Some More News: Bots, Scams, The Internet, And You

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Hi. Today Warmbo is streaming Mister Cody’s some more channel video about how the internet became a cesspool of scams, bots, and trolls. Warmbo will watch the video and then decide if he wants to believe Mister Cody’s LIES!!

Hosted by Cody Johnston
Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Katie Goldin and David Christopher Bell
Edited by Gregg Meller
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell
Cody Johnston as Warmbo

SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qoKw3R4RZg2B7VYIxPA5zjBpuE2QZ-vTeDtMmDMcBOw/edit

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Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to Warmbo’s Twitch Stream
01:16 - It appears Mister Cody is talking about many different types of new scams
12:01 - Warmbo has to interrupt here
13:13 - Mister Cody talks about A.I.
15:47 - Mister Cody thinks Google is a scam but Warmbo uses Google to search for hairbrushes and gel for his hair-fur
21:50 - Warmbo plays a prank on Mister Cody
22:33 - Mister Cody talks about NFTs and the bot problem
29:27 - Warmbo needs to call out Mister Cody’s anger at Warmbo here
29:52 - Mister Cody keeps talking about how Twitter is full of juicy slop now
41:09 - Does Warmbo have to keep watching Mister Cody’s LIES?!?
41:30 - Mister Stinky Cody suspects the internet is dead
45:15 - Mister Cody wants to let it die
48:46 - It’s Warmbo, Bye!

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174 comments
1
GlutenFreeJesus  May 15, 2024 • 10:43:17am

Need goggles and a poncho around this guy.

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mmmirele  May 15, 2024 • 10:43:54am

Keep an eye out for scams!

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retired cynic  May 15, 2024 • 10:58:05am

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  May 15, 2024 • 11:01:41am

Giving a little imagery and scale to the Texas bridge/barge collision.
You can see a chunk of the rail line sitting atop the barge

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retired cynic  May 15, 2024 • 11:02:10am

re: #3 retired cynic

I know this has been posted here before, maybe even by me, but it just popped up accidentally on my desktop, and I had to send. It was a compulsion.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 11:03:42am

re: #5 retired cynic

I know this has been posted here before, maybe even by me, but it just popped up accidentally on my desktop, and I had to send. It was a compulsion.

Blame the cat. Books are inanimate.

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Teukka  May 15, 2024 • 11:05:21am

Re: Foci assassination attempt… Curioser and curioser, as Alice said…

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sizzzzlerz  May 15, 2024 • 11:10:09am

re: #4 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Giving a little imagery and scale to the Texas bridge/barge collision.
You can see a chunk of the rail line sitting atop the barge

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Conspiracy theories, Activate!

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 11:10:17am

I got another call from the “Grandma Scam Call Center”

I answered the phone (it was the landline so I was prepared for a scammer) and there was a *bloop* sound then the sound of people talking before the call was picked up, which tells me this is a call center.

Anyway I answered and the guy said “Hello, grandma?” and I’m like “What is this, the Grandma Scam hotline? Fuck off.” and hung up.

Seriously if there is a call center making these scam calls they need to be shut down but they are probably offshore.

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austin_blue  May 15, 2024 • 11:12:43am

re: #7 Teukka

Re: Foci assassination attempt… Curioser and curioser, as Alice said…

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Looks like Juraj thought Fico was just too damn woke.

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Egregious Philbin  May 15, 2024 • 11:12:49am

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

I get those “bloop” calls on my old landline which is on Ooma. I like to play performance art with them. When they call me asking about if I want to sell my house, I ask for a number to call back, or if the number isn’t spoofed. Then, I will call them hours later and ask them if they want to sell me their car. They just hate that.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 15, 2024 • 11:13:35am

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

I had something similar the other night. I got a call around 1030 PM. An older voice told me I had to call a certain number immediately. I hung up on them and blocked the number.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 11:14:56am

Mastodon

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 15, 2024 • 11:16:20am

re: #11 Egregious Philbin

I hope they try me. I have no grandkids…or kids for that matter.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  May 15, 2024 • 11:17:56am

re: #7 Teukka

Re: Foci assassination attempt… Curioser and curioser, as Alice said…

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The Putinists might have found out he was about to double-cross them for some reason. Conversely, the assassin may have had a Road to Damascus moment, something like that TexasMAGA school board member who found that everything she had campaigned against was bullshit. Former adherents are often the most vicious opponents.

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Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2024 • 11:22:15am

re: #7 Teukka

Yeah, I’ve seen this noted in Czech media as well. Damned weird.

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Jay C  May 15, 2024 • 11:23:43am

re: #15 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

The Putinists might have found out he was about to double-cross them for some reason. Conversely, the assassin may have had a Road to Damascus moment, something like that TexasMAGA school board member who found that everything she had campaigned against was bullshit. Former adherents are often the most vicious opponents.

Or, the would-be assassin could just be a loony-tunes.
I’m sure Slovakia, like everyplace else, has a good supply of them.

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Dr Lizardo  May 15, 2024 • 11:25:34am

re: #17 Jay C

Or, the would-be assassin could just be a loony-tunes.
I’m sure Slovakia, like everyplace else, has a good supply of them.

Honestly, that’s the most likely explanation. He probably acted out of some perceived grievances and thought today would be a great day to bump off the PM.

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Charmingly Persistent  May 15, 2024 • 11:27:05am

Here is a scam that halfway fooled me. I received a Paypal invoice. Being wary, I went to Paypal myself to see it. It wasn’t for anything I recognized. At the top of the invoice, on PayPal, in big letters it said something like “To report an error call (phone number)”.

The scammer named their company “To report an error call (phone number)”. I did call because it was so weird, and then noped out of there as soon as the guy wanted to take over my computer.

But I reported it to Paypal, because companies should not be allowed to name themselves “To report an error call (phone number).” That’s just wrong. My mom might well have let the guy take over her computer.

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Randall Gross  May 15, 2024 • 11:29:48am

Just another example of how xitter be

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Unabogie  May 15, 2024 • 11:30:35am

I haven’t watched the video yet, but one thing to call out is that a lot of the scammers are being coerced into doing this job. Sometimes even through threats of violence or deportation. The actual criminals are, as usual, all-too happy to let underlings take all the risk and do all the dirty work, while they collect the profits.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 15, 2024 • 11:31:46am

I just had a small panic attack thinking Kevin had somehow managed to get out of the house as I couldn’t find him anywhere.

As it turns out, I neglected to look up:

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Unabogie  May 15, 2024 • 11:32:04am

re: #20 Randall Gross

Just another example of how xitter be

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“Never expect a man to understand something when his livelihood depends on him not understanding it”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 11:51:08am

Whoever developed the travelling-salesman algorithm for UPS may not have done the best job… the UPS truck was just a few blocks from my place and just kept on going…

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Teukka  May 15, 2024 • 11:52:31am

re: #19 Charmingly Persistent

Here is a scam that halfway fooled me. I received a Paypal invoice. Being wary, I went to Paypal myself to see it. It wasn’t for anything I recognized. At the top of the invoice, on PayPal, in big letters it said something like “To report an error call (phone number)”.

The scammer named their company “To report an error call (phone number)”. I did call because it was so weird, and then noped out of there as soon as the guy wanted to take over my computer.

But I reported it to Paypal, because companies should not be allowed to name themselves “To report an error call (phone number).” That’s just wrong. My mom might well have let the guy take over her computer.

Got an SMS the other day saying my power account needed 100 SEK or my power would be turned off. Checked the phone number, went to some dudes private phone. Correct account number. However, the OCR number wasn’t anything I recognized. Reported it to the power company.

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dat_said  May 15, 2024 • 12:00:07pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

My brother-in-law, who apparently has too much time on his hands, likes to engage in non-sequitur conversations with them until they hang up in frustration. I don’t understand but it amuses my BIL.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 15, 2024 • 12:02:35pm

re: #26 dat_said

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 15, 2024 • 12:07:46pm

re: #26 dat_said

My brother-in-law, who apparently has too much time on his hands, likes to engage in non-sequitur conversations with them until they hang up in frustration. I don’t understand but it amuses my BIL.

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Fucking brilliant. Tell your BIL he’s my hero. That was awesome.

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sagehen  May 15, 2024 • 12:11:49pm

re: #20 Randall Gross

Just another example of how xitter be

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Eitherr

a) Matt is ChatGPT or similar, and it’s been instructed not to say certain things. Or

b) Matt understands perfectly well, but he’s a sea lion.

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JC1  May 15, 2024 • 12:13:55pm

re: #26 dat_said

My brother-in-law, who apparently has too much time on his hands, likes to engage in non-sequitur conversations with them until they hang up in frustration. I don’t understand but it amuses my BIL.

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There’s a whole genre of YouTube videos with infosec folks talking to scammers and blowing up their operations.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 15, 2024 • 12:13:57pm

re: #27 PhillyPretzel ✅

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 12:17:50pm

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 15, 2024 • 12:21:33pm

well…at least he ain’t wearin’ no Golden Diaper!

…OR IS HE????????????????????

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 15, 2024 • 12:22:57pm

re: #33 Joe Bacon ✅

Why do you hate our eyes?

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Targetpractice  May 15, 2024 • 12:24:09pm

re: #33 Joe Bacon ✅

well…at least he ain’t wearin’ no Golden Diaper!

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…OR IS HE????????????????????

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dat_said  May 15, 2024 • 12:24:18pm

re: #28 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Fucking brilliant. Tell your BIL he’s my hero. That was awesome.

Direct quote from my BIL “I have the time and they can’t call anyone else”. Funny thing is, that’s how a regular conversation goes with him too. Paraphrased from my phone call with him last week”

“You’re planted apple trees? You should have called Zeke. He went to school for trees. You remember Zeke? He planted those pine trees on the hill overlooking town that spell Mandan. He moved out to Vermont where he takes care of some guys trees. You ever been to Vermont, dat? I’ve never been. I think they have lots of spruce trees there. We don’t have many spruce trees here. Too dry in summer. Too cold in winter. Lots of spruce in the Black Hills though. I’m thinking of going to Sturgis this year. Got my bike all fixed up. Heard it’s been real dry there so no fireworks at the Rushmore this year. Who’s on that again? Washington, Lincoln, Teddy, and who else? Oh, we went to Teddy Roosevelt last week. Musical hadn’t started yet so we just spent the afternoon. Really nice day. Saw those wild horses. Hey, you heard they’re going to keep them, didn’t you?”

Hey, BIL, is it ok if I talk to my sister now?

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 12:26:52pm

re: #6 wrenchwench

Blame the cat. Books are inanimate.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 15, 2024 • 12:27:09pm

A delightful C-SPAN call!

C-SPAN caller quits the Republican Party because of Trump

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 12:33:02pm

re: #24 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So I watched the UPS van on their map… and it came back to my neighborhood, the van supposedly was across the street from the driveway up to my place… and now it’s gone away again.

It’s like their algorithm didn’t notice the van just had to go a couple of hundred yards farther… and now it’s over half a mile away, again.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 12:35:35pm

The travelling salesman problem is one of the great classics of computer science.

One can’t find the shortest distance in any easily computable manner, when the set of stops becomes more than just a few.

I presume this van has a 100 stops to make, just in drop-offs after it leaves the UPS terminal down in Chula Vista. It will also have to make pick-ups.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 12:38:43pm

re: #26 dat_said

THAT’S how ya do it.
Play the disgruntled deaf man.
Be the person who thinks long lost buddy Billy is calling.
Be the guy who screams “IT WASN’T ME THAT HIT YOUR CAR I TOLD THE POLICE AND I’M NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT!”
Pretend you are a business. Pick one. Then put them on hold as you go to get a manager.
Keep on coming back with “You still there? Good. Please hold.”
“Did you see that accident too?!?? They told me you would call. Is this that call? is your name Armando?”
Listen, I told you the check is in the mail. I mailed it. LET ME TALK TO A MANAGER.

I had callers strung out for 10 minutes and more.

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dat_said  May 15, 2024 • 12:39:04pm

re: #36 dat_said

And, for no reason, here’s a Google satellite view of Zeke’s trees:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 12:40:23pm

I suspect the box may not even be delivered today.

My experience is that once the van gets far enough away they just don’t want to go back to a street they’ve been on before.

I also bet that even if the driver noticed he had a delivery scheduled for just across the street from where he is, he does not have the discretion to dash over there an not follow the path on his little computer display telling him exactly where to turn next.

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KGxvi  May 15, 2024 • 12:43:36pm

re: #39 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So I watched the UPS van on their map… and it came back to my neighborhood, the van supposedly was across the street from the driveway up to my place… and now it’s gone away again.

It’s like their algorithm didn’t notice the van just had to go a couple of hundred yards farther… and now it’s over half a mile away, again.

I think their system is also based on how they load the truck - so they scan packages as they load them and that determines the order of stops. So you and your next door neighbor might have packages to be delivered today but yours went in as number 27 and theirs went in as number 36 - human reason would be to screen the packages/manifest and grab 27 and 36 at the same time - but the way the truck is loaded, packages 28 through 36 might be in the way.

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danarchy  May 15, 2024 • 12:44:33pm

re: #39 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So I watched the UPS van on their map… and it came back to my neighborhood, the van supposedly was across the street from the driveway up to my place… and now it’s gone away again.

It’s like their algorithm didn’t notice the van just had to go a couple of hundred yards farther… and now it’s over half a mile away, again.

It isn’t just about distance, they will also factor in number of left turns, and traffic, and lord knows what else. They are very good at plotting the route that is most effecient for them, unfortunately, that is not always most efficient for you. And sometimes drivers just screw up and miss a delivery. One day I had multiple packages scheduled that were on the truck for delivery, the driver missed one of the 3 and it didn’t come back til the next day because they can’t just turn around when they realize they made a mistake.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 12:49:37pm

re: #37 Dangerman

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Most of them.

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 12:50:58pm

One way traffic on 92. 45 minutes of standing still. Guy behind me just made a u-turn and gave up and the traffic line just started moving right after he pulled out

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 12:53:39pm

re: #47 darthstar

I don’t have a choice, as I need to go pick up my mother-in-law and take her to the hospital for x-rays

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goddamnedfrank  May 15, 2024 • 12:54:39pm

re: #39 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So I watched the UPS van on their map… and it came back to my neighborhood, the van supposedly was across the street from the driveway up to my place… and now it’s gone away again.

It’s like their algorithm didn’t notice the van just had to go a couple of hundred yards farther… and now it’s over half a mile away, again.

Pro tip, never look at the map. UPS trucks run on a Heisenbergian system that makes it impossible to determine if delivery will occur the second you try to observe the truck’s current location.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 12:55:26pm

re: #42 dat_said

And, for no reason, here’s a Google satellite view of Zeke’s trees:

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I got stuck in your BIL’s narrative, and all I can do now is think of font names for those trees.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 12:55:32pm

re: #44 KGxvi

re: #45 danarchy

One thing for sure: their algorithm is not based on minimizing carbon emissions.

Like, my package went from outside of Chicago to Louisville KY. Reasonable as that is where the big UPS “Worldport” air transport terminal is located.

But instead of flying to SoCal… the package goes back to northwest of Chicago for a day… to finally make it to Riverside County.

Why not just take the package originally from the vendor to the place where the plane was going to be loaded to come to California?

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lawhawk  May 15, 2024 • 12:58:26pm

UNFU… nope… totally fucking believable.

EXCLUSIVE
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump

Hell fucking no. We’re in this mess in significant part because Ford pardoned Nixon and the DOJ writing a memo that says you can’t indict a sitting president.

We never needed to indict a sitting president, but Trump clearly engaged in felony conduct, and engaged in criminal conduct before and after 2020 (especially 1/6/2021).

Pardoning sends the precisely wrong message. It elevates criminality and makes those who would want to break the law even more bold to commit criminal conduct and erode the rule of law.

It doesn’t bring about resolution of issues or bring the nation together. It gives the GOP cover for their misconduct for years on end.

No - the answer is to forcefully prosecute those who engage in criminal conduct. You want someone to get a pardon? How about this - let the underlings testify against Trump on all of those felonies, while Trump and his key leadership are prosecuted. Meadows, Trump, Jared, and all of Trump’s inner circle prosecuted, along with those members of Congress who conspired with Trump.

Then we can talk about who doesn’t get charged and prosecuted.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 1:00:19pm

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 1:02:18pm

Mastodon

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A Three Hour Tour  May 15, 2024 • 1:02:46pm

re: #52 lawhawk

UNFU… nope… totally fucking believable.

EXCLUSIVE
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump

Hell fucking no. We’re in this mess in significant part because Ford pardoned Nixon and the DOJ writing a memo that says you can’t indict a sitting president.

We never needed to indict a sitting president, but Trump clearly engaged in felony conduct, and engaged in criminal conduct before and after 2020 (especially 1/6/2021).

Pardoning sends the precisely wrong message. It elevates criminality and makes those who would want to break the law even more bold to commit criminal conduct and erode the rule of law.

It doesn’t bring about resolution of issues or bring the nation together. It gives the GOP cover for their misconduct for years on end.

No - the answer is to forcefully prosecute those who engage in criminal conduct. You want someone to get a pardon? How about this - let the underlings testify against Trump on all of those felonies, while Trump and his key leadership are prosecuted. Meadows, Trump, Jared, and all of Trump’s inner circle prosecuted, along with those members of Congress who conspired with Trump.

Then we can talk about who doesn’t get charged and prosecuted.

Fuck Mitt “the Spineless Wonder” Romney.

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 1:09:39pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

Pro tip, never look at the map. UPS trucks run on a Heisenbergian system that makes it impossible to determine if delivery will occur the second you try to observe the truck’s current location.

schroedinger’s heisenberg?

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HRH Stanley Sea  May 15, 2024 • 1:12:59pm

Excitement!!! I’m actually on with Norton anti-virus. Apparently my company has been paying for it for years & it is not installed on my laptop. They are remotely trying what failed for me to install.

Risky!!!

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 1:15:46pm

re: #52 lawhawk

UNFU… nope… totally fucking believable.

EXCLUSIVE
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump

Hell fucking no. We’re in this mess in significant part because Ford pardoned Nixon and the DOJ writing a memo that says you can’t indict a sitting president.

We never needed to indict a sitting president, but Trump clearly engaged in felony conduct, and engaged in criminal conduct before and after 2020 (especially 1/6/2021).

Pardoning sends the precisely wrong message. It elevates criminality and makes those who would want to break the law even more bold to commit criminal conduct and erode the rule of law.

It doesn’t bring about resolution of issues or bring the nation together. It gives the GOP cover for their misconduct for years on end.

No - the answer is to forcefully prosecute those who engage in criminal conduct. You want someone to get a pardon? How about this - let the underlings testify against Trump on all of those felonies, while Trump and his key leadership are prosecuted. Meadows, Trump, Jared, and all of Trump’s inner circle prosecuted, along with those members of Congress who conspired with Trump.

Then we can talk about who doesn’t get charged and prosecuted.

only for the NY case?
what about the classified dox case?
or the DC case?

plus does romney not realize that the NY case is about actions that took place before he was president (ie as a private citizen)?
and those actions quite likely affected the outcome of the election (ie he may very well have otherwise lost) in which case none of the rest of these cases would have happened at all (stolen dox, insurrection etc)

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Charles Johnson  May 15, 2024 • 1:26:09pm

After all, Romney is a charter member of the Rich White Guys’ Club, and the most important thing is protecting the privilege.

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Nojay UK  May 15, 2024 • 1:28:44pm

The Dow Jones Index just closed at an all-time high, 39,908. It might break 40,000 tomorrow.

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Randall Gross  May 15, 2024 • 1:30:50pm

I guess “Fall Guy” was a big flop, but I enjoyed it, and would say that if you are going to watch it then you should see it in a theater before it leaves them.

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jeffreyw  May 15, 2024 • 1:33:26pm

Mastodon

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 15, 2024 • 1:33:34pm

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Charles Johnson  May 15, 2024 • 1:37:38pm

I could just barely understand the logic of pardoning someone like Nixon. Maybe.

But Trump is in a completely different category. He’s an unrepentant career criminal who has avoided consequences for his entire life, and now he’s actually in a position to do (even more) serious damage to the US.

Hell no. No pardon for insurrection and treason.

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Randall Gross  May 15, 2024 • 1:41:05pm

From Øyvind Strømmen’s FB account, machine translation:

If the reports in several Slovak media are true, the man who shot the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is a left-wing poet, who a few years ago participated in the establishment of the micro party Movement Against Violence.
It is… an unusual story of radicalization, but it is interesting to see the outcome of this tragic event in a country that is deeply politically politically polarized.

I’ve also seen other things stating he was an ex spetnaz trained Russian operative, I think I am going to trust Øyvind Strømmen on this one.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 15, 2024 • 1:47:03pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

I could just barely understand the logic of pardoning someone like Nixon. Maybe.

But Trump is in a completely different category. He’s an unrepentant career criminal who has avoided consequences for his entire life, and now he’s actually in a position to do (even more) serious damage to the US.

Hell no. No pardon for insurrection and treason.

The most ridiculous aspect of the Nixon situation is that he was going to win the presidency in a blowout and yet his minions felt they had to commit illegal actions to help him achieve victory. Unlike Trump, Nixon actually knew history and policy and was not in it to enrich himself financially. Of course, he was responsible (directly and indirectly) for a large number of deaths in Asia due to his handling of the Vietnam war.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 1:48:50pm

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PhillyPretzel ✅  May 15, 2024 • 1:50:25pm

re: #67 nines09

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 1:57:46pm

Kitchen step and she got in the truck unassisted. Walker and she was able to make it to the hospital without resting half way.

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 1:58:24pm

re: #69 darthstar

Kitchen step and she got in the truck unassisted. Walker and she was able to make it to the hospital without resting half way.

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HRH Stanley Sea  May 15, 2024 • 1:58:29pm

Success!

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 1:59:31pm

Night and fucking day.

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TedStriker  May 15, 2024 • 1:59:54pm

re: #33 Joe Bacon ✅

well…at least he ain’t wearin’ no Golden Diaper!

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…OR IS HE????????????????????

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BlueSpotinAL ✅  May 15, 2024 • 2:09:09pm

Looking up a photo of the mayor of Galveston, Texas so I can I figure out if this bridge collapse was caused by Woke DEI or if it’s a tragedy in America’s heartland we should immediately throw federal money at

— Confirmed Professional Agitator (@mumbly-joe.bsky.social) 2024-05-15T17:59:53.059Z

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:13:42pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 2:14:17pm

Watching the UPS truck on the map… they’re not reducing anything.

He’s going around in loops, stopping at apartment complexes visited earlier… zig zagging across a area about 2 miles in radius…

I gather that the depot just chucked things in the truck as they arrived on the loading dock and now the computer is just sending the driver hither and yon within a certain radius.

I’ve watched many an Amazon delivery truck in this area and they are much more logical. Amazon can even count down the number of stops till your door.

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:14:26pm

gonna be a great debate

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 2:14:42pm
Click to Reveal

When my brother in Bogota called me, we talked social media for a bit, and I mentioned where I am, which another brother is also at, so I searched for the Bogota bro there, and found this:

Mastodon

My bro took the pic.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  May 15, 2024 • 2:17:11pm

re: #33 Joe Bacon ✅

well…at least he ain’t wearin’ no Golden Diaper!

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…OR IS HE????????????????????

I thought Bill Barr was distancing himself from Trump.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 2:21:18pm

Also on why computers are dumb: The map UPS shows is not accurate.

The map shows two driveways connected when in fact they are not. This can even be seen from the aerial image.

But the map they are using is based on some property divisions from the early part of the 20th century, when there may have been a connection and the property lines down at the county offices may still show such.

But that connection has not existed in physical reality since at least the 1970s.

Forget not trusting AI, one shouldn’t even trust the maps these computer services (Google, Apple, Microsoft) offer.

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:22:58pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 2:24:24pm

So I’ve been watching some climate change presentations the past few days, and why net-zero really does mean zero emissions and that one can’t use buying or planting trees as counting towards net zero.

And here I’m watching a delivery van taking many extra miles of transport just because… I’m not sure why…. and I can only conclude that we simply will not reduce our emissions.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 2:24:26pm

re: #79 wrenchwench

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The guy whose account that is, is posting one frog photo per day. Followed.

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Nojay UK  May 15, 2024 • 2:25:56pm

re: #66 Hecuba’s daughter

Unlike Trump, Nixon actually knew history and policy and was not in it to enrich himself financially.

The Presidential Records Act was passed in a hurry after Nixon attempted to leave the White House with a bunch of Presidential documents, hoping to sell them privately later. I believe he expected to make about eight million dollars from the sale.

I don’t know if he got a book deal after he resigned, that’s usually how ex-Presidents get a few million in compensation after they finish their terms. This might be a more modern thing but I recall Grant wrote his memoirs in a hurry as he was dying from cancer and wanted to leave some money for his wife.

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 2:31:05pm

re: #78 Dangerman

gonna be a great debate

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Gonna be a shit show. He’s going to rant about his criminal trial and accuse Biden of doing it.

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Teddy's Person  May 15, 2024 • 2:32:32pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

I got another call from the “Grandma Scam Call Center”

I answered the phone (it was the landline so I was prepared for a scammer) and there was a *bloop* sound then the sound of people talking before the call was picked up, which tells me this is a call center.

Anyway I answered and the guy said “Hello, grandma?” and I’m like “What is this, the Grandma Scam hotline? Fuck off.” and hung up.

Seriously if there is a call center making these scam calls they need to be shut down but they are probably offshore.

My sister-in-law’s father almost got taken in by this scam. They convinced him it was my nephew, and he needed money. He was in a store trying to buy pre-paid MC when the store employees told him it was most likely a scam and he should call his daughter to see what was up.

My dad got the call, and he kept them on the phone for a bit. He thought if they’re talking to me that can’t be scamming someone else.

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 2:34:12pm

Nate’s getting his ass handed to him on the socials…

Mastodon

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:35:26pm
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Mike Lamb  May 15, 2024 • 2:37:23pm

re: #88 darthstar

Nate’s getting his ass handed to him on the socials…

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He’s trying desperately to maintain relevance. Polls are total shite.

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Teddy's Person  May 15, 2024 • 2:37:56pm

re: #53 nines09

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:37:59pm

re: #86 darthstar

Gonna be a shit show. He’s going to rant about his criminal trial and accuse Biden of doing it.

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Nojay UK  May 15, 2024 • 2:38:05pm

re: #89 Dangerman

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First read as “unicycles”, I don’t know why. It would be… impressive though.

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 2:39:02pm

re: #78 Dangerman

He’s a two fisted water man.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 2:39:26pm

re: #90 Mike Lamb

He’s trying desperately to maintain relevance. Polls are total shite.

Nate Silver is a pretty smart statistical-analysis guy who got way out over his skis after he predicted the 2016 election and decided that he was Nate Silver, God of All Numbers, Lord of Mathematics and King of All He Surveys (see what I did there?), and ever since then, he’s been opening his big fat yap on all manner of topics about which he has next to no direct knowledge as if he was an expert.

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Teddy's Person  May 15, 2024 • 2:39:53pm

re: #67 nines09

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Charles Johnson  May 15, 2024 • 2:41:04pm

He’ll come up with a way to bail out, but blame it on Biden.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-15T16:49:50.526Z

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 2:41:41pm

re: #67 nines09

re: #91 Teddy’s Person

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  May 15, 2024 • 2:41:53pm

re: #66 Hecuba’s daughter

The most ridiculous aspect of the Nixon situation is that he was going to win the presidency in a blowout and yet his minions felt they had to commit illegal actions to help him achieve victory. Unlike Trump, Nixon actually knew history and policy and was not in it to enrich himself financially. Of course, he was responsible (directly and indirectly) for a large number of deaths in Asia due to his handling of the Vietnam war.

There is a good chance that I was one of the very first Watergate protestors to directly confront Nixon, catch his eye, and make him flinch away. It was fall of 1972 and I was just out of the Navy and PISSED!

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 2:46:44pm

Robert Cray never got his props.
He was one of the reasons blues made a comeback, back then.
He had/has it all.
Still out there, mostly in Europe, because they recognize true talent.
I’m hoping to still grab an act. Guy is vastly under rated, and living proof the music industry is broken.
Tasty and not easy to play.

Robert Cray ~ Smoking Gun

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:47:25pm
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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:48:41pm

re: #95 Nerdy Fish

Nate Silver is a pretty smart statistical-analysis guy who got way out over his skis after he predicted the 2016 election and decided that he was Nate Silver, God of All Numbers, Lord of Mathematics and King of All He Surveys (see what I did there?), and ever since then, he’s been opening his big fat yap on all manner of topics about which he has next to no direct knowledge as if he was an expert.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 2:49:50pm

re: #103 Dangerman

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LOL. Doug nails it again.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 2:50:15pm

re: #101 nines09

Robert Cray never got his props.
He was one of the reasons blues made a comeback, back then.
He had/has it all.
Still out there, mostly in Europe, because they recognize true talent.
I’m hoping to still grab an act. Guy is vastly under rated, and living proof the music industry is broken.
Tasty and not easy to play.

[Embedded content]

I saw him 30 years ago in Portland. He was good then, and has gotten better.

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Dangerman  May 15, 2024 • 2:50:37pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 2:51:45pm

re: #106 Dangerman

If only there could be tapes of his debate coaching sessions.

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Semper Fi  May 15, 2024 • 2:53:10pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

That would be just like Trump. I think, “come up with a way to bail out and blame Biden,” scenario is entirely possible.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 2:54:33pm

Well look at that… package delivered with almost a half hour to go in the delivery window.

The van, according the map, went up the driveway I mentioned earlier, the one that hasn’t been connected to the driveway to my place in at least 50 years. There’s only two residences on that driveway and I suppose one of them could have had a delivery scheduled for the same day as myself… but I doubt it. I bet his computer trusted the outdated map.

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Teddy's Person  May 15, 2024 • 2:57:31pm

re: #98 nines09

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 2:57:42pm

re: #105 wrenchwench

Yeah I was busy working.
Too many I missed.
But I saw a lot.
But boy did I miss a lot.

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wrenchwench  May 15, 2024 • 3:01:55pm

Mastodon

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 3:02:53pm

God, Abraham, and Xanax

Never get nowhere with a 200 hunnert dolla gitar y’all.

later lizards

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steve_davis  May 15, 2024 • 3:06:21pm

re: #19 Charmingly Persistent

Here is a scam that halfway fooled me. I received a Paypal invoice. Being wary, I went to Paypal myself to see it. It wasn’t for anything I recognized. At the top of the invoice, on PayPal, in big letters it said something like “To report an error call (phone number)”.

The scammer named their company “To report an error call (phone number)”. I did call because it was so weird, and then noped out of there as soon as the guy wanted to take over my computer.

But I reported it to Paypal, because companies should not be allowed to name themselves “To report an error call (phone number).” That’s just wrong. My mom might well have let the guy take over her computer.

yeah, my dad fell for one of those “your computer’s been hacked. call….” I fortunately walked in the room while he was busy giving the guy access to his laptop.

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steve_davis  May 15, 2024 • 3:07:17pm

re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg

I just had a small panic attack thinking Kevin had somehow managed to get out of the house as I couldn’t find him anywhere.

As it turns out, I neglected to look up:

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Kevin has needs, personal space being top of the list.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 3:07:47pm

re: #114 steve_davis

yeah, my dad fell for one of those “your computer’s been hacked. call….” I fortunately walked in the room while he was busy giving the guy access to his laptop.

There’s only one time anyone gets remote access to a piece of my equipment, and it’s when I’m on a Slack or Teams call with corporate IT and they’re accessing my company-issued laptop. No one gets access to my personal machine.

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HRH Stanley Sea  May 15, 2024 • 3:11:38pm

re: #77 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Watching the UPS truck on the map… they’re not reducing anything.

He’s going around in loops, stopping at apartment complexes visited earlier… zig zagging across a area about 2 miles in radius…

I gather that the depot just chucked things in the truck as they arrived on the loading dock and now the computer is just sending the driver hither and yon within a certain radius.

I’ve watched many an Amazon delivery truck in this area and they are much more logical. Amazon can even count down the number of stops till your door.

You are torturing yourself watching!!

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 15, 2024 • 3:14:23pm

The 17 year cicadas will start coming out this week.

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steve_davis  May 15, 2024 • 3:14:26pm

re: #45 danarchy

It isn’t just about distance, they will also factor in number of left turns, and traffic, and lord knows what else. They are very good at plotting the route that is most effecient for them, unfortunately, that is not always most efficient for you. And sometimes drivers just screw up and miss a delivery. One day I had multiple packages scheduled that were on the truck for delivery, the driver missed one of the 3 and it didn’t come back til the next day because they can’t just turn around when they realize they made a mistake.

mine do, because I find the UPS depot number, ordinarily well hidden, and I will bitch on the phone to the manager until they call the driver and have them turn around.

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 3:18:02pm

yet another instance that won’t embed :(

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Ace Rothstein  May 15, 2024 • 3:18:20pm

re: #60 Nojay UK

The Dow Jones Index just closed at an all-time high, 39,908. It might break 40,000 tomorrow.

Here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden.

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steve_davis  May 15, 2024 • 3:21:51pm

re: #77 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Watching the UPS truck on the map… they’re not reducing anything.

He’s going around in loops, stopping at apartment complexes visited earlier… zig zagging across a area about 2 miles in radius…

I gather that the depot just chucked things in the truck as they arrived on the loading dock and now the computer is just sending the driver hither and yon within a certain radius.

I’ve watched many an Amazon delivery truck in this area and they are much more logical. Amazon can even count down the number of stops till your door.

UPS dropped my “signature required” 2000 dollar strat at the apartment below me because the driver was too goddamned shiftless to note that it was the wrong number. I cannot tell you how very tempted I was to tell them “hey never got this, never signed for anything,” but I figured the guy’s job might actually be on the line for something like that.

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Ace Rothstein  May 15, 2024 • 3:23:41pm

re: #85 Nojay UK

The Frost interviews (when Nixon was almost broke from all his legal fees) paid him $600,000 (equivalent to $3,000,000 in 2023) and a 20-percent share of any profits.

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Ace Rothstein  May 15, 2024 • 3:24:34pm

re: #86 darthstar

Gonna be a shit show. He’s going to rant about his criminal trial and accuse Biden of doing it.

There will be no debates. Trump will spew bullshit about all the terms being unfair and biased.

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mmmirele  May 15, 2024 • 3:29:15pm

When I was driving home from work at lunch today, I saw on one of those digital signs that the California Highway Patrol is hiring troopers, starting at $116K. I’m thinking the CHP must be pretty desperate if they’re pisting adverts on the 60 in Mesa, AZ.

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 3:29:33pm

re: #86 darthstar

Gonna be a shit show. He’s going to rant about his criminal trial and accuse Biden of doing it.

Cheeto Benito will not answer any questions put to him. He will use his time to do his usual tirades and diatribes. He will stomp around the stage and hump a chair if he thinks it will distract Joe Biden from talking about foreign policy.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 3:29:47pm

And with one seemingly straightforward court ruling, an unwitting Indiana judge has unleashed chaos upon the Internet.

wishtv.com

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A judge in Fort Wayne has ruled tacos and burritos are sandwiches.

…

In his ruling, the judge wrote, “The proposed Famous Taco restaurant falls within the scope of the general use approved in the original Written Commitment. The proposed Famous Taco restaurant would serve made-to-order tacos, burritos, and other Mexican-style food, and would not have outdoor seating, drive through service, or serve alcohol. The Court agrees with Quintana that tacos and burritos are Mexican style sandwiches, and the original Written Commitment does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine-style sandwiches.”

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Ace Rothstein  May 15, 2024 • 3:31:22pm

Nate Silver needs to stick with losing at poker.

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steve_davis  May 15, 2024 • 3:32:25pm

re: #101 nines09

Robert Cray never got his props.
He was one of the reasons blues made a comeback, back then.
He had/has it all.
Still out there, mostly in Europe, because they recognize true talent.
I’m hoping to still grab an act. Guy is vastly under rated, and living proof the music industry is broken.
Tasty and not easy to play.

[Embedded content]

my favorite is this one. it just haunts me. heard it first time on sirius xm while booking down the road and it just filled me while I was driving in the dark looking at taillights.

[Won’t Be] Coming Home

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William Lewis  May 15, 2024 • 3:39:48pm

re: #127 Nerdy Fish

And with one seemingly straightforward court ruling, an unwitting Indiana judge has unleashed chaos upon the Internet.

wishtv.com

Makes perfect sense to me.

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EPR-radar  May 15, 2024 • 3:41:23pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

I could just barely understand the logic of pardoning someone like Nixon. Maybe.

But Trump is in a completely different category. He’s an unrepentant career criminal who has avoided consequences for his entire life, and now he’s actually in a position to do (even more) serious damage to the US.

Hell no. No pardon for insurrection and treason.

As if any Republican would argue for pardoning any Democrat that had done even 1% of Trump’s crimes while in office.

It’s completely absurd.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 3:41:42pm

re: #130 William Lewis

Makes perfect sense to me.

Of course, but you just know the headline is going to go viral because it’s literally written to trigger an argument.

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 3:42:18pm

re: #127 Nerdy Fish

I don’t know that the strip mall neighbors getting together to ban fast food restaurants is going to be enough to keep Trump away.

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 3:43:07pm

re: #133 jaunte

I don’t know that the strip mall neighbors getting together to ban fast food restaurants is going to be enough to keep Trump away.

It’s Indiana, they’re probably hoping to get him to visit.

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A Three Hour Tour  May 15, 2024 • 3:43:40pm

re: #107 jaunte

If only there could be tapes of his debate coaching sessions.

Hugh Hewitt (excitedly): I’ll play John Anderson!!
Debate Coach: Hugh, John Anderson isn’t running … and he’s dead.

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Jay C  May 15, 2024 • 3:46:29pm

re: #102 Dangerman

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“Somehow” took over the debate narrative?
JFC! Do these people really believe they’re dealing with “Sleepy Joe”, the shuffling antique of RW hack media caricature?
Or is the notion that a career public official with a half-century’s worth of (generally successful) experience might be able to cobble up a top-notch national campaign beyond their ken…?

Or are they just idiots?

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 3:47:48pm

re: #95 Nerdy Fish

Drinking up the adoration and the feeling of money thick in his hands….
Yeah.
Jumped the shark quite a while back.
Table got cold, dice abandoned him, now it’s your fault.

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 3:48:27pm

re: #136 Jay C

They can’t get too far out in front of the audience perceptions they helped create, or people will change channels.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 15, 2024 • 3:48:42pm

re: #127 Nerdy Fish

And with one seemingly straightforward court ruling, an unwitting Indiana judge has unleashed chaos upon the Internet.

wishtv.com

Is this the beginning of the Franchise Wars?

/

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 3:49:15pm

Are we still changing channels, or are we switching streams?

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Romantic Heretic  May 15, 2024 • 3:52:00pm

re: #136 Jay C

Or are they just idiots?

I’d go with the ‘idiots’ myself.

Although the real problem is that the kayfabe has taken over their brains. They’re trapped in the endless emotional turmoil of the madness that trying to reduce the world to faces and heels, good guys and bad guys, creates.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad, sad if it wasn’t so frightening.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 3:53:02pm

re: #129 steve_davis

my favorite is this one. it just haunts me. heard it first time on sirius xm while booking down the road and it just filled me while I was driving in the dark looking at taillights.

[Embedded content]

Now you understand late night road burn, where it strips your wires and touches you.
My nights away from home before cell phones and trying to save every dime….

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DodgerFan1988  May 15, 2024 • 3:55:41pm
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TedStriker  May 15, 2024 • 3:55:52pm

re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg

Is this the beginning of the Franchise Wars?

/

All restaurants are Taco Bell (unless you’re in Europe, where it’s Pizza Hut, because Taco Bell wasn’t a thing there in 1993 [and wouldn’t be for another 15 years]).

Always chuckled a bit on that slice of Demolition Man trivia…

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 3:56:09pm

re: #140 jaunte

Bingo.
What do you call the channel that show is on?
Late night sitting there trying to remember what channel that show is on WHEN ITS NOT A FREAKING CHANNEL.
Ever get so lost in a search you forgot what you were looking for?
No?
Uh, ok…..

146
jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 3:57:55pm

re: #145 nines09

I’ve been staying up too late since losing this helpful “go to sleep” symbol.

147
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 3:58:19pm

So the used iMac is here… looks good, specs are as ordered.

But man, downloading Ventura is going to take a while.

I use Tmobile Home Internet now (Cox is gone), and while night time bandwidth is good (5G), rush hour on a weekday does slow down.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 4:00:29pm

re: #146 jaunte

I’ve been staying up too late since losing this helpful “go to sleep” symbol.

[Embedded content]

I remember stations signing off.
The Late Late Show on Philly TV and the panic when you could stay up late, and all 5 channels were test pattern.

149
silverdolphin  May 15, 2024 • 4:01:32pm

A New, Big Crack in Netanyahu’s Governing Coalition

Interesting article. The current situtaiton has to end someday. What will the outcome be? Who exerts poltical cpontrol over Gaza? Hamas? The Palestinian Authority? Israel? I do not see how any of them will work.

Would a UN peace-keeping force work?Just grasping at straw here.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 15, 2024 • 4:04:40pm

re: #149 silverdolphin

Would a UN peace-keeping force work?Just grasping at straw here.

Would either Israel or Hamas agree to that?

My cynical self says that both Netanyahu and Hamas want to fight.

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jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 4:04:48pm
“…This afternoon, Judge Amit Mehta has rejected former Trump Senior Advisor Peter Navarro’s request for a reduction in his [four month] prison sentence.”

I don’t think he’s going to be rehabilitated.

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 4:06:57pm

re: #149 silverdolphin

A New, Big Crack in Netanyahu’s Governing Coalition

Interesting article. The current situtaiton has to end someday. What will the outcome be? Who exerts poltical cpontrol over Gaza? Hamas? The Palestinian Authority? Israel? I do not see how any of them will work.

Would a UN peace-keeping force work?Just grasping at straw here.

Have UN peacekeeping forces EVER worked? That’s the definition of insanity.

Meanwhile the Internet is full of videos of Hamas gunmen riding around in UNRWA marked vehicles.

153
EPR-radar  May 15, 2024 • 4:07:47pm

re: #151 jaunte

I can understand Navarro’s frustration — imagine being the only senior Republican pigfucker to go to jail for Trump.

But fuck him anyway.

154
jaunte  May 15, 2024 • 4:09:20pm

re: #153 EPR-radar

I think Bannon is out of time and appeals.

155
Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 4:09:50pm

re: #153 EPR-radar

I can understand Navarro’s frustration — imagine being the only senior Republican pigfucker to go to jail for Trump.

But fuck him anyway.

The only one… so far. As long as we can keep Trump’s hands off the Justice Department in November.

156
Hecuba's daughter  May 15, 2024 • 4:10:41pm

At least one good ruling from SCOTUS: apnews.com

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 4:14:03pm

Mastodon

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BeenHereAwhile  May 15, 2024 • 4:14:07pm

re: #146 jaunte

I’ve been staying up too late since losing this helpful “go to sleep” symbol.

[Embedded content]

I’m told this song is played at businesses & shopping mall closing time in China;

Kenny G - Going Home

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Nerdy Fish  May 15, 2024 • 4:15:24pm

re: #156 Hecuba’s daughter

At least one good ruling from SCOTUS: apnews.com

The fact that the liberal justices dissented is troubling. I don’t like this ruling. SCOTUS is playing way too fast and loose with letting states get away with using old maps (even if they are in Democrats’ favor) while appeals over alleged violations of the VRA play out.

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silverdolphin  May 15, 2024 • 4:15:31pm

re: #150 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Would either Israel or Hamas agree to that?

My cynical self says that both Netanyahu and Hamas want to fight.

Both of them want a forever war but as the article made clear, the IDF and the Israeli people are NOT behind such a mission. So at some point the fighting has to stop (ie Northern Ireland). What can such a peace look like? Is it even imaginable?

161
Charles Johnson  May 15, 2024 • 4:18:47pm

they don’t make ‘em like this any more

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-15T23:12:02.000Z

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 4:20:20pm

re: #161 Charles Johnson

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Good old Detroit iron.

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Vicious Babushka  May 15, 2024 • 4:21:04pm

Before I leave Michigan I need to buy all my grandkids Tigers, Lions, Pistons & Red Wings merch.

164
nines09  May 15, 2024 • 4:22:18pm

re: #161 Charles Johnson

My Da had a 1949 flathead ford with a dashboard made of steel, everything was made from metal, and families died together.

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Nojay UK  May 15, 2024 • 4:23:04pm

re: #152 Vicious Babushka

Have UN peacekeeping forces EVER worked?

Yes, actually. You never read about them in the news because they don’t make news. I could point you at UNFICYP for example, or the mine-clearing operations carried out in various post-conflict areas around the world.

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silverdolphin  May 15, 2024 • 4:25:18pm

re: #152 Vicious Babushka

Have UN peacekeeping forces EVER worked? That’s the definition of insanity.

Meanwhile the Internet is full of videos of Hamas gunmen riding around in UNRWA marked vehicles.

As I said, I was clutching at straws. Someday, the fighting will end. Can we even imagine what a peace will look like? I always think giving them good economic reasons could work. Maybe build up the pier the US is placing there to create the Gaza Seaport that has been discussed for over 20 years. Hook this port up as a terminus for Biden’s India -Europe- Middle East Economic Corridor and make it a free port.

It’ll require a cpomplete change in the politics of the area but this could be one of those times wherethe possibility for huge amounts of money overcome hatred ;-) (Yes, I’m a dreamer). I mean, MEECO is one of the things that was bringing SA to the table to recognize Israel before Hamas attacked.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 15, 2024 • 4:28:12pm

re: #159 Nerdy Fish

The fact that the liberal justices dissented is troubling. I don’t like this ruling. SCOTUS is playing way too fast and loose with letting states get away with using old maps (even if they are in Democrats’ favor) while appeals over alleged violations of the VRA play out.

IANAL but was grateful that the majority black district was not being eliminated. You are right — the fact that the liberal justices dissented is disturbing but I remain terrified that this SCOTUS will strip away minority rights — and at least that will not happen for one state for this one election.

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darthstar  May 15, 2024 • 4:31:24pm

Note to self - don’t give Merle cod skin snacks until after he’s done with his welcome home kisses. Whooee!

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 4:34:12pm

re: #168 darthstar

Note to self - don’t give Merle cod skin snacks until after he’s done with his welcome home kisses. Whooee!

New Cologne.
Les Cod #04
In the sun it would kill.

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sizzzzlerz  May 15, 2024 • 4:36:08pm

re: #161 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

On these car auctions today, a car that looks like that would probably bring $100K. Probably even more. Car collectors are nuts.

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 4:40:34pm

Never coming back and you will be less for it.

Leon Russell & Friends 1971 -Honky Tonk Woman

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nines09  May 15, 2024 • 4:50:38pm

I’m gone

Stevie Ray Vaughan Little Wing Live In Loreley Festival

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Markm1960  May 15, 2024 • 4:51:42pm

re: #167 Hecuba’s daughter

IANAL but was grateful that the majority black district was not being eliminated. You are right — the fact that the liberal justices dissented is disturbing but I remain terrified that this SCOTUS will strip away minority rights — and at least that will not happen for one state for this one election.

If I’m not mistaken the LA republicon party wants the current new maps and was against this suit being filed. Their fear of another new map is that blacks would still get the two districts and that one or two other districts might be drawn in a way that would make them competitive. The SC decision is typically partisan again. Beau has a video about this. His take seems entirely plausible.

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Decatur Deb  May 15, 2024 • 5:54:34pm

re: #165 Nojay UK

Yes, actually. You never read about them in the news because they don’t make news. I could point you at UNFICYP for example, or the mine-clearing operations carried out in various post-conflict areas around the world.

The Korean War was a UN peacemaking operation at the highest level. They still have a command presence there. While I was in Yongsan the UN component was a Gurkha unit with a good bagpipe band.


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