Why would one of the world’s richest men pay almost twice the value for a struggling movie studio? Perhaps Jeff Bezos wanted to get his hands on outtakes from “The Apprentice,” rumored to contain filthy, racist comments by the former president. #Colbert #BTSonLSSC #Monologue
Donald Trump making filthy racist comments? Inconceivable!
His fan base would love this and wear the quotes on crudely drawn tee shirts.
There’s a lot of discussion about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antisemitism and racism, but not enough about the fact that she is astonishingly dim-witted.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
I hope Bezos uses them to completely ruin DT. Or possible use them as a Sword of Damocles.
Please don’t ever call Mittens Romney courageous. https://t.co/cIbMGkntmx
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) May 26, 2021
re: #2 Charles Johnson
The most popular Republicans are extremely loud and extremely stupid. It’s what the kakistocracy elevates. Shit is floating to the top.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
She is the GQP equivalent of Caligula trying to install his own horse in the Roman Senate.
re: #5 Punish Domestic Terrorists
The most popular Republicans are extremely loud and extremely stupid. It’s what the kakistocracy elevates. Shit is floating to the top.
It’s the Peter Principle in action. The more incompetent you are the higher you rise in the Republican Party.
It’s like a turd that floats in water.
Big news! Gov. Walz announces the State Fairgrounds vaccination site is now giving the Johnson and Johnson one-and-done vaccine for walk-in or appointments — https://t.co/X5sw1EVsFA pic.twitter.com/RjTnLPJCK6
— John Croman (@JohnCroman) May 26, 2021
re: #279 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Yes, and a pretty damn brilliant metaphor at that. It sure gets one’s attention.
This is Kiko. She’s pawditioning for an all-dog remake of The Matrix. Not sure how anyone is going to top this. 14/10 pic.twitter.com/mH9U02QLoA
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 26, 2021
omg
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 26, 2021
Exactly. Mark is still Chairman of MGM. There is no way he will leave the ‘Apprentice’ tapes in the hands of anyone who could release them. Burnett created Trump’s image for MAGA. All this deal does is make him a billionaire. https://t.co/1C8BVfQwKx
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) May 26, 2021
Pretty good headline from Fark.
27 years later, Newt Gingrich is working on a new Contract With America policy platform. Difficulty: this time around, his co-author isn’t Dick Armey, it’s the orange-stained leader of the Dick Army
Hey, SD, I saw your post downstairs, and I have to say that I’ve used public transportation all my life (I consider it one of the benefits of urban life that I don’t have to have a car) and I’ve never had that kind of trouble.
Perhaps the problem is Indianapolis, and not public transportation (systems work better when the governing powers aren’t actively trying to kill them).
If the Access Hollywood videos couldn’t derail Trump, The Apprentice outtakes will just embolden his followers.
Trump can’t be shamed.
re: #15 Eric The Fruit Bat
If the Access Hollywood videos couldn’t derail Trump, The Apprentice outtakes will just embolden his followers.
Trump can’t be shamed.
It’s not his followers that we have to reach.
I’m in favor of anything that reveals more of the true nature and history of the former revolting swine.
A historic moment!@KJP46 is making history as the first openly gay spokeswoman and the first Black woman in 30 years to address journalists on behalf of the president in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. pic.twitter.com/MlIyFgQ44R
— UnitedStateofWomen (@USOWomen) May 26, 2021
re: #8 🌹UOJB!
‘I have done nothing wrong’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says anti-Semitic remarks are ‘how real Americans talk’
Because when I’m shooting the breeze, having a drink with my buddies I’m always sure to mention the holocaust didn’t really happen.
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Ratapult for the win
— Jesse, Openly Italian (@MuskTillDawn) May 26, 2021
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes it is a historic moment but where is Jen Psaki?
re: #21 PhillyPretzel
Yes it is a historic moment but where is Jen Psaki?
she probably gets a day off from time to time
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
That makes sense and after 4 years of DT firing everyone left and right I had to ask.
In addressing the history of this, @KJP46 says she’s mindful of the historic nature, and is mindful of the diversity the Biden administration represents. pic.twitter.com/Ctolmb1RwD
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) May 26, 2021
I see Lecturing Twitter is getting an early start today.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
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Apparently, pointing out that MTG is not smart is just bad as racism and antisemitism.
Uh, no. It matters when Congress members are not capable of thinking.
re: #23 PhillyPretzel
That makes sense and after 4 years of DT firing everyone left and right I had to ask.
There was one guy who was abusive who didn’t last a week with Biden, but other than that it’s been pretty quiet. Be fun to put up a chart of resignations between Trump and Biden.
Engine No. 1 “called for Exxon to gradually diversify its investments to be ready for a world that will need fewer fossil fuels in coming decades”
Exxon “defended its strategy to expand drilling.”
Engine No. 1 prevailed— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 26, 2021
re: #26 darthstar
There was one guy who was abusive who didn’t last a week with Biden, but other than that it’s been pretty quiet. Be fun to put up a chart of resignations between Trump and Biden.
Looks like Trump’s first year was his worst. By year four he just had temp workers and loyalists.
re: #21 PhillyPretzel
Yes it is a historic moment but where is Jen Psaki?
Memorial Day break perhaps?
re: #26 darthstar
There was one guy who was abusive who didn’t last a week with Biden, but other than that it’s been pretty quiet. Be fun to put up a chart of resignations between Trump and Biden.
Didn’t Rachel Maddow start doing that early on in TFG’s Administration, only to have to give up a few months in - because she ran out of room…?
a barber’s license. a cosmetology certification. a used car. a new job.
— Spring Deidre 🍀 (@mandalorchick) May 26, 2021
Was COVID-19 a leak from a bio-engineering lab? Like everyone else at this point, I don’t know. But people should be very clear that viruses are perfectly capable of mutating into serious problems for humans, all on their own.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
re: #25 Charles Johnson
[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]
Apparently, pointing out that MTG is not smart is just bad as racism and antisemitism.
Uh, no. It matters when Congress members are not capable of thinking.
It’s not quite like that. The comment I saw on your tweet apparently thinks it’s “ableist” to talk about someone’s lack of intelligence. For certain definitions of ableism, she’s right, but you’d have to stretch pretty far to get to any of those definitions. We’re not talking about someone who is not neurotypical (e.g. autism or some mental disorders), or someone who is handicapped due to injury or disease. We’re talking about someone who is willfully ignorant and chooses to use the brain God gave her to be a complete fucking moron. “Dim-witted” is not an ableist insult like “retarded” is.
Ladies and gents, I present to you the best tweet of the day: xD
When hide and seek gets real. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/oD3z9581MQ
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 26, 2021
re: #32 jaunte
Claritin-D
Preach. You can only get that in my state with a freaking prescription and it happens to be one of the few allergy meds that actually works for me. Sigh.
re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s been a life requirement for me for decades, but since I moved out of the city I don’t need it (I hope) anymore.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
All we know (with some level of certainty) is that 3 Wuhan people got sick in late November. It could have been COVID, it could have been another type of COVID, it could have been another virus altogether. The right wing mediaplex primes everything for conspiracy. Because that’s what it does.
re: #35 (((Archangel1)))
Yes. I think that one wins the internet for the day.
I used to use Claritin-D even after the ID requirements. But after a couple of weeks the congestion usually got worse. I found that just using regular loratadine eliminates this problem. And given my meth habit, the D just pushed me over the edge anyway. //
A grand jury, you say. Considering charges for Trump, are they.
Proceed. https://t.co/KhkPDzFxiU pic.twitter.com/Xo9trbexSl— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 25, 2021
re: #35 (((Archangel1)))
Ladies and gents, I present to you the best tweet of the day: xD
I’ll see you that tweet & raise you this one.
“Curtis P. Twatwaffle III”!!! 😂 https://t.co/jiTPPIcl7f
— Chris Savage (@Eclectablog) May 26, 2021
re: #34 Dopamine Fish
It’s not quite like that. The comment I saw on your tweet apparently thinks it’s “ableist” to talk about someone’s lack of intelligence. For certain definitions of ableism, she’s right, but you’d have to stretch pretty far to get to any of those definitions. We’re not talking about someone who is not neurotypical (e.g. autism or some mental disorders), or someone who is handicapped due to injury or disease. We’re talking about someone who is willfully ignorant and chooses to use the brain God gave her to be a complete fucking moron. “Dim-witted” is not an ableist insult like “retarded” is.
Right. And again, to imply that it’s off limits to mention it when someone in a position of power seems to lack critical thinking skills strikes me as completely foolish and self-defeating.
Siri, show me fascism:
Post Investigation: Trump’s Commerce Department identified and examined Americans who criticized the administration on social media. https://t.co/PsuswRxztZ
— Marc Fisher (@mffisher) May 24, 2021
I expect that overconfidence is a problem for her. It would be easy to have a big ego in her position.
re: #45 Scottish Dragon
I can’t really say I’m surprised, but…motherfucker.
re: #45 Scottish Dragon
“In one instance, the unit opened a case on a 68-year-old retiree in Florida who tweeted that the census, which is run by the Commerce Department, would be manipulated “to benefit the Trump Party!” records show.”
“In another example, the unit searched Commerce servers for particular Chinese words, documents show. The search resulted in the monitoring of many Asian American employees over benign correspondence, according to two former investigators.
The office “has been allowed to operate far outside the bounds of federal law enforcement norms and has created an environment of paranoia and retaliation at the Department,” John Costello, a former deputy assistant secretary of intelligence and security at Commerce in the Trump administration, said in a statement for this story.”
“The minority-party staff of the Senate Commerce Committee, under Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), has been investigating ITMS’s activities since early this year, records show. More than a dozen whistleblowers have given closed-door statements, among them former investigators who allege that the office routinely overstepped its legal limits and has operated without meaningful oversight from within Commerce since the mid-2000s.
In a fact sheet released Monday summarizing preliminary findings of the review, Wicker said the unit improperly gathered information on foreign visitors and U.S. citizens. Wicker said “the ITMS has mutated into a rogue, unaccountable, police force without a clear mission.” An official report, he wrote, will be released in the coming months.”
And now, the return of one of the best and weirdest comedy groups ever. https://t.co/hAgpUnaLjF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
re: #51 PhillyPretzel
Look at the damage just one Trump-supporting bureaucrat can do, and there were a bunch.
re: #53 jaunte
Yes. Very damaging. And people want to know why I violently dislike DT.
15 times it seemed like cats are liquid.https://t.co/wT8WWJ4zg0 pic.twitter.com/bYSooEJ31n
— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 26, 2021
OTD in 1940, the great Levon Helm was born. Early on, when the shebeen was new, I wrote this in appreciation of all his music meant to me.https://t.co/QuTkvABbaG
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 26, 2021
re: #33 Charles Johnson
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i dont know if this is a tortured metaphor or not:
someone’s shot and bleeding on the ground. could die.
police are there within minutes
do they call ems and apply first aid or focus their energies speculating where the bullet was manufactured and what its sales history was?
there’s stuff that’s relevant to the immediate situation and stuff you can find out later.
of course now we are in ‘later’, but a year ago, we weren’t.
and if it turns out to be lab related, that doesn’t mean TFG was ‘correct’.
He was just guessing; he had no proof or support, just ‘people said’.
Was COVID-19 a leak from a bio-engineering lab? Like everyone else at this point, I don’t know. But people should be very clear that viruses are perfectly capable of mutating into serious problems for humans, all on their own.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Right. And again, to imply that it’s off limits to mention it when someone in a position of power seems to lack critical thinking skills strikes me as completely foolish and self-defeating.
The idea that all the people lecturing you about your “ableism” regarding Greene haven’t lobbed those same comments and HRC, Biden, Obama, et. al., is fucking bullshit.
Either that, or they’re the worst kind of sanctimonious Both Siders: “I would never make that kind of comment about a politician, regardless of their party!”
This fucking country. We basically watching one party, out in the open, try to subvert our democracy, and huge chunks of the elecorate is refusing to acknowledge reality.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
The Scottish Games episode was a hoot. My spouse and I still quote the skit with the doctor who insists on eating a chicken dinner set at the family table before going upstairs to treat the family dad who is literally being strangled by the Grim Reaper
“Is that chicken? Don’t mind if I do!”
re: #52 Charles Johnson
I thought Dave Foley was basically banned from ever stepping foot back in Canada due to some lopsided divorce ruling against him; like he has to pay his ex 135% of everything he makes for the next 50 years, or something insane like that.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Right. And again, to imply that it’s off limits to mention it when someone in a position of power seems to lack critical thinking skills strikes me as completely foolish and self-defeating.
she’s in an elected position of power and authority
voted in by a mere 200k republicans.
and while she met the legal criteria for the office and got the votes, it is fair for the entire rest of the country to ask whether she is intellectually qualified for the job.
Is she:
- a pathetic performance artist
- doing this all on her own
- being manipulated or controlled by someone else
- poorly and/or un/under educated
- knowingly and deliberately misrepresenting history and facts
re: #62 Mattand
I thought Dave Foley was basically banned from ever stepping foot back in Canada due to some lopsided divorce ruling against him; like he has to pay his ex 135% of everything he makes for the next 50 years, or something insane like that.
I had heard whispers here and there that women had a very hard time working with the core cast.
re: #61 Scottish Dragon
The Scottish Games episode was a hoot. My spouse and I still quote the skit with the doctor who insists on eating a chicken dinner set at the family table before going upstairs to treat the family dad who is literally being strangled by the Grim Reaper
“Is that chicken? Don’t mind if I do!”
I always went back and forth on that show. There were some bits that were really inspired and others where I was like “Um, sure.”
The guy addicted to tea who hallucinates a giant talking tea bag was pretty funny, though.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
UCB are my #1 comedy group, with the Kids a close second.
re: #65 Mattand
I always went back and forth on that show. There were some bits that were really inspired and others where I was like “Um, sure.”
The guy addicted to tea who hallucinates a giant talking tea bag was pretty funny, though.
I’m the Chicken Lady!
re: #63 Dangerman
Is she:
- a pathetic performance artist
- doing this all on her own
- being manipulated or controlled by someone else
- poorly and/or un/under educated
- knowingly and deliberately misrepresenting history and facts
They seek her here
They seek her there
Those Republicans seek her
Everywhere
Is she of the working class?
Or is she an offensive ass?
That damned outrageous
Bimborelle?
re: #69 🌹UOJB!
Is she:
- a pathetic performance artist
- doing this all on her own
- being manipulated or controlled by someone else- poorly and/or un/under educated
- knowingly and deliberately misrepresenting history and factsThey seek her here
They seek her there
Those Republicans seek her
Everywhere
Is she of the working class?
Or is she an offensive ass?
That damned outrageous
Bimborelle?
just call me leslie howard
re: #63 Dangerman
Is she: [MTG]
- a pathetic performance artist
- doing this all on her own
- being manipulated or controlled by someone else- poorly and/or un/under educated
- knowingly and deliberately misrepresenting history and facts
Just IMHO:
- Yes
- Yes
- Maybe ( not that it would make much difference)
- Maybe, but doubtful
- most definitely Yes.
re: #70 Dangerman
Surely you’re not serious?
He mispronounced “terrorists.” https://t.co/Vt1rIZeU0G
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 26, 2021
LOL
Click the picture to embiggen… https://t.co/WSooVT53jb— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) May 26, 2021
Also, to confirm I was not hallucinating, I literally counted the lines on the jacket that were visible to the right of his collar. 6 and 6. Then I looked at the intricate and exact folds of the white shirt. That was it for me.
— Jen Fifield (@JenAFifield) May 25, 2021
Also: Before I posted, I ran background checks on both of them. Just to make sure they are real people. I believe they are.
— Jen Fifield (@JenAFifield) May 25, 2021
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess hooligans is a step up from ruffians?
New Trump tapes will have precisely the same outcome as the old Trump tapes: none.
They will have no effect. I don’t care that Trump might get angry. I don’t care that Trump might be peeved that they get released. He’s a lunatic with a microphone. He’s a sex predator. He’s a criminal who still thinks he’s above the law.
What’s worse is that his know nothing base think he’s great and that being a bigot misogynist and sex predator are good things.
What we need to see is indictments. And that’s still taking far too long to happen, and the DOJ has to deal with unraveling the mess Trump made at the DOJ too. Counting on NYS is going to take time as financial crimes always take longer to work through courts.
GOP treasonweasel clowns show how much they care about investing in the future (they don’t). They’re suddenly concerned about inflation and “stagflation”.
Who? The usual suspects - Scott and Johnson:
More know nothing gibberish from GOP clowns who don’t care about the debt racked up by the tax cuts that don’t increase economic growth, but suddenly get concerned with spending on anyone who isn’t a billionaire.
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 26, 2021
This from the guy who engaged in Medicare fraud to the tune of billions.
He doesn’t care about inflation. He cares that the spending means he can’t get more tax cuts for his billionaire friends.
They didn’t worry about tax cuts causing inflation or driving up debt.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 26, 2021
They’re all spewing the same nonsensical talking points about inflation. They didn’t care about inflation or debt when Trump pushed the TCJA through to help billionaires get even more wealth while everyone else could barely tread water. Now, they’re suddenly concerned about inflation.
A gunman in DC driving a Maserati opened fire on a mother just for cutting him off. She had her 2 kids in the car and was shot in the shoulder. There’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who can help identify him. pic.twitter.com/AtplXaON2h
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 26, 2021
Apparently he fired at a second vehicle as well.
I’m wondering this as well. There was a similar incident with a Saudi prince in California a few years ago. Expensive car and guns.
There cannot that many Maseratis registered in DC/Virginia/Maryland. My concern is the ease with which he got out and did this. Hopefully, there is no diplomatic immunity involved.
— Brent Morton (@Cuisinart1965) May 26, 2021
Steve, I hope you’re not going to throw that rock…. pic.twitter.com/nq55YecTiT
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) May 26, 2021
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hereeeeeee’s the wind up……
re: #83 Scottish Dragon
I’m wondering this as well. There was a similar incident with a Saudi prince in California a few years ago. Expensive car and guns.
If a prince comes here to act like a gang member, they should rot in prison. No special treatment for criminals.
Good news for climate. A shareholder revolt has led to two Exxon board members being replaced with pro-climate action candidates. And two more might be replaced by the end of the day. Exxon had been foot-dragging change for a long time.
An utterly crushing day for Big Oil
1) Chevron investors demand emission cuts
2) Dutch court tells Shell to cut emissions by half
3) Exxon shareholders buck the company and elect directors demanding climate action.
Thanks to all who fight—you push long enough and dominoes tumble— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) May 26, 2021
May have already been posted here since it’s from yesterday, but if not, here’s some afternoon entertainment.
Let’s check in on the gasoline hoarders from two weeks ago…. going exactly as expected pic.twitter.com/fNWDvHnxVT
— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) May 25, 2021
re: #86 Punish Domestic Terrorists
If a prince comes here to act like a gang member, they should rot in prison. No special treatment for criminals.
They often get out before justice can be served, unfortunately.
I have to admit, the weeks after my birthday I’ve always experienced some form of seasonal affect disorder. Just in the last few days it has truly sunk in that the ski season is over until next winter. Skiing is my zen, my time on this planet I deem valuable. 77 days on skis this winter, that’s pretty damned respectable. Still, it’ll take a shit-ton of effort - in multiple facets, physically, financially, geographically - to go skiing again until five, six months from now. This time of year, always a tinge of melancholy for me.
I am not always on board with Sarah Kendzior, but this is absolutely dead on the money.
“In all of my studies of authoritarian regimes, I have never seen a country that attempted to memory-hole a coup. But that’s what’s been happening in the United States since January.” — @gaslitnation https://t.co/KYGKhJhsda
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 26, 2021
BAUBOTANIK—literally ‘construction botany’—is an architectural technique in which plants and trees are purposely grown into living usable structures—like the living root bridges found in parts of northern India.
📸 Ashwin Kumar pic.twitter.com/Kr1X6mhWsT— Haggard Hawks 🦅 (@HaggardHawks) May 23, 2021
re: #92 Scottish Dragon
I am not always on board with Sarah Kendzior, but this is absolutely dead on the money.
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Biden isn’t in control of Congress. OTOH, the FBI is still arresting people and the DOJ is still charging them.
re: #90 Barefoot Grin
They often get out before justice can be served, unfortunately.
There was a case like that up in Portland, OR. The accused was a Saudi national who boogied off back home to the KSA before he could stand trial. IIRC, it was a homicide charge.
re: #94 Belafon
Biden isn’t in control of Congress. OTOH, the FBI is still arresting people and the DOJ is still charging them.
Until the ringleader is brought to justice, it’s just henchmen being sacrificed.
re: #94 Belafon
Biden isn’t in control of Congress. OTOH, the FBI is still arresting people and the DOJ is still charging them.
Visible leadership is needed, and that can only come from the President. The GQP is erasing history in front of us, and the next armed insurgency will have the benefit of past experience.
This is the most serious danger we have faced in generations. The lack of urgency is astonishing.
Emily Wilder tells @ErikWemple that an AP editor admonished her for having “Black lives matter” in her Twitter bio. She “promptly removed it.”https://t.co/bfOzrjYp0j pic.twitter.com/jV843j59lt
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) May 26, 2021
re: #81 lawhawk
GOP treasonweasel clowns show how much they care about investing in the future (they don’t). They’re suddenly concerned about inflation and “stagflation”.
Who? The usual suspects - Scott and Johnson:
They’re all spewing the same nonsensical talking points about inflation. They didn’t care about inflation or debt when Trump pushed the TCJA through to help billionaires get even more wealth while everyone else could barely tread water. Now, they’re suddenly concerned about inflation.
wages at the bottom aren’t even CLOSE to stagnant.
Restaurants and ice cream shops and Starbucks and Costco and Amazon are all raising their wages. Because that’s what it takes to staff up when everyone’s getting stopped at the border, the H1B’s aren’t coming, and the college kids whose parents are near retirement age and have 401k’s are taking them abroad.
re: #92 Scottish Dragon
I am not always on board with Sarah Kendzior, but this is absolutely dead on the money.
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It’s as though some people who should know better don’t. Biden isn’t an autocrat who can simply get DOJ to act. DOJ is an independent agency and Garland was installed late given the GOP obstructionism starting before 1/20. He’s got to overcome all the corruption within the DOJ thanks to Trump before you can get to prosecuting those higher up in the food chain.
FBI is still investigating and arresting 1/6 participants, and the DOJ continues indicting them. They’re working up the food chain, but it’s not like Biden can make it happen faster.
As for Congress, the GOP continue their obstruction, delay, deny, and attempts to memory hole 1/6, because all of the participants were GOPers, incited by GOPers, and are solely responsible for the attempted overthrow. Congress is nearly 50/50 split, which means Democrats don’t have the numbers to force action faster, as much as people want or would like.
Should Biden and others be taking to the airwaves to highlight that the treasonweasels are still out there, and are still working to corrupt and sabotage govt? Absolutely.
re: #97 Scottish Dragon
Visible leadership is needed, and that can only come from the President. The GQP is erasing history in front of us, and the next armed insurgency will have the benefit of past experience.
This is the most serious danger we have faced in generations. The lack of urgency is astonishing.
What’s he going to do? Leader it all better? Do you want the president getting involved in the DOJ? Unless he bypasses Constitutional rules, the pace we’re moving at is the pace it’s going to be.
re: #90 Barefoot Grin
They often get out before justice can be served, unfortunately.
sorta kinda like what the US diplomat’s wife did after killing some English kid?
Sadly, we don’t have the moral high ground here.
Weather updates: NYC metro under severe t-storm watch until 10pm. Further west, storms have already sparked severe weather reports, including downed trees and even a barn collapse near Harrisburg PA. Severe weather reports continue all the way up into Western NY and Finger Lakes. Here in Northern NJ, it’s still mostly sunny and hot. The more the sun heats things up, the more likely we see severe weather thanks to atmospheric instability.
re: #100 lawhawk
Should Biden and others be taking to the airwaves to highlight that the treasonweasels are still out there, and are still working to corrupt and sabotage govt? Absolutely.
This is an important point. We are allowing the seditionists to write the history of this already. POTUS and honestly, DOJ leadership need to be out in front talking about this NOW.
It’s been over 100 days since the event and DOJ hasn’t even scheduled a single freaking press conference! Believe me, the NatSec and former DOJ ppl on twitter have noticed. This was a fundamental attack on our basis of government, and we haven’t heard one damned thing from anybody in govt except some wanted posters.
It’s like, what if we tried to overthrow the government and nobody cared lol?
re: #104 Scottish Dragon
This is an important point. We are allowing the seditionists to write the history of this already. POTUS and honestly, DOJ leadership need to be out in front talking about this NOW.
It’s been over 100 days since the event and DOJ hasn’t even scheduled a single freaking press conference! Believe me, the NatSec and former DOJ ppl on twitter have noticed. This was a fundamental attack on our basis of government, and we haven’t heard one damned thing from anybody in govt except some wanted posters.
It’s like, what if we tried to overthrow the government and nobody cared lol?
I could definitely support Garland getting in front of the cameras more.
re: #103 lawhawk
Pink on the map is not good especially with orange.
weather.gov
re: #101 Belafon
What’s he going to do? Leader it all better? Do you want the president getting involved in the DOJ? Unless he bypasses Constitutional rules, the pace we’re moving at is the pace it’s going to be.
He needs to speak to the American ppl. The DOJ needs to speak to the American ppl. The DOJ has not had a single press conference yet over 100 days after the fact. Most mass shootings have multiple press conferences within 12 hours of the event, and this was an attempt to overthrow the government and murder the VP and members of congress fer crying out loud.
I do not buy this helplessness we are doing all we can just be patient with our silence.
I was patient under Mueller and his silence. That was a mistake. It’s time for the man in charge to start talking to us.
re: #13 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Contract With On America.
The first one didn’t succeed. Although it left the victim badly injured.
New Rule: You should never listen to anyone who was famous in 1976 for running very fast. pic.twitter.com/u2tSRwHDZv
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 26, 2021
I assume it streams through hell.
I Guess A Warhammer Streaming Service Was Inevitable (Kotaku)
In my humble opinion….
Biden has been president for 126 days.
I agree with you that the tfg coup attempts, past, ongoing and future are _extremely_ dangerous.
I have no doubt that the WH and Democratic Congressional leadership is well aware of this. But handling this in an effective way is going to take time. And, going to require sufficient consensus and framework to ensure that it stands after the Biden Presidency.
It seems to me that the problem has not even been fully scoped yet. Let alone a workable set of solutions devised, bought in-on, and implemented.
And, of course, as soon as they implement an idiot proof solution, a better idiot will happen along.
re: #81 lawhawk
GOP treasonweasel clowns show how much they care about investing in the future (they don’t). They’re suddenly concerned about inflation and “stagflation”.
Who? The usual suspects - Scott and Johnson:
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They’re all spewing the same nonsensical talking points about inflation. They didn’t care about inflation or debt when Trump pushed the TCJA through to help billionaires get even more wealth while everyone else could barely tread water. Now, they’re suddenly concerned about inflation.
Well, inflation, as low as it has been, has steadily outpaced wages for years. Maybe bumping wages would allow things to catch up some…crazy I know.
As a follow up to my earlier comment, its a strange feeling when you’re both in your 50s and your girlfriend’s 80-something parents start acting like we’re teenagers again. Of course I was The Bad Boy in high school… 😎
re: #111 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I assume it streams through hell.
I Guess A Warhammer Streaming Service Was Inevitable (Kotaku)
There was supposed to be warhammer show in development for Netflix based on the Eisenhorn novels.
Going back home again. Super bad pain day, so ugh. See you guys hopefully tomorrow.
re: #106 PhillyPretzel
Yup, awaiting my turn with the onrushing weather front too. Currently getting dark and gloomy in Northern Virginia.
This happened in 2012 but I just learned about it.
Faced with a Five-Page Limit, Lawyer Files Cartoon Amicus Brief with Proper Font Size https://t.co/Wa1Z18stjkhttps://t.co/rzl0WaLYGY via @ABAJournal
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 26, 2021
re: #111 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I assume it streams through hell.
I Guess A Warhammer Streaming Service Was Inevitable (Kotaku)
Ha! I have been looking at WarHammer:TotalWar II for the past few months. Learning the game mechanics and interface is going to a long while.I But it does seem to be the next step in Civilization style gaming for those who have the time and focus to learn all the requisite details..
I just finished watching a series of video-streams by a very good player on one of the campaign scenarios. It took him 21 hours to successfully complete the campaign. And he knew exactly when and where he could cut corners to speed game play up.
re: #102 sagehen
sorta kinda like what the US diplomat’s wife did after killing some English kid?
Sadly, we don’t have the moral high ground here.
It’s been speculated that the lady in question is (or was) CIA operating under non-official cover rules, somewhat like Valerie Plame (remember her?) It’s a cushy slot pretending to be the ignorable arm-candy of a more visible diplomat or other foreign service functionary, it gets them through doors and able to see stuff and listen to conversations between people who think you’re part of the furniture.
Oh my god this is the most amazing amicus I’ve ever seen https://t.co/2Ze4qAmEfe
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 26, 2021
re: #102 sagehen
sorta kinda like what the US diplomat’s wife did after killing some English kid?
Sadly, we don’t have the moral high ground here.
The diplomat’s wife was in the wrong but she did not deliberately try to harm the teenager; it was an accident due to incompetence, rather than malice. Legally, that may not matter but it was a different situation.
this pup has a canny sense of interior design https://t.co/q29UADLrpY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
re: #96 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Until the ringleader is brought to justice, it’s just henchmen being sacrificed.
I really hope their strategy is, get the henchmen to rat on their bosses, and move up the chain until they get to the ringleaders.
THE SHOW YOUR GRANDPARENTS WOULDN’T LET YOUR PARENTS WATCH IS BACK!
Filming has begun on The Kids in the Hall’s 8-episode Amazon Original series in Toronto. Below is photographic proof that we can still occupy the same physical space. #wereback #kidsinthehall @PrimeVideoCA pic.twitter.com/2eFFYYnzQ0— Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) May 26, 2021
My birds are starting to run my life. Not tall enough to hang the wren house, so got a friend to do it, a bit late, and she was letting me hear about it. Moved in as soon as it was up.
Haven’t seen a hummingbird, but opened the front door, and one was in my face. OK! I’ve hung that feeder.
Have four different kinds of bird seed out. Have all sorts, including one lovely day had a goldfinch, an indigo bunting and a house finch on one of the feeders all at the same time. Gold, blue and red. Too bad I don’t have JeffreyW’s camera setup! You will just have to take my word for it.
re: #122 Hecuba’s daughter
The diplomat’s wife was in the wrong but she did not deliberately try to harm the teenager; it was an accident due to incompetence, rather than malice. Legally, that may not matter but it was a different situation.
The police wanted to question her about the accident as there may have been a case to be made for a criminal charge of causing death through careless driving which covers incompetence behind the wheel. This can’t be done as the US won’t return her to the UK for this regardless of the questionable claims of diplomatic immunity — it’s normal for any country’s citizens covered by DI to be listed and registered with the authorities and the lady was not on any such list of people. Being family of DI individuals does provide certain rights but diplomatic immunity per se is not automatically extended to them.
A friend of mine is the son of a British diplomat who was seconded to the Embassy in Washington DC when he was a lot younger. He had a special visa in his passport which allowed him long-term resident status and made it easier to get through C&I when he flew to the States but that’s all. If he had committed criminal acts while in the US he was not exempt from investigation and possible criminal charges.
re: #14 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Hey, SD, I saw your post downstairs, and I have to say that I’ve used public transportation all my life (I consider it one of the benefits of urban life that I don’t have to have a car) and I’ve never had that kind of trouble.
Perhaps the problem is Indianapolis, and not public transportation (systems work better when the governing powers aren’t actively trying to kill them).
My niece lives in Chicago; they suspended travel by public transportation due to the pandemic. Both she and her husband have been working from home, but he will likely be returning to the office this fall and he will use the bus to commute. The only reason she drove to work is that her workplace is not convenient and the unpredictable timing of buses is a problem but most residents of the city routinely take public transportation. In any case, finding parking is a nightmare and fees charged by parking garages amount to highway robbery.
I live in a town where the buses are free*, and worth the price. Once per hour. I can walk to my usual destinations in half an hour, and it’s good for me.
*there’s a state payroll tax for transportation.
re: #127 Nojay UK
The police wanted to question her about the accident as there may have been a case to be made for a criminal charge of causing death through careless driving which covers incompetence behind the wheel. This can’t be done as the US won’t return her to the UK for this regardless of the questionable claims of diplomatic immunity — it’s normal for any country’s citizens covered by DI to be listed and registered with the authorities and the lady was not on any such list of people. Being family of DI individuals does provide certain rights but diplomatic immunity per se is not automatically extended to them.
I haven’t been following the case, but have some experience with diplomatic/official status, and this seems extremely strange. She had to have some sort of defined residency status in the UK, unless of course the Home Office completely fucked something up, which doesn’t seem exactly impossible.
If someone does have diplomatic status in the country, they cannot be arrested or imprisoned, and the only thing the host country can do is PNG (persona non grata) them back to their home country. The reasoning is that the nations that signed the Vienna Convention didn’t want their diplomats taken hostage on bullshit criminal charges just when a war is breaking out, basically.
There are lesser forms of immunity, like limited transactional immunity, where people are immune to prosecution for anything performed as part of their official duties, but this is obviously meaningless for an accompanying spouse and is generally for employees of international organizations or visiting foreign government.
Other mammals seem so much happier to be born than humans do https://t.co/7AdZUdD1sp
— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) May 26, 2021
I think it’s the fur factor.
re: #31 Scottish Dragon
A vote. An abortion. Access to healthcare.
re: #134 wrenchwench
They’re kidding. It’s a lamb.
re: #134 wrenchwench
They only have to deal with predators. We get a lifetime of dealing with assholes.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 26, 2021
A frequent Faux News guest who is a retired NYPD detective links the San Jose shootings with vaccinations falsely claims an increase in shootings is linked to an increase in vaccinations.
Fox News guest baselessly links San Jose mass shooting to vaccines
This seems like a weird takeaway from the San Jose mass shooting.
Retired NYPD detective Pat Brosnan on Fox News: “Once covid starts to lift, these cowardly shooters will come out exactly in tandem with the number of vaccinations. You can be sure they probably got vaccinated.” pic.twitter.com/XfZL4JgsBW— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 26, 2021
re: #138 aatharuv
A frequent Faux News guest who is a retired NYPD detective links the San Jose shootings with vaccinations falsely claims an increase in shootings is linked to an increase in vaccinations.
Fox News guest baselessly links San Jose mass shooting to vaccines
Fox News cultivated an audience of willfully-ignorant people, and worked for years to make them froth with insanity. They have to serve up crazy people who will lie to an audience that demands exactly that product.
re: #133 ericblair
I haven’t been following the case, but have some experience with diplomatic/official status, and this seems extremely strange. She had to have some sort of defined residency status in the UK, unless of course the Home Office completely fucked something up, which doesn’t seem exactly impossible.
If someone does have diplomatic status in the country, they cannot be arrested or imprisoned, and the only thing the host country can do is PNG (persona non grata) them back to their home country. The reasoning is that the nations that signed the Vienna Convention didn’t want their diplomats taken hostage on bullshit criminal charges just when a war is breaking out, basically.
There are lesser forms of immunity, like limited transactional immunity, where people are immune to prosecution for anything performed as part of their official duties, but this is obviously meaningless for an accompanying spouse and is generally for employees of international organizations or visiting foreign government.
I had to go look it up: sadly, the name isn’t all that familiar: the Harry Dunn case.
Unfortunately for Harry’s family, the case against the US driver (Anne Sacoolas) never got resolved: the latest Wiki has on it is that a civil suit filed in VA in late 2019 is still pending. And seems likely to be for a while.
I do recall the grotesquely embarrassing trip Dunn’s parents made in 2019 to the US to try to lobby TFG’s Admin for some action:
When Dunn’s parents visited the White House on 15 October 2019 to meet with “a senior official”, Trump told them that Sacoolas was waiting “in the next room” to meet them, an option they and their lawyer rejected as being too soon, and something that should take place on British soil.[35][36] Trump called his meeting with the Dunn family “beautiful in a certain way.” He also said driving on the wrong side “happens to a lot of people” because they “go to Europe and the roads are opposite.”[37] It was later alleged that Trump had intended to pay the family compensation, but they refused it: the Dunn family’s spokesman reported that the White House meeting ended with the president saying the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, was “standing by ready to write a cheque”, adding: “It was almost as if he let it slip out. When he said: ‘We’ve got the driver [Sacoolas] here’, he basically meant we’re all going to have a big hug and a kiss and I’ll get my treasury guy to write a cheque. That’s how it was. On the day it just didn’t register with me, but the more I think about those words, the more shocking it is.”[38]
re: #138 aatharuv
A frequent Faux News guest who is a retired NYPD detective links the San Jose shootings with vaccinations falsely claims an increase in shootings is linked to an increase in vaccinations.
Fox News guest baselessly links San Jose mass shooting to vaccines
This seems like it was fucking bound to happen. Good grief.
re: #134 wrenchwench
It’s because of human head size.
re: #139 DodgerFan1988
Well, it’s two bad things and all bad things are correlated with one another, because the alternative is that the FNC-viewer’s feelings aren’t reality and their misery is internal and not cause by secret cabals of weirdos and perverts.
re: #46 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I expect that overconfidence is a problem for her. It would be easy to have a big ego in her position.
What is the baby bar exam?
re: #145 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What is the baby bar exam?
Apparently, it’s a test you take while still studying for your degree.
Someone shot at US Marshalls serving a warrant in north end of Manchester, NH. That’s the wealthier, but bluer side of the city. There has been an 8-hour standoff and several different PDs have sent support as well as the latest in “toys.” The Manchester FB page that keeps track of police and fire events is filled with comments from people living in other parts of town: “Biden’s America”; “they would’ve burned the house down if it were on the east side” (probably true); “that’s what happens when people won’t take jobs” (I lol’ed at that one); “So who will be first to say ‘I’m so glad I don’t live in Manchester anymore’?” Anyway, I drive over to an empty college campus nearby to walk the dog. that was no problem, but I did a little snooping and the entire area a couple of blocks south is shut down.
re: #82 Scottish Dragon
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Apparently he fired at a second vehicle as well.
well, the maserati presumably narrows it down a bit.
re: #148 steve_davis
well, the maserati presumably narrows it down a bit.
Is Maserati Junior Partner or Full Partner status?
re: #133 ericblair
I haven’t been following the case, but have some experience with diplomatic/official status, and this seems extremely strange. She had to have some sort of defined residency status in the UK, unless of course the Home Office completely fucked something up, which doesn’t seem exactly impossible.
Just to add insult to injury, TFG invited the English kid’s family to the White House to “settle the matter”. They thought he was going to hand her over for return to the UK. Instead, he had the woman in an adjoining room, and wanted to bring her in to apologize and ask for forgiveness. The English family, and the British Ambassador, were understandably outraged.
re: #43 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I’ll see you that tweet & raise you this one.
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I also have a white flag flying from my flagpole. It too is a confederate flag, the last one.
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
Apparently, it’s a test you take while still studying for your degree.
But guys, Kimmy said she studied 10-12 hours a day for six weeks, and she has more important things to deal with now:
“Like, I can’t do it again. I don’t have time. To do the next test is in November. And I’m filming the ending of our show, which will be so emotional. I have every birthday under the sun, you know, it’s my birthday — my 40th — I planned this whole trip and it’s too late to cancel. And if I fail again, it’s like, what’s the point?” she told her sisters.
Also Republicans: Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to unify the country. pic.twitter.com/L2ebAEjj2o
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) May 3, 2021
re: #98 Scottish Dragon
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When I worked for a newspaper in advertising, I was told “do not have any kind of political stuff on your car.” This works for journalists as well. You can believe whatever you want, but don’t take political positions in stuff that people are going to associate with your employment at the paper, because it can give the impression you aren’t objective, and that the paper isn’t objective in coverage.
re: #152 BeachDem
But guys, Kimmy said she studied 10-12 hours a day for six weeks, and she has more important things to deal with now:
“Like, I can’t do it again. I don’t have time. To do the next test is in November. And I’m filming the ending of our show, which will be so emotional. I have every birthday under the sun, you know, it’s my birthday — my 40th — I planned this whole trip and it’s too late to cancel. And if I fail again, it’s like, what’s the point?” she told her sisters.
to pass the (at the time) 5 part cpa exam:
- took review classes for two years at night
- studied virtually every saturday and sunday at home for those 2 years / no life
- while working full time
- and commuting more than an hour a day (each way, but no not uphill both ways)
had to do a couple of parts more than once
she wants it gifted
Ahh. I hear rumbling. The storm is coming in.
re: #145 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What is the baby bar exam?
It’s a test required of people who complete the first year of a three year legal program at a California law school that is not accredited by the American Bar Association OR who have been apprenticing. Kardashian falls into the latter category. Basically, if you pass, you can continue on with your studies.
People who go to ABA accredited law schools don’t have to take the CA “baby bar.” On the other hand, we have to take all sorts of end of semester exams.
If you need a giggle this afternoon, have a look at the Fox News audience celebrating the news of Juan Williams leaving “The Five” on Twitter…like pro-wrestling fans who don’t understand the symbiotic relationship between Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik.
Ted Bundy is trending and I assume he’s primarying some Republican who voted for impeachment
— NoLongerPurelyCivilHat (@Popehat) May 26, 2021
dammit
my laptop has gone psycho so I’m setting up the backup Acer.
Then the new Dell desktop that I was waiting to set up when we moved into the new house, but it’s been almost a year so screw it. That gets dealt with next.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
re: #157 PhillyPretzel
Ahh. I hear rumbling. The storm is coming in.
Envious. There’s a storm system coming to northern NE but it seems to be avoiding us. We need the rain badly.
Haha. @VoteVets combines audio of Republicans demanding a Benghazi investigation with video of the January 6 insurrection they refuse to investigate. Worth a watch.pic.twitter.com/lOvGL8HakQ
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) May 26, 2021
re: #155 Dangerman
to pass the (at the time) 5 part cpa exam:
- took review classes for two years at night
- studied virtually every saturday and sunday at home for those 2 years / no life
- while working full time
- and commuting more than an hour a day (each way, but no not uphill both ways)had to do a couple of parts more than once
she wants it gifted
blergh…I studied for three years to get my JD. I graduated on a Friday. My bf and I went to Galveston for the weekend and Monday morning I was back to take the prep class for the Multistate Bar Exam (one week). The next week, we did five or six weeks (can’t remember this was over 3 decades ago) of BarBri. After that, there was 2.5 weeks of studying. Then 2.5 days of the bar. Then three months of waiting for results.
Let’s just say that if she hadn’t done much more than six weeks of 10-12 hours a day studying, she didn’t learn enough to pass the first year of law school.
Good thread on comedy
The first group are the boundary pushers - people who flirt with the line to test taboos, often because they have something to say. Some of my very favorite comics of all time here: Lenny Bruce, Dave Chapelle, George Carlin, Louis CK (Yeah yeah I know)
— Damion Schubert, Zen Designer (@ZenOfDesign) May 26, 2021
The third group are people who are outrageous because they want to whine about being persecuted. These are often less comics than right-wing assholes like Rogan, Limbaugh, Shapiro. They aren’t funny, they just want permission to be assholes. They’re Professional Victims.
— Damion Schubert, Zen Designer (@ZenOfDesign) May 26, 2021
I feel for the dinosaurs. Lord knows I’ve dug up shit I created 20 years ago and been absolutely mortified based on modern understanding and how tastes have shifted. Imagine if those creations were what made you famous to a worldwide audience.
— Damion Schubert, Zen Designer (@ZenOfDesign) May 26, 2021
Ted Bundy joins staff of United States conservative newspaper “The Federalist” as special correspondent on women’s issues.
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) May 26, 2021
re: #165 gocart mozart
Guys like Bill Maher, Ricky Gervais, Bill Bar, and lately Dave Chapelle are straddling groups 2 and 3 and rapidly hurtling into group 4.
The one thing they all have in common is lashing out when they don’t get the response they feel they are entitled to. Usually by demeaning/shaming the audience for not laughing at their material.
Pretty much everyone in that list has gone on a rant about political correctness and how you’re dooming the 1s Amendment because you’re not on the floor in hysterics over their bit on how “that” group of people can’t take a joke.
re: #166 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I was like “what the hell?” for just a moment before I realized the source.
re: #168 Mattand
I really want to ask Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld (among others) who are aggrieved they can’t play college gigs anymore: which entertainers over 65 did THEY pay to see when they were between the ages of 18 and 22?
re: #149 Barefoot Grin
Is Maserati Junior Partner or Full Partner status?
107,000. And 20 miles a gallon, combined. I’m guessing 3,000 a year insurance and a nightmare in maintenance and gas.
re: #163 Dangerman
They could make that video an hour long or more.
Well crap. Children’s book author Eric Carle died today. His best known book is The Very Hungry Catapillar. One of the first books my son began reading aloud after he learned to talk around age 3. Carle was 91. This one tugs at my heart a little. I remember that day, my son picked up a stack of books with a huge smile on his face, sat down in the kitchen where I was making breakfast and started reading aloud. Pointing at the words as he spoke them and showing me the pictures as he read. He was barely 3, and we had just moved into this house. I was still unpacking. Sigh…that seems like a lifetime ago. Let alone 24 years.
re: #173 A Mom Anon
I remember reading The Hungry Caterpillar to my nephews when they were toddlers.
re: #170 bratwurst
I really want to ask Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld (among others) who are aggrieved they can’t play college gigs anymore: which entertainers over 65 did THEY pay to see when they were between the ages of 18 and 22?
I saw George Carlin in 2004 while I was in college. Not sure how old Carlin was then but I have absolutely zero regrets about that one.
re: #152 BeachDem
But guys, Kimmy said she studied 10-12 hours a day for six weeks, and she has more important things to deal with now:
“Like, I can’t do it again. I don’t have time. To do the next test is in November. And I’m filming the ending of our show, which will be so emotional. I have every birthday under the sun, you know, it’s my birthday — my 40th — I planned this whole trip and it’s too late to cancel. And if I fail again, it’s like, what’s the point?” she told her sisters.
In December, Trump said that he has “worked harder in the last three weeks” trying to overturn his election loss than he ever has in his life. My guess is that Kim is similar — she is so unaccustomed to working hard studying for such an extended time that this was in fact the most brutal educational experience in her life. She wasn’t prepared for the concentration and the work demanded for academic achievements; after all she spent only a brief time at a community college before dropping out.
re: #170 bratwurst
Whatever people think about literally anyone else is simply a matter of personal preference, but as the sole arbiter of comedy I can definitively state that Bill Maher is objectively incapable of any form of humor whatsoever and should not be included in the “comedian” category with other actual comedians, no matter how shitty they are.
re: #170 bratwurst
I really want to ask Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld (among others) who are aggrieved they can’t play college gigs anymore: which entertainers over 65 did THEY pay to see when they were between the ages of 18 and 22?
Wait, was Seinfeld ever a comedian? All I remember was a vile show about a bunch of people who hated each other.
re: #178 William Lewis
What’s? The? Deal? With end tables?
re: #178 William Lewis
Wait, was Seinfeld ever a comedian? All I remember was a vile show about a bunch of people who hated each other.
It was a very popular show, but was not for me.
I don’t like to be made to cringe, so the George character made the show unwatchable to me, even though I like the actor who played the role.
re: #176 Hecuba’s daughter
In December, Trump said that he has “worked harder in the last three weeks” trying to overturn his election loss than he ever has in his life. My guess is that Kim is similar — she is so unaccustomed to working hard studying for such an extended time that this was in fact the most brutal educational experience in her life. She wasn’t prepared for the concentration and the work demanded for academic achievements; after all she spent only a brief time at a community college before dropping out.
I have a Ph.D., so I’m always amused by academic tales of woe from people like Kim here who have absolutely no idea how much there is to know, and the work it takes to master even a tiny fraction of it.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
I saw George Carlin in 2004 while I was in college. Not sure how old Carlin was then but I have absolutely zero regrets about that one.
He would have been about 67 then. I was trying to come up with my own example. The best I could do was Dick Gregory who was in his late 50s when I saw him as a student in the late 1980s.
Naturally there are all kinds of veteran performers well worth seeing. My point remains that earning a lot of money performing for university students during the last century doesn’t entitle anyone to the ability to do so for life.
hi
We’re back from the eye doctor and the occupational therapist in Sidney.
Holy crap glasses are expensive. My wife got two pairs and I got one (trifocal length for the computer, eye exam was by the VA so I didn’t have to pay for that), and now we’re $1,200 lighter.
Severe thunderstorm warning just went off for our area. There is a tornado warning north of us near Alliance, and a severe thunderstorm in Gurley south of us moving toward us.
We are warned for deadly hail. I have no place to hide my car.
re: #181 EPR-radar
I have a Ph.D., so I’m always amused by academic tales of woe from people like Kim here who have absolutely no idea how much there is to know, and the work it takes to master even a tiny fraction of it.
Kim might be an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Her father was a highly successful attorney but she would not have been aware of how he studied to acquire his law degree; she may have thought that she had the right genes (like Trump always boasts about his great genes) and that, combined with brief but intensive study, was all she needed to pass the exam and put her on the path to legal glory.
Today in “America’s Descent into Authoritarianism”
Arizona Republicans are looking to put an end to the state’s top election official’s ability to defend election laws in court. Recently added language to the state’s budget package, which could be passed by the legislature as soon as this week, deprives Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs of any role in elections-related litigation. The bill rests that authority solely with the state’s attorney general, who currently is a Republican, Mark Brnovich.
But there’s a catch. The measure sunsets in Jan. 2023 — presumably because, come the 2022 election, the attorney general could be a Democrat. Or, perhaps, the secretary of state could be a Republican.
That provision is just one example of how the refusal to come to terms with President Trump’s loss has empowered fringe actors to cast doubt on the 2020 election, while making Secretary Katie Hobbs a villain to the far-right.
AZ GOPers Target Dem SoS Hobbs—And Hobbs Only—In Mad Dash To Rewrite Election Rules
The National Weather Service Radar in Cheyenne just went down.
We are starting to get hail.
My yard is filled with hail, and it’s still coming down.
re: #173 A Mom Anon
That’s a truly great book. I first read it as an adult and had to have a copy for myself.
Escaping DC for a B&B in Harper’s Ferry, @brhodes started chatting with his hostess, discovering she was an Obama-to-Trump voter. And then? “Then she asked me if I knew about Benghazi.”https://t.co/QOx02nMI17
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) May 26, 2021
“…To have any capacity to help fix what has gone wrong in the world, we have to begin fixing what has gone wrong with ourselves. The end of the Cold War removed the demon that needed to be faced down abroad, the competing empire that compelled a certain sense of national unity and purpose. But we never did settle on a new national purpose after the Cold War, a sense of what it meant to be American in the world. Instead, after 9/11 we made the mistake of going abroad to look for new demons to confront.
The cold war that needs to be won now is at home, a battle between people who live in the reality of the world as it is and people who are choosing to live in a false reality made up of base white-supremacist grievances and irrational conspiracy theories—and seeking to impose it on the rest of us.”
re: #178 William Lewis
Wait? You didn’t like that show either? Nice!
re: #178 William Lewis
Wait, was Seinfeld ever a comedian? All I remember was a vile show about a bunch of people who hated each other.
He was a stand-up comedian before the show.
…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORRILL COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT…
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.
re: #170 bratwurst
I really want to ask Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld (among others) who are aggrieved they can’t play college gigs anymore: which entertainers over 65 did THEY pay to see when they were between the ages of 18 and 22?
Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks I’d have enjoyed at any age.
re: #193 sagehen
They were great in almost everything they did. Carl Reiner was great in The Dick Van Dyke Show years ago. And Mel Brooks was funny in anything he stared in.
re: #184 Hecuba’s daughter
You know, I was totally rooting for her to pass this part and go forward with some kind of legal career pivot. I do blame her mom for monetizing her daughters’ bodies and looks for money. They have become or helped to start this “influencer” and selling of the self as a brand as a way to wealth. It’s gross. The plastic surgery after surgery, the constant focus on looks and fame and surface shit is incredibly damaging and unhealthy. These people have more money than most families will ever see, and more is not ever enough. Who knows what any of those young women could have become had someone actually given a shit about them as humans.
So America is basically having another horrific mass shooting every goddamned day now.
And Texas Republicans are making laws to allow “permit-less” carry. No permit, no training, no background check, just here’s your fucken gun, pal! Try to be a good guy, ok?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 27, 2021
BREAKING: The fly has made a second appearance and has been ingested by Ted Cruz. I hope the spirit of RBG is okay. pic.twitter.com/B8aPjcVGbM
— Kate 🤍🇺🇸 (@ImSpeaking13) May 27, 2021
WTAF
Today I wrote a letter to the Attorney General of Florida requesting a criminal investigation be opened concerning @GovWhitmer‘s potentially illegal & corrupt use of funds from a 501(c)(4) in exchange for private jet travel in FL and in violation of several FL Statutes. pic.twitter.com/tSCzrNJWcU
— Rep. Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) May 24, 2021
re: #198 Eric The Fruit Bat
This R assclown took a whole two pages to say “Lock Whitmer up for being a Democrat.”
Just half-heard a Big Pharma ad for a weirdly named drug to treat arthritis, warning that you might suffer “tears of the stomach” if you take it.
I think I’ll go for the arthritis, thanks.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 27, 2021
Great shot.
Man from Afghanistan selling a variety of watermelons pic.twitter.com/GOR8S1qyEa
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) May 26, 2021
re: #200 Charles Johnson
I will go for the arthritis over cancer too, every time.
Our healthcare is so completely and utterly fucked.
re: #200 Charles Johnson
I have to go see a rheumatologist soon. I’m worried that most of the meds to help with RA will mess up my GI system. Especially if it turns out I have H.Pylori in some form. All of these drugs have insane side effects, some are truly terrifying. My fave listed side effect on my recent research into various meds is perineal infections and necrosis. . Getting old sucks. I can’t take NSAIDS anymore either which is awful. Everything hurts.
re: #200 Charles Johnson
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The problem with those drug warnings is that they have to report any adverse effect that anyone in the clinical trial reported whether it was proven to be caused by the drug or not.
That’s why so many drugs include the non specific laundry list of effects like nausea, dry mouth, headaches, fatigue etc.
re: #198 Eric The Fruit Bat
WTAF
So a Florida Congressman is asking the Attorney General of Florida to open a criminal investigation over some Florida law/regulation involving the Governor of Michigan ??
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