PBS Space Time: Why Is The World Rushing Back To The Moon?

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The Moon has been one of the most important theoretical stepping stones to our understanding of the universe. We’ve long understood that it could also be our literal stepping stone: humanity’s first destination beyond our atmosphere.

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Belafon  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:50:44pm

Biden doesn’t have a lot of control over budgets, but maybe it is time for him to announce no further funding until a new prime minister is in office.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:52:02pm

re: #105 Joe Bacon ✅

Netanyahu will gladly drag us into a wider war. I am convinced that he and his inner circle and his coalition in their Parliament are hell bent on something that will only end badly.

Hopefully the good people of Israel will force a change, and soon.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:53:30pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Meanwhile right wing Xtians are cheering Booby Nincompoopo on because they want Armageddon.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:55:24pm

armageddon awful fucken sick of the religious right

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darthstar  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:56:26pm

I just had a fun idea…given her alliance with the Russians, what do you say we get MTG put on the no-fly list?

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:57:32pm

re: #5 darthstar

I just had a fun idea…given her alliance with the Russians, what do you say we get MTG put on the no-fly list?

I’ll pay for it.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 18, 2024 • 6:59:19pm

Watching Alex Wagner and seeing Heritage Action is pushing a NO vote on Ukraine…

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darthstar  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:00:32pm

Here’s a thought…MAGA Mike separates out the aid packages. Ukraine passes, Senate passes it unchanged, it gets signed by President Biden. Israel aid passes, Senate passes it unchanged, President Biden announces pocket veto pending ceasefire and end of escalation with Iran. Bibi bends, plays nice, and aid gets passed with monitoring and conditions to ensure consistency.

Wouldn’t that be a thing?

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:02:51pm

Neva Howell is the latest Martha Kent

deadline.com

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Charles Johnson  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:03:55pm

Mastodon

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jaunte  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:04:35pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

“Input for these is a single photograph and audio file.”

Coming soon to dirty tricksters worldwide.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:09:22pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

It’s nice that they’re aware of the problem, and that it’s not good enough to fool anyone.

Risks and responsible AI considerations
Our research focuses on generating visual affective skills for virtual AI avatars, aiming for positive applications. It is not intended to create content that is used to mislead or deceive. However, like other related content generation techniques, it could still potentially be misused for impersonating humans. We are opposed to any behavior to create misleading or harmful contents of real persons, and are interested in applying our technique for advancing forgery detection. Currently, the videos generated by this method still contain identifiable artifacts, and the numerical analysis shows that there’s still a gap to achieve the authenticity of real videos.

While acknowledging the possibility of misuse, it’s imperative to recognize the substantial positive potential of our technique. The benefits - such as enhancing educational equity, improving accessibility for individuals with communication challenges, offering companionship or therapeutic support to those in need, among many others - underscore the importance of our research and other related explorations. We are dedicated to developing AI responsibly, with the goal of advancing human well-being.

Given such context, we have no plans to release an online demo, API, product, additional implementation details, or any related offerings until we are certain that the technology will be used responsibly and in accordance with proper regulations.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:10:56pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Although I often bet on “because money” sometimes I get the feeling that a bunch of our overlords think so little of human intimacy that they’re convinced that if they just get the formula right everyone will pay for the simulacrum of human contact.

But more likely they’re so excited by the idea of disrupting the acting industry they don’t see they’re making software that will mostly be used by bad faith actors.

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jaunte  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:24:17pm

re: #12 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Given such context, we have no plans to release an online demo, API, product, additional implementation details, or any related offerings until we are certain that the technology will be used responsibly and in accordance with proper regulations.

But if the technology is stolen, leaked or otherwise duplicated, our lawyers have advised us on how not to be held responsible.

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silverdolphin  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:27:49pm

From below because I am always so good at killing threads ;-)

I wish Juror #2 had an opportunity to cold cock Jesse Watters, much like this:

Die Hard (1988) - Holly punches Thornburg

Which also demonstrates that there have always been scummy reporters.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:31:22pm

re: #14 jaunte

But if the technology is stolen, leaked or otherwise duplicated, our lawyers have advised us on how not to be held responsible.

They’re going to license this to cheap schools with simulacra instead of staff, and elder care facilities where you’ll be assured that the cutting edge technology will make your aging parent feel loved and assured.

Somewhere in here, the concept of “a machine that creates pretexts” rears its head, except instead of “the machine assures me the target was a terrorist” it’s “I was assured the machine could do care work and thus I didn’t have to think about frightening and inconvenient things relating to needs of children and the elderly.”

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Dave In Austin  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:32:03pm

Good evening. Looks like Bibi is taking pot shots at Iran.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:33:02pm

Multiple Iranian sites reportedly struck

thehill.com

MSNBC now—Iran reporting strikes near their main nuclear facility at Isfahan.

Also strikes in Syria and Iraq

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JC1  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:35:26pm

This is so stupid. Whatever sympathy I had left for the government of Israel is now gone. It’s not just Bibi.

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JC1  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:37:07pm

Like, how does Iran not escalate after this, unless these strikes hit some empty warehouses with a wink and a nudge?

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darthstar  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:38:57pm

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:40:04pm

Instagram link, picture of my Mom & Dad on 7 March 1980, their wedding day. They were married from this date until Dad’s death on 2 November 2023.

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jaunte  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:42:53pm

re: #16 The Ghost of a Flea

Imagine what people like Rupert Murdoch and David Pecker will be able to do with this technology.

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JC1  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:45:44pm

re: #23 jaunte

Imagine what people like Rupert Murdoch and David Pecker will be able to do with this technology.

Folks with their budget have been able to do that for years. This is a good thing. Maybe people will become more skeptical of what they see in the media.

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jaunte  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:49:19pm

re: #24 JC1

Maybe people will become more skeptical of what they see in the media.

I don’t see many signs of that.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:50:09pm

re: #23 jaunte

Imagine what people like Rupert Murdoch and David Pecker will be able to do with this technology.

Funny thing is that in a way they’re already doing fakery, and their audience is already willing to accept counterfeit…even pretty bad ones…such that better simulacra don’t really change their operating model.

What scares me is twofold: one, this kind of technology allows states to manufacture consent even faster; two, this technology is the bait to alter labor structures in ways that further devalue essential service work.

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Belafon  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:50:47pm

re: #25 jaunte

I don’t see many signs of that.

The younger ones are more skeptical. Older ones end up killing uber drivers.

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darthstar  Apr 18, 2024 • 7:54:23pm

From Bobby’s facebook tribute to Dickie Betts.

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TedStriker  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:07:41pm

re: #15 silverdolphin

From below because I am always so good at killing threads ;-)

I wish Juror #2 had an opportunity to cold cock Jesse Watters, much like this:

[Embedded content]

Video

Which also demonstrates that there have always been scummy reporters.

William Atherton has played “raging narcissistic asshole” so very well over his entire career, from Walter Peck in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius to Dick Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:08:20pm

Israel suffered nearly zero casualties and damage from Iran’s attack. Her allies busted asses and budgets in defense.

Now she acts like a child bully.

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JC1  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:14:24pm

re: #30 Rightwingconspirator

Israel suffered nearly zero casualties and damage from Iran’s attack. Her allies busted asses and budgets in defense.

Now she acts like a child bully.

And Iran seemed to try very hard to not actually kill anyone. This is really unnecessary. I’m sure Biden is pissed.

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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:18:59pm

Funny how Bibi decided to provoke a full-on war with Iran just as opposition to his rule at home and abroad started regaining momentum…

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piratedan  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:20:18pm

re: #32 Targetpractice

Bibi is concerned about keeping Bibi’s ass outta jail, I fully believe that is the main motivation behind what Bibi is doing.

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:21:09pm

Mastodon

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A Mom Anon  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:21:32pm

I saw the Allman Brothers at a weekend festival in northern Ohio, outside of Cleveland in 1976 or 77 I can’t remember. I was 16 or 17. It was raining and a mess but worth it. I think I was maybe 50 ft from the stage a little left of center stage. I had a friend who loved this band, I used to have a copy of Eat A Peach he gave me that was signed by Gregg. It got lost in the chaos of my homeless teen years. He was with me and so was a friend of mine who later died of cancer in his 20’s.

I’m almost 64, and I am a little freaked out that some of my favorite musicians from my misspent youth are beginning to exit this life. Plus I sort of extra hate death these days so it sucks more than normal.

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:27:59pm

re: #35 A Mom Anon

I saw The Allman Brothers Band in the summer of 2007, at the Aspen Jazz Festival. Everyone who lived but Dickey, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks on guitar. Two hour set. Got a Mountain Jam…

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A Cranky One  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:36:04pm

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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:36:12pm

re: #33 piratedan

Bibi is concerned about keeping Bibi’s ass outta jail, I fully believe that is the main motivation behind what Bibi is doing.

It’s been the catch-all panacea of autocratic rulers for ages. Any time there’s political difficulties, find a bubbling pot to stir and then blame the opposition for “endangering” the nation and pledge to “protect” the people so long as they cease questioning the ruler and/or the ruling party.

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William Lewis  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:41:10pm

re: #33 piratedan

Bibi is concerned about keeping Bibi’s ass outta jail, I fully believe that is the main motivation behind what Bibi is doing.

This is 98% of his motivation I think. He knows that once he’s out of office, his ass is grass an the prosecution is the lawn mower.

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:43:30pm

While I was working today I sang “Ramblin Man” thinking about Dickey Betts. True story.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 18, 2024 • 8:52:16pm

re: #29 TedStriker

William Atherton has played “raging narcissistic asshole” so very well over his entire career, from Walter Peck in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius to Dick Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.

William Atherton is your go-to actor when the screenplay calls for a smug douchebag.

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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:01:54pm

re: #41 Dr Lizardo

William Atherton is your go-to actor when the screenplay calls for a smug douchebag.

And Jeffrey Jones is unavailable.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:08:36pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

And Jeffrey Jones is unavailable.

Jones is a registered sex offender - he’s been in trouble with the law since 2002. So that means more work for Atherton. But yeah, Jeffrey Jones could play “insufferable douchebag” very well.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:08:37pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

And Jeffrey Jones is unavailable.

Deservedly so after what he did.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:09:16pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

God talking to the Christofascists after Armageddon: You know, wishing for me to destroy the universe falls under the Deadly Sin of Wrath.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:15:03pm

re: #29 TedStriker

Real Genius is one of my all time favourite movies.

Welcome to Pacific Tech Smart People On Ice!

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mmmirele  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:16:52pm

re: #3 Joe Bacon ✅

Meanwhile right wing Xtians are cheering Booby Nincompoopo on because they want Armageddon.

“Israel must exist so Jesus can return” is an objectively TERRIBLE foreign policy.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:20:22pm

re: #3 Joe Bacon ✅

Meanwhile right wing Xtians are cheering Booby Nincompoopo on because they want Armageddon.

Hey let’s not discount their entirely secular enjoyment of dead brown people.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:22:41pm

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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:23:15pm

Of course, the difference between Atherton and Jones is that the former (as already noted) played self-important assholes pitted against “every man” protagonists, while Jones was the authoritarian douche who readily abused the power of whatever position he held to make the protagonist’s life hell.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:30:09pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

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Because: Jurassic Park - They didn’t stop to see if they should

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:38:34pm

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Fountain of Good Fortune

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No Malarkey!  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:38:37pm

re: #50 Targetpractice

Of course, the difference between Atherton and Jones is that the former (as already noted) played self-important assholes pitted against “every man” protagonists, while Jones was the authoritarian douche who readily abused the power of whatever position he held to make the protagonist’s life hell.

The reigning champion of playing smug assholes is Ben Mendelsohn, and he is so very good at it.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 18, 2024 • 9:45:49pm

Jamie Comer announces we will learn Joe Biden’s crime “very soon.” My guess is in two weeks.

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wrenchwench  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:08:32pm

Mastodon

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Captain Ron  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:09:51pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:18:11pm

re: #54 No Malarkey!

Jamie Comer announces we will learn Joe Biden’s crime “very soon.” My guess is in two weeks.

It couldn’t be more obvious how badly failing to materialize that “Red Wave” in 2022 fucked up the GQP. So much of the BS they really intended to hit Biden with this year depended upon having a large enough majority in Congress to just pass total BS without “moderates” interfering. If Comer knew he could lose two dozen votes and still pass an impeachment vote with a comfortable “majority,” he’d accuse Biden of jay-walking and scream “NOBODY’S ABOVE THE LAW!!”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:27:37pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

The faces are too perfect, and when they move the motion is too limited. These are giveaways still that they are computer generated.

Perhaps some day these AI products will produce the flawed humans that we all are. That day will be a scary one.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:29:06pm

Interesting. The Iranians are now denying that a missile attack was carried out.

Explosions heard in Isfahan were a result of the activation of Iran’s air defence systems, an Iranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that no missile attack was carried out against Iran.

reuters.com

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:35:49pm

re: #59 Dr Lizardo

Interesting. The Iranians are now denying that a missile attack was carried out.

reuters.com

What is the rule? Always wait 24 hours before responding on some shocking action/allegation — since initial reports are often misleading or incomplete.

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mmmirele  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:44:16pm

Prince Harry now has a green card.

Prince Harry confirms he is now a US resident

Paperwork filed shows the royal has informed British authorities that he has moved and is now ‘usually resident’ in the United States

theguardian.com

I guess that’s a polite “Fuck You” to the Firm.

As for work, I got paged in at 21:25 PT for an incident that !@#$%^&*(!!! [dial tone]. It’s just frustrating because there was nothing technical that could be done except wait for the next batch cycle to run.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:44:40pm

re: #60 Hecuba’s daughter

What is the rule? Always wait 24 hours before responding on some shocking action/allegation — since initial reports are often misleading or incomplete.

Except US officials have already confirmed that Israel did, in fact, carry out strikes in Iran.

Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all out war.

The US was given advance notification Thursday of an intended Israeli strike in the coming days, but did not endorse the response, the senior US official said.

edition.cnn.com

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TedStriker  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:45:31pm

re: #46 Romantic Heretic

Real Genius is one of my all time favourite movies.

“I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said, “I drank what?”“

“You’ll rue the day!”
“”Rue the day”? Who talks like that?”

“Can you hammer a six-inch spike with your penis?”
“Not right now.”
“A girl’s gotta have her standards.”

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TedStriker  Apr 18, 2024 • 10:58:32pm

re: #46 Romantic Heretic

Real Genius is one of my all time favourite movies.

re: #63 TedStriker

“I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said, “I drank what?”“

“You’ll rue the day!”
“”Rue the day”? Who talks like that?”

“Can you hammer a six-inch spike with your penis?”
“Not right now.”
“A girl’s gotta have her standards.”

Oh, it’s one of mine too… that said, the whole deal with Sherry Nugil going after Mitch (a 15-year-old) as part of her quest to lay the ten greatest minds was, while not a completely out-of-left-field plot device in 80s teen comedies [usually, it was reversed, with the teenage boy(s) going after an older woman, like with Weird Science], played as the catalyst for Mitch to finally hook up with Jordan (herself apparently in her late teens-early 20s, though much closer in age to Mitch than Nugil, and it’s played where you want to see Mitch and Jordan together) and has become more than a bit cringe-inducing in recent years.

That shit would never fly today in a mainstream movie, and for very good reason.

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gwangung  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:18:57pm

re: #62 Dr Lizardo

Except US officials have already confirmed that Israel did, in fact, carry out strikes in Iran.

edition.cnn.com

What we need to wait for is confirmation on the magnitude of the strikes. Small or moderate is one thing; large is another.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:22:00pm

re: #65 gwangung

What we need to wait for is confirmation on the magnitude of the strikes. Small or moderate is one thing; large is another.

From the news floating around the internet, this seems to be a small strike. Basically, Israel’s way of letting Iran know they can strike anywhere, anytime. A “friendly reminder”, Middle East-style.

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:46:20pm

Sam Breckenridge - “Chayne” - Fingerstyle Guitar

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:49:24pm

The Transcendant Mountain - Antoine Dufour - Acoustic Guitar

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Targetpractice  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:51:19pm

re: #66 Dr Lizardo

From the news floating around the internet, this seems to be a small strike. Basically, Israel’s way of letting Iran know they can strike anywhere, anytime. A “friendly reminder”, Middle East-style.

That tap-on-the-shoulder to make him aware that you could fuck up his day if you wanted to.

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teleskiguy  Apr 18, 2024 • 11:51:36pm

Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark

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Lancelot Link Returns!  Apr 19, 2024 • 12:21:14am

Did somebody say Van Vliet?

Captain Beefheart - The Floppy Boot Stomp

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:05:41am

It’s 0310, and I just checked in to see what condition our condition was in. Then I saw the newsfeed:

Kourtney Kardashian Claps Back at Claim Kim Kardashian Threw Shade With Bikini Photo
Kourtney Kardashian shut down a claim that Kim Kardashian was throwing shade by using a bikini photo of the pair with Khloe Kardashian as a birthday tribute.
By Gabrielle Chung Apr 18, 2024 7:29 PM

So I guess it’s too early to duck-and-cover.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:18:27am
Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, a senior Iranian official tells Reuters, hours after sources said Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil.

“The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed. We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack,” the Iranian official says on condition of anonymity.

Iranian officials say air defenses shot down three drones a few hours ago, triggering sirens.

timesofisrael.com

That jibes with what I’ve been reading here and there - namely, that the Iranian government is probably gonna try to pass this off as some kind of domestic terrorist incident.

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:33:27am

re: #72 Decatur Deb

It’s 0310, and I just checked in to see what condition our condition was in. Then I saw the newsfeed:

So I guess it’s too early to duck-and-cover.

Hell, the Kardashians are like cockroaches, they’d survive a nuclear war just to spite the rest of us.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:33:33am

Here’s some drive time music for you earlybirds.

Pia Zadora - Let’s Dance Tonight (re-recorded version)

I have no idea what movie this is from, but it looks cheesy enough to give you a coronary in thirty seconds flat. 😄

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:52:20am

If any Lizards here reside in Venice Beach, there’s a new business heading your way. From Czech Republic.

translated from the original Czech

“It started with an experiment at the Christmas markets, where we sold trdelniks. It ended in failure, customers did not come to the stand,” describes the beginnings of the business of the Czech network of Trdlokafe branches, its founder Radek Klein. Today, after almost ten years, the company has branches in eight countries and is preparing for further expansion.

“Every year we more than double in size. In 2022, we had approximately 70 stores, last year it was approximately 150, and this year we plan to expand the branch network to approximately 400,” says Klein in the Agenda program.

This year, the entrepreneur plans to expand the Czech network of trdelnik stores, especially in Spain, the Canary Islands, Dubai and Qatar.

“We already have clients in all these countries who are waiting for their stores. We are also preparing to enter the United States, where we should open the first store in Los Angeles on Venice Beach in about a month,” the businessman describes the plans.

Original Czech language article here: seznamzpravy.cz (autoplay vid embedded at link)

This is a trdleník: en.wikipedia.org

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:57:27am

re: #76 Dr Lizardo

Looks like you could do that on a Weber…

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:59:28am

re: #77 Decatur Deb

Looks like you could do that on a Weber…

Probably. They’re quite good - I’ll occasionally treat myself to one once in a blue moon. I wish them luck: if they can get a foothold in L.A., who knows? Maybe it’ll catch on and they can expand from there.

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silverdolphin  Apr 19, 2024 • 1:59:53am

re: #64 TedStriker

Oh, it’s one of mine too… that said, the whole deal with Sherry Nugil going after Mitch (a 15-year-old) as part of her quest to lay the ten greatest minds was, while not a completely out-of-left-field plot device in 80s teen comedies [usually, it was reversed, with the teenage boy(s) going after an older woman, like with Weird Science], played as the catalyst for Mitch to finally hook up with Jordan (herself apparently in her late teens-early 20s, though much closer in age to Mitch than Nugil, and it’s played where you want to see Mitch and Jordan together) and has become more than a bit cringe-inducing in recent years.

That shit would never fly today in a mainstream movie, and for very good reason.

AT the time, there was no statutory rape law in California that made it illegal for women of ANY age to have sex with underage males. It was only a crime for anyone to have sex with a female under 18. So at the time it was perfectly lega for her to try to have sex with him. It did not violate any law.

IN fact, in 1981, a male tried to sue saying it was discriminatory to only penalize men for underage sex. The Supreme Court actually ruled that it was perfectly constititional for CA to have a law that only punished men for having sex with 16 year old girls but not punish women for having sex with 16 year old boys. It was only 12 years later, in 1993, when CA enacted a gender neutral law.

SO he was legal by the laws of the time. Shows how much things have change since then.

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Teukka  Apr 19, 2024 • 2:02:10am

PSA:

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JC1  Apr 19, 2024 • 2:17:09am

So it seems that the attack on Iran was fairly modest, and cooler heads are prevailing for the time being.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2024 • 2:22:28am

re: #81 JC1

The responses are diminishing. Iran is waiting for the proper winds to launch a hot air balloon trailing a Bibi dick-pic.

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silverdolphin  Apr 19, 2024 • 2:43:20am

re: #46 Romantic Heretic

Real Genius is one of my all time favourite movies.

THat movie came out just a few years after I graduated from Caltech. I knew one of the Techers who served as an advisor. It was not too far off on some stuff. I participated in a contest Burger King put on that allowed unlimited entries, as Lazlo, the guy in the steam tunnels, suggested. We printed out over a million entries and delivered them to BK around the LA basin. Won a lot of stuff that funded parties for years.

We did not have ice skating in the hallways but we did have alley surfing, where we would flood one of the alleys in the basement, which was nice smooth concrete, with soapy water. Then go running down the hallway and skid on the soapy water, trying to mantain our balance. The good surfers could spin and do some tricks. And there were guys at the end to catch someone before they hit a wall. We usually stopped when someone fell and hit their head on the floor. (Yeah for such smart guys we were pretty stupid).

And one of the great memes from the time were the initials DEI, for Dabney Eats It (Dabney was one of the houses on campus.) DEI is printed on the voyager spacecraft and supposedly was written in the dust on the moon. It appears several times in Real Genius, such as “Darlington Electronic Instruments” sponsoring Hathaways show. I smile everytime I see what DEI is used for now. I suspect some prankster Techer came up with the original abbreviation.

The scene with Kent’s car parked in his room really happened. The gentleman who interviewed me before admission to Caltech described that prank in detail. SOmeone made the comment he was going away for the weekend, so his friends bought an old Model T for like 20 bucks, took it apart and reassembled it in his room. They were kind enough to help him get it out.

The steam tunnels, whole supposedly off limits to underclassman, were used entensively to move between buildings when it was raining. There were extensive maps and some people put some realy time in exploring them.

Jordan is actually based on a young girl at Caltech, which only stared admitting females about 1970. Purple tapioca was often used to describe someones brain. Liquid nitrogen was available to any student, who could charge it to their account, which, if not too great might get paid for the parents without them noticing.

We always tried to have girls from the nearby college (Wanda Trossler School of Beauty) but that was Pasadena City College (I actually found better success at Mount St Mary’s, which required a car to drive to). ALso, our honor system actually allowed us to take most tests in our rooms. I think I took one in-class test in 4 years. SO Hathaway was a prick for having his test proctored. Also, Chris picking a lock would not be unusual. Almost all the Freshman were shown how to pick locks and many guys had the tools.

Couple of things they left out would have been Mitch’s discovery of Duct Tape as a universal tool. Caltech sold it to any student to, again, put on their account, but it was the real industrial stuff seldom seen in hardware stores today. We used it for everything. I mean, I think some of that stuff is still holding things together.

The other was showering people. People were showered for all sorts of reasons. If a hallway phone rang more than 5 times without a frosh picking it up to take a message, the upperclassman would pick up the nearest frosh and immerse them in the nearest showers. This was a rigorous process calling for 6 people - one on each arm and leg, one on the gut and one with a full nelso on the neck. Thus making it impossible to stop them. well, it was a good way to learn everyone’s name as you wandered the house going “Louie Scheffer. Is Louis anywhere around?” People could opt-out of being showered but then they could never participate - and showering members of rival houses during water balloon wars was a big deal. (On one’s birthday, you were ‘oceaned’ which is pretty self explantory followed by a hamburger at Tommy’s)

Ahh. Memories.

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:14:37am

re: #82 Decatur Deb

The responses are diminishing. Iran is waiting for the proper winds to launch a hot air balloon trailing a Bibi dick-pic.

I’m gathering that Israel was doing the equivalent of, “I can touch you, you can’t touch me.” Which seems like incredibly dangerous brinksmanship, and I can’t imagine the US is terribly happy about it, but what’s done is done. At the least, it looks like it’s not about to devolve into all-out war… yet.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:15:46am

re: #33 piratedan

Bibi is concerned about keeping Bibi’s ass outta jail, I fully believe that is the main motivation behind what Bibi is doing.

And no one in his cabinet and coalition is willing to put Israel’s needs ahead of Bibi’s and tell him “no”. So the culpability is theirs as well.

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Teukka  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:16:32am

re: #84 Nerdy Fish

I’m gathering that Israel was doing the equivalent of, “I can touch you, you can’t touch me.” Which seems like incredibly dangerous brinksmanship, and I can’t imagine the US is terribly happy about it, but what’s done is done. At the least, it looks like it’s not about to devolve into all-out war… yet.

Maybe Israel struck there as warning, no target, or hit something Iran can’t afford to admit exists.

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sagehen  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:18:15am

re: #76 Dr Lizardo

This is a trdleník: en.wikipedia.org

Should I ask how you pronounce that? (and don’t tell me “just like it’s spelled”)

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:21:40am

re: #41 Dr Lizardo

William Atherton is your go-to actor when the screenplay calls for a smug douchebag.

“Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick.”

Ghostbusters (1984) - This Man Has No Dick Scene | Movieclips

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sagehen  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:26:35am

re: #83 silverdolphin

The scene with Kent’s car parked in his room really happened. The gentleman who interviewed me before admission to Caltech described that prank in detail. SOmeone made the comment he was going away for the weekend, so his friends bought an old Model T for like 20 bucks, took it apart and reassembled it in his room. They were kind enough to help him get it out.

still the best-ever Caltech prank:

Rose Bowl prank

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:26:43am

re: #87 sagehen

Should I ask how you pronounce that? (and don’t tell me “just like it’s spelled”)

“Tur-del-neek”.

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Markm1960  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:27:23am

re: #59 Dr Lizardo

Interesting. The Iranians are now denying that a missile attack was carried out.

reuters.com

Iran has to say it wasn’t an attack. If they admit that it was an attack, they admit that Israel could penetrate Iran’s air defenses but Iran can’t penetrate Israel’s defenses.

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:27:59am

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:31:59am

re: #91 Markm1960

Iran has to say it wasn’t an attack. If they admit that it was an attack, they admit that Israel could penetrate Iran’s air defenses but Iran can’t penetrate Israel’s defenses.

Exactly. They’d look like fools - but that being said, I’ve little doubt the truth will spread on Iranian social media, especially among young Iranians, who are very tech-savvy.

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Shropshire Slasher  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:40:27am

TGIF morning drive time music. NSFW.

Rocksteady - Wild Belle

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Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:43:34am

re: #92 Nerdy Fish

It had to happen one day.

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Shropshire Slasher  Apr 19, 2024 • 3:44:42am

If I had a nickel for every time this happened to me!

Raptor specialist Christine Cummings and her staff were faced with that exact quandry over the weekend as they tended to two hammered buzzards at A Place Called Hope in Killingworth.

An animal control officer in Watertown found one bird near a meat market’s garbage container on Sunday and thought it might have been hit by a car, Cummings said Wednesday. Found later in the same location, the second bird was brought in to Cummings’ raptor rehabilitation center soon after. The finder in that case heard a “pop,” so at that point, the thought was that the birds might have been shot, Cummings said.

The “dynamic duo,” as she labeled the pair of black vultures, were unable to keep their balance and kept passing out. Watertown animal control and staff at a Place Called Hope suspected the worst.

But after a battery of tests, the finding was “they were too drunk to fly,” Cummings said. The wobbly vultures had gotten into something fermented and had a party.

They were given fluids and tucked in for the night, followed by “a BIG breakfast the next day,” Cummings wrote in a Facebook post. She added that “drunk vultures are not easy patients.”

ctinsider.com

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:11:38am

re: #88 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

“Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick.”

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I was pleased that in this latest sequel the dickless man returns.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:18:40am

re: #92 Nerdy Fish

That was my seating word for a while. Oh, well.
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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:34:43am

Republicans added the tiktok ban to ukraine aid.

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steve_davis  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:34:59am

re: #8 darthstar

Here’s a thought…MAGA Mike separates out the aid packages. Ukraine passes, Senate passes it unchanged, it gets signed by President Biden. Israel aid passes, Senate passes it unchanged, President Biden announces pocket veto pending ceasefire and end of escalation with Iran. Bibi bends, plays nice, and aid gets passed with monitoring and conditions to ensure consistency.

Wouldn’t that be a thing?

How is Israel going to enter into a ceasefire while hamas is claiming they don’t know where the remaining hostages are?

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sagehen  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:47:07am

tonight on bill maher:

Jillian Michaels - Jon Meacham - Jane Ferguson

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steve_davis  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:51:07am

re: #82 Decatur Deb

The responses are diminishing. Iran is waiting for the proper winds to launch a hot air balloon trailing a Bibi dick-pic.

Not many people have twisted humor required to cause me to laugh before I’ve even managed coffee. Well done.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:54:02am

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 4:55:54am

re: #95 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

It had to happen one day.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:26:47am

re: #103 Patricia Kayden

Rich, that’s not the flex you think it is, and Stormy kinda owned you. Sit down, touch grass, and shut up.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:30:58am

Morning and happy Friday.

And then there were 3.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:32:37am

re: #106 Dave In Austin

Morning and happy Friday.

And then there were 3.

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Were you watching them while you were in Europe?

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:34:36am

Snopes reports that Trump has in fact, attended his children’s H.S. and college graduations, except they haven’t been able to document his attendance at Junior’s HS graduation in ‘96. As swiftly as jury selection has gone, I would bet Judge Merchan will allow Trump to attend Barron’s graduation.

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lawhawk  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:35:10am

re: #108 No Malarkey!

Or he will be in jail dealing with contempt charges.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:40:13am

Consequences of reducing women to walking wombs, instead of persons: There has been a spike in ERs refusing to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:41:44am

re: #107 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Were you watching them while you were in Europe?

I haven’t been traveling. That must be someone else.

She’s been using this box as a roost for almost a year. And I really didn’t think this was gonna happen. There has been a male that’s the size of a sparrow that’s been doing the boffing. That’s been witnessed. But The fact that birds boff and no eggs is a thing. It’s normal bonding activity between the pair.

We didn’t have owlets last year but all the behavior was there.

Our concern this year is that this is the latest laying we’ve had and its getting hot already.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:42:54am

re: #109 lawhawk

Or he will be in jail dealing with contempt charges.

If selection of the alternate jurors goes swiftly enough, they should hold a Sandoval Hearing today, at which the judge will decide what parts of Trump’s sordid history the prosecution can use to impeach him when he testifies, as he claims he will. Trump is really going to enjoy that!

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Shropshire Slasher  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:46:59am

I like this kid.

Knox - Change Your Mind (Official Music Video)

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:47:02am

re: #108 No Malarkey!

Snopes reports that Trump has in fact, attended his children’s H.S. and college graduations, except they haven’t been able to document his attendance at Junior’s HS graduation in ‘96. As swiftly as jury selection has gone, I would bet Judge Merchan will allow force Trump to attend Barron’s graduation.

Eta: by granting the request

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:52:48am

Posner thread on the red v red speaker BS that might create a religious right schism

bsky.app

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lawhawk  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:55:31am

re: #115 Randall Gross

Or… it’s kayfabe, giving cover for all the extremism that the right considers to be core value.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:56:50am

re: #115 Randall Gross

Posner thread on the red v red speaker BS that might create a religious right schism

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Don’t they understand that Putin is the only world leader fighting for Christianity against the Nazi Jew Zelensky?////

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 5:59:02am

re: #84 Nerdy Fish

I’m gathering that Israel was doing the equivalent of, “I can touch you, you can’t touch me.” Which seems like incredibly dangerous brinksmanship, and I can’t imagine the US is terribly happy about it, but what’s done is done. At the least, it looks like it’s not about to devolve into all-out war… yet.

Hope cooler heads prevail on both sides. Am relieved to hear that it appeared to be a modest response. It’s too easy for this tit-for-tat to spiral out of control.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:03:14am

re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter

Hope cooler heads prevail on both sides. Am relieved to hear that it appeared to be a modest response. It’s too easy for this tit-for-tat to spiral out of control.

Any Israeli leader would’ve responded in some fashion to Iran’s attack on Israel. Fears that this is spiraling into a major war are overblown; Iran is denying it was attacked at all, so the back and forth may be over.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:03:24am

re: #92 Nerdy Fish

It is a Friday.

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lawhawk  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:03:29am

Well, this is troubling - major 911 outage caused by a failure at a single utility pole.

On Thursday, Lumen Technologies, a telecommunications company based in Louisiana, said in a statement that “some customers in Nevada, South Dakota, and Nebraska experienced an outage due to a third-party company installing a light pole — unrelated to our services.”

The outage left millions in multiple states without emergency access to authorities for about 2½ hours.

“Our techs identified the issue and worked hard to fix it as quickly as possible,” Lumen said. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our customers’ patience and understanding.”

Harold Feld, senior vice president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit public interest group that focuses on telecommunications and internet law, said a single pole should not be able to disable 911 in multiple states.

“Everyone knows when you have a system that is critically important, that lives depend on, you don’t just have it all come down to a single fiber strand,” he said.

The lack of backup and a single point of failure for the system shows a failure in designing and maintaining the system.

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:03:41am

re: #117 No Malarkey!

Don’t they understand that Putin is the only world leader fighting for Christianity against the Nazi Jew Zelensky?////

I know that sounds crazy, but there are some old die hard Weyrich/Rushdoony elders in the GOP who actually like that Russian ultra orthodox worldview and want a “co-dominion” with Russia ala Pournelle.

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:04:40am

re: #116 lawhawk

Or… it’s kayfabe, giving cover for all the extremism that the right considers to be core value.

That well could be the case, Sarah usually gets things right however.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:04:41am

re: #95 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

It had to happen one day.

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Have to say that it used to be my standard start word!

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Shropshire Slasher  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:05:42am

LOL, the blyatmobile!

Terrified Russian soldiers flee as Ukrainian kamikaze drones hunt them down

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:06:20am

New article on the constitutional sheriffs from Brandy Z:

bsky.app

nbc news direct link
nbcnews.com

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:06:23am

re: #122 Randall Gross

I know that sounds crazy, but there are some old die hard Weyrich/Rushdoony elders in the GOP who actually like that Russian ultra orthodox worldview and want a “co-dominion” with Russia ala Pournelle.

It is crazy, and there are a lot of people on the right who admire Putin, want to model their dream fascist theocracy after Russia’s, and think they will have the opportunity to do so if Trump regains power.

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:10:38am

re: #127 No Malarkey!

It is crazy, and there are a lot of people on the right who admire Putin, want to model their dream fascist theocracy after Russia’s, and think they will have the opportunity to do so if Trump regains power.

This goes beyond the usual GOP admiration for pretty much any Right wing Authoritarian ruler ‘who is getting things done the right way” though; there’s real desire & actual networking that runs back to that period of Reagan/Gorbachev glasnost, and people who actually make moves to bring Russia/USA alliance closer.

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:12:14am

ICC considers issuing warrants
jpost.com

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:12:34am
Amazon MGM Studios renews the hit series ‘Fallout’ for Season 2 on Prime Video

Amazon MGM Studios has renewed its highly acclaimed new series, Fallout, for a second season on Prime Video.

Based on the iconic video game franchise from Bethesda, Fallout ranks among Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles ever. Season One is the service’s most watched season of a series globally since the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Fallout made its global debut exclusively on Prime Video on Wednesday, April 10, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The series hails from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Nolan directed the first three episodes, with Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serving as executive producers, creators, and co-showrunners.

“Jonah, Lisa, Geneva, and Graham have captivated the world with this ground-breaking, wild ride of a show. The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game and so far, we seem to have exceeded their expectations, while bringing in millions of new fans to the franchise. The cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan have knocked it out of the park!” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios. “We’d like to thank Jonah and Lisa and our friends at Bethesda for bringing the show to us as well as Geneva and Graham for coming aboard as showrunners. We are thrilled to announce season two after only one week out and take viewers even farther into the surreal world of Fallout.”

“Praise be to our insanely brilliant showrunners, Geneva and Graham, to our kick-ass cast, to Todd and James and all the legends at Bethesda, and to Jen, Vernon and the amazing team at Amazon for their incredible support of this show. We can’t wait to blow up the world all over again,” said Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Kilter Films.

aboutamazon.com

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:14:48am

Left it hanging on the lip for a birdie tap in.
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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:14:51am

re: #130 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

aboutamazon.com

Highly recommend Fallout and I’m looking forward to Season Two!

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:15:12am

From today’s electoral-vote.com
I shoulda seen this

…, we all know the 5% is not for his campaign, it’s for his legal fund, and he’ll do whatever he can to help pay his lawyer bills.

All of this said, it does not seem that Team Trump has thought through the campaign finance implications of this. If someone donates the maximum to the Trump campaign, and then donates to, say, Matt Gaetz, and then Gaetz kicks 5% of that to Trump, that is illegal, since the donor would be exceeding the legal limits. You’d think that this week, of all weeks, the former president would be mindful of the risks of mishandling campaign funds. But apparently not.

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:15:42am

re: #130 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

aboutamazon.com

Let us hope it doesn’t take 4 years to make it to the screen like the first season did.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:17:07am

re: #128 Randall Gross

This goes beyond the usual GOP admiration for pretty much any Right wing Authoritarian ruler ‘who is getting things done the right way” though; there’s real desire & actual networking that runs back to that period of Reagan/Gorbachev glasnost, and people who actually make moves to bring Russia/USA alliance closer.

Under a second Trump Administration, America will be the junior partner in the Russia/China/Iran/US Axis of Evil. It looks like France may be the leader of the free world in those circumstances.

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jeffreyw  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:18:08am

Good morning!

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:20:11am

fuck.

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
cnn.com

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:23:27am

re: #124 Hecuba’s daughter

Have to say that it used to be my standard start word!

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:27:21am

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Belafon  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:27:39am

re: #116 lawhawk

Or… it’s kayfabe, giving cover for all the extremism that the right considers to be core value.

Naaah, you’re looking for consistency when there is none. Greene could stab Johnson in the heart, and the religious right would hate her and tell church people in her district to vote for her.

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Belafon  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:30:48am

re: #137 Randall Gross

fuck.

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
cnn.com

You should probably start at the end of the last thread and then read all of this one. You’re a half-day behind on the events on this one which end with the US acknowledging a strike and Iran denying it.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:31:11am
Associated Press: “One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.”

“Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.”

“The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide

None of them came in looking for an abortion

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:33:19am

re: #133 Dangerman

From today’s electoral-vote.com
I shoulda seen this

It’s his vig. It’s what any mafia Don would do. Why should he even consider it a problem? It’s just a day doin’ bidness.

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:34:13am

re: #141 Belafon

You should probably start at the end of the last thread and then read all of this one. You’re a half-day behind on the events on this one which end with the US acknowledging a strike and Iran denying it.

I missed that, thanks!

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:38:54am

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Randall Gross  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:39:30am

re: #141 Belafon

You should probably start at the end of the last thread and then read all of this one. You’re a half-day behind on the events on this one which end with the US acknowledging a strike and Iran denying it.

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:40:26am

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:40:42am

re: #143 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

It’s his vig. It’s what any mafia Don would do. Why should he even consider it a problem? It’s just a day doin’ bidness.

True
and the FEC is kinda toothless

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Belafon  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:42:34am

re: #144 Randall Gross

I missed that, thanks!

It would seem that a strike by one county on another wouldn’t complete its news cycle in half a day, but here we are.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:43:34am

re: #142 Dangerman

None of them came in looking for an abortion

What angers me is that there are millions of right wing Xtians who see nothing wrong with this…and there are a whole bunch of those Xtains enjoying this because they believe Gawd is punishing those women for their sins.

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prairiefire  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:43:55am

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:47:01am

The banks don’t like the cap on fees Biden proposes.

And here comes Tim Scott to the bank’s rescue!

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — a federal government agency created in 2011 during former President Barack Obama’s first term — recently created a cap on credit card late fees.

But on Wednesday, April 17, the Republican-controlled House Financial Services Committee voted to advance a bill that, if passed, would keep those fees much higher than the CFPB would like.

Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramirez reports that the House bill “drastically reduces the caps on credit card late fees — from $30-$41 to $8.”

Ramirez reports, “The legislation would also repeal the CFPB’s ban on automatic adjustment of late fees due to inflation. In the Democratic-controlled Senate, where the bill is expected to fail, a similar repeal measure was introduced by Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee ranking member Tim Scott (R-SC) — who has recently devoted most of his energy to fawning over Donald Trump — and co-sponsored by 12 other Republicans.”

Liz Zelnick, director of the Economic Security & Corporate Power Program at the watchdog group accountable.us, slammed MAGA Republicans as hostile to consumer protections.

In an official statement, Zelnick complained, “The Committee should put consumers poised to save billions before their industry megadonors. Big bank CEOs that boast of billion-dollar profits after nickel and diming Americans with junk fees don’t need more special treatment from the MAGA Congress.”

Ramirez notes that in October 2023, the Biden White House “announced a push to eliminate junk fees and increase rate transparency for consumers across various industries” — a push that, according to Ramirez, has been met with resistance from Republicans who are “hellbent on denying” President Joe Biden “any victory in an election year.”

“For all the time Republicans spend complaining about the economic struggles faced by everyday Americans,” Ramirez writes, “they remain steadfast in their commitment to ensuring major corporations can continue squeezing their customers.”

alternet.org

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:47:12am

I hope one of the alternates is visually disturbing for Trump (not deformed…maybe just bears a vague resemblance to Hillary or something like that) and that he demands his lawyers strike them but, being out of peremptory strikes, they need cause, and the alternate is simply a decent fair person.

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:48:36am

Mastodon

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darthstar  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:49:28am

Mastodon

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Vicious Babushka  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:51:47am

Wordle wrecked a lot of starting words today.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:53:18am

re: #92 Nerdy Fish

It is a Friday.

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Took me to 4/6

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:54:35am

And now for you morning dose of joy listen to Bank of America telling John Eastman that they are terminating his bank account.

threads.net

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:55:40am

re: #157 Eventual Carrion

Me too.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:57:08am

re: #158 Joe Bacon ✅

And now for you morning dose of joy listen to Bank of America telling John Eastman that they are terminating his bank account.

threads.net

Ah. The daily caller. I expect death threats eminently.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 6:58:26am

Debating how badly I want to waste my evening by watching Rebel Moon: TEH SCAWR GIVUH

Some Snyder fan boi on X was proclaiming it the best movie of 2022 and maybe the best movie of the decade. JFC the thirst is strong

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(((Archangel1)))  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:00:00am

“Hmmm, think I’ll skip on yesterday’s starter word and start with this today.”
“Well that was totally pointless. Let’s see what yesterday’s starter word gives, if anything.”
“… You have GOT to be kidding me.”

Wordle 1,035 2/6

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:06:24am

re: #161 Scottish Dragon

Debating how badly I want to waste my evening by watching Rebel Moon: TEH SCAWR GIVUH

Some Snyder fan boi on X was proclaiming it the best movie of 2022 and maybe the best movie of the decade. JFC the thirst is strong

Let’s see what Variety had to say…

‘Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver’ Review: An Even More Rote Story, but a Bigger and Better Battle. The second chapter of Zack Snyder’s intergalactic epic is every bit as derivative as “Part One,” but the climactic showdown sizzles. And guess what? It may not be over.

Hmm. Well, let’s mosey over to Deadline…

Zack Snyder’s Space Opera Descends Even Further Into A Black Hole Of Nothingness: Slow-motion scenes that sputter story pacing? Check. Poorly developed characters? Check. Plot holes bigger than the Milky Way? Check….And we’re back, with part two of Zack Snyder Netflix space opera Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver. You might be shocked to hear this, but part two manages to somehow be worse than part one. It’s biggest crime? Nothing happening for way too long

Yikes. Let’s take a peek over at The Hollywood Reporter…

If you thought the previous installment was all build-up, you may be distressed to learn that the follow-up is…a lot more build-up. Although this time it’s a little faster-paced and leads to an extended battle sequence comprising roughly the film’s second half. It’s hard to tell, however, since Snyder employs so much of his trademark slow-motion that you get the feeling the movie would be a short if delivered at normal speed”

And what does The Telegraph have to say?

But nothing here or in the previous instalment will make you give the slightest fig who wins. Yes, the world of Rebel Moon is richly imagined, even if its origins as an aborted Star Wars project still remain far too obvious. In place of storytelling, though, it’s built on unwieldy lore dumps: we’re given hundreds of details about this galaxy far far away, but no reasons to care about any of them.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:08:23am

Conan O’Brien Must Go on Max is great.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:08:49am

re: #163 Dr Lizardo

I thought there were enough Warhammer 40K IP theft issues in the first movie that GW might take legal action. It’s so damned derivitive.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:11:02am

re: #165 Scottish Dragon

I thought there were enough Warhammer 40K IP theft issues in the first movie that GW might take legal action. It’s so damned derivitive.

I’m not a big Warhammer 40K fan, but I know enough about it to immediately recognize that Rebel Moon was some hybrid of the Star Wars franchise and Warhammer.

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:17:32am

re: #162 (((Archangel1)))

“Hmmm, think I’ll skip on yesterday’s starter word and start with this today.”
“Well that was totally pointless. Let’s see what yesterday’s starter word gives, if anything.”
“… You have GOT to be kidding me.”

Wordle 1,035 2/6

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Normally, I don’t like to step on someone else’s story, but this is too good.

Click to Reveal

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:19:17am

re: #162 (((Archangel1)))

“Hmmm, think I’ll skip on yesterday’s starter word and start with this today.”
“Well that was totally pointless. Let’s see what yesterday’s starter word gives, if anything.”
“… You have GOT to be kidding me.”

Wordle 1,035 2/6

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Your wordle collection is amazing.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:19:29am

re: #166 Dr Lizardo

I’m not a big Warhammer 40K fan, but I know enough about it to immediately recognize that Rebel Moon was some hybrid of the Star Wars franchise and Warhammer.

Let’s take a shitty old Roger Corman movie Battle Beyond the Stars and make it even worse by adding 300% more run time but with somehow even less character development, and dump in a bunch of 40K Grimdark and slooooooooooo mooooooooo battle scenes

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:19:44am

re: #165 Scottish Dragon

I thought there were enough Warhammer 40K IP theft issues in the first movie that GW might take legal action. It’s so damned derivitive.

So was Star Wars, and he wants his own Star Wars.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:19:54am

Another birbie.

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:25:54am

Amusing commercial from 12 years ago dropped on YouTube this morning:

THE BEST STAR TREK COMMERCIAL EVER

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:26:18am

re: #170 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

So was Star Wars, and he wants his own Star Wars.

GW is notoriously law suit prone on IP, even more so than Lucasfilms

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:27:57am

re: #169 Scottish Dragon

Let’s take a shitty old Roger Corman movie Battle Beyond the Stars and make it even worse by adding 300% more run time but with somehow even less character development, and dump in a bunch of 40K Grimdark and slooooooooooo mooooooooo battle scenes

Heh. I haven’t seen Battle Beyond the Stars since I was a kid. One of the more notable Star Wars cash-ins.

I have nothing against cash-in flicks - much like how Friday the 13th was a low-budget quickie cash-in of Halloween. It’s a borderline exploitation film.

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lawhawk  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:29:55am

Jury selection continues today, as the judge needs the alternates to be seated as well before proceeding to opening statements (likely on Monday).

re: #172 sizzzzlerz

Don’t think I’d ever seen that commercial before.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:30:04am

Polynesian chicken with offspring (iPhoto thinks it’s a turkey vulture).

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:30:49am

re: #172 sizzzzlerz

Amusing commercial from 12 years ago dropped on YouTube this morning:

I’d never seen that one. That’s damn good.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:32:38am

re: #176 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Polynesian chicken with offspring (iPhoto thinks it’s a turkey vulture).

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Floof floof peeps!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:34:26am

re: #145 darthstar

“The cannons be ready” is reported speech such as:

“Here be monsters”

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:35:34am

re: #176 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Polynesian chicken with offspring (iPhoto thinks it’s a turkey vulture).

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Welcome, hatchlings.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:39:33am

re: #127 No Malarkey!

It is crazy, and there are a lot of people on the right who admire Putin, want to model their dream fascist theocracy after Russia’s, and think they will have the opportunity to do so if Trump regains power.

While professing fealty to the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:40:03am

re: #173 Scottish Dragon

GW is notoriously law suit prone on IP, even more so than Lucasfilms

I’m cool with people protecting their IP. It could be entertaining.
I have not seen Rebel Moon. I just got around to watching the last three Star Wars movies in the main series, and still have lots of Clone Wars and Bad Batch to watch, so haven’t been looking for other media similar to Star Wars.

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:41:07am

Not good, but could have been much worse.

Mastodon

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:43:42am

re: #183 wrenchwench

Not the Overlook Hotel!!

Seriously, though I hope the damage isn’t too severe.

I took my ex-wife up there once when we were visiting the Northwest. We drove up, she took one look at it, and she was all like, “Nope. No, we’re not staying here! This is the place from that horror movie!!”

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:44:51am

re: #182 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

I’m cool with people protecting their IP. It could be entertaining.
I have not seen Rebel Moon. I just got around to watching the last three Star Wars movies in the main series, and still have lots of Clone Wars and Bad Batch to watch, so haven’t been looking for other media similar to Star Wars.

GW took it to a bit of an extreme with suits against aftermarket model bits retailers and got smacked by the court when defense showed that space marine and like terms dated back to the 1950’s or earlier in science fiction.

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:55:26am

re: #184 Dr Lizardo

Not the Overlook Hotel!!

Seriously, though I hope the damage isn’t too severe.

I took my ex-wife up there once when we were visiting the Northwest. We drove up, she took one look at it, and she was all like, “Nope. No, we’re not staying here! This is the place from that horror movie!!”

Sounds like more water damage than smoke/fire damage, except in the attic. The decor, to me, was more impressive than the building. Which is pretty impressive. The bike ride up was fabulous.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:58:24am

re: #121 lawhawk

I’m sure that decision saved them a lot of money.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 7:58:33am

re: #183 wrenchwench

Not good, but could have been much worse.

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I assume the fireplace is not new, so I wonder what was different to cause the fire. Maybe they failed to clean their chimney.

According to Timberline’s marketing director John Burton, they believe embers from the big main fireplace inside the lodge ignited the roof on the north side. Officials began investigating to figure out the cause.

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:00:49am

re: #188 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

I assume the fireplace is not new, so I wonder what was different to cause the fire. Maybe they failed to clean their chimney.

It would be nice to see the results of the investigation. I will forget to watch for it.

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prairiefire  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:04:54am

Oh, no! Our Termanix man looks like he’s gained 70 pounds.

He could barely get up the porch step.

I would scold him if I knew him better. He’s only about 26.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:07:35am

Couldn’t even get through 5 minutes of Rebel Moon 2. 😅😅😅

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:09:15am

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

Couldn’t even get through 5 minutes of Rebel Moon 2. 😅😅😅

Sometimes I think, “I need to watch this just to see if it’s really as bad as everyone says.” Then I say, “Naw, I’m good.”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:09:59am

re: #156 Vicious Babushka

Wordle wrecked a lot of starting words today.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:16:35am

re: #189 wrenchwench

It would be nice to see the results of the investigation. I will forget to watch for it.

When the Internet was new, we were promised “intelligent agents” that we could task with something like that, having it brought to our attention when there was new news on the topic. LLMs may have made those possible now.

If anyone knows of news sites that let you monitor a topic automatically, please post about it.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:16:35am

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

re: #192 No Malarkey!

Instead of torturing yourself with Rebel Moon Part 2, you can just watch this - Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam, “The Man Who Saved the World”, better known as “Turkish Star Wars”. It’s probably just as bad as Rebel Moon Part 2, but at least it’s highly amusing.

Star Wars | Turkish Space Movie English Subtitles (Full Movie)

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danarchy  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:19:08am

re: #194 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

When the Internet was new, we were promised “intelligent agents” that we could task with something like that, having it brought to our attention when there was new news on the topic. LLMs may have made those possible now.

If anyone knows of news sites that let you monitor a topic automatically, please post about it.

um google.com

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:24:08am

re: #195 Dr Lizardo

Oh that’s way better!

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wrenchwench  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:25:59am

Arizona.

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:31:18am

re: #195 Dr Lizardo

Instead of torturing yourself with Rebel Moon Part 2, you can just watch this - Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam, “The Man Who Saved the World”, better known as “Turkish Star Wars”. It’s probably just as bad as Rebel Moon Part 2, but at least it’s highly amusing.

[Embedded content]

And then there’s…the Turkish Star Trek! The DVD is in my RAZZIES Holy of Holies Box!

dailymotion.com

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DodgerFan1988  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:32:17am


🐸 🦂

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:32:18am
The House on Friday cleared a key procedural hurdle in passing foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, despite dozens of Republican defections, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson avoid a defeat.

The chamber voted 316-94 to advance the bills, setting up a Saturday vote on final passage of $95 billion in foreign assistance that has been held up in a political fight in Washington for several months.

Such procedural votes are typically passed by the House majority alone, but Democrats stepped in to help push the legislation forward after Republican hard-liners collectively opposed the measure. More Democrats voted to advance the bills than Republicans.

“Democrats, once again, will be the adults in the room,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., during debate ahead of the vote.

abcnews.go.com

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jeffreyw  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:34:29am

Mastodon

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:35:30am

re: #201 Dr Lizardo

Hastert Rule goes down lololololol

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:37:58am

re: #203 Scottish Dragon

Hastert Rule goes down lololololol

It’s a ridiculous rule anyway. It needs to go, permanently.

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EstebanTornado1963  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:38:16am

re: #198 wrenchwench

Not that happy with how this picture came out, but we saw these the other day on the golf course.

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Axolotl  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:38:25am

re: #103 Patricia Kayden

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My buddies and I are from Jersey and used to “bust each others chops”. A euphamism to being jerks to each other and making jokes at each other’s expense. We thought we were really slick until one of my buddies tried it on my new girlfriend (now wife).

Her digs were so vicious we never did it again. We were like “she is mean” lol. It was a big surprise because she is really very sweet.

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gwangung  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:40:41am

re: #206 Axolotl

Sounds like you married a keeper.

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:41:49am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

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🐸 🦂

Now, how do we encourage more magats to volunteer to participate in putin’s games?

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Egregious Philbin  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:42:05am

re: #198 wrenchwench

My favorite time of the year here, cacti blossoming, baby rabbits and ducks and quail everywhere.

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Jay C  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:44:07am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

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🐸 🦂

{insert sarc tag}

Heartbreaking story, isn’t it?

{delete sarc tag}

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:44:42am

re: #206 Axolotl

My buddies and I are from Jersey and used to “bust each others chops”. A euphamism to being jerks to each other and making jokes at each other’s expense. We thought we were really slick until one of my buddies tried it on my new girlfriend (now wife).

Her digs were so vicious we never did it again. We were like “she is mean” lol. It was a big surprise because she is really very sweet.

I remember an anecdote from the autobiography of Joseph Plum Martin near the end of the Revolution when he had made sergeant and he had some soldiers marching on the road in Maryland towards Maidenhead (he adds “Don’t stare, gentle reader”)

They come cross a young women and a soldier asks how far they were from Maidenhead, and she replied it was still some distance away. He makes a smirking joke about the commodity must be in very short supply if they needs go 10 miles or more to find it, and she crisply retorts that it certainly won’t become any scarcer on his account.

Sgt Martin dryly oberserved that it appeared the soldier wished he’d held his tongue.

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nines09  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:47:50am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

Aww.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:49:07am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

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b.d.  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:51:45am

Trump Falls Asleep in Court Again, Scoring Courtroom Slumber Hat-Trick
Jamie FreveleApr 19th, 2024, 11:19 am

mediaite.com

This is bad news for Joe Biden!

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:51:49am

re: #203 Scottish Dragon

Hastert Rule goes down lololololol

Hastert “rule” is that a majority of the group supports the legislation — and it was definitely a majority of the GOP who voted yes. So the rule created by the pedophile is still in effect

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:53:59am

re: #215 Hecuba’s daughter

Hastert “rule” is that a majority of the group supports the legislation — and it was definitely a majority of the GOP who voted yes. So the rule created by the pedophile is still in effect

Hastert Rule in practice was it had to be able to pass only on GOP votes. So not just a majority but a super majority of the GOP

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Axolotl  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:56:46am

re: #207 gwangung

Sounds like you married a keeper.

Indeed!

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:56:56am

re: #204 Dr Lizardo

It’s a ridiculous rule anyway. It needs to go, permanently.

it’s not a real ‘rule’
just what the R’s do

the d’s dont seem to need to do it

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:57:13am

re: #216 Scottish Dragon

Hastert Rule in practice was it had to be able to pass only on GOP votes. So not just a majority but a super majority of the GOP

Not per Wikipedia.

The Hastert rule, also known as the “majority of the majority” rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships[1] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.[2] Under the doctrine, the speaker will not allow a floor vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill.[3]

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:59:31am

re: #214 b.d.

Trump Falls Asleep in Court Again, Scoring Courtroom Slumber Hat-Trick
Jamie FreveleApr 19th, 2024, 11:19 am

mediaite.com

This is bad news for Joe Biden!

//

There’s an old bit of police conventional wisdom when it comes to questioning a suspect. When you’re interrogating a suspect, leave the room for a bit. Take a one-hour break or whatever, then watch the suspect on CCTV. If they appear supremely relaxed, or dozes off, there’s a good possibility you’ve got the right person. If they appear nervous, or agitated, pacing the room or acting fidgety, that person might well know something about the crime - but they’re very likely not the actual perpetrator. They’re either wholly innocent, so you’ve zeroed in on the wrong person, or they might be an accessory to the crime, though not the perp, in which case you can pressure them to roll over on the person responsible for the crime.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 8:59:49am

re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter

Not per Wikipedia.

it’s as much a ‘rule’ as mcconnell’s “let the voters decide” nonsense

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:05:55am

re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter

Per explanation from various ppl in media years ago. As a matter of principle, the GOP had no interest in Dem votes since Newt was Speaker, and no incentive to to try and get them since bi partisanship itself was heretical. Therefore, they had to be able to pass legislation only with GOP votes and usually didn’t bother scheduling a vote if Dem votes were needed (and also because Dems were tired of that shit and were in no mood to play nice)

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:08:38am

re: #220 Dr Lizardo

There’s an old bit of police conventional wisdom when it comes to questioning a suspect. When you’re interrogating a suspect, leave the room for a bit. Take a one-hour break or whatever, then watch the suspect on CCTV. If they appear supremely relaxed, or dozes off, there’s a good possibility you’ve got the right person. If they appear nervous, or agitated, pacing the room or acting fidgety, that person might well know something about the crime - but they’re very likely not the actual perpetrator. They’re either wholly innocent, so you’ve zeroed in on the wrong person, or they might be an accessory to the crime, though not the perp, in which case you can pressure them to roll over on the person responsible for the crime.

I’m a sceptic of that sort of thing. Cop pop psychology has been used in all sorts of heads I win, tails you lose set ups where a person who is upset must be guilty and a person who isn’t upset must be guilty.

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:08:54am

re: #205 EstebanTornado1963

Not that happy with how this picture came out, but we saw these the other day on the golf course.

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Looks like noonish light. Tough time to get something like that to look it’s best.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:11:38am

Phew! Connections

Click to Reveal

Connections
Puzzle #313
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟩🟪🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:12:57am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

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🐸 🦂

Stingy with the good drugs?

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:15:13am

re: #176 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Polynesian chicken with offspring (iPhoto thinks it’s a turkey vulture).

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This is obviously a fowl call on IPhoto’s part…

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Jay C  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:15:17am

Maybe I’ve just been spending too much time reading political blogs, but I couldn’t help but wonder if Donald Trump’s courtroom woes played a part in the foreign-aid bill actually getting (at least partway) through? IOW, the famously short-attention-span Trump has been so distracted by the trial, that he hasn’t had the (time? ability?) to play The Great Policymaker, puppet-stringing the GOP in Congress from offstage to kill Ukraine aid so as (like with the border bill) make him appear like the “real” President/President-in-exile - and coincidentally do his pal Vlad a big solid. Which TFG is unlikely to be concentrating on, vs. glowering at jurors and trying to stay awake in court…..

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:16:49am

Yes, people this stupid actually exist. And they aren’t even tourists, just plain local morons.
Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:18:16am

re: #225 Eventual Carrion

Phew! Connections

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Perfect! Connections

Click to Reveal

Connections
Puzzle #313
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Got yellow and green immediately. Then 9 hours later, finally realized the blue relationship. Originally thought I’d never solve it, though I did think about another categorization which would have led to the same result — but just didn’t believe that they would do that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:18:26am

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Where’s mama grizzly when you need her?

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:19:06am

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Yes, people this stupid actually exist. And they aren’t even tourists, just plain local morons.
Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

OMG what idiots

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:20:25am

re: #231 Eclectic Cyborg

Where’s mama grizzly when you need her?

They aren’t in NC. Those are black bears, but an adult female black bear will still kill you. Those ppl are lucky they weren’t mauled.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:20:32am

This makes me smile today!

pittnews.com

9-year-old boy who caught McCutchen’s 300th HR reveals significant milestones of his own

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Teukka  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:22:49am

re: #232 Scottish Dragon

OMG what idiots

“Darwin at-risk survivors”, if you will.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:23:38am
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced Friday that he will co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) resolution to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the top job, becoming the third House Republican to back his ouster, The Hill reports.

is it time to break out a head of lettuce?

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:24:54am

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Yes, people this stupid actually exist. And they aren’t even tourists, just plain local morons.
Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

Soon to be former local morons?

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:24:59am

re: #236 Dangerman

is it time to break out a head of lettuce?

skunk cabbage

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:28:23am

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Yes, people this stupid actually exist. And they aren’t even tourists, just plain local morons.
Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

If you’ve ever seen the excellent documentary Cocaine Bear, you’ll have an idea of what’s gonna happen to these cretins.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:36:03am
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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:36:50am

re: #239 Dr Lizardo

If you’ve ever seen the excellent documentary Cocaine Bear, you’ll have an idea of what’s gonna happen to these cretins.

I used to look at this at those pictures of experiments on toxicity of psychotropic drugs using orb web spiders, and then somebody drew a cartoon of the spiders wearing Rastafarian clothing and smoking weed in a hammock instead of building complex webs.

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garzooma  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:37:12am

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Yes, people this stupid actually exist. And they aren’t even tourists, just plain local morons.
Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

Far Side bear cub cartoon
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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:38:24am

re: #241 Scottish Dragon

I used to look at this at those pictures of experiments on toxicity of psychotropic drugs using orb web spiders, and then somebody drew a cartoon of the spiders wearing Rastafarian clothing and smoking weed in a hammock instead of building complex webs.

Was it this one?

Spiders On Drugs

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:38:38am

re: #235 Teukka

“Darwin at-risk survivors”, if you will.

their tickets are already punched
just a question of when and where

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JC1  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:43:10am

re: #203 Scottish Dragon

Hastert Rule goes down lololololol

94 no votes means that a majority of Republicans supported it.

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:44:04am

You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respectfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:44:37am
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Republican operative Jesse Benton for orchestrating an illegal payment from a Russian national to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee.

Benton is married to Ron Paul’s granddaughter.
He worked on Ron Paul and Rand Paul’s campaigns.
He was Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign manager in 2014, until he had to go because he was later convicted in 2016 of illegal payments/cover-up to buy an Iowan politician’s endorsement of Ron Paul.

TFG pardoned him in 2020.

THEN he committed more election crimes, this time involving Russian money and Trump.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:45:47am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

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You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respecfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

Was he awake?

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:46:16am

re: #243 Dr Lizardo

Was it this one?

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Video

Spiders are all

Thanks a lot, weird giant creatures! I’m high as fuck now and direction no longer means anything to me!

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:48:04am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

Trump views the members of the jury as beneath him. He obviously has nothing but contempt for them - from his narcissistic POV, who the hell are they to sit in judgement of him? He’s the great man, the real estate magnate, the billionaire, the former POTUS. He rubbed shoulders with world leaders, after all.

He thinks they’re nothing more than peons.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:49:25am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

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You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respecfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

C) FA, and then FO

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dat_said  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:49:27am

re: #247 Dangerman

Benton is married to Ron Paul’s granddaughter.
He worked on Ron Paul and Rand Paul’s campaigns.
He was Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign manager in 2014, until he had to go because he was later convicted in 2016 of illegal payments/cover-up to buy an Iowan politician’s endorsement of Ron Paul.

TFG pardoned him in 2020.

THEN he committed more election crimes, this time involving Russian money and Trump.

He had appealed the conviction under the belief that “I was pardoned - the jury shouldn’t have been able to hear about my previous election crimes”.

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:49:35am

re: #248 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Was he awake?

At that time, yes, but I gather from watching my Bluesky feed that he’s been falling asleep again, as well.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:50:31am

re: #250 Dr Lizardo

Trump views the members of the jury as beneath him. He obviously has nothing but contempt for them - from his narcissistic POV, who the hell are they to sit in judgement of him? He’s the great man, the real estate magnate, the billionaire, the former POTUS. He rubbed shoulders with world leaders, after all.

He thinks they’re nothing more than peons.

not sure you spelled that right //

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:51:37am

re: #250 Dr Lizardo

Trump views the members of the jury as beneath him. He obviously has nothing but contempt for them - from his narcissistic POV, who the hell are they to sit in judgement of him? He’s the great man, the real estate magnate, the billionaire, the former POTUS. He rubbed shoulders with brazenly pushed aside world leaders, after all.

He thinks they’re nothing more than peons.

FTFY

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jeffreyw  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:52:17am

Honey, I’m Home!
Brought you something!

Mastodon

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dat_said  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:52:29am

re: #250 Dr Lizardo

Trump views the members of the jury as beneath him. He obviously has nothing but contempt for them - from his narcissistic POV, who the hell are they to sit in judgement of him? He’s the great man, the real estate magnate, the billionaire, the former POTUS. He rubbed shoulders with world leaders, after all.

He thinks they’re nothing more than peons.

So looking forward to the trial ending like this -

You have been weighed #shorts

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:52:54am

re: #255 Scottish Dragon

FTFY

LOL I’d forgotten about that.

He’s such a boorish chode.

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:53:45am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

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You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respecfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

It must gall that fat fucker that these ordinary chuds, who should be sending him money and worshiping at his feet, are judging him

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:54:12am

re: #257 dat_said

So looking forward to the trial ending like this -

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If there ever was a defendant who could take a misdemeanor charge and walk out of the courtroom with a death sentence, Trump would be it. He seems determined to piss off everyone who opposes him, in the belief (so far correct) that he will not see any consequences for his behavior.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:56:36am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

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You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respecfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

It all boils down to Fat Donny’s distain of the Constitution.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:58:38am

So my Alma Mater Pitt is “graced” by a stooge from Turning Pointless who says No Abortion No Sir-ee! Life’s Too Precious Can’t You See (Tip o’ the hate to St. Zappa)

pittnews.com

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:59:29am

re: #257 dat_said

If he’s found guilty, then I’m looking forward to this - where Loki represents Trump and the Hulk is the jury….

Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:59:48am

re: #243 Dr Lizardo

Was it this one?

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Video

Don’t be the crack spiders bitch!

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 9:59:53am

Gee, what took them so long?????

Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks due to unintended acceleration

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck to fix accelerator pedals that could stick and cause vehicles to accelerate unintentionally.

In the affected vehicles, a pad attached to the pedal may dislodge and become trapped by interior trim, preventing it from being released once pressed, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). And it’s all because of soap.

Soap was used in an “unapproved” manner as a lubricant to aid in attaching the pad to the accelerator pedal during assembly. Residual soap makes it easier for the pad to slide off the pedal and lodge in interior trim.

ktla.com

Love how Safari screwed up the link

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:01:31am
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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:01:59am

re: #200 DodgerFan1988

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🐸 🦂

Fuck around and Find out.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:02:19am

re: #265 Joe Bacon ✅

Gee, what took them so long?????

Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks due to unintended acceleration

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck to fix accelerator pedals that could stick and cause vehicles to accelerate unintentionally.

In the affected vehicles, a pad attached to the pedal may dislodge and become trapped by interior trim, preventing it from being released once pressed, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). And it’s all because of soap.

Soap was used in an “unapproved” manner as a lubricant to aid in attaching the pad to the accelerator pedal during assembly. Residual soap makes it easier for the pad to slide off the pedal and lodge in interior trim.

ktla.com

Love how Safari screwed up the link

It’s fine to use a lubricant to get a part in place, but there should be screws that hold it there, or it’s going to fall off the same way it was put on.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:03:28am

re: #266 Dave In Austin

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God I loathe that woman

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:03:34am

re: #266 Dave In Austin

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Someone posted here about that yesterday. Marge feels comfortable openly betraying the West, probably because everyone she associates with thinks that’s just fine.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:03:50am

re: #268 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

It’s fine to use a lubricant to get a part in place, but there should be screws that hold it there, or it’s going to fall off the same way it was put on.

Yep.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:04:51am

re: #268 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

It’s fine to use a lubricant to get a part in place, but there should be screws that hold it there, or it’s going to fall off the same way it was put on.

a little bit o’soap
will fuck up you new
cybertruck
a little bit o’soap
will make that pedal slip

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Nerdy Fish  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:05:41am

re: #268 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

It’s fine to use a lubricant to get a part in place, but there should be screws that hold it there, or it’s going to fall off the same way it was put on.

But by omitting those screws, they save $0.02 per Cybertwuck, which is critical to Tesla’s profit margin on the vehicle.

/half

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:05:55am

re: #265 Joe Bacon ✅

Gee, what took them so long?????

Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks due to unintended acceleration

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck to fix accelerator pedals that could stick and cause vehicles to accelerate unintentionally.

In the affected vehicles, a pad attached to the pedal may dislodge and become trapped by interior trim, preventing it from being released once pressed, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). And it’s all because of soap.

Soap was used in an “unapproved” manner as a lubricant to aid in attaching the pad to the accelerator pedal during assembly. Residual soap makes it easier for the pad to slide off the pedal and lodge in interior trim.

ktla.com

Love how Safari screwed up the link

Sounds like Tesla’s board needs to make a few heads roll and shake up their quality control and design staffs. Though I expect it’s now too late to avoid getting hammered in a number of lawsuits while their stock price loses more value.

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jaunte  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:08:27am

re: #268 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Not content to simply reinvent electric cars, Elon Musk reinvented fasteners.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:12:16am

re: #274 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Meanwhile, Elmo is asking shareholders to reinstate his $65 billion.

No, seriously. That asshat thinks he should get the GDP of some smaller nations for…well, I don’t know. Hurting Tesla’s reputation? Delivering the 21st century Edsel in the form of the Cybertruck? Playing internet edgelord on his personal blog (formerly known as Twitter)?

That’s a classic example of failing upwards.

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BeachDem  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:12:56am

This one should definitely NOT be on the jury:

“He’s a family man, he’s a businessman, his results, you see them everywhere so he’s brought a lot of value to the economy,” he said.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:14:40am

re: #275 jaunte

Not content to simply reinvent electric cars, Elon Musk reinvented fasteners.

Reinvented slipping on soap from a Buster Keaton movie

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:17:01am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

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You’re in the courtroom, and the 12 men and women who have been selected to decide your fate have just entered. Everyone else in the room - including your own attorneys - are standing respectfully, acknowledging their status and the sacrifice they are making to perform the function of justice as, essentially, compelled volunteers. Do you:

A) Stand respectfully, like everyone else; or
B) Sit sullenly, refusing to acknowledge their existence.

In many ways, Trump is his own worst enemy, thank Dog.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:19:18am

All I did there was read the entire set of Great Books Of The Western World and The Harvard Classics.

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piratedan  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:21:22am

re: #277 BeachDem

I dunno, perhaps his ideal family man image of DJT will be smeared about regarding how he cheated on his spouse with porn stars and playboy centerfolds. I’m pretty sure that the ladies did not approach Trump (especially since they were paid) and the fact that he committed felonies to one, pay them off, two to use his company to shield the fact that it came from his campaign funds in order to keep that family guy image intact, could make an impression.

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jaunte  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:22:58am

“…Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the former chair of the January 6 select committee, has filed legislation that would strip Secret Service protection for anyone sentenced to jail for a felony.”
politicalwire.com

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jaunte  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:24:19am

re: #282 jaunte

And what conservative could argue with that?

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:24:36am

re: #266 Dave In Austin

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I wish her father had withdrawn from her mother.

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:24:37am

re: #273 Nerdy Fish

But by omitting those screws, they save $0.02 per Cybertwuck, which is critical to Tesla’s profit margin on the vehicle.

/half

They probably just couldn’t find any that didn’t rust so they just left them out.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:25:42am

re: #276 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, Elmo is asking shareholders to reinstate his $65 billion.

No, seriously. That asshat thinks he should get the GDP of some smaller nations for…well, I don’t know. Hurting Tesla’s reputation? Delivering the 21st century Edsel in the form of the Cybertruck? Playing internet edgelord on his personal blog (formerly known as Twitter)?

That’s a classic example of failing upwards.

Hes got a lot of enablers helping him fall up the stairs

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:27:08am

OK, this is strictly gossip, but it’s too funny not to share.

According to Ben Meiselas of Meidas Touch, he’s got some well-placed sources in the courtroom (presumably, journalists covering the trial) and according to them

Click to Reveal

Trump cannot stop farting. Apparently, it happens when he nods off and his attorneys are finding it rather distressing to be in such close proximity to someone who seems to be suffering from chronic flatulence. By all accounts, it’s quite rank and stinky.

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prairiefire  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:27:52am

re: #287 Dr Lizardo

Of course he is!!

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:27:56am

re: #280 Joe Bacon ✅

All I did there was read the entire set of Great Books Of The Western World and The Harvard Classics.

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Hell yeah, I need to renew my library card.

(Actually my library card is valid, but it needed not to be for the joke)

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sizzzzlerz  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:28:20am

re: #280 Joe Bacon ✅

All I did there was read the entire set of Great Books Of The Western World and The Harvard Classics.

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Now that they mention it, I have been seeing a marked change in appearance and behavior of my library’s clientele.

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jaunte  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:28:52am

re: #287 Dr Lizardo

Former overdone beef and chocolate cake.

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:29:15am

re: #281 piratedan

I dunno, perhaps his ideal family man image of DJT will be smeared about regarding how he cheated on his spouse with porn stars and playboy centerfolds. I’m pretty sure that the ladies did not approach Trump (especially since they were paid) and the fact that he committed felonies to one, pay them off, two to use his company to shield the fact that it came from his campaign funds in order to keep that family guy image intact, could make an impression.

That plus he’s cheap
I’m sure he deducts lots of things he’s not supposed to

First they gotta find it then we’ll fight it out…

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:31:13am

re: #291 jaunte

Former overdone beef and chocolate cake.

There’s nothing like McFarts, LOL 😄

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Dangerman  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:31:39am

re: #287 Dr Lizardo

OK, this is strictly gossip, but it’s too funny not to share.

According to Ben Meiselas of Meidas Touch, he’s got some well-placed sources in the courtroom (presumably, journalists covering the trial) and according to them

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Honorary member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus Floor Action Response Team, “shorthanded as ‘FART,’” ?

Eta: and no if you didn’t read yesterday I did not make this up

Link

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jaunte  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:31:48am

re: #293 Dr Lizardo

Fits with the Republican theme of the week.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:32:32am

meidastouch.com

Nicole Shanahan’s liked video shows her striking Joe Biden and RFK Jr. shooting Elizabeth Warren and kicking Trump

The Three Stooges Theme Song

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:32:51am

re: #294 Dangerman

Honorary member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus Floor Action Response Team, “shorthanded as ‘FART,’” ?

Oh, he’s definitely their Eternal Leader.

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No Malarkey!  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:32:59am

re: #294 Dangerman

Honorary member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus Floor Action Response Team, “shorthanded as ‘FART,’” ?

Its a shame Rudy can’t practice law anymore and serve on Trump’s defense team. They could play a symphony with their asses!

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:33:38am

re: #281 piratedan

I dunno, perhaps his ideal family man image of DJT will be smeared about regarding how he cheated on his spouse with porn stars and playboy centerfolds. I’m pretty sure that the ladies did not approach Trump (especially since they were paid) and the fact that he committed felonies to one, pay them off, two to use his company to shield the fact that it came from his campaign funds in order to keep that family guy image intact, could make an impression.

Please — his base does NOT care. As long as he supports legislation that restricts other people’s rights, he can commit any crime with impunity — As he himself said, he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any support.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:35:20am

re: #298 No Malarkey!

Its a shame Rudy can’t practice law anymore and serve on Trump’s defense team. They could play a symphony with their asses!

Between the two of them, they could probably pull off a rousing rendition of “The Stars and Stripes Forever”.

Speaking of which, this here is my personal favorite performance of that piece.

Mstislav Rostropovich ~”Stars and Stripes Forever”~ Finale

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2024 • 10:35:21am

re: #290 sizzzzlerz

Now that they mention it, I have been seeing a marked change in appearance and behavior of my library’s clientele.

Last night was opening day for our Friends of the Library’s massive book sell-off. While we were leaving I told Wife: “We screwed up. We should have coordinated a voter registration table for this crowd.”

Wife: “Did you see the books they’re buying?”

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Captain Magic  Apr 19, 2024 • 12:06:43pm

re: #174 Dr Lizardo

Huh? Battle beyond the stars is a knockoff of Seven Samurai…


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