Conservatives have been using anti-masculinity paranoia as a political tool for decades. Tucker’s new docuseries is just the far right’s latest attempt to justify their misogynistic and homophobic beliefs while conveniently victimizing themselves. Hint: They are not the victims. This is a digital exclusive.
The Right want freedom for themselves and not for others: David French (Morning Joe via MSN)
Greene’s lawyer sounds like he’s barely awake.
Junior trashing the former Republican Speaker of the TN House. Trump unity. pic.twitter.com/s71yPmSeu2
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2022
Don’t throw away that Commodore 64…Russia could use its parts.
re: #4 darthstar
Don’t throw away that Commodore 64…Russia could use its parts.
Helps to include the tweet.
Everything is faked in Russia, even its “precise” cruise missiles. The #Ukraine MoD explored electronics at Х-55, Х-555, and Х-101 and figured out that it’s from the 60s-70s. Their navigation component PGI-2М is from 1977. That’s why most of the Rus. missiles don’t hit targets. pic.twitter.com/47jrRe2tIu
— Victor Kovalenko (@MrKovalenko) April 22, 2022
re: #6 darthstar
That circuit board - yikes.
re: #7 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Abbott’s controversial truck inspection policy found zero drugs, weapons: report (The Hill)
Total cost:
Billions of Dollars.
Cost per violation found:
INFINITY DOLLARS
I need to go buy a lottery ticket.
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re: #7 Punish Domestic Terrorists
But caused billions in damages thanks to slowdowns in supply chain, lost wages to all those truckers forced to wait for hours (when they’re all paid by the mile, not by the hour).
re: #9 aatharuv
Total cost:
Billions of Dollars.Cost per violation found:
INFINITY DOLLARS
It was always only about Abbott’s reelection campaign.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
I think I worked on a Radio Shack 501 circuit toy back in the day that was more sophisticated than that… 40 years ago.
re: #11 lawhawk
But caused billions in damages thanks to slowdowns in supply chain, lost wages to all those truckers forced to wait for hours (when they’re all paid by the mile, not by the hour).
Oh yeah, he definitely stuck it to Texas and the truckers. If that’s what Texan’s want, he’s their man.
A Memphis prosecutor has dropped all criminal charges against Pamela Moses, the Memphis woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote,” The Guardian reports.“Moses was convicted last year and sentenced in January. She was granted a new trial in February after the Guardian published a document showing that had not been given to her defense ahead of the trial.”
About effing time
re: #6 darthstar
Helps to include the tweet.
That is some SERIOUSLY old-school tech. Like the tweet says, no wonder they can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
I knew that looked familiar…1970 Radio Shack 100-in-1 Project Kit. Best Christmas present ever. pic.twitter.com/Yvcl3zd3Zx
— CogitoMonty TOTAL SUPPORT! BOYCOTT COLLABO COs! (@CogitoMonty) April 22, 2022
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
re: #15 Dangerman
Meanwhile Crystal Mason, the woman in Texas who got five years for registering mistakenly still languishes in prison while the two residents of the Villages who intentionally voted twice got probation and sentenced to a civics class.
And Mark Meadows…
re: #19 Dangerman
Meanwhile Crystal Mason, the woman in Texas who got five years for registering mistakenly still languishes in prison while the two residents of the Villages who intentionally voted twice got probation and sentenced to a civics class.
And Mark Meadows…
IOKIYAR, and it helps to be white.
re: #14 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Oh yeah, he definitely stuck it to Texas and the truckers. If that’s what Texan’s want, he’s their man.
I don’t like Abbott, but I’m far more worried about DeSantis at this moment, with his attacks on truth, health, 1st amendment rights, academic freedom, the pocket books of average people, local rights, perfectly legal and legitimate corporate behavior, and many other things. And the fact that he _might_ be the front runner for the Republican nominee.
Any chance he’ll fizzle out like Scott Walker, or is that just wishful thinking?
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
Mike Dunford over at @questauthority indicates that he’s uncomfortable with this hearing in general. Main reason being, she hasn’t actually been tried and convicted of anything, so trying to get her thrown off the ballot for insurrection seems like it’s putting that case in the wrong venue.
re: #21 aatharuv
I don’t like Abbott, but I’m far more worried about DeSantis at this moment, with his attacks on truth, health, 1st amendment rights, academic freedom, the pocket books of average people, local rights, perfectly legal and legitimate corporate behavior, and many other things. And the fact that he _might_ be the front runner for the Republican nominee.
Any chance he’ll fizzle out like Scott Walker, or is that just wishful thinking?
Trump will be the nominee, if he is still ambulatory.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Greene’s lawyer sounds like he’s barely awake.
If not on drugs, he should be. jfc
re: #22 Dopamine Fish
Mike Dunford over at @questauthority indicates that he’s uncomfortable with this hearing in general. Main reason being, she hasn’t actually been tried and convicted of anything, so trying to get her thrown off the ballot for insurrection seems like it’s putting that case in the wrong venue.
The 14th Amendment doesn’t say you have to be convicted of insurrection. However, I expect the judge would want to have some direct evidence that you participated at some level in a plan to violently prevent certification of the election results.
How the U.S. climate has warmed since the first Earth Day (Axios)
Iowa and South Dakota are looking good.
Cancel? The American-right is hopeless.
re: #26 No Malarkey!
The 14th Amendment doesn’t say you have to be convicted of insurrection. However, I expect the judge would want to have some direct evidence that you participated at some level in a plan to violently prevent certification of the election results.
No, but the overall point is: She hasn’t been convicted of anything, and Congress hasn’t seen fit to expel her. (Yes, I know, Republicans, but hang with the point here.) Therefore, there isn’t a clear case to be made that she’s done anything that should disqualify her. More to the point, this court is the wrong place to try and try that particular case; if they are trying to nail her on charges of insurrection, that should be done elsewhere, by other people, rather than an administrative law judge in state court.
The lawyer thinks there’s a right to be a filthy plague rat.
re: #27 Punish Domestic Terrorists
How the U.S. climate has warmed since the first Earth Day (Axios)
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Iowa and South Dakota are looking good.
From what I saw on PBS, Iowa is getting so much rain now that they are only producing one corn crop rather than two.
When this happened, the criminal cops pretended that they rescued the child.
Fired Philadelphia Cop Charged with Assaulting Mom During Unrest in 2020 (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
re: #29 Dopamine Fish
No, but the overall point is: She hasn’t been convicted of anything, and Congress hasn’t seen fit to expel her. (Yes, I know, Republicans, but hang with the point here.) Therefore, there isn’t a clear case to be made that she’s done anything that should disqualify her. More to the point, this court is the wrong place to try and try that particular case; if they are trying to nail her on charges of insurrection, that should be done elsewhere, by other people, rather than an administrative law judge in state court.
Well as an administrative law judge myself, this ALJ’s jurisdiction is entirely dependent on Georgia state law. If it grants the ALJ jurisdiction to hear the case, then he can hear it. Of course, to keep Greene off the ballot, you have to have the goods on her, but you might recall that OJ was found civilly libel for the murders he was acquitted of in criminal court.
re: #33 No Malarkey!
Well as an administrative law judge myself, this ALJ’s jurisdiction is entirely dependent on Georgia state law. If it grants the ALJ jurisdiction to hear the case, then he can hear it. Of course, to keep Greene off the ballot, you have to have the goods on her, but you might recall that OJ was found civilly libel for the murders he was acquitted of in criminal court.
OK, that explains why you take no Malarkey.
About to head out and mow my back yard for the first time this season. It went from about 0” to a foot in less than two weeks.
If I don’t make it back, don’t risk a rescue team. No telling whats hiding in the brush back there.
Thought that I’d leave you with this. Caveat, I have not yet had a chance to read the actual article:
Anyone watching the CNN Navalny film this weekend will marvel at how @bellingcat tracked the assassins with data from the black market. But look what is being done right here in the US: https://t.co/XABMfz0twM
— Alex Marquardt (@MarquardtA) April 22, 2022
All I know is that Ronan Farrow published on Weinstein as soon as ethically and practically possible, and he still made that reporting into a book AND a podcast AND a TV series. I’m pretty sure some obscure team of reporters did okay with Watergate without waiting, too.
— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) April 22, 2022
I should be fair and add: This has happened, or at least seemed to happen, at more than one outlet. So if this needs to be a broader conversation, that’s fine too.
— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) April 22, 2022
The fact that folks are still defending this practice is just…ugh…
re: #33 No Malarkey!
Well as an administrative law judge myself,
Reminds me of my brother’s wedding. One of his new sisters-in-law was a traffic court judge down in Texas. When I was introduced to her and that fact, my response was “Aha! So you are _the_ hanging judge!”.
Her response was dead silence and a completely frozen, flat expression.
Well, I thought it was funny anyway.
re: #37 ckkatz
Her response was dead silence and a completely frozen, flat expression.
Well, I thought it was funny anyway.
But just to be safe, you’ll go hundreds of miles out of your way to make certain you don’t drive in her jurisdiction.
re: #36 Citizen K
The fact that folks are still defending this practice is just…ugh…
Maybe America is so corrupt that reporters are just expected to be part of that, and look to enrich themselves rather than reporting critical news. A lot of us are acting Russian lately, like nothing matters.
re: #37 ckkatz
Reminds me of my brother’s wedding. One of his new sisters-in-law was a traffic court judge down in Texas. When I was introduced to her and that fact, my response was “Aha! So you are _the_ hanging judge!”.
Her response was dead silence and a completely frozen, flat expression.
Well, I thought it was funny anyway.
I feel like you set yourself up for that response and she was messing with you, playing the role you assigned.
re: #39 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Maybe America is so corrupt that reporters are just expected to be part of that, and look to enrich themselves rather than reporting critical news. A lot of us are acting Russian lately, like nothing matters.
I can’t fire the reporter.
re: #41 Belafon
I can’t fire the reporter.
Can you work your way up the organization so that you can?
So the judge makes the decision here, right?
I’ve been tuning in and out - do we know yet if he’s going to decide it today?
I do not hate the 70s.
Here’s one I haven’t seen in awhile! Can you tell it was the early 70s? 😜 pic.twitter.com/PtiP1Sxnao
— Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) April 22, 2022
“This is not the dark corners of Parler.”
Apart from that, nice try. https://t.co/OOq3ll6rHs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2022
Authorities are responding to an “active threat” in Washington, DC, and at least two people were shot, police said https://t.co/E1Wgbjhz64
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2022
nerdy, extremely appropriate thing I just noticed about set design on #Severance : the keyboards have no (visible) escape key 👀 pic.twitter.com/2QcOdNNYFS
— Krystina Nellis ✨🦭 (@krystinanellis) April 12, 2022
They’re old minicomputer keyboards, so I don’t think the lack of an escape key means anything.
re: #48 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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They’re old minicomputer keyboards, so I don’t think the lack of an escape key means anything.
A show about the near future having old keyboards. Seems like there’s a reason for that.
re: #49 Belafon
A show about the near future having old keyboards. Seems like there’s a reason for that.
I don’t think it’s set in the near future. It’s a timeless dream-like alternate reality. The Severence tech is futuristic, but the office equipment is all outdated, and the office layout is entirely dream-like.
re: #44 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I do not hate the 70s.
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As a child of the seventies, I don’t hate the seventies, even with Watergate, double-digit inflation and that unemployment, urban decay, wacky woo involving cryptids and fringe pseudoscience, and disco.
What I really hate is the Reagan/Bush Era … and the Dubya Reprise, and the Trump Crime Syndicate.
Sounds like there won’t be a decision for at least a week.
Lawyer: Have you ever engaged in rebellion against the United States?
Robert E. Lee: Never, sir!
Lawyer shows video of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Lee: Oh, well THAT. Of course if you mean that.— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 22, 2022
re: #51 A Three Hour Tour
As a child of the seventies, I don’t hate the seventies, even with Watergate, double-digit inflation and that unemployment, urban decay, wacky woo involving cryptids and fringe pseudoscience, and disco.
What I really hate is the Reagan/Bush Era … and the Dubya Reprise, and the Trump Crime Syndicate.
Agreed on all points.
re: #53 jaunte
Lee: it was just legitimate political discourse…
re: #48 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This is the keyboard they restored and altered for the show. The Data General D2, which does not have an escape key in the traditional PC location, but I have no idea what the keys on the left above the shift key are.
Hey now.
Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women’s lingerie in public setting - POLITICOhttps://t.co/Jwv1Vppxnm pic.twitter.com/FxQpOYdMsu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2022
Wow
A Stunning 8K Flyover of the Red Planet Captures a Rippled Martian Crater
thisiscolossal.com
Using data transmitted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, filmmaker Seán Doran edited an incredibly high-resolution timelapse that unveils a rippling, rugged crater on the Red Planet’s dusty surface. Doran stitched together images captured by the spacecraft’s HiRISE camera, creating a short video that appears to set the imprinted, extraterrestrial landscape in motion.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lee: it was just legitimate political discourse…
Me and a few of my friends were just touring the Pennsylvania countryside
If Kevin McCarthy is talking, he’s lying. pic.twitter.com/A6jmZZLnw8
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 22, 2022
re: #60 No Malarkey!
Me and a few of my friends were just touring the Pennsylvania countryside
looking for a few souvenirs…
re: #57 Charles Johnson
Hey now.
If it makes him lose support from his base, I’m all for it.
Edit: To be fair, there are times when not everything is fair game due to the risk of spilling over to attacks on people completely unconnected to the candidate.
Le Pen’s Party Pays $13M To Russian Military Contractor - https://t.co/0OumTWw7Gh pic.twitter.com/PtIQTYruwD
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) April 22, 2022
re: #51 A Three Hour Tour
As a child of the seventies, I don’t hate the seventies, even with Watergate, double-digit inflation and that unemployment, urban decay, wacky woo involving cryptids and fringe pseudoscience, and disco.
What I really hate is the Reagan/Bush Era … and the Dubya Reprise, and the Trump Crime Syndicate.
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
re: #13 lawhawk
I think I worked on a Radio Shack 501 circuit toy back in the day that was more sophisticated than that… 40 years ago.
Don’t be so smug. It’s probably been incorporated into a Russian ICBM targeted at your city!
re: #66 sagehen
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
re: #57 Charles Johnson
And the talibornagains just get stranger and stranger….
I don’t care about his kinks, he can wear whatever he wants. But he poses as a virtuous, religious, manly man and works to suppress and hurt LGBTQ people. That’s what I care about.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2022
re: #66 sagehen
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
Collars you can hang-glide with are cool.
/OK, maybe not.
re: #70 Charles Johnson
this is not kink-shaming, btw. if Cawthorn weren’t such a raving hypocrite this would actually make me LIKE him.
— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 22, 2022
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
I will never stop loving that side-eye profile pic.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
Sounds like there won’t be a decision for at least a week.
At least she gets to sweat for a week+ before they let her off the hook.
re: #66 sagehen
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
Jello
re: #76 William Lewis
I’ve always had a soft spot for redheads.
re: #75 HRH Stanley Sea
That is a pentalamp.
So Cawthorn says he’s invited to weird sex parties all the time, GOP leaders get mad at him for blowing the whistle on the weird sex parties, and now photos of him at weird sex parties are supposed to debunk his account?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 22, 2022
re: #77 Kilroy was here
Jello
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I have feelings about jello. Not strong feelings. Weak, wobbly feelings.
If you want to marry a child in Maryland, you’re a day late. Not 100 years late. 1 day.
Yesterday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed a law banning child marriage—a prohibition that many residents were likely surprised to learn wasn’t already on the books. Prior to this law, marriage was legal starting at age 15. Now, 15 and 16-year-olds can no longer get married in Maryland. And at 17, you can get married only with parental consent and the blessing of a court.
A 2021 Capital Gazette story estimates that 80-100 minors are married in Maryland each year, the vast majority of them teen girls marrying older men. Additionally, the Washington Post reports that Maryland has recently become something of a destination for child marriage, as couples from more restrictive states flocked to Maryland to wed.
Child Marriage Is Banned in Maryland (Washingtonian)
re: #81 No Malarkey!
Republicans looking at these photos https://t.co/qyOzMzYE8r pic.twitter.com/wfFPG69yEW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 22, 2022
Proud Boys go on trial for January 6 on August 8.
Jury selection in accused Proud Boys Jan 6 trial…. set for August 8 at 9am pic.twitter.com/HasxVzFnTk
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 22, 2022
re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth
The best part of the original of that photo is the girl next to him providing contrast by looking like nothing weird is going on at all.
re: #86 No Malarkey!
Proud Boys go on trial for January 6 on August 8.
Jury selection can take a week or two. Trial will stretch into September. Democrats better not fuck up this election with that kind of framing.
re: #66 sagehen
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
We drank out of B.C. comic character-adorned glasses that we got from the Marathon gas station for filling up. I wish I still had those. I couldn’t roll a decent joint to save my life, though. And even though a 1/2 gram prerolled these days costs 50% more than a dime bag back in the day, I appreciate the tech that winds them so well (even though I don’t smoke them—I mean, I unroll and smoke a pinch here and there in a small pipe because it’s so damn potent these days).
I do still have a few avacado-green dishes from my Grandmother.
re: #66 sagehen
So you have no feelings about polyester leisure suits, shag carpeting and avocado-colored kitchen appliances?
I have no objections to shag carpeting or avocado colored kitchen appliances. Or harvest gold.
Not a fan of leisure suits, but they are easily avoided. The only one I ever saw in the wild was worn (apparently unironically) by my 11th- grade Agebra/Trig teacher *in 1983*, the one who looked and sounded suspiciously like Dustin Hoffman, and I only saw that teacher wear it once in school.
re: #92 Barefoot Grin
We drank out of B.C. comic character-adorned glasses that we got from the Marathon gas station for filling up. I wish I still had those.
I do still have a few avacado-green dishes from my Grandmother.
I still have one of those B.C. glasses, and I’m still using my avocado-green/orange/yellow Tupperware canister set.
No shag carpet left, thank heavens. Had two different apartments with orange shag, back in the day.
It’s Hillbilly Travesty https://t.co/6vJkTPDBQC
— Appodlachia Podcast (@appodlachia) April 22, 2022
I’m a proud gay man, I am the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and I’m afraid to return to the classroom.
I want kids to see me and feel hope, but I am tired. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and things are getting worse.
This is painful and I am sorry.— Willie (@WillieETCarver) April 22, 2022
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re: #93 A Three Hour Tour
I have no objections to shag carpeting or avocado colored kitchen appliances. Or harvest gold.
Not a fan of leisure suits, but they are easily avoided. The only one I ever saw in the wild was worn (apparently unironically) by my 11th- grade Agebra/Trig teacher *in 1983*, the one who looked and sounded suspiciously like Dustin Hoffman, and I only saw that teacher wear it once in school.
This house I saw a couple of days ago is on topic on this thread.
zillow.com
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
Most of the replies are supportive, but there are a few bigoted assholes on there.
Watch this sad shelter cat become a purring kitten with his new mom 😻 pic.twitter.com/nvOV2TSJyD
— The Dodo (@dodo) April 22, 2022
re: #98 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This house I saw a couple of days ago is on topic on this thread.
zillow.com
These days that might be a selling point — proudly vintage! There is a group of Mid-Century Modern buffs that hold conventions here in Denver, and are trying to preserve some of the houses/neighborhoods built in the 60’s & early 70’s.
boating dogs are an excellent new genre https://t.co/NUKSNPYNUB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2022
This guy was an experiment on combining variants.
A Brit battled coronavirus for 18 months in what is thought to be the virus’s longest infection on record.
The patient, whose personal details have not been divulged, died 505 days after being diagnosed in 2020.
By the end, their immune system was severely weak.
The patient had fallen victim to 10 mutations of coronavirus - including variants Alpha, Gamma and Omicron.
British patient suffered longest-known case of Covid before dying (Metro)
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
Never underestimate the ability for the prosecution to fuck up an otherwise winnable case. Someone thought it would help if they got her to talk more. That allowed her to talk about BLM and why those people weren’t in jail but white people were. Her strategy was simply to spew bullshit and play victim. Unless the jury is comprised of fully educated and literate people (not a jury of her peers), she’s going to be empowered by the experience and claim victory.
I’m going back to watching the war in Ukraine.
FBI director Christopher Wray had the right answer to all those “what about BLM questions some of the treasonweasel caucus asked him at a hearing:
“What happens on the streets of Portland, or Minneapolis or Kenosha falls under state law. It’s not FBI jurisdiction. What happens at the Capitol is 100% a federal matter.”
re: #106 sagehen
FBI director Christopher Wray had the right answer to all those “what about BLM questions some of the treasonweasel caucus asked him at a hearing:
“What happens on the streets of Portland, or Minneapolis or Kenosha falls under state law. It’s not FBI jurisdiction. What happens at the Capitol is 100% a federal matter.”
The jury doesn’t understand that. They just hear BLACK BLACK BLACK and think, Gee…maybe this is all just a CRT misunderstanding…
re: #107 darthstar
The jury doesn’t understand that. They just hear BLACK BLACK BLACK and think, Gee…maybe this is all just a CRT misunderstanding…
If Republican fascists win, a large part of it will be because the combination of white privilege, fragility and cluelessness is incredibly conducive to the success of race-baiting GOP propaganda. It’s like a Holy Trinity of racist derp.
re: #53 jaunte
Gen. Lee: “That wasn’t a rebellion! It was a ‘Special Military Operation!’ “
Fox is running with the denial McCarthy made yesterday, before, you know, an audio recording was published contradicting it. Blatant spin. pic.twitter.com/P7jT3L5YQW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 22, 2022
re: #104 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This guy was an experiment on combining variants.
British patient suffered longest-known case of Covid before dying (Metro)
What an unlucky bastard.
The pro second amendment people sure do spend a lot of time protecting themselves from the guns they so desperately want to hand out like candy. What is Matty afraid of, I wonder, that he needs body armor? pic.twitter.com/75AVcnDj94
— James Джеймс🌊🇺🇲❤️🇺🇦🌻 (@funkeymonkey83) April 22, 2022
He didn’t ignore it. https://t.co/ITLwKACRy6
— GreatGrey (@GreatGrey) April 22, 2022
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
Did the “state” make a case at all? Wasn’t it a private group bringing a lawsuit?
We’re not out of the Wordles yet.
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re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
He is afraid someone like himself will shot him.
Every time this creep gets caught doing something weird and inappropriate, he blames “the left,” hoping fascists will run to his aid. I don’t think the subculture that’s so insecure about their manhood is going to go for this.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 22, 2022
re: #114 danarchy
Did the “state” make a case at all? Wasn’t it a private group bringing a lawsuit?
You are correct, sir. I misspoke, or mistyped, or whatever.
re: #93 A Three Hour Tour
I have no objections to shag carpeting or avocado colored kitchen appliances. Or harvest gold.
In a apartment I lived in in the 1980s the appliances were dark copper.
lolhttps://t.co/QcoXNfq6rR pic.twitter.com/w6XeGPkMfS
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) April 22, 2022
re: #117 Punish Domestic Terrorists
so basically in Florida it’s against the law to tell schoolchildren about Madison Cawthorn, do I have that right
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 22, 2022
Let us give honors to a Ukrainian Special Forces Mouse who gave his all for his country…
#Russian Ka-52, shot down by #Ukrainian soldiers today in #Zaporizhzhia.
A dead mouse was found in helicopters module.
It’s telling how the Russian military maintenance are. RIP mousey! pic.twitter.com/Yxh4TWpipb— Cargo-200🇺🇦 (@RF200_NOW) April 22, 2022
re: #120 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Much darker - like a deep brown color.
re: #105 darthstar
Never underestimate the ability for the prosecution to fuck up an otherwise winnable case. Someone thought it would help if they got her to talk more. That allowed her to talk about BLM and why those people weren’t in jail but white people were. Her strategy was simply to spew bullshit and play victim. Unless the jury is comprised of fully educated and literate people (not a jury of her peers), she’s going to be empowered by the experience and claim victory.
I’m going back to watching the war in Ukraine.
I think the judge decides this one, not a jury. But if the plaintiffs were gonna go with all this purely circumstantial stuff without hard evidence, there’s actually much worse stuff out there on MTG they could have used, photos with all kinds of extremists, videos of her calling for executions, etc. That bit about the movie Independence Day was just silly - if they needed to make something of Greene saying “don’t go quietly into the night” they could easily have found numerous examples of the far right using the term to specifically mean violence. It was just a weak case, in my not-a-lawyer opinion.
re: #124 William Lewis
Let us give honors to a Ukrainian Special Forces Mouse who gave his all for his country…
No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’!
𝚒𝚏 (𝚎.𝚔𝚎𝚢 === ‘𝙴𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎’) 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚕()
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2022
“The left” are more concerned with the lawlessness. Neither driving on a suspended license, or your support of seditionists is OK. There are too many criminals in Congress. The number should be zero.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 22, 2022
And in the spring time what goes off the road, stays off the road till the tractor brigade shows up https://t.co/Ct4JRSQ7AJ
— pacos_gal (@pacos_gal) April 22, 2022
re: #126 Charles Johnson
I think the judge decides this one, not a jury. But if the plaintiffs were gonna go with all this purely circumstantial stuff without hard evidence, there’s actually much worse stuff out there on MTG they could have used, photos with all kinds of extremists, videos of her calling for executions, etc. That bit about the movie Independence Day was just silly - if they needed to make something of Greene saying “don’t go quietly into the night” they could easily have found numerous examples of the far right using the term to specifically mean violence. It was just a weak case, in my not-a-lawyer opinion.
I don’t think anyone but that lawyer knows why that Independence Day thing happened. It’s so WTF?
It’s a mangled quote from a famous poem by Dylan Thomas.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Reports of a man that tried to set himself on fire outside Supreme Court steps. @CapitolPolice temporarily shutting down two roads.
-First St between Constitution & Independence.
-East Capitol St between First Street & Second Street.@ChadPergram https://t.co/RaOBlm2ikB— Jacqueline Matter (@JMatter_TV) April 22, 2022
The medical helicopter has now left the area.
— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) April 22, 2022
The case of #MelissaLucio has inspired a powerful bipartisan coalition for justice led by Republican @leachfortexas and Democrat @moodyforelpaso.
More than 100 Texas lawmakers have now signed letters urging state officials to cancel the execution.https://t.co/vljLB09Egq— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) April 22, 2022
During a news conference on April 21, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he’s willing to review the case - but did not indicate if he was inclined to delay #MelissaLucio’s execution, scheduled for April 27. https://t.co/yY9u1nqxzj
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) April 22, 2022
re: #134 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Yep - that be the color.
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
Abbot will let her fucking die I bet.
pathetic
⚡️ A fake video of Volodymyr Zelenskyi with a white powder substance on his table is getting viral within the Russian media. They are using footage from March 6th. However, the white powder substance is missing from the original footage. pic.twitter.com/c8CInAYNrT
— Flash (@Flash43191300) April 22, 2022
I’m watching the latest Picard.
All Soongs are bastards. Data was only good because he didn’t remember his creator.
Just so I’m clear about today’s GOP…
Mickey Mouse is a groomer and Madison Cawthorn is a Conservative Christian? pic.twitter.com/vrzaNv6LAI— Eric Champnella (@champnella) April 22, 2022
re: #139 Punish Domestic Terrorists
The appliances were made by GM-owned Frigidaire.
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
I hate to hear what they would call Fred Rogers. It would probably be the worst name one could think of.
Vitaly’s farm is very close to Russia’s new eastern front. But he ploughs on. Workers in helmets and flak jackets go out to tend to the crops. A missile landed in his field the other day. What did he do? Pulled it out with his tractor
And wait for the couple at the end #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/MogAEi2YoM— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) April 21, 2022
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Republicans in Disarray.
— BoschBot (@boschbot) April 22, 2022
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
In decades past her testimony and history alone would have been enough to have her ridden out of town on a rail and forever been in disgrace to her party and to her country.
Instead, with out modern Conservatives and their dreams of a libertarian utopia, she will get yet another pass and indeed be rewarded with continued base support just as long as she pushes forward with her con woman charlatan game in an effort to install a racist US right wing autocracy.
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
That helps make my day. Wonderful transformation. I wish I had a video of Pepper and of Cinnamon when they came home forever.
tell us more pic.twitter.com/UD1dZisKo7
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 22, 2022
BOOM! Jamie Raskin just said the upcoming January 6 hearings will include such damning information, they will “blow the roof off the House.”
Who’s READY? ✋— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) April 22, 2022
when do these hearings start? will they be prime-time? Network?
On Kevin McCarthy.
“That audio recording of my own exact words in my own voice is totally false and wrong. Only the biased liberal media would report on what I said, rather than relying on what my PR team says I said. To play my own words in my own voice to a TV audience is fake news at its worst.”
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 22, 2022
re: #153 sagehen
when do these hearings start? will they be prime-time? Network?
Not on Fox, that I think we can guarantee.
“Tap tap tap: testing, testing; is this thing on?”
re: #156 Barefoot Grin
Yes it is on. It is just taking a break.
Desantis press conference today, where he announced that he signed the redistricting bill eliminating two majority-black congressional districts. pic.twitter.com/MYOyLERQ2z
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 23, 2022
Cawthorn has put out 8 tweets about the lingerie photos in the past hour.
But he wants everyone to know it doesn’t bother him. ❄️— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2022
Ok, so here was a fun thing. My mother-in-law has been struggling with stomach issues. She’s not well and there’s a good chance it’s cancer. My wife has been calling her almost daily and I’m reminded of the variety of dialects in Japan.
When I first went to Japan in 1982 I was in Shikoku (Matsuyama). I didn’t know any Japanese so I didn’t even know if or what kind of dialect they spoke (and of course they spoke a dialect). My second time from ‘88-‘90 was in Iwate in the far north. Their dialect was derisively called “zu-zu ben” becuase they do indeed speak with a kind of “zu” sound. For example, a famous historical place in the town I lived was called Takadachi, but the locals called it Takadatzu.
My third time was in the Nara/Kyoto area. There, among different older vocab, they also replace in many words the eastern standard sa, shi, su, se, so with ha, hi, hu, he, ho. So standard “wakarimasen” (I don’t know/understand) is “wakarimahen”.
My wife is from in between these areas, so it combines east and west. If you want to say the store is closed in standard Japanese, it will be something like “shimatte-imasu.” In the dialect that she speaks with her mom, that I just heard on the phone, to bring it full circle, would be “yattorahen.” The verb suru and the verb yaru both mean “to do” but are flexible like French “faire”. But as you can see, the proper style uses “suru” and the dialect makes a weird amalgamation of “yaru” and the Kyoto/Osaka dialect styles.
That’s all. I’m just bored and worried about my MIL.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Hate to say it but I don’t think the state made a good case against Greene. I didn’t see the whole thing but they didn’t have any evidence that she actually participated in the insurrection besides tweets and speeches. I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
Yeah, the feds prob got something better.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And there’s a greater than 50% chance the Florida Supreme Court will allow it, while New York’s courts are arguing theirs is gerrymandered.
re: #38 sagehen
But just to be safe, you’ll go hundreds of miles out of your way to make certain you don’t drive in her jurisdiction.
Yes. Now that you mention it, I have not been to Texas since that little interaction.
re: #40 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I feel like you set yourself up for that response and she was messing with you, playing the role you assigned.
I think that there was some sister to sister stuff going on. (The judge and the bride.) As a guy, and also from the groom’s family, it was all opaque to me. Still is. And I am completely fine with that.
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