Dig the Changes in This New Version of Snarky Puppy’s Classic Jam, “Lingus”
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Just kidding, there actually are no changes. At all.
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UPDATE: White House not offering anything in the way of further information on this, but the traveling press pool is currently holding outside Mar-a-Lago.
This is frequently indicative of an imminent news event.— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 27, 2020
Look at me not being CL’ed.
I know there are some Terry Pratchett fans here….
I will be cautiously optimistic, but if they fuck up this sub-arc in the Discworld, I may go psycho.
The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television programme under development by BBC Studios for BBC America, which ordered an eight-part season in October 2018. The series is inspired by[3] the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. The series is set to premiere on 3 January 2021.[4]
Did you sign it? Change your mind after a day on the links? @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/HrNDi1rRnt
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) December 27, 2020
I honestly cannot wait until this game of “What’s Going To Happen Next? Stay Tuned To Find Out!” is over for good.
Bye Don. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) December 27, 2020
re: #4 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The door will not hit him on the way out because his finger nails will be catching at the door casings.
This video made me laugh so hard I think I pulled a muscle. Maybe you have to be a musician to really get it.
re: #6 Charles Johnson
This video made me laugh so hard I think I pulled a muscle. Maybe you have to be a musician to really get it.
Charles, did you see this little musical video I posted earlier?
Relax and listen to @AngelaHaggerty wee boy Francis #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/k36ZA8LILI
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) December 19, 2020
re: #4 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The most appropriate quote I’ve seen these past weeks was here, I believe: We’re all Stormy Daniels now, waiting for him to finish so we can go to sleep.
Just had a very dark turn — took this photo not half an hour ago two blocks from my home:
Raced home and did some digging. Turns out it was an unfortunate decision by a company established back in 1994 to name itself after “playing cards,” which are called トランプ (turumpu, or trump) in Japanese.
Turns out a lot of other people have already thoroughly discussed this in Japanese.
I think Trump is finally going to release the evidence his investigators found in Hawaii proving Obama’s birth certificate is fake https://t.co/FnxcbF5h8Y
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 27, 2020
Secretary of the Treasury is reportedly vacationing at resort in Mexico: pic.twitter.com/uiG1igBgow
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 27, 2020
What’s wrong with you? Everything isn’t a game. The bill was passed and it’s in front of you for your signature so that desperate Americans can get help, stay in their homes, eat, not be evicted and not go out of business. For once just do the right thing and don’t tweet about it https://t.co/e787Jj9wgh
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) December 27, 2020
So is JFK Jr. finally showing up as Q predicted?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) December 28, 2020
This piece of shit spent all day on the golf course while Americans face a domestic terrorist attack and no economic relief, then comes in to stir up some sedition.
I don’t want to hear about reconciliation. I want this asshole and his asshole family in prison. https://t.co/c6BGd5OzRy— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 27, 2020
I just assumed it was Lindsey Graham. https://t.co/sLUoqipLj8
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 27, 2020
re: #9 Scout
Just had a very dark turn — took this photo not half an hour ago two blocks from my home:
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Raced home and did some digging. Turns out it was an unfortunate decision by a company established back in 1994 to name itself after “playing cards,” which are called トランプ (turumpu, or trump) in Japanese.
Turns out a lot of other people have already thoroughly discussed this in Japanese.
In May 2019 when we took our students to the Imperial Palace grounds there were three semis doing the loop, the first one with “Loyalty to the Emperor,” the second with “Fight with Trump!” and the Third with “Trust Putin” signs on the sides of each truck. Very weird ultra-right there right now, so it seems plausible.
This is one of the funnier insults to get sent my way. 10/10. Well done. https://t.co/zjwdvrtBBM
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 27, 2020
LOL
On Christmas Eve, staff at Mar-a-Lago made preparations for President Trump to sign the Covid-19 relief package and government funding bill. But the plan was scrapped at the last minute, two sources with knowledge of the circumstances say. https://t.co/3ruwtugHrE
— CNN (@CNN) December 28, 2020
First of all, there’s no such thing as an “NSA Agent.”
Second, Snowden was a fucking contractor.
If you can’t even get the easy parts right, why hell would I trust you with anything else, @ABC? https://t.co/BG8YIrVhP9— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 28, 2020
No, it means that the president has made a statement knowing that the statement is false.
That is what we mean when he says he has lied. https://t.co/6Ya9pfM1bc— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 28, 2020
When this all ends, his final words will be, “We put on a hell of a show. Great ratings!”
— Mike Sacks (@MikeSacksEsq) July 14, 2017
So I’ve got this pork cutlet wrapped in bacon. I cut it and the bacon up into small chunks and start frying it up.
Half a batch leftover of yellow rice, so I reheat it.
Some leftover pineapple chunks from the last frozen pizza I tarted up. Toss that in with the pork and bacon. Then add sweet BBQ sauce at the end. Serve up over the rice.
Came out pretty darn good.
re: #22 William Lewis
So I’ve got this pork cutlet wrapped in bacon. I cut it and the bacon up into small chunks and start frying it up.
Half a batch leftover of yellow rice, so I reheat it.
Some leftover pineapple chunks from the last frozen pizza I tarted up. Toss that in with the pork and bacon. Then add sweet BBQ sauce at the end. Serve up over the rice.
Came out pretty darn good.
Did you pre-game?
re: #230 Jebediah, RBG
Oh fuck. So sorry.
Thank you - truly appreciate the sentiment. It fills in well with all the cathartic responses I got in reply to my comment where I notified the community of his death over a week ago.
You idiots. pic.twitter.com/zFAtNhEedy
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) December 28, 2020
re: #24 William Lewis
???
Sorry, I was trying to lightly joke (I was thinking about the recent video with Brent Spiner where he imagines himself backstage at an awards show and Doug Benson comes into the Green room and says “you wanna pre-game?”) , but the truth is that it sounds pretty good.
Attention, Charles:
…..#EXCLUSIVE @CBSNews has obtained a photo of Anthony Quinn Warner, the Person Of Interest in the #Nashville #bombing. Investigators believe he died in the blast…more to come pic.twitter.com/kXThvYrJGU
— Jeff Pegues (@jeffpeguescbs) December 28, 2020
re: #27 Barefoot Grin
Ah, I was thinking getting drunk at a tail gate party. Hadn’t see that so whooosh over my head :LOL:
As one does, of course. I can see why Real Americans™️ want to defend these people so much. https://t.co/pRUSkItpxX
— ✨🎄Astron 🎄✨ (@Nortsa524) December 27, 2020
So after derailing the bill signing, which is going to lead to millions forced to survive another week without UI and putting millions more in danger of being evicted, this fuckhead is going to…what? Agree to sign the bill as-is, inflicting so much misery for no other reason than he could?
FUCK THIS GUY!
I fully expect the Mango Moron to veto the relief bill, claim it was due to not having the $2000 when, really, it’s punishment for the poors for not re-electing him.
In 1964, Ringo Starr snapped a photo of some high school students who had skipped class to see the Beatles during their first trip to the US.
50 years later, the group reunited and recreated the photo. pic.twitter.com/E3CRPJgQdT— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) December 26, 2020
re: #34 Belafon
They seem to have all the details.
re: #33 William Lewis
I fully expect the Mango Moron to veto the relief bill, claim it was due to not having the $2000 when, really, it’s punishment for the poors for not re-electing him.
Nah, he’ll do as he’s done before when forced to deal with this sort of situation: He’ll sign the bill while making promises about EOs that will accomplish little but give him the media “win” of saying he’s giving out more money to folks than he could get in the bill. Which will be a massive, resounding backhand slap to Mitch at the moment he can least afford it.
re: #38 jaunte
Pointless dramaman has signed the relief bill.
So in other words, he fucked over millions of people in order to feel self-important and to lord it over us. God damn, but every time I think he can’t sink any lower, he finds another gear on the oil rig and keeps digging.
re: #38 jaunte
Pointless dramaman has signed the relief bill.
That’s what CNN is saying. Why he couldn’t sign it last week on Christmas eve as was the original intent and give people some security of mind on Christmas day boggles the mind.
Nothing at all changed in the bill from yesterday to today, but if he’d signed it yesterday millions of unemployed Americans would have more money in their pockets that they dearly need. A terrible and costly stunt that achieved nothing but chaos and misery. Classic Trump.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) December 28, 2020
Republicans just cost you $2,000. And so much more.
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s what CNN is saying. Why he couldn’t sign it last week on Christmas eve as was the original intent and give people some security of mind on Christmas day boggles the mind.
That’s because we don’t reflexively think like an abusive bully.
Nothing will start to get any better until sometime after 12 noon on Jan 20. Just live by that.
Heh. Mrs. Fish just Hanlon’s Razor’d me. I told her about Trump signing the bill late, and she said, “Is it possible he just didn’t know unemployment insurance ended, instead of it being intentional?” I doubt it, but given his laser focus on his election loss, I have to admit it is plausible.
Technicians have kept a tokamak lit for 20 seconds at 180 million degrees. In South Korea.
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
Attention, Charles:
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Not at all the same person as in that suspicious picture shown downstairs. The articles about Warner say that he had no social media presence, worked in IT, and expressed no political opinions to his neighbors. Maybe the investigators will find a motive.
re: #46 Decatur Deb
Technicians have kept a tokamak lit for 20 seconds at 180 million degrees. In South Korea.
When I first read that I was like “why do they need to bake a tomahawk to 180 mm degrees?”
re: #48 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Same here. At least I learned something new today. :)
re: #46 Decatur Deb
Technicians have kept a tokamak lit for 20 seconds at 180 million degrees. In South Korea.
Oh, man, that’s really beautiful news.
re: #48 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
When I first read that I was like “why do they need to bake a tomahawk to 180 mm degrees?”
Heh. I’ve been a fusion nerd for some years, so when I saw this, I knew what it was. Leave it to the Koreans; their technical genius as a country is unparalleled. I hope they can finally push it past the break-even point.
re: #42 jaunte
Republicans just cost you $2,000. And so much more.
Apparently Trump secured an agreement from McConnell to vote on the additional money. Too bad he didn’t support that level of funding well before the bill was passed.
re: #45 thedopefishlives
Heh. Mrs. Fish just Hanlon’s Razor’d me. I told her about Trump signing the bill late, and she said, “Is it possible he just didn’t know unemployment insurance ended, instead of it being intentional?” I doubt it, but given his laser focus on his election loss, I have to admit it is plausible.
When it’s Trump we are talking about, his malice is born from stupidity, so I think he’s an exception to, or a special case of, Hanlon’s Razor.
re: #52 Hecuba’s daughter
Apparently Trump secured an agreement from McConnell to vote on the additional money. Too bad he didn’t support that level of funding well before the bill was passed.
He got an agreement from Mitch? Well shit, I got a bridge I’m lettin’ go for cheap if he’s interested.
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re: #42 jaunte
Republicans just cost you $2,000. And so much more.
They’ve fucking cost most of us a LOT more than $2000 this year.
re: #51 thedopefishlives
Heh. I’ve been a fusion nerd for some years, so when I saw this, I knew what it was. Leave it to the Koreans; their technical genius as a country is unparalleled. I hope they can finally push it past the break-even point.
We’re going to need it. The electric vehicle makers are admitting that we don’t have half the electrical capacity to replace petrol.
Trump says he signed covid relief package in a statement that includes the kind of lies we would hear in his photo ops. One of the glaring lies is that “the House and Senate have agreed to focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud…” from the election. (Not true) pic.twitter.com/ppzauuvFmK
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 28, 2020
re: #56 Decatur Deb
We’re going to need it. The electric vehicle makers are admitting that we don’t have half the electrical capacity to replace petrol.
If we can eventually derive a process to capture the alpha particles and turn them into helium, that would also alleviate another serious shortage.
re: #47 Hecuba’s daughter
Not at all the same person as in that suspicious picture shown downstairs. The articles about Warner say that he had no social media presence, worked in IT, and expressed no political opinions to his neighbors. Maybe the investigators will find a motive.
Or if no on-line presence he dumped something into the mail that will turn up in the next couple of days.
re: #47 Hecuba’s daughter
Not at all the same person as in that suspicious picture shown downstairs. The articles about Warner say that he had no social media presence, worked in IT, and expressed no political opinions to his neighbors. Maybe the investigators will find a motive.
They never discovered a motive for the Las Vegas shooter.
re: #58 thedopefishlives
If we can eventually derive a process to capture the alpha particles and turn them into helium, that would also alleviate another serious shortage.
Self-illuminating birthday balloons.
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
They’ve fucking cost most of us a LOT more than $2000 this year.
I’m firmly under the opinion that the most unhealthy thing for humans is not obesity, smoking, or eating food filled with triglycerides. The worst thing for people is stress.
There’s been a couple of years in my life that I can say were really bad for that.
1995, 2001, 2011 were bad. 2016-2018 were worse. 2020 may never be beaten. I feel as though I aged 1 year every month. There’s no dollar value that can be attached to that.
re: #60 The Pie Overlord!
They never discovered a motive for the Las Vegas shooter.
Which really blows my mind. Worst mass shooting in the history of this country and we
have no idea why the dude pulled the trigger.
re: #62 Jack Burton
I’m firmly under the opinion that the most unhealthy thing for humans is not obesity, smoking, or eating food filled with triglycerides. The worst thing for people is stress.
There’s been a couple of years in my life that I can say were really bad for that.
1995, 2001, 2011 were bad. 2016-2018 were worse. 2020 may never be beaten. I feel as though I aged 1 year every month. There’s no dollar value that can be attached to that.
You’re very much not wrong. Think about all the side effects of stress: Elevated blood pressure, poor sleep, various anxious tics/physical reactions, depression. Each of those is a Bad Thing (tm) in and of itself, and now you have something that causes ALL OF THAT and more besides. Stress may as well be the #1 killer in America; how many of the quintessential heart attacks are caused by people who are overly stressed?
re: #60 The Pie Overlord!
They never discovered a motive for the Las Vegas shooter.
Yep. I was going to do a follow up post on that.
re: #63 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So is this $600 or $2000?
$600 with the (empty) promise that Congress will quickly vote to increase the checks to $2000, repeal Sec 230, and begin an investigation into “election fraud.”
In related news, the check’s in the mail and he’ll still respect you in the morning.//////
re: #68 Targetpractice
Honestly I’m not expecting a penny more until Biden takes office.
re: #68 Targetpractice
$600 with the (empty) promise that Congress will quickly vote to increase the checks to $2000, repeal Sec 230, and begin an investigation into “election fraud.”
In related news, the check’s in the mail and he’ll still respect you in the morning.//////
Congress may (note the key word) vote to do the first. The second will probably be brought up, but I feel it will narrowly fail. The third is pure posturing and won’t even be brought to the floor.
re: #70 thedopefishlives
Congress may (note the key word) vote to do the first. The second will probably be brought up, but I feel it will narrowly fail. The third is pure posturing and won’t even be brought to the floor.
None of it will happen. The House Dems will push through a clean $2000 check bill while the Senate Repubs will deliberately set up a bill that chains those checks to Sec 230 repeal/election investigation knowing that Dems will filibuster it, and then the latter will be used to blame Dems for failure to win approval for larger checks while Repubs quietly pat themselves on the back for blocking “wasteful spending.”
re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg
Honestly I’m not expecting a penny more until Biden takes office.
Only if Ossoff and Warnock win their elections, which is extremely up in the air. (Currently, 538 has Warnock with a 0.6% lead, and Ossoff trailing by 0.5%.)
McConnell’s statement includes “The President’s leadership has prevented a government shutdown.” Really? REALLY? His leadership????? Mitch, don’t you mean that someone finally forced the President to acknowledge reality?
Trump still doesn’t seem to understand some basics about the job he’s been holding for the last four years. https://t.co/NFE5n09a7K
— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) December 28, 2020
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
Heh. I actually asked this with the original $1200. I would suggest donating it to a worthy cause, if you are able; unfortunately, I have a use for it.
re: #62 Jack Burton
I’m firmly under the opinion that the most unhealthy thing for humans is not obesity, smoking, or eating food filled with triglycerides. The worst thing for people is stress.
There’s been a couple of years in my life that I can say were really bad for that.
1995, 2001, 2011 were bad. 2016-2018 were worse. 2020 may never be beaten. I feel as though I aged 1 year every month. There’s no dollar value that can be attached to that.
SO TRUE!
re: #76 jaunte
True. That is a complaint that a lot of former Governors who became POTUS.
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
They’ve fucking cost most of us a LOT more than $2000 this year.
Yeah…once again I’m Charlie Brown. I get a rock…
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
Donate the money to a worthwhile cause. The Georgia election or food banks etc.
re: #76 jaunte
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It’s pure posturing. He got nothing from days of holding his breath, so he’s trying to spin this as another “win” by saying he’ll just tell Congress to remove the “wasteful spending,” which WHC has no doubt told him is totally within the purview of his office while quietly knowing the matter will not matter in less than a month’s time.
I might have to keep it. I just heard an unexpected noise in the house.
re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg
There won’t be any more. GOP will rediscover “deficit concern” on Jan. 20.
While it’s great we have the White House, I think we’ve lost the much larger war going forward.
The fascists believe they will gain control of the House in 2022, and Orange Anus could very well win in 2024. Authoritarianism is all the rage in the world now, and I am afraid the ignorant masses in this country will fall sway.
re: #85 TarHellion
I’m not giving up on Warnock and Ossoff yet.
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
I can think of my favorite charity … /////
More seriously, food pantries ALWAYS need more money. I know there’ll be a long line there tomorrow when I go to the one here in Hayward.
re: #84 PhillyPretzel
I might have to keep it. I just heard an unexpected noise in the house.
Hope all is well.
A friend just sent me this link. It’s from 2011, so not new, but it was new to me, and just beautiful.
re: #88 thedopefishlives
Me too. I checked almost everything but the back door. I will be right back.
re: #89 retired cynic
It’s underwater at a reef, c6 min.
The House will pass a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks. Then I will move to pass it in the Senate.
No Democrats will object.
Will Senate Republicans?— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 28, 2020
re: #2 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Look at me not being CL’ed.
I know there are some Terry Pratchett fans here….
I will be cautiously optimistic, but if they fuck up this sub-arc in the Discworld, I may go psycho.
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Will be watching it with no expectations whatsoever, as it’s been made without the involvement or approval of Pratchett’s family, which is involved in other projects tied to his works.
The Guardian: The Watch ‘shares no DNA with Terry Pratchett’s work’, says daughter
Terry Pratchett’s daughter Rhianna Pratchett has said that the forthcoming television adaptation of the late author’s stories about Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch “shares no DNA with my father’s Watch”, and that she “should know”.
The Watch, a new series from BBC America and BBC Studios, will air in January in the US, but a trailer shared over the weekend has prompted an outpouring of criticism from fans. Describing itself as “inspired by” Pratchett’s novels about the City Watch, the new trailer for the series shows Richard Dormer as a punk-rock version of the Watch’s grizzled commander Sam Vimes, in a show that BBC America is pitching as about a band of “misfit cops as they fight to save a ramshackle city of normalised wrongness from both the past and future in a perilous quest”.
…Rhianna Pratchett, through the independent production company Narrativia which was launched by her father, is currently working with Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content to create “truly authentic … prestige adaptations that remain absolutely faithful to [Pratchett’s] original, unique genius”.
Look, I think it’s fairly obvious that @TheWatch shares no DNA with my father’s Watch. This is neither criticism nor support. It is what it is.
— Rhianna Pratchett (@rhipratchett) October 9, 2020
re: #84 PhillyPretzel
I might have to keep it. I just heard an unexpected noise in the house.
2020 ain’t done with you…
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
So true. The back of the house and the front of the house are okay. Odd noise sounded like distant thunder. Could have also been my neighbors.
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
No, but there are Worthy Causes for you to donate to everywhere you turn.
re: #92 jaunte
Is that a rhetorical question? Because they will.
If for no other reason that to ‘own the libs’.
re: #96 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!
True.
re: #95 PhillyPretzel
So true. The back of the house and the front of the house are okay. Odd noise sounded like distant thunder. Could have also been my neighbors.
I heard a crash on my roof an hour or so ago. Figured it was either a possum slipping or ice falling from the upper roof to the porch roof.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
No snow or ice left here. The roof and the chimney were fixed the other day. Hmm. I think it might be one of my neighbors.
re: #92 jaunte
Of course they will object. Why give money to help people?
someone as excited about snow as Cooper is:
Have you ever seen a happier dog in the snow!? 🐾 #MNwx
Someone tell this pup there’s more on the way Tues/Wed, or tell him to watch WeatherNation for more details! ❄ pic.twitter.com/WGN4CgAC6H— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) December 28, 2020
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m tired of dealing with snow. I’m leaving the current little bit laying in the driveway until the Tuesday snowstorm, and blowing it all away together on Wednesday.
I just checked my neighborhood reports from my Ring Doorbell. Other neighbors heard something too. So it isn’t my house. Whew.
re: #100 PhillyPretzel
No snow or ice left here. The roof and the chimney were fixed the other day. Hmm. I think it might be one of my neighbors.
was almost 50F today, but we had about 5 inches of snow and about 1/4 inch or more of ice, so there’s still white stuff out there.
re: #104 PhillyPretzel
A sort of mass collapse matching the final destruction of Eagle playoff hopes?
re: #80 🌹UOJB!
Yeah…once again I’m Charlie Brown. I get a rock…
You and me both. I lost my job but was rejected because my husband has an EIN not a SSN. I worked in America for 45 years. Paid American taxes my whole life. Lost my American job last April and didn’t qualify.
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m not giving up on Warnock and Ossoff yet.
They are less than 2 points behind. (Actually, it seems to be a dead heat.)
Are the Trumps shooting fake tv shows from their basement now?? pic.twitter.com/1SQJnrRTRN
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) December 27, 2020
re: #109 Dread Pirate Ron
“Real American Voice News” LOL eff them
re: #111 thedopefishlives
So, this is how it begins.
Googled Rightview and apparently they have been doing this crap at least since early 2020.
re: #109 Dread Pirate Ron
JFC. I am so blessed TIRED of these fucking people.
re: #107 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Maybe no rock, I remember hearing on MSNBC this bill fixed that issue but then again I could be incorrect
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
No. It’s a stimulus. Spend it locally.
re: #114 Broad With Sass
Maybe no rock, I remember hearing on MSNBC this bill fixed that issue but then again I could be incorrect
Unlike the original CARES act, if one person in your household has an SSN but the other does not, you are eligible to receive a check this time.
re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good to hear that the Orange Idiot signed the Bill. Dying for January 20th so we can throw away the trash and have a normal, mature President.
re: #108 Decatur Deb
They are less than 2 points behind. (Actually, it seems to be a dead heat.)
If a Democrat is not 5 points ahead in Georgia at this point, the likelihood of victory is pretty dim. Stacey Abrams pulled out a miracle for the November 3 election; the Republican establishment is not going to make the same mistakes this time. After all, Brian Kemp, as well as the rest of the GOP, specialize in voter disenfranchisement. They just didn’t believe in discarding votes that had been cast. Well, maybe Kemp would have been willing but the others didn’t.
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
Donate it to a food charity. That’s where half of mine is going.
He admits at the end of the thread that he lied.
About it being a short thread
/s/
This is a short, anecdotal thread about UFO-related “terrorism” in the United States. We tend to think of terrorism as being related to the far right, or the far left, or extremist religious movements, but fanatic belief in any cause can potentially result in violent acts.
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) December 27, 2020
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
If a Democrat is not 5 points ahead in Georgia at this point, the likelihood of victory is pretty dim. Stacey Abrams pulled out a miracle for the November 3 election; the Republican establishment is not going to make the same mistakes this time. After all, Brian Kemp, as well as the rest of the GOP, specialize in voter disenfranchisement. They just didn’t believe in discarding votes that had been cast. Well, maybe Kemp would have been willing but the others didn’t.
There’s not much solid polling, but they put Warnock slightly ahead and Ossoff slightly behind. I can’t imagine any Dem actually splitting a vote.
I can rest a bit easier now that President Poopydepends signed the bill to fund us thru the end of the fiscal year.
re: #53 Jack Burton
He does whatever he can to make it worse for everyone but himself. I’ve never hated anyone more in my almost 6 decades of life. Fuck tRump forever.
“Died in the blast” means it was a WHITE Suicide Bomber. https://t.co/pnXdwDxPPK
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) December 28, 2020
The first of those things should be go fucking yourself. https://t.co/7F6EQMzhk1
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 28, 2020
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ironically, my pastor was just preaching today on how this particular verse is the most taken out of context in the entire Bible. The emphasis is in the latter half, not in the former.
re: #114 Broad With Sass
Maybe no rock, I remember hearing on MSNBC this bill fixed that issue but then again I could be incorrect
I hope so. I’m not desperate yet. But I’m worried. That $$ would help. I just need to financially survive for 7 months until Soc Sec kicks in.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
The first of those things should be go fucking yourself.
God would never say such a thing.
God would say “The first of those things should be to go fuck yourself.” She knows how to use the infinitive. Infinitely.
the cat was like ‘challenge accepted’ !
(viralhog) pic.twitter.com/yYnKI1ytRJ— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) December 27, 2020
re: #83 PhillyPretzel
Hmm a worthwhile cause? I know. PBS.
Planned Parenthood
World Kitchen
United Hatzalah
Southern Poverty Law Center
Humane Society (or your local animal rescue shelter)
Actblue
Thai family’s 42-year struggle to bring home daughter abducted by North Korea https://t.co/achGnh1PXX pic.twitter.com/M2z9TF0GHQ
— Thai PBS World (@ThaiPBSWorld) December 28, 2020
Another year is ending with fading hope of a Thai family in Chiang Mai in getting back its daughter abducted by North Korea 42 years ago.
Anocha Panchoi, a native of San Kamphaeng district of Chiang Mai, was 23 when she disappeared in 1978. She was working in Macau and was on her way to having a haircut when she was abducted.
Anocha’s fate was once again highlighted in a news report by NHK of Japan last week following a memorial service by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for the father of one of the Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korea. It noted that according to a UN report, Japan is just one of eleven countries that were targeted by the North’s abduction activity.
Anocha’s family had to wait more than 25 years for any sign that she was still alive. It came in 2005, when US deserter Charles Robert Jenkins, husband of former abductee Soga Hitomi, testified that he knew a female Thai abductee living in Pyongyang. He produced a photo showing what was believed to be Anocha behind his family on a beach.
more at the link
Short thread.
Election litigation update - New Mexico:
The dumbest lawyers available continue to litigate the dumbest cases possible in the dumbest manner conceivable, leading to the dumbest outcomes imaginable.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 27, 2020
re: #132 thedopefishlives
Short thread.
I do not believe you. I have yet to see Mike Dunford produce anything that could be reasonably referred to as a “short thread” on twitter
I’ll tell ya, the only thing that’s kept me sane these months is you guys and cooking/baking. I can do all that on the cheap and it gives me purpose.
I was used to working 12-15 hours a day and doing nothing was jarring. It really fucked with my head. I might have been able to get a job but I’m 61 and I don’t even like going to the grocery store let alone contemplate job interviews. I leave the house 3x a month.
Thanks to all of you. You have all helped me manage life over the last almost year. No, that’s not right, the last several years with extra special appreciation for the last year.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ to each of you!
re: #133 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I do not believe you. I have yet to see Mike Dunford produce anything that could be reasonably referred to as a “short thread” on twitter
It actually is! Less than 10 tweets.
re: #135 thedopefishlives
It actually is! Less than 10 tweets.
And it’s really funny. He cracks me up.
re: #136 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And it’s really funny. He cracks me up.
This reply slayed me.
They tried. Lionel took one look and noped out of this. Barry Zuckerkorn literally ran from the room when they asked him to take it - and they asked him by phone.https://t.co/NuwTYsmBj1
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 27, 2020
3: Some of those days are holiday and weekend.
4: And when the new Congress gets started, there’s a bunch of housekeeping and then they basically put the last damn nail in the Orange Toddler’s coffin and I can go back to tweeting about strange fan creations and copyright.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 28, 2020
re: #87 William Lewis
I can think of my favorite charity … /////
More seriously, food pantries ALWAYS need more money. I know there’ll be a long line there tomorrow when I go to the one here in Hayward.
Told all my kids to donate to food pantries in lieu of gifts for us this Christmas. And they were very generous.
Knowing folks in need got help is more satisfying than yet more stuff.
I’ll want to donate more in the next months, after the Christmas giving has subsided. The need will be greater at that time.
If I get a check that’s where it will go.
“I’m not going back to yesterday’s Republican Party” — Rep. Matt Gaetz
Neither are we.
THIS IS DONALD TRUMP’S PARTY! pic.twitter.com/hRX3KCNVJN— pete602 (@petefrt) December 27, 2020
Trump Extraction Treatment (TET) will be expensive and possibly invasive to get the nano Q-Bots out. Then there’s the deprogramming.
— And The Wind Cries: Remember, it was China’s fault (@DaveoutofAustin) December 28, 2020
re: #140 Dave In Austin
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Any painting that has Lincoln, King and Lee praying for Trump is beyond fucked up. Oh And see Billy Graham Cracker in the far right background…
re: #141 🌹UOJB!
Not to mention MLK next to Lee
re: #119 stpaulbear
Donate it to a food charity. That’s where half of mine is going.
How bad is it? This bad:
More Americans are shoplifting groceries and baby formula
Incidents of shoplifting have increased during the pandemic, as widespread unemployment and threadbare safety net programs have pushed basic necessities including food, baby formula, and personal hygiene products out of reach for many Americans. Supermarket managers are reporting an uptick in thefts of groceries like bread, meat, and rice, as some shoppers say that they have little choice but to steal in the face of hunger and prolonged job loss.
This reminds me of a strange prayer I heard when I was very young, 6 or 7, in the context of some terrible situation: “Oh God, if You will not intervene, then give me the power and I will intervene.”
re: #141 🌹UOJB!
Any painting that has Lincoln, King and Lee praying for Trump is beyond fucked up. Oh And see Billy Graham Cracker in the far right background…
Every person in that picture, except for Trump, is dead.
re: #144 The Pie Overlord!
Every person in that picture, except for Trump, is dead.
Am I right that I see Charles Lindbergh in the background as well???????
re: #93 (((Archangel1)))
Will be watching it with no expectations whatsoever, as it’s been made without the involvement or approval of Pratchett’s family, which is involved in other projects tied to his works.
This is good advice.
re: #140 Dave In Austin
How does he always get that 5,000 K cool white fluorescent lighting?
re: #147 jaunte
How does he always get that 5,000 K cool white fluorescent lighting?
Why it must be de light of de Lawd!
re: #32 dat_said
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It’s of the Veterans Cemetery where my father was buried last week (Covid).
My condolences of the loss of your father. Fair winds and following seas, sir.
re: #139 A Cranky One
Told all my kids to donate to food pantries in lieu of gifts for us this Christmas. And they were very generous.
Knowing folks in need got help is more satisfying than yet more stuff.
I’ll want to donate more in the next months, after the Christmas giving has subsided. The need will be greater at that time.
If I get a check that’s where it will go.
Pretty much what we’re doing if/when we get checks (and probably will donate again anyway even if we don’t.)
We’ve also been doing the donations instead of gifts thing for a few years and it is both less stressful and at least as much fun as random physical items. I recommend it.
re: #144 The Pie Overlord!
Every person in that picture, except for Trump, is dead.
Technically, everyone in that picture is brain dead, so it’s a valid set.
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re: #140 Dave In Austin
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Looks like Douglass and Lincoln are trying to hold him still while JFK throws a rope around his neck. Reagan and some of the others are trying to save him
I have a knack for rescuing dogs that have physical and emotional issues. Never fails. If I fall in love with a canine critter, they will have issues. It’s apparently mandatory.
For the last week or so Cleo has been itching and biting herself beyond her usuals and shedding way more than your average GSD. Which is already a lot. I was doing her weekly brush out on the back porch today and she had a huge crusty layer of skin under her extremely thick coat in spots mostly on her lower back, but there’s also irritation on her tail and bottom, and a place on her lower belly. I took her into the shower to wash the mess off and her hair just came out in huge clumps. Over an hour later I was STILL rinsing and pulling out handfuls of hair. A call to the vet tomorrow, but she’s already got a prescription for apoquel (she’s back on it today, it seems to be helping some, but she’s still itchy). I cannot afford much more of this. She’s had a reaction to something, but what I have no idea. Could be a lot of things. Sigh. And giving her a bath just trashed my knees and back. But, I do have a freshly washed GSD curled up at my feet on the bed while I lay on a heating pad. She’s sleeping and comfortable, hopefully it lasts awhile.
— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) December 28, 2020
niterz, lizardz!
I wonder if you can litter box train a possum?
re: #75 PhillyPretzel
Since I am working can I return the 600?
After making sure my mother and brother didn’t need my money, I gave some of it to the food bank and some of it to people I knew who were out of work and being fucked over by state unemployment. It was a worthy use of the money, and I’ll do the same with the (whatever) I get.
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wish to have a possum curled up with my chiween on my bed.
re: #156 Dave In Austin
I wonder if you can litter box train a possum?
Ask and ye shall receive: animals.mom.com
re: #156 Dave In Austin
I wonder if you can litter box train a possum?
I don’t know, but they’re not stupid. We have a mama possum and her babies that regularly shows up here looking for our outdoor kitteh’s food, whenever the mama raccoon and her babies aren’t hanging around.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
BREAKING: box truck driver is facing felony charges. Below is the update from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. pic.twitter.com/MCS8DK5Unr
— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 28, 2020
On an unrelated topic: I talked to my-daughter-the-pediatrician today and she was speculating that the more infectious form of Covid that was identified in Britain was actually from southern CA. It would explain the huge spike in the state.
Something certainly happened to drive our outbreak, which started before Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t like the weather had turned bad in L.A. to drive people indoors. Obviously Thanksgiving made it worse, but something else has to have happened.
I don’t think anyone is keeping a close eye on mutated strains in the US.
Night Tweeps & Lizards.
May the Goddess smile down upon you and yours.— Michele: Out of the closet & into the fire (@michele_out) December 28, 2020
re: #162 calochortus
On an unrelated topic: I talked to my-daughter-the-pediatrician today and she was speculating that the more infectious form of Covid that was identified in Britain was actually from southern CA. It would explain the huge spike in the state.
Something certainly happened to drive our outbreak, which started before Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t like the weather had turned bad in L.A. to drive people indoors. Obviously Thanksgiving made it worse, but something else has to have happened.
I don’t think anyone is keeping a close eye on mutated strains in the US.
Wasn’t there discussion the other day that the US has been doing a dreadful job of gene sequencing of the virus here? So we are way behind other nations in knowing what variants are infecting us.
re: #164 Hecuba’s daughter
Wasn’t there discussion the other day that the US has been doing a dreadful job of gene sequencing of the virus here? So we are way behind other nations in knowing what variants are infecting us.
Yes, you are quite correct.
One minute I’m laughing at a funny Youtube video, the next minute my computer dies.
To really cap off 2020 in fine fashion, my Mac Pro just apparently died. Screen flickered and went dark, internal fan got suddenly loud, I shut it down and now it doesn’t start at all. No chimes, nothing. I am bereft.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 28, 2020
Hey Hey!!!
Here we go. Here’s the other shoe…….
Derp Indeed!
LOLOL!— And The Wind Cries: Remember, it was China’s fault (@DaveoutofAustin) December 28, 2020
re: #164 Hecuba’s daughter
Wasn’t there discussion the other day that the US has been doing a dreadful job of gene sequencing of the virus here? So we are way behind other nations in knowing what variants are infecting us.
Yup, the British are getting the blame because they are very much on top of the gene sequencing and noticed it. Not unlike the “Spanish” flu (except that was a censorship issue.)
When you live with huskies.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/vDGZsU9GCb
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) December 27, 2020
re: #166 Charles Johnson
One minute I’m laughing at a funny Youtube video, the next minute my computer dies.
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re: #166 Charles Johnson
One minute I’m laughing at a funny Youtube video, the next minute my computer dies.
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Oh no. That doesn’t sound good. Possible overheating, maybe?
Kind of sick thinking about how much stuff needs to be reconfigured now. Not to mention the expense of repairing or replacing everything. Argh. Thanks, 2020.
re: #169 Patricia Kayden
Floof Cat disproves greatly of that tweet.
re: #170 Rightwingconspirator
2020 just was not going to go out easy, was it?
Macbook Pro just updated to Macbook No.
Sound on.
“Uncontrollable tippy-taps right before adoption ❤️”#dogs #dogsofinstagram #DogsofTwittter pic.twitter.com/RlTmdC8BIw
— Dog fans (@funnydo25814387) December 24, 2020
Yikes.
This is video of Friday morning’s explosion recorded by an MNPD camera at 2nd Ave N & Commerce St. pic.twitter.com/3vaXhoUOAR
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) December 28, 2020
re: #172 Charles Johnson
Kind of sick thinking about how much stuff needs to be reconfigured now. Not to mention the expense of repairing or replacing everything. Argh. Thanks, 2020.
True: there’s a reason why Apple is worth $2 trillion …
Dumb question, maybe: but do you have AppleCare?
Or is this one of old steam-powered Macs…?
re: #171 thedopefishlives
Oh no. That doesn’t sound good. Possible overheating, maybe?
Something blew, that’s for sure. I haven’t opened it up yet to look. This is bad.
I’m using the MacBook Pro I haven’t started in years - luckily it still works, but nothing is set up and it has a lot less RAM. Working through the implications.
re: #173 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
They’re so loud. 😝
re: #178 Charles Johnson
Something blew, that’s for sure. I haven’t opened it up yet to look. This is bad.
I’m using the MacBook Pro I haven’t started in years - luckily it still works, but nothing is set up and it has a lot less RAM. Working through the implications.
I know how that feels. When I was long-term working from home, I finally dragged out my old gaming PC that hadn’t been started since 2018, or used regularly since 2016, as my cheap old 2010-era laptops weren’t cutting it. It took … quite some time to get it caught up to the point where it was usable as a work PC.
re: #177 Jay C
True: there’s a reason why Apple is worth $2 trillion …
Dumb question, maybe: but do you have AppleCare?
Or is this one of old steam-powered Macs…?
It’s way beyond the reach of AppleCare now.
re: #182 Charles Johnson
It’s way beyond the reach of AppleCare now.
So, as Kryten would say: it’s all up to Silicon Heaven, now….?
re: #180 thedopefishlives
And on top of that, I had it operational for three days and the old high-speed-platter hard drives started to fail. I had a quick panic moment while I attempted to copy them over to a SSD I had lying around.
re: #182 Charles Johnson
It’s way beyond the reach of AppleCare now.
Did the magic smoke get let out?
I’m sorry Charles, I can so relate to a computer blowing up. :(
Police investigate after bust of Breonna Taylor was smashed into pieces https://t.co/qaUP7QxFnx pic.twitter.com/h2xAwCgJfD
— The Hill (@thehill) December 28, 2020
re: #178 Charles Johnson
Something blew, that’s for sure. I haven’t opened it up yet to look. This is bad.
I’m using the MacBook Pro I haven’t started in years - luckily it still works, but nothing is set up and it has a lot less RAM. Working through the implications.
Charles I just upgraded my Mac mini to the new M1 chip. Works a lot faster with apps that have been “siliconized” for the M1—all Apple & Microsoft apps. Compared to my i7 Mini, it plays stronger chess and games.
re: #172 Charles Johnson
Kind of sick thinking about how much stuff needs to be reconfigured now. Not to mention the expense of repairing or replacing everything. Argh. Thanks, 2020.
Good thing You’ll be getting $600 courtesy of President Trump
/s/
re: #166 Charles Johnson
One minute I’m laughing at a funny Youtube video, the next minute my computer dies.
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Sounds like you need a new power supply, bro.
re: #191 The Pie Overlord!
Sounds like you need a new power supply, bro.
All the classic signs of a capacitor blowing somewhere.
re: #192 thedopefishlives
All the classic signs of a capacitor blowing somewhere.
My son’s computer suddenly stopped on him on the hottest day of this summer. I thought it was the PS and ordered a replacement. It arrives and no joy. Something had died on the mobo. Returned the PS, replaced the Mobo with a duplicate of the one I’d built his system with, swapped everything else and zoom, just like before. Heat toasted a capacitor somewhere and all it takes is one.
Just glad it wasn’t the CPU that got hosed by the heat.
re: #193 William Lewis
I rebuilt my wife’s gaming PC after my daughter had intentionally dumped a can of 7-Up down it when having a temper tantrum. I initially thought it was just the video card, so I swapped it out for a new unit and put it under load; nope, hard crash and reset after just a short time of operation. Since it was so old, none of the internals (CPU, RAM) would transfer to a new motherboard, so I just gave it the full refresh. Worked like a charm. It was a lesson in multiple masking failures.
re: #192 thedopefishlives
All the classic signs of a capacitor blowing somewhere.
A blown cap stinks.. bad… Blown more than a few while validating motherboards.
The hard drive should be intact however so there is that. Not sure how Apple deals with migrating data to a new machine.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That “…stengthens me…” Bible quote I’ve heard all my life by assholes like Loeffler to excuse behavior that allows terrible fucking cruel things to happen to other people.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
So Senator Inside Trader is stealing Marco Rubio’s schtick?
re: #196 Kilroy was here
A blown cap stinks.. bad… Blown more than a few while validating motherboards.
The hard drive should be intact however so there is that. Not sure how Apple deals with migrating data to a new machine.
I always have 2 backups on my machines—one with Time Machine and another with Carbon Copy Cloner. When I transfer to a new machine, I just transfer the data on the last Time Machine backup.
re: #126 thedopefishlives
Ironically, my pastor was just preaching today on how this particular verse is the most taken out of context in the entire Bible. The emphasis is in the latter half, not in the former.
When you’re on my end of the Bible, it’s hard to say which Bible verse is “the most taken out of context,” since any of them can be for evangelisation (lower case E).
Most atheists would argue it’s all the rape, slavery, and genocide taken out of context to mean something different than rape, slavery, and genocide, to justify why God is Good (tm, marca registrada).
Night, gentle Lizardim. Catch everyone on the morrow.
2) LA county had warned about this likelihood last week and begin preparing LA hospitals for this. It has now begun. https://t.co/eVlkiWVPTN
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 27, 2020
The bay area has 11% availability.
re: #199 🌹UOJB!
I always have 2 backups on my machines—one with Time Machine and another with Carbon Copy Cloner. When I transfer to a new machine, I just transfer the data on the last Time Machine backup.
I have a similar setup, but there are still a lot of issues to deal with when the main system crashes. Passwords and software registrations, oh no. And let’s not even get into the stuff like git and npm and all the system-level mods, and arrrrggghhhh…
re: #203 Charles Johnson
I have a similar setup, but there are still a lot of issues to deal with when the main system crashes. Passwords and software registrations, oh no. And let’s not even get into the stuff like git and npm and all the system-level mods, and arrrrggghhhh…
Oh Charles, I know! Hope everything can be fixed!
Generally it’s the Dell or HP machines that work issues us that need massive maintenance!
re: #203 Charles Johnson
I am so sorry. It happened to me once, and I lost my hard drive, un-backed up many years ago. It scarred me for life!
re: #134 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’ll tell ya, the only thing that’s kept me sane these months is you guys and cooking/baking. I can do all that on the cheap and it gives me purpose.
I was used to working 12-15 hours a day and doing nothing was jarring. It really fucked with my head. I might have been able to get a job but I’m 61 and I don’t even like going to the grocery store let alone contemplate job interviews. I leave the house 3x a month.
Thanks to all of you. You have all helped me manage life over the last almost year. No, that’s not right, the last several years with extra special appreciation for the last year.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ to each of you!
Right back at you. Even before the Republican Plague my wife and I didn’t leave much. Now leaving at all seems like an unnecessary risk if we leave our town. I don’t know how we’re going to feel when the Republican Plague finally comes into our town.
And yet, he was first in line to get a vaccine that scientists invented before first responders, teachers, residents of nursing homes, etc.
— Kathy Phelan (@mkphelan77) December 28, 2020
Anthony Warner levels a city block in #nashvilleexplosion & Duke Webb, active military member, allegedly kills 3 and injures 3 more in #Rockford IL
Trump has used profanity to attack kneeling football players and smeared those protesting racial violence.
Silence on this one. pic.twitter.com/LQ8pmAuOxx— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) December 28, 2020
If other animals can play possum, only fair that possum can play cat! https://t.co/xW54TNzbvV
— Paul Rosenberg (@PaulHRosenberg) December 28, 2020
The hotel and bar are now facing backlash from people both in and out of the District.
For D.C. protests, Proud Boys settle in at city’s oldest hotel and its bar (Washington Post)
Located just five blocks from the White House, the Hotel Harrington is the city’s oldest continuously operating hotel and has a long-standing reputation as one of the most affordable in the heart of the District. But over the past few months, the Harrington has been gaining a new reputation: Proud Boys hangout.
The militant right-wing organization that vigorously supports President Trump, which has clashed in violent street battles with members of antifascist groups and others who oppose Trump, has made the Harrington its unofficial headquarters when members come to the District. Several hundred Proud Boys recently stayed at the hotel while in town for the Dec. 12 protest of Joe Biden’s election as president.
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re: #202 Dread Pirate Ron
Does that mean that the 20 year olds that still want to party will get prioritized over the old folks who’ve been staying at home and masking up when they had to go out?
re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The hotel and bar are now facing backlash from people both in and out of the District.
For D.C. protests, Proud Boys settle in at city’s oldest hotel and its bar (Washington Post)
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When my community college government classes would make its annual trip to DC in the mid-to-late eighties, we used to stay at the Harrington. I remember it being on or near a notoriously bad section of 14th Street (drugs, prostitution, etc.) It was pretty seedy, then. Can’t comment as to its current status.
re: #212 stpaulbear
Does that mean that the 20 year olds that still want to party will get prioritized over the old folks who’ve been staying at home and masking up when they had to go out?
Yup. Rich also helps.
WOW! I didn’t know about this until tonight.
BIRTH 27 Jul 1908
Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH 26 Apr 1945 (aged 36)
Japan
MEMORIAL SITE*
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, PhilippinesMajor Smothers served in the 45th Infantry Regiment and died during World War II, while being transported from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Fukuoka, Japan to a POW camp in Mukden, Manchukuo. He is the father of Thomas and Dick Smothers — The Smothers Brothers.
Survived the sinking of the Oryoku Maru at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, and the bombing of the Enoura Maru at Takao, Formosa. He was held in Japan at Fukuoka #3 and #22. Since he had been scheduled to be sent to Manchuria, the Japanese boarded him onto a transport, on which he died, to Korea.
∼
Graduated from West Point, Class of 1929. Became member of the 45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts. Report date: 7 May 1942, he was held at Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123. He survived the Bataan Death March only to die on a Japanese Hellship, they were en route to Korea, when a Allied pilot mistakenly bombed the ship, he was a victim of friendly fire. He was buried at sea. There is a monument at Fort William Mckinley, Manila, The Philippines. His family was awarded the Purple Heart Medal & Bronze Star Medal. He left three children: Tom, Dick & Sherry and wife, Ruth Remick Smothers.
Tommy, who was 4 when his father went to the Phillipines, probably has some fragmentary memories of him. Dick, who was just 2, does not.
Any place you put conservatives in charge, you get graft, corruption, and incompetence. They are a feature, not a bug. Led by Donkeys details the waste and theft of £22 billion by Boris Johnson’s government over trying to create a test-and-trace app for cell phones. Turns out corporations don’t do things better than government (but that goes against conservative religion) other than waste money and cause death.
(9:41, timeline of the disastrous rollout)
re: #215 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
A hell ship is a ship with extremely inhumane living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew. It now generally refers to the ships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army to transport Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and romushas (Asian forced slave laborers) out of the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore in World War II. These POWs were taken to the Japanese Islands, Formosa, Manchukuo, Korea, the Moluccas, Sumatra, Burma, or Siam to be used as forced labor.
The Japanese made no attempt to mark the hell ships as PoW transports and many of them were sunk by allied submarines and aircraft.
Watched WW84. Only spoiler:
I love that they made Lynda Carter an Amazonian in the movie.
After the murder of James Scurlock in Omaha by a bar owner during Black Lives Matter protests (the bar owner killed himself on the day he was supposed to turn himself in to police in Oregon after fleeing the state), the county prosecutor has decided not to pursue charges against any of the other feral conservatives involved in the melee in front of the bar that night.
Seven months later, it appears no one will go on trial for acts caught on video in Old Market melee
re: #199 🌹UOJB!
I always have 2 backups on my machines—one with Time Machine and another with Carbon Copy Cloner. When I transfer to a new machine, I just transfer the data on the last Time Machine backup.
Do you know the easiest way to take data off an old time machine? The wireless part of mine died and I want to recover the data. The hard drive part was still working. Thanks..
re: #202 Dread Pirate Ron
RATIONING CARE has begun in Southern California w/ 0% ICU beds in many hospitals. This is from a Pasadena, CA hospital declaring to all patients that #COVID19 emergency rationing of care has begun.
Care will be prioritized by survival likelihood. Sobering. We are now here.
I hope somebody took lots of video of the Kirk Cameron maskless singalong… anybody who was part of that, they’re the first we say NO!! to when they show up to the hospital wanting a bed and a vent and the nurse’s time and attention.
“my freedom! my rights! I can risk my life if I want to!” Fine. This is the consequence of your choice.
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Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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A Water War Is Brewing Between the U.S. And Mexico. Here’s Why A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely on the Rio Grande. Their leaders are now demanding the Mexican government either share water or face ... Cheechako
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Harper’s Magazine: Slippery Slope - How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town …Big Sky stands apart for other reasons. The obvious distinction is the Yellowstone Club, a private resort hidden in the mountains above the community that Justin Farrell, a professor of sociology at Yale and the author of Billionaire Wilderness, ... teleskiguy
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