bribes Slappy T got.
re: #156 Dangerman
as for Beyonce and her husband wanting to have influence over a Supreme…
well, Jay-Z’s company has a philanthropic arm which is heavily invested (like hundreds of millions of dollars heavily) in criminal justice reform. Bail reform. Sentencing reform. Probation reform.
All the jurisdictions that have gone to no-cash bail for non-violent misdemeanors? That was Jay-Z’s organization that lobbied for and got that passed.
Of course, Justice Jackson being a former public defender, she was probably already on board with Jay-Z’s group’s priorities before he ever started working on it. But whatever.
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re: #204 sagehen
let’s do some genocide math
In 3 years, the Nazis killed 80% of the Jews in mainland Europe, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
in 1994 Rwanda, it took 90 days for the Hutus to kill 70% of the Tutsis, after having first declared publicly they intended to kill them all. Unprovoked.
In Gaza, if the killings continue at the same pace (assuming we accept Hamas’ casualty numbers and pretend all the dead were civilians), it would take 10 years to kill 25% of the Palestinians. After Hamas dramatically, deliberately, provoked this war.
If Israel wanted to do a genocide, they have the means. Math tells me that’s not what this is. There may be, probably are, war crimes, but this is not by any stretch a genocide.
This argument is called “the fallacy of relative privation” or, “other people had it worse, so this is not that.”
Genocide is not defined by the number or percentage of people killed (and doesn’t just include killing).
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Genocide (United Nations, more at the link)
By that definition, separation of children at the Mexican border from their parents and forcibly relocating them to other people is the act of genocide under international and US law. A few hundred children “lost in the system” doesn’t matter, and our own government under Donald Trump announced it publicly before we did it (a public announcement is not required to complete the elements of the crime).
The problem is similar to the word “theory” (a scientific framework which explains all facts and leaves none out, or a wild-ass guess).
I’m not an international jurist, so I can’t determine whether Hamas officials, Israeli officials, or both are guilty of the crime. I tend to stay away from that word in describing this conflict because of that.
You mention Rwanda: Former President Bill Clinton says one of the great failures of his presidency was the failure to intervene when we had the ability to do so. (All nations are mandated as signatories of the treaty to do all in their power to prevent genocide.)
Trump to address group calling abortion ‘child sacrifice’
Donald Trump is slated to deliver an address Monday to a far-right Christian organization that says abortion must be “eradicated entirely,” calls it “child sacrifice” and “the greatest atrocity facing our generation today.”
“Trump is listed among 15 speakers at the free luncheon sponsored by the Danbury Institute. The luncheon will be held at the Indiana Roof Ballroom, which can seat up to 1,500 people. It is not clear who is footing the bill for the free luncheon,” Baptist News Global reports. “Now a convicted felon facing dozens of other criminal charges in other courts, Trump remains popular with Southern Baptists, who typically fall in the category of white evangelicals who are known to be Trump’s core supporters.”
The Danbury Institute believes all abortion should be illegal including in cases of rape and incest, The Washington Post reports. The paper adds, “A Trump spokeswoman said Trump’s decision reflects his commitment to speak to groups with ‘diverse opinions.’”
Trump has offered several different positions on abortion including stating, “there has to be some form of punishment” for any woman who has an abortion, saying “we have to ban it,” and repeatedly bragging he personally ended Roe v. Wade by appointing three far-right justices to the Supreme Court.
re: #191 Vicious Babushka
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Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
re: #210 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The element of “intent” must be included to constitute the crime, along with one of the other elements. Destruction of an entire group because of political difference is not considered genocide. Systematic destruction of cultural artefacts nor the intent to disperse a group also do not count as genocide. Genocide can also occur when a nation is not at war.
Intent is very difficult to prove, which is why many slaughters which to the person on the street seem like genocide under international law can’t be proved.
re: #212 sagehen
Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
I don’t know if that is real or if it is for some undeveloped real estate.
re: #212 sagehen
Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
There are places in Italy where they are giving away land/houses just to get bodies back into the dying towns, because they know that without people there is no town or village.
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re: #215 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
There are places in Italy where they are giving away land/houses just to get bodies back into the dying towns, because they know that without people there is no town or village.
Oh and one I saw was GORGEOUS. Gorgeous region. Gorgeous town. Gorgeous properties.
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re: #211 Joe Bacon ✅
…
Trump has offered several different positions on abortion including stating, “there has to be some form of punishment” for any woman who has an abortion, saying “we have to ban it,” and repeatedly bragging he personally ended Roe v. Wade by appointing three far-right justices to the Supreme Court.
trump has no opinion on abortion or contraception
what he’ll do when elected is besides the point (sort of)
he doesnt understand either issue
doesnt understand the politics
to each group, he says whatever he has to no matter how contradictory from the last group or 5 minutes ago
he says whatever he has to say to get elected
Somewhat of a click-baity title at Southern Living, June 7, 2024
It Always Comes Back To Plains, Jimmy Carter’s Grandson Says In Update On President In Final Days
As Jimmy Carter nears his 16th month in hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, his grandson, Jason Carter, says there’s “really been no change” in the former president’s condition.
Jason, 48, the oldest of Jimmy and Rosalynn’s 22 grandchildren, told Southern Living Wednesday that the 99 year old is simply “experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process” without his wife of 77 years by his side.
“After 77 years of marriage… I just think none of us really understand what it’s like for him right now,” Jason says. “We have to embrace that fact, that there’s things about the spirit that you just can’t understand.”
At this point, Jimmy isn’t awake every day. Jason says his aunt and uncles visit frequently, though they never know what kind of day their father is going to have.
A few weeks ago, Jason made the three-and-a-half hour drive from Atlanta to Plains for a visit with his grandfather. He says they watched the Braves game, talked about The Carter Center, and the family. He also asked the living legend how he’s doing.
(more at the link)
I really need to get back to bed. Hasta la vista.
re: #212 sagehen
Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
sure but the commute from italy is brutal
re: #213 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The element of “intent” must be included to constitute the crime, along with one of the other elements. Destruction of an entire group because of political difference is not considered genocide. Systematic destruction of cultural artefacts nor the intent to disperse a group also do not count as genocide. Genocide can also occur when a nation is not at war.
Intent is very difficult to prove, which is why many slaughters which to the person on the street seem like genocide under international law can’t be proved.
most people dont get the nuance of this issue any more than they get the nuance of 100 or 1000 other issues
complex issues are not distillable to black and white/yes or no
Of all things Time magazine had a good article on the history of the American Right.
I really appreciated the inclusion of Paul Weyrich and Terry Dolan in the article. They are two of the people most responsible for the mess America is in but they are almost forgotten today. I’m not exactly a fan of the ‘important Men’ (and it’s usually men) theory of history but the effect these two had is hard to overstate.
OH NO!
Trump may lose his liquor licenses because he’s a convicted felon?
OH THE HORROR!
re: #221 Dangerman
sure but the commute from italy is brutal
sat-phone or Starlink, work from home, not a problem.
Gee, Jenna got suspended from (Mal)practicing law for three years and she ain’t got no cash.
Jenna, I hear Arby’s is hiring.
They need someone to keep the Horsey Sauce dispenser filled!
re: #176 Dangerman
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Trump’s getting a kind of psych evaluation today in the form of a pre-sentencing interview. They’re letting him do it over zoom, which sucks, and he’ll have his lawyer there interrupting and answering for him. Hopefully he’s angry, doesn’t accept the verdict, and denies doing ‘anything wrong’(which is child speak for breaking the law).
re: #197 Unabogie
Fani is a ho, and so therefore Trump should go free even though he fucked a porn start while his wife was home with their new baby, and then falsified business records to cover it over in an act of election fraud.
That Jesus crowd is pretty freaking confusing.
Fani’s going to throw Rudy’s ass in a Georgia prison in the next 12 months.
Any truth to how much Chumpworld has raised? All the reporting I’ve seen is ‘Chumpworld reports 1.8Jiggabillion donated since Chump shot somebody on 5th avenue!’
re: #229 darthstar
Trump’s getting a kind of psych evaluation today in the form of a pre-sentencing interview. They’re letting him do it over zoom, which sucks, and he’ll have his lawyer there interrupting and answering for him. Hopefully he’s angry, doesn’t accept the verdict, and denies doing ‘anything wrong’(which is child speak for breaking the law).
kind of amazing who gets to do a guilty verdict, pre-sentencing hearing from another state over zoom, and who doesn’t
re: #233 Dangerman
kind of amazing who gets to do a guilty verdict, pre-sentencing hearing from another state over zoom, and who doesn’t
I mentioned this when the news broke, but if it was any other defendant, the NYPD would be hauling his ass into One Police Plaza in handcuffs for this interview.
re: #233 Dangerman
kind of amazing who gets to do a guilty verdict, pre-sentencing hearing from another state over zoom, and who doesn’t
Lots of people do since covid came along, and this is to benefit the probation office.
You don’t bring high-profile criminals into the office, shutting everything else there down, if you don’t have to.
re: #206 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I was watching a video about Shinjuku Station yesterday. It handles 3 million people a day.
If I was that guy I’d buy some lottery tickets.
I dropped a full 32oz tumbler in my kitchen this morning, and got a single drop of water on my floor.
A chunk of the side of the lid broke off, but the now-uncovered seal held!
I’ll write a short review of the tumbler at Amazon.
re: #235 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Lots of people do since covid came along, and this is to benefit the probation office.
You don’t bring high-profile criminals into the office, shutting everything else there down, if you don’t have to.
fair point on the zoom part
felony conviction and “another state” (not even the metro NY area)
Magnet Fishing xkcd.com/2944
re: #211 Joe Bacon ✅
Is that ‘Christian organization’ going to say anything about the children sacrificed by misuse of firearms on the altar of the American Faith?
Doubtful.
re: #240 Romantic Heretic
Is that ‘Christian organization’ going to say anything about the children sacrificed by misuse of firearms on the altar of the American Faith?
Doubtful.
Sure. Serving up more of them there Thoughts and Prayers!
re: #235 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Lots of people do since covid came along, and this is to benefit the probation office.
You don’t bring high-profile criminals into the office, shutting everything else there down, if you don’t have to.
+1 for ‘high profile criminal’
Constitutional Sheriffs founder: Gun owners being are treated like Rosa Parks
uh…let us know when gun owners are told to sit in the back of the bus…
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Retro game enthusiast here. Didn’t have time to watch the whole video but I get the gist of it. It’s been well known for years that the big N hates emulation and is insanely protective of their copyrights (even going so far as to kill several really cool, not for profit fan games).
The reality is there are still tons of copies of Nintendo ROMs in the wild and the company would never possibly be able to kill them all. I can go on Amazon right now and choose from dozens of consoles loaded with classic Nintendo games.
It’s also not complicated to extract ROM data from cartridges for a 40 year old console (NES game file sizes do not exceed 1 MB I don’t think).
Emulation has been around for decades now. It’s not going anywhere.
A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds 80% of Republicans believe that the criminal charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney were because of “directions that came from the Biden administration,” rather than merely by “prosecutors in New York.”A clear majority of Americans, 57%, don’t believe this. But the idea has taken hold in Trump’s base.
how many of that 80% actually ‘believe’ it vs just know how to answer a poll to their benefit?
it’s easy to say you believe anything when there’s nothing riding on it. no risk to you, you dont have to back it up or explain it or how it works.
then again, maybe they do ‘believe’ —- where belief is faith without proof. totally subjective, no standard of evidence. they believe ‘in’ a conspiracy the way they believe ‘in’ religion. as it’s fed to them, without questioning.
they cannot believe “that”. belief ‘that’ means an assertion of an objective truth. and it’s one they are unable to explain, let alone substantiate
re: #245 Dangerman
Speaking of this I got another one of those “Joe has dementia” mailers today. They come from a group called “Securing American Greatness” based in Beverly MA.
re: #247 Dangerman
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Liberals are conspiring to learn things in places called “schools” to make Trump supporters feel bad! Some of them are even reading on their own!
re: #212 sagehen
Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
Son2, of evil mind, sometimes sends me real estate ads from our old village near Venice. Likes to point out that our house, even in Lower Alabama, is about on par.
re: #243 Joe Bacon ✅
Constitutional Sheriffs founder: Gun owners being are treated like Rosa Parks
uh…let us know when gun owners are told to sit in the back of the bus…
Well, a lot of them do get streets named for them in Montgomery.
A new KARE 11/MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll
Biden leading Trump among registered likely voters in Minnesota, with 44.5% of voters supporting Biden and 40.6% of voters supporting Trump.
note the gender gap:
62.6% of women approve of Biden’s job performance
70.2% of men disapprove.
States across the country have laws restricting felons from selling alcohol. What does that mean for Donald Trump, who does not drink but sells plenty of booze? https://t.co/Usxai8Njbp
— Forbes (@Forbes) June 10, 2024
re: #248 PhillyPretzel ✅
Speaking of this I got another one of those “Joe has dementia” mailers today. They come from a group called “Securing American Greatness” based in Beverly MA.
I’m getting texts from groups like that. Simply anti-Biden BS. I just delete them off the phone since I expect that there is not an effective way to stop them and any sort of “STOP TEXT” response proves to them they have a live number to sell to other groups.
re: #212 sagehen
Is that really the price? For real? My 600 square foot apartment on the upper west side would sell in a flash for significantly more than that.
When you go to the website listed it says available for lease or short term rental. So maybe not a purchase price?
re: #255 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’m getting texts from groups like that. Simply anti-Biden BS. I just delete them off the phone since I expect that there is not an effective way to stop them and any sort of “STOP TEXT” response proves to them they have a live number to sell to other groups.
If you have T-Mobile, there is an option to report it as spam. It’s even integrated directly into my iPhone, where I can swipe on it and hit “Delete and Report Junk” and the phone’s carrier settings will automatically send it back to T-Mobile for them to dispense with.
re: #255 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I block the numbers then delete them. I also report them to Verizon.
Nancy Mace used Capitol cops to ‘intimidate and humiliate’ fired chief of staff
Rep. Nancy Mace summoned Capitol police to her office in a bid to humiliate a fired campaign staffer who had called her out for political hypocrisy, according to a new report.
Slate published an extensive report Monday on the South Carolina Republican whose former staffers say has lost team members and credibility through her dogged pursuit of front-page publicity.
“Leadership doesn’t trust her, rank-and-file members think she’s a joke, she’ll never be able to be a chair of a committee because she’s not going to be able to fundraise in D.C.,” a former senior staffer told Slate. “She’s done.”
re: #245 Dangerman
A clear majority of Americans, 57%, don’t believe this. But the idea has taken hold in Trump’s base.
…after having it planted and re-planted by pollsters.
re: #7 steve_davis
really enjoying season 2 of interview with the vampire. very well written. as has been observed, television now does all the stuff movies used to do before they became mostly mindless drivel.
Television, if you’re not trapped by the big broadcast channel rules can give you a lot more room to do story telling in a way that movies just can’t. The analogy I use a lot is that television is novels and movies are short stories. Ten 45-60 minute episodes just gives much more space than 90 minutes.
Beyond that, consolidation of movie studios created a situation where all of their products had to be blockbusters that could sell worldwide. Television, for the most part, doesn’t need to sell worldwide - although the amount of foreign shows popping up on American streaming services suggests that may be changing.
re: #259 Joe Bacon ✅
I’d be okay with Mace finding out. It’s time.
re: #255 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’m getting texts from groups like that. Simply anti-Biden BS. I just delete them off the phone since I expect that there is not an effective way to stop them and any sort of “STOP TEXT” response proves to them they have a live number to sell to other groups.
it’s a game of block and delete whack-a-maga
Me: this adderall ain’t shit
Me, 15 minutes later: pic.twitter.com/cUtipa7lF8— Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) June 10, 2024
re: #254 Captain Ron
The Trump Org will just find some other schmucks name to put on the liquor license.
re: #254 Captain Ron
it means nothing because the licenses are likely held by corporations and not Donald himself. In this scenario, Romney was right - corporations are (legal) people too.
ETA: of course, this may be complicated by the fact that the Trump Org itself was convicted of tax fraud…
re: #255 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’m getting texts from groups like that. Simply anti-Biden BS. I just delete them off the phone since I expect that there is not an effective way to stop them and any sort of “STOP TEXT” response proves to them they have a live number to sell to other groups.
I’ve been getting at lot of spam/unknown caller calls lately, my typical move is to just block the number. There always seems to be an uptick during election season.
re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg
The Trump Org will just find some other schmucks name to put on the liquor license.
Yeah, we have a bar “owner” in town that has a felony conviction. The bar and liquor license is in his mothers name. His mother is not doing well, and if she passes there is no one else’s name to put it in (his only other sibling also has a felony conviction). Seems he has been trying to sell the place but no takers. Couldn’t happen to a nicer asshole.
re: #267 Dangerman
it’s a game of block and delete whack-a-maga
Don Jr’s been texting me asking for money. Google Fi is really good at filtering those out. I looked at my spam folder and there were about 30 of them…a few from Act Blue as well, but as I don’t send them money I’m okay with the filter doing it’s thing.
re: #266 darthstar
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I’ve posted this before, but it bears repeating—Tom Paxton’s liner notes for “We Didn’t Know” in 19(fucking)65.
“Begun in the London subway on the way to a Trafalgar Square peace march, this song is a reflection of my preoccupation with fascism and what makes it tick, particularly in some quarters here in America.
The traditional German cop-out is all too easy to spot. With the soldiers it was obedience to orders; with the civilians it was variations on a theme of ‘I was never a Nazi’ and ‘We had no idea of what was going on.’
In Mississippi we have families who ‘know nothing’ of lynchings, beatings and murders. In any case, there is ‘nothing they can do to stop it.’ Even our establishment press has published pictures of South Vietnamese troops ‘interrogating’ a captured Viet Cong with the help of the water torture, beating them and dispatching them with .45’s.
Tell me you support the government’s policy if you like, but don’t try to tell me you didn’t know what was going on.”
We didn’t know at all
We didn’t see a thing
You can’t hold us to blame
What could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can’t bear the blame
Oh no not us
We didn’t know.
I did an interview today with @NEWSMAX and I think they picked the wrong guy. pic.twitter.com/4Ep5gajiE7
— Pushing The Limits (@PTLRadioShow) June 9, 2024
re: #274 darthstar
Hmm. I just checked my spam folder and I have an email titled Conservative Grassroots from Catherine Herridge. This is going to be deleted.
Federalist fuckery incoming.
SCOTUS says it may add a second opinion release day this Friday (in addition to its usual Thursday)
re: #278 jaunte
The next three weeks are gonna suck, aren’t they?
re: #279 Eclectic Cyborg
On the bright side, I doubt they’ll give Trump immunity.
Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’
In a new, secret recording, the Supreme Court justice says he “agrees” that the U.S. should return to a place of godliness
rollingstone.com
re: #278 jaunte
Federalist fuckery incoming.
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They didn’t just delay the Trump immunity ruling until the last possible second - they extended the deadline in order to ensure maximum fuckery. I swear, if they declare that the President is a King as long as he is a Republican, heads are going to roll.
“…Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.”
It’s too bad he didn’t pay attention to what happened in 1861-65.
“Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living ‘peacefully’ with ideological opponents in the face of ‘fundamental’ differences that ‘can’t be compromised,’” Rolling Stone reports.“He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a necessary fight to‘“return our country to a place of godliness.’ And Alito offered a blunt assessment of how America’s polarization will ultimately be resolved: ‘One side or the other is going to win.’”
“Alito made these remarks in conversation at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual dinner on June 3, a function that is known to right-wing activists as an opportunity to buttonhole Supreme Court justices. His comments were recorded by Lauren Windsor, a liberal documentary filmmaker. Windsor attended the dinner as a dues-paying member of the society under her real name, along with a colleague. She asked questions of the justice as though she were a religious conservative.”
godliness, not the constitution
roberts’ legacy as chief justice is toast.
ps: ‘One side or the other is going to win.’ is some brilliant logic.
re: #287 Dangerman
In which “a place of godliness” is defined as “doing what I say.”
re: #287 Dangerman
godliness, not the constitution
roberts’ legacy as chief justice is toast.
ps: ‘One side or the other is going to win.’ is some brilliant logic.
As the most excellent and astute Mike Dunford pointed out on Bluesky, it’s not the Roberts Court. It hasn’t been for some time now. This era in history will be known as the Alito Court, and it will be infamous in ways that put even Roger B. Taney to shame. But hey, as long as Alito’s merciless god wins in the end, right?
re: #285 BigPapa
Battery or Shark is the new Cake or Death.
And Jeff Tiedrich takes it a step further in
Donald Trump is a gibbering lunatic and JD Vance is a ginormous shitball
batteries and sharks and cymbal-crashing monkeys, oh my
if you asked me, “would you rather listen to JD Vance talk, or be electrocuted by a shark,” I’d be all drop me in the water, boys
re: #292 BeachDem
Yeah, well, Tiedrich is a professional to so be mentioned in the same sentence as him is somewhat of an honor.
re: #291 BigPapa
I could not possibly love this more!
—- eddievangelist
This court isn’t just corrupt - it’s dominated by religious fanatics who think they’re in a fucking holy war.
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-06-10T17:48:44.000Z
re: #290 Joe Bacon ✅
Hey 19th Century Fox!
Why don’t you tell us how much Smellvis spends on his face makeup and hair?
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Tfg is spending million of campaign donations on his four felony cases
re: #297 Charles Johnson
I just saw Kimberly Johnson post that. Holy schniekes.
I hope it gets laid on thick with SCOTUS. The bright light is the first step in a thorough clean.
re: #297 Charles Johnson
I’m sure many here have thought I was insane for my calls to PACK THIS FUCKING SCOTUS TO THE RAFTERS once Joe Biden wins and Democrats win enough seats to do it.
With this newest Alito secret recording we now have clear proof that this is the only peaceful and Constitutional means to lock out the cult known as the Federalist Society from taking absolute control if Convicted Felon Trump wins. Because Trump will pack the Court on his own even as Conservatives have a current majority. He will pack it with 40-somethings to ensure decades of further destruction of the Constitution, or to simply do away with it altogether.
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