Bo Burnham and Socko Explain: “How the World Works”
Here’s a happy little song about the world sung by Bo Burnham and his special friend, Socko!
Bo Burnham: Inside is streaming now on Netflix.
Here’s a happy little song about the world sung by Bo Burnham and his special friend, Socko!
Bo Burnham: Inside is streaming now on Netflix.
The pandemic highlighted gross inequities our health care system that has gone on for too long. And although millions more Americans have secured health coverage through our extended enrollment period so far — our work’s not done. Sign up at https://t.co/Z1ZSzQNxNn by August 15!
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 25, 2021
this dog is sitting, standing and laying at the same time pic.twitter.com/EHDodW3PNN
— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) July 24, 2021
Posobiec just keeps pumping out this conspiratorial horseshit 24/7/365. Dozens of shitty tweets every day, peddling lies and hatred to the Trumpite base. And he’s verified and still has an account on Twitter to whine ceaselessly about “censorship.” pic.twitter.com/YcdWZlrIqj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2021
Today, I was asked to serve on the bipartisan January 6th Select Committee and I humbly accepted. When duty calls, I will always answer. https://t.co/MszEBc0V7I pic.twitter.com/flIdSfYzZV
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) July 25, 2021
“Overstate” may be the most inadvertently hilarious conspiracy theory yet. Because it’s nothing if not overstated.
The only saving grace is that these hateful fucks are also astonishingly dim-witted.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2021
Everything is fine in Jacksonville Florida
The Walmart on Normandy Boulevard is closing at 2 p.m. Sunday and plans to reopen at 6 a.m. Tuesday, the company says. https://t.co/RhxQphO2l9
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) July 25, 2021
re: #4 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
My guess is that the 3 McCarthy nominees that Pelosi approved would be unwilling to accept such a request if she offered one because it would damage their prospects in future elections.
re: #6 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Everything is fine in Jacksonville Florida
If they only allowed masked guests, they would not have as much of a problem
re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember this is Florida. They think they are special. ::: eyeroll :::
re: #9 PhillyPretzel
Remember this is Florida. They think they are special. ::: eyeroll :::
it is costing them business
that might cause them to rethink
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Plus they are having to pay a company to come in and do deep cleaning/sanitizing and to educate the employees on how to keep that going. That isn’t cheap either.
We are such a country of spoiled brats. A large number of us lack the ability to see anything except Right Now, never mind tomorrow or a year from now. And then it is shocking, just shocking when the shit hits the fan. My patience is done with this crap.
You could not fucking pay me enough to live in Florida.
Okay, well maybe you could but there would be a LOT of zeroes involved…
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
You could not fucking pay me enough to live in Florida.
Okay, well maybe you could but there would be a LOT of zeroes involved…
Not even that for me. That goes double for TexASS as well.
Also my agency is begging people to transfer to vacant positions they can’t fill in TexASS, Florida, Missouri & Mississippi. Nobody wants to go there to work and deal with the wackos in those places!
Valley bridge Batseri in Sangal valley of Kinnaur collapses: Nine tourists from Delhi NCR are reported to be dead and three others are seriously injured pic.twitter.com/gTQNJ141v5
— DD News (@DDNewslive) July 25, 2021
re: #11 A Mom Anon
Plus they are having to pay a company to come in and do deep cleaning/sanitizing and to educate the employees on how to keep that going. That isn’t cheap either.
We are such a country of spoiled brats. A large number of us lack the ability to see anything except Right Now, never mind tomorrow or a year from now. And then it is shocking, just shocking when the shit hits the fan. My patience is done with this crap.
Those who are trying to damage Biden can see the future — they are fearful our becoming a “majority-minority” nation and they are working to prevent that future from arriving, by silencing those who do not share their views. The Trump cult, along with most Republican legislators, are working to make us a white supremacist society, like South Africa was for generations.
re: #11 A Mom Anon
Stupid people cost our country a ton of money every day.
re: #15 Hecuba’s daughter
Those who are trying to damage Biden can see the future — they are fearful our becoming a “majority-minority” nation and they are working to prevent that future from arriving, by silencing those who do not share their views. The Trump cult, along with most Republican legislators, are working to make us a white supremacist society, like South Africa was for generations.
There is another reason Republicans are pushing voter restrictions. They want to trigger riots and violence from people they strip from the voter rolls so they can keep their racist base energized
The smartest way to make the rich pay is not a wealth tax
It’s important to ask the wealthy to pay more. It’s also important to do it the right way.
Editorial Board
washingtonpost.com
Capital Gains, Estate, Stepped Up Basis, Carried Interest changes would do more, and better.
re: #6 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Everything is fine in Jacksonville Florida
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Something happened. An employee got sick after being in the store (or something), or someone called in a that that they had COVID and purposely contaminated stuff, something. You don’t just close up for a day and a half because you’re doing community service.
re: #19 retired cynic
Estate taxes are a kind of wealth tax, are they not?
re: #19 retired cynic
The smartest way to make the rich pay is not a wealth tax
It’s important to ask the wealthy to pay more. It’s also important to do it the right way.
Editorial Board
washingtonpost.comCapital Gains, Estate, Stepped Up Basis, Carried Interest changes would do more, and better.
Why not both? Wealth tax works fine in financially libertarian (checks notes…) Switzerland.
re: #22 JC1
One of their arguments was that if you get taxes from an increase in net worth, do you refund if net worth falls?
re: #19 retired cynic
All of that and a cap on personal wealth, every dime. No more parking money offshore or hiding it any other way. Or maybe a rule that a corporation has to reinvest a large percentage of profits of all types in employee compensation including wages, healthcare, paid leave, sick time, education grants, etc. If they go above and beyond the requirements THEN they can write some of it off at tax time.
re: #22 JC1
Agree. These sort of things should not be an either/or situation.
Simone Biles.
I shot this today. pic.twitter.com/bYE8rX3W5C
— Bryan Keane OLY (@tribryan) July 25, 2021
Mumble! Grumble! Curses on you BMO
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re: #23 retired cynic
One of their arguments was that if you get taxes from an increase in net worth, do you refund if net worth falls?
and if somebody’s net worth consists mostly of stock in a company they control, do you force them to sell enough they might no longer be in control?
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #28 sagehen
and if somebody’s net worth consists mostly of stock in a company they control, do you force them to sell enough they might no longer be in control?
And forcing such a transaction can have a serious effect on the value of the stock. There are all kinds of problems that can arise in such a situation.
re: #21 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Estate taxes are a kind of wealth tax, are they not?
Basically they’re a special-case workaround on income taxes — the dead don’t pay taxes, the living do. Someone who has a million bucks of income the year when they inherit money or property or a business worth that amount doesn’t have to pay income taxes on the inheritance. More than ten million dollars inheritance or whatever the limit is, some level of taxation is applied because it’s income to someone.
re: #32 Nojay UK
Basically they’re a special-case workaround on income taxes — the dead don’t pay taxes, the living do. Someone who has a million bucks of income the year when they inherit money or property or a business worth that amount doesn’t have to pay income taxes on the inheritance. More than ten million dollars inheritance or whatever the limit is, some level of taxation is applied because it’s income to someone.
The exclusion is 11 million from the estate, which might be split among several heirs.
(also, spouses don’t pay inheritance tax.)
Snowflake Olympics https://t.co/SNAnj7qffB
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 25, 2021
Jackie Mason said horrible things about black people and used racist slurs against David Dinkins and Pres Obama. That’s buried in this glowing obit. Please compare this to what the @nytimes first posted on Dinkins when he passed. The little things https://t.co/Ucrfvn8fuY
— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) July 25, 2021
re: #34 Belafon
“Free speech, except when it hurts my poor little feelings.” -Dinesh D’Liar pic.twitter.com/js1lCH9WHU
— Comchia (@ComChia430) July 25, 2021
re: #34 Belafon
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Cause cedars Sinai didn’t happen last week
Or the family.p!anni g clinic gauntlets or……
Snowflake Olympics https://t.co/SNAnj7qffB
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 25, 2021
I can fix that typo. “This man should be well-rested after what he did to Tucker Carlson in front of his daughter.”
— Manksy (@TheManksy) July 25, 2021
re: #29 darthstar
A+ platinum standard meme-ery.
Rep Adam Kinzinger:
“I’m a Republican dedicated to conservative values, but I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution
“we’re duty-bound to conduct a full investigation
“Today, I was asked by the Speaker to serve on the Jan 6 Select Committee and I humbly accepted”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 25, 2021
re: #29 darthstar
Too soon?
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This lurid story of Dunning-Kruger conspiracy criminals came along during one of the trashiest periods of American media history, just before the internet hijacked much, but not all, of the audience for trashy speculation.
At the time, the sensationalizing elements of the media spun the story to highlight implied class differences between the rivals, contrasting the low-life Harding with the genteel and proper Kerrigan. In fact, the two women came from very similar working class backgrounds, though Kerrigan had a much more stable and positive upbringing.
Kerrigan’s father, Daniel, was a welder. Her mother, Brenda, was a homemaker. They remained married until Daniel’s death in 2010.
Kerrigan’s family was of modest means. Her father sometimes worked three jobs to fund her skating career; he also drove the Zamboni at the local rink in exchange for Nancy’s lessons.
Not gonna lie, I’d probably go off on Tucker too if I saw him out somewhere.
re: #218 Dr Lizardo
re: #213 mmmirele
For me, at least, it’s pretty obvious that Jesus’ followers believed in an imminent eschatology. That was 2,000 years ago.
Eschatology was doomed from the start.
I probably should have gone off on Michelle Malkin when I saw her. It was only her two kids, husband, and the wine shop owner. But the wine shop owner would have been mad at me so I hesitated.
re: #44 BigPapa
You have my sympathy for coming into contact with that fascist.
re: #41 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
This lurid story of Dunning-Kruger conspiracy criminals came along during one of the trashiest periods of American media history, just before the internet hijacked much, but not all, of the audience for trashy speculation.
I have to say that Oliver Stone’s “Natural Born Killers” brilliantly captured what you’re talking about right here.
re: #44 BigPapa
I probably should have gone off on Michelle Malkin when I saw her. It was only her two kids, husband, and the wine shop owner. But the wine shop owner would have been mad at me so I hesitated.
Maybe because celebrity at the store/restaurant/local shop is common around here I have a policy of say nothing. Positive or negative. Leave ‘em be. But that’s just me. Public political media figures seem like a far different deal.
Kudos to the man who stepped up.
Obligatory giggle:
Cute Easter egg in the new subway train in Stockholm pic.twitter.com/KZzOL6QuIV
— Fabiano Souza (@iamfabiano) July 25, 2021
re: #47 Rightwingconspirator
Yeah, for the most part they’re not ‘working’ so I’d never start chatting them up anyway other than a Hi. If you want an autograph go to one of the shindigs for it.
Mel Brooks double feature on IFC tonight.
Blazing Saddles
Men in Tights
re: #51 Patricia Kayden
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Detroit, MI? Why doesn’t the cockroaches there suprise me. At all?
re: #36 JOE 🥓
A guy who sells right-wingers faux-history that helps them feel good and has helped radicalize them to the point where they see communists under their beds wants a man arrested for speaking. Could it be fascism?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 25, 2021
re: #51 Patricia Kayden
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The NRA has finally gone too far with this 2nd Amendment shit!
re: #54 JOE 🥓
The NRA has finally gone too far with this 2nd Amendment shit!
That might not be the NRA’s fault. Some parts of Detroit are so rough that it really shouldn’t surprise anyone if them roaches pack an AK…
re: #55 Teukka
That might not be the NRA’s fault. Some parts of Detroit are so rough that it really shouldn’t surprise anyone if them roaches pack an AK…
How would they ever pass the background checks? NRA is clearly responsible for the ease with which anyone — or anything — can acquire weaponry!
re: #23 retired cynic
One of their arguments was that if you get taxes from an increase in net worth, do you refund if net worth falls?
No. The tax is based on your wealth at a certain point in time. Just like if my income drops in following years I don’t get a refund for previous taxes paid.
I’m back.
Yeah, it’s still raining but intermittently. I’m going back up to Scottsdale for the 11 am service with new signs that mince no words. @wartwatch @watchkeep @ThouArtTheMan @reachjulieroys @StuffCCLikes pic.twitter.com/iAWO9QnKQa
— (((Dee *still a Professional Cat Herder* Holmes))) (@mmmirele) July 25, 2021
It didn’t rain at all while I was in Scottsdale. But it rained in Mesa. It can keep raining, we need the rain.
Jake Tapper to Sen. Pat Toomey: “What does it say about your party that an investigation into a violent insurrection would reflect poorly upon it?”
Toomey: “I would argue the current POTUS’s policies & the damage he’s gonna be doing, that’s what we should be debating in 2022.” pic.twitter.com/7GoBH1cNfv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 25, 2021
Had Trump won the election there would have been no vaccination drive, so same result.
— Chris Mason (@ChrisMa16724953) July 25, 2021
re: #28 sagehen
and if somebody’s net worth consists mostly of stock in a company they control, do you force them to sell enough they might no longer be in control?
That’s a fair concern, though I’m not aware of any major publicly traded companies where someone owns an outright majority of shares. In such an edge case where paying 2% of one’s net worth would cause one to lose control of a company, a few options are readily apparent:
1) pay a dividend to pay for the wealth tax
2) take out a loan against a portion of the shares
3) issue a different class of shares with different voting rights.
I’m sure that there are other solutions.
Montana Man: Calmly and quietly tells Tucker Carlson about himself
Tucker Carlson: Puts hands on dude
Dinesh D’Souza: Arrest Montana Man for using his First Amendment rights! It violates my HIPAA! 🙄 https://t.co/x7aoO7oDWx— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 25, 2021
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
So (and I realize this is likely a purely rhetorical question) did Tapper give Toomey any pushback for that lame change-of-subject “response”?
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
In a world without an insurrection, sure. But we don’t live in that world.
re: #63 Jay C
So (and I realize this is likely a purely rhetorical question) did Tapper give Toomey any pushback for that lame change-of-subject “response”?
I’m not holding my breath on that…
re: #61 JC1
That’s a fair concern, though I’m not aware of any major publicly traded companies where someone owns an outright majority of shares. In such an edge case where paying 2% of one’s net worth would cause one to lose control of a company, a few options are readily apparent:
1) pay a dividend to pay for the wealth tax
2) take out a loan against a portion of the shares
3) issue a different class of shares with different voting rights.I’m sure that there are other solutions.
But there are privately held companies or LLC’s that have shared ownership. How are these organizations valued? It may be difficult for someone in such company to come up with the cash needed to pay this tax.
re: #67 Hecuba’s daughter
But there are privately held companies or LLC’s that have shared ownership. How are these organizations valued? It may be difficult for someone in such company to come up with the cash needed to pay this tax.
None of this is about the people who own the Bakery that is netting $300 per year after expenses and salaries are paid out. This isn’t even about the $400K per year middle income family.
re: #67 Hecuba’s daughter
But there are privately held companies or LLC’s that have shared ownership. How are these organizations valued? It may be difficult for someone in such company to come up with the cash needed to pay this tax.
Most LLCs wouldn’t be hit by the proposed wealth tax (at least the one that Warren wanted). Regarding assets in general, I would look at insured values as a starting point. It’s not a trivial problem, but it’s not insurmountable either.
re: #55 Teukka
That might not be the NRA’s fault. Some parts of Detroit are so rough that it really shouldn’t surprise anyone if them roaches pack an AK…
Sign at Metro Airport:
“Welcome to Detroit - now go home!”
…
“Welcome to Detroit - where the weak are killed and eaten”
….
“I’m so tough I vacation in Detroit”
re: #48 Teukka
The millennia from now, some archeologist will dig this up and wonder why the maker couldn’t make uniform holes.
Hannity having trouble keeping track of his own conflicting messages re: COVID vax. Said requiring masks on planes means vax doesn’t work. Forgot he’s against vax passports. “I’m not a doc.” Hmm. Repeatedly diagnoses Biden as senile.
— Al Franken (@alfranken) July 25, 2021
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
A lot of people are claiming that Biden is operating at brain-stem level.
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
A lot of people are claiming that Biden is operating at brain-stem level.
And doing a pretty good job of it, AFAICT: Joe’s brain-stem functioning is still an improvement over most GOPers’ efforts using all their lobes…..
fake appalachian haz opinions
Just say no to vaccine passports and mandates:https://t.co/am0ydP9ctJ
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) July 25, 2021
Be it an LTN, a closed, or even flooded road, drivers think it’s their god-given right to proceed. #LondonFlooding pic.twitter.com/7jJGW91cfp
— Kentish Town LTN (@KentishTownLTN) July 25, 2021
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
fake appalachian haz opinions
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If you say no, then you don’t get to travel and your company can fire you. Simple as that.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) July 25, 2021
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just say NO to @JDVance1
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) July 25, 2021
Look. At. This.
Ahmed Hafnaoui’s family back in #TUN react as the teenager wins 400m #swimming gold at the #Olympics.
❤❤❤pic.twitter.com/zZssC5d4pS
re: #81 Eric The Fruit Bat
Apologize that was meant for J. Dickhead!
JD Vance eats his hotdogs with a fork
— Appodlachia Podcast (@appodlachia) July 25, 2021
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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how about answer the fucking question?
Jake Tapper to Sen. Pat Toomey: “What does it say about your party that an investigation into a violent insurrection would reflect poorly upon it?”
Toomey: “I would argue the current POTUS’s policies & the damage he’s gonna be doing, that’s what we should be debating in 2022.” pic.twitter.com/7GoBH1cNfv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 25, 2021
DERP
In Alabama and Louisiana, partisan opposition to vaccine surges alongside Delta variant
…Many people here and elsewhere in the Southeast are turning down Covid-19 vaccines because they are angry that President Donald Trump lost the election and sick of Democrats in Washington thinking they know what’s best. State and local public health officials have struggled to combat that deep-rooted obstinance.
re: #68 Belafon
None of this is about the people who own the Bakery that is netting $300 per year after expenses and salaries are paid out. This isn’t even about the $400K per year middle income family.
correct
it’s about the wealthy who arent even paying their fair share of the current income tax.
you know, the one they all claim they are paying now.
re: #85 Dangerman
Classic misdirection. And Toomey is not going to run for re-election and I think he may do something later and he does not want to damage his chances.
Which way to the lake?#MeanwhileInCanada pic.twitter.com/V8DAvmv2pR
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) July 25, 2021
Covid has already killed off more Floridians than DeSantis won by https://t.co/hisOFjrU0u
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 25, 2021
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
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JD Vance eats his hotdogs with a fork
— Appodlachia Podcast (@appodlachia) July 25, 2021
In case you could use a smile today… pic.twitter.com/4rXFuSGPIK
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 25, 2021
— Valerie (@Valfab1) July 25, 2021
Dr Fauci says we are headed in the wrong direction.
whyy.org
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
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our cats have never learned to look where we are pointing and not at us pointing.
Squeak, I just dropped the salmon at your feet.
- they do have sound down. knife and fork slicing and they are all around my feet.
but they dont know goodies - fish, meat, whatever, from the same sound slicing vegetables.
then i have to show them a piece and let them smell it so they’ll go away.
- other times I wonder if they ever got down the concept of smell at all (again said salmon at your feet), but that’s another thing.
Which way to the lake?#MeanwhileInCanada pic.twitter.com/V8DAvmv2pR
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) July 25, 2021
For Jane Austen Fans: Parts 3 and 4 of Pride and Prejudice (1995 version) are being aired tonight at 6PM EDT on WHYY. You can hit the live button and watch it on your computer.
whyy.org
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
A lot of people are claiming that Biden is operating at brain-stem level.
medical twit
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), who was the former White House physician, told Fox News he believed President Biden would resign due to his cognitive abilities.
Said Jackson: “There’s something seriously going on with this man right now. And you know I think that he’s either going to — he’s either going to resign, they’re going to convince him to resign from office at some point in the near future for medical issues or they’re going to have to use the 25th Amendment to get rid of this man right now.”
re: #96 Dangerman
In the usual backward way of acknowledging what was wrong with DT now they are pinning it on Joe when he does not show any of these problems.
re: #96 Dangerman
medical twit
My brother was saying that before Biden was elected. He was going to resign in February or March or ….. Ronny Jackson is a disgrace to the medical profession. He is the one who should resign now.
How many Americans do you think should die in the name of freedumb?
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) July 25, 2021
Just right down the street.
The interstate is closed in both directions.
Gypsum fire #I-70 😩😱 pic.twitter.com/ZRZfieZ071
— 🤍 (@missrgonzales) July 25, 2021
THREAD:
As news stories drop about COVID+ pandemic deniers & anti-vaxxers ranting defiantly from ICU beds, let’s review what fraud research suggests abt the responsibility we should attribute to them for their condition & the ms they send.
Are they victims we should pity? 1/x pic.twitter.com/jrmo6zQ7BL— Brooke Harrington (@EBHarrington) July 22, 2021
Coolers help the mark “to see himself and judge himself.” They help with “redefining the self along defensible lines.”
Note the “judge” part: coolers *don’t* absolve marks or encourage them to see themselves as victims.
No: they help marks reconcile themselves to reality.
26/x pic.twitter.com/HT91SI7rLI— Brooke Harrington (@EBHarrington) July 22, 2021
ComiCon at Home has wrapped up (I think). Lots of Youtube videos, nearly none of which were of interest to me, but a couple of them are.
If you’re interested in comics graphic novels, fantasy writing and TV/Cinema, etc., probably something will interest you. Must be a hundred or so videos they put up the past three days.
Meanwhile, I was looking for the Vanity Fair article about Jared and re-found this one — about how he improperly contracted with a U.A.E. company connected to its ruling family to obtain $52m worth of COVID tests…which turned out to be contaminated 🤔 https://t.co/cv2MzH9bip
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 25, 2021
U.A.E., that sounds familiar.
re: #102 jaunte
I found that thread very interesting when I read it the other day, but man… this part:
I have to cook dinner now, but if you found this thread helpful in understanding a social problem, GOOD! That’s what Sociology is for, as I tell students. The US would be better off if we had Chief Sociologists, not just Chief Economists. With @alondra, we’re getting there.
32/32 pic.twitter.com/W3wJzysk99— Brooke Harrington (@EBHarrington) July 22, 2021
Can you IMAGINE the non-stop wharrgarble howling from the right if the Biden admin (or any Dem admin) created an office of Chief Sociologist?
re: #106 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Brooke may be a bit optimistic if she thinks people who turned on Liz Cheney as a RINO are going to be influenced back to some reasonable place.
re: #108 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m hot blooded. Check it and see.
re: #100 No Malarkey!
Delta variant ravaging GQPers who reject the vaccine is the real Hillbilly Elegy.
I remember years ago at a lefty blog seeing someone’s sig-line “after the rapture, we get all their stuff.”
Update to… after the plague, we’ll get cheap property at estate sales.
re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’ve always heard that chicks dig guys who fall into lava and get vaporized.
re: #113 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I’ve always heard that chicks dig guys who fall into lava and get vaporized.
See, e.g., Skywalker, Anakin.
I remain fascinated by this volcano, perhaps because it is the only shield volcano I’ll get to watch from birth, during my lifetime.
Iceland has (and indeed is made up of) many shield volcanos, but it’s several thousand years between new ones popping up I believe.
An overview of what Meradalir valley looked like yesterday. It is one vast pool of lava with fresh streams of lava continually running into it:
re: #116 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Wrong video link.
Put in the correct link.
Reload the comment to get the new link.
re: #116 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I don’t know much of anything about volcanoes, but isn’t this close-proximity gathering a bit on the dangerous side? I mean, couldn’t the volcano just sort randomly of bubble out some lava onto the spectators?
Slate with a hilarious send-up of the endless parade of op-eds in the Washington Post on why we shouldn’t make Trump voters feel uncomfortable.
Stop Insulting Trump Voters and Their Concerns. Instead, Shut Up and Take It. (today)
On Thursday, the Washington Post published an opinion piece by columnist Gary Abernathy arguing that Americans need to stop insulting Trump voters lest we fail to achieve “what’s necessary for our nation to survive.” Easily the greatest work on the importance of being nice to Trump supporters that the Post has published since Kathleen Parker’s “Progressives’ Shaming of Trump Supporters Won’t Work” (Aug. 9, 2019) or James Hohmann’s “Liberal Hostility Toward Trump Aides Could Galvanize the GOP Base” (June 25, 2018) or Michael Gerson’s “Stop Sneering at Trump. It Won’t Help” (April 20, 2017), Abernathy’s essay is a timely reminder of the importance of historical amnesia, and the urgent need to treat Trump voters with civility and respect and deference and reverence and adoration, no matter what they’ve done.
After all, the 2020 election is over, and so is the violent attack on the capitol Trump incited in a futile attempt to cling to power, and even if people are still dropping like flies from the deadly pandemic Trump catastrophically mismanaged, there’s no reason to be rude. You wouldn’t treat someone like a moral leper just because they root for the Orioles instead of the Nationals, so why would you judge someone for handing the country over to a pack of racist crooks who promptly got more than half a million Americans killed? Trump voters would prefer not to think about whether or not they bear any responsibility for the awful things done in their name by the people they explicitly told to go do awful things in their name, and it’s important for those of us on the left side of the aisle to respect their culture.
(more at the link)
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
It should be illegal to be mean to Tucker Carlson because it makes him so sad
— Hannah (@hannahposts) July 25, 2021
Would you like to see a baby monkey and a gaggle of baby ducks as it’s best friend?
Of course you do.
Credit: Imgur/user036912 pic.twitter.com/S7PoYGDGer— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) July 25, 2021
So, today the former guy’s failson tweeted “fuck you” to Dr. Fauci. pic.twitter.com/gljOHnT84C
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2021
re: #124 Charles Johnson
Hmm. His response should get a TOS violation but probably will not because of his last name.
— 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 (@VWAimlessly) July 25, 2021
Tell me you’re at the tail end of another monumental cocaine binge without telling me you’re at the tail end of another monumental cocaine binge. pic.twitter.com/ZmjcN4PTAK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2021
Another hot take of “why aren’t Democrats more friendly to Republicans,” entirely missing two points:
a) There are more Democrats
b) Republicans want a lot of us dead (or at least marginalised) over things like race, sex, religion, &c.
This is so wild to me. I can’t imagine not having friends across the political spectrum. https://t.co/CMpiUIEmNp
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) July 25, 2021
The National Weather Service said it’s a ‘low-probability situation — but high impact if it does happen.’ https://t.co/4ahrXvjXN5
— SFGATE (@SFGate) July 25, 2021
LOL. Sure looks a lot different than Interstate 80 here.
https://t.co/hygEibdC70 pic.twitter.com/Qumxt6lfRc
— Drew Tuma (@DrewTumaABC7) July 25, 2021
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Another hot take of “why aren’t Democrats more friendly to Republicans,” entirely missing two points:
a) There are more Democrats
b) Republicans want a lot of us dead (or at least marginalised) over things like race, sex, religion, &c.
I have family members who would probably celebrate my death due directly to unvarnished political and religious views that directly and openly contradict their own white Christian supremacist views. The last thing I need to hear is that Trump voters can be reasoned with.
something for junior
Verbal is sick of your shit. pic.twitter.com/Un7s6Pw5TW
— Animals Who Are Sick Of Your Shit (@AnimalsWho) July 25, 2021
Dunning-Kreuger in effect. I have some ‘friends’ who I may have been friends with before that are def not my friends, who I do not have a relationship with, who will still consider me their friends.
AN ENTREPRENEURIAL QUEEN. 😆 https://t.co/PE3emMOPzJ
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) July 25, 2021
Argh. Local news top story: Sonoma Raceway is open at full capacity. Shots of no one wearing masks. Vendors on the racing circuit from out of state (interviewed vendors had southern accents) also not wearing masks. Everyone out there having a “great time” now that they don’t have to worry… Yes, they’re outdoors, but really???
Followed by a story about rising Covid cases.
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THIS.
If a teenage girl can be held responsible for urging her boyfriend to kill himself, shouldn’t Tucker Carlson be held responsible for urging Americans not to vaccinate despite a deadly pandemic?
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 25, 2021
re: #141 Rightwingconspirator
Depends on the ad revenue.
FLYNN: “Maybe I’ll find somebody in Washington D.C…”
Trump’s now-pardoned former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn
*jokes* about assassination at the “Church of Glad Tidings” in Yuba, CA, as he gets a semi-automatic rifle. 😳pic.twitter.com/G5JfqTbGD3— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 25, 2021
Comment seen elsewhere:
What if UFOs are just billionaires from other planets?
An Alabama doctor got death threats because she talked about how her dying patients now want the Covid vaccine. Tucker Carlson and Fox “news” are two reasons she got those threats. They deserve every bit of hate they get. https://t.co/gh4KvSjARy
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) July 25, 2021
This is the same guy who told us Trump was 230 pounds of strapping muscle, right? Same guy?
Pretty sure. https://t.co/r5i6GLnB3m— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 26, 2021
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Dan Bailey “ambushing” Tucker in a store was just counter-tourism.
Dump him on the way to getting vaccinated. Celebrate afterwards. https://t.co/kmSWOPIwUF
— Leslie (@Leslieks) July 26, 2021
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is ridiculously cute.
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
Her boyfriend says he will break up with her if she (exercises free will).
Dump him quickly.
re: #149 plansbandc
That is ridiculously cute.
Sure is. Reminds me of how little humans are race and religion blind.
The only good reply is Buh bye.
— Manksy (@TheManksy) July 26, 2021
I can’t imagine not caring whether the people you hang out with are in a racist death cult. https://t.co/bpeRBef5bq
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 26, 2021
re: #23 retired cynic
One of their arguments was that if you get taxes from an increase in net worth, do you refund if net worth falls?
Nope.
Pennsylvania taxes on your capital gains. If you make money they tax it. If you lose money they don’t care and don’t give you any back. Compare this to the Federal tax system where you can bank some losses and use it to offset later profits.
Great thread. Take note, local governments and health departments! @GovRicketts @DouglasCountyNE @Jean_Stothert https://t.co/3cgBpO8WH4
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) July 25, 2021
Remember: if you think opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others is “Islamophobia,” you’re enabling that violence and oppression. While you preen about having the moral high ground, you’re on the side of innocent people having their lives destroyed.
— Robert Spencer روبرت سبنسر रॉबर्ट स्पेंसर 🇺🇸 (@jihadwatchRS) July 22, 2021
Will he ever get tired of this grift already?
I saw “Trump Vaccine” was trending on Twitter, and I was very hesitant to find out what’s going on, so Twitter helpfully filled in on a later refresh that apparently, Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran her giant yap trying to attribute credit for the vaccines to the former guy. Ugh, these disingenuous assholes.
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
I presume if their insurance company gets that video there will be a refused claim on the damage/total loss of that car.
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Another hot take of “why aren’t Democrats more friendly to Republicans,” entirely missing two points:
a) There are more Democrats
b) Republicans want a lot of us dead (or at least marginalised) over things like race, sex, religion, &c.[Embedded content]
Do Republicans have a Democratic friend in the same way they have a black one, where the black one is like “We’re just acquaintances”?
re: #157 Dopamine Fish
I saw “Trump Vaccine” was trending on Twitter, and I was very hesitant to find out what’s going on, so Twitter helpfully filled in on a later refresh that apparently, Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran her giant yap trying to attribute credit for the vaccines to the former guy. Ugh, these disingenuous assholes.
Was Trump physically in the laboratories personally formulating the vaccines?
Did he work out the chemical equations necessary to develop the vaccine?
No? Then it is NOT the Trump vaccine and never was.
Sit down, Baby Huckabee, and shut up.
We just wanted an edit button… pic.twitter.com/D6uQNpOAEY
— Sugar Jones (@SugarJones) July 25, 2021
re: #155 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Yes, but the Biden administration should not push it because white people can’t be grownups.
Micro Burst Ove Phoenix, AZ pic.twitter.com/pl8z3MV4a5
— I Luv Coffee, Fast Cars, Loud Guitars & Fred ↩️ (@UncleSnotty) July 24, 2021
re: #160 Belafon
Do Republicans have a Democratic friend in the same way they have a black one, where the black one is like “We’re just acquaintances”?
They think their Liberal neighbors that they love to “own” are their friends.
re: #165 Dave In Austin
Are we sure that’s not a nuke? Clean up crew from the Trump rally?
re: #167 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Are we sure that’s not a nuke? Clean up crew from the Trump rally?
The Goddess washes away the residue with vengeance.
re: #158 Dave In Austin
Makes me wish I owned a bass right about now :)
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The non-apology, apology.
(A lot of people pointing out that I misread the numbers in this chart, and they’re right. Numbers are for “many or some” not “any.”)
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 25, 2021
I ❤️ that @FLOTUS took the time to travel to Japan and cheer-on @TeamUSA, especially this year, when athletes are competing in practically empty stadiums and are missing their family, friends and fans.
Go, USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/SwQIxbM7xr— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) July 25, 2021
re: #165 Dave In Austin
Alternative theory — it’s the mushroom cloud that ensued from Cyber Ninja nuking the ballots.
— Helena Montana, House of Pfizer (@HelenaMontana14) July 25, 2021
re: #174 Belafon
Aren’t the Cyber Ninjas morons up in Montana now or some shit?
re: #170 Dave In Austin
Those fingers aren’t human. /s
re: #175 Dopamine Fish
Aren’t the Cyber Ninjas morons up in Montana now or some shit?
I think they’re back. There was the issue the other day where Republicans threw out one of their own people because he submitted samples that matched the actual count.
re: #177 Belafon
They threw put Ken Bennett, the Trumpster former Secretary of State, who is the Senate’s liaison to the “audit”. This monster has totally escaped the control of those assholes in Phoenix.