LGF: New Server Update

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Following our move to the new server (seen above, I wish), I’ve been fixing the bugs as quickly as they make themselves known. We upgraded from PHP 5.6 to the latest PHP 8, there were a helluva lot of changes, and some of them were of the crashing variety.

Today I fixed another issue caused by that upgrade: if you were using our two-factor authentication (2FA) feature with a cell phone number, you’ll find when you try to log in that 2FA has been disabled and you can sign in with just your password.

This was necessary because the encryption library I was using to secure cell phone numbers in our database has been rudely eliminated from PHP 8, and I was forced to re-code those functions using the newer openssl libraries. It’s better in the long run, more secure; but the new encryption format is not backward-compatible with the old. Therefore, I’m turning off 2FA for anyone whose number was stored with the old encryption method.

If you wish to re-enable it, just go to your Account Settings and mess around with the Two-Factor Authentication section of that page.

Cell phone auth should actually be more reliable now than it was on the old server, because our new email system supports the DKIM and SPF protocols that help the big email providers know it isn’t spam.

However, also note that I can’t always guarantee things will work smoothly with cell phone 2FA, because the cell companies are always messing with this stuff and changing addresses on us, and I’m too cheap to pay for a service. For those reasons I always recommend that people wishing for the extra security afforded by 2FA use one of the widely available authenticator apps, which we also support. Google Authenticator is a good place to start, but there are many others available for every platform.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:18:39pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:23:14pm

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦
@martinvars
I just took an Uber from Manhattan to Philadelphia. In one hour and 45 minutes different governments charged me $140 in various tolls and taxes.

Did this guy plan his trip to hit every toll in the area?

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Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:25:48pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:28:09pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:29:47pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:33:43pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:36:58pm

[This tweet may have been deleted.]

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:40:53pm

Bring back the old server!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:43:47pm

From the previous thread:

re: #241 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Half of the voters are women, so they’re less likely to recede into the background.

And half of the women voters are conservatives first and women’s rights second.

How many parents are wingnut gun rights absolutists, who care about their guns more than their children?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:44:10pm
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Romantic Heretic  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:47:51pm

re: #8 Crush White Nationalism

I’m betting the Secret Service had a childish accident when seeing that woman so close to the President.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:52:32pm

The new server really is blazing fast. When you click the Image Library button it’s reading recursively through all the images in your library folder — in my case it’s many thousands of images and folders, and it happens in less than a second. Yasss.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:53:33pm

There was a new motel in Scottsbluff since we took off for Canada in August that I noticed on our way home from the auto mechanic.

Its sign out front has a Crusader mascot, along with its sign proclaiming Jesus is Lord in bold letters.

I’d sleep in my Smart before staying in a place like that.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 24, 2022 • 5:57:56pm

I haven’t always been a fan of Charlie Crist but he’s stepping up now. Unfortunately that rotten scumbag DeSantis is 10 points ahead in the polls. But we’ll see. Polls seem to matter less and less these days.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:00:30pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

The new server really is blazing fast. When you click the Image Library button it’s reading recursively through all the images in your library folder — in my case it’s many thousands of images and folders, and it happens in less than a second. Yasss.

Okay, you challenged me to try it. (How did I get forty-four pages of uploaded images anyway? Maybe I should delete some.)

I went back to the very first image I uploaded. It came up almost instantly.

That’s quite the upgrade, Mr. Johnson.

Most of the time computer stuff just throws me, such as when you post Twitter threads of code.

My wife put a sticker on our Smart some years ago she had to explain to me (she is a Linux geek and I can’t figure out how to say “hi” in Linux). The sticker reads

/dev/car

She put it on as a joke to her first hub.

Anyways, my first image here.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:02:17pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:05:19pm

“Subhuman sad trombone Ron “Dead Eyes” DeSantis”

hahahahahaaa

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:10:06pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:13:14pm

niterz, lizardz!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:15:53pm

This might be an interesting book to read.

New Book by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Co-Authored by Atheist (goes to Gaudium Press, a Catholic news publisher)

The book is about a series of letters written between Pope Benedict XVI and an atheist Italian mathematician.

Newsroom(19/10/2022 8:45 PM, Gaudium Press ) “On the Way in Search of Truth” is the new book that contains the exchange of letters and the narration of Benedict XVI’s meetings with the mathematician, Piergiorgio Odifreddi.

Published by Rizzoli, this work presents the letters between Benedict XVI and Odifreddi between 2013 and 2022. The book was publicly presented on 6
October at the Roman University LUMSA (La Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta).

It began in 2011 when Piergiorgio Odifeddi wrote an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI. The letter began with a quote from Joseph Ratzinger’s 1968 book “Introduction to Christianity”, which touched on topics such as Our Lord Jesus Christ and God.

Odifeddi, who was honorary president of the Union of Rationalist and Agnostic Atheists, did not reach out to Benedict again until 2013. After his resignation from the Pontificate, Benedict XVI replied to the Italian mathematician’s letter. A friendship was born then, “a rare thing” when it comes to different positions, explained Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

(more)

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:21:33pm
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A Cranky One  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:26:10pm

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:26:26pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:37:21pm

So, two of the feline overlords were giving me stink-eye tonight because dinner was about 12 minutes late.

Glares of death
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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:40:12pm
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Florida Panhandler  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:41:28pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

I haven’t always been a fan of Charlie Crist but he’s stepping up now. Unfortunately that rotten scumbag DeSantis is 10 points ahead in the polls. But we’ll see. Polls seem to matter less and less these days.

As long as DeSantis sticks to his implied, barely under-the-radar white supremacist strategy he will win. Trust me, I live here.

For how much longer, we’ll see.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:44:22pm

re: #24 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Well?? They do have a point.

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:52:00pm

re: #26 Florida Panhandler

As long as DeSantis sticks to his implied, barely under-the-radar white supremacist strategy he will win. Trust me, I live here.

For how much longer, we’ll see.

I’m old enough to remember when debate performances like DeSantis’ were almost a death knell for a campaign.

I’m also old enough to remember that an old videotape of a candidate bragging about sexual assault would doom a campaign.

None of this stuff matters anymore because between the courts and voter suppression, the system is effectively rigged in their favor.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:56:32pm

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 24, 2022 • 6:58:50pm

re: #243 Florida Panhandler

Tucker Carlson’s show is one of the most important on cable TV, as far as the cable TV business is concerned.

Every week a couple of his episodes are in the top 10 of all cable shows, as far as number of viewers. Only beat by the NFL and playoffs of other sports.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:01:27pm

re: #29 The Pie Overlord!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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30 out of 212. That’s not a lot of support for this bad plan.

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Teukka  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:02:59pm
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William Lewis  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:05:21pm

re: #31 Crush White Nationalism

30 out of 212. That’s not a lot of support for this bad plan.

Still too much.

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Captain Ron  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:09:21pm

YouTube

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:11:43pm

re: #33 William Lewis

Still too much.

Plus it undermines a unified message, namely we will aid a democracy which has been invaded. Rep. Jayapal and the others need to look up the definition of “appeasement.”

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:11:47pm

re: #32 Teukka

I’m not Russian and do not claim to understand the social contract there.

But, that commentator seems to be very much not following the official line.

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:14:45pm

From a thread by the Defense Editor of The Economist:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:17:19pm

re: #36 ckkatz

I’m not Russian and do not claim to understand the social contract there.

But, that commentator seems to be very much not following the official line.

Did that guy get out of the studio alive?

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Teukka  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:17:28pm

re: #36 ckkatz

I’m not Russian and do not claim to understand the social contract there.

But, that commentator seems to be very much not following the official line.

Fresh outta fucks to give is my interpretation…

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:18:31pm

Sounds like someone… may be playing games trying to intimidate the Norwegians… I suspect that, if so, all they are actually doing is highly peeving off the Norwegians.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:22:42pm

re: #29 The Pie Overlord!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

[Embedded content]

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DodgerFan1988  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:23:50pm
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austin_blue  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:25:10pm

Shit. Tornadoes 30 miles north of town.Cars and trucks blown off of I-35 south of Jarrel. Squall line blowing into Austin now.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:25:26pm

re: #34 Captain Ron

Zero-zero ejection seats save lives

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:26:22pm

Also a major link between the Scottish mainland and the Shetland Islands was severed. Supposedly by a fishing vessel. (Apparently fishing vessels severing that line happens a lot.)

So far the indication is that no Russian submarines were involved.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:28:40pm

re: #31 Crush White Nationalism

30 out of 212. That’s not a lot of support for this bad plan.

30 members wrapping around to meet the other party.

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:32:26pm
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austin_blue  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:34:33pm

re: #44 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Zero-zero ejection seats save lives

First jets I flew in the Air Force were T-37 Tweets (We turn JP-4 into ear killing noise!), which, basically, had a mortar round under the seat that blew your ass out of the cockpit. You had better have 400 feet under you, level flight, and 150 knots airspeed if you wanted to live.

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:42:24pm
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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:47:10pm

re: #31 Crush White Nationalism

30 out of 212. That’s not a lot of support for this bad plan.

Interesting thread here:

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:47:35pm
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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:48:26pm

It has been raining here all day. This is at least the second line to come through:

One of my favorite things about modern meteorology is that we talk about clouds in terms of their radar colors.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:50:51pm

re: #51 jaunte

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If this is true, I suspect a Republican got a hold of it.

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austin_blue  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:52:16pm

re: #52 Belafon

It has been raining here all day. This is at least the second line to come through:

[Embedded content]

One of my favorite things about modern meteorology is that we talk about clouds in terms of their radar colors.

We had .03” earlier today. We’ll probably get .3 from this last bit as the squall line fell apart as it came off the Balcones Fault Complex (800’ higher in elevation than we are down in Austin). This is not uncommon.

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:53:42pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:54:26pm

re: #34 Captain Ron

Ukrainian or Russian pilot?

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:58:42pm
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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 7:59:08pm

re: #53 Belafon

Or it’s just a huge uncoordinated footshootin screwup.

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:01:18pm
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darthstar  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:02:46pm

Went in for my tooth cleaning this morning at 8am. Walk into my dentist’s office and hear the opening drum riff for this song. It is good knowing one’s dentist has a decent taste in music…usually he has The English Beat or Specials on…this was followed by Old Crow Medicine Show’s Wagon Wheel.

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Original)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:03:28pm

re: #43 austin_blue

Shit. Tornadoes 30 miles north of town.Cars and trucks blown off of I-35 south of Jarrel. Squall line blowing into Austin now.

Stay safe.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:04:44pm

Second thread I’ve posted today from a parent who’s child notified them of an active shooter at school.

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:07:29pm
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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:09:25pm

re: #29 The Pie Overlord!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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Happily (or unhappily, if you would prefer to get accurate information from newspapers without needing to check the source), that “summary” doesn’t represent the content of the letter.

Which is not to say that I approve — they say that any diplomatic solution would have to be acceptable to Ukraine, and don’t seem to realize that’s another way for saying no negotiations at this time. The letter is a waste of paper (and/or electrons). It’s also signed by my Congresscritter, so I may need to waste some electrons myself.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:12:45pm
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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:14:06pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:14:08pm

Huh, imagine that.

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piratedan  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:20:50pm

re: #46 Belafon

I suspect ratfucking, the timing is too coincidental. Also, look at the immediate GOP framing regarding what was actually stated, as an interpretation to what was in the actual memo (from months ago, when the war was very much a slog with incremental progress).

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:23:26pm
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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:24:18pm
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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:25:44pm

re: #68 piratedan

I suspect ratfucking, the timing is too coincidental. Also, look at the immediate GOP framing regarding what was actually stated, as an interpretation to what was in the actual memo (from months ago, when the war was very much a slog with incremental progress).

I didn’t see anything about the date of the original letter when I posted my comment above (for the good reason that it wasn’t there to see). That makes more sense, given the actual text of the letter.

Democrats in array — you hate to see it (if you’re a repug or a Putin toadie).

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:30:17pm

They do get around in paragraph ten to say it was atheists defending children and parents from Christians. Rumours of Proud Boys as antagonists turned out to be false.

SOUTH BEND, Ind., —- An all-age drag show put on by the LGBTQ Center of South Bend drew out dozens of protesters including religious groups and members of the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group. Several police officers also had to respond to keep the peace.

The LGBTQ Center executive director told ABC57 they upped security and even alerted South Bend Police after getting threats about the Proud Boys coming to the show, but Friday’s protest was largely driven by members of religious groups speaking out against the all-age event that welcomed local families.

(more)

Protests erupt outside all-age drag show put on by LGBTQ Center (WBND-LD, South Bend, ABC)

LD is the FCC’s designation for a low-power digital television station.

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Captain Ron  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:32:47pm

Hmmm, David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who is going to be the new fourteenth Doctor Who.

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:34:42pm
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Captain Ron  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:37:15pm

YouTube

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:38:13pm

I did not know this. Baby bats use pacifiers for comfort like babies do.
reddit.com

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Jay C  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:38:57pm

re: #73 Captain Ron

Hmmm, David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who is going to be the new fourteenth Doctor Who.

Only, it seems, for one episode (/special?) - Ncuti Gatwa is still listed as the Fourteenth Doctor for (what one presumes is) Season 14.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:44:02pm

re: #73 Captain Ron

Hmmm, David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who is going to be the new fourteenth Doctor Who.

Not quite, but there’s something going on (hint: that wasn’t a regeneration, the clothes don’t change.)

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TedStriker  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:45:38pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

ZOOM ZOOM

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:47:09pm

G’night.

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:47:11pm

Here is the direct link to the letter:

House Progressive letter on Ukraine

It’s only about 8 paragraphs long. I made an effort to copy it in the “private” section below. (To save page length for those not interested.)

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Frum has, I think, a good point about the letter:

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:52:03pm

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 24, 2022 • 8:56:16pm

re: #73 Captain Ron

Hmmm, David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who is going to be the new fourteenth Doctor Who.

re: #77 Jay C

Only, it seems, for one episode (/special?) - Ncuti Gatwa is still listed as the Fourteenth Doctor for (what one presumes is) Season 14.

re: #78 Belafon

Not quite, but there’s something going on (hint: that wasn’t a regeneration, the clothes don’t change.)

Tennant is the Fourteenth Doctor (with Donna Noble in tow), which will cover the 60th Anniversary specials, which is 3 episode coming in Nov 2023. Then Ncuti Gatwa will be the Fifteenth Doctor (Series 14 ->)

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:06:37pm
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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:10:29pm

re: #84 jaunte

Ha!

So mtg simply got up and walked out of the show.

Nicely done!

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jaunte  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:11:51pm

re: #85 ckkatz

Too weak to stand next to an opponent’s ad.

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JC1  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:19:14pm

We were warned.. 5/6

Click to Reveal

Wordle 493 5/6

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ckkatz  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:20:50pm

Sweet scaly dreams to all, it’s time for me to head to bed.

And for the Dad joke:

My son asked me, “Why do you keep buying vinyl?”
I said, “Records are….always a sound purchase.”

Until the morrow!

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:36:26pm

re: #82 ckkatz

Thanks.

I should provide everyone an update on Rex: he’s gonna kill me first. So, as I described, yesterday was a bad day, and with him being 14, and on the heels of our other dog unexpectedly having to be out to sleep, we were all prepared for the worst. Except him.

He gets up this morning, he eats, and he wonders around like yesterday never happened. I wasn’t going to leave it at that. For all i know, this could be a temporary rebound, so I took him to the vet. The vet checks his heart and lungs and is surprised that not only is his heart still doing OK, but there’s no fluid on the lungs or anything he can find that might cause yesterday’s behavior. Just to be sure, he starts checking other organs. Guess what guys: dogs don’t like prostate exams either. Not only was Rex like “Oh, no you don’t” during it, when we put him down on the floor, he was roaming all around the room looking for someone to blame. Definitely not acting like yesterday.

So I still have a dog, which IS a good thing. I guess we’re still all edgy over losing Zero last month and didn’t want to get caught again not expecting the worst. But going from being what he was yesterday to what he’s been like today is, in its way, a bit nerve wracking.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 9:39:03pm

And believe me, I was more prepared for the end than the continuing.

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Sherlock Hound  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:08:01pm

About where I’m feeling.

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Belafon  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:18:05pm

re: #91 Sherlock Hound

How many of you twitter users be willing to pay for a service that costs $1/month? And how many people do you think would be willing to pay that for a service?

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Amory Blaine  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:37:40pm

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William Lewis  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:43:02pm

re: #93 Amory Blaine

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Sherlock Hound  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:50:22pm

re: #92 Belafon

That would depend on what I would get out of it. There are assumptions that are doing a lot of the work. Elon could close on the deal right this minute, and I still wouldn’t know.

If micropayments had only been successful then yes, I would pay. As it is, the only service I have justified paying for is Scribd, the documents and ebook service. I guarantee that I can read SOMETHING once a month in the three languages I know. Can’t say the same for Netflix, etc.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 24, 2022 • 10:59:08pm

re: #87 JC1

We were warned.. 5/6

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 24, 2022 • 11:04:52pm

re: #93 Amory Blaine

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Amory Blaine  Oct 24, 2022 • 11:22:10pm

re: #94 William Lewis

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Amory Blaine  Oct 24, 2022 • 11:22:51pm

re: #97 Hecuba’s daughter

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 24, 2022 • 11:36:57pm

re: #98 Amory Blaine

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dell*nix  Oct 25, 2022 • 12:15:40am

re: #48 austin_blue

The 500lb dog whistle. I was at Perrin AFB in 1968/69 working as armament on the F/TF-102A.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 1:36:22am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Pretty classic for a Tech evangelist guy to get ripped off by an Uber driver and then blame it on socialism.

In Free Market Paradise, every road is a toll road.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 1:43:11am

re: #47 ckkatz

In the Vladimir region🇷🇺, the local meat processing plant gave mobilised men a piece of salami for the journey. It also helped them to get warm clothes and sleeping bags.
Happiness shines out of their eyes.

Just look at the “gleam” in their eyes.

That is some world-class trolling right there

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 1:48:39am

“Quiet Quitting” has become a buzzword for some time now, but “Quiet Firing” has been a thing for ages.

From the BBC;

Employers are often reluctant to fire employees for myriad reasons. But quietly side-lining them in the hope that they’ll quit often leads to even greater harm.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:02:08am

re: #89 Belafon

Welcome to the roller coaster ride that is aging. I’m there right next my two old dogs (one is 15, the other 17). Some days I feel like shit, some days I feel like a puppy. I’m learning to enjoy my puppy days when they happen cuz getting old sucks.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:08:46am

Bloomberg is reporting that Adidas is gonna announce they’re dropping Kanye West (or Yeezy or Ye or whatever he’s calling himself this year).

Adidas AG plans to end its partnership with Kanye West following a rash of offensive behavior from the rapper and designer that turned a once-thriving shoe brand into a lightning rod for criticism, according to people familiar with the matter.

The German sports company may announce the move as early as Tuesday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because discussions are private. A representative for Adidas didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Adidas would join Gap Inc. and Kering SA’s Balenciaga fashion label in prematurely cutting ties with West, who now goes by Ye. The rapper has made controversial statements, including antisemitic social media posts in recent weeks, and has moved to cut ties with his corporate partners. Ye couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

The Adidas decision follows weeks of deliberations inside the company, which over the past decade has built the Yeezy line — together with Ye — into a brand that’s accounted for as much as 8% of Adidas’s total sales, according to several estimates from Wall Street analysts.

bloomberg.com (note: article is paywalled - to get around that, copypaste the article link into archive dot ph, click the box that you’re not a robot, and you’ll be able to read it in its entirety)

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:14:47am

re: #106 Dr Lizardo

Reuters has picked up the story now as well: reuters.com

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:32:58am

Gah. X/6/3

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:40:22am

re: #81 ckkatz

Tl;dr. Dear Mr. President, we want a unicorn.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 2:53:38am

re: #32 Teukka

Victor Olevich is probably still a US citizen.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:02:38am

For anyone interested, in this part of Europe we’re having a partial solar eclipse, which you can watch live here: Částečné zatmění Slunce (ŽIVĚ)

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TarHellion  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:02:45am

Whew. Got lucky on guess three to at least get a par. Have a great day/night folks!

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TarHellion  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:09:37am

Jeanne Tripplehorn performs Shattered in the voice of Julie Andrews - with Eddie Vedder. Been around for a while but was sent by a friend via one of our favorite Substack baseball writers.

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“Shattered” (The Rolling Stones Cover) - Eddie Vedder & Jeanne Tripplehorn

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:20:57am

Waiting for his Christmas album: Oh Come all Ye Faithfulre: #111 Dr Lizardo

For anyone interested, in this part of Europe we’re having a partial solar eclipse, which you can watch live here:

we are overcast, so a non-starter here

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:27:04am

current state of Tory leadership:

Mitchell and Webb - Kill The Poor

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No Malarkey!  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:33:08am

re: #106 Dr Lizardo

Bloomberg is reporting that Adidas is gonna announce they’re dropping Kanye West (or Yeezy or Ye or whatever he’s calling himself this year).

bloomberg.com (note: article is paywalled - to get around that, copypaste the article link into archive dot ph, click the box that you’re not a robot, and you’ll be able to read it in its entirety)

It’s good to know that there are still consequences for being an out and proud genocidal anti-semite.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:36:02am

Brand name history: Q Tips. From the company site

1926 - The product was originally called Baby Gays and in 1926, the labels were changed to read Q-tips® Baby Gays. Later, the name Baby Gays was discarded and Q-tips® became the identifying mark for cotton swabs. The “Q” in Q-tips® stands for quality and the word “tips” describes the cotton swab at the end of the stick.

What would Ron DeSantis have to say about this?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:37:49am

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Youtube Video


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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:40:08am

re: #93 Amory Blaine

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:45:45am

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

Brand name history: Q Tips. From the company site

1926 - The product was originally called Baby Gays and in 1926, the labels were changed to read Q-tips® Baby Gays. Later, the name Baby Gays was discarded and Q-tips® became the identifying mark for cotton swabs. The “Q” in Q-tips® stands for quality and the word “tips” describes the cotton swab at the end of the stick.

What would Ron DeSantis have to say about this?

Related? 🤔

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:50:21am

re: #120 Teukka

And Jerry Falwell with the Teletubbies…

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:50:56am

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

current state of Tory leadership:

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That line, “We’ve had this conversation before” always gets a laugh out of me.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:51:54am

re: #122 Dr Lizardo

That line, “We’ve had this conversation before” always gets a laugh out of me.

because they have. Remember Boris’ plans for “herd immunity” at the very outset of Covid?

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:54:13am

re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And Jerry Falwell with the Teletubbies…

At least in Peppa there’s indeed LGBT content, where’s with Teletubbies those are likely projections of secret desires.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:58:50am

re: #124 Nyet

At least in Peppa there’s indeed LGBT content, where’s with Teletubbies those are likely projections of secret desires.

purple triangles

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 25, 2022 • 3:59:28am
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A Three Hour Tour  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:00:31am

re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

purple triangles

And Tinky-Winky carried a purse, which was one of the things Falwell, Sr. zoomed in on.

The Falwell flap led one guy to dress as Tinky-Winky in West Virginia’s first Pride Parade.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:04:07am
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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:08:05am
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Thanos  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:22:07am

Charles

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:23:12am

Seeing that Adidas has pulled the trigger and ended its partnership with Kanye West:

Adidas on Tuesday ended its partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after the musician made a series of offensive and antisemitic comments.

Adidas said in a statement: “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”

“After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.”

It said this would have a short-term negative impact of up to 250 million euros ($246 million) on net income in 2022 due to high seasonality in the fourth quarter.

cnbc.com

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:34:39am

It’s summer at least until the end of October here.

One time when global warming helps…

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:36:57am

re: #133 Nyet

It’s summer at least until the end of October here.

One time when global warming helps…

Here in Czech Republic, they’re talking “continuing mild weather with above average temperatures” until mid-November.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:42:26am

re: #134 Dr Lizardo

I see that in Ostrava the weather is currently significantly cooler than where I am, but 17-20 degC is still pretty warm for this period!

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:44:50am

re: #135 Nyet

I see that in Ostrava the weather is currently significantly cooler than where I am, but 17-20 degC is still pretty warm for this period!

Yeah, it’s not bad at all. By Czech standards, 17 to 20 C is shorts and sandals weather.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:46:31am

Putin wept.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:46:40am

re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Quiet Quitting” has become a buzzword for some time now, but “Quiet Firing” has been a thing for ages.

From the BBC;

Employers are often reluctant to fire employees for myriad reasons. But quietly side-lining them in the hope that they’ll quit often leads to even greater harm.

It didn’t work so well for Initech.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:46:43am

re: #136 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, it’s not bad at all. By Czech standards, 17 to 20 C is shorts and sandals weather.

I was going to say, that’s, what, 65-72 °F or so? That’s pretty damn good fall weather in most places in the world.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:51:53am

re: #139 Dopamine Fish

The weather forecast for the next 7 days gives from 18 to 25 degC here (64 to 77 degF).

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:53:25am

Another one…

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:53:45am

re: #140 Nyet

The weather forecast for the next 7 days gives from 18 to 25 degC here (64 to 77 degF).

By contrast, the forecast for my part of the United States gives highs around 52 °F (11.1 C).

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:54:09am

re: #139 Dopamine Fish

I was going to say, that’s, what, 65-72 °F or so? That’s pretty damn good fall weather in most places in the world.

Yeah, it certainly is. The only people grumbling here are the hardcore winter sports types, who want to go skiing/snowboarding ASAP.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:56:50am

re: #141 Teukka

Another one…

Reminds me.

en.m.wikipedia.org

(His book about the Inquisition was good.)

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 4:59:51am

Looks like Jacob Rees-Mogg, the caricature of a Victorian undertaker, has resigned from the British government:

Goodbye and good riddance.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:00:55am

re: #145 Dr Lizardo

Looks like Jacob Rees-Mogg, the caricature of a Victorian undertaker, has resigned from the British government:

Goodbye and good riddance.

Addition by subtraction, as it were. I’m guessing he has a mad because he wasn’t popular enough to stand for PM? Whatever the reason, nothing of value was lost.

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:04:37am
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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:06:06am
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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:06:52am

re: #146 Dopamine Fish

Addition by subtraction, as it were. I’m guessing he has a mad because he wasn’t popular enough to stand for PM? Whatever the reason, nothing of value was lost.

He was a “Boris or Bust” Johnson headbanger. I’m not all that surprised he tendered his resignation.

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Florida Panhandler  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:07:17am

re: #42 DodgerFan1988

…And our utterly corrupt SCOTUS will rule 5-4 with the once-absurd decision that yes, state legislatures can in fact nullify the popular vote and send purely political party hack electors to vote for President.

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lawhawk  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:10:43am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ummm… If you’ve taken the Holland Tunnel, there’s precisely zero reason to take the Goethals or the Bayonne Westbound (westbound it out of NYC, not in). Goethals and Bayonne Bridges connects Staten Island to NJ. Holland Tunnel connects Manhattan to NJ. Once you’re in NJ, you’d then connect with the NJ Turnpike that will get you down to the PA Turnpike Extension or I195 and you can get off the Turnpike and take non-toll roads.

Total cost to get from NYC (Manhattan to Philly Broad Street) on the NJ Turnpike from Holland to PA Turnpike Extension: $14.96 EZ pass peak. No outbound toll on the Holland Tunnel. Getting off at Exit 40 that connects back to southern Philly? Another $6.50.

Return trip adds the Holland Tunnel eastbound charge. But total cost round trip is fraction of what was claimed.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:20:47am

re: #151 lawhawk

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jeffreyw  Oct 25, 2022 • 5:49:34am

Good morning!

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:04:45am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:15:20am

re: #145 Dr Lizardo

Looks like Jacob Rees-Mogg, the caricature of a Victorian undertaker, has resigned from the British government:

Goodbye and good riddance.

A man who told us that there was “no natural right” to paid vacation.

Of course not: it is a right that workers have fought for and is a sign of an enlightened society.

Reese-Mogg is someone who wants to see GB revert to the days of Empire and Industrial Revolution, with poor farms and debtors’ prisons.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:19:19am

Remember Lil’ Marco and his white supremacist buddy who supposedly got roughed up by people telling him “Republicans aren’t welcome in this neighborhood” or some such? Remember my skepticism about the incident? It’s not conclusive evidence just yet, but you can imagine my surprise:

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:19:30am

re: #155 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

A man who told us that there was “no natural right” to paid vacation.

Of course not: it is a right that workers have fought for and is a sign of an enlightened society.

Reese-Mogg is someone who wants to see GB revert to the days of Empire and Industrial Revolution, with poor farms and debtors’ prisons.

JRM has been called “the honourable Member for the 19th Century” before, and not without reason.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:21:00am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

JRM has been called “the honourable Member for the 19th Century” before, and not without reason.

Is that akin to my phrase referring to the likes of Rafael Cruz as “the senator from the Great State of Denial”?

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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:39:31am

re: #156 Dopamine Fish

I noted this paragraph in the cited New Times article:

New Times and other members of the media attempted to interview Monzon and his family in his hospital room on October 24 with approval from the hospital’s media department. Former and current members of the Vice City Proud Boys were at the hospital and refused to grant entry to the room.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:44:45am

re: #159 ckkatz

I noted this paragraph in the cited New Times article:

Yes, I saw that as well, from one of the replies. Pretty sus, if you ask me.

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:53:16am
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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:56:44am

re: #160 Dopamine Fish

Yes, I saw that as well, from one of the replies. Pretty sus, if you ask me.

It left me wondering how embedded the Brownshirts Proud Boys were in the Florida gqp. And what that portends.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 25, 2022 • 6:58:08am

re: #161 Belafon

Rule #1 of coming up with a code name: DON’T use your real name!

I mean, I know we shouldn’t expect much from these idiots, but still.

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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:00:00am
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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:02:22am

I remember how a CPAC stage coincidentally resembling this rune caused a brouhaha last year.

Telegram

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:02:29am

re: #164 ckkatz

“I know the sun shines on other countries, but maybe we can turn it down a bit for ours?”

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:03:11am

re: #164 ckkatz

My brain hurts trying to understand what passes for logic in her statement. I just… you… huh?

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:04:18am

re: #151 lawhawk

Ummm… If you’ve taken the Holland Tunnel, there’s precisely zero reason to take the Goethals or the Bayonne Westbound (westbound it out of NYC, not in). Goethals and Bayonne Bridges connects Staten Island to NJ. Holland Tunnel connects Manhattan to NJ. Once you’re in NJ, you’d then connect with the NJ Turnpike that will get you down to the PA Turnpike Extension or I195 and you can get off the Turnpike and take non-toll roads.

Total cost to get from NYC (Manhattan to Philly Broad Street) on the NJ Turnpike from Holland to PA Turnpike Extension: $14.96 EZ pass peak. No outbound toll on the Holland Tunnel. Getting off at Exit 40 that connects back to southern Philly? Another $6.50.

Return trip adds the Holland Tunnel eastbound charge. But total cost round trip is fraction of what was claimed.

Hmm. Checking inbound from Detroit to Brooklyn on my EZ-Pass:
Ohio Turnpike: 8.75
Holland Tunnel: 16.00

Outbound Brooklyn to Wilkes-Barre:
Delaware Water Gap: 1.25
PA Turnpike: 1.70

Wilkes-Barre to Detroit:
Ohio Turnpike: 8.75

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:04:38am

re: #165 Nyet

I remember how a CPAC stage coincidentally resembling this rune caused a brouhaha last year.

[Embedded content]

My company’s internet policy software has said “Nope, you can’t click on that.” What’s going on?

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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:04:57am

re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg

The interesting thing is that her last name, which for many people comes from the location they were born in, is actually a Slovakian municipality. A certain lizard here might know something about Ostrove.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:05:59am

re: #169 Belafon

My company’s internet policy software has said “Nope, you can’t click on that.” What’s going on?

It’s Telegram, which doesn’t surprise me that it’s blocked by corporate. Image appears to be of a Ukrainian fin-stabilized mortar shell with a note written on it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:06:26am

re: #167 Dopamine Fish

My brain hurts trying to understand what passes for logic in her statement. I just… you… huh?

America First, fuck what goes on in other countries!

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:06:37am

re: #169 Belafon

A Telegram embed.

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sagehen  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:06:55am

re: #162 ckkatz

It left me wondering how embedded the Brownshirts Proud Boys were in the Florida gqp. And what that portends.

they’ve taken over several counties’ GOP exec committees. Including Miami-Dade.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:07:10am

Waukesha trial shit show. It’s verdict day I think. He’s going to stall as much as he can.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:07:47am

re: #172 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

America First, fuck what goes on in other countries!

Which, if that’s what she wants to say, more power to her, but… we’re ALREADY “do[ing] better.” What, exactly, does she want us to do that’s going to be even better-er?

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lawhawk  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:09:10am

re: #164 ckkatz

US inflation rate is lower than average OECD countries. That means we’re doing better than other countries. Those that are doing better than the US often have certain specific things that affect their inflation rate: they aren’t nearly as exposed to fossil fuel price shocks.

Japan and France are lower - their reliance on nuclear power helps reduce exposure to fossil fuel pricing.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:09:33am

Wordle sucks again.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:09:59am

re: #171 Dopamine Fish

It says “From the Horse to the katsaps [an ethnic slur against Russians]”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:10:19am

re: #176 Dopamine Fish

Inflation is BIDEN’s fault for giving away so much free government money to people who don’t even work. And rising gas prices are BIDEN’s fault for not building more pipelines, opening up more land for drilling and not getting rid of irksome government environmental, health and safety regulations.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:12:24am

re: #153 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

Hen party
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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:14:52am

re: #170 ckkatz

The interesting thing is that her last name, which for many people comes from the location they were born in, is actually a Slovakian municipality. A certain lizard here might know something about Ostrove.

In Czech, “Ostrově” would be grammatically used to reflect “in” or “from”. For example, “Jsem v Ostravě”, which would translate to “I am in Ostrava”.

So, her name would mean “Erika in Ostrov”, as Ostrov could likely be a reference to Malý Žitný ostrov, or Little Rye Island (the word ostrov meaning island) in Slovakia.

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mmmirele  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:17:14am

re: #161 Belafon

It’s stuff like this that makes me loath to give up Twitter, because there’s a lot of crowdsourced research going on to expose these creeps.

In any case, Josh Marshall had this to say about Ye (Kanye) losing his gig and I approve completely, all the way down to the FUCK THAT!

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:17:49am

re: #182 Dr Lizardo

In Czech, “Ostrově” would be grammatically used to reflect “in” or “from”. For example, “Jsem v Ostravě”, which would translate to “I am in Ostrava”.

So, her name would mean “Erika in Ostrov”, as Ostrov could likely be a reference to Malý Žitný ostrov, or Little Rye Island (the word ostrov meaning island) in Slovakia.

I don’t think it works without a preposition.

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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:18:27am

re: #169 Belafon

My company’s internet policy software has said “Nope, you can’t click on that.” What’s going on?

re: #171 Dopamine Fish

It’s Telegram, which doesn’t surprise me that it’s blocked by corporate. Image appears to be of a Ukrainian fin-stabilized mortar shell with a note written on it.

re: #179 Nyet

It says “From the Horse to the katsaps [an ethnic slur against Russians]”.

The message written in black magic marker on the mortar shell appears to have an Othala/Odel rune in it. This is the same shape that the Spring 2021 CPAC stage had. The Nazi’s appropriated and used a number of Futhark runes including the Othala.

washingtonpost.com

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wrenchwench  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:22:50am
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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:24:33am

re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Inflation is BIDEN’s fault for giving away so much free government money to people who don’t even work. And rising gas price’s are BIDEN’s fault for not building more pipelines, opening up more land for drilling and not getting rid of irksome government environmental, health and safety regulations.

Sigh. I’m sure that’s what she’s driving at. You can’t fix stupid.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:25:47am

re: #184 Nyet

I don’t think it works without a preposition.

Yeah, it doesn’t. But maybe her background hails from that region - Little Rye Island is on the Hungarian/Slovak border and split between the two, so it’s possible her family might’ve come from that area. Apparently, no one lives on the Slovak part of the island, but the Hungarian part of the island is populated.

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wrenchwench  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:26:04am

No time to birdle. Off to work. Back in 8 or 9 hours.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:26:07am

RATIO OF THE DAY

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:29:52am

re: #185 ckkatz

We were watching some of Rings of Power and I went to look up the name Durin. The wiki I ended up at (and I don’t remember which one but I think it’s one of the standard LOTR wikis) has been written to make sure that the reader knows that the names were written in Norse writing everywhere they have been seen in LOTR. It says this more than once.

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:31:10am

re: #190 The Pie Overlord!

RATIO OF THE DAY

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I’m worried about the 1000 people that have liked her tweet.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:31:43am

re: #185 ckkatz

The message written in black magic marker on the mortar shell appears to have an Othala/Odel rune in it. This is the same shape that the Spring 2021 CPAC stage had. The Nazi’s appropriated and used a number of Futhark runes including the Othala.

washingtonpost.com

The rune-like CPAC shape was similar to another variation of odal, the one with the two additional bottom elemens (the pretty respectable company that designed the stage explained it with functional needs; though I wouldn’t exclude some progressive designer punking the right).

Note that this is not the only rune on the missile. Neo-Nazi-appropriated symbols, like the Totenkopf, the “out-of-context” runes, the Black Sun, have sure been leaking a lot into the “public square” both from the Russian and the Ukrainian side, apparently due to the PR people who release various videos and photos on social networks being ignorant (well, that’s the optimistic explanation).

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:35:09am

re: #187 Dopamine Fish

Sigh. I’m sure that’s what she’s driving at. You can’t fix stupid.

That is Right Wing doctrine and dogma.

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mmmirele  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:36:12am

re: #175 GlutenFreeJesus

Waukesha trial shit show. It’s verdict day I think. He’s going to stall as much as he can.

Naw, this is a jury trial and there haven’t been closing arguments yet. It’s my understanding the judge has 70 to 100 pages of jury instructions to read. Then there are all the counts to get through. I’ll be surprised if the case goes to the jury today, and even after the jury gets it, it’s going to take a while for them to get through the paperwork.

Yesterday the defendant had built a box fort around his table and the judge had the bailiffs remove the boxes to a cart. You can see that action at about 1 minute into this video. (Yes, I know, it’s Fox News, but it’s a courthouse feed.)

Darrell Brooks pounds fist & screams at judge after she takes away his box wall | LiveNOW from FOX

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:37:10am

re: #190 The Pie Overlord!

RATIO OF THE DAY

we are in more danger because we are apprehending more terrorists?

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cat-tikvah  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:39:11am

re: #152 Dopamine Fish

“New Jersey - you’ll pay to get out of here!”

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:39:17am

Alexey Pavlov, an assistant of a secretary of the Security Council of the RF, has published an article calling for a desatanization/deshaitanization of Ukraine.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:39:52am

re: #183 mmmirele

You mean society isn’t as tolerant of bigoted, racist and regressive opinions at is used be?

//

That’s why there are “consequences” for having a controversial opinion when there were not before.

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:41:54am

re: #198 Nyet

Alexey Pavlov, an assistant of a secretary of the Security Council of the RF, has published an article calling for a desatanization/deshaitanization of Ukraine.

Then degoblinization, then derastafarianation, then deomletization.

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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:42:38am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:43:17am

re: #200 Belafon

Then degoblinization, then derastafarianation, then deomletization.

Followed by deflyingspaghettimonstrization

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jaunte  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:46:18am
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ckkatz  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:48:19am

re: #141 Teukka

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:48:50am

re: #203 jaunte

Cut taxes, rescind government regulations and ban gay grooming & abortion.

The answer to everything.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:48:53am

re: #195 mmmirele

Ah yes. My bad. Once the jury starts with the verdict talks I doubt it will take them very long.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:54:56am

re: #206 GlutenFreeJesus

Ah yes. My bad. Once the jury starts with the verdict talks I doubt it will take them very long.

Shouldn’t take them much longer than 15 minutes, honestly.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 7:59:16am

re: #183 mmmirele

Nobody has a right to a platform.

Freedom of Speech as guaranteed in the Constitution states that “CONGRESS shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”

Nothing there about private companies “cancelling” anyone.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:01:32am

re: #198 Nyet

Alexey Pavlov, an assistant of a secretary of the Security Council of the RF, has published an article calling for a desatanization/deshaitanization of Ukraine.

You have a link for that? 👀 👀 👀

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:02:16am

re: #208 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Nobody has a right to a platform.

Freedom of Speech as guaranteed in the Constitution states that “CONGRESS shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”

Nothing there about private companies “cancelling” anyone.

That’s what Republicans are trying to change. They want, so bad, for big tech platforms like Twitter to be forced to give anybody and everybody a platform. I’m reminded of the post I once wrote on the subject that ended, “fuck Nazis,” but the sad reality is that to Republicans, being forced to host Nazis is a feature, not a bug.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:04:50am

re: #210 Dopamine Fish

That’s what Republicans are trying to change. They want, so bad, for big tech platforms like Twitter to be forced to give anybody and everybody a platform. I’m reminded of the post I once wrote on the subject that ended, “fuck Nazis,” but the sad reality is that to Republicans, being forced to host Nazis is a feature, not a bug.

If the GOP want to nationalize those online platforms and declare them the public square, then go ahead try, we will all cheer you on as you demonstrate your devotion to promoting Free Enterprise and your disdain of Government Interference.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:05:25am

re: #210 Dopamine Fish

That’s what Republicans are trying to change. They want, so bad, for big tech platforms like Twitter to be forced to give anybody and everybody a platform. I’m reminded of the post I once wrote on the subject that ended, “fuck Nazis,” but the sad reality is that to Republicans, being forced to host Nazis is a feature, not a bug.

They might get their wish with Twitter pretty soon. I wouldn’t be surprised if Musk starts banning Democrats en masse once he takes over.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:06:39am

re: #212 Eclectic Cyborg

They might get their wish with Twitter pretty soon. I wouldn’t be surprised if Musk starts banning Democrats en masse once he takes over.

Not like most of them won’t leave the instant he reinstates Trump. You really think anybody aside from his pathetic toadies actually WANTS to see his firehose of misinformation on full blast?

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:09:48am
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Dr. Matt  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:11:01am

*snort*

“Comedy” break…..

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:12:08am

re: #214 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

To the senator from the Great State of Denial: What purpose, exactly, is served by his visiting the southern border? Are you hoping he will catch some immigrants in the act of swimming across the Rio Grande, and personally shoot them or beat them with horse reins? It’s not like you idiots ever shut up about it, so I imagine he is quite well aware of what’s going on at the southern border, and what he intends to do about it (namely, nothing different from what he has been doing, because as you keep illustrating so effectively, IT’S FUCKING WORKING).

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Dr. Matt  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:14:48am

re: #195 mmmirele

I haven’t been following this too closely other than a few clips here and there….but why is he in a separate room from the Judge and prosecutors?

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:19:19am
On Sunday, when I logged onto Twitter, the first thing I saw was someone calling me a lampshade made of human skin. Then, a comment saying I’ll be first in line when they get the ovens up and running again. Over on Instagram, where I’d posted a picture of me cuddling a goat, someone commented: “Kanye West was right about you people.”

Over on the opposite coast, I saw that the neo-Nazi group the Goyim Defense League had dropped a banner over the 405 highway in Los Angeles: “Honk if you know Kanye is right about the Jews.” Beside it was a citation of Revelations 3:9. (“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie.”)

For weeks, Kanye West’s media tour has drawn on a plethora of very old and very lethal antisemitic stereotypes, the kind that sometimes lead to synagogue massacres: It’s the Jewish media, the Jewish record execs, and “certain businessmen” he can’t trust that have malformed his life. All of this has had some predictable consequences — suspension from Twitter and Instagram, stern condemnations from the Anti-Defamation League, canceled collaborations. It’s also led to yet more invitations from media has-beens for West, who now goes by Ye, to continue explaining himself, followed by more coverage of every new antisemitic utterance.

It may be tempting to dismiss Ye’s comments as the blather of a blowhard. Were this the extent of American animus against its tiny Jewish minority, those shrugging their shoulders might be right. But these sentiments are just the tip of a much longer spear. Ye’s comments come at a time of escalating right-wing violence, a delicate tipping point that takes little to tilt into chaos.

When someone with a big platform says the things that have led to mass slaughter of a people within living memory, it gives permission, it turns up the heat on the perpetual simmer of prejudice, and it builds hate’s strength.

Kanye West’s antisemitic rants are the tip of a much longer spear (BusinessInsider)

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:20:01am

re: #178 The Pie Overlord!

Wordle sucks again.

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jaunte  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:20:40am

re: #217 Dr. Matt

He can’t/won’t control himself:

Brooks participated from a spare courtroom after being removed for repeated interruptions.

The spare room is connected to the main courtroom through audio and video technology.

Judge Jennifer Dorow muted Brooks for a majority of the process.

“Let’s cut the crap,” Brooks said after accusing Dorow of lying and ignoring him.

On some turns, Brooks would refuse to fill out the sheet or give it back to the bailiff.

“You can’t hold the sheet hostage,” Dorow said.

Jurors were removed from the room during this process to “protect Brooks’ dignity.”
cbs58.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:22:29am

re: #218 Crush White Nationalism

It is about making this sort of Anti-Semitism “mainstream” and acceptable in public discourse.

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Dr. Matt  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:23:12am

re: #218 Crush White Nationalism

Kanye West’s antisemitic rants are the tip of a much longer spear (BusinessInsider)

President Obama summed him up nicely, “He’s jackass”, following the Taylor Swift incident. Looking back at that incident, it was clear he’s a deeply disturbed human and yet was continually rewarded.

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Dr. Matt  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:24:38am

re: #220 jaunte

He can’t/won’t control himself:

Wow. What a shit show. Thanks for catching me up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:25:53am

Even worse, Kanye’s fish boyfriend dropped him.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:33:03am

“Gay Fish” (Original Music) - SOUTH PARK

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BlueSpotinAL  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:33:31am

Fellow lizard.

Good morning from Castillo San Felipe del Morro
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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:34:13am

Let’s talk about Arizona and baseless theories….

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:35:04am

re: #91 Sherlock Hound
I’m looking for a Twitter alternative but I guess Tribel is out.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:36:39am

re: #178 The Pie Overlord!

Wordle sucks again.

Your assessment is accurate.
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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:36:48am

re: #198 Nyet

Alexey Pavlov, an assistant of a secretary of the Security Council of the RF, has published an article calling for a desatanization/deshaitanization of Ukraine.

re: #209 Teukka

You have a link for that? 👀 👀 👀

NVM… WTFITSBBQ?

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:37:50am

re: #209 Teukka

You have a link for that? 👀 👀 👀

aif.ru

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:38:24am
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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:38:54am

re: #231 Nyet

aif.ru

Found an alternate source. Holey moley is that out there…

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Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:38:55am

Charles, I have a challenge for you. When we put things like temperature and distance into our comments, allow us to mark them up with special tags, and then allow the readers to be able to see those values in other units.

No, I don’t think this is easy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:39:29am

re: #230 Teukka

Meanwhile in Russia: since Putin’s phony “denazification” never made any sense, now Russia’s Security Council is absurdly calling for the “desatanization” of Ukraine. How embarrassing.

Their dalliance with Iran makes sense in light of them opposing the Great Satan in all His Manifestations.

It plays well with the Russophiles who insist that Russia is the last True Protector of Christianity after the fall of Rome and Constantinople to the Barbarian Infidels.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:41:31am

re: #234 Belafon

Charles, I have a challenge for you. When we put things like temperature and distance into our comments, allow us to mark them up with special tags, and then allow the readers to be able to see those values in other units.

No, I don’t think this is easy.

[span data-temperature='']38[/span] (°X optional)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:43:20am

re: #227 Teukka

Point is, the GOP already has a plan for 2024: make sure that enough electoral votes are disqualified so that neither candidate has a majority, which means that the the election will be thrown to the state delegations, where the GOP will likely still hold the majority.

Watch them even toss out a state where the GOP won just to make it look “balanced” as long as the result is the same: the GOP candidate for President wins despite the outcome of the popular/electoral vote.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:44:08am

re: #236 Teukka

[span data-temperature='']38[/span] (°X optional)

And then the conversions are placed in the tooltip of the element, e.g. °C/°F/K.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:45:54am

re: #234 Belafon

Charles, I have a challenge for you. When we put things like temperature and distance into our comments, allow us to mark them up with special tags, and then allow the readers to be able to see those values in other units.

No, I don’t think this is easy.

Give them 2.54 centimeters and they’ll take 1.625 kilometers!

Murder in the (x*9/5 - 32) degree!!!

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:49:57am

Woah. Some serious respect for the prop makers on 1999’s The Mummy for going the extra mile on this one.

The Mummy’s Golden Book of Amun-Ra Original Prop!

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Dr. Matt  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:51:13am

This needs to be repeated every day:

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Dave In Austin  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:52:07am
243
Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:53:51am

re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Give them 2.54 centimeters and they’ll take 1.625 kilometers!

Murder in the (x*9/5 - 32) degree!!!

Isn’t it either [x * 9/5 + 32] for C to F or [( x-32) * 5/9] for F to C?

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:54:06am

re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:55:28am

re: #235 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Their dalliance with Iran makes sense in light of them opposing the Great Satan in all His Manifestations.

It plays well with the Russophiles who insist that Russia is the last True Protector of Christianity after the fall of Rome and Constantinople to the Barbarian Infidels.

Actually he focuses not on Christianity but on
the so-called traditional religions as such (in Russia this primarily refers to Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism in their allegedly traditional forms), hence the mention of deshaitanization, which the American fundies are unlikely to appreciate.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 25, 2022 • 8:55:28am

re: #242 Dave In Austin

European starlings are an invasive species and need to be eradicated along with English sparrows.

The down-ding is about the invasive species aspect of starlings.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:02:02am

re: #87 JC1

We were warned.. 5/6

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4/6 for the word thing today

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:06:13am

re: #241 Dr. Matt

there are 100 economies with higher inflation rates right now than America.

“But we don’t live in any of those countries! And if we did, it would still be Biden’s Fault for allowing global crises to happen!”

so there, checksmate, libtrads!!!

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:09:30am

re: #244 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

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Dangerman  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:10:33am

Uber charged me a $10 “booking fee” for the privilege of using the app and getting a ride

Nickel and diming everywhere

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:11:03am

re: #243 Hecuba’s daughter

Isn’t it either [x * 9/5 + 32] for C to F or [( x-32) * 5/9] for F to C?

This is my personal °C conversion scale:
0°C =snowtime!
5°C = time to put on a winter coat
10°C = time to put on another layer under your jacket
15°C = borderline for shorts and t-shirts
20°C = room temperature.
25°C = outdoor swimming pool temperature
30°C plus = too hot to be outdoors (unless you are at an outdoor swimming pool)
35°C plus = time to curse Europe for lack of domestic AC

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:14:37am

re: #250 Dangerman

Uber charged me a $10 “booking fee” for the privilege of using the app and getting a ride

Nickel and diming everywhere

From the Uber FAQ:

The booking fee is a variable fee added to every trip you take. Booking Fees help support regulatory, safety, and operational costs.

This fee scales with the distance of the trip and is variable because operational costs scale with the distance of the trip.

The minimum booking fee you can be charged is $1 and the maximum is $10.

It is included in the price you see in the app before you request a ride.

This is not meant to imply I support Uber or agree with this fee, I’m just providing some additional information.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:19:46am

re: #139 Dopamine Fish

I was going to say, that’s, what, 65-72 °F or so? That’s pretty damn good fall weather in most places in the world.

That’s about what it has been here the last few days. Very agreeable weather.

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William Lewis  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:20:33am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is my personal °C conversion scale:
0°C =snowtime!
5°C = time to put on a winter coat
10°C = time to put on another layer under your jacket
15°C = borderline for shorts and t-shirts
20°C = room temperature.
25°C = outdoor swimming pool temperature
30°C plus = too hot to be outdoors (unless you are at an outdoor swimming pool)
35°C plus = time to curse Europe for lack of domestic AC

Heh. Good scale, it goes well with my memories of Germany and the weather down near Nuremburg.

I remember reading that Fahrenheit calibrated his scale by using the temperature that salt water froze at for zero since that was commonly as “cold” a day as there was where he was. Conversely, 100 degrees was as hot as it got there and divided that range by 100. The freezing point for fresh water just happened to be 32.

Don’t know if it’s true but it makes a fun story.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:22:25am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Cold—Dead scale
Squidward version
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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:24:14am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is my personal °C conversion scale:
0°C =snowtime!
5°C = time to put on a winter coat
10°C = time to put on another layer under your jacket
15°C = borderline for shorts and t-shirts
20°C = room temperature.
25°C = outdoor swimming pool temperature
30°C plus = too hot to be outdoors (unless you are at an outdoor swimming pool)
35°C plus = time to curse Europe for lack of domestic AC

This is my (Finnish) temperature chart:

+15°C People in Spain start wearing cap, gloves and quilted jackets. Finns sunbathe.
+10°C French are in vain trying to turn on their central heating. Finns are planting flowers.
+5°C Italian cars won’t start. Finns are enjoying their convertibles
0°C Water freezes. Water in the rivers of Helsinki turns a just a little bit thicker.
-5°C First victims of cold are reported in California. Finns end their Midsummer celebration.
-10°C Scotsmen turn the heat on at their houses. Finns put on their long sleeved shirts.
-20°C Swedes stay firmly indoors. Finns end the barbeque season.
-30°C Half of the Greeks freeze to death. Finns begin to dry the laundry indoors.
-40°C All the fake Santa Clauses move to South. Finnish military cancel their winter maneuvers due the too warm weather.
-50°C Danes chatter off their teeth. Finns rent DVD’s and stay indoors.
-60°C Polar bears evacuate the North Pole. Finnish military winter maneuvers start.
-70°C People living in Siberia move to Moscow. Finns get ****ed off because Finlandia Vodka can’t be kept cold outdoors.
-273,15°C Absolue Zero. Finns say to each other: “Damn it’s cold out there!”
-300°C Hell freezes over. Finland wins the Eurovision song contest.

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:30:06am

re: #256 Teukka

Nice. Though considering the coldest recorded temperature in a settled area was in Yakutia, about -78dC, not entirely accurate. At -50 Siberian children no longer have to go to school though 😉

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:30:41am

re: #255 Colère Tueur de Lapin

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21 F is not that terrible!! At least if there is no wind chill. I don’t even need my warmest coat.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:32:58am

re: #256 Teukka

-300°C Hell freezes over. Finland wins the Eurovision song contest.

I missed Hell Freezing Over in 2006

Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland) 2006 Eurovision Song Contest Winner

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:34:21am

The creepy tone in the first half.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:37:53am

re: #257 Nyet

Nice. Though considering the coldest recorded temperature in a settled area was in Yakutia, about -78dC, not entirely accurate. At -50 Siberian children no longer have to go to school though 😉

It’s like -35°C in Sweden and Finland for school kids to stay home. And the scale is more for comic relief than factual statement. -51.5°C is the coldest ever recorded in Finland.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:40:16am
Disney+ is getting into the timey-wimey business. The streamer will become the new home for “Doctor Who” outside of its native U.K., in a massive shift in the international presence of the long-running British TV institution. The news was announced by Ncuti Gatwa, who is set to become the 15th Doctor, in an interview on “Live with Kelly and Ryan” on Tuesday.

Under this new deal — made by the BBC and Disney Branded Entertainment — new episodes of “Doctor Who” will stream on Disney+ in the United States and all international markets in which the streamer is available. In the U.K. and Ireland, the sci-fi series will continue to air exclusively on the BBC. The deal will begin in November 2023 to coincide with the three specials set to air for the show’s 60th anniversary, and will continue when the show returns for its 14th series.

‘Doctor Who’ Moves from BBC America to Disney+ (IndieWire)

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:40:38am

re: #261 Teukka

It’s like -35°C in Sweden and Finland for school kids to stay home. And the scale is more for comic relief than factual statement. -51.5°C is the coldest ever recorded in Finland.

-40 (°F or C) is generally the rule here, unless a school has problems with freezing water pipes due to cold. In January, lows routinely dip into the -30’s Fahrenheit, but most commercial vehicles have block heaters - and many consumer ones, too.

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Teukka  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:40:54am

re: #259 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I missed Hell Freezing Over in 2006

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Let’s just say that it isn’t them controlling the media… /S

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William Lewis  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:41:52am

re: #262 Crush White Nationalism

‘Doctor Who’ Moves from BBC America to Disney+ (IndieWire)

So much for watching the Doctor.

266
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:42:31am

re: #264 Teukka

Let’s just say that it isn’t them controlling the media… /S

I have experienced -20°C in Finland, I recall seeing a drunk Finn parade past the bar bare-chested and waving his shirt.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:42:46am

re: #265 William Lewis

So much for watching the Doctor.

Why is that a problem?

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:43:14am

re: #260 Nyet

The creepy tone in the first half.

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Given the Adidas ties to Nazi Germany, it’s not surprising that the company would not be enthusiastic about continuing its relationship to Ye with the potential reminder of its troubling past. Of course, if anti-Semitism again sweeps over Europe and the US, they might very well backtrack and happily resume their relationship with Ye. OTOH, almost all who are anti-Semitic are also racist AF.

269
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:43:31am

re: #267 Dopamine Fish

Why is that a problem?

I’m guessing he doesn’t have Disney+ and may not want it for some reason?

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:43:55am

re: #266 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have experienced -20°C in Finland, I recall seeing a drunk Finn parade past the bar bare-chested and waving his shirt.

That tracks. Here in Minnesota, on the bitterest cold days in mid-January, when the air temperature is -30 degrees F and the wind chill is approaching -40, you can always find some schmuck on the sidewalk wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

271
Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:43:59am

re: #262 Crush White Nationalism

‘Doctor Who’ Moves from BBC America to Disney+ (IndieWire)

Bummer. I don’t have Disney +.

272
Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:44:29am

re: #269 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m guessing he doesn’t have Disney+ and may not want it for some reason?

That’s fair enough, I’m just inquiring. Disney+ is probably our most-used streaming service, so if I was going to recommend any one of them to pick up, that’d be it.

273
Dopamine Fish  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:45:06am

re: #272 Dopamine Fish

But then again, I have kids and am a massive Star Wars nerd, so the decision is an easy one for me to make. *shrugs*

274
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:46:37am

re: #273 Dopamine Fish

But then again, I have kids and am a massive Star Wars nerd, so the decision is an easy one for me to make. *shrugs*

My kids have it. But aside from the Star Wars series, there is not much on it that I find worth watching (Though I did enjoy Only Murders in the Building and look forward to the next season)

275
lawhawk  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:46:44am

re: #260 Nyet

RUN DMC - My Adidas (Official Audio)

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Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:46:53am

re: #268 Hecuba’s daughter

I see antisemitism as a form of racism, so for me they’re racist by def.

277
Hecuba's daughter  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:46:57am

re: #271 Hecuba’s daughter

Bummer. I don’t have Disney +.

Oh wait — I have HBO Max so this will still be available for me!

278
Belafon  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:47:23am

re: #265 William Lewis

So much for watching the Doctor.

For me, this almost completely removes the need for the extended cable package I have to pay for.

279
Nyet  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:47:31am

Russian gopniks can always connect Ye to Abibas though.

280
Dr Lizardo  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:47:43am

re: #256 Teukka

Finland did win the Eurovision contest. Granted, it was a while ago….

Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland) 2006 Eurovision Song Contest Winner

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William Lewis  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:49:32am

re: #267 Dopamine Fish

Why is that a problem?

Don’t like giving money to Disney. Stopped watching Star Wars stuff for the same reason. Even giving Bezos more money (Prime) isn’t as annoying.

282
Shropshire Slasher  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:52:22am

Thank you for all your hard work Charles.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:57:17am
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lawhawk  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:58:45am

Hope Hicks meets with the 1/6 Commission today.

Trump Org goes on criminal trial today; Weisselberg (former CFO) is prosecution witness.

If you’re wondering why GOPers are desperate to distract from Trump crimes, that’s the reason. They’ll just spew nonsense about immigration, border security, the economy, inflation, and everything else imaginable.

285
Crush White Nationalism  Oct 25, 2022 • 9:58:54am

re: #277 Hecuba’s daughter

Oh wait — I have HBO Max so this will still be available for me!

Just not the new episodes as they air. You’ll need to have Disney+ a year from now to see those.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:05:55am

re: #228 Patricia Kayden

I’m looking for a Twitter alternative but I guess Tribel is out.

Let me know when you join up at CounterSocial. I can be reached there as @RayFerd61

287
Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:07:08am

Saw that a dozen eggs cost 3.83 at Walmart today. I think this seems exorbitant only because shoppers have become accustomed to very cheap eggs in recent years. The price of eggs, even with recent increases, has not in fact kept pace with inflation (765%
since 1970).
How Much A Dozen Eggs Cost The Year You Were Born
(I was not born in 1970 btw, it just seemed a convenient reference point as the beginning point of my adult life.)

It is more than a gallon of gasoline, at least here in Texas, but It is not twice as much, and that is typically what eggs cost relative to gasoline in the past. In 1970, for example, eggs were 60 cents a dozen, gas was about 32 cents a gallon. The disparity was even higher in 1940, 33 cents for eggs, 14 cents for gas. Thirty three cents was quite a bit of money in 1940.

I’m belaboring this because it represents the kind of perspective that the Republican base seems to lack and that lying Republican activists and media shills revel in exploiting. They compare the price of gasoline now to what it was at the height of covid in 2020, ignoring that it was a fair amount higher in abolute terms several times before that (3.55 in December 2004, for instance) and much higher relative to inflation.

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lawhawk  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:09:43am

re: #287 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Saw that a dozen eggs cost 3.83 at Walmart today. I think this seems exorbitant only because shoppers have become accustomed to very cheap eggs in recent years. The price of eggs, even with recent increases, has not in fact kept pace with inflation (765%
since 1970).
How Much A Dozen Eggs Cost The Year You Were Born
(I was not born in 1970 btw, it just seemed a convenient reference point as the beginning point of my adult life.)

It is more than a gallon of gasoline, at least here in Texas, but It is not twice as much, and that is typically what eggs cost relative to gasoline in the past. In 1970, for example, eggs were 60 cents a dozen, gas was about 32 cents a gallon. The disparity was even higher in 1940, 33 cents for eggs, 14 cents for gas. Thirty three cents was quite a bit of money in 1940.

I’m belaboring this because it represents the kind of perspective that the Republican base seems to lack and that lying Republican activists and media shills revel in exploiting. They compare the price of gasoline now to what it was at the height of covid in 2020, ignoring that it was a fair amount higher in abolute terms several times before that (3.55 in December 2004, for instance) and much higher relative to inflation.

Egg prices and prices for poultry are going to be higher for two specific reasons:

Droughts in producing regions, including feed stock.
Avian flu.

The latter has caused producers to cull their flocks significantly, and that means higher prices. It also is a result of the pandemic and shifting needs so that some kinds of poultry products are more available than others.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:16:47am

re: #288 lawhawk

Egg prices and prices for poultry are going to be higher for two specific reasons:

Droughts in producing regions, including feed stock.
Avian flu.

The latter has caused producers to cull their flocks significantly, and that means higher prices. It also is a result of the pandemic and shifting needs so that some kinds of poultry products are more available than others.

A lot of frozen Tyson chicken products have been out of stock at Amazon Fresh for a week. There also seems to be a potato product shortage, with brand-name frozen fries and tater tots out of stock.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:19:22am

re: #258 Hecuba’s daughter

21 F is not that terrible!! At least if there is no wind chill. I don’t even need my warmest coat.

But squidward lives in Bikini Bottom, so….

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 25, 2022 • 10:52:55am

re: #283 Charles Johnson

If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy?


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