An Epic Jazz Fusion Journey With the Funky Knuckles: “Megaboss”

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Three years after the release of Delicious, The Funky Knuckles got together to record this song, and re-release for your enjoyment.

The Funky Knuckles - Megaboss
From The Funky Knuckles’ album, Delicious (November 2019, Ropeadope)
Stream: thefunkyknuckles.com

Composed by Kwinton Gray

A Furndware Production, Dallas TX in 2022:

Ben Bohorquez- Sax, etc
Ethan Ditthardt- Guitar, etc
Kwinton Gray- Keys, etc etc
Ced Moore- Drums, etc
Wes Stephenson- Bass, etc
Evan Weiss- Trumpet, etc

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427 comments
1
Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 5:35:54pm

Mastodon

Mastodon

Mastodon

2
William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 5:37:41pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

The ultimate libertarian fantasy: “Well it’ll work _THIS_ time if we just _WISH_ hard enough.”

3
IngisKahn  May 28, 2023 • 5:39:24pm

Got a cart full of pride stuff at Target right now.

4
Nerdy Fish  May 28, 2023 • 5:42:21pm

re: #2 William Lewis

The ultimate libertarian fantasy: “Well it’ll work _THIS_ time if we just _WISH_ hard enough.”

They’re convinced that their failures are not because their ideas are bad, but because they haven’t thrown enough magic technology at the problem.

5
Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿  May 28, 2023 • 5:44:11pm

Didn’t have the Wordle round to buy a Morrie Thou.

Click to Reveal

Played it safe for the guaranteed par rather than the 1 in 3 birbie.

Wordle 709 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

One of us got lucky.

SibData: 3,4,4,4,5

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gocart mozart  May 28, 2023 • 5:45:58pm
7
The Pie Overlord!  May 28, 2023 • 5:51:06pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

TFG is just sitting there, smirking, while Levin gives him a BJ & a tossed salad with just one mouth.

(I just made myself throw up in my mouth)

8
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 28, 2023 • 5:52:24pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

That is what it sounded like to me. My idea of tough questioning is to treat DT like the criminal he is. Constantly bombard him with questions without letting him get anything out and keep on doing it.

9
Dave In Austin  May 28, 2023 • 5:52:46pm

Visitor……

10
jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 5:53:21pm
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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 5:58:14pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

Mark gets thrills up his leg when he interviews a fascist. Star-bursts.

12
gocart mozart  May 28, 2023 • 5:58:40pm
13
jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 5:58:45pm

Too many fascists to choose from.

14
jeffreyw  May 28, 2023 • 6:03:44pm

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:06:54pm

Mastodon

16
William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 6:07:24pm

Well at least they understand the pillage then burn principle…

The Muppet Show - In the Navy

17
Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 6:09:43pm

The NYT is broken.

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gocart mozart  May 28, 2023 • 6:12:11pm
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Joe Bacon ✅  May 28, 2023 • 6:12:42pm

re: #18 gocart mozart

Phil used to do his investigator character during his shows at The Groundlings.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 6:13:39pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Mastodon

22
Joe Bacon ✅  May 28, 2023 • 6:17:03pm

McCarthy uploads 99-page deal over the debt ceiling

rawstory.com

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 28, 2023 • 6:19:01pm

Some idiot neighbor is shooting off fireworks. :(

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 28, 2023 • 6:21:23pm

re: #23 PhillyPretzel ✅

Some idiot neighbor is shooting off fireworks. :(

I’m dreading that tonight. Seems every holiday the nuts fire off more guns, M80s, bottle rockets and fireworks…

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Ace Rothstein  May 28, 2023 • 6:21:52pm

re: #24 Joe Bacon ✅

I’m dreading that tonight. Seems every holiday the nuts fire off more guns, M80s, bottle rockets and fireworks…

Because ‘Merica.

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silverdolphin  May 28, 2023 • 6:24:47pm

red beans and rice

Going to start the rice for my red beans and rice in a minute. Ummm!!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 6:25:30pm

re: #23 PhillyPretzel ✅

Some idiot neighbor is shooting off fireworks. :(

Celebrating Memorial Day by shooting fireworks off to scare veterans with PTSD and everyone’s pets and children. ‘Murica.

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Teukka  May 28, 2023 • 6:26:45pm

I know Igor Shusko is a bit iffy, but…

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  May 28, 2023 • 6:27:04pm

re: #27 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Was just thinking the same thing.

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Captain Ron  May 28, 2023 • 6:27:44pm
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No Malarkey!  May 28, 2023 • 6:30:28pm

re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The NYT is broken.

Family went to see The Little Mermaid, and I saw a family with two little black girls; representation matters.

32
sagehen  May 28, 2023 • 6:33:47pm

I’m not going to Little Mermaid.

A girl who gives up her body, her abilities and her voice for the chance (no guarantee of success) to chase after a guy she’s seen once and knows nothing about, but she’s decided HE’S THE ONE.

Nah. Not for me.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 6:33:55pm

re: #31 No Malarkey!

Family went to see The Little Mermaid, and I saw a family with two little black girls; representation matters.

Most of the legit criticism I’ve read has been about uncanny valley & other CGI issues with it as well as the usual Disney problem of being shot-for-shot copies of the animated original. Did you notice any of that?

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 6:35:08pm

re: #30 Captain Ron

It’s difficult to comprehend 570,000,000,000 times anything, much less that much brighter than the sun

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:35:32pm

Just watched a video that’s like Spinal Tap with gallons of gratuitous gore. But it’s fucking hilarious. Should I post?

Think Monty Python’s Black Night episode but with CGI.

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 6:35:39pm

Trump would still stare directly at it, wouldn’t he.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:37:42pm

Who wants to see this horrendously gory, but very funny horror comedy? Google Adsense might issue a policy violation over it, so I need a show of hands.

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No Malarkey!  May 28, 2023 • 6:38:48pm

re: #33 William Lewis

Most of the legit criticism I’ve read has been about uncanny valley & other CGI issues with it as well as the usual Disney problem of being shot-for-shot copies of the animated original. Did you notice any of that?

It is mostly, but not exactly, the same as the original. It’s the same plot but, for example, they cut the French Chef chasing Sebastian. Its a live action movie with talking birds, crabs and fish so yeah, there are CGI issues. I think kids will enjoy it.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 28, 2023 • 6:39:16pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

*raises all of them*

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No Malarkey!  May 28, 2023 • 6:39:49pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

Just watched a video that’s like Spinal Tap with gallons of gratuitous gore. But it’s fucking hilarious. Should I post?

Think Monty Python’s Black Night episode but with CGI.

Yes!

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calochortus  May 28, 2023 • 6:40:47pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

Who wants to see this horrendously gory, but very funny horror comedy? Google Adsense might issue a policy violation over it, so I need a show of hands.

Well, no. But I will deal with that by not watching it. The rest of you can go right ahead.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:42:03pm

re: #41 calochortus

Well, no. But I will deal with that by not watching it. The rest of you can go right ahead.

This is why I asked!

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Romantic Heretic  May 28, 2023 • 6:43:10pm

re: #34 jaunte

Yeah. Emotionally most human beings count, “One, two, three, many.”

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 6:47:39pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

I’m gonna go no, I lost the taste for gory shit when the Saw movies came out.

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gwangung  May 28, 2023 • 6:51:52pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Not my bag. But it’s OK for others to watch—-you might even change my mind.

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jeffreyw  May 28, 2023 • 6:52:03pm

Mastodon
Looks like lettuce and tomato with a ham slice and mayo, all on a burger. Not how I’d build one but it might be a regional quirk.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:53:19pm

I don’t even know what this song is about but they’re definitely committed to it.

Kvelertak - Krøterveg Te Helvete [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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silverdolphin  May 28, 2023 • 6:54:19pm

re: #19 gocart mozart

Richard Feynman discussed how to spot pseudoscience in a speech called Cargo Cult Science She is definitely in a Cargo Cult World where instead of seeking understanding, they choose simple metgaphors for a complex world.

Ask her how GPS works on a Flat Earth?.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 6:54:41pm

Evil Dead 2 is still fun!

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 6:55:14pm

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 6:57:38pm

re: #50 teleskiguy

Really good writing in this! I love this line:

Nihilism is the WD-40 of Texas politics: everything goes down easier if you accept that nothing really changes and nothing really matters. Until, suddenly, it does.

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Ace Rothstein  May 28, 2023 • 6:58:50pm

re: #36 jaunte

Trump would still stare directly at it, wouldn’t he.

Yes.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 6:59:08pm

still amazing

Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)

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piratedan  May 28, 2023 • 6:59:11pm

so….. in short, the “deal” that Biden “negotiated” allowed the GOP to shave roughly 5% from the IRS allocation and in return he got SNAP expanded to cover older middle age folks (albeit w/work requirements) and a clean debt limit raise to 4T and no more economy hostage until after the next Congress is elected?

not perfect, but hell, so little is, he provided a tiny ass fig-leaf for McCarthy and left intact the vast majority of the social underpinning that was needed for Vets and other federal programs that directly help people.

well done 46.

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Ace Rothstein  May 28, 2023 • 7:00:29pm

re: #54 piratedan

And it only takes one pissed off red hat to introduce a motion to vacate McCarthy’s sorry ass.

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Jay C  May 28, 2023 • 7:04:49pm

re: #48 silverdolphin

Ask her how GPS works on a Flat Earth?.

More to the point: if the Earth really is a flat disc, why hasn’t anybody ever produced a photo or video of the edge?

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piratedan  May 28, 2023 • 7:05:29pm

re: #55 Ace Rothstein

true, but if the Dems are behind it, I hope that there are enough sane GOP folks who want go along instead of choosing to go lemming off the cliff with the MAGAnauts.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 7:05:42pm

re: #54 piratedan

so….. in short, the “deal” that Biden “negotiated” allowed the GOP to shave roughly 5% from the IRS allocation and in return he got SNAP expanded to cover older middle age folks (albeit w/work requirements) and a clean debt limit raise to 4T and no more economy hostage until after the next Congress is elected?

not perfect, but hell, so little is, he provided a tiny ass fig-leaf for McCarthy and left intact the vast majority of the social underpinning that was needed for Vets and other federal programs that directly help people.

well done 46.

yes, well done

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:06:30pm

Watch McCarthy not able to herd his cats caucus to get enough votes and Boebert or MTG call for his ouster as Speaker and he’s out by the end of the week.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:07:44pm

After all, those gals have McCarthy’s balls in a mason jar on their desks.

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darthstar  May 28, 2023 • 7:11:22pm

Mastodon

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darthstar  May 28, 2023 • 7:12:09pm

re: #60 teleskiguy

After all, those gals have McCarthy’s balls in a mason jar on their desks.

And they’re small and unsatisfying.

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 7:14:48pm

re: #60 teleskiguy

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:15:51pm

A mutual on Twitter. I met this dude IRL at an Umphrey’s McGee show at the Kettlehouse Amphitheater outside Missoula. He lives in Moscow, ID. Just a sweetheart.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:18:16pm

re: #63 jaunte

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 7:19:57pm

re: #34 jaunte

It’s difficult to comprehend 570,000,000,000 times anything, much less that much brighter than the sun

According to wingnuts, you would need about 28 of those to equal the US economy.

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silverdolphin  May 28, 2023 • 7:21:49pm

re: #56 Jay C

More to the point: if the Earth really is a flat disc, why hasn’t anybody ever produced a photo or video of the edge?

They claim there is no edge.Think of a snow globe with the Earth as a flat disk at the bottom. The North pole is in the middle and Antarctica forms the circle around the edge. They also claim that if you fly over Antarctica you exit one side and enter 180 degrees away. Like Pac Man does when he hits an edge.

Yer, Gibberish.

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 7:22:51pm

re: #67 silverdolphin

So the GPS satellites in their scenario are just flying big circuits overhead.

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BigPapa  May 28, 2023 • 7:26:35pm

Ya know I have nothing against same-sex love but Levin was dry-humping Chumpy’s leg. Get a damn room, geez.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2023 • 7:26:52pm

I have been going through this series, and am enjoying it tremendously. I wish I had better memory! By this class, he is getting to the point between the end of WW I and about 1933. It is a complicated set of circumstances, with Germany, Poland, the Baltics, Belarussia, Ukraine, and revolutionary Russia, shifting power across the land of Ukraine.

I highly recommend the whole series, but this one is just especially educational, getting into times we have some knowledge of.

Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 14. Interwar Poland’s Ukrainians

Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 14. Interwar Poland’s Ukrainians

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silverdolphin  May 28, 2023 • 7:28:01pm

re: #68 jaunte

So the GPS satellites in their scenario are just flying big circuits overhead.

They beleive that they are really suspended from high altitude balloons. There are no orbits. Everything else is a conspiracy.

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Jay C  May 28, 2023 • 7:28:11pm

re: #59 teleskiguy

Watch McCarthy not able to herd his cats caucus to get enough votes and Boebert or MTG call for his ouster as Speaker and he’s out by the end of the week.

What about the House Democrats? Though it’s unlikely (if possible) they’ll unanimously vote for the Biden-McCarthy debt-ceiling plan - I’m guessing there will be a few Reps on the fringes who will vote Nay for the optics - that’s still a sizable bloc of votes.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:33:10pm

re: #56 Jay C

More to the point: if the Earth really is a flat disc, why hasn’t anybody ever produced a photo or video of the edge?

You know, like in Pac-Man, where you go through on the right side of the screen and suddenly end up on the left side? Like that.

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sizzzzlerz  May 28, 2023 • 7:33:45pm

re: #67 silverdolphin

They claim there is no edge.Think of a snow globe with the Earth as a flat disk at the bottom. The North pole is in the middle and Antarctica forms the circle around the edge. They also claim that if you fly over Antarctica you exit one side and enter 180 degrees away. Like Pac Man does when he hits an edge.

Yer, Gibberish.

It would be entertaining to hear what their explanation is for how the moon orbits a flat disk or why we have day and night.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 7:35:59pm

re: #75 sizzzzlerz

It would be entertaining to hear what their explanation is for how the moon orbits a flat disk or why we have day and night.

The Sun and the moon pass through the underworld ala the Greco/Roman & Egyptian mythologies I’m sure.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:36:41pm

I qualify this as a “Call the cops, there’s been a murder” tweet.

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 7:37:57pm

re: #76 William Lewis

Only 580 million times dumber.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2023 • 7:38:01pm

re: #73 jeffreyw

Good Rally

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Damn

Absolutely unbelievable!!

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 7:38:11pm
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The Pie Overlord!  May 28, 2023 • 7:38:52pm

re: #56 Jay C

More to the point: if the Earth really is a flat disc, why hasn’t anybody ever produced a photo or video of the edge?

They all fell off the edge.//

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Captain Ron  May 28, 2023 • 7:40:13pm
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ipsos  May 28, 2023 • 7:41:37pm

re: #81 The Pie Overlord!

They all fell off the edge.//

I’m waiting for their explanation of the total solar eclipse next April 8.

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 7:41:46pm

Mastodon

Mastodon

Mastodon

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 7:44:29pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

When the history of this period is finally written, assuming our nation survives, Trump will be judged as the worst of the first 45 men who served as president.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 7:44:47pm

re: #81 The Pie Overlord!

They all fell off the edge.//

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 7:46:33pm

re: #8 PhillyPretzel ✅

That is what it sounded like to me. My idea of tough questioning is to treat DT like the criminal he is. Constantly bombard him with questions without letting him get anything out and keep on doing it.

Trump would never subject himself to an interview by a serious journalist; only by craven sycophants.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 28, 2023 • 7:53:34pm

You Tube put this in my queue. An episode of Boris Karloff’s 60’s series THRILLER. I saw this when it was first broadcast and it scared the beejeebers out of me. Karloff pulls out all the stops! Dick York & Carolyn Kearney wind up as his victims…

‘The Incredible Doktor Markesan’ (Thriller S2 E22)

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danarchy  May 28, 2023 • 7:55:56pm

re: #54 piratedan

so….. in short, the “deal” that Biden “negotiated” allowed the GOP to shave roughly 5% from the IRS allocation and in return he got SNAP expanded to cover older middle age folks (albeit w/work requirements) and a clean debt limit raise to 4T and no more economy hostage until after the next Congress is elected?

not perfect, but hell, so little is, he provided a tiny ass fig-leaf for McCarthy and left intact the vast majority of the social underpinning that was needed for Vets and other federal programs that directly help people.

well done 46.

I thought the big concession was capping spending increases for 2024 and 2025.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 28, 2023 • 7:57:07pm

re: #119 Belafon

Target pissed off the group with money by giving into those who hate, even though I totally understand why they did it (the workers didn’t ask to get involved).

Target was trying, but it can tough for a corporation like it to do something like that. We’re going to have to figure out a way to make them understand that giving in to the hate is harmful, but it’s going to need to be done in a way that shows the bigots that they lost. I just personally don’t need a woman’s swimsuit.

When I need to do Walmart type shopping, I go toTarget.

I found Target had great supply logistics during the Trump administration great toilet paper shortage.

Q: “Trump is the best US president ever.”

A: ‘He was great, it was the first time I ever had to stand in line to buy toilet paper.’

The folk who are pissed at Target for being woke, and then react to protect their employees, can fuck off.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 7:58:12pm

Comment on Succession — maybe don’t read if you are watching the series and have not yet seen the last episode.

My confession:

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2023 • 8:00:33pm

re: #88 Joe Bacon ✅

Featuring Dick York as the Oblivious Husband.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 28, 2023 • 8:09:50pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Bluesky currently having a major meltdown over moderation philosophies, or the lack thereof.

Mastodon has its faults, but in the meantime I’ve found Ivory to be a seamless reverse chronological home, local, & fediverse browser.

YMMV.

[Usual disclaimers]

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BeenHereAwhile  May 28, 2023 • 8:11:10pm

re: #9 Dave In Austin

Visitor……

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Pretty wiggler.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 8:18:19pm

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 8:19:29pm

re: #75 sizzzzlerz

It would be entertaining to hear what their explanation is for how the moon orbits a flat disk or why we have day and night.

One argument is a “spotlight sun” which is about as dumb as you can imagine.

YouTuber SciManDan gave up on religious counter-apologetics to focus on flat earthers, or “flurfers” to some. (Atheists will occasionally take on flat earthers because almost all are either Christians or Muslims and use the Bible or Qur’an to justify their beliefs.)

Here’s one example (16:58)

Flat Earth Fail Compilation 47: Fail Harder

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Captain Ron  May 28, 2023 • 8:20:41pm
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sagehen  May 28, 2023 • 8:29:24pm

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

When the history of this period is finally written, assuming our nation survives, Trump will be judged as the worst of the first 45 men who served as president.

Imma give him 2nd worst; Buchanan still holds the lead.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 28, 2023 • 8:41:20pm

The lava is still in the process of cooling and outgassing:

Dramatic Return to the Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland


..

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jeffreyw  May 28, 2023 • 8:41:32pm

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 28, 2023 • 8:42:18pm

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

History is written by the victors.

You’re assuming the Trumpers are not the victors.

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 8:45:45pm

re: #101 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

History is written by the victors.

You’re assuming the Trumpers are not the victors.

Here’s what’s great about not accepting that if Trump and the theocratic will be the victors: if I’m wrong, there will be nothing left to matter.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 8:54:12pm

re: #98 sagehen

Imma give him 2nd worst; Buchanan still holds the lead.

Currently Andrew Johnson and Buchanan both rank below Trump; but ultimately it will depend on how the next few years play out. The damage Trump has wrought on our nation will take years to repair.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 28, 2023 • 8:54:33pm

Gift Link:

Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down

nytimes.com

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 8:57:38pm

re: #101 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

History is written by the victors.

You’re assuming the Trumpers are not the victors.

My caveat was “assuming our nation survived”; if the Trump cult emerges victorious, then our nation has not survived.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:06:00pm

re: #104 BeenHereAwhile

Gift Link:

Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down

nytimes.com

I suppose that depends on where you live. I still hold to my conspiracy theory for which I have no evidence other than prices is that oil companies are still holding prices high in blue states to keep people mad (especially so-called independents) so they’ll blame it on Democrats.

Regular gas price map for whole USA
gasbuddy.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:06:51pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Oops, fixed link for Gas Buddy

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Targetpractice  May 28, 2023 • 9:14:29pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I suppose that depends on where you live. I still hold to my conspiracy theory for which I have no evidence other than prices is that oil companies are still holding prices high in blue states to keep people mad (especially so-called independents) so they’ll blame it on Democrats.

Regular gas price map for whole USA
gasbuddy.com

Yeah, I was about to say, gas prices in my neck of the woods have varied by only $0.10 in the last year. The House of Saud has been rather successful in punishing Biden for not being their puppet.

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 9:20:35pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I suppose that depends on where you live. I still hold to my conspiracy theory for which I have no evidence other than prices is that oil companies are still holding prices high in blue states to keep people mad (especially so-called independents) so they’ll blame it on Democrats.

Regular gas price map for whole USA
gasbuddy.com

The oil companies like to play games here in the DFW area. Over a month ago prices at every location jumped 35 cents within a day. Over the next three weeks, they worked their way back down to the original level, and then jumped about 25 cents. They’re now down about three cents off that mark.

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Captain Ron  May 28, 2023 • 9:23:14pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It is still over $5 in CoCo County.

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Captain Ron  May 28, 2023 • 9:25:39pm

re: #110 Captain Ron

It is still over $5 in CoCo County.

and they seem to only have about 20% of the stations listed than they had two weeks ago.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 9:25:40pm

re: #109 Belafon

The oil companies like to play games here in the DFW area. Over a month ago prices at every location jumped 35 cents within a day. Over the next three weeks, they worked their way back down to the original level, and then jumped about 25 cents. They’re now down about three cents off that mark.

Same BS in Wisconsin.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2023 • 9:26:54pm

re: #112 William Lewis

Same BS in Wisconsin.

Same in downstate Illinois.

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 9:28:26pm

Narrator: it didn’t fit:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:28:54pm

Remember, the Republicans want to defund the FBI.

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Targetpractice  May 28, 2023 • 9:35:17pm

*headdesk*

I commented the other night about the dumbass who would rather fill a couple of disposable coffee cups with lukewarm tap water because it came from a water dispenser in the gym than just get it from the tap in the room because we didn’t have any bottled water for sale.

Tonight was the flip-side of the coin: The lazy-ass who, when told that the gas station across the street has more and better variety of snacks and drinks than we do…admits he’s too lazy to walk, doesn’t want to spend the gas to drive over there, and doesn’t have anybody who can give him a ride at this hour.

You know when you watch those shows about some cataclysmic event that basically knocks humanity back to the Dark Ages overnight and how there will be massive number of deaths from starvation? Yeah, these jackholes are at the top of the list, because they’ll be dead in their homes for lack of bottled water or anybody to drive them a five minute walk to the 7-11 at the corner.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:39:55pm

re: #108 Targetpractice

Yeah, I was about to say, gas prices in my neck of the woods have varied by only $0.10 in the last year. The House of Saud has been rather successful in punishing Biden for not being their puppet.

When I punch in my town’s Zip Code, Gas Buddy returns “gas prices for USA or Canada only.”

Did Wyobraska secede from the Union?

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BeenHereAwhile  May 28, 2023 • 9:40:16pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I suppose that depends on where you live. I still hold to my conspiracy theory for which I have no evidence other than prices is that oil companies are still holding prices high in blue states to keep people mad (especially so-called independents) so they’ll blame it on Democrats.

Regular gas price map for whole USA
gasbuddy.com

I “read the headline” as uncharacteristic NYTimes pro Democratic Party propaganda.

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Targetpractice  May 28, 2023 • 9:42:06pm

re: #117 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

When I punch in my town’s Zip Code, Gas Buddy returns “gas prices for USA or Canada only.”

Did Wyobraska secede from the Union?

Would anybody notice?

///

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 28, 2023 • 9:43:38pm

re: #116 Targetpractice

If you were able to listen to some of the callers we deal with at work and hear FAUX, Newsmax, OANN, Hate Radio, TV Preachers or Jesus Radio blaring in the background while they shout about how much they hate colored folks on welfare…while they are getting their benefit checks that they paid for…you get more pessimistic with each passing year…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:46:34pm

Typhoon Mawar has made the turn to the north and is turning northeast. It is off the coast of Luzon and moving toward Japan’s southwest islands (Ishigakijima, Miyakojima, and Kadena). It is predicted to be a tropical storm by the time it reaches them.

Image: wp0223.gif

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 28, 2023 • 9:49:57pm

re: #101 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

History is written by the victors.

You’re assuming the Trumpers are not the victors.

You’re assuming the trumpers can write.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:51:19pm

re: #122 I Would Prefer Not To

You’re assuming the trumpers can write.

They have memes.

It also assumes they’ll survive Covid-19, which is ripping through Republicans at a much higher rate than Democrats.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 9:52:07pm

Interesting thread -

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Targetpractice  May 28, 2023 • 9:54:11pm

“Wyoming’s government declared that the state was in a state of secession and now falls under home rule. Federal sources were unclear the reasons for this, as they were unaware that Wyoming existed. The White House press office was quoted as saying ‘Wait, Wyoming wasn’t an internet hoax?!’”

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jaunte  May 28, 2023 • 9:56:00pm

re: #124 ckkatz

It might be helpful to call it Associated Information Collage instead of Artificial Intelligence.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 9:58:57pm

Wingnuts are all over this.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:02:17pm

re: #126 jaunte

It might be helpful to call it Associated Information Collage instead of Artificial Intelligence.

Even back in the 1980’s it was observed that AI was always something that would be implemented in 10 years (or more) in the future. Anything that had been already implemented as “AI” was quickly relegated to “Not AI” and as ‘trivial’.

I always viewed computational AI in my lifetime as a philosophical exercise. It allowed us to begin to understand a human problem and its complexity, rather than actually solve it or duplicate the human solution.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 10:02:19pm

re: #123 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

They have memes.

It also assumes they’ll survive Covid-19, which is ripping through Republicans at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Except COVID-19 is now a much milder disease and treatments are available; deaths have declined substantially. We have to use other tools to persuade the persuadable portion of the population that the GOP does not have their interests at heart and to demonize those who are trying to install fascism throughout our land.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 10:03:51pm

I hate scenarios like this. I have a couple, with kids sitting in the back of the car, who have been “discussing” something loudly for about two hours now out in the parking lot. Getting tempted to call the non-emergency number.

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Targetpractice  May 28, 2023 • 10:04:18pm

re: #128 ckkatz

Even back in the 1980’s it was observed that AI was always something that would be implemented in 10 years (or more) in the future. Anything that had been already implemented as “AI” was quickly relegated to “Not AI” and as ‘trivial’.

I always viewed computational AI in my lifetime as a philosophical exercise. It allowed us to begin to understand a human problem and its complexity, rather than actually solve it or duplicate the human solution.

AI is always 10 years way, just like commercial fusion power is always 50 years away.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:05:54pm

Another thread, this time some observations on wingnut outrage. -

basic conclusion -

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 10:06:03pm

re: #126 jaunte

It might be helpful to call it Associated Information Collage instead of Artificial Intelligence.

That’s why most of the academic world switched to machine learning, to separate it from the idea of intelligence. ChatGPT has learned a lot about sequencing words. It has not actually learned to form concepts about their meaning so that it can decide on the truth of a sentence it creates.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:09:54pm

re: #133 Belafon

That’s why most of the academic world switched to machine learning, to separate it from the idea of intelligence. ChatGPT has learned a lot about sequencing words. It has not actually learned to form concepts about their meaning so that it can decide on the truth of a sentence it creates.

That sounds a lot like Trump and some other third rate grifters.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 28, 2023 • 10:13:23pm

re: #129 Hecuba’s daughter

Except COVID-19 is now a much milder disease and treatments are available; deaths have declined substantially. We have to use other tools to persuade the persuadable portion of the population that the GOP does not have their interests at heart and to demonize those who are trying to install fascism throughout our land.

Not really. Deaths continue to climb in the USA. We are at 1,135,000+ now, with the disease projected to continue to kill.

What’s happened is since the beginning wingnuts politicised it. They are the ones who don’t think it’s serious. See also the continued additions at sorryantivaxxer.com where the memes of antivaxxers continue fast and furious, whilst they continue to convince each other to “stay the course.”

covid19.healthdata.org

Plus, just because we have weaker strains at the moment doesn’t mean they will remain that way. We still have a whole bunch of people who don’t take it seriously which provides a pool of dipshytes to mutate in.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 28, 2023 • 10:13:23pm

re: #5 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

Didn’t have the Wordle round to buy a Morrie Thou.

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Par too

Click to Reveal

Did the same as you. Had 4 possibilities — so played it safe
Wordle 709 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Burned the 3rd word to determine which option it was..

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:14:33pm

“The big concern now is that the deal won’t be harmful enough to satisfy the Freedom Caucus (freedom’s just another word for kicking people when they’re down). “

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Belafon  May 28, 2023 • 10:16:59pm

re: #137 ckkatz

“The big concern now is that the deal won’t be harmful enough to satisfy the Freedom Caucus (freedom’s just another word for kicking people when they’re down). “

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Maybe Democrats can add a provision that says work requirements only apply to family members of those who vote against the bill.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:19:59pm

For those who do not feel that they have enough to worry about -

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silverdolphin  May 28, 2023 • 10:20:40pm

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

When the history of this period is finally written, assuming our nation survives, Trump will be judged as the worst of the first 45 men who served as president.

His level of corruption is not matched by any other one. There will be books written about how Americans could have voted for him. Hopefully, history will forgety about him.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:24:13pm

And here is a bit on the ecological diversity of Texas -
(If you do not see the tweeted map, you may wish to see if the LGF post’s refresh button will cause the map to display.)

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:26:34pm

re: #139 ckkatz

A bit more detail on Dr Hotez’s concerns -

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 10:31:37pm

Last bit of ‘fud’ regarding COVID predictions. Then my work here is done. Muah-Ha-Ha ;)

.

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Cheechako  May 28, 2023 • 10:42:19pm

Gotta’ hand it to Joe and the OPM/ Treasury Agencies. They managed to deposit the June Federal Retirement checks on last Friday (the 26th). Normally they are deposited on the first of the month (in this case June 1st).

This takes a lot of stress off retired Federal employees.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:02:02pm

re: #144 Cheechako

This administration is really trying to get the details of governing right.

Meanwhile, the GOP keeps claiming that “Government doesn’t work”. And when they are in charge, they are right.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:03:16pm
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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:07:41pm

re: #130 William Lewis

I hate scenarios like this. I have a couple, with kids sitting in the back of the car, who have been “discussing” something loudly for about two hours now out in the parking lot. Getting tempted to call the non-emergency number.

Have you figured out/found out what was going on in the parking lot?

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:14:16pm

Frum is thinking that McCarthy did not have a caucus that could agree on any policy issues. So he basically went for symbolism. Biden gave him that in return for policy wins.

The best negotiators try to figure what the other side really wants/needs and how to give it to them in return for what their own side wants/needs.

Maybe not as flashy as burning the other side to the ground. But certainly more likely to ensure a successful agreement that both sides are committed to.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 11:18:23pm

re: #147 ckkatz

Have you figured out/found out what was going on in the parking lot?

I called the non-emergency number. The woman is a guest. The police got them to calm down and eventually she came in by herself and went to her room crying but not obviously physically injured. My guess is a breakup. Considering how loud it was getting, and the one time I went and talked to them, she was sitting in the front seat facing him in the driver’s seat back against the door like ready for a fast escape. I just had a bad vibe so I don’t have any regrets for calling it in even with my utter lack of trust for the blue.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:25:52pm

re: #149 William Lewis

I called the non-emergency number. The woman is a guest. The police got them to calm down and eventually she came in by herself and went to her room crying but not obviously physically injured. My guess is a breakup. Considering how loud it was getting, and the one time I went and talked to them, she was sitting in the front seat facing him in the driver’s seat back against the door like ready for a fast escape. I just had a bad vibe so I don’t have any regrets for calling it in even with my utter lack of trust for the blue.

Way too much crazy stuff happening these days. Glad to hear that it was resolved without physical injury. And that is an achievement in itself.

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William Lewis  May 28, 2023 • 11:27:01pm

re: #150 ckkatz

Way too much crazy stuff happening these days. Glad to hear that it was resolved without physical injury. And that is an achievement in itself.

I agree. Sometimes reminding asshats that there are people paying attention to what they might do is no small thing.

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:27:46pm

Happy Monday!

For the curated ‘Dad’ joke we have this nifty little number -

What do you do when you’re being attacked by a group of clowns?
Go for the juggler.

And, with that, I’m out!

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:31:10pm

re: #151 William Lewis

I agree. Sometimes reminding asshats that there are people paying attention to what they might do is no small thing.

It seems to me that some arrests are basically “convenience arrests”. That is, somebody is arrested just to separate the parties and break up the current conflict.

Sometimes “All’s well that ends”.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2023 • 11:32:07pm

re: #51 teleskiguy

State representative Tony Tinderholt, a Republican from Arlington, is typically very sure of himself—the kind of fellow who has repeatedly offered bills to subject women who have abortions to the death penalty. But during the House debate, he suddenly sounded like a mid-tier psychonaut at a Phish concert. “I believe perception is truth to the person that perceives,” he said. Pass the blunt, space cowboy!

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ckkatz  May 28, 2023 • 11:54:19pm

Healy’s Rule of Holes :”[I]f you are in one, stop digging.”

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silverdolphin  May 29, 2023 • 12:08:05am

re: #101 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

History is written by the victors.

You’re assuming the Trumpers are not the victors.

(Sorry for the length. Took some painkillers for my hip and they tend to drive me into a didactic mode. Hope you enjoy)
TL:DR The Trumpers are not organized to deal with a social structure more complex than Feudalism. And hierarchical Feudalism simply cannot be successful in the complex cultural environment we now inhabit, where IT requires greater distributed democracy to be successful. They will make stupid decisions because of bad information flow while we will make wise decisions,because of our enhanced abilities to deal with greater levels of informaion flow.
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The Trumpers will never be the victors at the end. They simply are not organized to deal with the complexity of the modern world. Their authoritarian hierarchy is only as smart as the guy at the top. So maybe they could govern a feudalistic society. But not one designed to deal with iinformation flow in microseconds. Consequently, they cannot get the right information to the right person at the right time to make a wise decision quickly. So they keep doing stupid shit.

Over the last 300 years in these sorts of techno-economic battles (by my count we have had 3 major ones and 3 minor ones), the winning side always has more distributed democratic processes that short circuit the hierarchies and allow information to be moved rapidly, permitting wiser decisions. They use more of their diverse population to help make decisions. The losing side often forms a culture of epistemic closure, where everyone thinks alike.

The Colonials arguably won because their democratic information flow took days whiile the hierarchical British took months. The authoritarian South simply did not take advantage of properly using the rapid information flow that the railroad and the telegraph created (ie Grant kept in daily commuication with Sherman using the telegraph, the first time generals hundeds of miles apart communicated almost in real time. Meanwhile, Lee likely made fatal errors in Gettysburg because his cavalry was unable to provide him necessary information).

The hierarchies of fascist Japan and Germany relied on leaders at the top making decisions while the Allies pushed decision-making to the edges. So a group of 20 US sharpshooters, without specific orders, slowed down the German advance in the Battle of the Bulge, permitting the Allies to move the fuel dumps critical to Germany’s plan, using the Red Ball Express made up mostly of Black Americans. We may have been racially segregated but we found ways to use everyone productively.

Each time, history looks at the losers and wonders why they made such stupid decisions. The British made several leading to Yorktown. Lee at Gettysburg gave us Picketts Charge. The Japanese atacked Pearl Harbor without a declaration of war and then failed to destroy the fuel dumps in Hawaii. Hitler thought he could sustain a second Blitzkrieg in late 1944, even though the Germans did not have the fuel to accomplish anything close to what was needed.

This is a different sort of war but the underlying pressures are similar. And the losing side will again make stupid decisions. History will wonder why the GOP went apeshit with the abortion issue. It activated a huge number of people to vote for Democrats. Even some Republicans see that they have gone too far. But it is not stopping them, as some now go after contraceptives and even interracial marriages.

Now add in the environmental issues, a corrupt Supreme Court, climate change, COVID (ie Trump would likely have won in 2020 if he had just been even little bit on the ball here). The younger generations hate the GOP because of its terrible policies.They know diversity is the key to solving these complex problems facing us. They know that organizing a company based more on its social map rather than a hierarchy is a key to success.

The Trumpers could only win if America,and the world, collapsed back to a Feudal society. But this will not happen because we arlready seeing the new social organizaiton strucures that will beat their hierarchical structures. The victors are aleady becoming apparent.

For example, the so-called “woke” companies are demonstrating something new. They care about their employees than just about profit. Disney went against DeSantis because its employees forced it to. Target removed the LGBTQ+ materials to protect it employees from stochastoc terrorism. I am not saying the companies are perfect but they are moving away from the Free Market capitalism of the GOP in important ways. IT is driving the best to move power closer to the edges, empowering employees to make wiser decisions. It allows these companies to fully use the diversity of everyone to solve the problems facing them. Meanwhile, Trumpers want to restrict decisions to mostly rich white males.

Politics is a trailing marker for these societal changes. This period is almost done. The Trumpers simply are not smart enough to make wise decisions. Biden and the Democrats, on the other hand, are showing that is exactly what they can do.

In the future, IMHO, historians will examine in depth the organization of Biden’s White House.I suspect it will look very different from the incompetent hierarchy that drove Trump’s Whte House (ie a narcissist like Trump could never allow someone really competent to be in the room with him for long. Thus why he surrounded himself with nincompoops.). I suspect that in Biden’s WH, a lot of decision-maling power has been distributed outward away from the center, Biden loves not being the smartest in he room. And because of that he makes wise decisions.

What the Democrats accomplished in the first 2 years of his term was historic. Not only did they get a lot of progressive things passed but they did it with the smallest majority ever for an effective Congress. FDR, Johnson, and Lincoln had huge majorities in both Houses of Congress. I am still amazed how much he got done with such a Congress, one where the VP was a vial aspect of passing legislation by breaking ties.

Now with even less power, he has negotiated a bill that removes any economic hostage-taking via the debt ceiling until after the election. The budget is kept at 2023 levels, which is what would happen with the continuing resolutions usually seen when budget deals are being worked out. It is less likely the governmen will be shut down now over the budget. He appears to have expanded SNAP benefits, without having any large scale decease in the budget.

From what I have seen, this is one of the most amazing negotiations ever, since he was supposedly working from such a poor position. He has, I beleive, helped secure the Democratic Blue Wave I think we will see by taking these things off the table.

Becasue we know the GOP will continue to make very bad decisions. Many driven by a corrupt partisan Supreme Court and an even moe corrupt leadership.

And, Biden will likely make it happen in a bipartisan way!! He is even using the diversity provided by his political enemies. Amazing That is why we will win.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 12:14:39am

It’s an hour after the bars close on a Sunday night, so the slow trickle of desperate calls for rooms has already begun. Even if it wasn’t a holiday weekend, it’s now a weekend in the summer months in a tourist town. Unless you’re planning to stay more than a few hours, save yourself some money and try something a bit further out of town.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 12:15:02am

Some people show be separated from children (and society).

Mom Leaves Four Kids Under 13 Home Alone For 8 Days While She Travels Alone To Germany (Little Things, May 27, 2023)

On September 21, 2017, police in Johnston, Iowa, conducted a welfare check on the home of Erin Lee Macke. They’d received a tip that Erin’s four kids were left home alone… while she was in Germany!

The kids — a pair of 12-year-old twins, one 7-year-old girl, and one 6-year-old girl — said their mom had left for Germany the day before. She didn’t plan to come back until October 1.

It’s unclear why Erin traveled to Germany, or why she went solo, but photos posted to her Instagram while she was away showed her posing with a friend at the Walhalla Memorial in Bavaria, visiting the Regensburg Cathedral, eating bratwurst, and taking tours of the hop fields.

When police called Erin in Germany, she said her babysitters canceled last minute so she simply left the kids alone. Authorities confirmed she made no child-care arrangements for when she was overseas. Police Lt. Tyler Tompkins said he’d never seen or heard of a case like this before.

Police ordered Erin to fly home immediately, but she ended up cutting her trip short by only four days! She was then arrested and charged with four counts of child endangerment.

(more)

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teleskiguy  May 29, 2023 • 12:17:35am

re: #157 Targetpractice

Good luck my brother.

Giphy

Be sure to be a proper asshole to those who deserve it.

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silverdolphin  May 29, 2023 • 12:17:56am

re: #139 ckkatz

For those who do not feel that they have enough to worry about -

Ahh. But COVID has started us on a path to finally move vaccine development into the 21st century (we still make flu vaccines from ferilized chicken eggs).

Technologies will allow us to create a useful vaccine in weeks. IT will help us manufacture and distribute them. We are on the cusp of an amazing period where we will learn to manipulate our immune systems to not only fight off disease but make cancer an inconvenience.

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silverdolphin  May 29, 2023 • 12:22:37am

re: #148 ckkatz

Frum is thinking that McCarthy did not have a caucus that could agree on any policy issues. So he basically went for symbolism. Biden gave him that in return for policy wins.

The best negotiators try to figure what the other side really wants/needs and how to give it to them in return for what their own side wants/needs.

Maybe not as flashy as burning the other side to the ground. But certainly more likely to ensure a successful agreement that both sides are committed to.

The point about Win-Win is an important point. One hallmark of the organizational success of the Fossil Fuel driven era of the last 100 years is everything is a zero sum. I win and you lose. Greed is good. Hierarchy demands this because if you win, I have to lose. It you move up the hierarchy, I must move down.

But in the IT era we are in, that does not create effective and successful communities. The ones that have been successful are those that find win-win solutions.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 12:24:12am
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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 12:25:14am

re: #158 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Some people show be separated from children (and society).

Mom Leaves Four Kids Under 13 Home Alone For 8 Days While She Travels Alone To Germany (Little Things, May 27, 2023)

(more)

Yeah, as bad as the story is, the end of it was worse:

A Johnston mother who was sentenced to two years’ probation for leaving her children home alone to travel to Europe is appealing.

The Des Moines Register reports that 31-year-old Erin Lee Macke filed an appeal on May 14. She could have faced eight years in prison after pleading to four counts of child endangerment.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 12:38:04am
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teleskiguy  May 29, 2023 • 12:40:15am

I’m still saddened and shocked by my friend Nick’s death, one week ago. So many who knew him feel the same way.

I’m a guy who knows dozens of dudes like Nick, who died suddenly while playing in the mountains.

It sucks.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 12:46:38am

re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Predictably, the top replies are the usual “THEY AREN’T GETTING BEATEN AND SHOT IN THE STREETS, SO THEY’RE A PROTECTED CLASS!!!”

IOW, the same shit that their ideological predecessors were screaming during the 90s.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 12:52:23am

Betcha never thought of it this way.

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 12:57:01am

Just got thanked by the lady from earlier for calling the cops. Helped defuse the situation.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 1:06:17am

re: #168 William Lewis

Just got thanked by the lady from earlier for calling the cops. Helped defuse the situation.

I couldn’t do your or Targetpractice’s jobs. I’d need a baseball bat for attitude adjustments.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 1:09:25am

This moran again (thread, twenty-four tweets)

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 1:13:15am

re: #91 Hecuba’s daughter

Comment on Succession — maybe don’t read if you are watching the series and have not yet seen the last episode.

My confession:

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 1:15:37am

re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I couldn’t do your or Targetpractice’s jobs. I’d need a baseball bat for attitude adjustments.

Memorial Day so $x1.5 helps ;)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 1:23:26am
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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 1:23:38am

re: #103 Hecuba’s daughter

Currently Andrew Johnson and Buchanan both rank below Trump; but ultimately it will depend on how the next few years play out. The damage Trump has wrought on our nation will take years to repair.

Buchanan was basically a nonentity. IMHO, the only two who compare to Trump are Andrew Jackson, for his genocide against the indigenous populations of the South resulting in the Trail of Tears, and Andrew Johnson, who was deeply racist and worked to block Black civil rights after the Civil War. It’s a close call, but since Jackson basically founded modern American democracy in its embryonic form, and Trump tried to end it with a violent coup, I’ll make the call for Trump as the worst President ever; he is hands down the most corrupt. YMMV

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 1:29:47am

re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I couldn’t do your or Targetpractice’s jobs. I’d need a baseball bat for attitude adjustments.

We make it sound a lot worse than it really is. There’s stress like any job, but most nights the worst we have to deal with is just general stupidity. No bat necessary, though I’ve thought about putting it up on the wall with a sign saying “For Use On Asshole Guests.”

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 1:32:59am

re: #139 ckkatz

For those who do not feel that they have enough to worry about -

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 1:38:56am

re: #149 William Lewis

I called the non-emergency number. The woman is a guest. The police got them to calm down and eventually she came in by herself and went to her room crying but not obviously physically injured. My guess is a breakup. Considering how loud it was getting, and the one time I went and talked to them, she was sitting in the front seat facing him in the driver’s seat back against the door like ready for a fast escape. I just had a bad vibe so I don’t have any regrets for calling it in even with my utter lack of trust for the blue.

I guess the rule of thumb is do not call the police in regards to a situation with black people unless the situation absolutely calls for an armed response.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 1:43:39am

So far, we got away this year with nobody at the front desk calling the cops. Only time I know of a guest calling the cops themselves was one that claimed their truck was stolen. We never heard anything more on that, but so many instances in recent years of cars being “stolen” in our lot turned up as being repoed that I wouldn’t be surprised if this was another case of a debtor getting caught because he thought they couldn’t catch his ass over state lines.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 1:53:20am

In the categories: Irony & Why You Should Still Wear a Mask:

COVID Outbreak at CDC Conference Infected 181 People (Daily Beast, May 26, 2023)

More than 180 people have been confirmed infected since attending a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conference—one that was held for the very same personnel whose job it is to contain rapidly spreading diseases. A meeting of the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service at an Atlanta hotel in late April was the origin of the mini-outbreak, The Washington Post reported. The event had 1,800 people in attendance, about 70 percent of whom did not wear a mask, according to a CDC survey. Thankfully, nobody has been hospitalized in connection with the CDC conference outbreak. The agency is planning to host another meeting at the same venue next month.

Remember, the pandemic is over.

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 1:59:50am

re: #177 No Malarkey!

I guess the rule of thumb is do not call the police in regards to a situation with black people unless the situation absolutely calls for an armed response.

Part of the reason to use the non-emergency number and say they don’t need to hurry.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 2:01:49am

re: #170 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

This moran again (thread, twenty-four tweets)

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Not to sound callous, but who genuinely cares at this point versus just wanting to score points on an imaginary scoreboard? He even admits that lawyers he’s asked don’t see any chance of this leading to litigation because (say it with me, kids) IT WAS A FUCKING GLOBAL EMERGENCY! All he really wants is to be proven “right” to make his dick feel a bit bigger.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 2:07:19am

re: #181 Targetpractice

Not to sound callous, but who genuinely cares at this point versus just wanting to score points on an imaginary scoreboard? He even admits that lawyers he’s asked don’t see any chance of this leading to litigation because (say it with me, kids) IT WAS A FUCKING GLOBAL EMERGENCY! All he really wants is to be proven “right” to make his dick feel a bit bigger.

Because they’re still trying to sway people into not seeking treatment for Covid-19. It’s why we still have so many people dying of Covid-19 now.

Some antivaxxers have moved on to pregnant women to convince them not to get the DTaP vaccine. (That vaccine is recommended in the final trimester to afford some immunity to a newborn from diphtheria, typhoid fever, and pertussis).

Conservatism will always drag a society back to barbarism if it takes over.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 2:10:30am

More conservative barbarism:

‘Murderers’ and ‘criminals’: Meteorologists face unprecedented harassment from conspiracy theorists (CNN, May 27, 2023)

These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at AEMET, Spain’s national weather agency, in recent months. They come via social media, its website, letters, phone calls - even in the form of graffiti sprayed across one of its buildings.

Abuse and harassment “have always happened” against the agency’s scientists, Estrella Gutiérrez-Marco, spokesperson for AEMET, told CNN.

But there has been a rapid rise recently, coinciding with extreme weather in Spain. A severe drought has shrunk water levels to alarming lows, exacerbated by record-breaking April temperatures.

The abuse got so bad that in April, AEMET posted a video on Twitter calling for an end to the harassment, and asking for respect. Even the government intervened. Teresa Ribera, Spain’s minister for the ecological transition, posted on Twitter in support of the agency: “Lying, giving wings to conspiracy and fear, insulting … It is time to say enough.”

The harassment of meteorologists by conspiracy theorists and climate deniers is not a phenomenon confined to Spain.

National weather services, meteorologists and climate communicators in countries from the US to Australia say they’re experiencing an increase in threats and abuse, often around accusations they are overstating, lying about or even controlling the weather.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 2:19:00am

re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Because they’re still trying to sway people into not seeking treatment for Covid-19. It’s why we still have so many people dying of Covid-19 now.

Some antivaxxers have moved on to pregnant women to convince them not to get the DTAP vaccine. (That vaccine is recommended in the final trimester to afford some immunity to a newborn from diphtheria, typhoid fever, and pertussis).

Conservatism will always drag a society back to barbarism if it takes over.

That certainly seems to be the intent, to argue that doctors have some dark and sinister (or at least embarrassing) secret reason for putting so many patients on ventilators in the spring of 2020 that they are going to great lengths to avoid admitting to the public. The overall effort being to suggest that the medical community rushes to do things that ultimately are harmful, is slow to catch on, and then hides the “truth” rather than admitting something that could embarrass them if not lead to litigation.

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TarHellion  May 29, 2023 • 2:22:44am

Beagle! Just the way to start off a holiday Monday. Taking the car to the dealer for routine service and a minor recall fix. It’s a little over an hour away, but they give me a loaner and it’s an excuse to take MrsTarH to one of her favorite dining spots. Enjoy the day/evening Lizard peeps!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 29, 2023 • 3:01:20am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 3:06:02am

Chair of NC Baptist Children’s Homes resigns after arrest for animal cruelty (Religion News Service, May 26, 2023)

(RNS) — Southern Baptists have been dogged by leadership scandals for years.

Now they have a different kind of abuse scandal on their hands.

A Baptist leader in North Carolina resigned this week after he and his wife were charged earlier this month with three counts of felony animal cruelty and a misdemeanor offense of communicating threats.

James David “Jim” Goldston III, 71, and his wife, Agnes, 73, are accused of poisoning their neighbor’s three dogs. Two of the dogs, Labrador retrievers, died. A veterinarian confirmed that all three dogs were poisoned, according to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.

Goldston had been chairman of the board of trustees for the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina, a well-known faith-based nonprofit. He was also a board member of an animal rescue organization.

The Goldstons are also accused of threatening their neighbor. A handwritten letter tossed into their neighbor’s yard read “Your Daughter is Next. B Careful,” arrest warrants obtained by The News & Observer newspaper showed.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 3:16:36am

That was a new one. Guest apparently checked in in the middle of the night last night, came by to ask how late they could stay without getting charged for an extra day. Told him that after 11am (i.e. normal checkout) that we charge for a late check-out, after which he tries to explain that he and the family wanted to take a trip to the beach and then come back to checkout. Told him that we’d have to charge him an extra day if they stayed past noon, at which time he tells me he thought they had a full 24 hours from normal check-in time (3pm) before they’d be charged.

Then he asked for a copy of his receipt and confirmation letter to take back to his room, I imagine with the intent of going over it with his wife to see if there’s some loophole that’ll allow them an uber-late checkout without penalty.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 3:20:24am

#NotADragQueen Anglican Edition

Paedophile Worthing vicar who kept rotting animals in his home to be sentenced (ITV, May 25, 2023)

A vicar who was found with more than 22,000 indecent images of children and dead rotting animals in his home is to be sentenced today.

Reverend David Renshaw had been the vicar at Holy Trinity and Christ Church in Worthing since 2018.

He was found guilty of 8 offences by a jury earlier this year - and was warned by a judge he faces a lengthy jail term.

The vicar, who smoked crystal meth and boasted about corrupting young boys, attempted suicide after the guilty verdict.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 3:26:52am

re: #189 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

#NotADragQueen Anglican Edition

Paedophile Worthing vicar who kept rotting animals in his home to be sentenced (ITV, May 25, 2023)

(more)

The vicar, who smoked crystal meth and boasted about corrupting young boys, attempted suicide after the guilty verdict.

So a man who has no doubt lectured more than one family in his time of service over why their deceased loved one cannot be given a proper funeral because of the “sin” of suicide tried to end his own life once his mortal sins landed him in prison.

Sounds about right.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 3:38:36am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 3:41:55am

#NotADragQueen Massachusetts Public Schools Edition

‘It’s life or death’: failure to protect trans kids at ARMS a systemic problem (The Graphic, Amherst Regional High School newspaper, May 9, 2023)

Over the last two years, Amherst Regional Middle School students, parents, and staff members voiced concerns to district leadership about adjustment counselor Hector Santos and current eighth-grade guidance counselor Delinda Dykes, noting that the two routinely misgendered and deadnamed transgender students and staff, invoked anti-LGBTQ prayer at school, allowed religion to overflow into conversations with students and staff, and failed to provide support to students who were facing gender-based bullying or intimidation at school. Santos also posted religiously worded anti-LGBTQ material on a public Facebook page.

This year, when Santos’s daughter Tania Cabrera was brought on to serve as the seventh-grade guidance counselor, staff and students told The Graphic she also misgendered trans kids, told staff that a trans student had reverted to using their legal name when they had not, did not report on an anti-LGBTQ harassment incident that was reported to her, and told a trans male student who went to her for support that she sympathized with his parents, who had “lost their daughter.” The Graphic reached out to Dykes, Santos, and Cabrera with every allegation and allowed them the right to reply; in three almost identical statements sent by email, they refuted all claims made in this report.

(more)

The counsellors are the real victims of course.

‘Bible-believing’ school guidance counselors placed on leave over ‘misgendering,’ ‘conversion therapy’ allegations (Christian Post, May 23, 2023)

Three Christian school guidance counselors in Massachusetts have been placed on leave after a school newspaper used anonymous sources to accuse the counselors of engaging in so-called “conversion therapy” and not using the chosen pronouns of trans-identified students.

An attorney for Hector Santos, Delinda Dykes and Tania Cabrera says the Amherst Regional Middle School (ARMS) student-run newspaper used anonymous sources — later cited by other news outlets — that potentially put the Christian counselors’ safety at risk by granting anonymity to the article’s sources.

Among the allegations: that Santos performed “conversion therapy” before school hours in Amherst schools, Dykes prayed against a so-called LGBT “demon” and “handed out chocolate crucifixes,” and that all three failed to refer to students by using their self-declared pronouns, according to attorney Ryan McLane, who is representing the three employees.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2023 • 3:54:57am

re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

#NotADragQueen Massachusetts Public Schools Edition

‘It’s life or death’: failure to protect trans kids at ARMS a systemic problem (The Graphic, Amherst Regional High School newspaper, May 9, 2023)

(more)

The counsellors are the real victims of course.

‘Bible-believing’ school guidance counselors placed on leave over ‘misgendering,’ ‘conversion therapy’ allegations (Christian Post, May 23, 2023)

(more)

So in typical fashion, instead of addressing the allegations or offering explanations, they’re attacking the paper for not naming sources to allow the accused an opportunity to badger and threaten them into silence.

Same as it ever was.

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 3:58:48am

re: #38 No Malarkey!

It is mostly, but not exactly, the same as the original. It’s the same plot but, for example, they cut the French Chef chasing Sebastian. Its a live action movie with talking birds, crabs and fish so yeah, there are CGI issues. I think kids will enjoy it.

and if kids will enjoy it, it doesn’t matter whether you do or not. you are still gonna see it umpty dumpty billion times before your kids age out.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 4:15:14am

Book Riot, May 4, 2023

The Illinois Senate has passed HB 2789, a bill whose terms dictate that state funding from public or school libraries that remove books from circulation will be withheld.

As per the bill, the $62 million of funding that goes to the state’s libraries will only be eligible for said funding if they “adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights” or “develop a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials within the library or library system.”

Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois’s newly selected Secretary of State, first drafted the bill in response to the 67 book bans that were attempted in Illinois, as well as ban attempts in other states.

As to the cause of the increase in book bans, Giannoulias shared that, “All these efforts to curb reading materials have absolutely nothing to do with books. They are about restricting the freedom of ideas that certain individuals disagree with and that certain individuals think others should have access to.”

(more)

Illinois to Become First State to Ban Book Bans

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Nyet  May 29, 2023 • 4:40:15am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 4:41:57am

re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The NYT is broken.

Hans Christian Andersen was Danish, ergo, The Little Mermaid is part of the Nordic Cultural Tradition, ergo, all the characters must look like they are descended from Vikings.

That sums up every criticism of everything from LOTR sequels/prequels to Marvel Thor Ragnarok comics.

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Nyet  May 29, 2023 • 4:43:10am
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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 4:51:45am

re: #114 Belafon

Narrator: it didn’t fit:

Well, at least it wasn’t a LNG bus…

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 4:52:47am

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 5:06:56am
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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 5:08:00am

This morning, Uriah Heep at the absolute height of their fecking powers: (sorry for the commercials on the front. suffer through the first one with volume down, and then if they pop a second one up, you can skip it after 5 seconds).

Uriah Heep - The Wizard - 2017 Remaster (Official Audio)

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Nerdy Fish  May 29, 2023 • 5:08:34am

Rough way to start the day, but ehh.

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Dave In Austin  May 29, 2023 • 5:09:24am

Welp. I had a good cry this morning after my 68 yrs of hell on earth.

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 5:15:06am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

This is why I asked!

Not a fan of overtly gory films (even black humored, funny ones) but majority rules… and it is your site after all.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 5:37:15am
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Dave In Austin  May 29, 2023 • 5:38:43am

re: #208 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Sooner or later this guys going to end up in a dumpster without a pulse.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 5:44:44am

#NotADragQueen

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 5:45:52am

“Three people have recently been charged by prosecutors at EBM in Stockholm for an extensive and systematic suspected pump & dump scheme through an account on Twitter.”
EBM is the government agency which handles financial crimes in Sweden.

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JC1  May 29, 2023 • 5:55:00am

re: #124 ckkatz

Interesting thread -

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He doesn’t say which ChatGPT version was used, bjt I’m guessing 3.5 since 4 requires a paid subscription. 4 is MUCH better overall and hallucinates far less.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 5:57:24am

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JC1  May 29, 2023 • 5:57:42am

re: #131 Targetpractice

AI is always 10 years way, just like commercial fusion power is always 50 years away.

AI is here today and doing tasks that would have been impossible a decade ago or even 5 years ago. Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is still a ways off.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 6:00:14am
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JC1  May 29, 2023 • 6:00:45am

re: #133 Belafon

That’s why most of the academic world switched to machine learning, to separate it from the idea of intelligence. ChatGPT has learned a lot about sequencing words. It has not actually learned to form concepts about their meaning so that it can decide on the truth of a sentence it creates.

There seem to be emergent abilities in LLMs like ChatGPT4. Asking it how it would stack an arbitrary list of items on top of each other in a stable maner, for example (pick items that are random enough to have not been discussed in this context), and theory of mind reasoning.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 29, 2023 • 6:05:20am

re: #213 A Cranky One

I think Marian Anderson would have something to say about that. And Leontyne Price would like to say a few words too.

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 6:17:19am
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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 29, 2023 • 6:22:14am

re: #217 PhillyPretzel ✅

Opps. I made a mistake. Ms Price is still alive.
en.wikipedia.org

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 6:23:48am

re: #219 PhillyPretzel ✅

Opps. I made a mistake. Ms Price is still alive.
en.wikipedia.org

I guess Leontyne Price would have a whole lot to say about it, then. /s

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sagehen  May 29, 2023 • 6:24:09am

re: #217 PhillyPretzel ✅

I think Marian Anderson would have something to say about that. And Leontyne Price would like to say a few words too.

Marian can have a brief solo while Tina is backstage doing a costume change.

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Captain Magic  May 29, 2023 • 6:24:16am

re: #203 Teukka

Looks like the cat is an American Curl, based on how its ears are splayed back.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 6:25:32am

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 6:25:50am

re: #167 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Betcha never thought of it this way.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 6:27:18am

Vaush weighs in on Ethan Schmitt harassing Target (16.09)

INSANE: Target Stores Threatened Over Pride Displays

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Oblongatis  May 29, 2023 • 6:29:20am

re: #131 Targetpractice

Fusion is the energy source of the future and will always be.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 6:33:20am

re: #226 Oblongatis

Fusion is the energy source of the future and will always be.

I see what you did there.

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 6:34:13am

Took a couple of pictures on the way home from the hotel. Haven’t used my Nikon as much as I should of late, this morning reminded me why I need to.

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 6:34:39am

re: #226 Oblongatis

Fusion is the energy source of the future and will always be.

If only there was a huge, stable fusion reactor that we could use to generate massive amounts of clean electricity.

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 6:34:48am

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William Lewis  May 29, 2023 • 6:36:46am

The last two are slightly different images, I used the excuse of the difference in f-stop to process the one as B&W and the other left in color. I do like the Velvia look of the color image a bit better I think. Might make a nice image on my wall but it’s too new to be sure.

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Belafon  May 29, 2023 • 6:37:27am

re: #176 No Malarkey!

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 6:37:46am

re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Hans Christian Andersen was Danish, ergo, The Little Mermaid is part of the Nordic Cultural Tradition, ergo, all the characters must look like they are descended from Vikings.

That sums up every criticism of everything from LOTR sequels/prequels to Marvel Thor Ragnarok comics.

Like I said a day or so ago, who owns Carmen? The french or the spanish?

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 6:42:11am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 6:42:38am

re: #236 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Like I said a day or so ago, who owns Carmen? The french or the spanish?

San Diego.

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Nerdy Fish  May 29, 2023 • 6:43:33am

I went to get some stuff done in a video game I play with my son and my friend, and come back to a philosophical discussion on the state of AI. We can munge about with word definitions all we want, but in the classic sense of “artificial intelligence” as “machines capable of thought,” I believe the comment here summed it up best:

re: #131 Targetpractice

AI is always 10 years way, just like commercial fusion power is always 50 years away.

The various forms of so-called “artificial intelligence” today are simply algorithms that have built-in autocorrection factors, which can be adjusted on the fly by humans telling the algorithm whether its predictions were correct or not. These algorithms are very limited in scope, by design, because the further you increase their scope, the less accurate they become; the algorithm cannot balance too many variables when it is performing its autocorrections. Eventually, its outputs become useless, as over-training causes it to oscillate back and forth between extremes.

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jeffreyw  May 29, 2023 • 6:49:13am

Bitsy Kitty

Good morning!

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 6:50:17am
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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 6:58:06am

Yet another NOT A DRAG QUEEN

open.substack.com

The Church dismissed sex abuse allegations against a priest. Now there are six more victims

After the Archdiocese of San Francisco said a claim against Father Daniel Carter was “unfounded,” six new victims have come forward with similar allegations

Whenever we learn about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, it usually comes with the understanding that justice may be elusive. In many cases, the abuse happened so long ago that the legal system prevents victims from taking their attackers to court. Some states have responded by reopening a window for filing sexual abuse lawsuits that had previously been closed due to statutes of limitations.

The Bay Area affiliate of NBC just published a remarkable story by Michael Bott, Candice Nguyen, and Jeremy Carroll about how the Church ignored an allegation of sexual abuse and allowed the priest in question to continue working, only for him to strike again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again.

Their piece centers around Danielle Lacampagne, who told Catholic leaders that she had been abused by Father Daniel Carter when she attended Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, a private school in San Francisco, in the 1970s.

The priest molested her. Once again the bishops played Pedo Ping Pong moving this molester from parish to parish as he molested kids again and again.

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 7:00:53am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:13:28am

Cope harder, douchecanoes. Ain’t capitalism grand?

Why do socialists have to explain to ostensible supporters of capitalism how capitalism works? Kohl’s would not sell these products if they didn’t think they could make money on them. And with all the performative outrage from conservatives, you guys still haven’t figured out you’re the minority. If you were the majority, they wouldn’t sell these things.

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Nerdy Fish  May 29, 2023 • 7:15:41am

re: #246 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

If they boycott every company that does anything even remotely “woke,” the only things they’ll have are Black Rifle coffee and guns. Because - and hear me out on this - BEING KIND AND INCLUSIVE TO PEOPLE SELLS REALLY WELL.

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 7:18:53am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:22:33am

re: #247 Nerdy Fish

If they boycott every company that does anything even remotely “woke,” the only things they’ll have are Black Rifle coffee and guns. Because - and hear me out on this - BEING KIND AND INCLUSIVE TO PEOPLE SELLS REALLY WELL.

Jay here almost gets it. Almost.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:23:10am

re: #204 steve_davis

This morning, Uriah Heep at the absolute height of their fecking powers: (sorry for the commercials on the front. suffer through the first one with volume down, and then if they pop a second one up, you can skip it after 5 seconds).

I owned that album as a teenager

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:24:48am

re: #244 ericblair

The number of posts in that thread that don’t recognize he is mocking Tankies is shocking, well it should be shocking, but people are morons .

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:25:56am

re: #245 A Cranky One

She was the winner,
that became the doggies dinner,
She never meant that much to me,
Poor, poor Marie.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:27:20am

re: #236 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Like I said a day or so ago, who owns Carmen? The french or the spanish?

And all the figures in the Brothers Grimm stories should be speaking a Hessian or Black Forest dialect of German.

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 7:27:25am

All rightwing politics is a grift, part eleventy.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:28:07am

re: #246 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

At the rate the conservadoucges are boycotting companies, they’re going going to need to return to subsistence living. Bring it on.

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Belafon  May 29, 2023 • 7:31:32am

re: #246 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Cope harder, douchecanoes. Ain’t capitalism grand?

Why do socialists have to explain to ostensible supporters of capitalism how capitalism works? Kohl’s would not sell these products if they didn’t think they could make money on them. And with all the performative outrage from conservatives, you guys still haven’t figured out you’re the minority. If you were the majority, they wouldn’t sell these things.

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I want that image on a t-shirt.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:31:47am

re: #251 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Unfortunately, sardonicism doesn’t translate too well to text.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:31:54am

re: #244 ericblair

HEY YOU A WORKING CLASS UKRAINIAN HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT WESTERN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS THAT STOP RUSSIANS FROM BOMBING YOUR HOSPITALS IS ACTUALLY WESTERN IMPERIALISM I’M FROM LONDON AND VERY SMART

NOT TO FORGETTING THAT UKRAINE RUN BY ZIONIST-FASCIST-SOROS GOVERNMENT

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:33:32am

re: #248 Teukka

This is not a back that belongs to a woman.

Example of males raised to only appreciate one Barbie-doll image of female beauty.

Tina Turner had an an amazingly sexy back. Michelle O comes close.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:33:50am

re: #257 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Unfortunately, sardonicism doesn’t translate too well to text.

Often true, but In this case, it only doesn’t translate well if you’re predisposed to be a Tankie.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:34:13am

re: #253 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And all the figures in the Brothers Grimm stories should be speaking a Hessian or Black Forest dialect of German.

I eat the Black Forest dialect of ham, does that count? /s

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 7:34:52am

re: #249 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Jay here almost gets it. Almost.

Or they can order the dog food they wind up eating directly from Chewy.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:35:19am

re: #248 Teukka

Stewpid Peters is jealous.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:35:44am

re: #261 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I eat the Black Forest dialect of ham, does that count? /s

It is the best, no?

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 7:36:50am

re: #263 Joe Bacon ✅

Stewpid Peters is jealous.

I’m inclined to think Stewpid is just stupid.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:37:00am

LOLWUT?

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dharmamark  May 29, 2023 • 7:38:15am

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Touring with Priest and Saxon…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:38:20am

re: #264 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

It is the best, no?

It is. I won’t turn down Smithfield ham if someone gives it to me, though.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:39:33am

This year’s High School Graduation Day also falls on Memorial Day

50 years ago today I graduated from high school. I had no inkling where I’d be 50 years later. Today also falls on Memorial Day. So you see what I do every Memorial Day since 2005 having lunch at El Cholo in Los Angeles.

But I ask that you look at the empty chair because that’s where my son ought to be…but he was killed in action during the Iraq War. A gold star is meaningless compared to that empty chair.

Just remember the real reason for today.

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Oblongatis  May 29, 2023 • 7:42:27am

re: #227 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Seems for my whole life the miracle of fusion might be as soon as ten years in the future.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 7:43:25am

re: #264 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

It is the best, no?

re: #261 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I eat the Black Forest dialect of ham, does that count? /s

It is the best, no?

When I was a kid I remember the cool Italian grocer whose store was a block from my house. He always stocked Polish hams saying they were the highest in quality.

You walked into Frank’s market and the smell…oh damn it always made me HUNGRY! Smelled sooooooo gooooooood!

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 7:43:47am

re: #261 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I eat the Black Forest dialect of ham, does that count? /s

piece o’ cake

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:44:15am

re: #268 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It is. I won’t turn down Smithfield ham if someone gives it to me, though.

I like me the prosciutto ham, too.

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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 7:47:35am

re: #223 A Cranky One

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“…this is the entry to our cheesy lung ward…”

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 7:48:15am

re: #274 Thanos

“…this is the entry to our cheesy lung ward…”

Cheezus…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:51:03am

re: #254 No Malarkey!

All rightwing politics is a grift, part eleventy.

If I was less ethical, conservatives would be my target.

You get the occasional grifter on the left but usually they get found out pretty quick.

I suppose the Texas GOP gave away the game when about a decade ago they put in their platform they were opposed to teaching critical thinking skills to children.

Texas GOP rejects ‘critical thinking’ skills. Really. (Washington Post, July 9, 2012)

In the you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff department, here’s what the Republican Party of Texas wrote into its 2012 platform as part of the section on education:

Knowledge-Based Education - We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

Yes, you read that right. The party opposes the teaching of “higher order thinking skills” because it believes the purpose is to challenge a student’s “fixed beliefs” and undermine “parental authority.”

It opposes, among other things, early childhood education, sex education, and multicultural education, but supports “school subjects with emphasis on the Judeo-Christian principles upon which America was founded.”

(more)

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 7:51:03am

re: #270 Oblongatis

Seems for my whole life the miracle of fusion might be as soon as ten years in the future.

Despite which we are rapidly increasing our use of fusion energy as the price of doing so plummets relative to dirty fossil fuels.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 7:57:49am

re: #269 Joe Bacon ✅

But I ask that you look at the empty chair because that’s where my son ought to be…but he was killed in action during the Iraq War. A gold star is meaningless compared to that empty chair.

Just remember the real reason for today.

The pin and window banner really don’t make up for the loss of a family member in combat. They are bittersweet reminders.

My father would be eighty-four today. A different war a generation ago in another place we never should have been.

I’ll call my mother later this afternoon. This isn’t a great day for her either.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 7:57:56am

re: #276 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s fine teaching critical thinking when it comes to Evolution, though, one should always keep an open mind for Literalist Biblical Creationism.

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 8:00:57am

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I owned that album as a teenager

i am old enough to remember having someone loan it to me as an 8-track for a week or so. damn, it’s good. Magician’s Birthday is perfectly listenable, but this is I think the Uriah Heep album that is just good from beginning to end.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:01:37am

re: #278 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The pin and window banner really doesn’t make up for the loss of a family member in combat. It is a bittersweet reminder.

My father would be eighty-four today. A different war a generation ago in another place we never should have been.

I’ll call my mother later this afternoon. This isn’t a great day for her either.

It’s not a great day knowing Dumbya and THE DICK deliberately lied us into war with Iraq and knowing that my son didn’t die for freedom, he died for Halliburton and Big Oil.

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🔧-wench  May 29, 2023 • 8:02:26am

Birbie.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 709 2/6*

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🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

Me ‘n’ wordle made a funny. My first guess is meany.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:02:50am

re: #280 steve_davis

i am old enough to remember having someone loan it to me as an 8-track for a week or so. damn, it’s good. Magician’s Birthday is perfectly listenable, but this is I think the Uriah Heep album that is just good from beginning to end.

I always liked this song:

Uriah Heep - Tales

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:03:14am

re: #281 Joe Bacon ✅

It’s not a great day knowing Dumbya and THE DICK deliberately lied us into war with Iraq and knowing that my son didn’t die for freedom, he died for Halliburton and Big Oil.

I’m not sure what Henry Kissinger lied us into Cambodia for. Dominoes or something.

He’s still alive and my father’s not.

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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 8:04:34am

re: #275 Teukka

Cheezus…

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:05:05am

re: #284 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m not sure what Henry Kissinger lied us into Cambodia for. Dominoes or something.

He’s still alive and my father’s not.

Don’t forget what that rat bastard did to Chile and how he let Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys fuck that country up in the name of The Invisible Hand Of The Free Market!

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Belafon  May 29, 2023 • 8:06:29am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:06:58am

Recalling the first Gulf War and that something really stuck in my craw about it:

Seeing footage of what was being reported as the “liberation” of Kuwait city.

Remembering that the Sheikh of Kuwait had dissolved his Parliament long before the war started.

To me “liberation” has to do with restoring actual liberty, not just replacing one hostile dictator with a friendly one.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:10:28am

re: #286 Joe Bacon ✅

Don’t forget what that rat bastard did to Chile and how he let Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys fuck that country up in the name of The Invisible Hand Of The Free Market!

There are days on which I was a religious person, because there’s a very long list of people I think should be headed to hell.

But even that is contradictory. Isn’t Satan the good guy in this? He punishes evil-doers.

I prefer the character on “Lucifer” though. He seems like a nice guy as long as you don’t get on his bad side. Mazikeen seems pretty nice too, but you really don’t want to get on her bad side.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:12:07am

re: #288 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Recalling the first Gulf War and that something really stuck in my craw about it:

Seeing footage of what was being reported as the “liberation” of Kuwait city.

Remembering that the Sheikh of Kuwait had dissolved his Parliament long before the war started.

To me “liberation” has to do with restoring actual liberty, not just replacing on hostile dictator with a friendly one.

And how the entire US Corporate Controlled Conservative Press beat the drum for war while Presstitutes Wolf The Bearded Leslie Blitzer, Arthur Scud Stud Kent and their ilk endlessly recited Republican propaganda while MSNBC fired Phil Donahue for dissenting…

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 8:12:17am

re: #284 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m not sure what Henry Kissinger lied us into Cambodia for. Dominoes or something.

He’s still alive and my father’s not.

the fact Kissinger is still alive is proof positive there is a god. Jesus doesn’t want any part of him. Satan is gonna get him but he’s gonna get him for eternity, so he’s just enjoying the foreplay.

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Belafon  May 29, 2023 • 8:13:20am

I’m not asking you to agree with Bill. I’m asking you to figure out what event fractured our universe that gave us this version of Bill:

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:13:21am

re: #291 steve_davis

the fact Kissinger is still alive is proof positive there is a god. Jesus doesn’t want any part of him. Satan is gonna get him but he’s gonna get him for eternity, so he’s just enjoying the foreplay.

Wait till Kissmyass dies and the CCCP elevates him to sainthood…

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 8:13:42am

re: #248 Teukka

That image has been shopped to make Michele about four inches taller than her husband and probably weighing as much as Trump.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:13:50am

re: #290 Joe Bacon ✅

And how the entire US Corporate Controlled Conservative Press beat the drum for war while Presstitutes Wolf The Bearded Leslie Blitzer, Arthur Scud Stud Kent and their ilk endlessly recited Republican propaganda while MSNBC fired Phil Donahue for dissenting…

and the young actress doing her shtick about Iraqis ripping babies out of incubators…

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SerialUpDinger  May 29, 2023 • 8:16:33am

YouTube

Been listening this on a loop for the last day - very soothing.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:17:31am

Just waiting for this ass to run for Congress as a Republican and he gets elected.

‘QAnon Shaman’ meets fans at Arizona church after prison release

Over a hundred people gathered at Reformed Living Bible Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, this Sunday to celebrate the homecoming of Jacob Chansley, dubbed the “QAnon Shaman” after he was pictured walking through the U.S. Capitol in a bison-horned headdress on Jan. 6, 2021.

Chansley wasn’t wearing the face paint or horns that he’s famous for, but instead donned a white suit and American flag-themed tie and signed autographs on mugshots and T-shirts at a table as people lined up to greet him.

“Here I am saying hello, a couple years later, in a much more public way than I ever anticipated, and it’s really surreal, almost like a dream,” Chansley told the crowd, according to AZ Central.

Angeli was sentenced to 41 months in prison in November 2021 after he pleaded guilty to charges related to Jan. 6. He was moved to a halfway house and released last week. Prosecutors say that while he did not commit any violence on Jan. 6, he played an effective role in goading others to breach the Capitol building.

Speaking to the crowd on Sunday, Chansley said that, while he was in prison, he got closer to God than he possibly could have imagined and “felt God’s presence on several occasions.”

“We must not sever our kinship based on divisive propaganda, but instead learn to find what we can agree on and rebuild our nation based on those commonly held values,” he said.

The jail sentence wasn’t long enough for this traitor.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:18:02am

re: #289 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

(3:22)

Heavy Young Heathens - Being Evil Has A Price (Lyrics)

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 8:18:04am

re: #292 Belafon

I’m not asking you to agree with Bill. I’m asking you to figure out what event fractured our universe that gave us this version of Bill:

Trump’s election as President in 2016 of course. If Comey had followed FBI policy and Clinton had been elected President, Kristol would be the same old Kristol.

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Sherlock Hound  May 29, 2023 • 8:19:54am

re: #209 Dave In Austin

Sooner or later this guys going to end up in a dumpster without a pulse.

Face down, or rather, left without any face or sense of direction.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:20:54am

re: #291 steve_davis

the fact Kissinger is still alive is proof positive there is a god. Jesus doesn’t want any part of him. Satan is gonna get him but he’s gonna get him for eternity, so he’s just enjoying the foreplay.

LOL I suppose you could look at it that way.

Kali-ma doesn’t want him either.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:23:58am

re: #291 steve_davis

the fact Kissinger is still alive is proof positive there is a god. Jesus doesn’t want any part of him. Satan is gonna get him but he’s gonna get him for eternity, so he’s just enjoying the foreplay.

Kissmyass scares the shit out of Cthulhu.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:24:58am

re: #302 Joe Bacon ✅

Kissmyass scares the shit out of Cthulhu.

Too disordered for Eris.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:26:09am

re: #297 Joe Bacon ✅

‘QAnon Shaman’ meets fans at Arizona church after prison release

Fundamentalist Christians celebrating a shaman.

I just can’t even…

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 8:29:08am

re: #269 Joe Bacon ✅

This yeas High School Graduation Day also falls on Memorial Day

50 years ago today I graduated from high school. I had no inkling where I’d be 50 years later. Today also falls on Memorial Day. So you see what I do every Memorial Day since 2005 having lunch at El Cholo in Los Angeles.

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But I ask that you look at the empty chair because that’s where my son ought to be…but he was killed in action during the Iraq War. A gold star is meaningless compared to that empty chair.

Just remember the real reason for today.

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 8:30:54am

re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Fundamentalist Christians celebrating a shaman.

I just can’t even…

I’m sure he’s learned his lesson from his mistakes…or he’ll be on the couch on Fox and Friends to preview the remake of the insurrection.

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 8:31:28am

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I always liked this song:

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Oddly enough I don’t remember the music, but I do remember the Roger Dean album covers.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:32:00am

re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Fundamentalist Christians celebrating a shaman.

I just can’t even…

Oh I can since Radical Xtians totally embrace QAnon.

Just more proof that right wing Xtianity makes people very, very, very stupid!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:32:11am

re: #254 No Malarkey!

All rightwing politics is a grift, part eleventy.

(0:44, I still can’t paste YouTube shorts correctly, apparently I wasn’t meant to)

youtube.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:32:51am

re: #307 The Squire of Logos

Oddly enough I don’t remember the music, but I do remember the Roger Dean album covers.

They were probably the best part of Uriah Heep when you look back at it…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:33:59am

re: #308 Joe Bacon ✅

Oh I can since Radical Xtians totally embrace QAnon.

Just more proof that right wing Xtianity makes people very, very, very stupid!

The same people who throw fits over Yoga or naturalism have to problem with a Shaman as long as he is willing to violently overthrow the government…

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:34:04am

re: #305 The Squire of Logos

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Hecuba's daughter  May 29, 2023 • 8:34:37am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:35:38am

re: #311 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The same people who throw fits over Yoga or naturalism have to problem with a Shaman as long as he is willing to violently overthrow the government…

And those fine Gawd Fearin’ Xtians start their Sunday and Wednesday services chanting “Let’s Go Brandon”.

Tax The Churches!

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:37:32am

re: #306 darthstar

I’m sure he’s learned his lesson from his mistakes…or he’ll be on the couch on Fox and Friends to preview the remake of the insurrection.

Only a matter of time before that asshole gets elected to Congress along with Killer Kyle Rittenhouse.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 8:38:59am

re: #315 Joe Bacon ✅

Only a matter of time before that asshole gets elected to Congress along with Killer Kyle Rittenhouse.

and if the GOP wins the 2024 Presidential election, all the January Sixth insurrectionists will be pardoned and celebrated as True Patriots

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:39:08am

re: #297 Joe Bacon ✅

Just waiting for this ass to run for Congress as a Republican and he gets elected.

‘QAnon Shaman’ meets fans at Arizona church after prison release

The Octagon with Kari Lake.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:40:23am
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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 8:43:34am

re: #313 Hecuba’s daughter

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 8:45:24am

re: #212 JC1

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 29, 2023 • 8:47:11am

re: #297 Joe Bacon ✅

100% chance he runs and wins in the next election. Where he from?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:47:12am

Everyone is a radical leftist now.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 8:55:11am

re: #321 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

100% chance he runs and wins in the next election. Where he from?

How did Chansley serve two years in the Navy and only make the rating of Storekeeper Apprentice (E-2)?

He graduated from high school in Phoenix, Ariz. His buddies at the Capitol insurrection threw him under the bus afterwards, claiming he was “antifa.”

Chansley believes a whole bunch of conspiratorial nonsense aside from Qanon: Bilderberg conspiracy theory, Masons designed DC along ley lines, the left is “occult” and you need God to beat that, you know, normal stuff.

In short, he’s a crank magnet.

As far as I can tell, he’s back in Arizona.

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 9:00:31am

re: #323 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

How did Chansley serve two years in the Navy and only make the rating of Storekeeper Apprentice (E-2)?

He graduated from high school in Phoenix, Ariz. His buddies at the Capitol insurrection threw him under the bus afterwards, claiming he was “antifa.”

Chansley believes a whole bunch of conspiratorial nonsense aside from Qanon: Bilderberg conspiracy theory, Masons designed DC along ley lines, the left is “occult” and you need God to beat that, you know, normal stuff.

In short, he’s a crank magnet.

As far as I can tell, he’s back in Arizona.

He’s more likely to be institutionalized than elected to office.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 29, 2023 • 9:00:45am

re: #205 Nerdy Fish

Rough way to start the day, but ehh.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:01:19am

re: #324 The Squire of Logos

He’s more likely to be institutionalized than elected to office.

anywhere else but Arizona (see: Kari Lake)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 9:02:19am

re: #320 ckkatz

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 9:03:36am

re: #297 Joe Bacon ✅

Just waiting for this ass to run for Congress as a Republican and he gets elected.

‘QAnon Shaman’ meets fans at Arizona church after prison release

Over a hundred people gathered at Reformed Living Bible Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, this Sunday to celebrate the homecoming of Jacob Chansley, dubbed the “QAnon Shaman” after he was pictured walking through the U.S. Capitol in a bison-horned headdress on Jan. 6, 2021.

Chansley wasn’t wearing the face paint or horns that he’s famous for, but instead donned a white suit and American flag-themed tie and signed autographs on mugshots and T-shirts at a table as people lined up to greet him.

“Here I am saying hello, a couple years later, in a much more public way than I ever anticipated, and it’s really surreal, almost like a dream,” Chansley told the crowd, according to AZ Central.

Angeli was sentenced to 41 months in prison in November 2021 after he pleaded guilty to charges related to Jan. 6. He was moved to a halfway house and released last week. Prosecutors say that while he did not commit any violence on Jan. 6, he played an effective role in goading others to breach the Capitol building.

Speaking to the crowd on Sunday, Chansley said that, while he was in prison, he got closer to God than he possibly could have imagined and “felt God’s presence on several occasions.”

“We must not sever our kinship based on divisive propaganda, but instead learn to find what we can agree on and rebuild our nation based on those commonly held values,” he said.

The jail sentence wasn’t long enough for this traitor.

i had no idea the feds had “good behavior” time. I always thought if you were doing fed time, you were doing all time.

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jeffreyw  May 29, 2023 • 9:06:14am

Mastodon

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jaunte  May 29, 2023 • 9:09:43am

GPT4 (hallucinates less) = hides it better

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jaunte  May 29, 2023 • 9:12:46am

It’s not really hallucinating if there is no baseline of sanity or reality, just “this is what I’ve been told” by thousands of conflicting sources, and it just gets mashed up.

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 9:16:55am

re: #124 ckkatz

Interesting thread -

re: #212 JC1

He doesn’t say which ChatGPT version was used, bjt I’m guessing 3.5 since 4 requires a paid subscription. 4 is MUCH better overall and hallucinates far less.

re: #320 ckkatz
re: #327 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 29, 2023 • 9:22:14am

Dang. Even on Memorial Day I still get robo-calls. This one came from North Carolina.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:23:25am

re: #328 steve_davis

i had no idea the feds had “good behavior” time. I always thought if you were doing fed time, you were doing all time.

I didn’t either. But apparently they do…

tl;dnr -
“QAnon Shaman” was released after serving 16 months of a 41 month federal sentence.

Additionally, all parties involved said that claims were untrue that there were exonerating videos later found which caused the sentence reduction.

Finally, Chansley’s full name is Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley. He is also known as Jake Angeli.

*snip*
Due to Federal Bureau of Prisons protocols and his plea agreement, Chansley — who had served 16 months of his prison sentence — was transferred to a halfway house in Phoenix on March 28 and is expected to be released on May 25.

*snip*

Albert Watkins, the lawyer who represented Chansley during the trial, told us in an email, “The release of Mr. Chansley was solely a decision of the Bureau of Prisons and was based on the plea agreement, sentence, and the protocols of the Bureau of Prisons.”

*snip*

Emery Nelson, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, told us in an email, “Jacob Anthony Chansley transferred on March 28, 2023, from the Federal Correctional Institution Safford to community confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Phoenix Residential Reentry Management (RRM) Office.”

“Community confinement means the inmate is in either home confinement or a Residential Reentry Center (RRC, or halfway house). Mr. Chansley’s projected release date from custody is May 25, 2023, via First Step Act release,” Nelson said.

*snip*

“While we don’t discuss a specific inmate’s release method, we can share that an inmate may earn good conduct time. Prior to the FSA, qualifying inmates earned up to 54 days of good conduct time for each year served” and the bureau “pro-rated the amount of good conduct time earned for the final year of service of sentence. Under the amendments made by the FSA, qualifying inmates will be eligible to earn up to 54 days of good conduct time for each year of the sentence imposed by the court,” Nelson said.

FactCheck - Early Release of ‘QAnon Shaman’ Due to Plea and Prison Protocols, Contrary to Online Claims

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Nyet  May 29, 2023 • 9:23:54am

The Russian Z-jerk singer is also called “Shaman”. It’s like there’s a law of nature…

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No Malarkey!  May 29, 2023 • 9:24:38am

So I decided to see what Chat GPT is like so I created an account and started asking it some questions, and its pretty interesting. For example.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  May 29, 2023 • 9:26:47am

I may (cross your fingers for me) need an induction speech next month. I put the request to the Chat AI and it instantly gave me a perfectly useful speech. It saved me days of fretting about writing it, should I turn out to need the speech. Here it is prior to edits by me except the XXs. I will, of course add some personal touches and change some words but what a relief!

“Fellow XX enthusiasts, I stand before you overwhelmed with gratitude and pride as I accept this incredible honor of being inducted into the XX Hall of Fame. This moment is a culmination of countless hours of dedication, perseverance, and a deep love for the sport that has shaped my life in positive ways I never could have imagined. XX has always given back more than I’ve put into it - and that continues to this day!

First and foremost, I want to express my profound appreciation to the selection committee for recognizing my contributions to the world of XX. To be counted among the legends and pioneers of this sport is truly humbling. I am grateful for your belief in me and for bestowing upon me this prestigious recognition.

I must also acknowledge the incredible individuals who have played an instrumental role in my journey. To my family, thank you for your unwavering support, encouragement, and sacrifices along the way. Your belief in me has been the fuel that propelled me to chase my dreams.

I would be remiss if I didn’t express my deepest gratitude to the XX community. This vibrant and passionate community has been my second family, providing endless support and camaraderie throughout my career. The friendships forged on the fairways and within the disc XX community are bonds that will last a lifetime.

XX has given me so much more than championships and accolades. It has taught me invaluable life lessons that extend far beyond the confines of the course. Through this sport, I have learned the importance of discipline, perseverance, and the power of a positive mindset. XX has taught me to face challenges head-on, to embrace failure as a stepping stone to success, to always strive for improvement and opportunities to give back.

As I stand here today, I am filled with a sense of responsibility to give back to the sport that has given me so much. I am committed to fostering the growth of XX, to inspiring the next generation of players, and to promoting the values of inclusivity, sportsmanship, and respect.

In closing, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the XX Hall of Fame for this extraordinary honor. This induction represents not only my personal achievements but also a celebration of the sport we all cherish. Let us continue to propel disc golf to new heights, embracing its spirit of camaraderie, and spreading the joy it brings to countless individuals around the world.

Thank you all for being a part of this incredible journey.”

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:33:00am

re: #327 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

He has been pretty coy about the actual assignment. Possibly because he sees a publishable paper in it.(Publishing in academic journals is critical to academic success.) Possibly because he may use this or a related assignment in other courses.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 29, 2023 • 9:33:43am

re: #299 No Malarkey!

Trump’s election as President in 2016 of course. If Comey had followed FBI policy and Clinton had been elected President, Kristol would be the same old Kristol.

Bill Kristol always hated Trump and for good reason.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 29, 2023 • 9:35:18am

re: #175 Targetpractice

We make it sound a lot worse than it really is. There’s stress like any job, but most nights the worst we have to deal with is just general stupidity. No bat necessary, though I’ve thought about putting it up on the wall with a sign saying “For Use On Asshole Guests.”

Toward the end of my stint in the entertainment industry, my duties expanded to managing our recording studio.

One of the talents recording at that time could be demanding and a handful to deal with. (ya know he was an artist and was really talented)

So as a gag, I purchased a pipe wrench and had it framed enclosed in glass, and hung it in the control room with the notice: “Break glass in case of [talent’s name]”.

It got a good laugh, and the glass surface was never broken, but subsequently used by others for bumps.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 9:36:38am

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:36:55am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:37:04am

re: #332 Teukka

All too many take ChatGPT’s output as gospel, which one really shouldn’t. At this stage, ChatGPT is a remarkably insidious bullshit generator (pardon my French).

It’s low-effort and sounds educated.

I fall for women like that all the time and with the same results.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:38:25am
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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:40:06am
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SerialUpDinger  May 29, 2023 • 9:40:28am

Flickr

Mishe Mokwa Trail, Santa Monica Mountains. Seeing three of these mariposa lilies amongst the ocean of golden yarrow, deerweed and pitcher sage reminds me that there is beauty in all of our native plants.

Posting this because it is probably time for a new thread and usually when I post these the thread changes.

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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 9:40:43am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 29, 2023 • 9:40:46am

re: #292 Belafon

I’m not asking you to agree with Bill. I’m asking you to figure out what event fractured our universe that gave us this version of Bill:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:41:11am

AOC hates America, ergo, she hates farms and farming because those are God’s Own Hardworking (non-urban) People

and we know what “urban” means, nod-nod, wink-wink?

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 9:42:05am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:43:24am

re: #348 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

What’s the point of stupid articles like this.

Biden is running. He is running with Harris. End of story.

Only thing that would alter this would be if Biden encountered any major health issues between now and then.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:46:03am

I had heard the name in passing, but was not familiar with his history -
(Thread)

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  May 29, 2023 • 9:46:14am

re: #255 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

At the rate the conservadoucges are boycotting companies, they’re going going to need to return to subsistence living. Bring it on.

The Hunted Mammoth is on the case:
Right-wingers now boycotting everything. Can no longer buy stuff; starvation looms

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BigPapa  May 29, 2023 • 9:47:31am

re: #335 Nyet

The Russian Z-jerk singer is also called “Shaman”. It’s like there’s a law of nature…

It must be a sign

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 9:47:54am

I love being able to go back and edit posts. Fixed the spelling of Orange above and refreshed.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:48:15am
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DodgerFan1988  May 29, 2023 • 9:48:41am
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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 9:49:43am

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 29, 2023 • 9:51:34am

re: #358 A Cranky One

That is very pretty. I like the color too.

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jeffreyw  May 29, 2023 • 9:52:58am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:53:26am

re: #357 DodgerFan1988

Right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was pardoned by Trump and hosted at Mar-a-largo last year for a screening of his film 2000 mules, says studies show that “blacks, who are the rock-solid base of the Democratic Party, have the lowest IQ of any ethnic group”

This is not White Supremacism, remember? It is “racial realism”.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 9:54:44am

After seeing what we did to ourselves in the US during Covid, I do not feel I can say anything about this. It all sounds vaguely familiar.

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sagehen  May 29, 2023 • 9:54:57am

re: #358 A Cranky One

[Embedded content]

I see a bird’s nest, baby birds with their mouths open waiting for mama.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 9:55:32am

re: #359 PhillyPretzel ✅

Thanks. Mrs Cranky has been reducing the size of her gardens because it’s becoming too difficult physically to maintain them. It’s a shame since her gardens always got a lot of attention.

She had a sign up on the gate saying “The weeds always win”.

Yup. But enjoying what garden we still have.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 9:57:05am

re: #363 sagehen

I see a bird’s nest, baby birds with their mouths open waiting for mama.

I should have captioned the photo “To bee or not to bee”. ;-)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 9:57:32am

re: #362 ckkatz

After seeing what we did to ourselves in the US during Covid, I do not feel I can say anything about this. It all sounds vaguely familiar.

We are one plague outbreak away from reverting to the Middle Ages

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 9:59:51am

re: #366 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are one plague outbreak away from reverting to the Middle Ages

Better get to work building my trebuchet.

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mmmirele  May 29, 2023 • 10:01:35am

re: #117 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

When I punch in my town’s Zip Code, Gas Buddy returns “gas prices for USA or Canada only.”

Did Wyobraska secede from the Union?

I filled up Saturday night and paid $4.65/gal. This was before my credit card was stolen. (Can you tell I’m very put out by my credit card being stolen? I’m very put out by my credit card being stolen. First World Problems, I know. I need to get over myself.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 10:01:40am

re: #367 darthstar

Better get to work building my trebuchet.

It’s on my trebucket list

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2023 • 10:02:14am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 10:03:52am

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s an attack on anyone who crosses state lines with an illegally obtained weapon to provoke and threaten people and then shoot them when they retaliate.

And what better definition of True Patriotism is there?

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2023 • 10:05:30am

re: #371 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And can we even be sure that’s the real Kyle Rittenhouse?

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silverdolphin  May 29, 2023 • 10:06:10am

re: #204 steve_davis

This morning, Uriah Heep at the absolute height of their fecking powers: (sorry for the commercials on the front. suffer through the first one with volume down, and then if they pop a second one up, you can skip it after 5 seconds).

[Embedded content]

Video

Heep was my favorite band at the time. This one plus Lady In Black were my favorites.

Uriah Heep - Lady In Black (Official Lyric Video)

In fact, at one point I put together a jukebox musical based on their music. Still think it would work. Better than the Who jukebox musical did.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 29, 2023 • 10:08:20am

re: #323 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

How did Chansley serve two years in the Navy and only make the rating of Storekeeper Apprentice (E-2)?

(snip)

IOW, Ex- Storekeeper Apprentice (E-2) Chansley.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 29, 2023 • 10:08:42am

re: #325 Hecuba’s daughter

[Embedded content]

Got it in four this time — could be worse.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:12:25am
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Teukka  May 29, 2023 • 10:12:46am

re: #374 BeenHereAwhile

IOW, Ex- Storekeeper Apprentice (E-2) Chansley.

Or whether his discharge was honorable or dishonorable?

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 10:13:18am

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 29, 2023 • 10:14:59am

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

There life. Where?!

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A Mom Anon  May 29, 2023 • 10:15:08am

re: #373 silverdolphin

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 10:17:14am

re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s on my trebucket list

Arbalest worried once I finish building mine.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:17:53am

The phrase that comes to mind is “Eating your seed corn”. Also, accepting men up to age 48 means that the recruits are not going to be considered high quality combat replacements. Which, from what I have seen, seems to mean first assault wave “bullet catchers”.

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silverdolphin  May 29, 2023 • 10:18:34am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

Jealous.

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A Cranky One  May 29, 2023 • 10:19:04am

re: #367 darthstar

Better get to work building my trebuchet.

Comments like that make me want to hurl.

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gocart mozart  May 29, 2023 • 10:19:14am
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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:20:48am

re: #321 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

100% chance he runs and wins in the next election. Where he from?

Running is easier than holding a job
Its all a grift cause there are almost no rules

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gocart mozart  May 29, 2023 • 10:22:11am
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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:25:14am
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Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2023 • 10:28:32am

re: #388 ckkatz

More of this, please.

(The lawsuits, not the anti-vaxx BS)

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2023 • 10:30:19am

re: #382 ckkatz

Russia is well on its way to being a failed civilization.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 29, 2023 • 10:31:38am

re: #372 Eclectic Cyborg

And can we even be sure that’s the real Kyle Rittenhouse?

Kyle Rittenhouse is human garbage.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:32:06am

re: #389 Eclectic Cyborg

This had me thinking about the Seth Rich case.

Where right wing grifters outright stole the name and history of an innocent person. And then lied about him for personal gain.

There is absolutely no respect for anybody else. Nor of their humanity.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:32:39am

re: #348 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

[Embedded content]

“Never Trumpers are addicted to the idea that the Democratic Party wants their advice.”

They can’t peddle anything to the Rs, so who else is there?

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:32:57am
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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 10:34:07am

Fraternal orders in SE Alaska

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:34:26am
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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:36:37am

re: #364 A Cranky One

Thanks. Mrs Cranky has been reducing the size of her gardens because it’s becoming too difficult physically to maintain them. It’s a shame since her gardens always got a lot of attention.

She had a sign up on the gate saying “The weeds always win”.

Yup. But enjoying what garden we still have.

QFT!!!

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Markm1960  May 29, 2023 • 10:37:07am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

My first was Pink Floyd Animsls tour at soldiers field. But since this is about Uriah Heap…

Alpine Valley Rush headlined the last show of their Farewell to kings tour. Uriah Heap was the opener and sandwiched between them was Sweet. Because of time constraints Uriah’s set was cut short after just a few songs.

Probably the most violent crowd suppression I’ve seen at a concert. They were literally picking up people and tossing them over the venue fence.

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 10:39:01am

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

Improper article use - a vs an. There instead of Their…it’s a legit beg for money.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 10:39:48am

re: #395 Thanos

They apparently have a Facebook page. Beyond the name, I do not see any connection listed to any Native American Nation.

I do not think that I have seen the spelling of ‘Thlinket” before. I assume that it is an alternate spelling of Tlingit?

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darthstar  May 29, 2023 • 10:40:38am

re: #378 A Cranky One

Top right.

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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 10:41:18am

re: #400 ckkatz

They apparently have a Facebook page. Beyond the name, I do not see any connection listed to any Native American Nation.

I do not think that I have seen the spelling of ‘Thlinket” before. I assume that it is an alternate spelling of Tlingit?

Yes, remember that part of Alaska was once Russian.

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teleskiguy  May 29, 2023 • 10:41:33am

Skum’s in Alaska. At least, Skum’s private jet, is in Anchorage.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:45:21am

re: #397 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

QFT!!!

Ps
In the pond, weeds are algae

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 10:46:52am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

Ah, that takes me back. Buck Dharma and the swiss cheese guitar.

Don’t Fear the Swiss Cheese
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jaunte  May 29, 2023 • 10:47:43am

Indiana Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison For Carrying a Gun and Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Firearm Was Loaded with Shotgun Shells and Hollow-Point Bullets

On Jan. 8, 2021… Mazza filed a false police report in Indiana in which he claimed to have lost his gun at an Ohio casino.
justice.gov

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:48:00am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

Beach boys and Chicago
Madison square garden
‘75

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 10:49:55am

re: #372 Eclectic Cyborg

And can we even be sure that’s the real Kyle Rittenhouse?

It’ll get embezzled regardless

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 10:52:03am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

Oh, and first concert I went to… Black Sabbath, 1975 the Rec, er Spectrum in Philadelphia. My god was it loud. Incredibly loud. I saw the Who not too long after and even they weren’t that loud.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2023 • 10:54:10am

re: #396 ckkatz

The only objection, if you call it that, to the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is that quite honestly, it’s really not all that necessary.

If Disney feels the need remake earlier films, I’d suggest going with films that had a great premise, but somehow didn’t quite hit the mark.

Films such as The Black Hole (that’d be great for a remake/reimaging - lose the sillier comedic elements and go with a more straightforward sci-fi flick with elements of horror). Or Dragonslayer…I’d keep the screenplay pretty much as is, with a minor tweak here and there, but just find a really good cast and make Vermithrax Pejorative (coolest dragon name ever, BTW) a seamless mix of animatronics and CGI for some scenes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 10:54:30am

re: #396 ckkatz

Not buying some drinks because they’re “gay,” calling reporters “hall monitors,” obsessed with the meritocracy of the JV swim team… starting to get the idea that some of these people really just want to be in the 7th grade again.

That is the point where their emotional, intellectual and social development stopped.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 10:54:32am
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nines09  May 29, 2023 • 10:56:27am

re: #412 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Looks about a quart and a half low….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 10:56:56am

Anybody here remember Wishbone Ash?

They were my first real rock concert ca. 1973 at the Hammond, Indiana Civic Center

Wishbone Ash - Blowin’ Free - 1973

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nines09  May 29, 2023 • 11:00:11am

re: #382 ckkatz

Future Ukrainian fertilizer.

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The Squire of Logos  May 29, 2023 • 11:00:32am

re: #414 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Anybody here remember Wishbone Ash?

They were my first real rock concert ca. 1973 at the Hammond Civic Center

[Embedded content]

Heck yeah. Argus was a great and under appreciated album.

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ckkatz  May 29, 2023 • 11:00:39am

“Dear Lord, Why?”
- Austin Lounge Lizards

Sci-fi author Tim Boucher says he’s created 97 books in nine months with the help of AI.

In an article for Newsweek, Boucher said he’d used AI image generator Midjourney to illustrate the books, and ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude for brainstorming and text generation.

*snip*

Boucher’s set of novels are each between 2,000 to 5,000 words and feature 40 to 140 AI-generated images. He said the books generally take around six to eight hours to create with AI tools and then publish, but some can be done in as little as three hours.

*snip*

In February, ChatGPT was credited as the author or coauthor on more than 200 titles in Amazon’s bookstore. Some of the most popular genres were AI guides and children’s books.

*snip*

Business Insider - Sci-fi author says he wrote 97 books in 9 months using AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney

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nines09  May 29, 2023 • 11:01:36am

re: #414 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I’m so old I played in a band who covered this in 1975.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 29, 2023 • 11:02:10am
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Thanos  May 29, 2023 • 11:04:25am

My first concert was Savoy Brown / Kiss, at a drive in theater in Anchorage.
At the start of the tour Kiss was the opening act, but by the Halfway point they were the headliner. Savoy Brown was always the better band however great Kiss was.

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🔧-wench  May 29, 2023 • 11:04:51am

re: #282 🔧-wench

Birbie.

[Embedded content]

I meant beagle. I knew it was a 2. I knew a 3 was not a 2. I don’t know what happened after that.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 29, 2023 • 11:05:12am

re: #417 ckkatz

“Dear Lord, Why?”
- Austin Lounge Lizards

Business Insider - Sci-fi author says he wrote 97 books in 9 months using AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney

Two thousand word novels? (By definition 40,000 words or more.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2023 • 11:05:40am

re: #419 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

izzat for real?

I remember him coming out after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub claiming to be the Gay’s Best Defense against Islamist homophobics (because they hated Islam worse than they hated gay, I guess)

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Dragonomics  May 29, 2023 • 11:09:30am

re: #417 ckkatz

A 5,000 word “novel” barely qualifies as a short story.

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Belafon  May 29, 2023 • 11:17:25am

re: #348 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

[Embedded content]

As I said, I’m not asking you to agree with Bill, which meant that that the topic wasn’t Bill.

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 11:23:09am

re: #380 A Mom Anon

First concert I went to was Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult. 1975 maybe? At Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus Ohio. It was super fun.

“Friday night in Birmin ‘am!” I bet that was a show to remember. Some critic at the time said watching Uriah Heep was like watching 5 guys who weren’t actually aware there were 4 other guys on the stage, it was so chaotic, but somehow it worked beautifully.

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steve_davis  May 29, 2023 • 11:34:14am

re: #417 ckkatz

“Dear Lord, Why?”
- Austin Lounge Lizards

Business Insider - Sci-fi author says he wrote 97 books in 9 months using AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney

Okay, novels are not “between 2000 and 5000 words.” That’s the range of a moderately ambitious freshman research paper and a senior honors project. 5000 words is 20 pages of text.


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