Jordan Klepper vs. The Anti-Vax Trumpites: The Fight Over Masks in Schools
Jordan Klepper fingers the pulse on masks, vaccines and teaching critical race theory in schools in North Carolina. #DailyShow #JordanKlepper
Jordan Klepper fingers the pulse on masks, vaccines and teaching critical race theory in schools in North Carolina. #DailyShow #JordanKlepper
Quite a thread
Maricopa got game
NEW: After a preliminary review of the draft #azaudit report, we can provide a #FactCheck on several of the claims Cyber Ninjas identified as the most serious in their report:
š§µā¬ļøā Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) September 24, 2021
It was just a week ago that Clarence Thomas was claiming that the Supreme Court isnāt political. https://t.co/O11kyHd1rp
ā Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) September 24, 2021
re: #1 Dangerman
The only thing this proves to me is that those ācyber ninjasā do not know anything about elections and how they are run.
re: #2 Dread Pirate Ron
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Robert Reich: āIn those classroom discussions almost fifty years ago, Hillaryās hand was always first in the air. When she was called upon, she gave perfect answers - whole paragraphs, precisely phrased. She distinguished one case from another, using precedents and stare decisis to guide her thinking. I was awed.ā
āMy hand was in the air about half the time, and when called on, my answers were meh.ā
āClarenceās hand was never in the air. I donāt recall him saying anything, ever.ā
āBill was never in class.ā
āOnly one of us now sits on the Supreme Court. By all accounts, he and four of his colleagues ā all appointed by Republican presidents, three by a president who instigated a coup against the United States ā are getting ready to violate stare decisis, judicial precedent. I donāt expect them to give a clear and convincing argument for why. Do you?ā
Not gonna lie, the āOh, Godā that Jim Bakker let out when Janet Porter mentioned Right Wing Watch on his show made our day. pic.twitter.com/fYQBNN0oSM
ā Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 24, 2021
re: #3 PhillyPretzel
The only thing this proves to me is that those ācyber ninjasā do not know anything about elections and how they are run.
Weāre gonna need some cyber samurais
More Texans younger than 60 died from COVID-19 in August than at any other point in the pandemic. https://t.co/rFz2RIdI11
ā Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 25, 2021
Churches (and other groups) affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America are in trouble, as they are not part of the BSAās bankruptcy settlement over sexual assaults. There are forty thousand churches and other groups which are exposed.
The United Methodist Church has told five thousand congregations they are exposed to sexual assault lawsuits, and advise they not renew charters with the BSA at the end of the year.
Other Protestant denominations are advising their churches to hire legal counsel.
After excluding atheists from the BSA for decades, their child rape organisation is going to take out thousands of churches.
The Mormons put $250 million into a compensation fund to stave off lawsuits, but they can do that because of their highly centralised structure. Most Protestant denominations do not have that, so each church will be on their own.
The BSA is now facing 82,500 sexual abuse lawsuits.
Had Protestant churches taken steps to combat child rape, they wouldnāt be in this position now. They are no different than the Catholic Church on this matter, and as the BSA bankruptcy hangs Protestant churches out to dry, they are going to be in the crosshairs next.
the fake audit may have inadvertently affirmed bidenās victory in arizona but that wonāt matter because āthe election was stolenā is an ideological belief about the proper order of things, and not a factual claim.
ā b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) September 24, 2021
re: #46 Charles Johnson
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I must admit Iām torn between feeling like I never want to hear another word about Donald Trump again, and feeling highly disturbed and worried that this narcissistic fascist monster is still influencing US politics.
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2021
But if the latter is true, itās more important than ever to stay aware of what heās doing and saying.
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2021
concur
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2021
American Weimar.
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2021
Gary Cohn, a key architect of former President Trumpās 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, has a new mission.āWe now need to get people back into the workforce and we need to force people in many respects to re-enter the workforce,ā Cohn told Yahoo Finance Live.
Cohn said he is worried the current shortage of labor threatens to undermine the ability of American businesses to compete at home and globally. The U.S. Department of Laborās latest JOLTS report showed there are almost 11 million job openings and roughly 8.4 million unemployed people in the United States.
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Conservatives inching toward slavery again. Video of Cohn in the link.
re: #11 boredtechindenver
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Thanks for the info. Itās helpful.
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ā Salim š (@Salim029713202) September 18, 2021
Good thread on Haiti.
And just like white supremacy, standing idly by and doing nothing is the same as choosing a side.
So, yes, Haiti is ravaged by poverty.
Yes, Haitians are fleeing because of unrest and political violence.
But never forget who did it.https://t.co/EMnUYSvcSkā Your cousinās friend (@michaelharriot) September 24, 2021
re: #15 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Back from Disneyland. My feet still hurt. So does my back.
I may have a word or two to say about the new areas, but not tonight.
Hereās a picture. Isnāt it what just about everyone sees when imagining Disneyland?
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How long was the longest line? (when I last saw the Mouse, that meant Matterhorn. That gives you some idea how long ago that wasā¦)
I wish I could do one of these for my mom, https://t.co/EVlQIP5jec
ā Josh (@jkelloggdt) September 23, 2021
Holy crap. A member of the Canadian armed forces wrote a message on a flag at the National Mall for my mom. The 660,000 white flags are for those who died from COVID-19. Iām crying at my desk. this means so much. https://t.co/5jxe4wOMx0
ā Josh (@jkelloggdt) September 24, 2021
CDC: Three in four Americans over 12 have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
ā Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) September 24, 2021
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
That was one of the kindest things I have seen in awhile. Thank you.
Numerous studies have shown that Christian women are much less likely to report domestic violence than women of other faiths or none, regardless of the denomination. Their faith is used against them by both the abuser and the church to keep quiet. Church congregations will frequently shun or harass women who do make such reports, because it makes their congregation look bad. That is worse when the abuser is the pastor.
Kent Hovind was just convicted of domestic violence against his girlfriend. He was sentenced to a year in jail (reduced to thirty days because Christian), and thousands of dollars in fines and court costs. He also gets a three-week grace period before he has to report to jail.
Hovind actually recorded the attack, where he threw his girlfriend to the ground and injured her, sending her to the hospital (maybe he was thinking that would help him?)
His girlfriend asserted in a protection order that Hovind sent a goon to her home to threaten her, and said goon came back the next day to trash her property.
Literally LOL.
LOL. LOL. LOL.
Live mad. And donāt take your blood pressure meds, theyāre a conspiracy by the same people who make the COVID vaccines. Live mad, Baby Man. Just furious. https://t.co/uv5t6KYs6lā Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 24, 2021
Senate budget Chairman Chris McDaniel tells Unity Aluminum he believes Ky Leg got played for fools in 2017 by giving $15M to predecessor Braidy Industries for aluminum mill that never happened.
Next session, McDaniel says, heās filing a bill to get the stateās money back. ^JCā Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) September 24, 2021
good luck with thatā¦
We got about an inch of rain in less than an hour. A lot for us.
I checked one of my favorite loquat trees - it is already in bud! This is very early for it to bloom. The rain should help the flowering, so letās hope by next April there will be lots of loquats.
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
good luck with thatā¦
āLetās run the government like a businessā
āYou mean, tightly negotiate contracts and fiduciary responsibility when we distribute taxpayersā money?ā
āNo, not like that.ā
re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We got about an inch of rain in less than an hour. A lot for us.
I checked one of my favorite loquat trees - it is already in bud! This is very early for it to bloom. The rain should help the flowering, so letās hope by next April there will be lots of loquats.
I wish we had gotten some of that out here. Too far west I guess.
Why donāt you just repay the $15M the KY taxpayers gave you in 2017 so you donāt have to keep answering questions from us, Sen. Chris McDaniel asks.
Thatās a good question, Unity Aluminum exec says. ^JC pic.twitter.com/DmdKB7pNXbā Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) September 24, 2021
āWe might have to admit to having Swiss accounts?ā
āYou Get Nothingā: Josh Bernstein Calls for Democratic Voters to Be Starved Until Biden Resigns | Right Wing Watch https://t.co/mmrSFwnAm0
ā ROBERT (@BLKROCKET) September 9, 2021
Radical right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein is very fond of openly declaring that heāll shoot anyone who tries to vaccinate him. pic.twitter.com/Kvl4BTyZ9y
ā Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 15, 2021
We can now add Josh Bernstein to the ever-growing list of right-wing anti-vaccine activists who have contracted COVID. https://t.co/Jv5APtsVDT pic.twitter.com/khK8o8m1Sh
ā Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 20, 2021
An out-of-control driver plowed sideways through 6 lanes of traffic in Darwin, Australia ā and miraculously didnāt hit a single other car. The driver and a young child were hospitalized with injuries. pic.twitter.com/p58YgUIyTb
ā NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 25, 2021
re: #18 sagehen
How long was the longest line? (when I last saw the Mouse, that meant Matterhorn. That gives you some idea how long ago that wasā¦)
Most lines were in the 5 - 35 minutes range, depending on popularity. The longest were in the 50 - 60 range at peak times. That means rides like radiator springs, splash mountain, smugglers run (one of the new star wars rides). The two headliners were allocated by getting into a e-queue, which you could sign up for at two specific times every day (the queues were usually filled in seconds).
Note that this is one of Disneyās non-peak times. I made the mistake of going once at a peak time, and never again.
re: #29 Anymouse š¹š”š·
On a side note, Bernstein says heās using amoxicillin to treat his Covid-19.
Conservatives will do anything to avoid admitting they are wrong. At least amoxicillin wonāt kill him like drinking Betadyne or inhaling hydrogen peroxide.
In the video he points out he has no flu-like symptoms (possibly because itās not the flu), but he is unbearably tired all the time.
re: #32 Anymouse š¹š”š·
On a side note, Bernstein says heās using amoxicillin to treat his Covid-19.
Conservatives will do anything to avoid admitting they are wrong. At least amoxicillin wonāt kill him like drinking Betadyne or inhaling hydrogen peroxide.
In the video he points out he has no flu-like symptoms (possibly because itās not the flu), but he is unbearably tired all the time.
It appears that a majority of anti-vaxxers do not publicly change their views unless they are at deathās door ā and often not even then. Like most who contract the disease, Josh will likely recover and not repent of his anti-vaccine anti-mask propaganda, nor the harm that he continues to do to others by his lies.
re: #31 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Most lines were in the 5 - 35 minutes range, depending on popularity. The longest were in the 50 - 60 range at peak times. That means rides like radiator springs, splash mountain, smugglers run (one of the new star wars rides). The two headliners were allocated by getting into a e-queue, which you could sign up for at two specific times every day (the queues were usually filled in seconds).
Note that this is one of Disneyās non-peak times. I made the mistake of going once at a peak time, and never again.
Went with grandkids last March to Disney World, one of the character meet places had been converted to an air conditioned place with isolated tables where families could take off masks. Middle grandson (8.5 yrs old) asked when we could go back to that āheaven placeā.
re: #32 Anymouse š¹š”š·
On a side note, Bernstein says heās using amoxicillin to treat his Covid-19.
Conservatives will do anything to avoid admitting they are wrong. At least amoxicillin wonāt kill him like drinking Betadyne or inhaling hydrogen peroxide.
In the video he points out he has no flu-like symptoms (possibly because itās not the flu), but he is unbearably tired all the time.
Up to and including dying
Do you have any siblings?
I got a brother, Blake, heās four years older than me
And I guess he always will be
Yeah heās clever and heās got a cool girlfriend (hey Hayley)
Aw but wait, now that theyāre engaged so
I hope they have kids so I can be a cool aunty, yeah
Iām waiting here for you
Iām waiting here for you
Whatād you think of the ultimate ending?
I fast forward, get busy pretending that
Ah, Iāve seen everything
Can I get you anything?
A soda? Campari? With lemon? Well, you got it
I got better things to do than shave my legs, my pits, oh yeah
Iām waiting here for you
Iām waiting here for you
Iām looking ācross the room and hoping that youāre looking too, yeah
Do you have any siblings?
You got a sister, yeah, sheās a detective
Well Iāll bet sheās got some good stories
I gotta go but I hope we can keep in touch
I like very much being here with you
But you see, all this small talk is killing me, yeah
Iām waiting here for you
Iām waiting here for you
Iām looking ācross the room and hoping that youāre looking too
re: #37 Dangerman
Up to and including dying
Getting hoisted by your own petard isnāt necesarily a sign of conviction.
re: #32 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Conservatives will do anything to avoid admitting they are wrong.
Itās a well known phenomenon in cults - when proven that what they believe is wrong, most in the cult become more ardent in their beliefs.
āThe reality of it is, Texas is being run from Mar-a-Lago. And that is dangerous. And itās not appropriate.ā - Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo @LinaHidalgoTX pic.twitter.com/npCYFVhgBn
ā Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 25, 2021
re: #39 The Ghost of a Flea
Getting hoisted by your own petard isnāt necesarily a sign of conviction.
Unless youāre Rudy, then if you get hoisted on your own petard, it most definitely results in conviction.
re: #42 austin_blue
Unless youāre Rudy, then if you get hoisted on your own petard, it most definitely results in conviction.
Is he in prison?
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Itās a well known phenomenon in cults - when proven that what they believe is wrong, most in the cult become more ardent in their beliefs.
And, often, violent. Jim Jones twisted off when a House Member came down to check, on-site, the children of some of his constituents.
re: #32 Anymouse š¹š”š·
On a side note, Bernstein says heās using amoxicillin to treat his Covid-19.
Conservatives will do anything to avoid admitting they are wrong. At least amoxicillin wonāt kill him like drinking Betadyne or inhaling hydrogen peroxide.
In the video he points out he has no flu-like symptoms (possibly because itās not the flu), but he is unbearably tired all the time.
After being diagnosed, wife and I were given a packet with a similar antibiotic. The explanation was that the next dayās monoclonal was for the virus, the antibiotic was a 4-day course to head off any opportunistic pneumonia. You really want both if you show positive.
re: #44 austin_blue
And, often, violent. Jim Jones twisted off when a House Member came down to check, on-site, the children of some of his constituents.
The ironic thing is, if Jones and his cult guard had left well enough alone, they probably wouldāve gotten away with it. Representative Leo Ryan was prepared to send an āall clearā message back to Washington, taking a few of the disillusioned with him, but otherwise saying that conditions in Jonestown were fine. Instead, Jones succumbed to his paranoia, ordered his fanatics to murder Ryan and his entourage, and the rest, as they say, is history.
South Dakota is not to be outdone by Texas on anti-abortion laws.
[Note to wingnuts: There is no such thing as an āunborn child.ā Children by definition are born.]
Noem directs Unborn Child Advocate to review stateās abortion laws (Rapid City Journal)
Yes, Governor Noem has appointed (at the taxpayer expense) an āunborn child advocate.ā
The stateās new āunborn child advocateā Mark Miller, who also serves as general counsel to Gov. Kristi Noem, is reviewing South Dakotaās abortion laws at Noemās direction. Millerās task is in response to the Texas law that outlaws most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Noem stated in a tweet that following the Supreme Courtās decision to leave the pro-life Texas law in place she will be directing the Unborn Child Advocate to review the new Texas law and current South Dakota laws to ensure the state has the strongest pro-life laws on the books.
As part of her 2018 campaign, Noem promised to have an unborn child advocate on her staff, according to Ian Fury, Noemās communications director.
According to open.sd.gov, Miller is paid $143,360 annually to serve as general counsel on Noemās executive team and as the Unborn Child Advocate.
To boldly go
William Shatner will be part of the second space trip from Jeff Bezosā company Blue Origin
The āStar Trekā star, 90, takes flight in October and will become the oldest person to ever travel to spacehttps://t.co/ThSqtcX1mnā New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 25, 2021
re: #49 FormerDirtDart šš No Captānš·Trips
To boldly go
Feel better if he had Scottie along.
re: #50 Decatur Deb
Feel better if he had Scottie along.
Shatner going up on the Space Penis seems somehow appropriate.
re: #50 Decatur Deb
Feel better if he had Scottie along.
James Doohan has been aboard the ISS since 2008
re: #53 FormerDirtDart šš No Captānš·Trips
Cool.
This is the dumbest goddamn timeline. https://t.co/m8mCqgrgZ6
ā Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) September 25, 2021
Father abandons twelve children for his conservative faith.
Despite family and friends searching for available options, a father passed after being in the ICU for COVID-19 complications 20 days after testing positive.
A Texas father died while his family searched for a potentially live-saving ECMO machine.
Reed Hickson, a father of 12, contracted COVID-19 a month ago and had been in critical condition in the ICU after two visits to the hospital within 20 days of testing positive.
According to KTBX, the family declined to share Hicksonās vaccination status.
That means he wasnāt vaccinated.
āHe stayed stable for a couple of days and then he was starting to steadily decline. We had, I cannot tell you how many people trying to save his life and trying to get an ECMO machine, a hospital that had a bed with one,ā she told KTBX.
An ECMO machine is a life-support machine that functions as a personās heart and lungs.
āāDr. Andy Wilson, a friend of the Hicksonās, told the outlet that he and the family included Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma and Florida in their search for the machine.
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Texan Father of 12 Dies From COVID Complications Before His Family Can Acquire Live-Saving ECMO Machine (Inside Edition)
re: #56 Anymouse š¹š”š·
āMy little brother Reed was called home last night, leaving behind a legacy of true love and greatness, his family of 12 beautiful children and his magnificent soul mate,ā Samuel Hickson, the late Hicksonās brother, said in a Facebook post.
He did not love them. He couldnāt do the minimum necessary, getting a vaccine.
The family wasted no time in putting up a GoFundMe, which has raised half its goal of $100,000.
On a side note, GoFundMe charges a metric fuquetonne more as a cut to run their business than single payer healthcare would cost if the government ran it.
#BREAKING
Marjorie Taylor Greenās chief of staff quits ā only hours after her public meltdown on the Capitol steps
https://t.co/v1dES2W39vā Raw Story (@RawStory) September 25, 2021
re: #36 BlueSpotinAL
Went with grandkids last March to Disney World, one of the character meet places had been converted to an air conditioned place with isolated tables where families could take off masks. Middle grandson (8.5 yrs old) asked when we could go back to that āheaven placeā.
It can get pretty hot in Anaheim (for two days the temperatures unexpectedly approached 100 degrees), but itās not as muggy as Florida. Also these days in California, mask wearing is only required indoors. My āheaven placeā in Disneyland is the Animation Studio in DCA, where they have excerpts from various Disney animations on huge screens all over the room, all-encompassing air conditioning, and *comfortable couches* to sit on. Itās also not crowded and has very few small children, because itās not.. you knowā¦ exciting.
re: #58 Dread Pirate Ron
Sheās definitely working herself up to assault someone.
re: #57 Anymouse š¹š”š·
He did not love them. He couldnāt do the minimum necessary, getting a vaccine.
Could you please cut the crap? Or is it too hard for you to understand that these people have been convinced by bad actors that the vaccine, at the least, does not work, and at worst does actual harm?
re: #58 Dread Pirate Ron
Even if sheās primaried out. Thereās someone waiting in the wings to be worse than her just like she was there for Steve King. Iām so sick of people like this being elected to positions of power. Itās all about owning an imaginary political enemy instead of actually governing. Yeah politics is theater but it doesnāt need to be theatric bullshit after theatric bullshit.
re: #58 Dread Pirate Ron
Marjorie Taylor Greenās chief of staff quits ā only hours after her public meltdown on the Capitol steps
Good to know that there are some people who still value the old norms, even on āthat side.ā
re: #60 jaunte
Sheās definitely working herself up to assault someone.
Itās going to happen. She will whip out a pistol and shoot someone. Even then the Republicans will still block any more to expel her.
re: #63 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Good to know that there are some people who still value he old norms, even on āthat side.ā
It is interesting to see what their limit is but Iām glad thereās a limit for at least some of them.
When I saw that video of mtg trying to steal attention away from Representative Dingell; It looked like just a tick or other parasite trying to ride somebody else for what they need.
It is interesting to see how totally irrelevant mtg is. And how barren and empty her life must be. Beyond another loser like Gaetz, who would want to interact with her? She offers little and seems quite unpleasant to deal with.
I didnāt catch how Rep. Dingell shut mtg down. But it was quite pleasing to see that.
re: #66 ckkatz
When I saw that video of mtg trying to steal attention away from Representative Dingell; It looked like just a tick or other parasite trying to ride somebody else for what they need.
It is interesting to see how totally irrelevant mtg is. And how barren and empty her life must be. Beyond another loser like Gaetz, who would want to interact with her? She offers little and seems quite unpleasant to deal with.
I didnāt catch how Rep. Dingell shut mtg down. But it was quite pleasing to see that.
Sheās the heir to Trump tbh. Like what exactly is she in Washington for? What laws does she actually hope to pass? Her whole schtick is being an empty troll who thinks she triggers the libs. It makes the attempts to make the Paul Ryan origin stories of his love for shitty Reagan inspired economics to gut the same programs he benefited from look nice.
re: #61 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Could you please cut the crap? Or is it too hard for you to understand that these people have been convinced by bad actors that the vaccine, at the least, does not work, and at worst does actual harm?
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The Book of Fluffy is sure to be a bestsellerā¦ā Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) September 25, 2021
re: #67 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Sheās the heir to Trump tbh. Like what exactly is she in Washington for? What laws does she actually hope to pass? Her whole schtick is being an empty troll who thinks she triggers the libs. It makes the attempts to make the Paul Ryan origin stories of his love for shitty Reagan inspired economics to gut the same programs he benefited from look nice.
And despite all the flowery journalistic coverage, Ryan was quickly shown to be an empty suit. And then shown the door.
Btw, I finally met State Senator Boysko during the primary. She was at my polling place representing the challenger to my current state representative. The State Senator is quite impressive and the challenger (Shin) won the primary. I do hope that Senator Boysko didnāt end up with as bad a case of sunburn as it looked like she was going to get, though.
re: #70 ckkatz
And despite all the flowery journalistic coverage, Ryan was quickly shown to be an empty suit. And then shown the door.
Btw, I finally met State Senator Boysko during the primary. She was at my polling place representing the challenger to my current state representative. The State Senator is quite impressive and the challenger (Shin) won the primary. I do hope that Senator Boysko didnāt end up with as bad a case of sunburn as it looked like she was going to get, though.
Awesome. Iām in Howellās district now just like I was when I was a kid. I have Connolly in Congress and Iāve met him a few times too.Boysko is good people. She really rose through the ranks starting in my hometown. I believe she was on the PTA at my old high school too.
re: #61 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Could you please cut the crap? Or is it too hard for you to understand that these people have been convinced by bad actors that the vaccine, at the least, does not work, and at worst does actual harm?
When they go out of their way to not only seek out that sort of misinformation, and worse, try to convince others that they should do so too, I view them as a danger to society. They are escalating to killing police officers, attacking healthcare workers and retail workers, &c.
However, since youāve requested I keep that opinion to myself, I will self-censor and self-tone police.
Instead, Iāll post things that are not opinionated.
Final (Game 2): Cardinals 12, Cubs 4. pic.twitter.com/5Uux7rlkog
ā Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 25, 2021
There are 300 million people available to be on Sundayās Meet the Press panel and Chuck Todd has decided the most qualified person who earned it the most is Meghan McCain pic.twitter.com/bQlA5Cdgtw
ā Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) September 24, 2021
Iām going to mosey away. Yāall need a break from me. /s
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re: #74 Anymouse š¹š”š·
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Theyāve probably had her publicist begging for weeks for Press the Meat to bring her on since nobody gives much of a shit about her since she left The View with her mean-girl pout.
re: #72 Anymouse š¹š”š·
I get your sentiment. If you have 12 kids - giving up your life prematurely because you bet on the wrong horse is nothing short of tragic. All those life events where your absence will be noted and all those everyday moments when you had the opportunity to influence your children - gone. Foolish, dangerous and selfish - YES. Does this mean he did not care for his wife and children? Not necessarily. Life is complicated and often too short - making the decision to not get vaccinated was the wrong decision for this person. Unfortunately there are no do-overs. The familyās loss is going to reverberate for years - our gloating over this loss will be forgotten in a week. Shake your head and enjoy the good fortune and sense you had in getting a vaccine.
re: #71 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Awesome. Iām in Howellās district now just like I was when I was a kid. I have Connolly in Congress and Iāve met him a few times too.Boysko is good people. She really rose through the ranks starting in my hometown. I believe she was on the PTA at my old high school too.
Iirc, when I moved into my house years ago, I was in the 11th district (what is now Connollyās district). I got gerrymandered into the 10th under Wolf and then Comstock.
Peeved me off when I realized that I had been moved from a Dem district to a Repub one. I was very pleased when Wexton finally made it in.
The fun never endsā¦
Amazing report from Dr. Shiva. Many questions for Maricopa County as well as exposure of incompetence & possible malfeasance. A FULL SIGNATURE AUDIT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! #AmericasAudit
ā Dr. Kelli Ward šŗšø (@kelliwardaz) September 24, 2021
Going exactly as predicted: When the fraudit fails, scream that thereās āevidenceā that raises āquestionsā and we need further fraudits to get to the ātruth.ā Why? Because the Big Lie is now a matter of faith to the MAGAts and few things set off evangelicals worse than their faith being questioned.
Researchers at The Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine have come up with a method for locating a position on Earth using signals broadcast by SpaceXās Starlink Internet service satellites. Signals from six Starlink satellites were used to identify a location on Earth within 8 meters, suggesting the method could serve as an alternative to GPS. Ohio Stateās Zak Kassas said, āWe eavesdropped on the signal, and then we designed sophisticated algorithms to pinpoint our location, and we showed that it works with great accuracy. And even though Starlink wasnāt designed for navigation purposes, we showed that it was possible to learn parts of the system well enough to use it for navigation.ā
Dear Press Corpse:
No matter how many times you keep saying Trump doesnāt lead a cultā¦he fucking DOES lead one and you need to stop kissing his ass!
MAGAs tonight in Georgia, sleeping outside in the front of the rope line in a field for the Trump rally tomorrow. Totally not a cult. pic.twitter.com/nfVfhym3in
ā Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 25, 2021
Cross town rival football game. Final score after two over times: Rockwall-Heath 79, Rockwall 71.
Itās an early night to bed for me. Gānite!
Obligatory Dad joke:
Three weeks ago I sent my hearing aid in for repair.
Iāve heard nothing ever since.
re: #83 JOE š„
Dear Press Corpse:
No matter how many times you keep saying Trump doesnāt lead a cultā¦he fucking DOES lead on and you need to stop kissing his ass!
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Deadheads have more respect for themselves than these assholes.
re: #72 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Just cut the Mandy Mannerās junior attitude and the passive/aggressive nonsense and weāll all be fine. You have plenty to offer this place without it.
Isaac Asimovās Foundation is on Apple TV, pretty good, pretty good.
re: #88 Dread Pirate Ron
Isaac Asimovās Foundation is on Apple TV, pretty good, pretty good.
Huh, I knew there was something I was forgetting today.
re: #73 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Instead, Iāll post things that are not opinionated.
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Iāve been a White Sox fan since the age of 10 and have always been irritated how the North Siders get all the press and fan support, but never really hated them (the way I hated the Yankees!). However, a friend who was a lifelong Cubs fan abandoned them because of the Ricketts family endorsement of Trump. He had a deep hatred of the entire Ricketts family ā- we are fortunate that Illinois is a blue state and has spared us a governor Ricketts. Of course, fortunately any Republican governor here is hamstrung by the Democratic legislature.
re: #75 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Iām going to mosey away. Yāall need a break from me. /s
No ā no ā stay around!
re: #16 Dangerman
Evolution, so damned amazing.
re: #22 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Numerous studies have shown that Christian women are much less likely to report domestic violence than women of other faiths or none, regardless of the denomination. Their faith is used against them by both the abuser and the church to keep quiet. Church congregations will frequently shun or harass women who do make such reports, because it makes their congregation look bad. That is worse when the abuser is the pastor.
Kent Hovind was just convicted of domestic violence against his girlfriend. He was sentenced to a year in jail (reduced to thirty days because Christian), and thousands of dollars in fines and court costs. He also gets a three-week grace period before he has to report to jail.
Hovind actually recorded the attack, where he threw his girlfriend to the ground and injured her, sending her to the hospital (maybe he was thinking that would help him?)
His girlfriend asserted in a protection order that Hovind sent a goon to her home to threaten her, and said goon came back the next day to trash her property.
Kentās consigliere, one Ernie Land, says theyāre going to appeal the case and Kent is never going to jail. I donāt know how true that is.
I would note that Kentās love life is pretty fucked up. He dumped his wife of over 40 years in 2016, after he got out of prison for his tax and structuring crimes. Later in 2017, he married Mary Tocco. Although there was no marriage license, the state of Alabama had common law marriage at the time (ended on December 31, 2017), From a legal perspective, it could be argued that Kent Hovind is still married to Ms. Tocco, as thereās no evidence of a legal divorce.
Mary got the hell out of there when she figured out that there was still shenanigans going on with the funding of Kentās bargain basement amusement park āDinosaur Adventure Land.ā There may have been some slapping around. What I do know is that Tocco, who lives in South Carolina, showed up to testify at the criminal trial on behalf of Cindi Lincoln.
Speaking of Cindi, she had moved out there from California, sold her property there and was living on the property when Tocco moved out. Not long after that, she got āmarriedā in Florida with a Baptist preacher and no marriage license. (Florida does not have common law marriage.) Earlier this year, after quite a bit of crazy, she had enough too, and the assault case was the result. But she also wants the money back that she says she loaned to Dinosaur Adventure Land, expecting to be paid an annuity. Iām just going to say that the documentation is pretty thin on the ground and she was badly treated by Ernie Land, the consigliere mentioned earlier.
The decision in the criminal case was announced earlier this week. Yesterday (September 24) Kent announced that heād again gone off to Florida and had an independent Baptist preacher āmarryā him to a woman named Sandra Princess Sawyer. It appears that Sawyer has seven children from two previous marriages, and two of the children are still minors.
What a MESS.
PS the guy who trashed Cindiās house is named Steve Lynn. He was the guy who knew all the tech stuff. He also apparently had a drug induced freakout in August and checked himself into a facility, but heās back at DAL now. I know WAY too much about Kent Hovind, and I only know it because heās a prominent sovereign citizen.
Passenger on JetBlue flight tried to storm cockpit, choke flight attendant with necktie, FBI says | KRON4 https://t.co/H68dMj68ED
ā SWCC Vet CJ (@SWCC5) September 24, 2021
re: #82 Belafon
I just like to call them āAā Ohio State University.
re: #95 BeachDem
My favorite owning of Meghan McCain, courtesy of Paul Begala. (and sheās only become more idiotic as the years have gone by)
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re: #74 Anymouse š¹š”š·
The application did include a question about who your father is, and very little else.
re: #98 The Ghost of a Flea
The application did include a question about who your father is, and very little else.
āYouāre John McCainās daughter? One of our most frequent guests? Wow, we gotta have you on as a regular.ā
Gee I wish I had the bullshitting ability of this Pulpit Pimp!
This just happened on stage at Clay Clarkās Health & Freedom Conference. pic.twitter.com/kSYM5gRgjX
ā PatriotTakes šŗšø (@patriottakes) September 24, 2021
re: #101 Egregious Philbin
Talibornagainsā¦
Translation!
āTwo all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!ā
re: #99 Targetpractice
They need someone that can hit that sweet spot of not paraphrasing the 14 words every two paragraphs but also lives at the bottom of an abyss of self-involvement they mistake for ideology.
Paleoconservative blobfish in a blonde wig weeping oleaginous self-pity fluids. A Lovecraftian Karen indifferent to the suffering of mortal people because, by Nyarlahotep, her non-Euclidean jimmies have been rustled and we all deserve whatās coming to us because of it.
The FreeDUMB Jerks are at it again!
Please watch all of it.
Grown ups. Over wearing masksā¦ https://t.co/PtwzvbIPoDā Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) September 25, 2021
re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea
I sorry, all of the above is tremendously unfair.
Itās probably an enormous toll on Megan to never acknowledge that her husband makes a living cobbling together fascism and polysyllabic words to appease a tiny number of johns with very peculiar tastes. No wonder sheās anxious all the time.
re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea
They need someone that can hit that sweet spot of not paraphrasing the 14 words every two paragraphs but also lives at the bottom of an abyss of self-involvement they mistake for ideology.
Paleoconservative blobfish in a blonde wig weeping oleaginous self-pity fluids. A Lovecraftian Karen indifferent to the suffering of mortal people because, by Nyarlahotep, her non-Euclidean jimmies have been rustled and we all deserve whatās coming to us because of it.
Ayep. She spent virtually the entirety of the past two years passively-aggressively declaring that we all ādeservedā Trump for failing to live up to her high standards. Sheās one of those internet concern trolls who moans about āTHIS IS HOW YOU GOT TRUMP!ā given a microphone.
Arizona, then Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, TexASS and now Washington State.
Itās not just Texas, @maddow, a new election audit lawsuit is happening in Washington State now too #Maddow https://t.co/XbqH6BLWFb
ā Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) September 25, 2021
re: #106 Targetpractice
Ayep. She spent virtually the entirety of the past two years passively-aggressively declaring that we all ādeservedā Trump for failing to live up to her high standards. Sheās one of those internet concern trolls who moans about āTHIS IS HOW YOU GOT TRUMP!ā given a microphone.
To be fairā¦she then is an accurate representation of the critical āDaddy hits you because he loves youā demographic among white women.
re: #107 JOE š„
Arizona, then Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, TexASS and now Washington State.
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Challenging the vote not just in states that Trump won, but in states that he was never going to even come close. At this point, itās about flooding the zone, getting as many lawsuits and fraudits in the news to give the impression that there is ādoubtā about the results rather than actually showing that thereās anything to their claims.
Why hasnāt this ass been indicted and arrested?
Watch Rep. Paul Gosar (R), AZ-04, continue to spread insane conspiracies about the 2020 election.
āIāve had people come to me from theā¦CIA fraud department.ā pic.twitter.com/wfdY5OyM70ā The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) September 24, 2021
re: #13 Anymouse š¹š”š·
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Conservatives inching toward slavery again. Video of Cohn in the link.
FTA:
Cohn says hiring bonuses wonāt solve the problem. āWeāve got to start talking about how we motivate people back into the labor force and how do we get them back working again?ā
Nine times outta ten, when you hear a wingnut talk about āmotivatingā people back to work, that translates as āWe gotta make them too desperate to say āNoā to jobs paying shitty wages.ā
re: #100 JOE š„
Gee I wish I had the bullshitting ability of this Pulpit Pimp!
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One of my secret powers is that if I shift myself into the right frame of mind, I can do this too. There was a time, when I was MUCH younger (weāre talking the 1970s here), when I actually believed that was a communication from God. Then I went to UT Austin and at the suggestion of a friend, perused the Perry-Castaneda Library and learned that glossolalia was not language.
re: #109 Targetpractice
Challenging the vote not just in states that Trump won, but in states that he was never going to even come close. At this point, itās about flooding the zone, getting as many lawsuits and fraudits in the news to give the impression that there is ādoubtā about the results rather than actually showing that thereās anything to their claims.
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I engaged in a FB exchange with someone who mocked me for believing Biden received 81 million votes because he was confident that Biden couldnāt have received more than 70 million votes. My brother also has repeatedly challenged the possibility that someone ācampaigning from his basementā could get so much support. They also all believe that āsleepy Joeā is suffering from dementia. There is no doubt that they are kin to those who goose-stepped in the 1930ās and shouted their approval at the original Nuremberg rallies.
re: #109 Targetpractice
Agreed, On one hand, audit after audit raises doubt among the breathless conspiracy-minded GOP. So some say it works. But Biden picking up votes and getting proven the winner (again) makes no impression on them? Well, it sure does on the rest of us. More and more we find out they knew the big lie was a big lie.
The willingness to participate in black lie accusations for ideological reasons explains a lot of COVID weirdness. Ideology gave life to Plandemic. Qanon. All the weird projections. There was plenty of space to have the legit policy debate but it got drowned in a sea of nonsense. COVID as a hoax, only to be acknowledged later but with actual hoax cures. 5G, chips, magnetism, bleach now ivermectin. How messed up is that?!
What we needed and what we got are miles apart. Thatās why we may near a million dead before itās merely endemic. The other thing that we may now be stuck with? An angry quarter of us willing to lie to themslves to screw with us. With fiction.
re: #113 Hecubaās daughter
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I engaged in a FB exchange with someone who mocked me for believing Biden received 81 million votes because he was confident that Biden couldnāt have received more than 70 million votes. My brother also has repeatedly challenged the possibility that someone ācampaigning from his basementā could get so much support. They also all believe that āsleepy Joeā is suffering from dementia. There is no doubt that they are kin to those who goose-stepped in the 1930ās and shouted their approval at the original Nuremberg rallies.
Theyāre the sort of assholes in the same vein as Mike Moore screaming āHow could Bush have won?! Nobody I know voted for him!ā
re: #114 Rightwingconspirator
Agreed, On one hand, audit after audit raises doubt among the breathless conspiracy-minded GOP. So some say it works. But Biden picking up votes and getting proven the winner (again) makes no impression on them? Well, it sure does on the rest of us. More and more we find out they knew the big lie was a big lie.
The willingness to participate in black lie accusations for ideological reasons explains a lot of COVID weirdness. Ideology gave life to Plandemic. Qanon. All the weird projections. There was plenty of space to have the legit policy debate but it got drowned in a sea of nonsense. COVID as a hoax, only to be acknowledged later but with actual hoax cures. 5G, chips, magnetism, bleach now ivermectin. How messed up is that?!
What we needed and what we got are miles apart. Thatās why we may near a million dead before itās merely endemic. The other thing that we may now be stuck with? An angry quarter of us willing to lie to themslves to screw with us. With fiction.
Given the results, I imagine that the justification for renewed efforts will be that the AZ fraudit created āquestionsā because the hand recount differs from the official results from the county. Doesnāt matter that the variation is in Bidenās favor, the fact that the two are not totally identical will be spun as proof of āfraudā in the process and the need for further āinvestigations.ā These are assholes who were looking for bamboo fibers and running UV lights over ballots, the idea that Biden being proclaimed the winner by an even larger (if statistically insignificant) margin would put an end to all this is a naive.
re: #111 Targetpractice
FTA:
Nine times outta ten, when you hear a wingnut talk about āmotivatingā people back to work, that translates as āWe gotta make them too desperate to say āNoā to jobs paying shitty wages.ā
Cohn, though, is not a wingnut. He is just your normal everyday avaricious capitalist; you know, Ebenezer Scrooge before he was visited by the ghosts.
Whoah brah so you hired the two crooks from Home Alone to do a complex audit and they subcontracted it out to the Unabomber and the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit and it didnāt come out the way you hoped? No way you could have known
ā ImeachHat (@Popehat) September 24, 2021
Sebastian the Meerkat loves to give hugs. https://t.co/6Q4YmVgJzw
ā Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) September 25, 2021
re: #115 Targetpractice
Theyāre the sort of assholes in the same vein as Mike Moore screaming āHow could Bush have won?! Nobody I know voted for him!ā
Not really. Because they are true believers in Trump. Mike Moore is not a fanatic who mindlessly worships any person.
re: #120 Hecubaās daughter
Not really. Because they are true believers in Trump. Mike Moore is not a fanatic who mindlessly worships any person.
Moore is one of those people that worships themselves, which is why he tends to gravitate towards others of the same mindset. Hence why, in his mind, the fact that nobody he deigns to associate with would own up to voting for Bush meant that the election results had to be wrong.
re: #109 Targetpractice
Challenging the vote not just in states that Trump won, but in states that he was never going to even come close. At this point, itās about flooding the zone, getting as many lawsuits and fraudits in the news to give the impression that there is ādoubtā about the results rather than actually showing that thereās anything to their claims.
They keep this up (I mean the raising questions on elections about which there never was a question), theyāre going to turn the electorate ā except the hardcore RWNJs ā against themselves. In the same way that the antivaxxers have created the national anger against themselves and all the willfully unvaccinated.
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
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More McConnell bullshit deals. You know he walked away with a good chunk of change from that.
re: #122 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
They keep this up (I mean the raising questions on elections about which there never was a question), theyāre going to turn the electorate ā except the hardcore RWNJs ā against themselves. In the same way that the antivaxxers have created the national anger against themselves and all the willfully unvaccinated.
They already proved it works in GA when Donnyās screaming about āFRAUD!!!!ā kept many of their voters home during the run-offs.
re: #124 Targetpractice
They already proved it works in GA when Donnyās screaming about āFRAUD!!!!ā kept many of their voters home during the run-offs.
Their voters. Not our voters. Which was kind of my point.
re: #125 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Their voters. Not our voters. Which was kind of my point.
The biggest danger posed to the GQP by continuing to run these fraudits is not that it will turn voters against them, but that it will further demoralize their own voters. We just watched them spend time, money, and energy in AZ just to find out that Biden not only won by he won by more votes than the official results. Thatās after months of making all sorts of promises about how, when the āofficialā report came out, it was gonna blow the lid off the entire plan to put Biden in the WH through fraud.
Their voters waited for months, getting told almost on the daily about how āmy friends brotherās cousinās fatherās former roommate whoās part of the audit saw all these votes getting chucked for being fraudulent!,ā only to be told that not only is there no sign of massive fraud but that Biden actually gained votes.
Theyāve spent too long promising too much that itās going to blow up massively in their faces next year. Not because āindependentā voters might get disgusted with the constant screams of āFRAUD!!!ā and vote Dem, but that their own voters will get discouraged that Trumpās not going to be reinstalled as El Presidente for Life and decide thereās no point in showing up at the polls because āthe fix is in.ā
re: #115 Targetpractice
Theyāre the sort of assholes in the same vein as Mike Moore screaming āHow could Bush have won?! Nobody I know voted for him!ā
Pauline Kael famously said that about Nixon. (odd, huh? a 1960ās NY Times film critic didnāt know any Nixon voters. Hard to imagine.)
The Google doodle is honoring Christopher Reeve.
re: #126 Targetpractice
Itās fine with me if they donāt show up. Whereās the problem?
On that note, itās time for me to hobble off to bed.
LOL, somebody lit a campfire on Sheriff Department property just down the street from me. Police scanners are full of strange calls. People are strange.
I imagine any Repubs brought on the Sunday Funnies will stick to much the same script if asked about the AZ fraudit: āItās troubling. (Wonāt say what theyāre troubled by) It raises questions. (Wonāt say those either) There needs to be further investigation. (Again, wonāt say what it is they should be investigating).ā And if pressed to explain how the results donāt show massive āfraudā and actually gave Biden votes compared to the official tally, theyāll blame Maricopa officials for ānot cooperatingā with the audit and insist that there needs to be an even bigger investigation with the legal power necessary to force ācooperationā like handing over routers and giving them Dominionās source code for its machines.
After firestorm, Manny Diaz wonāt review school vaccine mandates https://t.co/IfzjYqwIle
ā Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 24, 2021
re: #131 Dread Pirate Ron
LOL, somebody lit a campfire on Sheriff Department property just down the street from me. Police scanners are full of strange calls. People are strange.
I got the new iPad mini today. Easiest set up ever. Display is sharper and it now plays in stereo in landscape. Got to get used to the new Touch ID son the top along with the volume controls.
re: #127 sagehen
Pauline Kael famously said that about Nixon. (odd, huh? a 1960ās NY Times film critic didnāt know any Nixon voters. Hard to imagine.)
Something of a misquote; what Kael actually said was, āI live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I donāt know. Theyāre outside my ken. But sometimes when Iām in a theater I can feel them.ā It was said during a lecture she gave at the Modern Language Association in December of ā72.
That misquote went on to become something of an urban legend.
INBOX: House Oversight Committee requests testimony on Oct. 7 from Cyber Ninjas CEO. pic.twitter.com/lNfb4TzCBc
ā Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 24, 2021
Even #Russiaās state TV is making fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene, describing her antics as evidence of āmental debilitationā of Western politicians. pic.twitter.com/aDYqUlf2en
ā Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 24, 2021
My well for sympathy for folks who are unvaccinated, get covid and die, is fucking empty. People who today are stupid bullheaded numbskulls about *effective vaccines* against a pestilence that has fucked up everything about our lives, then go on and die in a hospital? Fuck āem.
ā ballfootski (@ballfootski) September 25, 2021
That Buzzfeed article is fucking rough stuff if you had any hope for our fellow humans in conservative America.
re: #139 teleskiguy
She thought of how police had to remove the manās family after his son-in-law told her, āIf you donāt do this, I have a lot of ways to get people to do something, and theyāre all sitting in my gun safe at home.ā
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āIn a really morbid exercise, just in the month of September, if you look at the ages of the people we have lost and you apply to them average lifespans, we have lost more than 1,100 life years,ā Souza said. āCan you imagine that? And for the people who say, āWe all die sometime.ā Yes, we do. But these people didnāt need to die now. They didnāt need to die like this.
āCan you imagine all the life and experience contained within those 1,100 years?ā
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Carvalho, the Boise doctor, said she now compares medical workers to Vietnam War veterans, who saw the public turn against them. āWeāre tired of being pointed fingers at, of being called the bad guy, for trying to promote a vaccine that is lifesaving,ā āāCarvalho said. āI know thereās good people out there, but it really does feel like the public is not on our side.ā
Even primary care providers whoāve looked after a patientās family for 20 years are now hearing they are no longer trusted, according to Keller with the Idaho Medical Association. At work, Idaho medical workers face an onslaught of unnecessary death, she said, but outside theyāre part of a community of people who act as if the pandemic doesnāt exist. āItās pretty disheartening,ā she said. āI think they feel like theyāre living in two different worlds.ā
re: #9 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Had Protestant churches taken steps to combat child rape, they wouldnāt be in this position now. They are no different than the Catholic Church on this matter, and as the BSA bankruptcy hangs Protestant churches out to dry, they are going to be in the crosshairs next.
They also consistently banned open homosexuals from participating as counselorsā¦because of āmoralityā issues.
re: #13 Anymouse š¹š”š·
āWe now need to get people back into the workforce and we need to force people in many respects to re-enter the workforce,ā Cohn told Yahoo Finance Live.
why is it that the most vocal proponents of the Free Market do not understand the principle of Supply and Demand?
He is all but admitting that our economic system depends on an endless supply of underpaid laborers with no rights or recourse except to quit.
re: #29 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Radical right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein is very fond of openly declaring that heāll shoot anyone who tries to vaccinate him.
I believe that any hospital would be justified in denying him treatment as he is a clear security risk.
re: #63 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Good to know that there are some people who still value the old norms, even on āthat side.ā
I donāt know if it was a matter of norms & decency or simply āNo amount of money, benefits & perks is worth this fucking job!ā
re: #64 JOE š„
Itās going to happen. She will whip out a pistol and shoot someone. Even then the Republicans will still block any more to expel her.
unless she shoots a pregnant mom
If thereās one thing that unites Australians itās dunking on Americans.
The comments are gold standard. https://t.co/bfaFgflXxwā CJ Murrumbeena (@CJMurrumbeena) September 25, 2021
re: #147 ozharas
That would be most unsettling for most Americans. We just had a C-130 pass right overhead on the Rhine, they like to fly along the valley to practice staying under radar.
re: #142 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
why is it that the most vocal proponents of the Free Market do not understand the principle of Supply and Demand?
He is all but admitting that our economic system depends on an endless supply of underpaid laborers with no rights or recourse except to quit.
yāknow, if a couple used to both make minimum wage, but due to the labor shortages weāve been hearing about one of them is now making $15/hr or $18/hr, and not trusting daycare to be safe and healthy, and thereās the child tax credit, and saving on the cost of daycareā¦ it totally makes sense that theyād decide to become a one-income family with a stay-home parent. One would think the āfamily valuesā crowd would applaud this move.
re: #149 sagehen
yāknow, if a couple used to both make minimum wage, but due to the labor shortages weāve been hearing about one of them is now making $15/hr or $18/hr, and not trusting daycare to be safe and healthy, and thereās the child tax credit, and saving on the cost of daycareā¦ it totally makes sense that theyād decide to become a one-income family with a stay-home parent. One would think the āfamily valuesā crowd would applaud this move.
āFamily valuesā is just window dressing: to them labor is just another commodity, and a business expense to be minimized as much as possible.
re: #142 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
why is it that the most vocal proponents of the Free Market do not understand the principle of Supply and Demand?
He is all but admitting that our economic system depends on an endless supply of underpaid laborers with no rights or recourse except to quit.
Cohnās saying in so many words the same stereotype that most such men are pushing: That there are hordes of Americans living on the dole who could, if āencouragedā to leave it tomorrow, solve our ālabor shortageā within a matter of weeks or even days.
The reality is that weāre at or below the UE figures for the same time last year, itās just that most of those who worked in menial labor jobs pre-pandemic used the time and resources afforded through government assistance to look for better jobs or even go into business for themselves. This is proving to a massive issue for a system that is used to turn-key ārecoveries,ā where businesses just throw open the doors and call the workforce back as though nothing ever happened.
re: #151 Targetpractice
Cohnās saying in so many words the same stereotype that most such men are pushing: That there are hordes of Americans living on the dole who could, if āencouragedā to leave it tomorrow, solve our ālabor shortageā within a matter of weeks or even days.
and that many industries like agriculture, food processing, gardening/landscaping, construction, hospitality, food service and domestic services, etc., are all based on business models that require an endless pool of cheap, easily exploited labor.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
āFamily valuesā is just window dressing: to them labor is just another commodity, and a business expense to be minimized as much as possible.
IT WAS ALL A LIE.
I feel for Stuart Stevens, I really do. To have the rug pulled out from under him after spending his entire adult life meticulously maintaining that rug, itās gotta hurt.
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and that many industries like agriculture, food processing, gardening/landscaping, construction, hospitality, food service and domestic services, etc., are all based on business models that require an endless pool of cheap, easily exploited labor.
Correct. Whatās biting them in the ass so hard is that the traditional method of filling those vacancies would be to rely upon the seemingly endless supply of immigrant labor, whether through work visas or through less-than-legal methods. But the Trump years squeezed that down to a trickle and efforts to reform the immigration system to reopen the tap are not only being stymied but also politically hazardous to both parties
re: #153 sagehen
IT WAS ALL A LIE.
I feel for Stuart Stevens, I really do. To have the rug pulled out from under him after spending his entire adult life meticulously maintaining that rug, itās gotta hurt.
There is a social component to labor: it should be uplifting in the sense that it allows families to provide a better life for themselves and their children.
But that only gets lip service from the Right Wing in favor of āPersonal Freedomā to negotiate as individuals with limited resources for terms of employment, insurance coverge and financial services with multi-million/billion-dollar international corporations.
Wheelchair tractor, convenient for special people#ebikes #electricbike #electricscooter #Electric#kidstoy #electricbicycle pic.twitter.com/ynFXiYu8y5
ā Amy JSLebike Factory (@amy_jsl) September 24, 2021
cool.
re: #155 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is a social component to labor: it should be uplifting in the sense that it allows families to provide a better life for themselves and their children.
But that only gets lip service from the Right Wing in favor of āPersonal Freedomā to negotiate as individuals with limited resources for terms of employment, insurance coverge and financial services with multi-million/billion-dollar international corporations.
If only there were some way for those individuals to bargain collectively for their own interests.
Another example of the anti-vaxx Right desperately searching for any treatment option other than the vaccine. Meanwhile, I added another dead pastor and dead politician to my list of dead anti-vaxxers from sorryantivaxxer.com, Pastor David Hill and Irish politician Joe McCarron.
At a far-right Health & Freedom Conference tonight, instead of just getting the vaccine, a speaker says to stay healthy and not have a āharder time with Covid,ā they should limit their āWIFI radiation.ā āUnplug your router at night. You donāt need that radiating you all night.ā
ā Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) September 24, 2021
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
āFamily valuesā is just window dressing: to them labor is just another commodity, and a business expense to be minimized as much as possible.
Itās also essentially shorthand for āmale patriarchyā and in many circles āwhite male patriarchy where the brown people know their placeā.
re: #158 No Malarkey!
Another example of the anti-vaxx Right desperately searching for any treatment option other than the vaccine. Meanwhile, I added another dead pastor and dead politician to my list of dead anti-vaxxers from sorryantivaxxer.com, Pastor David Hill and Irish politician Joe McCarron.
These people are bug fuck insane. They should be looked up for their own protection - as well as that of anyone who listens to them.
JFC.
re: #139 teleskiguy
That Buzzfeed article is fucking rough stuff if you had any hope for our fellow humans in conservative America.
She thought of the abuse sheād received from one manās angry family members, who had berated her for not treating him with ivermectin, a deworming drug falsely promoted as a cure in conspiracy circles but that the FDA has warned against using in COVID patients. She thought of how police had to remove the manās family after his son-in-law told her, āIf you donāt do this, I have a lot of ways to get people to do something, and theyāre all sitting in my gun safe at home.ā
JFC.
Would they have invented soap on a rope if it didnāt rhyme?
re: #163 Ming5000
What happened next?
Cat burped after eating a dog ear while the dog went running thataway?
re: #158 No Malarkey!
Another example of the anti-vaxx Right desperately searching for any treatment option other than the vaccine. Meanwhile, I added another dead pastor and dead politician to my list of dead anti-vaxxers from sorryantivaxxer.com, Pastor David Hill and Irish politician Joe McCarron.
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The vaccine has now come to represent surrender and defeat.
Canāt have that
I get daily CDC messages on FB and pay them no mind since Iām fully vaxxed. But today a single comment appeared and it went: ākiss my pure blood ass.ā A couple of clicks revealed pure blood to be a doting mother of two. White, of course. Home location isnāt important, because you can find these people anywhere. Ok, West Virginia.
I wonder how much resentment toward Conservatives these now orphaned kids of antivaxxers will have as they get older?
Here is a really good article about the local gentry (also Trump supporters) in America, with some history thrown in, some of which I did not know or forgot. Shiplord Kirel refers to them frequently by this term. Remember the tragedy of the Lake Travis boat parade?
Donald Trump grasped this groupās existence and its importance, acting, as he often does, on unthinking but effective instinct. When he crowed about his ābeautiful boaters,ā lauding the flotillas of supporters trailing MAGA flags from their watercraft in his honor, or addressed his devoted followers among a rioting January 6 crowd that included people who had flown to the event on private jets, he knew what he was doing. Trump was courting the support of the American gentry, the salt-of-the-earth millionaires who see themselves as local leaders in business and politics, the unappreciated backbone of a once-great nation.
re: #166 Dangerman
The vaccine has now come to represent surrender and defeat.
Canāt have that
Let em die.
re: #168 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder how much resentment toward Conservatives these now orphaned kids of antivaxxers will have as they get older?
Iāve wondered about that. We know that Fucker Carlson, Streicher Hannity and the rest of the Fox antivaxx crew are vaccinated themselves. Itās a safe bet that Guo and Bannon are as well. We know about Trump. Obnoxious as they are, the mid-level antivaxxers, the ones who arenāt in on the plan, are victims too. They have been callously tricked and manipulated into sacrificing their very lives. The grieving survivors need to identify who is responsible, confront them, and support the civilized world in bringing them to justice.
re: #157 Decatur Deb
If only there were some way for those individuals to bargain collectively for their own interests.
But that would be socialism
re: #160 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Itās also essentially shorthand for āmale patriarchyā and in many circles āwhite male patriarchy where the brown people know their placeā.
Exactly. These people should have been proud of a black President: proof that anybody in America, regardless of race or social origin, who works hard enough can make it all the way to the highest office in the land.
But that would have required them to recognize his accomplishments, however grudgingly, and their patriarchal prejudices would just not allow that
Instead we got āKenyan Usurper Manchurian Candidate Affirmative Action Poster Child Who Bought the Election by Offering Tons of Free Government Stuffā.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
Want to feel old? Mark Hamill turns 70 today.
70 is a key watershed. At least for rock-and-rollers, if they die after age 70, it is no longer ātragicā, just āsadāā¦
re: #169 Varek Raith
Hello. How go the things?
Morning, friend. Itās a quiet cool day here in the wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk?
Other 25% are still conducting research https://t.co/ldTuBv6Rz6 pic.twitter.com/97rBnt6y6P
ā Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 24, 2021
Beautiful autumn day on the Rhine: I always tell visitors to come here in May/June or in September/early October to get the best weather.
Nasal spray: Llama & camel antibodies can be used in a nasal spray to treat coronavirus infection. New peer-reviewed research builds on previous studies that confirm nanobodiesāantibody fragmentsāfrom llamas,camels & alpacas show promise against SARS2 https://t.co/A6a7wnG6SJ
ā delthia ricks š¬ (@DelthiaRicks) September 24, 2021
re: #179 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Beautiful autumn day on the Rhine: I always tell visitors to come here in May/June or in September/early October to get the best weather.
That was certainly true in Bavaria both times I was stationed there. Octoberfest in MĆ¼nchen was a delight with near perfect weather - great way to spend oneās 20th birthday :D
No, vaccinated people are not ājust as likelyā to spread the #coronavirus as unvaccinated people. This has become a common refrain among the cautiousāand itās wrong https://t.co/5NomK1oRH8
ā delthia ricks š¬ (@DelthiaRicks) September 24, 2021
Vaccine mandates are normal and good. A judge just slapped down a ludicrous effort by the State Police to delay their vax mandate. https://t.co/E0xku3pERp
ā #AbolishICE #PassThePROAct (@joelpatt) September 25, 2021
re: #163 Ming5000
What happened next?
Gabe likes to try to make it a chase story but the cats prefer the fuck around and find out plot line.
The Complicated Legacy of Norm Macdonald (The Daily Beast)
re: #185 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
What is that? Is that what I call the fluffy plant where the flowers or whatever they are are super soft? Do you know what itās called?
Our client @thedailybeast has been awarded $31.8K in feesāthe full amount it soughtāfrom plaintiff Dan Bongino after defeating his defamation claim in Florida. Congrats to lead atty @katembolger and her team! https://t.co/9Sp2eAOCGG
ā Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (@DWTLaw) September 24, 2021
Sidney Powell is trying to make something nefarious out of Dominion hiring a PR firm and a bunch of lawyers to go after people like her, Lindell, Rudy etc https://t.co/WSpmPvC4OE
ā Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) September 25, 2021
re: #186 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What is that? Is that what I call the fluffy plant where the flowers or whatever they are are super soft? Do you know what itās called?
Itās something I saw at Disneyland, so I donāt know whether the flowers are soft. I think itās called celosia.
So as I understand, Sidney Powell was never even an official member of the Trump Team, she just showed up and since nobody sent her away, she stuck around and kept working on her own initiative.
re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So as I understand, Sidney Powell was never even an official member of the Trump Team, she just showed up and since nobody sent her away, she stuck around and kept working on her own initiative.
For legal purposes, that doesnāt matter. Sidney Powell was out there making bogus claims on her own initiative, that means she is just as liable as the official members of the Quacken team. The judge in Michigan saw it that way, and I doubt the judge in the Dominion case is going to disagree.
re: #167 Barefoot Grin
Home location isnāt important, because you can find these people anywhere. Ok, West Virginia.
strange, I never ran into any antivax sentiment in West Virginia.
Of course I was there in a video game, not in real life.
For months, my colleagues and I at the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats have been tracking insurrectionist sentiments in U.S. adults, most recently in surveys in June. We have found that 47 million American adults - nearly 1 in 5 - agree with the statement that āthe 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and Joe Biden is an illegitimate president.ā Of those, 21 million also agree that āuse of force is justified to restore Donald J. Trump to the presidency.āOur survey found that many of these 21 million people with insurrectionist sentiments have the capacity for violent mobilization. At least 7 million of them already own a gun, and at least 3 million have served in the U.S. military and so have lethal skills. Of those 21 million, 6 million said they supported right-wing militias and extremist groups, and 1 million said they are themselves or personally know a member of such a group, including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
re: #191 Dopamine Fish
For legal purposes, that doesnāt matter. Sidney Powell was out there making bogus claims on her own initiative, that means she is just as liable as the official members of the Quacken team. The judge in Michigan saw it that way, and I doubt the judge in the Dominion case is going to disagree.
Of course: they had every chance to send her away or distance themselves from her psychoclasmic nutterbuttery but instead acted as if there were some validity to her claims.
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
And although there are many who might shrink from actual violence, there are many more who donāt have a problem with using āextra-legal meansā to restore what they consider āJusticeā to Americaā¦
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That would be most unsettling for most Americans. We just had a C-130 pass right overhead on the Rhine, they like to fly along the valley to practice staying under radar.
We have them fly over all the time here. They come from the base over in Ohio and make formation runs over the PA line and back. 2, 3, sometimes 4 at a time flying in formation low and loud. My landlord works at the base. I think they have C-130H birds mostly.
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
These arenāt Americans. Theyāre seditionists and terrorists.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
We have them fly over all the time here. They come from the base over in Ohio and make formation runs over the PA line and back. 2, 3, sometimes 4 at a time flying in formation low and loud. My landlord works at the base. I think they have C-130H birds mostly.
I would be most unsettled by low flights over any built-up urban area, especially one with high-rise buildings of 5 stories or moreā¦
re: #170 BlueSpotinAL
Here is a really good article about the local gentry (also Trump supporters) in America, with some history thrown in, some of which I did not know or forgot. Shiplord Kirel refers to them frequently by this term. Remember the tragedy of the Lake Travis boat parade?
Many thanks for posting this excellent article. It is a concise guide to what I believe in the single most overlooked factor in American politics and public life in general. The local gentry is the heart and soul of the Republican Party, and they are everywhere.
Their emphasis on preserving birthright privilege is the root of white supremacy and racism in this country. The gentry themselves are not notably racist in a personal sense but many of them, especially in the south (both geographic and cultural), grasp almost intuitively that white privilege is an ultimate form of birthright privilege. It provides such privilege to millions who otherwise have nothing and conditions them to support other forms of privilege as part of a natural hierarchy. It gives the peasants a stake in the status quo. The pseudo-aristocratic slave holders of the antebellum south could not be a more obvious example.
Iāve commented a number of times that the most fanatical and extreme libertarians often seem to be people who have not done as well as their parents. They are local gentry who feel threatened with immediate loss of privilege. It is no coincidence that a striking percentage of the 1-6 rioters were in trouble over taxes.
Marjorie Taylor Greene could be national poster child for the angry gentry. As the daughter of a wealthy contractor in one of the poorest parts of the country, she almost canāt help being stupid, cruel and arrogant.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
These arenāt Americans. Theyāre seditionists and terrorists.
The yokel gentry and their brainwashed serfs. Probably tax cheats, snake oil peddlers, and their dupes as well.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
We have them fly over all the time here.
The Mach Loop in Snowdonia in Wales is a regular flight pattern for all sorts of aircraft. Enthusiasts can get to hilltop locations and take pictures and video of aircraft flying below their line of sight. Lots of Mach Loop videos on Youtube.
re: #180 Belafon
Nasal spray: Llama & camel antibodies can be used in a nasal spray to treat coronavirus infection. New peer-reviewed research builds on previous studies that confirm nanobodiesāantibody fragmentsāfrom llamas,camels & alpacas show promise against SARS2
Llick a llama to own the llibs.
re: #161 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
These people are bug fuck insane. They should be looked up for their own protection - as well as that of anyone who listens to them.
JFC.
Iāve had it with these antivaxxer assholes.
In the immortal words of James Brown, āMy patience is at an end, get ready you motherā¦for the big payback!ā
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
Thatās a relief. 21 million is way less than the classic Crazification Factor.
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
And how many are there that:
believe violence would be acceptable to defend the legitimate president Biden?
already own firearms?
and served in the military so have ālethal skillsā?
I have a sneaking suspicion that the numbers might surprise a few people the way that the southerners were surprised that them Yankees did, in fact, know how to fight. Sigh. Yet another reason to want an AK/Galil in 5.56 for that best of both worlds kind of thing.
re: #206 William Lewis
ā¦Sigh. Yet another reason to want an AK/Galil in 5.56 for that best of both worlds kind of thing.
Youāll put yer eye out, kid.
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
Including my brainwashed relatives who insist that Pennsylvania was stolen from Trump because their Pulpit Pimping Preachers tell them so.
Well Iād say Jim has Australia down to the proverbial T.
The problem is that if you *had* hummingbirds in Australia theyād be a foot long, covered in acid scales, with inch-long razor claws, and theyād spit murder poison from a beak filled with chainsaws and killer bees and instead of nectar theyād only drink the blood of babies. https://t.co/FLKYCjdztD
ā Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 25, 2021
re: #202 Nojay UK
The Mach Loop in Snowdonia in Wales is a regular flight pattern for all sorts of aircraft. Enthusiasts can get to hilltop locations and take pictures and video of aircraft flying below their line of sight. Lots of Mach Loop videos on Youtube.
I recall seeing similar flights near Scafell in NW England
re: #205 Decatur Deb
Thatās a relief. 21 million is way less than the classic Crazification Factor.
again, that is just the extreme fringe ready to use violence. Plenty more are ready to use āextralegalā means to restore ājusticeāā¦
Damnā¦Trump wasnāt too thrilled with the results (again) in Arizonaā¦sent out a 55 tweet rant via his proxyā¦and apparently has a covid party scheduled for today.
NEW!
āI will be discussing the winning results of the Arizona Forensic Audit, which will show 44,000 possibly illegal ballots cast, tomorrow at the Great State of Georgia rally, which will be packed!ā - President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/k4OmypB3oEā Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 24, 2021
re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again, that is just the extreme fringe ready to use violence. Plenty more are ready to use āextralegalā means to restore ājusticeāā¦
Why do you think I support liberal Liberal gun ownership?
re: #213 darthstar
Damnā¦Trump wasnāt too thrilled with the results (again) in Arizonaā¦sent out a 55 tweet rant via his proxyā¦and apparently has a covid party scheduled for today.
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Why hasnāt Liz Harrington been banned on Twitter?
Why even ask that since we know @jack pitches a tent for his FĆ¼hrer!
I really love how the sea lion is like no, youāll get it in a minute but Iām *not* moving pic.twitter.com/cLjiAYFTSh
ā šÆ (@samthielman) September 25, 2021
yeah, I wouldnāt leave just yet, either.
Dear Hillary:
Please sue this asshole.ā The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) September 25, 2021
re: #217 JOE š„
Actual malice is going to be tough to prove for this one. Itās possible heās crazy enough to genuinely believe what heās seen. Otherwise, itās a statement of fact, provably false, and defamatory.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
How to assure a whale-watching experience. (Surprised one didnāt snatch him off the deck.)
Per Chairman @jacksellers, āI encourage law makers to stop listening to the fringes and gather real facts from election experts before making more careless allegations and proposing legislation based on poor science.ā
Read the full statement: https://t.co/ee3KbxLdiu pic.twitter.com/x8VSULLYqQā Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) September 25, 2021
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yeah, I wouldnāt leave just yet, either.
Iām sure they just want to play.
re: #213 darthstar
Damnā¦Trump wasnāt too thrilled with the results (again) in Arizonaā¦sent out a 55 tweet rant via his proxyā¦and apparently has a covid party scheduled for today.
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āā¦the winning results of the Arizona Forensic Auditā¦ā ???
JFC on a three-wheeled bike: this is pathetic, even by Trump standards.
And whatās worse, there exists a fanbase (of, God help us, *voters*) who will eat this stuff up, and mindlessly cheer on every reality-defying lie this charlatan spouts (see re: #205 Decatur Deb).
re: #223 Jay C
āā¦the winning results of the Arizona Forensic Auditā¦ā ???
JFC on a three-wheeled bike: this is pathetic, even by Trump standards.
And whatās worse, there exists a fanbase (of, God help us, *voters*) who will eat this stuff up, and mindlessly cheer on every reality-defying lie this charlatan spouts (see ).
Yes and brainwashed relatives have arrived in Georgia to hear their FĆ¼hrer today posting pictures of the cult members ready to worship Gawdās Anointed Kingā¦
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
yeah, I wouldnāt leave just yet, either.
I need to know what happened. That was something!
re: #215 JOE š„
Why hasnāt Liz Harrington been banned on Twitter?
Why even ask that since we know @jack pitches a tent for his FĆ¼hrer!
Iām so much happier now that I no longer check Twitter every day. If a tweet finds its way to me either here or at dKos or facebook, I open it in a private window if I care about the context.
This entire thread.
Batsh*t crazyā¦ https://t.co/qw8vpqDyFdā Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) September 25, 2021
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yeah, I wouldnāt leave just yet, either.
Thatās exactly why the sea lion jumped in board.
re: #231 Rightwingconspirator
Yes. And he is about to get his ass kicked by all of those indictments. ::: evil grin :::
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Meanwhile Flynn is still on the loose inciting people to kill for him.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
We have them fly over all the time here. They come from the base over in Ohio and make formation runs over the PA line and back. 2, 3, sometimes 4 at a time flying in formation low and loud. My landlord works at the base. I think they have C-130H birds mostly.
There used to be an Air Force radar station north of Bismarck, ND. Place was shut down sometime in the 80ās and now the city has grown so much itās overtaken the site (43rd St and US83, if youre interested) and thereās no physical evidence of its existence any more. Thereās also scant information on the series of tubes about it.
Anyway, there would be multiple āgamesā every week between them and the pilots from Minot AFB and Ellsworth AFB in SD (and probably some of the other bases in ND and MT). The pilots would fly low and down the Missouri R to avoid detection. There were a few times out fishing with my dad when weād see them. Theyād come around a bend of the river so unexpected and fast and low it was a huge adrenaline rush. I think the pilots enjoyed scaring the crap out of us.
i was all set to watch this, but oh my God. 70 minutes??? pic.twitter.com/myMEEADuwH
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 25, 2021
re: #206 William Lewis
And how many are there that:
believe violence would be acceptable to defend the legitimate president Biden?
already own firearms?
and served in the military so have ālethal skillsā?I have a sneaking suspicion that the numbers might surprise a few people the way that the southerners were surprised that them Yankees did, in fact, know how to fight. Sigh. Yet another reason to want an AK/Galil in 5.56 for that best of both worlds kind of thing.
Nobody is tracking that, which makes you the leftās secret weapon. Keep it that way.
Donāt forget that the little ones need treats too.
I buy meal worm for the Eastern Phoebe that hangs out by the door.
They feed so much more.
I just fed the resident Golden Orb-Weaver the meal of the year.#OutsidePets pic.twitter.com/BjSXnK7V6Hā And The Wind Cries: āTed Cruz will never be Pres.ā (@DaveoutofAustin) September 25, 2021
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yeah, I wouldnāt leave just yet, either.
Many people would pay real money to be in that boat. Even (especially?) sharing with a seal. Just sit back and enjoy the show.
re: #213 darthstar
āI will be discussing the winning results of the Arizona Forensic Audit, which will show 44,000 possibly illegal ballots cast, tomorrow at the Great State of Georgia rally, which will be packed!ā - President Donald J. Trump
This is his reaction to being told that even the Cyber Ninjas could not find anything except more votes for Biden?
re: #206 William Lewis
And how many are there that:
believe violence would be acceptable to defend the legitimate president Biden?
already own firearms?
and served in the military so have ālethal skillsā?I have a sneaking suspicion that the numbers might surprise a few people the way that the southerners were surprised that them Yankees did, in fact, know how to fight. Sigh. Yet another reason to want an AK/Galil in 5.56 for that best of both worlds kind of thing.
Afraid Iām not convinced. If there is another insurrection, American police will be largely on the side of the insurrectionists. The US military will be at best divided. I very much doubt there are significant numbers of Americans willing to fight angry white people who have the backing of the police.
re: #245 Renaissance_Man
Afraid Iām not convinced. If there is another insurrection, American police will be largely on the side of the insurrectionists. The US military will be at best divided. I very much doubt there are significant numbers of Americans willing to fight angry white people who have the backing of the police.
They are not going to repeat the mistakes they made in 2020/21
The moment you must wait for the science to catch up. Dammit.
latimes.com
Can you mix and match vaccines?
Not yet.
If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you are currently ineligible for a booster shot, according to the CDC. Because the vaccination mechanics of Johnson & Johnsonās shot are different from Pfizerās and Modernaās, the CDC says more research needs to be done before deciding whether itās safe and effective to mix the two types.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also advises against mixing and matching Pfzier and Moderna, pending more research and guidance from the FDA.
re: #247 Rightwingconspirator
The moment you must wait for the science to catch up. Dammit.
latimes.com
Can you mix and match vaccines?
Not yet.If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you are currently ineligible for a booster shot, according to the CDC. Because the vaccination mechanics of Johnson & Johnsonās shot are different from Pfizerās and Modernaās, the CDC says more research needs to be done before deciding whether itās safe and effective to mix the two types.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also advises against mixing and matching Pfzier and Moderna, pending more research and guidance from the FDA.
Kaiser just called me. They scheduled me for shot #4 on Tuesday. I had 3 shots initially due to being immunosuppressed by Humira since I have rheumatoid arthritis.
re: #247 Rightwingconspirator
The moment you must wait for the science to catch up. Dammit.
latimes.com
Can you mix and match vaccines?
Not yet.If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you are currently ineligible for a booster shot, according to the CDC. Because the vaccination mechanics of Johnson & Johnsonās shot are different from Pfizerās and Modernaās, the CDC says more research needs to be done before deciding whether itās safe and effective to mix the two types.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also advises against mixing and matching Pfzier and Moderna, pending more research and guidance from the FDA.
Moderna is not yet cleared for booster use. Wife can get her Pfizer, I canāt yet. Then there is the question of delaying boosters because of breakthrough infection antibodies. Got to find a doctor you can trust on that.
re: #249 Decatur Deb
Moderna is not yet cleared for booster use. Wife can get her Pfizer, I canāt yet.
On the plus side, if the information in the last MedCram video holds up, the Moderna vaccine is proving more effective against the current mix of variants.
re: #247 Rightwingconspirator
The moment you must wait for the science to catch up. Dammit.
latimes.comIf you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you are currently ineligible for a booster shot, according to the CDC. Because the vaccination mechanics of Johnson & Johnsonās shot are different from Pfizerās and Modernaās, the CDC says more research needs to be done before deciding whether itās safe and effective to mix the two types.
Thereās a booster trial going on in the UK at the moment thatās fully double-blinded (half the trial participants are getting a BCG vaccine) but itās also trying cross-vaccination options for the booster shot as well as half-dose formulations. A lot of people in the UK got the AstraZeneca adenovirus vaccine during the rollout in the late winter but the booster shots are likely to be Pfizer for various reasons (Moderna is also approved in the UK but a lot fewer doses have been ordered by the government). Preliminary findings from this booster trial should be out soon.
re: #250 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
On the plus side, if the information in the last MedCram video holds up, the Moderna vaccine is proving more effective against the current mix of variants.
Weāre just about to declare ourselve cleared from the mild cases. Weāre assuming our immune systems are about as strong as they can get, but will be talking to our GP on Monday.
re: #241 Dave In Austin
Donāt forget that the little ones need treats too.
You keep that as a pet??
Really good Atlantic article on the second winter of this thing:
Six Rules That Will Define Our Second Pandemic Winter
re: #241 Dave In Austin
During annual training one year, the Battalion Supply Sergeant set up his tent/office in a field of tall grass. There was golden orb spider on a plant right outside the tent entrance. The sergeant, being extremely bored, adopted it as his pet for the rest of the exercise. Whenever anyone was around, he would feed it and call it his pet. That the sergeant was fairly short and very thin added to his image. And some of the looks he got from passerby were priceless.
This was the same exercise when the Battery First Sergeant said that he was tired of getting eaten alive by mosquitos, ticks and chiggers. So he started eating cloves of garlic. I do not know if it stopped the bugs. But we certainly knew where he was by the scent of the garlic.
My section chief kept with the smoking of Parodies and other cheap cigars. Donāt know if that kept the bugs away. But it did so for us.
re: #222 darthstar
Iām sure they just want to play.
didnāt their mother teach them not to play with their food?
re: #151 Targetpractice
Cohnās saying in so many words the same stereotype that most such men are pushing: That there are hordes of Americans living on the dole who could, if āencouragedā to leave it tomorrow, solve our ālabor shortageā within a matter of weeks or even days.
The reality is that weāre at or below the UE figures for the same time last year, itās just that most of those who worked in menial labor jobs pre-pandemic used the time and resources afforded through government assistance to look for better jobs or even go into business for themselves. This is proving to a massive issue for a system that is used to turn-key ārecoveries,ā where businesses just throw open the doors and call the workforce back as though nothing ever happened.
People are tired of working shit jobs that not just have awful working conditions and terrible pay and benefits, but also have a strong likelihood of leaving you sick or dead. These ivory tower economists need to understand the pandemic has brought a sea change in the way people think about their jobs. People are not about to DIE for some capitalists in Hudson Yards (and why yes, I use that deliberately) just because the capitalists think the best thing to happen is for everyone to go back to work and to hell with the consequences.
re: #258 mmmirele
People are tired of working shit jobs that not just have awful working conditions and terrible pay and benefits, but also have a strong likelihood of leaving you sick or dead. These ivory tower economists need to understand the pandemic has brought a sea change in the way people think about their jobs. People are not about to DIE for some capitalists in Hudson Yards (and why yes, I use that deliberately) just because the capitalists think the best thing to happen is for everyone to go back to work and to hell with the consequences.
Thatās what led to my permanently severing all contact (ok ā contact was just on FB these days) with an acquaintance Iāve known for over 50 years. He mocked me last summer for being concerned about those forced to work in unsafe conditions at meat packing plants and public facing service jobs. They really do feel that the poor should sacrifice their lives for the capitalist comfort.
re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But that would be socialism
Power to the people, right on.
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re: #180 Belafon
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Cool. Now the dewormer crowd can torment llamas until they spit on them.
re: #258 mmmirele
People are tired of working shit jobs that not just have awful working conditions and terrible pay and benefits, but also have a strong likelihood of leaving you sick or dead. These ivory tower economists need to understand the pandemic has brought a sea change in the way people think about their jobs. People are not about to DIE for some capitalists in Hudson Yards (and why yes, I use that deliberately) just because the capitalists think the best thing to happen is for everyone to go back to work and to hell with the consequences.
The Hudson Yards āVesselā sculpture is closed; because thereās been 4 suicides in less than two years from jumping off it.
Other than thatā¦ itās a pretty swank development. The apartments, restaurants, retail outlets are all seriously upscale.
Oh dear!
Texas Longhorns (2-1) leading the Texas Tech Red Rioters (3-0) 42-14 AT THE HALF.
re: #193 Punish Domestic Terrorists
21 million Americans say Biden is āillegitimateā and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds (The Conversation)
If I read it correctly
Theyāre extrapolating from a poll of 1,070 people
re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I would be most unsettled by low flights over any built-up urban area, especially one with high-rise buildings of 5 stories or moreā¦
Definitely. Nothing but farm land out here. Would take out mostly corn and soy plants. :-)