Desi Lydic tackles the day’s headlines, including Fox News’s shocking firing of Tucker Carlson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s “Real Women” koozies, Don Lemon’s CNN termination, Elon Musk’s latest Twitter fiasco, and Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy. #DailyShow #Comedy #DesiLydic
This may be the only account that gets an unpaid-for gold checkmark on Twitter that I have zero problem with. See the second tweet for why.
Possibly related: Anya Forger trying to earn a gold star at school to help out her spy dad’s mission is part of Spy × Family’s story. pic.twitter.com/OMSGOyH7IZ
— Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 (@mrjeffu) April 22, 2023
One of the plot points is that Anya needs to get eight Stella Stars so she can join a group of elite scholars to help her spy father with his job. (Dad doesn’t know that she’s an esper.) Currently she has two. But she has to also avoid getting Tonitrus Bolts, getting eight of those will get her expelled. Currently she has at least one.
Bwa-ha-ha!!!
‘Dark Brandon’ meme makes an appearance on Biden’s new campaign website
President Biden announced on Tuesday that he’s officially running for reelection in 2024 and with that comes a brand new campaign website.
joebiden.com has all of the things one might expect: photos of the 80-year-old candidate, a campaign video and pleas for donations. And there’s something else for those who accidentally navigate to a non-existent page. Instead of a plain 404 error, visitors get an eyeful of Biden’s alter ego, “Dark Brandon,” featuring beaming red laser eyes.
“Let’s get you back on the rails,” appears below the smiling, suited image of the president and likely a reference to Biden’s love of Amtrak.
Who’s kidding who?
Catturd aka Philip Buchanan can’t even see his scrotum without a mirror and 2 people holding his gut up outta the way https://t.co/ly1nAMEP0X pic.twitter.com/TW7AZFlGLb— CoffeyTimeNews (@CoffeyTimeNews) April 25, 2023
re: #5 Dave In Austin
Like Hannity volunteering to be waterboarded.
re: #7 Sherlock Hound
No.
It’s Eliza.
Eliza has changed.
Widow Says Man Died by Suicide After Talking to AI Chatbot (Futurism)
re: #6 Dr Lizardo
Heh…
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And with that, time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
“I see you’re trying to unmask the villain of the week. Would you like some help?”
re: #11 Sherlock Hound
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This should dismiss the notion that uncrewed science missions are easier, less risky and more “noble” or “worthy” than crewed missions. The loss of the Hakuto lander sucks in every way. I don’t know how ispace is doing financially, but several, more than a handful, of space firms have closed their doors after a launch failure.
re: #12 Crush White Nationalism
Eliza has changed.
Widow Says Man Died by Suicide After Talking to AI Chatbot (Futurism)
Note to anyone looking at this article: Make sure you check the date on the byline before consuming.
re: #15 Nerdy Fish
Note to anyone looking at this article: Make sure you check the date on the byline before consuming.
Here’s one from the 4th.
businessinsider.com
re: #14 Sherlock Hound
This should dismiss the notion that uncrewed science missions are easier, less risky and more “noble” or “worthy” than crewed missions. The loss of the Hakuto lander sucks in every way. I don’t know how ispace is doing financially, but several, more than a handful, of space firms have closed their doors after a launch failure.
Well, they are less risky in that fewer human lives are at risk. I agree with the rest of your sentiment, though. Space is hard.
A new Morning Consult poll find Donald Trump has expanded his lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a Republican presidential primary, 58% to 21%.
He couldn’t even beat pence right now
laserdisc.party/@radicalrobit/110259485142000906
Link to article
Sky News is on a Cletus Safari.
Our US correspondent @JamesMatthewSky speaks to residents of Johnstown, a blue-collar community that leaned Democrat but has evolved Republican red through years of industrial decline https://t.co/Rdxr4oOlSl
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 25, 2023
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re: #17 Nerdy Fish
Well, they are less risky in that fewer human lives are at risk. I agree with the rest of your sentiment, though. Space is hard.
“This is space. It does not cooperate.”
re: #20 The Pie Overlord!
Sky News is on a Cletus Safari.
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And how has your evolved republican position helped you.
Be specific.
re: #23 Dangerman
And how has your evolved republican position helped you.
Be specific.
Instead of hating themselves for being failures, the Republicans have designated groups of other people for them to hate.
From last thread -
re: #294 William Lewis
Another one of those images where I’m waffling between black & white vs color. Both, to my eye, have different strengths and weaknesses…
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My preference is the color one.
To me, the color one is also very muted, so both appear pretty much monochromatic.
However, the color brings out more detail in the mid-picture.
re: #26 ckkatz
There is only two seasons.
Winter and construction.
re: #19 darthstar
Notable from that entire article:
SpaceX did not have a sound suppression system or a fire trench system that is essentially standard at every modern launch facility worldwide.
They weren’t required to have one.
That would have been a multiyear permitting process.
That itself is criminal.
re: #28 nines09
I don’t LIKE road construction, but we sure need it ‘round here!
Interesting post regarding AI scrapers
Img2dataset will attempt to scrape images from any site unless site owners add https headers like “X-Robots-Tag: noai,” and “X-Robots-Tag: noindex.” That means that the onus is on site owners, many of whom probably don’t even know img2dataset exists, to opt out of img2dataset rather than opt in.
On Sunday, Terence Eden posted a comment on the Github page, saying that the tool “hammered” several of his sites and requesting that it be made opt-in.
“I don’t understand why the onus is on me to add a new header to my sites opting out of this tool,” Eden said. “Please can you change the default behaviour so that it will only work on sites which set the X-Robots-Tag: YesAI?”
“If you don’t wish for people to view images from your website, the best way is to turn it off,” Beaumont replied. Beaumont did not respond to a request for comment.
When Eden and other Github commenters pushed back, Beaumont said it would be “unethical” to make img2dataset opt-in rather than opt-out.
re: #29 lawhawk
Notable from that entire article:
SpaceX did not have a sound suppression system or a fire trench system that is essentially standard at every modern launch facility worldwide.
They weren’t required to have one.
That would have been a multiyear permitting process.
That itself is criminal.
Well, I bet they’ll have that time now, since they have to rebuilt the pad!
re: #31 Thanos
It would be unusable if it was opt-in. It has to be opt-out if they want to achieve their goals. I guess not achieving their goals is considered to be unethical for some reason.
re: #30 retired cynic
I don’t LIKE road construction, but we sure need it ‘round here!
Quite a number of places have taken to night work. It really does ease the bottlenecks that happen in the daylight.
re: #28 nines09
There is only two seasons.
Winter and construction.
There is the old joke about the Pennsylvania state flower being the “Road Construction” signs.
re: #34 Crush White Nationalism
It would be unusable if it was opt-in. It has to be opt-out if they want to achieve their goals. I guess not achieving their goals is considered to be unethical for some reason.
No, it wouldn’t be unusable, they just wouldn’t get free and indiscriminate data. This is basically a rehash of robots.txt, but for AI. Just like robots.txt, the way it will evolve is that the “good” AI bots will use an opt-in mechanism, and the unscrupulous “bad” AI bots will intentionally ignore whatever opt-in mechanism is settled on. Eventually, hosting providers will implement standard blocking mechanisms to prevent the unscrupulous ones from being able to scrape customers’ data, unless explicitly opted into via a site setting.
Oh look, another nuclear threat …
🚨 #BREAKING | Putin: If we and our allies are attacked, we will use nuclear weapons
— Royal Intel 👑 (@RoyalIntel_) April 25, 2023
re: #29 lawhawk
Notable from that entire article:
SpaceX did not have a sound suppression system or a fire trench system that is essentially standard at every modern launch facility worldwide.
They weren’t required to have one.
That would have been a multiyear permitting process.
That itself is criminal.
And that is why he built a launch site in Texas. No permit? No problem!
re: #38 Teukka
Oh look, another nuclear threat …
No one needs WW3, but it seems like ‘someone’ is ready to go to the very end, Russia’s foreign minister Lavrov says - TASS
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) April 25, 2023
re: #37 Nerdy Fish
No, it wouldn’t be unusable, they just wouldn’t get free and indiscriminate data. This is basically a rehash of robots.txt, but for AI. Just like robots.txt, the way it will evolve is that the “good” AI bots will use an opt-in mechanism, and the unscrupulous “bad” AI bots will intentionally ignore whatever opt-in mechanism is settled on. Eventually, hosting providers will implement standard blocking mechanisms to prevent the unscrupulous ones from being able to scrape customers’ data, unless explicitly opted into via a site setting.
It would be unusable because most of the data it relies on would no longer be available.
This depends on scraping everyone’s data. It depends on being unethical.
re: #27 Shropshire Slasher
I have a friend who works as an engineer for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Some years back I was driving on a bridge over the Washington Beltway. I hit a joint that was badly misaligned and badly damaged a tire.
(Which flattened rather quickly. And, of course, it was pouring rain heavily at the time. I was able to pull into a shopping center parking lot in order to change the tire fortunately.)
So I mentioned the location to her as we all traveled that route quite often. She got that “Cool! We have a highway defect to kill!” glint in her eye. But the next time I saw her, she was all bummed out because it turned out to be a county road.
And then there was the time on US 22-30 just outside of Pittsburgh…
The Catholic Church has named a patron saint for cacti.
Agave Maria
re: #45 Egregious Philbin
The Catholic Church has named a patron saint for cacti.
Agave Maria
*WHACK!*
The squirrel finally got brave enough to climb the shepherd’s hook holding the bird feeder. It didn’t make a play for the feeder itself yet. I wonder if it is in cahoots with the chipmunk that lives in my downspout.
re: #36 ckkatz
There is the old joke about the Pennsylvania state flower being the “Road Construction” signs.
Spring blossoms in Pennsylvania
re: #47 Nerdy Fish
The squirrel finally got brave enough to climb the shepherd’s hook holding the bird feeder. It didn’t make a play for the feeder itself yet. I wonder if it is in cahoots with the chipmunk that lives in my downspout.
Sounds like a weird regional euphemism for insanity. The man has chipmunks in his downspout.
re: #38 Teukka
ETA - Let me try to clean this up. Hopefully it makes better sense.
Threats to go nuclear have been a standard go to for Putin for a long time. And they have been the major argument put forth in the West on why NATO should not support Ukraine. (And, also why NATO should just self deter and give up opposing anything Russia wants.)
The Biden Administration has been very careful about defining clear boundaries with Russia on the Ukraine conflict. Particularly regarding “external to Russia things” that might threaten Putin’s regime’s survival.
Which is why there are US imposed constraints on Ukrainian actions against Russia.
And also to keep Russia fully informed about US positions. For example, what would happen if Russia were to detonate a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
The working assumption is that Putin’s Russia may be incompetent, but it isn’t insane and has no interest in committing suicide.
This leads to the conclusion that the US had made very clear to Putin that it has no intent to overthrow him. And that any threats to his regime are internal, not external.
re: #49 Crush White Nationalism
Sounds like a weird regional euphemism for insanity. The man has chipmunks in his downspout.
Imagine my surprise, if you will, when I heard scratching noises coming from said downspout, tapped on it, and a small brown striped rodent came shooting out the end, not unlike a furry cannonball.
re: #44 ckkatz
I have a friend who works as an engineer for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Some years back I was driving on a bridge over the Washington Beltway. I hit a joint that was badly misaligned and badly damaged a tire.
(Which flattened rather quickly. And, of course, it was pouring rain heavily at the time. I was able to pull into a shopping center parking lot in order to change the tire fortunately.)
So I mentioned the location to her as we all traveled that route quite often. She got that “Cool! We have a highway defect to kill!” glint in her eye. But the next time I saw her, she was all bummed out because it turned out to be a county road.
And then there was the time on US 22-30 just outside of Pittsburgh…
Memories of Jack Bogut always saying “The shortest route between two places in Pittsburgh is always under construction”.
re: #19 darthstar
laserdisc.party/@radicalrobit/110259485142000906
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ESGHound is a well-known anti-SpaceX troll, lyin’ for Jesus.
The result of the launch was a large cloud of sand, a bigger than expected repair bill, and the rocket burning up 25 miles out to sea. Methane + oxygen = CO2 + water.
re: #20 The Pie Overlord!
Sky News is on a Cletus Safari.
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They should have checked in with The Onion!
Fox News Viewers React To Tucker Carlson’s Exit
re: #8 jaunte
Like Hannity volunteering to be waterboarded.
Unlike Christopher Hitchens who actually went through with it and came to the conclusion it was torture. Always respected him for this and for letting the experience change his perspective.
re: #24 Crush White Nationalism
Instead of hating themselves for being failures, the Republicans have designated groups of other people for them to hate.
It’s more that instead of helping these people get jobs and provide for their families, the GOP has discovered — as others before them — it’s a lot cheaper to teach people to hate others and blame them for their lot in life instead of working to ameliorate their conditions. After all, dealing with the real causes may mean that billionaires and multi-millionaires may have to sacrifice a little of their wealth — and we cannot have that. Where’s Robespierre now that we need him?
re: #62 ckkatz
Interesting, I’m not seeing any content beyond the “*sigh*” in #43. Even after attempting to refresh it.
Is it just me? Should I feel paranoid? :)
Epic reddit embed fail: reddit.com
re: #62 ckkatz
Interesting, I’m not seeing any content beyond the “*sigh*” in #43. Even after attempting to refresh it.
Is it just me? Should I feel paranoid? :)
It’s not just you, though I also see an empty box that says it was blocked by an extension if I click on #43 in your post rather than scrolling to it.
re: #65 Crush White Nationalism
It’s not just you, though I also see an empty box that says it was blocked by an extension if I click on #43 in your link rather than scrolling to it.
I saw it in Spy mode, interestingly.
re: #64 Teukka
Thanks for providing the link!
I have now seen, and shall never unsee. :)
The blocking may be due to one of the firefox extensions/add-ons I am using.
re: #45 Egregious Philbin
The Catholic Church has named a patron saint for cacti.
Agave Maria
Mr. w always called this Agave Maria:
Fani Willis announces the beginning of Season 2 of Finding Out.
Read the letter sent by Fulton County DA Fani Willis to Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat: pic.twitter.com/EVs3qv5etM
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 24, 2023
The Make America Great Again, or ‘MAGA,’ movement, which takes its name from Trump’s first campaign slogan, was the least popular individual or group tested in the new survey. Just 24% of Americans have positive views of the movement, while 45% voice negative views.These numbers come as President Joe Biden made Trump — and his movement — the centerpiece of his re-election launch video on Tuesday.
Biden in his video that “MAGA extremists are lining up to take those bedrock freedoms away.” Biden and his fellow Democrats often use the term “MAGA” as a catch-all to describe pro-Trump Republicans who embrace the former president’s more extreme positions, including his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
A slight majority of Republicans — 52% — view the MAGA movement positively, as well as 53% of those who define themselves as conservative.
Independents also rated the movement negatively, with just 12% viewing it positively, while 45% say they have negative views of the movement.
‘MAGA movement’ widely unpopular, new poll finds (MTP Blog at NBC)
re: #10 Barefoot Grin
Or Ted Nugent either dead or in jail.
The long list of right wing shitheads absolutely no one mourns over when they’re finally dead is going to be exhausting the next few decades.
Because it’s code for “Make America 1947 Again!” And a whole lot of folks who got the shit end of the stick then—Blacks, women, LGBTQ+ folks, plenty of others—don’t think 1947 was so goddamn Great. https://t.co/odR2P2vvaX
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) April 25, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: A 13-year-old boy was publicly groomed for weeks on Twitter, abducted, driven across state lines, and prosecutors say, sexually assaulted.
Users tried to alert Elon Musk as the suspect’s account stayed up for days after the kidnapping. https://t.co/unxEFMSwv7— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 25, 2023
IN MEMORIAM
Harry Belafonte—Singer, Actor, and Activist—Has Died at 96
The honorary Oscar winner retired from performing as he entered his ninth decade, but never halted his work for civil rights.
vanityfair.com
This was a very good obituary, meaning that it really educated me on Belafonte’s life and actions. He was really the whole package, and put his money where his mouth was.
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
Elmo gutted Twitter Safety. He’s responsible for all the trash he brought in and the good people he fired who used to take out the trash.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 25, 2023
For Sleuth:
Barbora Batokova’s Enthralling Photographs Vividly Capture the Gilled Underbellies of Fungi
thisiscolossal.com
The title doesn’t promise beauty, but boy is it there.
Warren: “Holding up the promotions of every single senior military nominee isn’t democracy; it’s extortion, and that kind of extortion has serious consequences for our national defense.”
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 25, 2023
Tuberville: “This is not about abortion… This is about a tyrannical executive branch walking all over the United States Senate and doing our jobs.”
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 25, 2023
Tuberville says he will not blink: “I will come down here as many times as it takes, day and night.”
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 25, 2023
what an ass
Sen. Mike Lee now backing up Sen. Tuberville on his blockade of military promotions.
Sen. Warren just tried to approve the promotions of another batch of nominees.
Sen. Lee is objecting.— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 25, 2023
Very lively debate on the Senate floor over the Pentagon’s abortion policy. Tuberville says it “facilitates” abortions in a way that violates existing law. Warren making the argument that the prohibition on federal funds for abortion doesn’t mean DoD can’t reimburse for travel.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 25, 2023
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sigh. I hate these fucking rules that allow things to be shitcanned because ONE person objects.
It’s a 100 person body. The threshold should be higher.
re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth
What is their problem with “Make America Great Again”…. it means we are going to Make America Great and strong again. Why do you not support that?
— Maine Republican❤️🇺🇸 (@RepublicanCoryR) April 25, 2023
it starts with the definition of ‘America’
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
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what an ass
I can justify having the military pay for abortions: Abortion is always safer than carrying to term. Protect the troops. The Hyde amendment is unconstitutional in a deadly way.
ON TUCKER BEIN OUT AND BIDEN BEIN IN pic.twitter.com/7omjVpwSXK
— Trae Crowder (@traecrowder) April 25, 2023
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who knew, Elon’s grandstanding about protecting the kids was just a charade…
re: #84 Charles Johnson
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We had a debate with the nazis. It was called “World War II.” The nazis lost.
We had a debate with the Confederates. They lost too.
re: #86 Dangerman
You forgot to add “Sieg Heil” at the end of your question.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) April 25, 2023
re: #86 Dangerman
it starts with the definition of ‘America’
It’s that whole Wittgenstein thing where words can actually mean anything, so a person can say something that lexically is “okay” but actually is quite hostile or negative.
And you’re right on the dot: like a lot of reactionary self-pity (I’m being persecuted for views! What views in particular) there’s a semantic game being played, where you’re not allowed to apply context to what they say.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
Warren: this is about promotions
Tuberville: this is not about abortions
it’s about something something else not having to do with promotions
M Tubervbille: oh wait, it is about abortions
Lee: it’s definitely about abortions
Tuberville & Lee conspired to overthrow the 2020 election on 1/6/21.
Now they conspire to sabotage the military command structure.
re: #82 Charles Johnson
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I still have my copy of Wordstar 7.0d on 3.5” floppies. When I finally got a job so that I could afford a $500 software package in 1992 ($1200 now) (I’d had pirated copies since high school, say version 3.3 in 1982) but I finally made it legal then. Still run it in dos box :)
Wordperfect was ok. But it was Word on the Mac that really got me off of WS. Even had to find Word 5.1 for DOS simply because it was “close enough” :D
re: #93 Dangerman
Warren: this is about promotions
Tuberville: this is not about abortions
it’s about something something else not having to do with promotionsM Tubervbille: oh wait, it is about abortions
Lee: it’s definitely about abortions
“It’s about abortion only because by denying women abortions we can destroy women’s lives, not because we GAF about babies” Republican Scum.
Bipartisan former Ohio governors against raising constitutional threshold to 60% and August vote
Former governors Bob Taft, John Kasich, Dick Celeste and Ted Strickland alll speak out against proposal
by Nick Evanshttps://t.co/4VWOwnzGEo— LWVGreaterCleveland (@LWVGrCleveland) April 25, 2023
“Iowa House Republicans passed a bill Thursday, with a vote of 55-41, severely restricting what the Iowa State Auditor’s office can do to watch over other government agencies by limiting what information the auditor can access,” according to Iowa Starting Line.
“Auditor Rob Sand is the only statewide Democrat left in office after last year’s election, and his job is to serve as a watchdog over state and local government to ensure tax dollars are being handled properly.”
the only way they win (stay in power) is by cheating
re: #89 Teukka
Who knew, Elon’s grandstanding about protecting the kids was just a charade…
This wasn’t unexpected for me. Things like this happen when people who believe what they’re doing is the right but knows jack shit.
People often ask why child predators can escape undetected for so long. One part is the perpetrator trying to pressure the child to secrecy. But the sad truth is that the biggest part is that people are being tricked into looking to look for the wrong suspects. Leading to people not seeing what’s right under their noses.
And for every case that comes to light like this, there’s at least nine more we don’t know of.
And people wonder why I get vitriolic about the recent trend of calling certain minority groups “groomers”…
It dilutes what victims of CSA experience, and it diverts attention away from dangerous individuals.
re: #99 Dangerman
A state government with only one Democrat in it. What a fucking nightmare.
The death toll from the Kenyan cult Good News International Church, whose leader urged followers, including children, to starve themselves to reach heaven before the end of the world, has passed 70, with 14 mass graves already found.https://t.co/tbZRy36yct
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) April 24, 2023
re: #99 Dangerman
the only way they win (stay in power) is by cheating
Limiting oversight access? …Republicans planning to break laws and intend to be as utterly corrupt as at any point in this country’s history.
Don’t remember seeing this posted here. If I missed it, my apologies.
Veteran QAnon promoter Liz Crokin says the fact that Tucker Carlson had a pizza at the end of his show on Friday indicates his departure from Fox News is linked to the pizzagate conspiracy theory. pic.twitter.com/laSL25CXUu
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) April 24, 2023
re: #82 Charles Johnson
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Ha! Hello, WordStar, where you could not see bolding and underlining, and the like, until AFTER printed!
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
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what an ass
He is the modern GOP. They all believe in this, in eliminating woman’s right of choice. Unless citizens stop voting for Republicans, it’s hard to see how anything approaching a democracy can survive here. Given the widespread voter suppression and gerrymandering approved by this most vile of Supreme Courts, it’s hard to see any remedy that can save this nation — except if Alito and Thomas are struck by a bolt of lightning and Feinstein recovers enough to return to the Senate.
This goes a long way towards explaining the Blue Check phenomena: pic.twitter.com/rmJTaHDsgq
— 𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗘𝗺🐀 (@akaMisterJayEm) April 25, 2023
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re: #90 The Pie Overlord!
We had a debate with the nazis. It was called “World War II.” The nazis lost.
We had a debate with the Confederates. They lost too.
These defeats were temporary. The Confederates returned after 1876 and reigned until the 1960’s; they are again making a comeback.
Nazis always return under new names but similar philosophies.
this is simply horrific. beyond unprofessional. misogynist and just gross. https://t.co/VvX3mFwQ39
— Jennifer “Pro-privacy” Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 25, 2023
New Column: Fox’s mission is not to “report news.” It’s to stoke outrage. That will continue—and get more extreme, because it always has to in order to keep people outraged. https://t.co/iimuRjbkEN Follow @newrepublic
— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) April 25, 2023
re: #109 ckkatz
I bet I can guess which “other justices” were laughing at Roberts’ jokes.
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
I bet I can guess which “other justices” were laughing at Roberts’ jokes.
Yeah—the other 5 Federalist Assholes on the Corrupted Court.
re: #109 ckkatz
Your regular reminder that “moderate” John Roberts is still a racist, sexist, piece of shit Republican along with the Catholic Caucus; he just has a vague understanding of real jurisprudence, unlike most of those idiots.
re: #45 Egregious Philbin
The Catholic Church has named a patron saint for cacti.
Agave Maria
Tequila be thy name
re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter
These defeats were temporary. The Confederates returned after 1876 and reigned until the 1960’s; they are again making a comeback.
Nazis always return under new names but similar philosophies.
Germany did a good job on the Nazis under close supervision after the US trounced them. The US did the trouncing of the confederacy, but failed to provide enough supervision for a decent recovery in the South. I think the North was afraid of looking bad if they did what was needed. They would have looked bad, but not as bad as they look now.
re: #109 ckkatz
Most of the Federalist judges are out of touch with the modern world They apply the experiences of the 19th Century to the 21st Century and expect that they’re the same.
That may occur in physics, but societies are different. The legal reasoning may be sound, but they do not connect with the real world. GIGO. Garage In, Garbage Out.
There is a fairy tale the press likes to tell itself (and the public) about the Republican Party. Ready? Here it goes:
Once upon a time in America, there were two political parties. One was liberal and one was conservative. The parties were mirror images of each other, practically identical in every way. If Republicans had a scandal, Democrats were corrupt, too. If Republicans brought Washington to a standstill, Democrats were also to blame. Everything was perfectly balanced and the GOP was a perfectly normal political party.
This mirror was a one-way mirror, though and the “balance” was noticeably tilted in favor of the GOP. Whereas everything Republicans did was magically reflected in the Democratic Party, the reverse was not true. This was especially the case when it came to the more militant factions of the parties.
You see, only Democrats had “radicals” and “extremists.” This probably had something to do with the fact that Democratic radicals wanted universal healthcare and Republican radicals, which did not exist according to the press, wanted to make every known form of contraception illegal and kill all the Jews. It’s a little difficult to compare these two extremes and insist they are the same so the press simply pretended the Republican Party didn’t really have an extremist wing.
Then came Donald Trump. The fairy tale ended forever and a new one began…
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“Infrastructure Act” - The Infrastructure and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden November 15, 2021.
because “not a single Republican” in the Wisconsin delegation voted for the law, she joked, “Here we call it the Democratic Infrastructure Law.” Democrats “need to make sure we get credit.”https://t.co/yMdkBpoAzm
— Jennifer “Pro-privacy” Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 25, 2023
re: #115 wrenchwench
There was discussion back in the 1970’s and 1980’s about how the US Army (and the Brits and French) were not in Germany to watch the Russians, but to guarantee that the Germans don’t try for a third time in the 20th Century.
re: #109 ckkatz
if this was a real business that would be harassment
Increasingly Unhinged Nate Silver Declares 39 Has 83% Chance Of Being 64 https://t.co/W73TmRs7E3 pic.twitter.com/hJ9qAeKrm8
— The Onion (@TheOnion) April 25, 2023
re: #121 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That was posted in response to the news that ABC is not renewing Nate’s contract.
re: #119 ckkatz
There was discussion back in the 1970’s and 1980’s about how the US Army (and the Brits and French) were not in Germany to watch the Russians, but to guarantee that the Germans don’t try for a third time in the 20th Century.
When we were being honest in the 80’s, we did say it was for both. Pissed off the “clean wehrmacht” shit in my unit but < shrugs > nazis were nazis no matter what.
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
re: #112 Joe Bacon
re: #113 Nerdy Fish
re: #116 gwangung
It is fun to watch Jennifer Rubin, an attorney btw, go after the troglodytes on the Supreme Court.
I do think that anyone who has spent years of their life in the legal profession should be outraged by the Supreme Court hacks. Because these Supreme Court reactionaries with their “pro-Whatever the GOP policies are today” CalvinBall decisions are absolutely debasing the time, sweat, experience and achievements of everybody who devoted their life to the legal system.
re: #123 William Lewis
When we were being honest in the 80’s, we did say it was for both. Pissed off the “clean wehrmacht” shit in my unit but < shrugs > nazis were nazis no matter what.
The Soviets were using the ‘We’re the most anti-Nazi of all’ line on the East Germans, while the Stasi was growing into a less visible, almost as insidious of a problem.
This, from @WesleyLowery, is exceptional.https://t.co/EimeuKCoPn pic.twitter.com/OKugWU7y5n
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 25, 2023
Interesting. It sounds like Trump’s attorneys have still not informed the court whether he will testify live.
It looks like Trump won’t testify in person, and he is not present at the trial of the case brought by E. Jean Carroll alleging that he raped her.
That may not sit well with the jury. Not appearing for trial could give the impression that he is not taking the case seriously. https://t.co/VQouRod2nW— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 25, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection, the AP reports.
good on him
Stonekettle is making another drive from Florida to Michigan to care for a relative.
Sounds like our Northern tier Lizards are having ‘some’ weather up there.
Of course it is. https://t.co/lm3WAsqHlw
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 25, 2023
Brian Cox embeds tweet from a raving sounds-like-antivaxxer… and simply comments on the police having to hoof it:
Can you imagine the briefing before this when they had to announce who had a bike and who didn’t :-) https://t.co/wTrs4SwOR0
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) April 25, 2023
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re: #133 nines09
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The Taliban and ISIS are competing for the same niche so are very busy killing each other. However, I do wonder if, despite US denials, the Taliban might have had some information assistance from the US.
H/T on this to @karoun and @EricSchmittNYT, who published on this a short time ago.
Out of an abundance of sensitivity, The Post had held back on publishing this while family notifications are still ongoing this afternoon and evening.— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) April 25, 2023
re: #135 ckkatz
Certainly plausible. “Enemy of my enemy” and all that.
re: #136 Eclectic Cyborg
Certainly plausible. “Enemy of my enemy” and all that.
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more, no less.
re: #128 Dangerman
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection, the AP reports.
good on him
Which is why the DSA in Los Angeles has a substantial number of folks saying they will work for Marianne Williamson…
They. Never. Learn.
re: #138 Joe Bacon
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection, the AP reports.
good on him
Which is why the DSA in Los Angeles has a substantial number of folks saying they will work for Marianne Williamson…
They. Never. Learn.
His fans were always the problem rather than Bernie.
re: #138 Joe Bacon
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection, the AP reports.
good on him
Which is why the DSA in Los Angeles has a substantial number of folks saying they will work for Marianne Williamson…
They. Never. Learn.
Idjits.
“One last obstacle is being removed to smooth the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president,” the Orlando Sentinel reports.“An amendment filed Tuesday to the state Senate’s latest election bill would change the state’s ‘resign to run’ law to specifically allow Florida officeholders to run for president or vice president without having to give up their current positions.”
they do this and he ends up not running…
there’s no talking your way out of that
we did it for someone in the future, just in case. yeah right
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re: #141 Dangerman
Have Your Cake And Eat It Too.
re: #128 Dangerman
Senator Sanders is up for re-election in Vermont in 2024. Running a campaign for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party as a temporary Democratic Party member and also running for election as an independent in Vermont is a bit too much even for him. 2028 beckons though.
re: #145 Nojay UK
Senator Sanders is up for re-election in Vermont in 2024. Running a campaign for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party as a temporary Democratic Party member and also running for election as an independent in Vermont is a bit too much even for him. 2028 beckons though.
Bernie Sanders would be 87 on Inauguration day if he won the 2028 election.
oh my!
Ex-Fox producer alleges network wanted her to spy on Maria Bartiromo as Dominion case began
Speaking to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday, former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg said that as the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit began against the network, she was asked by the higher-ups to spy on her boss, Maria Bartiromo.
re: #33 gwangung
Well, I bet they’ll have that time now, since they have to rebuilt the pad!
As well as the FAA investigation.
re: #119 ckkatz
There was discussion back in the 1970’s and 1980’s about how the US Army (and the Brits and French) were not in Germany to watch the Russians, but to guarantee that the Germans don’t try for a third time in the 20th Century.
After the wall fell, Thatcher absolutely DID NOT want to allow the reunification of Germany. HW outmaneuvered her, and made certain it happened against her wishes. (Thatcher also didn’t want Mandela out of prison, she was quite insistent that he was an untrustworthy terrorist and should spend the rest of his life locked up. Even when the whole rest of the world was celebrating him, ticker-tape parade here in NYC, when he was elected to lead his nation… she still never changed her mind)
re: #142 nines09
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Latest on laser fusion ignition:
Fluor to Bolster Commercialization of Laser Fusion Power
“Under the MOU, Fluor will leverage its global experience in developing and constructing complex, large-scale facilities to provide preliminary design and engineering to support the development of Longview’s fusion-powered plant,” Fluor said.
Longview’s laser fusion power plants are based directly on the experimental demonstration of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) NIF. The company is notably headed by Dr. Edward Moses, former NIF & NIF Photon Science principal associate director, who managed the design and construction of the NIF from 2007 to 2013. Under his watch, NIF began full operations in March 2009 and quickly set world records for neutron yield from laser-driven fusion fuel capsules and laser energy delivered to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets.
NIF, the size of a sports stadium, today uses its 192 powerful laser beams to create pressures and temperatures intense enough to fuse the nuclei of hydrogen atoms—and release many times more energy than the laser energy required to initiate a reaction. The complex reaction is known as “fusion ignition.”
re: #149 sagehen
After the wall fell, Thatcher absolutely DID NOT want to allow the reunification of Germany. HW outmaneuvered her, and made certain it happened against her wishes. (Thatcher also didn’t want Mandela out of prison, she was quite insistent that he was an untrustworthy terrorist and should spend the rest of his life locked up. Even when the whole rest of the world was celebrating him, ticker-tape parade here in NYC, when he was elected to lead his nation… she still never changed her mind)
If there is a hell, she is is a cell with Franco, Pinochet & Reagan waiting for Kissinger to arrive.
Earlier this afternoon, the Minnesota State House passed their bill legalizing recreational marijuana. Unsurprisingly, the vote was largely along partisan lines, though two Republicans did join with the Democrats in voting for the measure. The bill, which is generally expected to sail through the now Democrat-controlled Senate and receive the governor’s signature, would make Minnesota the 22nd state in the union to legalize weed.
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re: #154 Nerdy Fish
Earlier this afternoon, the Minnesota State House passed their bill legalizing recreational marijuana. Unsurprisingly, the bill was largely along partisan lines, though two Republicans did join with the Democrats in voting for the measure. The bill, which is generally expected to sail through the now Democrat-controlled Senate and receive the governor’s signature, would make Minnesota the 22nd state in the union to legalize weed.
90 minute drive for gummies ;)
re: #156 William Lewis
90 minute drive for gummies ;)
You can already get those. Last year, in a hilarious incident that can only be described as political slapstick, Minnesota Republicans accidentally legalized THC-infused edible products in the state.
Police in Florida will not charge a man for shooting at a car that was being used by a Black teenage grocery delivery worker who ended up at the wrong address. Officials say the gunman, Antonio Caccavale, 43, was “justified” because he was in fear.
Just another day in America.— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) April 23, 2023
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
Bernie Sanders would be 87 on Inauguration day if he won the 2028 election.
And your point is? The first-ever centenarian Senator was, IIRC, Jesse Helms who got re-elected in his late 90s. A gerontocracy is a valid democratic system. It may not be desirable but it can be functional.
Hmm. pic.twitter.com/ZXYe8LJSPe
— The Thinking Atheist (@ThinkingAtheist) April 25, 2023
re: #160 gocart mozart
The Name is the only one.
re: #154 Nerdy Fish
Unsurprisingly, the vote was largely along partisan lines
The one time ‘party lines’ would have been better.
re: #157 Nerdy Fish
In retrospect, thinking on this incident, I shouldn’t be surprised. Our Republicans, well, they ain’t the brightest crayons in the box. This IS the state that produced Mike “I’m too crazypants even for Sidney Powell” Lindell and Michele Bachmann (R-Mars).
re: #157 Nerdy Fish
You can already get those. Last year, in a hilarious incident that can only be described as political slapstick, Minnesota Republicans accidentally legalized THC-infused edible products in the state.
I’ll have to have … someone… tell me someplace to go in, say, Stillwater or the like ;)
re: #158 DodgerFan1988
That’s all this SYG shit ever was. Enabling racist white peckerwoods to murder black people at will and get off scot free because they were terrified of black people.
re: #151 Thanos
Latest on laser fusion ignition:
I think I saw the acronym “MOU” in there. Is that a Memorandum Of Understanding, perchance?
The nuclear business is rife with MOUs that never result in anything tangible, accompanied by grip-and-grin photo opportunities and dignified signing of leather-bound documents in front of arrays of national flags. They mean buggerall in the grand scheme of things. Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and Liquid Fluorine Thorium Reactor (LFTR) “projects” are particularly prone to the MOU kiss of death.
Now we’ve obtained the Russian Presidential Administration’s strategy documents for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. With @holger_r for @YahooNews.
Comments from all three prime ministers @kajakallas, @krisjaniskarins and @IngridaSimonyte: https://t.co/xGluwJOGnB— Michael D. Weiss (@michaeldweiss) April 25, 2023
re: #164 William Lewis
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re: #167 ckkatz
Just read the article in Expressen. Next up is a piece on plans against Sweden.
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) April 25, 2023
re: #168 Nerdy Fish
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re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter
The Lernean Hydra had nothing on fascists.
re: #158 DodgerFan1988
This is the most recent thing that I have seen on that.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation after a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night Instacart delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney’s office.
*snip*
Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor issued a statement saying police investigators never contacted his office about the April 15 shooting in Southwest Ranches that put at least two bullets into the car driven by 19-year-old Waldes Thomas Jr., who was with his 18-year-old girlfriend, Diamond Darville.
Pryor said his staff members were unaware of the shooting until they were contacted Friday by a reporter from WTVJ-TV, who interviewed the couple. The Davie Police Department has a contract with Southwest Ranches to provide service.
WATCH: “Thank you for being a role model for the young.”
As the #TennesseeThree arrived at the White House a group of Jewish students from across 🇺🇸 were there on a tour, and they were thrilled to meet @brotherjones_. #TikkunOlam pic.twitter.com/vii89sTsIp— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 25, 2023
re: #169 Teukka
Just read the article in Expressen. Next up is a piece on plans against Sweden.
Yup. As of last week’s reporting, there are a bunch of Russian and ‘anonymous’ ‘civilian’ vessels cruising around the North, Baltic, and Irish Seas checking out the sights… and the critical infrastructure. Danish reporters checked out one such vessel and were greeted by an armed man.
re: #178 jeffreyw
Barbarian adjacent, maybe. …
I won’t tell your wife you said that. Only because I don’t know how. /
“I have been contacted by several law enforcement authorities”
“Is the doj one of those entities?”
“Yes”
“And is it the special counsel? “
“It would be the special counsel, yes” pic.twitter.com/IODyGAJZ7u— Acyn (@Acyn) April 25, 2023
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 25, 2023
re: #29 lawhawk
Notable from that entire article:
SpaceX did not have a sound suppression system or a fire trench system that is essentially standard at every modern launch facility worldwide.
They weren’t required to have one.
That would have been a multiyear permitting process.
That itself is criminal.
One of the reasons he chose Texas. The place that allows you to put fertilizer warehouses next to schools.
Best Shakespeare “Yo Momma” joke.
Chiron: Thou has undone our mother.
Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.
- Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 2— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) April 25, 2023
Steven Crowder is incredulous that the “law” allows his wife to divorce him because she wants to. https://t.co/Ab56iT2BJd
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 25, 2023
re: #158 DodgerFan1988
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Just another day in America.— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) April 23, 2023
I’ve seen takes you people wouldn’t believe. https://t.co/F9QKKhV28D pic.twitter.com/0Zz91gogSp
— James (@GravitysRa1nbow) April 24, 2023
The largest toy company in the world is sending mercenaries to people’s homes? pic.twitter.com/bFdNrtVDYP
— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) April 25, 2023
I can smell the vodka from here. https://t.co/XEOHGJvkTU
— Michael D. Weiss (@michaeldweiss) April 25, 2023
re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
Sigh. I hate these fucking rules that allow things to be shitcanned because ONE person objects.
It’s a 100 person body. The threshold should be higher.
Liberum Veto was one of the factors that led to the destruction of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. US senate seems to be often operating in the same manner.
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re: #184 gocart mozart
Isn’t Midsummer Night’s Dream full of sexual hijinks? Including bestiality?
thread about this afternoon’s day in court:
Hi, friends. I’m back from 500 Pearl, where both sides have opened in the E. Jean Carroll case—and where Joe Tacopina all but admitted Trump isn’t coming to trial in his own statement before dialing that back after jurors left the room. But first, let’s talk about Shawn. 1/
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) April 25, 2023
re: #188 gocart mozart
More on the story -
Magic: The Gathering Fan Allegedly Set Upon by Pinkertons for Unreleased Cards https://t.co/vKh8CjF8N8 pic.twitter.com/KyxBCrfyP5
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) April 24, 2023
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
thread about this afternoon’s day in court:
second thread:
If Shawn Crowley’s opening statement in the Carroll trial was serious and searing, Joe Tacopina’s was like a paintball game among gradeschoolers: a messy, sometimes cringey exercise that occasionally — and surprisingly — hit his targets. 1/
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) April 25, 2023
Ninety recordings. Can’t even imagine how much dirty laundry is on them. https://t.co/eohLI0PMHy
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 25, 2023
re: #188 gocart mozart
Why is this guy having a shit fit? They had stuff not yet for sale and were leaking it on YouTube. Sorry, I’m not feeling sorry for the person whose house the Pinkerton’s went to. The company was getting its IP back.
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Why is this guy having a shit fit? They had stuff not yet for sale and were leaking it on YouTube. Sorry, I’m not feeling sorry for the person whose house the Pinkerton’s went to. The company was getting its IP back.
I don’t disagree with you, except for: It’s the Pinkertons. That’s just dangerous, right there. They have a bit of a sordid reputation. Usually the companies just send a C&D and some suits.
re: #184 gocart mozart
Tell us you have never seen/read Shakespeare without saying so…
The trend #IfIWasPresident makes clear that people want a dictatorial king and not an elected official.
At least here in the US, the President is not a savior, nor a king. The office is about executing the laws of the land and managing the US govt.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) April 25, 2023
re: #178 jeffreyw
Barbarian adjacent, maybe. I did warm the buns in the pan.
What size pan? I’ve wanted to warm my buns in a pan before as well. We have a nice 16” non-stick that can accommodate my buns, but even with a foot stool it’s awkward getting situated.
re: #201 Barefoot Grin
What size pan? I’ve wanted to warm my buns in a pan before as well. We have a nice 16” non-stick that can accommodate my buns, but even with a foot stool it’s awkward getting situated.
That took a very unexpected left turn somewhere along the line.
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Why is this guy having a shit fit? They had stuff not yet for sale and were leaking it on YouTube. Sorry, I’m not feeling sorry for the person whose house the Pinkerton’s went to. The company was getting its IP back.
Pinkerton’s have been shooting first and asking questions of the corpses for 150 years. This is one time it is _not_ an overreaction.
re: #2 darthstar
Fuck.
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interesting - it didn’t render on my phone, hence post 2. I’ll be less judgmental next time.
re: #200 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
If I ‘were’ president…
re: #202 Nerdy Fish
That took a very unexpected left turn somewhere along the line.
Well, when I finally get situated and the heat is too high for a comfortable sit, I get very cross indeed. You might call it: hot cross buns.
re: #206 Barefoot Grin
Well, when I finally get situated and the heat is too high for a comfortable sit, I get very cross indeed. You might call it: hot cross buns.
*sigh* And, there it is. *WHACK!*
re: #205 darthstar
Well, there is no bonus points for grammar on Twitter.
My preferred usage is: If I am President.
So…not only do we have social media disinformation… we now have people creating disinformation and blaming it on their opponents. To wit:
You posted that exact made up meme a few weeks ago. People pointed out at the time that no-one other than you had ever claimed that was Kyiv in 2022. You’ve now posted the exact same made up meme again. So bizarre https://t.co/1WRte699BZ
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) April 25, 2023
re: #208 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Well, there is no bonus points for grammar on Twitter.
My preferred usage is: If I am President.
One of my favorite accounts to follow on Twitter before it became a steaming pile of shit was the Subjective Case account - basically a bot that found uses of ‘if I was…’ and corrected them.
re: #29 lawhawk
Notable from that entire article:
SpaceX did not have a sound suppression system or a fire trench system that is essentially standard at every modern launch facility worldwide.
They weren’t required to have one.
That would have been a multiyear permitting process.
That itself is criminal.
Welcome to Texas: “we don’t need no stinking regulations. We privatize the profits and socialize the costs of subsequent air, water and brownfield pollution cleanup.”
FWIW, ~10 years ago, there was a push to develop a spaceport in Camden County GA to bring in high tech jobs and stimulate the local economy.
Back in the day, when Cape Canaveral was chosen for the east coast rocket launch site, Camden County had been the 2nd choice.
The backers of the new spaceport had the money and brought in the technological and ecological expertise. The old money on Cumberland island killed the project.
This is Ryder. He loves making new friends. Figured the best way to make this friend was with a trust fall. 12/10 flawless execution pic.twitter.com/nDxnPbtz0k
— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) April 25, 2023
re: #51 Nerdy Fish
Imagine my surprise, if you will, when I heard scratching noises coming from said downspout, tapped on it, and a small brown striped rodent came shooting out the end, not unlike a furry cannonball.
Our yard has 8 inch underground drain pipes from several roof gutter down spouts and French drains down to the street.
The resident chipmunks use them like Disneyland work tunnels.
“That’s the foreign minister for Vladimir Putin.. With all that’s going on here in the United States, coming here, talking about the loss of Tucker Carlson” pic.twitter.com/p0UqzMfDPa
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 25, 2023
re: #214 BeenHereAwhile
Our yard has 8 inch underground drain pipes from several roof gutter down spouts and French drains down to the street.
The resident chipmunks use them like Disneyland work tunnels.
When I lived west of Philly the extended drains from the gutters were used by the chipmunks like that as well. And the local cats (including mine who got limited outdoor time) knew it as well.
If there was any snow on the ground you could see the trail one of them made to and from a drain entrance and the neighbor’s bird feeders.
re: #86 Dangerman
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it starts with the definition of ‘America’
Let’s ask Dr. Seuss: https://t.co/W5ARbYKhgI pic.twitter.com/K9O9XYAI3F
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) April 26, 2023
Tucker has left the building
by Judd Legum
popular.info
As he does often, Judd has a more complete look at why TC might have been pitched.
I’ve not heard the goals of Christian nationalism stated so plainly. If you are a Christian who hears this and recoils, someone of a different or no faith, understand, this is the reality of the ideology attempting to take over school boards, cities, states, and the country. pic.twitter.com/6wtUcugWfW
— Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social (@cjtackett) April 25, 2023
re: #181 wrenchwench
I won’t tell your wife you said that. Only because I don’t know how. /
Just call for Wilma, real load.
re: #192 sagehen
Isn’t Midsummer Night’s Dream full of sexual hijinks? Including bestiality?
Yes and all Shakespeare is one big drag show because women were not allowed to act on stage.
This is like watching someone turning the nose of a plane towards a building. https://t.co/SGhKcXdugB
— Jean-Michel Connard 🎃 (@torriangray) April 25, 2023
Can’t escape this feeling that we’re going to try to escape into the cosmos and the ocean is just going to Dikembe Mutumbo that shit just to post a final, indifferent W against human pride.
re: #223 gocart mozart
I think finding a wife who is a great mother is 500% more important!!!
So, should I assume that this guy married a divorced or widowed woman because he was so impressed with how she was raising some other guy’s kids? Because if she had no kids of her own how could he witness her mothering skills?
re: #220 gocart mozart
Sean Feucht wants my people dead. Period.
He wants to finish what Hitler started.
re: #225 The Pie Overlord!
So, should I assume that this guy married a divorced or widowed woman because he was so impressed with how she was raising some other guy’s kids? Because if she had no kids of her own how could he witness her mothering skills?
Or he observed what a good dog-mama she was. That’s a useful clue.
“Every snack you make, every meal you bake, every bite you take…I’ll be watching you.”
Have a great Tuesday #CatsOfTwitter ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8FbOcb6him— Missy the Bobtail (@MissyBBBobtail) April 25, 2023
Exclusive: If Carlson attempts to torch the network he’s leaving, Fox News is prepared to release an “oppo file” of dirt on the former network star https://t.co/QkUBJwMZxU
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 26, 2023
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ohh, let them fight. Rooting for crippling injuries all around.
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
May the odds forever be in both their favors.
re: #232 EPR-radar
Ohh, let them fight. Rooting for crippling injuries all around.
Video of Tucker doing something that’s not only illegal, but illegal to hide from authorities making Fox an accessory after the fact.
re: #235 darthstar
Video of Tucker doing something that’s not only illegal, but illegal to hide from authorities making Fox an accessory after the fact.
Fox legal is probably smart enough not to do that, but you never know with these paste-eaters.
Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who helped lead her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday.
Ardern, a global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, has been appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School. She will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and a Hauser Leader in the school’s Center for Public Leadership beginning this fall.
“Jacinda Ardern showed the world strong and empathetic political leadership,” Elmendorf said in statement, adding that Ardern will “bring important insights for our students and will generate vital conversations about the public policy choices facing leaders at all levels.”
re: #219 retired cynic
Tucker has left the building
by Judd Legum
popular.infoAs he does often, Judd has a more complete look at why TC might have been pitched.
A New Theory for Why Tucker Carlson Was Fired
This is another one
About a speech he gave Friday night at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary gala
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
Can Democratic Senators vote to change the rule to mute Tuberville? If so, that’s what they should be doing instead of tolerating his foolishness. Do you think that Republican Senators wouldn’t change the rules immediately if Senator Warren (or some other Democratic Senator) was acting the fool?
re: #201 Barefoot Grin
What size pan? I’ve wanted to warm my buns in a pan before as well. We have a nice 16” non-stick that can accommodate my buns, but even with a foot stool it’s awkward getting situated.
A 12” carbon steel will suffice given enough drop.
re: #45 Egregious Philbin
The Catholic Church has named a patron saint for cacti.
Agave Maria
I’ll anoint myself. Fels so good.
re: #49 Crush White Nationalism
Sounds like a weird regional euphemism for insanity. The man has chipmunks in his downspout.
Doesn’t sound like momma’s soap will wash that away.
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