John Oliver Digs Into the Ballooning Issue of Inflation
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John Oliver discusses what causes inflation, what we’ve done about the current round of it, and, of course, makes the smartest investment of all time.
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Germans have a terrible time with inflation. They have been taught all their lives that saving money is a cardinal virtue, in fact their word for debt (die Schuld) is the same as their word for “guilt”.
Wheee.
More info from sources. The female who fired into the air and was shot by law enforcement was taken to Parkland Hospital. No word on condition but I’m told she was alive when transported. No one else injured. Expecting a DPD briefing soon
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) July 25, 2022
Gas prices are falling… here’s why it’s bad news for Biden.
Gas prices are falling because of lessening demand as high prices force people to reconsider driving. But the costs still get borne by folks because it’s priced into everything else - food, deliveries, etc., that we all rely on.
As for that assault of Lee Zeldin over the weekend… there’s more questions than answers right now, even as federal prosecutors are looking to bring charges:
I tried to raise up as many issues with the reporting, but also the bizarre set of facts in the case as possible in this thread. It’s *killing me* that for some reason, media is treating the whole thing at most as an afterthought. And buying such transparent bullshit. https://t.co/r6uPyZrcAB
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) July 25, 2022
re: #6 Teukka
Quite a Modest Proposal there…
re: #4 lawhawk
As for that assault of Lee Zeldin over the weekend… there’s more questions than answers right now, even as federal prosecutors are looking to bring charges:
lol
re: #4 lawhawk
As for that assault of Lee Zeldin over the weekend… there’s more questions than answers right now, even as federal prosecutors are looking to bring charges:
I’m seriously starting to agree with the person that posited the theory that Zeldin set the whole damn thing up himself to draw attention to his campaign.
re: #5 Crush White Nationalism
Can you not shout “yee-haw” and shoot into the air in Texas anymore?
ZOMG TEH LIBZ HAVE TAKIN OVER!!
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m seriously starting to agree with the person that posited the theory that Zeldin set the whole damn thing up himself to draw attention to his campaign.
He knows very well that the headlines will carry his narrative and that very few will look into the details.
Shots fired at Dallas’ Love Field. One taken to the hospital so far (Parkland).
Yeah, how are those good guys with guns working out, since airports are heavily guarded by multiple layers of security - private, local, state, and federal.
Lauren Boebert: “Contrary to popular belief, I have never been as escort for Senator Ted Cruz.” pic.twitter.com/f7F8iiGncU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2022
Um that raises a lot of questions
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m seriously starting to agree with the person that posited the theory that Zeldin set the whole damn thing up himself to draw attention to his campaign.
Me! Me! Me!
But I was (kind of) joking around….
re: #12 lawhawk
Shots fired at Dallas’ Love Field. One taken to the hospital so far (Parkland).
Yeah, how are those good guys with guns working out, since airports are heavily guarded by multiple layers of security - private, local, state, and federal.
Too many doors obviously
Took some calls this morning with man’s best co-worker. pic.twitter.com/dmkE5WhuvX
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 25, 2022
Major is far more loyal to Biden than any of those USSS appear to have been. Major is a far better judge of character. He should be doing intake for the USSS. /half
I see 10. https://t.co/l2yIgEdiSv
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 25, 2022
re: #13 Dangerman
Lauren Boebert: “Contrary to popular belief, I have never been as escort for Senator Ted Cruz.”
Um that raises a lot of questions
That Ted only hires male escorts?
re: #3 lawhawk
Gas prices are falling… here’s why it’s bad news for Biden.
Gas prices are falling because of lessening demand as high prices force people to reconsider driving. But the costs still get borne by folks because it’s priced into everything else - food, deliveries, etc., that we all rely on.
I thought it had to do with the fact that people finally caught on that oil companies weren’t matching their prices to the price of oil.
We have two Kroger’s in Rockwall. Someone on NextDoor the other day was pointing out that the one on the north side of town had their gas prices ten cents higher than the one on the south side of town.
re: #5 Crush White Nationalism
Can you not shout “yee-haw” and shoot into the air in Texas anymore?
I saw a “Minions” comic like that: The Minions are in an Old West saloon, playing poker. One of the Minions wins the round and celebrates with his six-shooter. Bang bang!
His neighbors upstairs weren’t celebrating.
NEW: House Rules Cmte meets Wed. to prep bills banning assault weapons & removing limitations on civil liability of gun manufacturers, distributors,& dealers, & permitting disclosure of ATF gun trace data in civil & administrative proceedings for House flr possibly later this wk.
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) July 25, 2022
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That Ted only hires male escorts?
Wide stance in the men’s room?
re: #17 gocart mozart
8 for me. I’m sure I’ve missed some though.
They’ve cut the budget for the new season of Doctor Who.
I swear I’m not becoming a tiktok repost feed but pic.twitter.com/qb8yT3Wo1s
— Lauren Manelius (@el_manels) July 24, 2022
re: #19 Belafon
NJ Route 17 through Bergen County has a price spread of more than $1 for a gallon of gas. At low end, you’re looking at $3.99, while the high is $5.19 all within a few miles of each other. Stations across from each other could have significantly different prices, because of proximity to exits.
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That Ted only hires male escorts?
Fred Garvin…
re: #26 Crush White Nationalism
They’ve cut the budget for the new season of Doctor Who.
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Ah, going back to those old-school practical VFX, I see.
re: #16 lawhawk
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Major is far more loyal to Biden than any of those USSS appear to have been. Major is a far better judge of character. He should be doing intake for the USSS. /half
With covid
Meanwhile the last guy didn’t want anyone to see he was on oxygen
Given what’s happening at Warner Bros. Discovery, and what the company is doing with TNT and TBS, the cancellation of Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” was inevitable. But this show got me through Trump! https://t.co/wwMCJjFoUM
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) July 25, 2022
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That Ted only hires male escorts?
Its an awfully specific non denial denial
In general though the responses are fun and riveting
Another @BorowitzReport Special: “Josh Hawley Concerned That Being a Coward Is Overshadowing His Work as a Fascist” https://t.co/mpIV4ETtWF via @NewYorker
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 25, 2022
The Human Rights Watch report show the whole of Kherson has become a concentration camp. Indiscriminate murder, rape and unimaginably cruel torture used against civilians
— Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno) July 25, 2022
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Shouldn’t the Discovery channel be in a different place on the dial every day?
Rpublicans are fully on board with forcing the Party Line deep into all government jobs:
In his speech Sat, Trump failed to mention his reported plan to issue an executive order in a 2nd term allowing him to fire civil servants without cause. Newt did it today: “We have a seasoned enough cadre, that if we work at it methodically .. we can reshape the federal govt.” pic.twitter.com/5XE3UoeXR2
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 25, 2022
Kari Lake is a very shallow lake, more of a pond covered with scum that smells like frog ass.
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 25, 2022
re: #38 jaunte
Rpublicans are fully on board with forcing the Party Line deep into all government jobs:
They’re so upset by the idea of a Deep State, they plan to force a Deep State on the rest of us (and then they’ll complain bitterly when the next Democratic President, if we are ever allowed to have one again, cleans them all out again).
re: #17 gocart mozart
I see my retina image.
re: #40 Dopamine Fish
They’re addicted to perceived short-term advantages that wreck institutions in the long term.
BREAKING: we, staffers of the US Congress, are peacefully sitting in on Senator Schumer’s office to demand Dems pass climate justice policy this year.
We are putting our bodies on the line because we have no other choice. Follow along for updates from inside!— Saul (@saaaauuull) July 25, 2022
re: #44 jaunte
Institutions like the earth.
And they’re more than willing to turn our military into Russia’s by having corrupt people monitoring spending.
NEW: @VP Kamala Harris arrives in Indianapolis as state lawmakers begin a special session that could essentially ban abortion in Indiana.@WISH_TV #AllINdianaPolitics pic.twitter.com/qhIpFVhrlF
— Brady Gibson (@bradygibson) July 25, 2022
re: #42 jaunte
They’re addicted to perceived short-term advantages that wreck institutions in the long term.
Truth be told, they don’t care how much damage they do to the administrative state, because, as we’ve seen from their buddies in the Supreme Court, their objective is to dismantle the whole goddamn thing. They don’t want any government regulation of anything; except, of course, for immoral activities such as having sex for fun and not for procreation. That, they’ll gladly set up an entire government branch specifically to watch out for.
re: #47 Dopamine Fish
It’s all great fun until their neighbor drills for oil in the back yard.
re: #43 Crush White Nationalism
I think all of that is counterproductive.
At a time when:
1) women are being stripped of rights;
2) a good chunk of one of the major parties is planning on deep sixing democracy;
I think Schumer has bigger fish to fry.
LIVE: Pope Francis is in Maskwacis, Alberta at the former Ermineskin Residential School to meet with survivors and community members. https://t.co/m6RNV6Uyzi
— APTN News (@APTNNews) July 25, 2022
Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “devastating” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. https://t.co/SiAjNX56Dj
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 25, 2022
re: #49 jaunte
It’s all great fun until their neighbor drills for oil in the back yard.
Or puts in a pig farm
re: #5 Crush White Nationalism
Can you not shout “yee-haw” and shoot into the air in Texas anymore?
I believe the law requires that you use a pair of six shooters and sport a Yosemite Sam ‘stache.
re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth
Took way too damn long IMO but still good to see.
re: #17 gocart mozart
So far, 10 for me too.
re: #50 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I think all of that is counterproductive.
At a time when:
1) women are being stripped of rights;
2) a good chunk of one of the major parties is planning on deep sixing democracy;I think Schumer has bigger fish to fry.
They’re also highlighting..maybe unintentionally… that they can only do this because of who they are… they have access.
re: #54 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Or both.
Throw in a puppy-mill and you have a trifecta.
Roosters or peacocks
re: #50 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I think all of that is counterproductive.
At a time when:
1) women are being stripped of rights;
2) a good chunk of one of the major parties is planning on deep sixing democracy;I think Schumer has bigger fish to fry.
What could be bigger than environmental disaster entirely disrupting societies? That’s the most likely way that the destructive-right entirely destroys all that we value.
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
WBD is slashing costs. They also want to go pretty much into the “D” direction of the ancestor companies.
If only Samantha Bee had proposed a property flipping show about haunted houses, then she’d have a job.
Look at these sedimentary rocks!
They’re on Mars.
And were photographed today. pic.twitter.com/lNHFsYDpZX— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) July 24, 2022
This image is a mosaic of two @NASAPersevere Right Mastcam-Z camera photos, taken at around noon local time on Sunday 24 July 2022.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Paul Byrne— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) July 24, 2022
re: #59 Crush White Nationalism
Global environmental stability is too big for Schumer.
He needs to work his job, which is corralling the Senate to pass Dem legislation.
The Senate schedule is difficult enough without adding a hobby horse that will not only not get 60 votes to break an impasse, but probably won’t get even 50 votes if it could be voted upon.
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous residential school survivors in Canada for ‘evil committed by so many Christians’ - The Washington Post https://t.co/OkPBX5FCre
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 25, 2022
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow, Noah’s flood reached all the way to Mars… I didn’t know that.
re: #37 Dangerman
Shouldn’t the Discovery channel be in a different place on the dial every day?
“I asked the clerk at the bookstore where to find the Self Help section and she said if she told me, that would defeat the purpose”
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
America’s GOP: Hold my beer.
re: #42 jaunte
They’re addicted to perceived short-term advantages that wreck institutions in the long term.
Wrecking the institutions is the whole point. They want people opposed to the objectives of federal agencies to be in complete control of them.
McConnell gets censured by fascists for supporting the most milquetoast gun control measures imaginable.
Jessamine County Republicans censure Mitch McConnell for support of gun control bill https://t.co/Y8Pe8wRtKD
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) July 23, 2022
Steven Lopez — the lesser known 6th defendant in the infamous 1989 “Central Park Five” case — is expected to be exonerated Monday.Lopez was initially among the group of teenagers of color who were wrongfully accused of raping a white woman in Central Park. While his five innocent co-defendants were ultimately convicted based on false confessions elicited by police, Lopez accepted a last-minute plea deal on an unrelated robbery in the park to avoid the more serious charge.
The six teenagers were sentenced to a collective 45 years in prison, according to the New York Times.
The “Central Park Five” — Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise — were exonerated in 2002 after the real rapist, Matias Reyes, was identified and confessed.
The 6th defendant in ‘Central Park Five’ case being exonerated in a New York court Monday (Insider)
Didn’t know police had a “grappler” in their arsenal.
Skip to 8:39.
Lot of people bashing this new product. Obviously those folks prefer the carton with beans.
addendum: Others have pointed out that it needs several layers of Fritos to be truly authentic.
(And, yes, I do know that it’s fake and the principal of not belaboring the obvious has been abolished.)
re: #64 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Wow, Noah’s flood reached all the way to Mars… I didn’t know that.
Mars broke off from the earth after the flood.
re: #77 Belafon
I find “Attorney at Law” to be strange. Can you be an “Attorney at Baking” or a “Swimsuit Model at Law”?
Chef at Culinary.
re: #77 Belafon
I find “Attorney at Law” to be strange. Can you be an “Attorney at Baking” or a “Swimsuit Model at Law”?
“Swimsuit Model at Law”, wasn’t that the basic premise of Legally Blonde? ///
re: #76 Belafon
Mars broke off from the earth after the flood.
Plot twist: the entirety of old Biblical myth took place on Mars 100,000 years ago and a developed alien race rescued at least some of them from the rapidly uninhabitable planet to resettle on Earth.
I’ll take 15% of the total box office, Mr. Spielberg. You’re welcome.
re: #17 gocart mozart
FOUR! THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!
re: #29 Barefoot Grin
Fred Garvin…
As someone who just dropped a deep cut a few posts ago, game recognizes game.
re: #60 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
WBD is slashing costs. They also want to go pretty much into the “D” direction of the ancestor companies.
If only Samantha Bee had proposed a property flipping show about haunted houses, then she’d have a job.
Desus & Mero split up, so their show is ending. Meaning, Showtime has an available timeslot.
re: #80 Florida Panhandler
Plot twist: the entirety of old Biblical myth took place on Mars 100,000 years ago and a developed alien race rescued at least some of them from the rapidly uninhabitable planet to resettle on Earth.
I’ll take 15% of the total box office, Mr. Spielberg. You’re welcome.
I think Roland Emmerich is who you want to talk to.
re: #77 Belafon
I find “Attorney at Law” to be strange. Can you be an “Attorney at Baking” or a “Swimsuit Model at Law”?
Trump lawyers are “Attorney Outlaw”
Do I have it right that in the British system, Barristers are the ones who go to court and Solicitors are the ones in the office doing paperwork?
Also… I’ve been watching The Split on BBC-America… and nobody wears the robes and wigs. Is family court a whole different system?
re: #86 sagehen
Do I have it right that in the British system, Barristers are the ones who go to court and Solicitors are the ones in the office doing paperwork?
Also… I’ve been watching The Split on BBC-America… and nobody wears the robes and wigs. Is family court a whole different system?
Correct on the former, and I have no idea on the latter.
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That Ted only hires male escorts?
Or even Ted isn’t that tasteless?
re: #83 sagehen
Desus & Mero split up, so their show is ending. Meaning, Showtime has an available timeslot.
Loyalty to an asshole to the point of throwing away your successful show seems pretty stupid to me.
Now, thanks to new reporting from Puck, there is additional information about what fueled the split behind the scenes. “Five separate sources” confirmed to Puck that the inciting conflict was related to a disagreement the pair had over the conduct of their longtime manager, Victor Lopez, who had been asked by Showtime to “no longer attend tapings or appear in meetings.” Two of Puck’s sources indicated that “several formal complaints had been made.” Lopez was accused of “asshole behavior, including bullying, screaming and generally making people on the show feel bad,” per the report, which claims Desus agreed with the Showtime decision but Mero “felt loyal” to Lopez, whom he had worked with for years.
HBO would be wise to pick up Sam Bee and drop Bill Maher.
re: #57 Dangerman
They’re also highlighting..maybe unintentionally… that they can only do this because of who they are… they have access.
You’d think in their position, they’d know why climate legislation has stalled in the Senate. They should be sitting in Manchin’s office. Or the offices of the 50 repugs who are, individually and severally, blocking it
Blargh. I got rousted out of bed at 02:45 this morning for an issue with
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I really just want to go back to bed. I have trouble getting to sleep and I’d barely fallen asleep when I got the page.
re: #90 piratedan
HBO would be wise to pick up Sam Bee and drop Bill Maher.
If they do, they’ll still have to pay him through 2024.
re: #77 Belafon
I find “Attorney at Law” to be strange. Can you be an “Attorney at Baking” or a “Swimsuit Model at Law”?
I think it’s because the word attorney used to mean something like “agent.” So the attorney at law is the one who acts for you in the courts.
That is, at best, a slight exaggeration. It might even be optimistic.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 25, 2022
Aw fuck… RIP Paul Sorvino.
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Sorvino, who acted on both sides of the law in ‘Goodfellas’ and on ‘Law & Order,’ has died at age 83. pic.twitter.com/Da0Es6W6RB
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 25, 2022
I will have to slice my garlic with a razor blade in memory… and move real slow, because I don’t have to move for anyone…
re: #86 sagehen
Do I have it right that in the British system, Barristers are the ones who go to court and Solicitors are the ones in the office doing paperwork?
Also… I’ve been watching The Split on BBC-America… and nobody wears the robes and wigs. Is family court a whole different system?
I loved The Split. Of course, I love anything with Nicola Walker.
She is a Nazi is trending: twitter.com
She is a Nazi. pic.twitter.com/L4khpvuHU9
— thearticles7777 (@thearticles7777) July 25, 2022
Good thing the Supreme Court assured us that misogyny *never* plays a role in banning abortion. Otherwise I might be worried. https://t.co/mHAhpbWLmm
— Matthew Segal (@segalmr) July 25, 2022
re: #75 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Is Blue Bell gonna bring back their Olde Tymey Salmonella flavor?
Fulton County D.A. cannot question one of the fake electors who is running for Lt.Gov. because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent. A different prosecutor will have to be appointed to decide whether to bring charges against him.
re: #96 lawhawk
My father the great Paul Sorvino has passed. My heart is rent asunder- a life of love and joy and wisdom with him is over. He was the most wonderful father. I love him so much. I’m sending you love in the stars Dad as you ascend.
— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) July 25, 2022
I met David Warner in 1981 when I was cast alongside him in TRON. I was thrilled to work with him because I was a fan. He made me laugh each time we saw one another. I’ll always remember his incredibly dry wit. He’ll be missed at all TRON-related events, and in life. -BB pic.twitter.com/B736lpxO0e
— Bruce Boxleitner (@boxleitnerbruce) July 25, 2022
I always thought he had an amazing pedicure for an inmate:
“It was a very good system.” Paul Sorvino RIP pic.twitter.com/hIZ5FMB1ia
— Martin Foyle (@martinfoyle) July 25, 2022
re: #101 No Malarkey!
Fulton County D.A. cannot question one of the fake electors who is running for Lt.Gov. because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent. A different prosecutor will have to be appointed to decide whether to bring charges against him.
if that’s a conflict of interest, wtf is Thomas and his wife?
re: #105 Dangerman
if that’s a conflict of interest, wtf is Thomas and his wife?
SCOTUS is a self regulating body, so anything goes, unless Thomas does something so horrendous that 67 Senators are willing to remove him from office.
Traffick teenage girls to be served to wealthy men, get sentenced to arts, crafts, and softball.
re: #107 Crush White Nationalism
Traffick teenage girls to be served to wealthy men, get sentenced to arts, crafts, and softball.
OFFS.
re: #106 No Malarkey!
SCOTUS is a self regulating body, so anything goes, unless Thomas does something so horrendous that 67 Senators are willing to remove him from office.
Which I think has happened only once in the history of the Court, hasn’t it?
re: #102 Crush White Nationalism
I was wondering if they were related, I just didn’t get around to looking it up.
re: #109 Eclectic Cyborg
Which I think has happened only once in the history of the Court, hasn’t it?
It appears only one Supreme Court judge was impeached but he was acquitted in 1805:nbcchicago.com.
re: #109 Eclectic Cyborg
Chase was impeached. But the Senate failed to get 2/3 approval to remove.
RIP Paul Sorvino 🙏…while everyone is posting Goodfellas clips here he is on Harvey Weinstein harassing and blacklisting his daughter Mira pic.twitter.com/vpaHqZVzkN
— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) July 25, 2022
Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed plans of the city’s efforts to keep the Chicago Bears on the lakefront:
New Soldier Field renovation mockups just dropped 👀(Via @chicagosmayor) pic.twitter.com/BORZflZVav
— Stadium (@Stadium) July 25, 2022
You’d think the guy who brought a gun to a knife fight would win, but not in close quarters.
Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said video footage reviewed by investigators suggest the man was with a group who threatened or tried to rob someone else on the train. Video showed the man holding a gun before the individual targeted by the group used a knife to stab him, Deenihan told reporters during a press conference.
The man suffered wounds to his chest and later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police: Man dies after stabbing on Chicago commuter train (AP via MSN)
re: #114 Dr. Matt
The Bears are owned by.. the McCaskey family that’s worth $1.7 billion.
The team and the league can afford to build the stadium. The city has better uses of the money than to pay for a stadium that’s used by the football team for all of 8 regular season games. That’s 8 days. If you get use out of the stadium for other events for about 80-100 days for the year, you’re doing well.
I’m opposed on municipalities paying for these stadiums across the nation. It’s a waste of money. There’s zero threat that the Bears move.
re: #114 Dr. Matt
Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed plans of the city’s efforts to keep the Chicago Bears on the lakefront:
Snow may be an issue for that glass roof.
This is something I didn’t know. Here in Ostrava, we have a place that sells items that ordinarily would’ve ended up in the trash. It’s called the ReUse Center. I’ve picked up a couple of things from there myself. What I didn’t know is that it’s one of only two in Europe, with the other being in Vienna.
Other cities in Europe are looking into the success of the ReUse program and thinking about implementing it. Our ReUse Center is planning on expanding what they offer to included large electrical appliances, such as washing machines and refrigerators. Money from the sale of items is used to support the maintenance of public greenspaces here in town.
Here’s a photo gallery: moravskoslezsky.denik.cz
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
This is something I didn’t know. Here in Ostrava, we have a place that sells items that ordinarily would’ve ended up in the trash. It’s called the ReUse Center. I’ve picked up a couple of things from there myself. What I didn’t know is that it’s one of only two in Europe, with the other being in Vienna.
Other cities in Europe are looking into the success of the ReUse program and thinking about implementing it. Our ReUse Center is planning on expanding what they offer to included large electrical appliances, such as washing machines and refrigerators. Money from the sale of items is used to support the maintenance of public greenspaces here in town.
Here’s a photo gallery: moravskoslezsky.denik.cz
In the U.S. we have Freecycle.
freecycle.org
If they didn’t do any crimes, they’ll have no problem testifying. If they want to obstruct investigation and interfere in govt investigations, charge accordingly.
Pence knew what was going to happen. He was silent about it. His staff was silent. They let it happen. They covered for Trump even as it put Pence in mortal peril.
These people are irredeemably awful and should never be allowed near a position of power again. Ever.
Exactly - and it isn’t only right wing media. The Republican Party is also trying like hell to obfuscate and delegitimize the J6 committee’s revelations.
The entire right wing universe is doing it. This really ought to tell us something. https://t.co/wazzlc5IWV— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2022
re: #109 Eclectic Cyborg
Which I think has happened only once in the history of the Court, hasn’t it?
Samuel Chase is the only Supreme Court Justice to ever be impeached, and he was acquitted by the Senate.
re: #114 Dr. Matt
Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed plans of the city’s efforts to keep the Chicago Bears on the lakefront:
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who’s paying for it?
re: #106 No Malarkey!
SCOTUS is a self regulating body, so anything goes, unless Thomas does something so horrendous that 67 Senators are willing to remove him from office.
while everything you said is true,
the answer is it’s an egregious conflict of interest
i believe it certainly is in fact
it’s obvious it is in appearance
re: #120 lawhawk
If they didn’t do any crimes, they’ll have no problem testifying. If they want to obstruct investigation and interfere in govt investigations, charge accordingly.
Pence knew what was going to happen. He was silent about it. His staff was silent. They let it happen. They covered for Trump even as it put Pence in mortal peril.
These people are irredeemably awful and should never be allowed near a position of power again. Ever.
they ALL knew - the entire senior admin did
all along
and ZERO of them thought to inform the public
re: #125 Dangerman
they ALL knew - the entire senior admin did
all along
and ZERO of them thought to inform the public
Another high level witness.
Ohhhhhhhhhh https://t.co/Ad13E4G4cS
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 25, 2022
re: #124 Dangerman
while everything you said is true,
the answer is it’s an egregious conflict of interest
i believe it certainly is in fact
it’s obvious it is in appearance
Certainly, but LOL nothing matters. There is no crime a top Republican can commit that the GOP will hold them accountable for.
Coincidentally next to each other in my Twitter feed.
Christian Nationalism is neither new nor pretty. pic.twitter.com/eoxjUcYNd6
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 25, 2022
The GOP openly wants to consolidate the power of the presidency, turn America into a Christian nationalist state, purge Jews from their ranks, silence dissenters, take away the right to marry, ban books & control women.
It’s a fascist movement and must be treated as such.
re: #125 Dangerman
they ALL knew - the entire senior admin did
all along
and ZERO of them thought to inform the public
oh, and then they lied through the 2nd impeachment trial
Make it so.
Here’s how Trump’s election lies could financially cripple him. (via @thereidout Blog)https://t.co/Om6CwE5knu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 25, 2022
re: #43 Crush White Nationalism
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re: #131 steve_davis
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pigs
one and all
@RepMattGaetz doubled-down on his comments in our interview this morning.
Q: You’re suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?
A: Yes
Q: What do you say to people who think those comments are offensive?
A: Be offended. https://t.co/QNyR4tLI3a pic.twitter.com/ytG7rZ2Vrn— Olivia Iverson (@OliviaIversonTV) July 25, 2022
re: #126 No Malarkey!
Another high level witness.
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DOJ is doing something
i’ve been cautiously optimistic that the doj is disciplined and tight-lipped, not just sitting idle
If you use the Chrome browser, here’s an “unofficial” (can’t be listed in the Chrome web store) extension that silently bypasses every paywall I’ve tried so far, including the major news sites.
And I see that it does also support other browsers, not just Chrome.
re: #135 Charles Johnson
Wow. Handy dandy.
#SHARKWEEK pic.twitter.com/PQXiMLAWuW
— Liz Climo (@elclimo) July 25, 2022
re: #112 lawhawk
Chase was impeached. But the Senate failed to get 2/3 approval to remove.
Heh.
From the link:
Highlighting the political nature of this case, the final article of impeachment accused the justice of continually promoting his political agenda on the bench, thereby “tending to prostitute the high judicial character with which he was invested, to the low purpose of an electioneering partizan.”
Yeah: How things have changed….. /////
Note Knights of Columbus t-shirt.
This is a State Farm insurance agent taking pictures of license plates at a clinic that performs abortions.
Can anything be done about this? pic.twitter.com/DaHnj3eXjU— Shaindel Beers 🍻 (@shaindelr) July 23, 2022
That’s Matt’s brand: asshole caveman misogynist who calls himself “pro-life.”
It’s a common brand in the “pro-life” crowd. https://t.co/PC9MIH0g2h— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2022
re: #133 Dangerman
pigs
one and all
Is anyone surprised that a child sex trafficker is a pig in other ways as well? It’s past time to lock up criminal Matt Gaetz.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 25, 2022
Republicans have done a consistent yet deceptive job of vilifying immigrants.
The response Beto O’Rourke gives to a Republican voter concerned about the border is perfection. Looks like he won her over. pic.twitter.com/HIG75JZOO3— Christopher Webb🇺🇸 Pro-Choice (@cwebbonline) July 25, 2022
Elecopters?
Indian Airforce helicopters 1970s pic.twitter.com/8JasZkDrqQ
— Lost in history (@lostinhist0ry) July 24, 2022
This was an airshow skit by 116 Squadron, Indian Air Force, in the 80s. They were known for flamboyant demonstrations.
1/4 This photo has been doing the rounds in a lot of online fauji magazines in the past few days.. The photo is from the personal collection of the Datta archives.. The ‘Flying Elephant’ is the copyright of 116 HU, ‘The Tankbusters’..
— Vee Dee (@vd22801) October 8, 2021
re: #133 Dangerman
pigs
one and all
Should’ve followed up with, “Congressman Gaetz, how many underaged girls and boys have you statutorily raped? Offended? Good. How about this? Why does your forehead make you look like a crooked lying hellfire and damnation preacher up to his eyeballs in moral terpitude? Don’t get mad at me. I’m just asking questions many Americans have about you.”
re: #140 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Note Knights of Columbus t-shirt.
Hasn’t he already hit rock bottom as a State Farm insurance agent?
You don’t have to say this when you’re not an MLM:
Is State Farm A Scam? State Farm is one of the largest and most trusted names in insurance in the United States. They have agents and agencies in most major urban and rural centers. They are not a pyramid scheme, insurance MLM, or a scam.
re: #143 jaunte
Just think, all he has to do is personally talk to every Republican in Texas before November, and convert about 10%.
re: #146 Crush White Nationalism
Hasn’t he already hit rock bottom as a State Farm insurance agent?
You don’t have to say this when you’re not an MLM:
Nearly everything I have ever googled has “Is ______ a scam?” in the search results. Seems that a lot of people just always ask that question.
re: #148 Belafon
Nearly everything I have ever googled has “Is ______ a scam?” in the search results. Seems that a lot of people just always ask that question.
They approached me when I was out of work a decade ago. It sounded like an MLM.
We need a serious redistribution of wealth in this country. I know that virtually no employer pays $7.25/hr here, but that’s beside the point. As executive compensation packages have gone up astronomically since the Reagan years, the gap has become untenable. And it has only encouraged more rapacity in college loans, housing, the destruction of local media, etc. And then the Trump tax cuts. I’m an economic simpleton, but I believe it plays a large role in what has divided us even ideologically. The stimulus checks that Larry Summers scapegoats inflation for were for many Americans mere drops of water on hot stones.
Pathetic.
Maybe don’t put 🇷🇺 disinfo straight in the headline. pic.twitter.com/XeOB5JlyFv
— Brian Taylor (@bdtaylor_SU) July 25, 2022
re: #149 Crush White Nationalism
They approached me when I was out of work a decade ago. It sounded like an MLM.
Insurance agencies are franchises, like McDonalds. But, when you deal with claims, you end up dealing with the main company. I mean, I guess you could think of McDonald’s as an MLM.
re: #73 Crush White Nationalism
“false confessions elicited by police”
Just say torture because that’s what it was.
re: #143 jaunte
It seems like Beto won that woman over, but goddamn, people like her infuriate me. The fucking smugness on her face when she talks about how she voted for Trump and Abbott.
Goddamn.
re: #154 Mattand
She has absolutely no idea what they would think of her.
re: #143 jaunte
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i wonder if these people realize that if they’re not satisfied with the way things are, that’s a reflection on the current governor - as far as what the governor’s power is
how they ask this question means his policies, whatever they are, aren’t cutting it.
re: #156 Dangerman
20 years of Republican rule of Texas and the Republicans in power all claim to be helpless to fix things, because Democrats.
Our friend Kragar:
So the good news is we found a new place to live and got the rent and security deposit covered
The bad news is the rest of the money we had saved over the last year went to pay some unexpected medical bills
https://t.co/c0HbflUcXL #GoFundMe— Kragar🌻 (@Kragar_LGF) June 9, 2022
hi
On that trend on Twitter “She Is a Nazi,” you have to appreciate the aggressive marketing of companies when it fails spectacularly. When a hashtag trends, everyone jumps in to sell their crap, so you get adverts like a shampoo company with a female model pictured with the hashtag She Is A Nazi .
And their are a lot of people like this guy below. Sorry your team doesn’t get to disavow one of the worst people in history, especially when he hijacked your faith and y’all went along with it.
No real fan of @RepMTG , but this whole “she is a Nazi” is just lazy. Christians are Nazis is a super hot take.
— Bobson Dugnutt (@ThatRayShow) July 25, 2022
re: #159 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
These fascists are not like the Christians I grew up with.
We need to be honest about the Republican party’s state, and the threat they represent to our freedom.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 25, 2022
re: #159 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That guy apparently hasn’t read anything at all about how all those German Christians wound up loyal party members.
Tomorrow’s Wordle just is dammit! Don’t question it!
Wordle 402 4/6
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re: #159 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
hi
On that trend on Twitter “She Is a Nazi,” you have to appreciate the aggressive marketing of companies when it fails spectacularly. When a hashtag trends, everyone jumps in to sell their crap, so you get adverts like a shampoo company with a female model pictured with the hashtag She Is A Nazi .
And their are a lot of people like this guy below. Sorry your team doesn’t get to disavow one of the worst people in history, especially when he hijacked your faith and y’all went along with it.
He might want to figure out the Nationalism part of her message.
Incredible demonstration of hover control and head stabilization from a kestrel surfing the breeze along the top of South Stack Cliffs.pic.twitter.com/rohC61od6F
— Figen (@TheFigen) July 25, 2022
re: #160 Crush White Nationalism
Yep, there are rational Christians out there (I’m one of them).
drawings by a 7 year old boy named “onfim” (originally on birch bark), russia, 13th century pic.twitter.com/6RNhhhCej7
— weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) July 25, 2022
Onfim left seventeen known birch bark items.
en.m.wikipedia.org
re: #150 Barefoot Grin
We need a serious redistribution of wealth in this country. I know that virtually no employer pays $7.25/hr here, but that’s beside the point. As executive compensation packages have gone up astronomically since the Reagan years, the gap has become untenable. And it has only encouraged more rapacity in college loans, housing, the destruction of local media, etc. And then the Trump tax cuts. I’m an economic simpleton, but I believe it plays a large role in what has divided us even ideologically. The stimulus checks that Larry Summers scapegoats inflation for were for many Americans mere drops of water on hot stones.
politico.com
The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats
By NICK HANAUER July/August 2014
And so I have a message for my fellow filthy rich, for all of us who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.
If we don’t do something to fix the glaring inequities in this economy, the pitchforks are going to come for us. No society can sustain this kind of rising inequality. In fact, there is no example in human history where wealth accumulated like this and the pitchforks didn’t eventually come out. You show me a highly unequal society, and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It’s not if, it’s when.
re: #32 Dangerman
Meanwhile the last guy didn’t want anyone to see he was on oxygen
why isn’t Biden wearing a mask?
Dogs can catch COVID-19 too
In a 2021 study, state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon projected that by 2036—just fourteen years from now—the number of 100-degree days is expected to double from the 2001-2020 period. For San Antonio, e.g., a typical summer will see nearly 300 days of 100F or more.
3/x— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) July 25, 2022
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, there are rational Christians out there (I’m one of them).
You mean one of those weirdos who quietly lives their faith, leads by example and does not proselytize?
re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You mean one of those weirdos who quietly lives their faith, leads by example and does not proselytize?
Yeah. Feed the poor. Help the sick. Be nice to people.
Crazy concepts I tell you.
/
brutal hippo attack caught on camera pic.twitter.com/0Tuh5LIr30
— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) July 25, 2022
re: #50 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I think Schumer has bigger fish to fry.
rights are useless on an uninhabitable planet.
re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You mean one of those weirdos who quietly lives their faith, leads by example and does not proselytize?
That describes my brother, but he’s a Fox News Republican and goes to and volunteers at a Republican church.
re: #58 Dangerman
Roosters or peacocks
Hey! We live in South Austin, where we’ve got roosters AND peacocks.
re: #170 jaunte
Typo alert — it was 30 days, not 300!
re: #177 Hecuba’s daughter
300 seemed to be quite an acceleration.
Texas’ Future Depends on Extreme Weather Preparedness, New Studies Show
texas2036.org
“…The poll showed that 72% of Texas voters recognize Texas’ climate has changed over the past 10 years, with 32% of respondents saying those changes have been dramatic. Further, 59% of voters said the state is not well-prepared for extreme weather events, such as the deadly mid-February winter weather that knocked out power and water service to more than half the state.”
Maybe Beto can pick up some of these voters.
re: #181 sagehen
Wondering if I can sell my place to someone who always wanted to live on Mercury.
re: #179 jaunte
Texas’ Future Depends on Extreme Weather Preparedness, New Studies Show
texas2036.org
And so, of course, Republicans will just keep doing nothing.
re: #174 John Hughes
rights are useless on an uninhabitable planet.
That is true — but the criticism is that this is not the time to focus on that issue for the 2022 election; for the 2024 election, yes, but in order to be able to have the opportunity to work on climate change we need to retain our majority in the House and get a real majority in the Senate. With the few months we have, the focus must be on the shorter term issues that have a simpler solution or that can attract public attention
re: #181 sagehen
300 days is a lot more than “a typical summer”.
Given summer has 90 days, it would definitely be an unrecoverable disaster if there was a 300 day summer of over 100 degrees. The author admitted it was a typo.
re: #174 John Hughes
rights are useless on an uninhabitable planet.
And you have leverage in a totalitarian government. Sure.
re: #178 jaunte
300 seemed to be quite an acceleration.
I was thinking that 300 seemed excessive for even Phoenix in 2036. Last year we had 22 days of 110 degree weather and 104 days of 100 degree weather.
ETA: My floor fan (used to push air around and provide white noise) died middle of last week. I got a replacement fan yesterday. Mentally, it does make a difference to put some background noise out there and to be able to raise the temp a few degrees so I don’t get a $300 electric bill. (Seriously, the surcharge is outrageous this summer.)
ETA 2: Summer starts about May 5-7 here in south central Arizona and ends generally in the first week of October. Generally.
re: #107 Crush White Nationalism
Traffick teenage girls to be served to wealthy men, get sentenced to arts, crafts, and softball.
The punishment is imprisonment, not torture.
noodle is registering disapproval that it has been so long since the last doggy treat https://t.co/aBiB8JQRgL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2022
re: #188 Charles Johnson
I just felt the need to come here and share Noodle’s tweet.
I see I am not alone
re: #187 John Hughes
The punishment is imprisonment, not torture.
No one said she should be tortured. You excluded a very large middle there. She shouldn’t be going to summer camp.
re: #167 jaunte
Onfim left seventeen known birch bark items.
en.m.wikipedia.org
My granddaughter sent her parents a birch bark letter last week.
This is America, where thousands of people are pouring out their defense of Vince McMahon, who has a track record as sketchy as Trump:
It should not be dismissed at all.
Vince McMahon was force-resigned from his own company, even though he still owns the majority voting shares.
No one does that unless they are in trouble. Or terminally ill, and I doubt that is the case.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 25, 2022
ARRRGHHH!
ANOTHER INSTANT POT FAIL!!!!
I got the “Burn Notice!!!!” again before the pot reached pressure. What am I doing wrong? Not enough liquid?
Anyone here who uses Instant Pot, what do you make in it?
My district should be a close race for the US House. /s
According to FiveThirtyEight, the partisan lean of my district is only R+51.4
By comparison, WY-At large is R+44.5
We last elected a Democrat from NE-3 in 1956.
This year’s race has three candidates:
Adrian Smith (R-incumbent)
David Else (D)
Mark Elworth, Jr. (Legal Marijuana Now Party, he won his primary with 125 votes)
Linda runs Trump’s deep-pocket PAC:
Linda McMahon was just on Newsmax and somehow Sean Spicer and his co-host did not ask her a single question about the scandals swirling around Vince pic.twitter.com/4Gi1hUJ6lP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 25, 2022
re: #194 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
For Mr. Else’s part, he subscribes to the idea that no seat should go unchallenged (regardless of how hopeless it looks). You don’t just give the GOP a seat.
re: #193 The Pie Overlord!
There has to be enough liquid for two reasons. One is to keep things from burning and the other is it makes it easier for the pressure to build inside. Mine(an off brand I got at Walmart a few years ago) has markings on the inside of the removable inside part that shows the minimum amount. At least a quarter of the way full maybe a bit more once you get all the other stuff in there. Hope this helps, I love my cheap knock off version one.
re: #192 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This is America, where thousands of people are pouring out their defense of Vince McMahon, who has a track record as sketchy as Trump:
Vince McMahon has been known as a major asshole in the wrestling business for decades now.
Yes, he’s made a ton of money and had a lot of success, but he’s done a fuckton of shady shit to get there.
What horrible news
RIP, Choco Taco https://t.co/9Wj7llIfeI pic.twitter.com/RKDIbYlDX1
— The Takeout (@thetakeout) July 25, 2022
re: #196 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
For Mr. Else’s part, he subscribes to the idea that no seat should go unchallenged (regardless of how hopeless it looks). You don’t just give the GOP a seat.
He’s right, of course. And not just the marquee races; school board, zoning board, assessor, dogcatcher. Everything.
re: #193 The Pie Overlord!
I get that now and then when making chili. I resorted to sautéing any meat on the stove instead, for any dish. But here are more tips. Good luck!
GOP congressman who voted against a House bill that would codify same-sex marriage protections attended his gay son’s wedding over the weekend.https://t.co/wdKLTHPqEm
— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) July 25, 2022
Hey @SenTomCotton - heard you on @hughhewitt criticizing the Jan 6 hearings.
Then you said the strangest thing; you admitted you hadn’t watched any of them.
Here’s a tip: actually watching them before rendering judgment is more consistent with “Anglo-American jurisprudence.”— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) July 25, 2022
Looks like Dmitri deleted his twitter account. wartranslated.com is still up, but it appears he’s no longer going to be sharing the translations on Twitter.
re: #180 jaunte
Maybe Beto can pick up some of these voters.
I think I work with half of that remaining 28%.
re: #96 lawhawk
Aw fuck… RIP Paul Sorvino.
I will have to slice my garlic with a razor blade in memory… and move real slow, because I don’t have to move for anyone…
And Ray Liotta dying in his sleep at a movie location in the Dominican Republic a month or two ago…damn, getting old sucks.
Got back from my scope okay - doc pulled a couple of souvenirs. Went sans-sedation, so I didn’t have to wait for the missus to pick me up…walked down the street, got a bite to eat, then caught an Uber home.
When the cat in the house plans to kill you. pic.twitter.com/z9glcDyV32
— translated cats (@TranslatedCats) July 25, 2022
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
‘Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.’
Stan pic.twitter.com/RlDtVQVTSH— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) March 13, 2022
Some data on Austin weather history as far as heat is concerned:
Most 100-degree days in a year
Below are the ranks and stats of the most 100-degree days in a year on record in Austin, as recorded at Camp Mabry:
1st: 90 days - 2011 : *ALL-TIME RECORD*
2nd: 69 days - 1925
3rd: 68 days - 2009
4th: 66 days - 1923
5th: 57 days - 2019
6th: 52 days - 2018
7th: 50 days - 2008
8th: 42 days - 2017, 2013, 2000
11th: 40 days - 2001, 1963
For reference, last year we had 5. Just five! Definitely a mixed bag. This year, based on the start, will be an outlier like 2011.
Biden: For three hours, the defeated former President watched it all happen… Donald Trump lacked the courage to act. The brave women and men in blue should never forget that. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop… pic.twitter.com/A8SuGcqAzc
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 25, 2022
re: #208 darthstar
Got back from my scope okay - doc pulled a couple of souvenirs. Went sans-sedation, so I didn’t have to wait for the missus to pick me up…walked down the street, got a bite to eat, then caught an Uber home.
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re: #213 A Three Hour Tour
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re: #207 TedStriker
And Ray Liotta dying in his sleep at a movie location in the Dominican Republic a month or two ago…damn, getting old sucks.
Aaaaannnd I just saw about David Warner passing too.
Godspeed, Chancellor Gorkon (but fuck you, Gul Madred)…
(and, yes, I know he was also in Star Trek V as St. John Talbot prior to playing Gorkon in ST VI and Madred in ST:TNG’s “Chain of Command” [IMO, one of the best TNG episodes, not only for Picard’s “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!”, but also because of Ronny Cox as Captain Jellico butting heads with Riker during Picard’s absence from the ship], but the less that is said about ST V, the better ;-P)
I mean, he doesn’t “suggest” it. He says it. And it’s important to understand this isn’t some gaff.
The new right, with Vance as it’s figurehead, has a core belief that women should effectively be owned by men and that men should make choices for women. https://t.co/nXk8UzER8G— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 25, 2022
The gay son of Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., confirmed to NBC News on Monday that he “married the love of [his] life” on Friday and that his “father was there.” NBC News is not publishing the names of the grooms, neither of whom is a public figure.
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That was three days after Rep. Thompson voted against the bill to protect same-sex marriage.
Mark Short just now on Erin Burnett’s show on CNN - watched a clip of Matt Gaetz saying Pence will never be president.
“I don’t know what Pence will do, but I don’t believe Gaetz will even be voting in 2024 because he’ll be in prison for child sex trafficking. In fact, I don’t understand why Florida lets him give speeches to groups of young people like that.”
So Chicago is considering spending $2B with a B dollars to put a dome on Soldier Field to keep the Bears from moving to Arlington Park in the burbs. I’m sorry but wtf. I’m legit pissed off about this. Like they can’t find a better use for that $ than to placate a shitty team. Come on.
re: #193 The Pie Overlord!
ARRRGHHH!
ANOTHER INSTANT POT FAIL!!!!
I got the “Burn Notice!!!!” again before the pot reached pressure. What am I doing wrong? Not enough liquid?
Anyone here who uses Instant Pot, what do you make in it?
Hmm. I use it for soups and stews mostly. Pot roast is good. I’m planning on trying chicken in rice with condensed cream of mushroom & cream of celery soups using milk for the liquid though in other dishes I have found that rice is very easy to burn in it. Otherwise, I don’t have any trouble. What are you trying to make?
re: #161 jaunte
That guy apparently hasn’t read anything at all about how all those German Christians wound up loyal party members.
In my experience (your mileage may vary), Christians have to insist that Hitler was an atheist (despite his writings to the contrary). To admit he was a Christian leaves uncomfortable questions.
hey now https://t.co/7hcjATZqB5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2022
I so hope Vance loses. Misogyny is a core GOP value.
I mean, he doesn’t “suggest” it. He says it. And it’s important to understand this isn’t some gaff.
The new right, with Vance as it’s figurehead, has a core belief that women should effectively be owned by men and that men should make choices for women. https://t.co/nXk8UzER8G— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 25, 2022
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
This is something I didn’t know. Here in Ostrava, we have a place that sells items that ordinarily would’ve ended up in the trash. It’s called the ReUse Center. I’ve picked up a couple of things from there myself. What I didn’t know is that it’s one of only two in Europe, with the other being in Vienna.
Uh, check out Emmaus in France, or multiple other initiatives. This is no way “one of only two”.
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
Our ReUse Center is planning on expanding what they offer to included large electrical appliances, such as washing machines and refrigerators.
Like this : label-emmaus.co
It’s been done here for decades.
re: #193 The Pie Overlord!
ARRRGHHH!
ANOTHER INSTANT POT FAIL!!!!
I got the “Burn Notice!!!!” again before the pot reached pressure. What am I doing wrong? Not enough liquid?
Anyone here who uses Instant Pot, what do you make in it?
Are you following a recipe or doing a “seat of the pants” meal? The only time I have got that message is when I switched from saute to pressure cook and didn’t have enough liquid in the pot. The device also is picky about being “de-glazed” after a saute operation basically for the same reason, not enough liquid and it gets to hot, to fast. Be patient. It’s like learning to cook with cast iron. Until you learn each pot or skillets “personality”, it WILL throw you a curve.
re: #185 Sherlock Hound
And you have leverage in a totalitarian government. Sure.
Uh, which totalitarian government would that be? I don’t think Biden is that bad.
re: #220 William Lewis
Hmm. I use it for soups and stews mostly. Pot roast is good. I’m planning on trying chicken in rice with condensed cream of mushroom & cream of celery soups using milk for the liquid though in other dishes I have found that rice is very easy to burn in it. Otherwise, I don’t have any trouble. What are you trying to make?
I have tried two recipes so far: beef stew and meatball sauce. I use the same recipes that I have used for my old Hawkins pressure cooker so maybe IP requires more liquid than Hawkins.
Next step: Find a recipe specifically for the IP and make that.
I’m still fuming about the fact that they didn’t let al-Qaeda cross examine the Bush Administration during the 9/11 hearings.
— BSH (@brooklynpsu) July 25, 2022
Let’s see how long before I’m cancelled by the NH Libertarian party.
Libertarianism is synonymous with Fascism. https://t.co/5fjJZJt2kg
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 25, 2022
Hilarious thread.
Tom Cotton to Hugh Hewitt on the Jan. 6 Committee:
“I think what you’ve seen over the last few weeks is why Anglo-American jurisprudence going back centuries has found that adversarial inquiry, cross-examination is the best way to get at the truth.”
LOL what— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) July 25, 2022
re: #231 gocart mozart
They think that they can cause anarchy and that they’ll be the ones to seize power then. Unfortunately for them the billionaire’s private armies in that situation will make serfs out of them as well and they’ll live as miserably as those they thought they’d enslave.
— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) July 26, 2022
JD Vance is suggesting that a woman is in a violent relationship, she must stay for the sake of the child — that in Ohio she was forced to give birth to.
This is being sold via “nostalgia” for the good old days that never actually existed.https://t.co/OzWcgPAfE9 @politicususa— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 26, 2022
Glenn Greenwald spends much of this interview hailing Alex Jones as a truth-teller, while insisting the mainstream media lies constantly. Jones then claims 2020 Mules proved the election was stolen, and Greenwald says nothing.
— Aidan McLaughlin (@aidnmclaughlin) July 25, 2022
Truly an embarrassment for The Washington Post https://t.co/Oldfz9IOS5
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 25, 2022
re: #219 GlutenFreeJesus
So Chicago is considering spending $2B with a B dollars to put a dome on Soldier Field to keep the Bears from moving to Arlington Park in the burbs. I’m sorry but wtf. I’m legit pissed off about this. Like they can’t find a better use for that $ than to placate a shitty team. Come on.
Though if you step back you see that the city/regional government is fine with the plans since the contract money will obviously go to someone who you can bet is a large political donor. It’s money collected from the poor and middle class that is mainly going to go in the pockets of the fat cats since the contract is going to have a nice piece of profit worked into it.
Enough with the fucking Founders. Most would have been confounded by not having to drag ass to a tall wooden box in the backyard to take a shit. And then they’d have expected an enslaved human to clean up after them. It’s 2022. We can aspire to better. https://t.co/4cO7YMM6XA
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 25, 2022
So I got the e-mail from the refrigerator place saying what’s my delivery window… and it says “installation has not been purchased…”
Does that mean if I’d gotten one with an ice maker or something and it has to be connected to plumbing? Surely “installation” doesn’t just mean slotting it into the appropriate space in the kitchen and all I have to do it plug it in?
Anybody know?
This new commercial from Mothers Against Greg Abbott is one of the best political ads I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/Eva1A8kTJG
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 25, 2022
re: #231 gocart mozart
Let’s see how long before I’m cancelled by the NH Libertarian party.
Thank you!
— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) July 26, 2022
Fascists weighing in… . I see the LP tweet was in response to President Biden praising the response of the police against the barbaric attacks against them.
re: #231 gocart mozart
Let’s see how long before I’m cancelled by the NH Libertarian party.
Maybe they are trying to deflect from their US Senate candidate coming out publicly in opposition to age-of-consent (child rape) laws.
Now this is harsh! 😂 pic.twitter.com/1kSqJasH5A
— JackieB (@j_boyn1) July 25, 2022
brutal hippo attack caught on camera pic.twitter.com/0Tuh5LIr30
— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) July 25, 2022
re: #231 gocart mozart
Reported their tweet for encouraging violence.
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