Kathleen Edwards: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Bob Boilen | May 19, 2021
From a house in East Nashville, Kathleen Edwards sings about how thankful she is for those early aughts when she was praised with awards, television appearances, touring to packed venues — even if the tour bus with the bed in back was “total crap.” As she continues to sing “Glenfern,” the opening track to her first album in eight years as well as this Tiny Desk (home) concert, she remembers her former husband and collaborator.

But, as thankful as she is for those years, they overwhelmed her, and she quit. Struggling with depression, Kathleen Edwards opened a coffee shop called Quitters Coffee and lived a very different life.

A handful of years later, in 2017, she was invited to Nashville by Maren Morris to write some songs. That Nashville visit sparked a new beginning and eventually the 2020 album Total Freedom, which birthed the four songs you hear in this Tiny Desk concert.

She’s flanked by her carefully masked musical mates: guitarist Todd Lombardo, who also plays on Kathleen’s latest album, and Justin Schipper on dobro. Kathleen Edwards seems happy playing these new songs. They can be songs of sadness, sometimes filled with seething, such as “Ashes to Ashes,” but she’s also grateful for her everlasting love for a four-legged creature and the little catalpa tree where it’s buried. She’s found strength after those nonstop years — a lesson for us all, perhaps about life and time and its gift.

SET LIST
“Glenfern”
“Ashes to Ashes”
“Who Rescued Who”
“Hard On Everyone”

MUSICIANS
Kathleen Edwards: vocals, guitar
Todd Lombardo: guitar
Justin Schipper: dobro

CREDITS
Audio and Video: Crackerfarm
Edited: Charles Davis

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

#nprmusic #tinydesk #kathleenedwards

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308 comments
1
Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 6:12:00pm
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Jay C  May 23, 2021 • 6:16:34pm

re: #1 Belafon

I call bullshit…

Any real leftist is going to know that no, 6 is going to be characterized as “eat nachos”.

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Amory Blaine  May 23, 2021 • 6:21:25pm

I need suggestions for a Travis picking song to learn. I’m so bored of my own suggestions!

4
The Pie Overlord!  May 23, 2021 • 6:22:41pm
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The Pie Overlord!  May 23, 2021 • 6:26:22pm

The vaccine protects against most variants, having COVID only protects against that one particular variant.

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Dopamine Fish  May 23, 2021 • 6:28:24pm

re: #5 The Pie Overlord!

My mom said the exact same thing to me over the phone yesterday afternoon. I told her that natural COVID immunity only lasts so long, and that the vaccines are far superior. She brushed me off. Oh well. I’ve long since written them off as lost causes. I will remain amicable with them as much as I can, and I will mourn their inevitable passing because they were good to me in the early years of my upbringing and later after I became an adult, but they’re idiots and I will not put them on a pedestal they have not earned.

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Charles Johnson  May 23, 2021 • 6:28:56pm
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jaunte  May 23, 2021 • 6:30:13pm

re: #5 The Pie Overlord!

Rand Paul has natural immunity from learning.

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JOE 🥓  May 23, 2021 • 6:30:49pm

re: #4 The Pie Overlord!

DISGUSTING!

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jaunte  May 23, 2021 • 6:31:53pm

Munnu is a very good boy.

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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 6:32:25pm

I don’t remember this, and OMG:

In the Spring of 1986, 9-year-old Desireé Rodriguez was excited to be out on her fathers boat with her family…her mom Petra, 27, father Thomas, 30, younger sister Tricia, 5, aunt Corrine and uncle Allen.

Their 28-foot power vessel DC II, left from San Pedro harbor to spend a day of fun and fishing in Catalina.

On their return in the late afternoon, a heavy fog developed making navigation difficult to those without radar.

Desireé was asleep when she was woken by her dads screaming, “Get out of the boat. The boat’s sinking!”

In less than three minutes, the family was in the cold Pacific water.

She and Tricia squeezed through a small window.

Her father told the family to stay with the mostly submerged vessel and that he would try to swim to land to get help.

He was never seen again.

And then…it got even worse.

One by one, her family members just let go of life. First, her dad said he would swim away for help because he could not stand being around there anymore. So he left and swam, and she never saw him again. Then her mom started foaming at the mouth, and once she realized that her mom died, she took some rope from the boat and wrapped it around her mom’s chest so she would not sink. Desireé does not remember when exactly her little sister died, but she was next to go. And then, hours later, well into the next day, her uncle started swimming away because he gave up. Desireé tried to go after him and hold him up, but he was too big, so she let go of him, and he slipped beneath the water. Then her aunt dies. So, over the course of a day, this little girl had just gone on this normal family excursion—which was supposed to be fun—turned into a tragedy that left her stranded in the water overnight.

dailykos.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 6:45:39pm

re: #11 Belafon

Holy shit, that’s terrible.

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Dopamine Fish  May 23, 2021 • 6:55:21pm

re: #6 Dopamine Fish

Mrs. Fish actually flipped out when I told her that my parents aren’t vaccinated and aren’t planning to be vaccinated. She is scheming to find ways to convince them to get their shots. I wish her all the luck; I hope she succeeds.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 6:56:12pm

On the good news front one of my MILs doctors managed to convince her to get vaccinated. We’re going to call around tomorrow to get her an appointment.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 6:57:13pm
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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 6:57:43pm
Antwone Rivers and his wife wore their masks and practiced social distancing, but neither felt comfortable getting the vaccine

A Michigan family is mourning the loss of their beloved patriarch who passed from COVID-19 after refusing the vaccine.

Antwone Rivers, 39, and his wife, Hollie, took COVID-19 preventative methods seriously by wearing masks and social distancing from others, but neither felt comfortable getting the vaccine. It is now a decision she regrets.

news.yahoo.com

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jaunte  May 23, 2021 • 6:57:45pm

“drawdown”

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Barefoot Grin  May 23, 2021 • 7:02:41pm

I’ve been a fan for a long time, but didn’t know about this. Thank you for alerting me to this from Kathleen!

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 7:02:58pm

re: #17 jaunte

I started seriously looking into crypto a few months ago and after several days of research I thought: “This shit is basically a pyramid scheme.”

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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 7:03:16pm

re: #15 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That was happening before the pandemic, with the inevitable shift towards digital and near zero distribution costs. What the pandemic did do was shut down concerts, and hopefully we can get back to that soon.

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Dangerman  May 23, 2021 • 7:04:54pm

I got stung
by a wasp
or a bee (not Eric, whole or half)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 23, 2021 • 7:04:59pm

OK, rooting for the meteor again

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The GOP is a terrorist organization  May 23, 2021 • 7:10:43pm

re: #1 Belafon

Reminds me of this:

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Dopamine Fish  May 23, 2021 • 7:12:32pm

re: #23 The GOP is a terrorist organization

Reminds me of this:

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1) Shouldn’t own guns, I have mental health issues.
2) I do.
3) I do.
4) I do.
5) I do.
6) Two kids, bitch.
7) More so than you.
8) I support the legitimate President of the United States. Oh, you think you do? That’s cute. You can fuck off and die now.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 23, 2021 • 7:15:56pm
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jaunte  May 23, 2021 • 7:16:51pm

re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Based on careful study of his lifetime habits?

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calochortus  May 23, 2021 • 7:17:57pm

re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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OK, I’ll bite. How is TFG going to save anyone at this point. He could have issued pardons while he was still president, but even assuming he cared about them, what could he do now?

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mmmirele  May 23, 2021 • 7:20:04pm

re: #17 jaunte

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“drawdown”

On February 24, the Fed’s Fedwire system went down for slightly over two hours, and all these cryptocurrency nuts just CRAWLED out of the woodwork to tell us how great their system(s) were at moving money as opposed to the Fed, which was down*. AH NO. These system(s) are great for losing money, or having your money stolen.

That said,

I don’t know if there’s any more information yet, but the fact that you need an Interpol notice to get your money? Hell no this shit ain’t ready for primetime!

*The root cause was a “maintenance mistake” and “human error,” which in a system like Fedwire could mean almost anything.

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gocart mozart  May 23, 2021 • 7:23:55pm

Racist/antivaxxer/calls democrats evil fascists

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 23, 2021 • 7:25:03pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 7:27:40pm

re: #23 The GOP is a terrorist organization

Reminds me of this:

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1) I do
2) I don’t but I don’t care if you do as long as you don’t discriminate against me
3) I do
4) I do
5) I’m retired from the military
6) We did
7) I do
8) I support presidents who aren’t criminals

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jaunte  May 23, 2021 • 7:28:07pm
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mmmirele  May 23, 2021 • 7:32:30pm

I finally woke up at 11:30 am and later went over to my mother’s to watch racing and shoot the breeze with my brother and hope that mom would eventually wake up. She’s been sleeping a LOT lately. She finally woke up just before 5 pm.

It’s hard to communicate with her because she’s so deaf now, but I scooted a chair up real close to her and had a bit of a chat with her. She still hasn’t lost her wit. At one point she was trying to read my t-shirt, which has letters on it saying, “Questionable Content Inside.” Instead, what she thought she saw was “Quotable Quotes Inside.” (Which isn’t bad for a t-shirt, I might even make one up for her.) So I read my t-shirt to her and she said, “Well, everyone should have one of those shirts.”

I guess we’re all questionable in my mother’s eyes.

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Jay C  May 23, 2021 • 7:35:18pm

re: #27 calochortus

OK, I’ll bite. How is TFG going to save anyone at this point. He could have issued pardons while he was still president, but even assuming he cared about them, what could he do now?

For selected defendants, (and for what can be touted as an extraordinarily reasonable fee) , I’m sure they will be able to obtain a nice formal pardon from “Donald J.Trump, 45th President of the United States”. Typed and with proper grammar and everything…..
//

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 7:38:01pm

re: #32 jaunte

Badass Anime Squirrel approved.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 7:38:48pm

re: #27 calochortus

OK, I’ll bite. How is TFG going to save anyone at this point. He could have issued pardons while he was still president, but even assuming he cared about them, what could he do now?

They think he is still secretly the President and in control of everything that is going on, so…

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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 7:40:01pm

Charles, why are png’s limited to 500K if the max size for jpg’s is 4M?

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 23, 2021 • 7:40:46pm
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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 7:41:42pm

Bloody excuse

oglaf.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 7:44:05pm

I woke up today unable to speak.

My wife cheered. I was not happy with that (frown face written on a piece of paper).

It’s evening now and I still cannot speak. I’m not sure what’s going on. My throat isn’t swollen or sore; I don’t feel sick in any way.

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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 7:45:11pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I woke up today unable to speak.

My wife cheered. I was not happy with that (frown face written on a piece of paper).

It’s evening now and I still cannot speak. I’m not sure what’s going on. My throat isn’t swollen or sore; I don’t feel sick in any way.

You used up all your words. None left. They don’t tell you this, but there’s a max limit.

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calochortus  May 23, 2021 • 7:46:05pm

re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg

They think he is still secretly the President and in control of everything that is going on, so…

Right.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 23, 2021 • 7:47:04pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 23, 2021 • 7:55:07pm

re: #41 Belafon

You used up all your words. None left. They don’t tell you this, but there’s a max limit.

That’s like the “bendover” rule. Your body has only so many “bendovers” and when you hit the limit, no more bending over.

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No Malarkey!  May 23, 2021 • 8:04:32pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I woke up today unable to speak.

My wife cheered. I was not happy with that (frown face written on a piece of paper).

It’s evening now and I still cannot speak. I’m not sure what’s going on. My throat isn’t swollen or sore; I don’t feel sick in any way.

Go to the hospital now, if you haven’t yet. My fil had a stroke in February, take this shit seriously.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 8:11:28pm

re: #43 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

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retired cynic  May 23, 2021 • 8:16:52pm

re: #45 No Malarkey!

Go to the hospital now, if you haven’t yet. My fil had a stroke in February, take this shit seriously.

Listen to him, ‘mouse! No kidding!

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Rightwingconspirator  May 23, 2021 • 8:17:08pm

re: #46 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Danack  May 23, 2021 • 8:18:04pm

yeah. go.

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Jay C  May 23, 2021 • 8:18:38pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

re: #45 No Malarkey!

Go to the hospital now, if you haven’t yet. My fil had a stroke in February, take this shit seriously.

Yeah, second NM’s suggestion: even if you feel OK otherwise, speech issues generally may have neurological origins - get it seen to ASAP!

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retired cynic  May 23, 2021 • 8:19:02pm

IF that’s what it is, there are meds where time is of the essence!

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Belafon  May 23, 2021 • 8:19:40pm

re: #45 No Malarkey!

Go to the hospital now, if you haven’t yet. My fil had a stroke in February, take this shit seriously.

Waiting a few hours can mean irreversible damage.

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No Malarkey!  May 23, 2021 • 8:21:01pm

Really NYT?

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DesertDenizen  May 23, 2021 • 8:23:10pm

re: #53 No Malarkey!

Really NYT?

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How many N-words did they have to edit out? And 14 of them? Did they get 88 words each?

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plansbandc  May 23, 2021 • 8:26:11pm

re: #22 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Me too. It’s time to rid the world of assholes.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 8:27:32pm

re: #47 retired cynic

re: #48 Rightwingconspirator

re: #49 Danack

re: #50 Jay C

re: #51 retired cynic

re: #52 Belafon

There does seem to be a consensus here about this.

I can get words out now (difficultly). I’ll have my wife call the county hospital.

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William Lewis  May 23, 2021 • 8:30:27pm

re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There does seem to be a consensus here about this.

I can get words out now (difficultly). I’ll have my wife call the county hospital.

GO! NOW!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 23, 2021 • 8:38:02pm

re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Call an ambulance, have your wife say you think you’re having a stroke.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 23, 2021 • 8:39:16pm

re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There does seem to be a consensus here about this.

I can get words out now (difficultly). I’ll have my wife call the county hospital.

Smart man! Sending good juju your way.

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 23, 2021 • 8:42:34pm
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A Mom Anon  May 23, 2021 • 8:44:48pm

Damn it. There’s a mouse somewhere in the dining room. A fairly decent size one. All I have are smaller size basic old fashioned snap traps and a little peanut butter. I put them under the dining room hutch and in the cabinet I saw the mouse in.

Cleo saw it come in from the basement/garage area to the upstairs. We didn’t. From there it got in through the back of the China cabinet in the dining room. I can hear it from time to time. Cleo and my husband are asleep in the living room. Seriously? Ack. We have to go get traps in the morning as soon as the stores open. I really need some sleep. That’s gonna be difficult. Damn it. Again. I need an able bodied and fearless assistant. Sigh.

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A Mom Anon  May 23, 2021 • 8:47:54pm

Oh god I am so sorry Anymouse. I didn’t read the thread before posting about my mouse issue. Go to the hospital!! Please. Get checked and be prepared to stay a bit. Please.

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JOE 🥓  May 23, 2021 • 8:52:24pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I woke up today unable to speak.

My wife cheered. I was not happy with that (frown face written on a piece of paper).

It’s evening now and I still cannot speak. I’m not sure what’s going on. My throat isn’t swollen or sore; I don’t feel sick in any way.

See a Dr ASAP!!!!!!!!!

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Dave In Austin  May 23, 2021 • 9:05:38pm

Hmmmm….

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plansbandc  May 23, 2021 • 9:12:54pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yes, get checked. We love you and want you to be well.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 9:23:47pm

re: #62 A Mom Anon

Oh god I am so sorry Anymouse. I didn’t read the thread before posting about my mouse issue. Go to the hospital!! Please. Get checked and be prepared to stay a bit. Please.

Well, that’s okay. (::

It turns out you cannot call the Nurse Helpline for the Cheyenne VA, because they don’t have one.

I tried a couple others (Phoenix, Chicago, Palo Alto) and they all say they cannot provide help outside their areas.

The Emergency Room number the Cheyenne VA lists is actually the Public Affairs Office.

Giving up on that, the county hospital suggests that since my voice is slowly coming back, it is probably not an emergency. They recommend monitoring the problem and if does not improve in a day or two then come in.

Really, other than a terribly scratchy voice I feel fine.

It is possible that as suggested above, I used up all my words and I need time to refill. /s

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Targetpractice  May 23, 2021 • 9:29:43pm

re: #5 The Pie Overlord!

The vaccine protects against most variants, having COVID only protects against that one particular variant.

Easy way to dispel this BS: “How many times have you had the flu?”

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retired cynic  May 23, 2021 • 9:30:02pm

re: #66 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

IANAD, but that makes me nervous. Wishing you well.

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Dave In Austin  May 23, 2021 • 9:31:57pm

Charles…….
For the back pocket. Stanley Jordan - Live in Budapest 2018

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 9:32:03pm

re: #68 retired cynic

IANAD, but that makes me nervous. Wishing you well.

Thank you.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 9:33:02pm

LOL (0:31)

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Romantic Heretic  May 23, 2021 • 9:37:12pm

re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

If Orange Julius ‘swoops in to save them’ It will look something like this.

Yoiks, and Away!

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austin_blue  May 23, 2021 • 9:39:01pm

re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg

I started seriously looking into crypto a few months ago and after several days of research I thought: “This shit is basically a pyramid scheme.”

No, not really.

What it is, is a *cyclical* pyramid scheme for most investors, and a goldmine for the people who make the news releases that affect the market.

Why? Because there are no fucking FTC controls, because it’s Schrodinger Cash.

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Targetpractice  May 23, 2021 • 9:39:57pm

re: #30 Dread Pirate Ron

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Guess I’ll have to tell my friend that his theory about self-driving cars replacing Uber/Lyft drivers in the next 5 years will have to be postponed for a bit longer.

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austin_blue  May 23, 2021 • 9:46:10pm

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I woke up today unable to speak.

My wife cheered. I was not happy with that (frown face written on a piece of paper).

It’s evening now and I still cannot speak. I’m not sure what’s going on. My throat isn’t swollen or sore; I don’t feel sick in any way.

You may have had a small stroke. Aphasia is not uncommon.

Get thee to a hospital.

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Targetpractice  May 23, 2021 • 9:46:37pm

re: #53 No Malarkey!

Really NYT?

I decided to sit in on a focus group led by Frank Luntz, a longtime strategist for Republican candidates and a veteran of such discussions. He chose 14 conservative Trump supporters who reflected the Republican electorate: overwhelmingly white, evenly divided by gender, more old than young.

*sigh* Well, there’s your problem.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 9:59:50pm

re: #75 austin_blue

You may have had a small stroke. Aphasia is not uncommon.

Get thee to a hospital.

I do not have aphasia.

It is more like sudden-onset laryngitis.

en.wikipedia.org

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sagehen  May 23, 2021 • 10:19:29pm

Hollywood Squares - SNL

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 23, 2021 • 10:29:39pm

re: #13 Dopamine Fish

Mrs. Fish actually flipped out when I told her that my parents aren’t vaccinated and aren’t planning to be vaccinated. She is scheming to find ways to convince them to get their shots. I wish her all the luck; I hope she succeeds.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 10:46:07pm

She also doesn’t know the town is spelled “Berkeley.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 11:14:57pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 23, 2021 • 11:20:17pm

re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Time for everyone to go on line and reserve tables

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 11:30:21pm

re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Time for everyone to go on line and reserve tables

The restaurant has an apology.

Of note, reviews of the restaurant on-line go back years saying the restaurant selectively enforces its dress code against Black people.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 23, 2021 • 11:35:41pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That’s their third attempt at an apology. They deleted their first two (but those were screen captured).

People are also posting lots of photographs of white people at that restaurant in shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops.

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TedStriker  May 23, 2021 • 11:38:55pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The restaurant has an apology.

Of note, reviews of the restaurant on-line go back years saying the restaurant selectively enforces its dress code against Black people.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 23, 2021 • 11:49:25pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The restaurant has an apology.

Of note, reviews of the restaurant on-line go back years saying the restaurant selectively enforces its dress code against Black people.

There was a blowup like that in Flagstaff around 1990; some black people were turned away for wearing jeans while other white people wearing them were admitted.

The club, as I was told, featured department store mannequins suspended from the ceiling and was called “Dummies”.

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 24, 2021 • 12:03:05am

re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

She also doesn’t know the town is spelled “Berkeley.”

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To be fair, it depends on which city you are talking about. I’m next to Berkeley in California as opposed to Berkley UK, or the Berkleys in various other states.

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 24, 2021 • 12:04:34am

re: #87 Dread Pirate Ron

I was an adult before I could remember which spelling to use for my Berkeley.

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 24, 2021 • 12:14:10am

First question, “what are the front foot pegs for?”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 12:16:20am

re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron

First question, “what are the front foot pegs for?”

passengers. one on each side…

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 24, 2021 • 12:18:38am

re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

passengers. one on each side…

I could see riding chopper style but her legs are way too short for that.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  May 24, 2021 • 12:21:26am

re: #87 Dread Pirate Ron

To be fair, it depends on which city you are talking about. I’m next to Berkeley in California as opposed to Berkley UK, or the Berkleys in various other states.

She means your Berkeley. And mine. Someone should tell her that the largest organization on campus is the Young Republicans (when you’re vastly outnumbered, you tend to huddle together).

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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 12:42:49am

More on the Minsk hijacking.

The current whatabout is the Evo Morales incident from 2013. Basically, the US thought Snowden was on board this flight with Morales from Russia to Bolivia, and strongarmed European countries to deny the plane overflight. (Which is probably a violation of overflight agreements, but I’m not sure whether Bolivia is/was a signatory, so anyways.) The plane eventually landed in Austria due to fuel issues, where the Austrians welcomed Morales, fuelled the plane, found no Snowden, and Morales was on his way. Much condemnation of the US from South America and the UN, apologies from Europe.

So, now more initial spineless reaction from European Commission officials (in the middle of a long weekend, but that’s how the world works). Now getting stronger as they get yelled at. International relations was always a weak point of the EU as an institution. Putin and Lukashenka don’t want to be friends, they don’t misunderstand the European position; they are abusers and predators who are only testing the electric fence for weakness.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 12:54:03am

Using a fake bomb scare to divert a flight is a really, really bad precedent that must be Nipped in the Bud.

dailymotion.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 1:30:45am

re: #93 ericblair

More on the Minsk hijacking.

The current whatabout is the Evo Morales incident from 2013.

Denying overflight one thing but faking a bomb threat and sending fighter escort is a different kettle of fish entirely…

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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 1:32:27am

So, the Russian reaction: the less propaganda-ish newspapers are reporting the airliner story, with a general negative bent (this was dangerous, and Europe’s finally going to get pissed off enough to do something, with one or two approving). The Kremlin rags are ignoring it completely, which means the Kremlin isn’t on board with this (or doesn’t want to admit anything at all).

Except for the editor of RT, who thought the whole thing was fucking brilliant. She has a habit of shooting off her mouth before getting the official party line, so she’s had to walk back a few hot takes in the last couple of years once the word came down.

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Dread Pirate Ron  May 24, 2021 • 1:38:12am

It’s called Air Piracy.

Trust me, I’m a pirate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 1:54:27am

re: #97 Dread Pirate Ron

It’s called Air Piracy.

Trust me, I’m a pirate.

dreadfully

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 3:28:56am

re: #96 ericblair

The US State Department should immediately add Belarus to the “state sponsors of terrorism” list. The consequences of joining that dubious family of nations are profound.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 4:17:05am

re: #76 Targetpractice

*sigh* Well, there’s your problem.

luntz makes “news.”

“dems” don’t have an equivalent to him doing this nonsense so there are never counter stories

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Dopamine Fish  May 24, 2021 • 4:18:33am

re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 4:20:25am

re: #101 Dopamine Fish

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 4:20:56am

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

The US State Department should immediately add Belarus to the “state sponsors of terrorism” list. The consequences of joining that dubious family of nations are profound.

Fake bomb threats are nothing to be brushed off lightly

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 4:31:09am
During Jane Timken’s tenure as Ohio’s GOP chair, Donald Trump won the one-time bellwether state by a whopping 8 percentage points. She put 150,000 miles on her car driving to the state’s 88 counties as a surrogate for the president. And she raised a total of $5 million for his two campaigns,” Politico reports.

“But that sterling record of MAGA support might not be enough to guarantee the former president’s support in her bid for the GOP Senate nomination. Timken’s sin? In her capacity as state party chair, she failed to immediately condemn home-state Republican congressman, Anthony Gonzalez, for voting to impeach Trump in response to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6.”

they’ve reached full meta
failure to condemn the condemners

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 4:32:50am

re: #104 Dangerman

they’ve reached full meta
failure to condemn the condemners

Like the endless rounds of applause for Stalin because nobody wanted to be seen as the first one to stop clapping…

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Barefoot Grin  May 24, 2021 • 4:34:18am

re: #100 Dangerman

luntz makes “news.”

“dems” don’t have an equivalent to him doing this nonsense so there are never counter stories

They could have saved time by checking a Breitbart tweet thread about GF. The opinions are exactly the same: being exploited by Marxist group BLM.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 4:37:00am

Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate’s version of voting bill being negotiated with House

they’re not even trying to hide it anymore

Under that provision, counties would be required to distribute polling places based on the share of registered voters in each state House district within the county. The formula would apply only to the state’s five largest counties — Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar and Travis — and possibly Collin County once new census figures are released later this year

.

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 4:39:31am

re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Fake bomb threats are nothing to be brushed off lightly

Not only that, but this increasingly looks like outright air piracy, and done with the sanction of the Belarusian government.

I’d say putting Belarus on the state sponsors of terrorism list is a no-brainer.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 4:39:39am

re: #107 Dangerman

Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate’s version of voting bill being negotiated with House

they’re not even trying to hide it anymore

.

They are not going to repeat the “mistakes” that cost them the Presidency and Senate in 2020

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Barefoot Grin  May 24, 2021 • 4:41:06am

I’m feeling depressed by all of this news this morning. Gotta check out for awhile.

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Barefoot Grin  May 24, 2021 • 4:43:08am

Oh, one last thing. This whole Wuhan lab thing. Yes, it’s important to investigate, but it’s going to stir up so much fucking anti-Asian racism—beyond what AAPI folks are already dealing with—because we learn absolutely nothing in this country…. Sigh.

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Florida Panhandler  May 24, 2021 • 4:56:48am

yahoo.com

So as it turns out, corporations are actually peachy-OK with outright fascism, white supremacism and violently supporting a dictatorship.

Who knew?

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 4:59:59am

This mornings two-for-one special…

Sepling si ipronmatt…
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 5:00:15am

re: #112 Florida Panhandler

yahoo.com

So as it turns out, corporations are actually peachy-OK with outright fascism, white supremacism and violently supporting a dictatorship.

Who knew?

Corporations putting profits over country is almost to be expected. That is what governments are supposed to be there for. Except the ones who put party before country.

Then we’re fucked.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 5:00:54am

re: #113 Teukka

autocorrect strikes again with a vengeance!

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 5:02:14am

re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

autocorrect strikes again with a vengeance!

Must’ve had a rude awakening, eh?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 5:04:19am

re: #116 Teukka

Must’ve had a rude awakenin, eh?

I suspect that the person typed in coronavirus and the computer “fixed” it for them

happens to me all the tide

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 5:06:01am

re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I suspect that the person typed in coronavirus and the computer “fixed” it for them

happens to me all the tide

Me too. But it’s fun to speculate whether autocorrect got up on the wrong side of bed, fell out of it, etc., no?

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:06:12am

re: #113 Teukka

This mornings two-for-one special…

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+1
For the pool

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A Cranky One  May 24, 2021 • 5:44:58am

Maybe a typo. Or could be this.

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 5:46:49am

re: #120 A Cranky One

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Or this?

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jeffreyw  May 24, 2021 • 5:46:56am

Good morning!

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:47:04am

re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron

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First question, “what are the front foot pegs for?”

Here’s a pic using the forward pegs.
That looks totally uncomfortable and unnatural

Compare

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:49:13am

re: #120 A Cranky One

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Alligator and barracuda best buds in Florida pool

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darthstar  May 24, 2021 • 5:50:07am
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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 5:50:16am

re: #22 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

No one blew up… well at least no explosive materials detonated… well at least no limbs were lost.

Gender reveal parties are the worst. Miserable excuse for a party.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 5:51:24am

re: #126 lawhawk

No one blew up… well at least no explosive materials detonated… well at least no limbs were lost.

Gender reveal parties are the worst. Miserable excuse for a party.

But film evidence looks like the mom her slapping her daughter, could be used evidence in a court case…

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:51:42am
Add another obstacle to the growing list President Joe Biden faces in his negotiations over his massive spending plans: mounting opposition to one of the ways to pay for his proposal — growing the IRS,” Politico reports.

“Conservative groups have launched a campaign of TV ads, social media messages and emails to supporters criticizing the proposal to hire nearly 87,000 new IRS workers over the next decade to collect money from tax cheats.”

How dare you hold our rich donors responsible for their own actions

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 5:52:45am

re: #128 Dangerman

How dare you hold our rich donors responsible for their own actions

really, they should work on the honor system

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darthstar  May 24, 2021 • 5:53:01am

re: #126 lawhawk

No one blew up… well at least no explosive materials detonated… well at least no limbs were lost.

Gender reveal parties are the worst. Miserable excuse for a party.

That was beautiful. But now we’ll never know.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:57:55am

Lordy, there are tapes

Rudy Giuliani called an Arizona county official after the presidential election last year to discuss getting challenges to Joe Biden’s win “fixed up,” the Arizona Republic revealed on Sunday.

Giuliani introduced himself in the Christmas Eve call to Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates as then-President Donald Trump’s attorney.

“Bill, it’s Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer,” Giuliani said in a message left on Gates’ phone that was obtained by the newspaper. “If you get a chance, would you please give me a call? I have a few things I’d like to talk over with you. Maybe we can get this thing fixed up. You know, I really think it’s a shame that Republicans sort of are both in this, kind of, situation. And I think there may be a nice way to resolve this for everybody.”

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 5:58:28am

re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

really, they should work on the honor system

Worked so well with masks…..

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 5:59:02am

re: #127 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But film evidence looks like the mom her slapping her daughter, could be used evidence in a court case…

Well, that’s why I walked it back from no one blew up.

This video blew up alright. The mother blew up. The daughter had a meltdown. And someone should get a visit from child protective services (but wont, because they disproportionately go after persons of color (and removals for protective purposes), even when white folks do the same exact acts).

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 6:00:26am

re: #131 Dangerman

Lordy, there are tapes

Sauce?

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:01:19am

And in today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama

Andrew Wommack Says Gay People Should Have to Wear Warning Labels on Their Foreheads

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Thanos  May 24, 2021 • 6:01:43am

re: #28 mmmirele

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 6:02:29am

re: #133 lawhawk

Well, that’s why I walked it back from no one blew up.

This video blew up alright. The mother blew up. The daughter had a meltdown. And someone should get a visit from child protective services (but wont, because they disproportionately go after persons of color (and removals for protective purposes), even when white folks do the same exact acts).

The young girl did not “deserve” a slap in any sense, but she really lost it big time. Probably not very happy about getting a new sibling to suck all the attention out of the room…

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Thanos  May 24, 2021 • 6:02:33am

re: #135 🌹UOJB!

And in today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama

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Toxic Fundamentalists are the ones who need the warning label.

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Dopamine Fish  May 24, 2021 • 6:03:12am

re: #138 Thanos

Toxic Fundamentalists are the ones who need the warning label.

As soon as you suggest that, you’ll get comparisons to the Holocaust. Funny how it works that way when it’s Christians who are being targeted, but there’s nothing wrong with applying Gestapo tactics to gay people…

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:03:22am

North Florida is a prude

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 6:03:46am

re: #135 🌹UOJB!

And in today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama

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Video

Because gay people present an inherent threat to them somehow?

And what is wrong with the classic pink triangle?

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:04:46am

re: #133 lawhawk

Well, that’s why I walked it back from no one blew up.

This video blew up alright. The mother blew up. The daughter had a meltdown. And someone should get a visit from child protective services (but wont, because they disproportionately go after persons of color (and removals for protective purposes), even when white folks do the same exact acts).

On camera!

See 1/6 in DC

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A Mom Anon  May 24, 2021 • 6:05:06am

re: #130 darthstar

I hope that stupid mom/mom to be ends up getting into some shit for slapping her daughter, who pretty much is the hero of that whole party of idiocy. This crap is so selfish and dumb and me-me-me. If you’re not prepared for kids to interrupt your plans or mess shit up, you are soooo NOT prepared for parenthood. Which reflects really poorly on you, especially when it’s not your first kid. This gender reveal shit is just another spoiled brat American bunch of shit. I don’t care about the gender of your kid, neither should anyone else. Healthy yes. Safe home, yes. Ability to provide for the child, yes. Everything else is no big thing, especially gender.

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:05:38am

Key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland sues Mike Pompeo and U.S. for $1.8 million in legal fees

President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the U.S. government for $1.8 million to compensate for legal fees incurred during the 2019 House impeachment probe.

The suit, filed Monday in federal court in the District of Columbia, alleges that Pompeo reneged on his promise that the State Department would cover the fees after Sondland delivered bombshell testimony accusing Trump and his aides of pressuring the government of Ukraine to investigate then presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter in exchange for military aid.

washingtonpost.com

Good luck in trying to get anything from Pompousass!

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 6:05:51am

re: #140 Dangerman

North Florida is a prude

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OMG BEWBS!!

Yeah, that’s getting close to theocratic levels of prudery.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:07:12am

re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The young girl did not “deserve” a slap in any sense, but she really lost it big time. Probably not very happy about getting a new sibling to suck all the attention out of the room…

Mom: would you like a little brother or sister?
Kid: if it wouldn’t put you out too much, I’d rather have a pony

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:07:49am

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darthstar  May 24, 2021 • 6:08:27am

I supposed I’d die a quick and painful death just like everyone else.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:10:41am

re: #143 A Mom Anon

I hope that stupid mom/mom to be ends up getting into some shit for slapping her daughter, who pretty much is the hero of that whole party of idiocy. This crap is so selfish and dumb and me-me-me. If you’re not prepared for kids to interrupt your plans or mess shit up, you are soooo NOT prepared for parenthood. Which reflects really poorly on you, especially when it’s not your first kid. This gender reveal shit is just another spoiled brat American bunch of shit. I don’t care about the gender of your kid, neither should anyone else. Healthy yes. Safe home, yes. Ability to provide for the child, yes. Everything else is no big thing, especially gender.

Fifteen years downstream the now born teenage kid sues mom for “revealing” and publicizing the wrong gender

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:11:37am

Media narrative: progressives/liberals are soft on crime. Their cities are in ruins because of riots and crime.

Reality: crime and violence was up regardless of the political lean of the city. It was a nationwide phenomenon. One of the contributing factors to gun violence? Easier availability. Less enforcement and lower clearance rates by cops.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:11:58am

re: #145 Dr Lizardo

OMG BEWBS!!

Yeah, that’s getting close to theocratic levels of prudery.

And that amateurish level of photoshopping…

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:12:35am

*chef’s kiss*

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:13:20am

re: #135 🌹UOJB!

And in today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama

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Remember when Tulsi said the other day that people weren’t hating on gays anymore?

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sagehen  May 24, 2021 • 6:14:12am

re: #122 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Is that his Tinder profile pic?

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:14:24am

re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The young girl did not “deserve” a slap in any sense, but she really lost it big time. Probably not very happy about getting a new sibling to suck all the attention out of the room…

I’m sure it had more to do with the fact that so many adults were yelling at her.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 6:14:49am

re: #147 🌹UOJB!

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Democrats See Republicans’ Refusal to Investigate the Insurrection as Electoral Gold

almost everyone either saw the insurrection in real time or shortly thereafter. Much as Republicans would like to pretend it never happened, that is not going to work with people who saw it with their own eyes. Nor is the claim that the rioters were normal tourists going to fly. Up until 2022, Democrats are going to harp on the theme: “Why are the Republicans trying to block finding out what happened and who was responsible? Do they approve of a mob sacking the Capitol?” Democrats aren’t going to let people forget, which will make it much harder for Republican candidates to try to change the conversation.

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:14:51am

re: #150 lawhawk

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Dopamine Fish  May 24, 2021 • 6:15:29am

re: #150 lawhawk

Media narrative: progressives/liberals are soft on crime. Their cities are in ruins because of riots and crime.

Reality: crime and violence was up regardless of the political lean of the city. It was a nationwide phenomenon. One of the contributing factors to gun violence? Easier availability. Less enforcement and lower clearance rates by cops.

It’s impossible to overestimate the impact the pandemic had on crime. People being forced into a different routine, with government constraints on their behavior, placed an enormous amount of stress on our society, which emphasizes independence above all things. People undoubtedly had some mental issues or other problems coping.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:17:05am

re: #157 🌹UOJB!

In many cities, the single largest budget item is policing. It’s a huge percentage of the local budget, not counting the settlements for excessive force.

External Image You will find more infographics at Statista

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:17:10am

re: #156 Dangerman

The GOP 24/7 Bullshit Machine has been cranked up to 11 to say the coup attempt didn’t happen. And it’s working on millions of Christians.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 6:17:25am

re: #155 Belafon

I’m sure it had more to do with the fact that so many adults were yelling at her.

true, she was probably merely adjusting to the average level of maturity in her surroundings…

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 6:19:52am

re: #151 Dangerman

And that amateurish level of photoshopping…

Maybe they outsourced it to Saudi Arabia?

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:20:24am

This is why I will never forgive Thomas Friedman for gladly lying us into a war that killed my son.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:21:51am

NYC public schools are resuming in-person only in September.

Mind you, there are more than a few people upset about this, because children aren’t able to currently get vaccinated, persons of color have found that their kids are doing better because there aren’t as many microaggressions based on race/ethnicity with remote learning, and that some people do better in a remote learning environment.

I don’t know how you’d reconcile those things. The next mayor will be handling the consequences of this decision though when they’re elected in the fall and take office in January 2022.

A lot can happen between now and then, including expanding vaccinations to kids under 12, new variants, etc.

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jeffreyw  May 24, 2021 • 6:21:51am

re: #154 sagehen

Is that his Tinder profile pic?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 24, 2021 • 6:24:36am

re: #156 Dangerman

Democrats See Republicans’ Refusal to Investigate the Insurrection as Electoral Gold

To be honest I think the GOP is going to get away with ignoring it and blocking investigations as much as they can. The media is simply going to be complicit in allowing them to do it*, and Fox/OANN/Newsmax will just constantly spin any investigation as a partisan witch hunt which the nut base will lap up.

* - And the Sunday shows will just bring on Republican after Republican who will continually spout the shifting variations of “nothing to see here” talking points.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:26:03am
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The Pie Overlord!  May 24, 2021 • 6:29:40am

re: #126 lawhawk

No one blew up… well at least no explosive materials detonated… well at least no limbs were lost.

Gender reveal parties are the worst. Miserable excuse for a party.

That kid is a trans.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:31:21am

Jennifer Rubin being a Biden fangirl again:

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:31:43am

So, the Mrs and I binge watched Watchmen over the past week. The Mrs. was completely hooked. It’s a phenomenally well acted series with great performances by Regina King, Jean Smart, and Louis Gossett Jr. among others. Even supporting characters were interesting, complicated, and while it covers origin story of superhero/protagonists, it does so in a not so linear fashion that helps weave different character lives together in a way that is new.

I find it fascinating that it revolves around the Tulsa mass lynching, which was a real series of events. That it spurs more people to look into this stain on US history is a good thing.

Of course, GOPers want to bury this chapter of history and virulent racism, along with other efforts to highlight and educate about the historic racism and segregation on which the nation was built. That’s why they’re so opposed to the 1619 project and what that represents.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:37:09am

Where Biden needs to send some:

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 24, 2021 • 6:42:44am
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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:43:23am

Canadians trying to be as stupid as Americans:

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 6:45:41am

I saw a chyron about this on ABC and was wondering what the details were:

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:46:17am

NJ is about to issue new mask guidance - conforming to CDC rules in time for Memorial Day weekend.

NJ is one of a handful of states that have gotten high covid19 vaccination percentages. They’re mostly clustered in the Northeast, but Democratic led states have done well, while GOP run states have done poorly.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:49:02am

re: #174 Belafon

Correlation isn’t causation. Wuhan was epicenter, but China hasn’t been transparent about the disease, the spread, the source, or the origin. That 3 researchers got sick doesn’t mean it came from the institute. It could mean that the three got sick from other sources and the commonality was the institute, or they gave each other the disease, or some other factors involved.

It’s just more reason for media outlets to spur on conspiracy theories about the origin, all while not doing enough to point out that Trump’s disastrous handling made the pandemic far worse than it otherwise should have been regardless of the origin.

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Barefoot Grin  May 24, 2021 • 6:52:05am

re: #174 Belafon

I saw a chyron about this on ABC and was wondering what the details were:

Well, I’m back. It’s too late now. All the bad-faith bullshit artists and conspiracy theorists are running with it, and the CT is starting to lapped up in India, too. Among responses prevalent are “Trump was right all along.” Right about what? That it should be called China virus? Because he sure as fuck didn’t do anything.

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 6:53:26am

F Overstock.

Overstock Founder Will Sell You Election Fraud for $5 Per Month

After a few months running down leads for the MAGA cause, though, Byrne says it’s time for fans to pay for his wisdom. As he insists that the country will soon be rocked by “hand grenades” and “Mother of All Bombs”-level revelations about voter fraud, Byrne has started putting some of his updates on his fight to prove election malfeasance behind a paywall, charging his supporters $5 a month to see the “truth” about the election.

thedailybeast.com

Arrest this ass for sedition.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 24, 2021 • 6:53:40am

Summer intern hires have commenced

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 6:57:19am
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sagehen  May 24, 2021 • 7:04:19am

re: #170 lawhawk

I find it fascinating that it revolves around the Tulsa mass lynching, which was a real series of events. That it spurs more people to look into this stain on US history is a good thing.

Until couple of years ago, they were calling it the Tulsa race riot. Which it obviously wasn’t. I call it a pogrom.

Riots are spontaneous. There’s often underlying circumstances and a precipitating incident that make it “should have been predicted”, but riots don’t have leaders, or a plan and a strategy, or a goal. The deaths, injuries and property damage are because emotions boiled over and what happens happens.

Pogroms are intentional. There’s a leader. There’s a plan. There’s a goal. The deaths, injuries and property damage are the intent. To punish the present victims, and intimidate and demoralize similar demographic groups elsewhere that will hear about it. A show of power with impunity.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  May 24, 2021 • 7:08:25am

re: #135 🌹UOJB!

And in today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama

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Video

Violent traitors and seditious dupes should be required to wear an identifying mark on their foreheads.

Oh, wait. They already do:

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 7:09:29am

re: #181 sagehen

I heard about it from my parent’s neighbor; he was originally from Oklahoma. He called it “the Tulsa Massacre”. I was pretty young, too…this would’ve been in about 1978 or so. My dad had also heard about it, from “Okies” of his acquaintance.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 7:15:26am

The Supreme Court is handing down decisions, but so far, a pair of unanimous decisions. One dealing with environmental cleanups in Guam - responsibility for cleanup of a trash dump created by the US govt (Thomas wrote), and the other is immigration law ruling (Sotomayor).

The ACA ruling is still out there…

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sagehen  May 24, 2021 • 7:16:51am

re: #183 Dr Lizardo

I heard about it from my parent’s neighbor; he was originally from Oklahoma. He called it “the Tulsa Massacre”. I was pretty young, too…this would’ve been in about 1978 or so. My dad had also heard about it, from “Okies” of his acquaintance.

I heard about it from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog, about 10 years ago. He also had entries about Wilmington and New Orleans.

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steve_davis  May 24, 2021 • 7:20:17am

re: #148 darthstar

I supposed I’d die a quick and painful death just like everyone else.

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the only cool thing would be that when the event horizon got to you, your agonizing death would seem to be centuries-long to any outside observers, so that would be kind of cool. (or maybe it’s the other way around. or maybe this is just something I picked up watching star trek next generation. probably something wesley fucked up in season one).

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danarchy  May 24, 2021 • 7:21:00am

re: #74 Targetpractice

Guess I’ll have to tell my friend that his theory about self-driving cars replacing Uber/Lyft drivers in the next 5 years will have to be postponed for a bit longer.

To be fair, I have seen human beings do much more stupid things than this on the road.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 7:22:18am

re: #186 steve_davis

So long, and thanks for all the fish?

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 24, 2021 • 7:27:04am

re: #140 Dangerman

North Florida is a prude

Here’s more on it:

It’s not odd for there to be a little drama when high school yearbooks are released at the end of the year, but at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Fla., the drama has reached national attention.

That’s because 80 of the students’ portraits were digitally edited — many of them clumsily — to add more clothing to chests and shoulders.

All of the students are female. None of them were consulted.

Students and parents told local news outlets that they were shocked and embarrassed when they got their copies of the $100 yearbook last week.

The school district told The St. Augustine Record and News4Jax that ultimately the decision to edit the photos was made by the yearbook coordinator — also a teacher at the school — who had deemed the photos were in violation of the school’s dress code. According to the school’s website, all photos in the yearbook must be consistent with dress code or they “may be digitally adjusted.”

But critics have been quick to point out that the yearbook has unedited photos of the men’s swim team in Speedos, for example, which would also violate the dress code.

I have three major problems with this:

1) Only girls were deemed in violation.
2) I don’t see anything immodest about the photos. It’s not like any of these girls we wearing nothing but bikini tops.
3) The “digital adjustments” themselves were bad. REALLY bad.

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danarchy  May 24, 2021 • 7:28:35am

re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron

First question, “what are the front foot pegs for?”

Maybe it isn’t a foot peg? Maybe a handle/latch to lift that casing up to get at the guts.

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 7:37:59am

re: #184 lawhawk

The Supreme Court is handing down decisions, but so far, a pair of unanimous decisions. One dealing with environmental cleanups in Guam - responsibility for cleanup of a trash dump created by the US govt (Thomas wrote), and the other is immigration law ruling (Sotomayor).

The ACA ruling is still out there…

Those are the only two rulings of the day.

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Dr Lizardo  May 24, 2021 • 7:41:13am

The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport has suspended Belavia’s operating permit; Belavia is the flag carrier and national airline of Belarus.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 7:43:12am

re: #192 Dr Lizardo

The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport has suspended Belavia’s operating permit; Belavia is the flag carrier and national airline of Belarus.

Adam Silverman over at Balloon Juice is calling for NATO to keep planes from crossing into Belarus and to prevent flights from taking off from the country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 7:43:32am

re: #192 Dr Lizardo

The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport has suspended Belavia’s operating permit; Belavia is the flag carrier and national airline of Belarus.

Never know when they are going to show up with a fake bomb in their cargo hold…

on top of everything else, that aspect of it really rankles.

it was a cheap ploy that they cannot be allowed to get away with.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 7:44:10am

re: #193 Belafon

Adam Silverman over at Balloon Juice is calling for NATO to keep planes from crossing into Belarus and to prevent flights from taking off from the country.

I find that an overreaction, but airlines & pilots should be aware that they overfly at their own risk.

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mmmirele  May 24, 2021 • 7:44:11am

re: #73 austin_blue

No, not really.

What it is, is a *cyclical* pyramid scheme for most investors, and a goldmine for the people who make the news releases that affect the market.

Why? Because there are no fucking FTC controls, because it’s Schrodinger Cash.

Not FTC, it’s the Securities and Exchange Commission for these guys. We’re not talking about a defective product (ok, yeah, well…) but it’s a security, and securities are (supposedly) regulated in the USA.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 7:45:30am

re: #167 Belafon

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“But Republicans say his policies have let loose high inflation that will hurt the economy.”

there are lots of causes of rising prices, many of which are temporary or cyclical.
another cause may be a recognition that something was underpriced.
you know, like labor

biden’s been president 4 months. these ‘policies’ have not been in effect since day 1

so two months? three?

true inflation doesn’t work that fast

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 24, 2021 • 7:45:49am

re: #174 Belafon

I saw a chyron about this on ABC and was wondering what the details were:

I was just about to share this. Yeah, there’s not enough information to go on. For all we know, these three researchers all ate the same bad fish one night.

But of course now all the CTers are like: SEE?!?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 7:47:24am

re: #196 mmmirele

Not FTC, it’s the Securities and Exchange Commission for these guys. We’re not talking about a defective product (ok, yeah, well…) but it’s a security, and securities are (supposedly) regulated in the USA.

Yes, but the big trick, especially in the early 2000’s, was to keep the “securities” so mercurial, arcane and obtuse that standard government regulatory mechanisms could not keep up with them

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 7:48:28am

re: #172 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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“Ammon Bundy and Caitlin Jenner; Two Peas in a Pod” (film at 11)

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 24, 2021 • 7:52:20am

re: #200 Dangerman

“Ammon Bundy and Caitlin Jenner; Two Peas in a Pod” (film at 11)

You know, there were plenty of people early on who said Trump had no chance of winning.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 7:52:28am

re: #200 Dangerman

“Ammon Bundy and Caitlin Jenner; Two Peas in a Pod” (film at 11)

Politics has always had the aspect of showmanship, and these people are taking full advantage of it.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 7:53:33am

re: #176 lawhawk

Correlation isn’t causation. Wuhan was epicenter, but China hasn’t been transparent about the disease, the spread, the source, or the origin. That 3 researchers got sick doesn’t mean it came from the institute. It could mean that the three got sick from other sources and the commonality was the institute, or they gave each other the disease, or some other factors involved.

It’s just more reason for media outlets to spur on conspiracy theories about the origin, all while not doing enough to point out that Trump’s disastrous handling made the pandemic far worse than it otherwise should have been regardless of the origin.

you’re scuba diving 100 feet underwater
you breathe in and there’s nothing there
doesnt matter why
- service tech did a repair wrong
- you didn’t turn your valve all the way on
- faulty pressure gauge
- a shark bit your hose in half
- hundreds of other reasons

emergency procedures are all that matters

figure out ‘why’ then argue about ‘why’ when you’re safely back on the boat.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 7:54:02am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I find that an overreaction, but airlines & pilots should be aware that they overfly at their own risk.

No pilot is flying at their own risk. And is this the sort of thing you give them one freebee? “If you do it again, I’ll yell stop again.”

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 7:56:51am

re: #187 danarchy

To be fair, I have seen human beings do much more stupid things than this on the road.

the same human beings are programming these cars

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 7:57:17am

re: #104 Dangerman

they’ve reached full meta
failure to condemn the condemners

The entire GQP has to be onboard for the Trump coup coming after the 2024 election.

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danarchy  May 24, 2021 • 8:01:29am

re: #203 Dangerman

you’re scuba diving 100 feet underwater
you breathe in and there’s nothing there
doesnt matter why
- service tech did a repair wrong
- you didn’t turn your valve all the way on
- faulty pressure gauge
- a shark bit your hose in half
- hundreds of other reasons

emergency procedures are all that matters

figure out ‘why’ then argue about ‘why’ when you’re safely back on the boat.

Except this is not that. We have the wherewithal to do both and the farther we get from the origin the harder it will be to narrow it down. Ideally we(the world not just the US) would have had teams in Wuhan, in the actual labs, with full access to all staff, and teams in all the the surrounding areas testing wild animals, domestic animals, stuff in the wet market etc. as early as December of 2019 instead of just taking China’s word on anything.

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 8:05:18am

re: #184 lawhawk

The Supreme Court is handing down decisions, but so far, a pair of unanimous decisions. One dealing with environmental cleanups in Guam - responsibility for cleanup of a trash dump created by the US govt (Thomas wrote), and the other is immigration law ruling (Sotomayor).

The ACA ruling is still out there…

Gee, I wonder why they’re stalling on killing the ACA??????

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wrenchwench  May 24, 2021 • 8:07:17am

Bike commuting almost doubles over past two decades

The percentage of commuters who go by bike has not yet reached 2% in any state. It is below point 1% in Mississippi. Another decade, another percent. The clickbait headlines continue.

Ed. to fix .1%

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 8:10:23am

re: #208 🌹UOJB!

I don’t think they’re killing the ACA. Roberts crafted that ACA ruling while killing the Medicaid expansion rule. He’s not going to see all that undone now, not in the midst of a pandemic.

But given the right wing bent on the court, it’s going to be a bunch of pretzel logic, and the possibility exists that they’ll stomp on the ACA while metaphysics is involved to keep preexisting conditions protections alive (given that Roberts himself has a preexisting condition).

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 8:10:34am

re: #207 danarchy

Except this is not that. We have the wherewithal to do both and the farther we get from the origin the harder it will be to narrow it down. Ideally we(the world not just the US) would have had teams in Wuhan, in the actual labs, with full access to all staff, and teams in all the the surrounding areas testing wild animals, domestic animals, stuff in the wet market etc. as early as December of 2019 instead of just taking China’s word on anything.

yes, we can do two things at once.
and sure no metaphor is perfect, what with scuba diving being more linear

the basic point is it doesn’t matter how you got in the fix; solve the problem.
TFG didn’t.

in fact he didn’t do either thing
didnt address the problem
and didnt do much of anything to actually track down the source

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JC1  May 24, 2021 • 8:10:36am

re: #74 Targetpractice

Guess I’ll have to tell my friend that his theory about self-driving cars replacing Uber/Lyft drivers in the next 5 years will have to be postponed for a bit longer.

5 years is a loooong time in the AI/ML world. I would wager that we’ll have class 5 autonomous cars in at least some areas available for purchase in the next 5 years. Probably won’t be cheap/commodity enough to replace Uber/Lyft, but that’s coming.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  May 24, 2021 • 8:13:32am

re: #122 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 8:14:32am

re: #206 No Malarkey!

The entire GQP has to be onboard for the Trump coup coming after the 2024 election.

Yep. They came within a few tens of thousands of votes of pulling it off, and had it not been for a record Democratic turnout and a few GOP state electoral officials with some remaining shreds of decency and integrity, they could’ve gotten away with it.

They are going to do their damnedest to change electoral laws and procedures to keep Dem voters away from the polls and make sure that only loyalists are in place in the state electoral commissions to avoid repeating their “failure” of 2020.

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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 8:15:14am

re: #186 steve_davis

the only cool thing would be that when the event horizon got to you, your agonizing death would seem to be centuries-long to any outside observers, so that would be kind of cool. (or maybe it’s the other way around. or maybe this is just something I picked up watching star trek next generation. probably something wesley fucked up in season one).

Time will speed up for you, and distant observers will perceive you slowing down. I guess you’d see the rest of the history of the universe before you get to the singularity (if it exists). Enjoy!

GPS satellites have to correct for two different relativistic effects: special relativity says that because the satellites are travelling at a different speed to us on Earth, their clocks look slower to us and an uncorrected clock would lose about 7 microseconds a day. However, general relativity says that because they’re farther out of Earth’s gravity well, their clocks look faster to us and would gain 45 microseconds a day. Therefore, the net is 38 microseconds a day, which is what the onboard clocks have to be slowed by. If they weren’t, GPS measurements would be creeping off by about 10 km per day.

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 8:21:46am

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BeachDem  May 24, 2021 • 8:22:35am

re: #152 lawhawk

*chef’s kiss*

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He should have held onto the tax $ he spent renovating all his houses:

Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union spent over $1 million in taxpayer funds on personal home renovations to his residences in both Washington, DC, and Brussels, government contracting records show.

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Sherlock Hound  May 24, 2021 • 8:27:53am

re: #204 Belafon

No pilot is flying at their own risk. And is this the sort of thing you give them one freebee? “If you do it again, I’ll yell stop again.”

The dispatchers and schedulers ultimately sign off on the routings, not the pilots. And they choose for the passengers.

I’d let it slip that NATO will perform many “training” flights around Belarus’ borders. Many installations will be “illuminated” by targeting systems, many times during the day and the night. Good time for night exercises. Perhaps they can almost overfly Russia.

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danarchy  May 24, 2021 • 8:28:50am

re: #148 darthstar

I supposed I’d die a quick and painful death just like everyone else.

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What if there was a black hole in your pocket?

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The Pie Overlord!  May 24, 2021 • 8:37:34am

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lawhawk  May 24, 2021 • 8:37:39am

GOP seditionist/treasonweasel enablers are going to block investigation into what happened. All their lies would be hung out to dry like so much dirty laundry, which is why the GOP refuses to allow that to happen. They’ll further the coverup, because the only ones responsible for 1/6 are GOPers from Trump on down.

The only ones trying to block the investigation are GOPers.

If the GOP filibusters on this, every Democrat should use it in campaign ads showing how complicit the entire GOP structure is in covering up Trump’s misconduct. The entire GOP is corrupted to the core, and it was corrupt before Trump took over.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  May 24, 2021 • 8:37:43am

re: #205 Dangerman

the same human beings are programming these cars

There’s no code review involved when those people are inattentive at the wheel.

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bratwurst  May 24, 2021 • 8:41:52am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 24, 2021 • 8:42:16am
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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 8:45:05am

re: #220 The Pie Overlord!

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 8:47:58am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Gee that’s a shame. Did they throw away the key of the cell that Hitler Wannabee is in?

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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 8:48:19am

thegreatpoolpondconversion - 210523 edition ———————->
“A Power Move”

Here’s an index of all the postings in #thegreatpoolpondconversion

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  May 24, 2021 • 8:53:51am
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Dangerman  May 24, 2021 • 8:55:35am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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an awful lot of poor folks who cant make bail languish in jails for years before their cases make any progress.

suck it up

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 8:59:25am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yep. They came within a few tens of thousands of votes of pulling it off, and had it not been for a record Democratic turnout and a few GOP state electoral officials with some remaining shreds of decency and integrity, they could’ve gotten away with it.

They are going to do their damnedest to change electoral laws and procedures to keep Dem voters away from the polls and make sure that only loyalists are in place in the state electoral commissions to avoid repeating their “failure” of 2020.

As was pointed out on the Stephanie Miller Show this morning, all they have to do is refuse to certify the results in a few swing states because of “irregularities” and not appoint electors to throw the election into the House. Each state only gets one vote, and the GQP will probably control over half of state delegations in Congress, even if they are in the minority.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 24, 2021 • 9:00:58am

WUT

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:02:23am

re: #230 No Malarkey!

As was pointed out on the Stephanie Miller Show this morning, all they have to do is refuse to certify the results in a few swing states because of “irregularities” and not appoint electors to throw the election into the House. Each state only gets one vote, and the GQP will probably control over half of state delegations in Congress, even if they are in the minority.

So they are working towards a perfectly legal and Constitutional coup. All they have to do is wreck the electoral system, which, unfortunately, is child’s play to these maniacs.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:03:46am

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

I thought stegosaurs were herbivores…

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  May 24, 2021 • 9:04:57am

re: #233 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I thought stegosaurs were herbivores…

The eviloutionists would also have you believe that they didn’t live at the same time as man.

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Teukka  May 24, 2021 • 9:06:24am

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

WAT

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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 9:06:38am

re: #218 Sherlock Hound

The dispatchers and schedulers ultimately sign off on the routings, not the pilots. And they choose for the passengers.

I’d let it slip that NATO will perform many “training” flights around Belarus’ borders. Many installations will be “illuminated” by targeting systems, many times during the day and the night. Good time for night exercises. Perhaps they can almost overfly Russia.

I remember watching one of the Lufthansa company videos while bored stiff on an 11-hour flight. The whole flight planning process is very centralized: the pilots will be given the flight plan from headquarters, which could have been the result of multiple staff meetings and various time, fuel, and resource availability tradeoffs. I’m not sure about how it works legally, but the pilot would be the company’s agent and certainly when he’s following the company’s plan.

Nobody in NATO-world is treating Belarus as a friendly country. The big concern there is the Suwalki gap, which is a fairly narrow stretch of land connecting Poland and Lithuania, with Kaliningrad on one side and Belarus on the other. Both considered Parts of the Problem.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  May 24, 2021 • 9:08:39am

re: #168 The Pie Overlord!

That kid is a trans.

Really? And you know this how? As Stonekettle likes to say, Show your work.

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 9:13:11am

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So they are working towards a perfectly legal and Constitutional coup. All they have to do is wreck the electoral system, which, unfortunately, is child’s play to these maniacs.

Then when they try it, we have to have a hopefully peaceful revolution. A nationwide strike, and mass demonstrations. We can’t accept the GQP appointing Trump dictator.

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wrenchwench  May 24, 2021 • 9:15:10am

re: #228 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

“multiple discernable lies”

Just think how many more were undiscernable.

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Jay C  May 24, 2021 • 9:16:30am

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

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WUT indeed!

I thought those dinos were herbivores…..

ADD: just saw #233: Sorry, Wendell.

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wrenchwench  May 24, 2021 • 9:17:48am

re: #240 Jay C

WUT indeed!

I thought those dinos were herbivores…..

The guy’s name was Herb. Confusion followed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:17:50am

re: #238 No Malarkey!

Then when they try it, we have to have a hopefully peaceful revolution. A nationwide strike, and mass demonstrations. We can’t accept the GQP appointing Trump dictator.

they have no interest in peaceful counter-protest. that is also why BLM and Antifa are being built up as such bogeymen: to justify their pre-emptive use of weapons on the protesters.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:19:36am

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

it was hungry

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:20:45am

Hey guys…

long time no see

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Dopamine Fish  May 24, 2021 • 9:21:54am

re: #244 Scottish Dragon

Hey guys…

long time no see

*WHACK!*

Where the HELL have you been?!

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wrenchwench  May 24, 2021 • 9:21:57am

re: #244 Scottish Dragon

Hey guys…

long time no see

Hi. I hope all is, and has been, well.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:25:21am

re: #245 Dopamine Fish

*WHACK!*

Where the HELL have you been?!

LGF is kinda tough to navigate on my phone and my kid has had to have computer priority because of college. I’m back subbing in school tho and I have some free time in class, since the kids are all doing EOC testing.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:26:52am

re: #246 wrenchwench

Hi. I hope all is, and has been, well.

LOL yeah, I’m OK. I had a bad bit last week when I stepped in to break up a fight in the classroom and, well, my back told me to never, ever do that again.

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Dopamine Fish  May 24, 2021 • 9:27:12am

re: #247 Scottish Dragon

LGF is kinda tough to navigate on my phone and my kid has had to have computer priority because of college. I’m back subbing in school tho and I have some free time in class, since the kids are all doing EOC testing.

Fair enough. It’s very good to hear from you.

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William Lewis  May 24, 2021 • 9:32:26am

re: #243 Scottish Dragon

it was hungry

Welcome back!

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The Pie Overlord!  May 24, 2021 • 9:37:38am

OK THEN FUCK YOU

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 9:38:28am

re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

they have no interest in peaceful counter-protest. that is also why BLM and Antifa are being built up as such bogeymen: to justify their pre-emptive use of weapons on the protesters.

That is what I fear. The question is how will the nation respond when the fascists resort to violence to seize power.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:38:40am

re: #251 The Pie Overlord!

OK THEN FUCK YOU

that does pretty much and any attempt at a discussion

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jaunte  May 24, 2021 • 9:38:49am

re: #251 The Pie Overlord!

Looks like Jared left a few things undone.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:39:27am

re: #252 No Malarkey!

That is what I fear. The question is how will the nation respond when the fascists resort to violence to seize power.

They will seize power by Constitutional means but having done so insist on their God-Given Right to defend it with all means they deem necessary

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William Lewis  May 24, 2021 • 9:41:38am

So, life has it’s moments…

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  May 24, 2021 • 9:41:39am

I’m outa here.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:41:58am

re: #251 The Pie Overlord!

Hamas and Netanyahu need each other.

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 9:42:35am

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

They will seize power by Constitutional means but having done so insist on their God-Given Right to defend it with all means they deem necessary

Which may mean either we accept a fascist dictatorship or civil war. But if the entire nation recoils in horror at a massacre of peaceful protesters, maybe the fascist regime can be toppled with minimal additional bloodshed.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:44:10am

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

They will seize power by Constitutional means but having done so insist on their God-Given Right to defend it with all means they deem necessary

They will tear the republic apart doing it. I can easily see large blue states refusing to recognize the federal govt, and armed street fighting, national labor strikes and tax strikes.

They are going to push this into civil war territory if they do this IMHO.

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 9:44:13am

re: #259 No Malarkey!

Which may mean either we accept a fascist dictatorship or civil war. But if the entire nation recoils in horror at a massacre of peaceful protesters, maybe the fascist regime can be toppled with minimal additional bloodshed.

We also, like Joe Biden is doing, have a little bit of time to make sure more people understand just what Republicans are doing.

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Mike Lamb  May 24, 2021 • 9:44:32am

re: #254 jaunte

Looks like Jared left a few things undone.

No no no no no. Everyone knows the historical clock re-sets with the election of a Democratic president. This is Biden’s fault.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:45:33am

re: #256 William Lewis

So, life has it’s moments…

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:45:34am

re: #259 No Malarkey!

Which may mean either we accept a fascist dictatorship or civil war. But if the entire nation recoils in horror at a massacre of peaceful protesters, maybe the fascist regime can be toppled with minimal additional bloodshed.

There are thousands of right wing folks who cannot wait to start shooting at ppl like you and me.

they really, really want their own confirmed kill stories.

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William Lewis  May 24, 2021 • 9:46:43am

And in life part two,

Just last week, the internet thrilled to The Linda Lindas, screaming and crunching power chords in the middle of the stacks of the Los Angeles Public Library. “Racist, Sexist Boy” — written and performed by four tween and teen punks calling out anti-Asian American bias and misogyny — immediately became something of a 2021 anthem. (“Poser! Blockhead! Riffraff! Jerk face!”)

Now, in what has become a very familiar cycle to music-industry watchers, the band landed a record deal almost as soon as its video went viral. Its signing to the longstanding LA punk label Epitaph Records was confirmed by Variety. By Friday, the band’s performance of “Racist, Sexist Boy” had been posted to Epitaph’s YouTube channel.

The quartet, whose members (Bela, Eloise, Lucia and Mila) range in age from 10 to 16, got its start in 2018 at Girlschool LA. Member station KQED says the band has been mentored by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The Linda Lindas’ current Bandcamp bio describes the group as “Half Asian / half Latinx. Two sisters, a cousin, and their close friend. The Linda Lindas channel the spirit of original punk, power pop, and new wave through today’s ears, eyes and minds.”

Fresh Off A Viral Library Gig, The Linda Lindas Get A Record Deal

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:47:05am

re: #254 jaunte

Looks like Jared left a few things undone.

They didn’t buy it at Jareds?

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Eventual Carrion  May 24, 2021 • 9:47:11am

re: #264 Scottish Dragon

There are thousands of right wing folks who cannot wait to start shooting at ppl like you and me.

they really, really want their own confirmed kill stories.

Guess they’ll be damn surprised when I start shooting back.

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 9:48:05am

re: #267 Eventual Carrion

Oh yes indeed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 24, 2021 • 9:48:41am

re: #267 Eventual Carrion

Guess they’ll be damn surprised when I start shooting back.

They will be surprised when the Military does not cover their six…

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The Pie Overlord!  May 24, 2021 • 9:50:57am

re: #258 Scottish Dragon

Hamas and Netanyahu need each other.

Hamass has been saying this long before Bibi came into power but of course he has to keep it going to distract from the ongoing criminal investigation against him.

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 9:52:30am

re: #260 Scottish Dragon

They will tear the republic apart doing it. I can easily see large blue states refusing to recognize the federal govt, and armed street fighting, national labor strikes and tax strikes.

They are going to push this into civil war territory if they do this IMHO.

We will have a scenario in which Biden will have clearly won the election, and the GQP engages in legal and political maneuvers to steal it from him, while he is still President. Then the question arises, should he refuse to accept a Trump “victory” in the House when Biden would’ve won but for the bad faith refusal of state GQP officials to certify his victory? In other words, the crisis will come before Trump takes power, while Biden will still be seen by the majority as the legitimate President.

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retired cynic  May 24, 2021 • 9:53:56am

I believe Michele has taken Pie Overlord’s post about that gender reveal party very much amiss.

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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 9:56:31am

re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will be surprised when the Military does not cover their six…

When you think about it, the American fascists don’t have the numbers. They don’t have the wealth-generating capacity of the country, they don’t have the military, and they’ve been doing their best to piss off the intelligence services and federal police. They’re an aging people in the dying parts of the country. From a coup perspective, this is a bad place to start.

Their only claim is the words on the paper of an archaic document, and that the actual power of the country would meekly submit to it despite having announced to everyone that they intended to cheat at every opportunity.

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 10:02:03am

re: #273 ericblair

When you think about it, the American fascists don’t have the numbers. They don’t have the wealth-generating capacity of the country, they don’t have the military, and they’ve been doing their best to piss off the intelligence services and federal police. They’re an aging people in the dying parts of the country. From a coup perspective, this is a bad place to start.

Their only claim is the words on the paper of an archaic document, and that the actual power of the country would meekly submit to it despite having announced to everyone that they intended to cheat at every opportunity.

Correct. Corporate America will see civil war as bad for business, and I believe will overwhelmingly oppose the GQP’s attempt to game the outcome of a Biden victory for Trump. The courts may also have a say in the bad faith refusal of state GQP officials to perform an essentially ministerial task of certifying the election. And I would hope for mass demonstrations against the steal attempt, before it comes to fruition.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  May 24, 2021 • 10:02:43am

re: #264 Scottish Dragon

There are thousands of right wing folks who cannot wait to start shooting at ppl like you and me.

they really, really want their own confirmed kill stories.

QFT, the central issue. The ammosexual right has embarked on its reckless course of obstruction and provocation because their deeply-ingrained mythology has convinced them that they will have an overwhelming advantage in the application of force. Almost every assumption they make, from the primacy of small arms to “stop armor by ambushing fuel convoys” to “the support of the people” is catastrophically stupid and wrong.
My Trumpite brother, who does have some real knowledge of such things, has tried to warn them: “You don’t know what you’re taking on. When it’s over, they will bulldoze your remains and your possessions into an unmarked grave and go on like you never existed.”

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sagehen  May 24, 2021 • 10:06:26am

re: #237 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Really? And you know this how? As Stonekettle likes to say, Show your work.

She meant the baby with the unrevealed gender, not the screaming existing child.

The gender is unknown and unknowable; that balloon will land someplace people have no fucking clue what it’s from.

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Sherlock Hound  May 24, 2021 • 10:07:25am

re: #236 ericblair

I remember watching one of the Lufthansa company videos while bored stiff on an 11-hour flight. The whole flight planning process is very centralized: the pilots will be given the flight plan from headquarters, which could have been the result of multiple staff meetings and various time, fuel, and resource availability tradeoffs. I’m not sure about how it works legally, but the pilot would be the company’s agent and certainly when he’s following the company’s plan.

Nobody in NATO-world is treating Belarus as a friendly country. The big concern there is the Suwalki gap, which is a fairly narrow stretch of land connecting Poland and Lithuania, with Kaliningrad on one side and Belarus on the other. Both considered Parts of the Problem.

I once saw an aero chart for the Serbia area with a big notice: AIRCRAFT IN NON FREE-FLYING AREAS MAY BE FIRED UPON WITHOUT WARNING. Last I checked, there were warnings like that in China. Maybe Belarus needs a notation in its charts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:07:36am
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ericblair  May 24, 2021 • 10:08:37am

re: #275 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

QFT, the central issue. The ammosexual right has embarked on its reckless course of obstruction and provocation because their deeply-ingrained mythology has convinced them that they will have an overwhelming advantage in the application of force. Almost every assumption they make, from the primacy of small arms to “stop armor by ambushing fuel convoys” to “the support of the people” is catastrophically stupid and wrong.
My Trumpite brother, who does have some real knowledge of such things, has tried to warn them: “You don’t know what you’re taking on. When it’s over, they will bulldoze your remains and your possessions into an unmarked grave and go on like you never existed.”

My buddy once went out with his friends to play paintball against a team of Canadian infantry. Buddy and his friends had no idea what hit them; before they had any idea what was going on or where they were in relation to each other, splat splat splat. This is without comms and GPS jamming, and no vehicles, arty or air support. Just some boots on the ground trained together to know what they were doing.

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William Lewis  May 24, 2021 • 10:10:48am

re: #275 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Texans were warned by Sam Houston too.

On April 19, 1861, he told a crowd:

Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.[90]

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:11:41am
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steve_davis  May 24, 2021 • 10:12:57am

re: #166 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

To be honest I think the GOP is going to get away with ignoring it and blocking investigations as much as they can. The media is simply going to be complicit in allowing them to do it*, and Fox/OANN/Newsmax will just constantly spin any investigation as a partisan witch hunt which the nut base will lap up.

* - And the Sunday shows will just bring on Republican after Republican who will continually spout the shifting variations of “nothing to see here” talking points.

Nah. Every debate will have an earnest democrat saying to his opponent at some point, “So, you supported the challenge to the election results of 2020, which led to the attack on the capital, killing 4 police officers in the process. Do you today agree that President Biden won the election fairly, and do you now support the commission to deal with the insurrection that you voted against in 2021?”

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austin_blue  May 24, 2021 • 10:13:02am

re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The young girl did not “deserve” a slap in any sense, but she really lost it big time. Probably not very happy about getting a new sibling to suck all the attention out of the room…

Take a look at the Video again. She gave the balloon a tentative jab at first. She was scared of the BANG! when prodded (heh) to do it again, and backed off.

It was the noise, not receiving less attention as a result of losing her sole child status (she has no idea what *that* even means). But a Big Bang? That scares her.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 24, 2021 • 10:13:21am

re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The young girl did not “deserve” a slap in any sense, but she really lost it big time. Probably not very happy about getting a new sibling to suck all the attention out of the room…

Or, freaked out about popping a black balloon. Could have had nothing to do with a future sibling and everything to do with a POP! SCREAM!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:14:10am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:17:30am
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Eclectic Cyborg  May 24, 2021 • 10:19:16am

re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth

Damn, I’m going to miss her when she leaves.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  May 24, 2021 • 10:20:30am

re: #279 ericblair

My buddy once went out with his friends to play paintball against a team of Canadian infantry. Buddy and his friends had no idea what hit them; before they had any idea what was going on or where they were in relation to each other, splat splat splat. This is without comms and GPS jamming, and no vehicles, arty or air support. Just some boots on the ground trained together to know what they were doing.

I can imagine a gang of ammosexuals trying to ambush a military fuel convoy. Where would they meet up? Where would they park their pickups while they traipse off into the weeds? Won’t a mass of clearly marked insurgent vehicles be noticed? How do they think they can avoid infantry patrols, who really can move around un-noticed? Or drones? Or airplanes, scout choppers, and satellites? Can they keep their flabby carcasses hidden in the field for days or weeks on end? Do they really think Twitter and FB will protect their identities once the lead starts flying? To them, the Barrett .50 is an ultimate weapon. To real troops, the next step up, a 25 mm chain-gun, is an extreme level of restraint.

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jaunte  May 24, 2021 • 10:21:20am

re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth

What’s the benefit to Fox of drumming up a conflict with China?

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 24, 2021 • 10:21:25am

re: #288 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I can imagine a gang of ammosexuals trying to ambush a military fuel convoy. Where would they meet up? Where would they park their pickups while they traipse off into the weeds? Won’t a mass of clearly marked insurgent vehicles be noticed? How do they think they can avoid infantry patrols, who really can move around un-noticed? Or drones? Or airplanes, scout choppers, and satellites? Can they keep their flabby carcasses hidden in the field for days or weeks on end? Do they really think Twitter and FB will protect their identities once the lead starts flying? To them, the Barrett .50 is an ultimate weapon. To real troops, the next step up, a 25 mm chain-gun, is an extreme level of restraint.

The red hats will make for easy targeting.

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JOE 🥓  May 24, 2021 • 10:21:51am

re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Go to Right Wing Watch and see all of those Pulpit Pimps endlessly pushing Republican lies.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:22:02am
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austin_blue  May 24, 2021 • 10:22:27am

re: #171 Belafon

Where Biden needs to send some:

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Indeed. If Taiwan’s semi-conductor industry shuts down, even for a week, “supply chain problems” will become “tech paralysis”.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  May 24, 2021 • 10:24:17am

re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  May 24, 2021 • 10:24:24am

re: #290 Eclectic Cyborg

The red hats will make for easy targeting.

/

Our satellites will be programed to look for concentrations of empty snack wrappers, with “Tactical Bacon” cans being given top priority.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 24, 2021 • 10:25:04am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I find that an overreaction, but airlines & pilots should be aware that they overfly at their own risk.

It’s not an overreaction in the least. Pilots don’t fly at their own risk nor do passengers (if a crash happens no one just goes Oh Well; relatives sue, etc.) What happened has to be stopped STAT, whatever it takes.

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No Malarkey!  May 24, 2021 • 10:25:33am

re: #280 William Lewis

Texans were warned by Sam Houston too.

Of course what the GQP is hoping is that their new vote suppression laws will work sufficiently to allow Trump to squeak to a legal election victory with no post election shenanigans necessary. I don’t think they will, but if so, we’re fucked.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 24, 2021 • 10:25:52am

re: #289 jaunte

What’s the benefit to Fox of drumming up a conflict with China?

trying to make TFG like them again

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Scottish Dragon  May 24, 2021 • 10:29:47am

re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg

She gives all the shade

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EstebanTornado1963  May 24, 2021 • 10:30:12am

re: #279 ericblair

Think I got this link here. I bookmarked it to use when couch warriors think they’re tough.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  May 24, 2021 • 10:31:18am

re: #261 Belafon

We also, like Joe Biden is doing, have a little bit of time to make sure more people understand just what Republicans are doing.

I just wish this lot would stop this shit. They’ve been spinning paranoid fantasies about dire outcomes since 2016, they have been wrong pretty much every goddamned time, and I am sick of it. Yes, I skip these posts as soon as I recognize them, but they still sour the LGF experience. No wonder so many of our fellow lizards have dropped off in the last few years.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  May 24, 2021 • 10:35:27am

re: #276 sagehen

She meant the baby with the unrevealed gender, not the screaming existing child.

The gender is unknown and unknowable; that balloon will land someplace people have no fucking clue what it’s from.

Whereas I took it as a joke about why the screaming child didn’t want to break the balloon — the new sibling might also be trans. Harmless, in either case.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 24, 2021 • 10:37:50am

re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg

Damn, I’m going to miss her when she leaves.

She’s leaving? Already?

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Belafon  May 24, 2021 • 10:38:01am

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

Did Bethany really get freaked out over that word?

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austin_blue  May 24, 2021 • 10:42:35am

re: #284 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Or, freaked out about popping a black balloon. Could have had nothing to do with a future sibling and everything to do with a POP! SCREAM!

19 seconds. GMTA.

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Eventual Carrion  May 24, 2021 • 10:48:30am

re: #294 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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You call a goat fucker a goat fucker if he has fucked goats. You don’t call someone a goat fucker if they have never fucked a goat. This “Nate” seems to be a fake liberal.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  May 24, 2021 • 10:49:10am

re: #284 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Or, freaked out about popping a black balloon. Could have had nothing to do with a future sibling and everything to do with a POP! SCREAM!

To me the most noticeable thing about the video is the mother acting like a toddler and letting go of the balloon when her mind switched from holding the balloon to slapping the existing child over her refusal to cooperate with the stunt.

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plansbandc  May 24, 2021 • 10:53:36am

re: #257 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I think that was meant as a joke, since they didn’t figure out what the gender was supposed to be. Maybe lame, but certainly not an attack on you or me or any of the others here that don’t conform to our “biological” gender.


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