Lake Street Dive Plays “Nick of Time” on a Boston Sidewalk

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We recently made a special trip to the Boston sidewalk that started it all.

10 years ago we released our cover of “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5, and today, from the very same spot, we share with you a live version of our newest cover “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Raitt. Call us sentimental, but it just seemed fitting
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LYRICS:
A friend of mine, she cries at night
And she calls me on the phone
Sees babies everywhere she goes
And she wants one of her own

She’s waited long enough she says
And still he can’t decide
Pretty soon she’ll have to choose
And it tears her up inside

She is scared,
Scared to run out of time

I see my folks are getting on
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
And it makes us both feel strange

No matter how you tell yourself
It’s what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take
When they’re staring back at you

Oh Oh Oh, scared you’ll run out of time

When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
When there’s less of it to wa-a-a-aste

Mmm-m-m-m-m-m

Mmmmmmm, scared you’ll run out of time

Just when I thought I’d had enough
And all my tears were shed
No promise left unbroken
There were no painful words unsaid

Yo-o-o-u came along and showed me
I could leave it all behind
You opened up my heart again
And then much to my surprise

I found love, baby, love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love darlin’, love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love baby, love in the nick of time

Ooooooo-ooo-ooo-whoo-ooo

Yeah baby
Uhhhhh-huh-uh

Found love…
In the nick of time…

Thought I’d given up…
Given up baby…

#lakestreetdive #bonnieraitt #nickoftime

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224 comments
1
austin_blue  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:10:49pm

Fantastic take.

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BigPapa  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:31:41pm

I got a new hat. I wear it when I want to boop a bear’s snoot and they’re not fixing to be booped.

Bear Cap
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:36:01pm

Could someone provide a simple summary of the legislation that may — or may not — be passed in the Senate due to whatever machinations were involved between Manchin and Schumer? Bonus points if McConnell is going to implode because he has no way to stop this from proceeding.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:40:40pm

re: #3 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m still expecting Manchin to back out out at the 11th hour.

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William Lewis  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:41:13pm

re: #3 Hecuba’s daughter

From NPR:

“After many months of negotiations, we have finalized legislative text that will invest approximately $300 billion in Deficit Reduction and $369.75 billion in Energy Security and Climate Change programs over the next 10 years,” the senators said in a joint statement. “The investments will be fully paid for by closing tax loopholes on wealthy individuals and corporations.”

The legislation — called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — would also continue expansions to the Affordable Care Act that passed during the pandemic though 2025 and allow Medicare to pursue lower drug costs by negotiating directly with drug companies. Democrats say the plan avoids any new taxes on families making $400,000 or less and does not include any new taxes on small businesses.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 27, 2022 • 8:51:59pm
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Captain Ron  Jul 27, 2022 • 9:27:29pm
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retired cynic  Jul 27, 2022 • 9:38:36pm

Warnock Opens Up Big Lead in Georgia
A new SurveyUSA poll in Georgia finds Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) leading challenger Herschel Walker (R) by 9 points, 48% to 39%.

In the race for governor, Gov. Brian Kemp (R) leads challenger Stacey Abrams (D) by just one point, 45% to 44%.

Political Wire

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retired cynic  Jul 27, 2022 • 9:40:17pm

also

Democrats Pull a Fast One on Mitch McConnell
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said last month that he wouldn’t allow the Senate to pass a bipartisan bill on computer chips if Democrats tried to revive their ‘Build Back Better’ agenda,” the HuffPost reports.

“On Wednesday, the Senate approved the bipartisan tech manufacturing bill, and hours later Democrats announced a breakthrough on their big domestic policy legislation.”

“In other words, McConnell’s gambit failed.”

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retired cynic  Jul 27, 2022 • 9:44:40pm

but…

But Will Sinema Back the New Manchin Tax Deal?
“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) has spent the summer out of the spotlight. That’s now going to change,” Axios reports.

“Solving the Democrats’ tax and spending puzzle in the Senate — where President Biden’s agenda has stalled for over a year — has always involved two key pieces: Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).”

“But much of Washington is flying blind on whether she’ll back spending $369 billion on climate and another $64 billion on health care by raising the corporate minimum tax rate to 15%.”

NBC News: Manchin makes his deal but what will Kyrsten Sinema do?

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Belafon  Jul 27, 2022 • 10:08:24pm

Over the Manchin-Schumer deal:

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 27, 2022 • 10:16:47pm

re: #11 Belafon

Over the Manchin-Schumer deal:

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It would be a thing of beauty if this passes the Senate AND the House agrees! Please make it so! Especially if McConnell has a meltdown. Fingers crossed that Sinema and Manchin support the bill.

As to wording;
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wrenchwench  Jul 27, 2022 • 10:33:07pm
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sagehen  Jul 27, 2022 • 11:10:34pm

Stumbled across this in a twitter thread yesterday, I don’t know how I was unaware of this at the time…

Youtube Video

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Captain Ron  Jul 27, 2022 • 11:20:28pm

The Russian Army is getting their ass kicked by girls.

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Captain Ron  Jul 27, 2022 • 11:46:24pm
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Dr Lizardo  Jul 27, 2022 • 11:52:50pm

re: #16 Captain Ron

Still, looking at Russia, a projected 6% decline in GDP. Ouch.

Sucks to be them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 12:56:22am

re: #17 Dr Lizardo

Still, looking at Russia, a projected 6% decline in GDP. Ouch.

Sucks to be them.

They will have enough fuel and food, not necessarily the case with Western Europe…and Russian people are known for their ability to suffer quietly as long as they have the basics.

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JC1  Jul 28, 2022 • 1:20:01am

3/6 on today’s wordle. Got lucky.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 404 3/6

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TarHellion  Jul 28, 2022 • 2:58:58am

Wordle 404 3/6

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Feels like rolling in a 35-footer for birdie. A great/day evening to all!

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:00:02am

re: #14 sagehen

Beautiful. 😢

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:07:26am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:11:45am

re: #22 Teukka

They are trying to restore the old Russian Empire.

The only major difference with the old Soviet Union is that they will not be trying to export a revolutionary ideology worldwide, they will simply be pursuing the interests of their own Empire.

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:14:45am

re: #22 Teukka

Obligatory meme *seethes*
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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:21:58am

re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They are trying to restore the old Russian Empire.

The only major difference with the old Soviet Union is that they will not be trying to export a revolutionary ideology worldwide, they will simply be pursuing the interests of their own Empire.

And likely then some, if not stopped…

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:23:54am

re: #22 Teukka

re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

A war with Russia is inevitable. They will continue to attempt to rebuild the Russian Empire, and the fact that many former parts of the Russian Empire are now NATO or EU member states does not matter to them.

We must crush them, no matter the cost.

It’s them or us - and there is no “peaceful coexistence” with a murderous, genocidal regime.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:24:17am

re: #25 Teukka

And likely then some, if not stopped…

expansion is also in the interest of most empires

again, the only difference is that they will not be preaching pseudo-solidarity with the oppressed colonial masses, but advancing their own interests wherever they see them.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:25:16am

re: #27 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

expansion is also in the interest of most empires

again, the only difference is that they will not be preaching pseudo-solidarity with the oppressed colonial masses, but advancing their own interests wherever they see them.

What’s urgently needed is a new policy of containment.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:26:20am

re: #26 Dr Lizardo

We must crush them, no matter the cost.

That cost could well be nuclear war…which is why we need a measured approach, although I agree that the current autocratic, oligarchic regime needs to be toppled. The hard part will be replacing with something that is not equally as bad or even worse.

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:28:03am

re: #28 Dr Lizardo

What’s urgently needed is a new policy of containment.

As well as the intestinal fortitude to kick ass with extreme prejudice if necessary (and it looks like it’ll be necessary).

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:28:23am

re: #29 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That cost could well be nuclear war…which is why we need a measured approach, although I agree that the current autocratic, oligarchic regime needs to be toppled. The hard part will be replacing with something that is not equally as bad or even worse.

Like I said in my #28, we need a new containment policy - and lickety-split.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:29:14am

re: #30 Teukka

As well as the intestinal fortitude to kick ass with extreme prejudice if necessary (and it looks like it’ll be necessary).

Any new containment policy absolutely must be backed up with the threat of force.

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:39:45am
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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:44:23am

And there it is.

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Wordle 404 3/6

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:06:40am

Europe could be in for a rough winter and a bumpy economic ride, but in the end, Putin will be the loser when Europe redoubles its efforts to lessen its dependence on imported sources of energy and demand diminishes.

I am sure that Putin will be able to find other customers, but none as close or lucrative as the established system as it exists Western and Central Europe.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:12:32am

re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Europe could be in for a rough winter and a bumpy economic ride, but in the end, Putin will be the loser when Europe redoubles its efforts to lessen its dependence on imported sources of energy and demand diminishes.

I am sure that Putin will be able to find other customers, but none as close or lucrative as the established system as it exists Western and Central Europe.

I know the Russians are working with China on a natural gas pipeline, but that’s not likely to be up and running until 2030, at the earliest.

And yeah, it’s gonna be a rough winter, especially for Czechs. For reasons I’ll never understand, people here keep their heaters going at full blast during the winter. Seriously, you walk into someone’s apartment here in mid-January, and it’s like walking into the Las Vegas strip on a hot August afternoon.

I typically keep the temp set around 16 or so. Which is fine for me.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:16:09am

re: #36 Dr Lizardo

I know the Russians are working with China on a natural gas pipeline, but that’s not likely to be up and running until 2030, at the earliest.

And yeah, it’s gonna be a rough winter, especially for Czechs. For reasons I’ll never understand, people here keep their heaters going at full blast during the winter. Seriously, you walk into someone’s apartment here in mid-January, and it’s like walking into the Las Vegas strip on a hot August afternoon.

I typically keep the temp set around 16 or so. Which is fine for me.

That’s a bit cold for my family, but I live in a country where gas is plentiful and cheap. In January, when air temperatures can top out during the day below 0 °F (-17.8 C), I can keep my house at 70 °F (21.1 C) without breaking the bank.

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Ming5000  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:17:52am

Informative thread on the Inflation Reduction Act

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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:26:19am

re: #38 Ming5000

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:29:31am

re: #36 Dr Lizardo

I know the Russians are working with China on a natural gas pipeline, but that’s not likely to be up and running until 2030, at the earliest.

And yeah, it’s gonna be a rough winter, especially for Czechs. For reasons I’ll never understand, people here keep their heaters going at full blast during the winter. Seriously, you walk into someone’s apartment here in mid-January, and it’s like walking into the Las Vegas strip on a hot August afternoon.

I typically keep the temp set around 16 or so. Which is fine for me.

I lived in an Brezhnevka apartment in Moscow where there was no way to regulate the heat in winter, just a vent window to open to cool things off.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:32:00am

re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I lived in an Brezhnevka apartment in Moscow where there was no way to regulate the heat in winter, just a vent window to open to cool things off.

When I lived on-campus in college, our dorms were heated by hot water radiators that were controlled from a central boiler. It was extremely common for rooms to have windows cracked and fans running, even in January.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:32:48am

re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I lived in an Brezhnevka apartment in Moscow where there was no way to regulate the heat in winter, just a vent window to open to cool things off.

There was a Brezhnevka building in Prague I used to teach at twice a week and yeah, it was the exact same problem. It was like being in a sauna. It got so damn hot indoors during the winter you’d have to open the window.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:37:18am

re: #39 William Lewis

The deficit reduction is necessary to get Manchin’s vote for a bill that has some good stuff in it. Now we have to hope Sinema votes yes as well.

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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:53:25am

re: #43 No Malarkey!

The deficit reduction is necessary to get Manchin’s vote for a bill that has some good stuff in it. Now we have to hope Sinema votes yes as well.

To be sure. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea economically.

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:54:39am
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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:56:40am

re: #44 William Lewis

To be sure. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea economically.

I agree.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:56:43am

re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter

It would be a thing of beauty if this passes the Senate AND the House agrees! Please make it so! Especially if McConnell has a meltdown. Fingers crossed that Sinema and Manchin support the bill.

As to wording;
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5/6 for me also. Got the first 3 letters in 2 but couldn’t find the correct word until 5, and there were still a couple more I could have guessed.

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Shropshire Slasher  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:14:12am
The Atari 2600 is back - as a LEGO set.

LEGO announced last week that it will be releasing a re-creation of the popular video game console on Aug. 1 for $239.99.

The LEGO Atari 2600 set is based on the four-switch revision of the Atari 2600, which was released in 1980, three years after the original console was released in 1977, according to a press release from LEGO.

Customers who buy the new LEGO set will be able to build their own Atari 2600 game console with features including a controller with a joystick that is supposed to feel just like the original, the release said.

When it’s built, the LEGO Atari 2600 opens in the front to show a pop-up scene from a 1980s gaming room, according to the release.

The set also includes brick versions of three iconic video game cartridges: Asteroids, Adventure and Centipede, the release said.

nypost.com

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:16:55am
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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:20:51am
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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:22:28am

re: #50 wrenchwench

One of the photos:

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:30:50am
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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:34:10am

The best grandpa died:

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Shropshire Slasher  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:43:36am
The U.S. economy contracted for the second straight quarter from April to June, hitting a widely accepted rule of thumb for a recession, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday.

Pressured by surging inflation, rising interest rates and intensifying supply chain pressures, gross domestic product fell 0.9% for the period, following a 1.6% decline in the first quarter. The Dow Jones estimate was for a gain of 0.3%.

Officially, the National Bureau of Economic Research declares recessions and expansions, and likely won’t make a judgment on the period in question for months if not longer.

But a second straight negative GDP reading meets a long-held basic view of recession, despite the unusual circumstances of the decline and regardless of what the NBER decides. GDP is the broadest measure of the economy and encompasses the total level of goods and services produced during the period.

cnbc.com

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jeffreyw  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:49:35am

Good morning!

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:54:56am

Added: Translated from Spanish by google
“Hugo Rafael Chávez” is a trend because it is 68 years since his birth

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:55:07am

On heat in buildings. Central heating is not common in residential housing in Japan. When I lived in the far north, I would turn off my kerosene heater at night, climb into my futon, pull on my stocking cap, and sleep (winter, obviously). When I woke up, I’d reach over to turn on the heater and wait for the room to warm. I had to keep my contact lens container near, because when I left it in the bathroom the solution would freeze overnight.

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:57:44am

re: #57 Barefoot Grin

On heat in buildings. Central heating is not common in residential housing in Japan. When I lived in the far north, I would turn off my kerosene heater at night, climb into my futon, pull on my stocking cap, and sleep (winter, obviously). When I woke up, I’d reach over to turn on the heater and wait for the room to warm. I had to keep my contact lens container near, because when I left it in the bathroom the solution would freeze overnight.

I’ve heard of the cold light of day, but cold solution just doesn’t work.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:07:28am

re: #51 wrenchwench

One of the photos:

apocalypse now

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:10:18am

re: #58 wrenchwench

I’ve heard of the cold light of day, but cold solution just doesn’t work.

How I learned to love wearing glasses.

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:10:58am
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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:15:35am

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:17:42am

Do something…

Yeah, once again, we’re seeing Democrats trying to do something, but we’ll watch GOP obstruct and block because they’re happy with the current state of affairs that obstruct, block, and inflict harms on the people GOP sees as enemies of their party.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:18:57am

re: #57 Barefoot Grin

On heat in buildings. Central heating is not common in residential housing in Japan. When I lived in the far north, I would turn off my kerosene heater at night, climb into my futon, pull on my stocking cap, and sleep (winter, obviously). When I woke up, I’d reach over to turn on the heater and wait for the room to warm. I had to keep my contact lens container near, because when I left it in the bathroom the solution would freeze overnight.

I used to sleep in the basement with no heat on and the windows open. I still sleep with the windows open until it gets down near freezing at night.

I also recall living in houses in Tucson and Phoenix that had heaters in the bathroom and nowhere else.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:21:20am

re: #61 wrenchwench

Uvalde parents stormed out of a school board meeting last night..chanting “no justice, no peace”..after the board refused to accept any responsibility for the deaths of their children.

No school board is going to make a statement like that unless they want to get piled with lawsuits from here to eternity.

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:30:04am

re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

No school board is going to make a statement like that unless they want to get piled with lawsuits from here to eternity.

Here’s the thing.

Police failures. School board failures.

All of those will spawn lawsuits.

Guess who ultimately pays those lawsuit settlements and costs?

The very taxpayers and families who will see settlement money. Uvalde will hike taxes/fees to cover the costs for settlement. Insurance can cover some of those costs too. But ultimately, the settlements get funded out of what taxpayers bear.

We’ve seen that nationwide - like NYC has hundreds of millions in settlements with NYPD abuse cases a year, and that is a cost borne by NYC taxpayers - the NYPD and the police union don’t face those costs directly and personally.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:32:51am
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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:33:40am

re: #67 Belafon

Proving the adage that “a stopped clock is right twice a day”, Joe Manchin somehow manages to inexplicably wind up being the key to out-McConnell’ing Mitch McConnell himself.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:38:17am

re: #66 lawhawk

Here’s the thing.

Police failures. School board failures.

All of those will spawn lawsuits.

Guess who ultimately pays those lawsuit settlements and costs?

The very taxpayers and families who will see settlement money.

Maricopa County elected Law-and-Order Sheriff Joe Arpaio who promised to keep costs down by doing things like housing prisoners in tents out in the desert and cutting procedural corners wherever possible.

And as a result, they got saddled with over $100 million in legal costs stemming from his abuses.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:44:27am

This bill is for funding healthcare for veterans who were affected by agent orange and burn pit chemicals.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:50:03am

re: #67 Belafon

If Manchin played McConnell, that is wonderful. Adding that to Rand Paul vetoing a judge McConnell wanted, makes it a bad month for McConnell, and a good one for America.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:51:38am

Serious flooding in Eastern Kentucky.

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HRH Stanley Sea  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:52:02am

Lucky guess.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:54:06am

re: #71 No Malarkey!

If Manchin played McConnell, that is wonderful. Adding that to Rand Paul vetoing a judge McConnell wanted, makes it a bad month for McConnell, and a good one for America.

Basically anything bad for Mitch is good for America and vice-versa.

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:54:33am

re: #72 No Malarkey!

No climate change to speak of… /

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Dr. Matt  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:55:08am

FFS. #PrinceOfPegging is trending on twitter. Buyer beware: twitter.com

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HRH Stanley Sea  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:55:11am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:56:39am

Last year right about this time, the cities in the nearby Ahr River Valley were wiped out in a flood, with dozens killed.

Now the Ahr is so low that you can literally stand astride it where it flows into the Rhine

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darthstar  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:59:40am

Good mornin, everyone. Slept until 6:30…so now I have to wordle and duo and walk the dogs and still get out of the house by 8:00.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:02:31am

re: #78 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Last year right about this time, the cities in the nearby Ahr River Valley were wiped out in a flood, with dozens killed.

Now the Ahr is so low that you can literally stand astride it where it flows into the Rhine

On Monday, I’ll have to go and take a look at the Ostravice River, which runs through the city center here. It’s normally a pretty shallow river (knee depth) during summer, but I’d bet it’s probably lower than that now.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:06:41am
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Dr. Matt  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:10:01am
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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:17:43am

even if it isn’t equally distributed, the US doesnt have the market on talent cornered

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:20:09am

re: #82 Dr. Matt

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though it’s yet to be seen how ‘bipartisan’ this recon bill will be

otoh, if it passes, he got a good part of the job (and his promises) done

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dat_said  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:20:43am

A piece of western North Dakota culture is no longer. A local car dealership was bought out by another local car dealership and the home-grown commercials will go away with the deal.

Here’s the last one:

Youtube Video

A couple more behind the private tag:

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:22:39am

BWAHAHAHA:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:25:29am

re: #81 Belafon

Official tours of the U.S. Capitol have resumed after a pause because of the pandemic - but the guides are told not to talk about the Jan. 6 riot, even when asked.

Understandable as it is the subject of an ongoing investigation

I wonder how guides would react to bare-chested visitors in face pant and buffalo headdress…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:27:16am

re: #86 Belafon

well just imagine that not all pregnancies are unwanted ones

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:33:21am

Wow. I didn’t realize that this woman actually strayed into my sphere of influence in her completely unhinged Twitter thread against modern liberal culture.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:36:16am

4/6 and 2/6

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:36:27am

re: #26 Dr Lizardo

A war with Russia is inevitable. They will continue to attempt to rebuild the Russian Empire, and the fact that many former parts of the Russian Empire are now NATO or EU member states does not matter to them.

We must crush them, no matter the cost.

It’s them or us - and there is no “peaceful coexistence” with a murderous, genocidal regime.

Except for the minor detail that they’re depleting their stocks of almost everything war materiel, and have no way to replace them. Certainly we need to continue to support Ukraine and remain vigilant, but for the rest, the threat doesn’t seem imminent to me.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:37:12am

re: #89 Dopamine Fish

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Renaissance_Man  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:40:26am

re: #89 Dopamine Fish

Wow. I didn’t realize that this woman actually strayed into my sphere of influence in her completely unhinged Twitter thread against modern liberal culture.

GTA6 will never go broke, but it’s also true that gamer culture heavily favours white male dickheads, because that’s the median gamer. That’s why gamer and fan culture always gets so upset whenever diversity intrudes into their fantasies.

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:41:40am

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:43:46am

re: #55 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:45:08am

re: #93 Renaissance_Man

GTA6 will never go broke, but it’s also true that gamer culture heavily favours white male dickheads, because that’s the median gamer. That’s why gamer and fan culture always gets so upset whenever diversity intrudes into their fantasies.

Wasn’t this sentiment basically a big part of what triggered Gamergate?

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:45:20am

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:45:31am

re: #96 Eclectic Cyborg

Wasn’t this sentiment basically a big part of what triggered Gamergate?

More or less.

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Mattand  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:47:26am

re: #38 Ming5000

Informative thread on the Inflation Reduction Act

Thanks for posting this. I’m still digesting the Schumer-Manchin flippity-flip, but the inner cynic in me is still thinking since Coal Mine Joe is happy with it, it’s some major weak tea.

There’s a provision that clean energy can’t get benefits at the cost of fossil fuels, which is some major bullshit.

Either that, or we’re in a full metal Admiral Ackbar “It’s a trap!!!” situation.

Have to admit, seeing McConnell and the rest of the GQP having a “Hey! Only we’re allowed to do dirty tricks!” meltdown is fun..

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:48:20am

re: #93 Renaissance_Man

GTA6 will never go broke, but it’s also true that gamer culture heavily favours white male dickheads, because that’s the median gamer. That’s why gamer and fan culture always gets so upset whenever diversity intrudes into their fantasies.

Mad Max Thunder Road also caused those dateless wonders to freak out for its strong female leads and feminist themes.

Now if you are the sort of non-toxic, non-alienated guy who actually has a girlfriend to invite out to the movies, that is a positive aspect, you can get her to come along and there will still be enough explosions, car crashes and flame-spouting guitars to keep it interesting for the both of you.

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Ming5000  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:52:06am

re: #99 Mattand

My head spins trying to suss out all the possible impacts, benefits, negatives along with all the individual motivations. Mind boggling.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:52:52am

re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Mad Max Thunder Road also caused those dateless wonders to freak out for its strong female leads and feminist themes.

Now if you are the sort of non-toxic, non-alienated guy who actually has a girlfriend to invite out to the movies, that is a positive aspect, you can get her to come along and there will still be enough explosions, car crashes and flame-spouting guitars to keep it interesting for the both of you.

See the freakout over Captain Marvel.

Also, Jenna Coleman has been cast as Constantine in the upcoming Netflix series.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:53:58am

re: #83 Dangerman

even if it isn’t equally distributed, the US doesnt have the market on talent cornered

No we don’t. My company uses talent from all over. We have developers on my team from India, Brazil, Dominican Republic and elsewhere, plus all over the US. Our whole company is off-site work now so it just fits. Like I said a while back, our owner is leasing all of our old office space buildings to other businesses since we are all work from home off site.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:54:06am

re: #102 Belafon

See the freakout over Captain Marvel.

Also, Jenna Coleman has been cast as Constantine in the upcoming Netflix series.

Let’s not even get into Moses Ingram in Obi-Wan Kenobi, for whom Disney took the unprecedented step of pre-emptively telling people not to be racist shitheads when her casting was made public.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:55:01am

re: #99 Mattand

Thanks for posting this. I’m still digesting the Schumer-Manchin flippity-flip, but the inner cynic in me is still thinking since Coal Mine Joe is happy with it, it’s some major weak tea.

There’s a provision that clean energy can’t get benefits at the cost of fossil fuels, which is some major bullshit.

Either that, or we’re in a full metal Admiral Ackbar “It’s a trap!!!” situation.

Have to admit, seeing McConnell and the rest of the GQP having a “Hey! Only we’re allowed to do dirty tricks!” meltdown is fun..

Of course it’s weak, the amount being spent on climate change will barely make a dent. But we are getting into “Democrats did something, but it’s not enough so F the Democrats” territory if we overanalyze it without context.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:55:10am

re: #102 Belafon

See the freakout over Captain Marvel.

Also, Jenna Coleman has been cast as Constantine in the upcoming Netflix series.

I believe a Superman movie where the hero is black is also in development.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:58:00am

re: #104 Dopamine Fish

Let’s not even get into Moses Ingram in Obi-Wan Kenobi, for whom Disney took the unprecedented step of pre-emptively telling people not to be racist shitheads when her casting was made public.

Negro dwarves in Moria!!!

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Mattand  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:58:17am

re: #105 Belafon

Of course it’s weak, the amount being spent on climate change will barely make a dent. But we are getting into “Democrats did something, but it’s not enough so F the Democrats” territory if we overanalyze it without context.

I want to know how much shit Schumer had to eat to get Manchin to 180° on this. I would hope at least there was a guarantee that Sinimea won’t fuck everything up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:59:15am

re: #108 Mattand

I want to know how much shit Schumer had to eat to get Manchin to 180° on this. I would hope at least there was a guarantee that Sinimea won’t fuck everything up.

I am somehow all but counting on that happening.

Too tired to be optimistic anymore…

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:00:20am

re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Negro dwarves in Moria!!!

Speaking of which, I went to search for the new trailer, since I hadn’t watched it yet, and the top search on YouTube was “RINGS OF POWER IS NOT TOLKIEN!!!” a breathlessly titled video complaining about Black people in their White fantasy. Not enough facepalms.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:01:47am

re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Negro dwarves in Moria!!!

Remember the freakout when Anna Diop was cast as Starfire in the CW Titans show?

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:02:58am

re: #84 Dangerman

though it’s yet to be seen how ‘bipartisan’ this recon bill will be

otoh, if it passes, he got a good part of the job (and his promises) done

It will be bipartisan in the sense that Manchin and Sinema are quasi Democrats, if it passes. No Republicans will vote for it.

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Mattand  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:03:12am

re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am somehow all but counting on that happening.

Too tired to be optimistic anymore…

I’m with ya. Not to let the Dems entirely off the hook, but I’m tired of seeing the bad guys win because our precious idiot ‘independent’ voters keep putting said bad guys in office, despite the fact they’re pretty much open about how they don’t give two shits about rule of law.

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:04:22am

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

4/6 and 2/6

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A fiver out of 404.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:04:58am

re: #99 Mattand

Thanks for posting this. I’m still digesting the Schumer-Manchin flippity-flip, but the inner cynic in me is still thinking since Coal Mine Joe is happy with it, it’s some major weak tea.

There’s a provision that clean energy can’t get benefits at the cost of fossil fuels, which is some major bullshit.

Either that, or we’re in a full metal Admiral Ackbar “It’s a trap!!!” situation.

Have to admit, seeing McConnell and the rest of the GQP having a “Hey! Only we’re allowed to do dirty tricks!” meltdown is fun..

I’m good with that if they subsidize clean energy to the same extent that they subsidize fossil fuel companies.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:06:00am

re: #105 Belafon

Of course it’s weak, the amount being spent on climate change will barely make a dent. But we are getting into “Democrats did something, but it’s not enough so F the Democrats” territory if we overanalyze it without context.

370b is way more than no bill at all/zero.
it’s more than we ever spent at once before.
And (imo) it’s a foot in the door to making spending in this more normal.

The progs should be able to see this

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Teddy's Person  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:06:19am

re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Too tired to be optimistic anymore…

I am right there with you.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:07:44am

re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am somehow all but counting on that happening.

Too tired to be optimistic anymore…

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:08:00am

re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg

I believe a Superman movie where the hero is black is also in development.

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:08:28am

re: #116 Dangerman

370b is way more than no bill at all/zero.
it’s more than we ever spent at once before.
And (imo) it’s a foot in the door to making spending in this more normal.

The progs should be able to see this

Agree. I think any decent progress is good, and my statement about it being weak was meant more to reflect that we need to be spending a couple of trillion but some people will only see it as a win if we spend that much.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:08:36am

re: #108 Mattand

I want to know how much shit Schumer had to eat to get Manchin to 180° on this. I would hope at least there was a guarantee that Sinimea won’t fuck everything up.

Fingers crossed

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:09:13am

re: #119 Dangerman

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

People knew Wonder Woman was from another country, and yet some freaked out over Gal not having an American accent.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:10:15am

re: #112 No Malarkey!

It will be bipartisan in the sense that Manchin and Sinema are quasi Democrats, if it passes. No Republicans will vote for it.

Exactly
So manchins it’s gotta be bipartisan demand awhile back was probably Kabuki

I don’t think he did a 180

I’m guessing a lot of this will turn out to have been orchestrated

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:10:23am

re: #119 Dangerman

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

It’s more that the “established, canonical” character looks like a white American male, and has no demonstrated shapeshifting powers. Because the common tropes (alternate universe, different time period, “retirement”, parallel character development, etc.) can’t possibly explain why a man-shaped alien calling himself Superman exists.

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Mattand  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:10:54am

re: #116 Dangerman

370b is way more than no bill at all/zero.
it’s more than we ever spent at once before.
And (imo) it’s a foot in the door to making spending in this more normal.

The progs should be able to see this

From Josh Marshall’s mini-editorial about this today at TPM:

The question is whether enough House progressives will take the lead of Senator Bernie Sanders and vote against the bill as a giveaway to corporate America. But the administration seems to have members of the House Progressive Caucus broadly on board.

Forget whether it’s behind the paywall, but worth the read.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:11:07am

re: #119 Dangerman

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

Same with supernatural messiahs. You have to center a white male, or fragile white people lose their minds because something wasn’t about them.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:12:13am

re: #108 Mattand

I want to know how much shit Schumer had to eat to get Manchin to 180° on this. I would hope at least there was a guarantee that Sinimea won’t fuck everything up.

Imo sinema doesn’t have what it takes to go this alone

manchin is integral to it’s formation. She’s got nobody or no buddy to run interference and take the heat

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:12:16am

re: #113 Mattand

I’m with ya. Not to let the Dems entirely off the hook, but I’m tired of seeing the bad guys win because our precious idiot ‘independent’ voters keep putting said bad guys in office, despite the fact they’re pretty much open about how they don’t give two shits about rule of law.

I remain optimistic for the midterms, though retaining control of the House is still a long shot, though the odds are improving. Dobbs and the J6 Committee are ripping the mask off the GOP even for many low information voters.

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:12:38am

re: #119 Dangerman

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

Well many depict a middle eastern man from 2000+ years ago as a blond-haired, blue-eyed person.

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:13:04am
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Teddy's Person  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:13:06am

re: #118 Eventual Carrion

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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Mattand  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:14:27am

re: #123 Dangerman

Exactly
So manchins it’s gotta be bipartisan demand awhile back was probably Kabuki

I don’t think he did a 180

I’m guessing a lot of this will turn out to have been orchestrated

I was wondering that myself. Maybe Manchin is semi-aware of the all bad press he’s been garnering lately.

I don’t have anything against WV in particular, but it’s starting to piss me off that a Senator representing a whole state whose population is barely bigger than than that of Philly keeps torpedoing every effort Biden and the Democratic party makes to try to fix shit.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:16:39am

re: #110 Dopamine Fish

Speaking of which, I went to search for the new trailer, since I hadn’t watched it yet, and the top search on YouTube was “RINGS OF POWER IS NOT TOLKIEN!!!” a breathlessly titled video complaining about Black people in their White fantasy. Not enough facepalms.

one the one hand, Tolkien was out to re-create lost northern European myths, in which there would not likely be dark-skinned characters

but on the other hand

IT’S FANTASY, YOU NIMNUTZ!!!

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:18:02am

re: #129 Eventual Carrion

Well many depict a middle eastern man from 2000+ years ago as a blond-haired, blue-eyed person.

And who would know ‘canon’ better? ;-)

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:19:20am

re: #63 lawhawk

Do something…

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Yeah, once again, we’re seeing Democrats trying to do something, but we’ll watch GOP obstruct and block because they’re happy with the current state of affairs that obstruct, block, and inflict harms on the people GOP sees as enemies of their party.

IANAL but can guarantee that SCOTUS will rule that bill unconstitutional.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:19:35am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

one the one hand, Tolkien was out to re-create lost northern European myths, in which there would not likely be dark-skinned characters

but on the other hand

IT’S FANTASY, YOU NIMNUTZ!!!

Exactly. The dwarves of Moria could be black, purple or green, because dwarves and Moria never actually existed.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:20:49am

re: #136 No Malarkey!

Exactly. The dwarves of Moria could be black, purple or green, because dwarves and Moria never actually existed.

Most importantly, that determination is left up to the actual owners of the intellectual property, or the licensees thereof. As a fan, I don’t get to unilaterally declare something “isn’t Tolkien” just because it has Black people in it. If Christopher Tolkien says it’s okay, whether I disagree with him or not, it’s canon. Dwarves can be Black.

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:22:19am
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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:22:30am
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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:24:46am

re: #138 wrenchwench

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They need a strong leader to pull them together and tell them that JFK Junior is coming back to lead them.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:26:26am
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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:27:24am

If counties can unilaterally refuse to count valid ballots, we are in deep trouble.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:28:10am

re: #135 Hecuba’s daughter

IANAL but can guarantee that SCOTUS will rule that bill unconstitutional.

SCOTUS voting on itself…hmmm

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:28:35am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:28:50am

re: #142 No Malarkey!

If counties can unilaterally refuse to count valid ballots, we are in deep trouble.

That is the core of their strategy.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:29:12am

re: #137 Dopamine Fish

Most importantly, that determination is left up to the actual owners of the intellectual property, or the licensees thereof. As a fan, I don’t get to unilaterally declare something “isn’t Tolkien” just because it has Black people in it. If Christopher Tolkien says it’s okay, whether I disagree with him or not, it’s canon. Dwarves can be Black.

What if Tolkein got it wrong??//

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Jay C  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:30:16am

re: #142 No Malarkey!

If counties can unilaterally refuse to count valid ballots, we are in deep trouble.

Not to mention the issue of who, exactly, gets to determine which ballots are “valid”’

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BigPapa  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:30:50am

The election of Trump thrust us into an era of Perpetual Constitutional Crisis.

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:31:46am
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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:33:26am

re: #142 No Malarkey!

If counties can unilaterally refuse to count valid ballots, we are in deep trouble.

Isn’t this hurting their side?

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:35:39am

re: #143 Dangerman

SCOTUS voting on itself…hmmm

Article III, Section I states that “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:35:58am

re: #148 BigPapa

The election of Trump thrust us into an era of Perpetual Constitutional Crisis.

It started before that with a stolen Supreme Court seat. Our lawless right-wing authoritarians aren’t going to stop until they’re stopped by external forces.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:36:22am

re: #151 Eventual Carrion

Article III, Section I states that “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it.

Yup

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:36:53am

re: #150 Belafon

Isn’t this hurting their side?

“Only R votes count”
Fin.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:37:34am

re: #149 Teukka

The problem is that the “both sides” crowd are so open-minded that their brains seem to have fallen out.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:37:34am

re: #137 Dopamine Fish

Most importantly, that determination is left up to the actual owners of the intellectual property, or the licensees thereof. As a fan, I don’t get to unilaterally declare something “isn’t Tolkien” just because it has Black people in it. If Christopher Tolkien says it’s okay, whether I disagree with him or not, it’s canon. Dwarves can be Black.

Christopher Tolkien died a while back, and the argument about casting nonwhite actors is as silly as it’s always been. I’m doing my best to ignore it.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:37:53am

Welfare for the rich, bootstrap capitalism for the poor.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:40:08am

re: #143 Dangerman

SCOTUS voting on itself…hmmm

If they were voting on their own appointments, maybe, but ex post facto laws are still unconstitutional. This would have to be “from now on.”

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BigPapa  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:40:56am

re: #157 No Malarkey!

That’s pretty swampy.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:42:44am
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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:46:50am
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ericblair  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:52:46am

re: #118 Eventual Carrion

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

I’m an engineer with over 20 years of experience, and I don’t like this at all. The pessimists in our organizations are the ones who haven’t had an idea in decades, and either don’t want to do anything or don’t want to get blamed for anything.

If someone can explain why something won’t work, great, all ears. If someone just tells us it’s not going to work because that’s how the world goes, thanks for the input and please leave.

The goal of most propaganda isn’t blind belief of the propaganda. It’s despair, cynicism, and pessimism that makes the victim not bother to try to fix anything but sit around their house and smirk at anyone who does.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:52:57am
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:53:19am

re: #160 No Malarkey!

Her life doesn’t matter — nor does the life of any woman. The “pro-life” contingent believes that only the lives of white men and all fetuses matter; not the life of a real breathing female person.

A FB friend posted another one of those appalling stories of the damage the Texas law is doing to real people:independent.co.uk
In this case they are considering relocating out of state so that they can try again to have a child.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:57:24am

The attack ads practically write themselves.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:59:17am

re: #162 ericblair

…

If someone can explain why something won’t work, great, all ears. If someone just tells us it’s not going to work because that’s how the world goes, thanks for the input and please leave.
…

I’ve walked into many situations and had to explain, no Murphy does not work here.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:00:10am

re: #157 No Malarkey!

Welfare for the rich, bootstrap capitalism for the poor.

I’m sure you can guess what skin color most of the rejected 98.6% were.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:02:35am

re: #160 No Malarkey!

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:04:13am

re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure you can guess what skin color most of the rejected 98.6% were.

Being black is not a prerequisite to being poor.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:06:23am

trouble in KYGOP:

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:07:43am

re: #164 Hecuba’s daughter

…The “pro-life” contingent believes that only the lives of white men and all fetuses matter; not the life of a real breathing female person.

I have been wondering if the way to attack this is an equal rights argument.

I’ve said it before.

Even if the ‘unborn’ are constitutional persons (they aren’t) that would not give them automatic, unquestionable, superior rights over anyone else. There is no special protection or class.

Whether that be the mother or me.
No difference.

We argue conflicting rights cases all the time.

Yes I know some people are more equal than others. And I still think the fundamental argument is about bodily autonomy for everybody. Still I think this might be one avenue of the fight.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:08:33am

Colorado:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:10:52am

re: #163 No Malarkey!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:12:12am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:12:35am

re: #169 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Being black is not a prerequisite to being poor.

No, but Mississippi has a large black population, many of which struggle to get by.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:17:18am

re: #171 Dangerman

I have been wondering if the way to attack this is an equal rights argument.

I’ve said it before.

Even if the ‘unborn’ are constitutional persons (they aren’t) that would not give them automatic, unquestionable, superior rights over anyone else. There is no special protection or class.

Whether that be the mother or me.
No difference.

We argue conflicting rights cases all the time.

Yes I know some people are more equal than others. And I still think the fundamental argument is about bodily autonomy for everybody. Still I think this might be one avenue of the fight.

Definitely would not work. That would mean that in any anti-choice red state where a woman wanted/needed to terminate a pregnancy, she would have to go to court to argue the case. It is not only the financial costs that would burden both the court system and the individual woman, it is also the danger to the woman’s life when hours could make the difference between survival and death/permanent physical harm.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:19:30am

re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth

What is Toomey’s amendment?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:20:05am
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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:20:28am

But Biden’s the old guy here?

Biden looks years younger than his age.

Trump looks awful:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:22:41am

re: #179 lawhawk

the psychological strain is showing on him

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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:23:11am

Russia has stopped making cars.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:23:24am

re: #177 Belafon

What is Toomey’s amendment?

The bill stands at a halt as Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa) seeks to add an amendment regarding spending and raising concern about the allocated $300 million dollars in benefits.

wkyc.com

Youtube Video

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:25:47am

re: #181 No Malarkey!

Russia has stopped making cars.

They will scrape by, the Russian populace has always seen it as a sort of virtue to be long-suffering and content with their lot as long as they have enough of the basics: food, heat and vodka.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:26:28am

re: #181 No Malarkey!

It’ll take a bit longer, but their economy is imploding.

You’ll know when you start hearing Kremlin propagandists start yelling about “Elderly pensioners are going hungry in Omsk because of evil Western sanctions!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:26:38am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:27:06am
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No Malarkey!  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:27:43am

re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will scrape by, the Russian populace has always seen it as a sort of virtue to be long-suffering and content with their lot as long as they have enough of the basics: food, heat and vodka.

Sure, but as far as their ability to wage war in Ukraine goes, Russia is going to run out of even old T-62 tanks.

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Ming5000  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:29:49am

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, crap! The Whisky!

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:31:00am

re: #187 No Malarkey!

Sure, but as far as their ability to wage war in Ukraine goes, Russia is going to run out of even old T-62 tanks.

Eh, they might have some T-34s lying around. Maybe even a KV-2 in a museum.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:32:35am

re: #179 lawhawk

But Biden’s the old guy here?

Biden looks years younger than his age.

Trump looks awful:

[Embedded content]

TBF depending on the lighting, the angle of the shot, the hours of sleep the night before, the makeup (especially for us ladies), whether it’s a good hair day, the expression on the face, almost anyone can look either absolutely terrible or terrific.

A very RW friend of mine years ago did not like my FB profile picture because he thought it was unflattering; so he went through pictures of me on FB and suggested various alternatives. He was right and I went with one of his suggestions.

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ericblair  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:33:30am

re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will scrape by, the Russian populace has always seen it as a sort of virtue to be long-suffering and content with their lot as long as they have enough of the basics: food, heat and vodka.

The Russians I know, don’t. They like cars and can talk your ears off about the details. They like brand name electronics. They like sushi and designer bags. When this stuff dries up they may not know what they can realistically do about it, or who they should blame, but they won’t be content.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:34:37am

re: #184 Dr Lizardo

It’ll take a bit longer, but their economy is imploding.

You’ll know when you start hearing Kremlin propagandists start yelling about “Elderly pensioners are going hungry in Omsk because of evil Western sanctions!”

They are already advising consumers that bleached white printer paper is bad for the eyes, mainly because they can no longer get paper bleaching agents from their suppliers in Finland.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:36:10am

re: #191 ericblair

The Russians I know, don’t. They like cars and can talk your ears off about the details. They like brand name electronics. They like sushi and designer bags. When this stuff dries up they may not know what they can realistically do about it, or who they should blame, but they won’t be content.

But they will keep their mouths shut for fear of negative consequences…

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:36:48am

re: #191 ericblair

The Russians I know, don’t. They like cars and can talk your ears off about the details. They like brand name electronics. They like sushi and designer bags. When this stuff dries up they may not know what they can realistically do about it, or who they should blame, but they won’t be content.

Probably age-related. Those who are older and lived during the Soviet Union have a greater tolerance of privation; those born after the collapse of the Soviet Union are more interested in participation in the global community, with all the comforts and technological advances that implies.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:36:49am

re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They are already advising consumers that bleached white printer paper is bad for the eyes, mainly because they can no longer get paper bleaching agents from their suppliers in Finland.

The Kremlin will come up with increasingly preposterous excuses. It’s somewhat amusing, to be honest.

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ericblair  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:43:56am

re: #193 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But they will keep their mouths shut for fear of negative consequences…

Sure, which is a different matter. At present, you’re allowed to bitch about the situation, but showing any sympathy for the Ukrainians or maybe mentioning that the war might not have been the best idea, can get you in serious trouble.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:45:30am

re: #176 Hecuba’s daughter

Definitely would not work. That would mean that in any anti-choice red state where a woman wanted/needed to terminate a pregnancy, she would have to go to court to argue the case. It is not only the financial costs that would burden both the court system and the individual woman, it is also the danger to the woman’s life when hours could make the difference between survival and death/permanent physical harm.

I agree 100%.
I was thinking in a more general kind of way not in a specific / time sensitive situation

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:45:47am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:49:57am
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Dr. Matt  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:50:27am

The landing page at Drudge is quite amusing right now: drudgereport.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:50:52am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:52:20am

re: #200 Dr. Matt

The landing page at Drudge is quite amusing right now: drudgereport.com

You owe my eyes an apology for that.

/

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John Hughes  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:52:50am

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I used to sleep in the basement with no heat on and the windows open. I still sleep with the windows open until it gets down near freezing at night.

I also recall living in houses in Tucson and Phoenix that had heaters in the bathroom and nowhere else.

I think I was 14 when I got an electric fan heater for my bedroom. Until then we slept with no heat, just a rubber hot water bottle to warm the sheets. (UK, early 1970s).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:53:55am
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Dr. Matt  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:57:43am

re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg

You owe my eyes an apology for that.

/

😁😁😁

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:58:55am

Today’s water forecast for Southern Idaho. We”ll break a 100F/38C again. The projected high is 97F/36C. Stay hydrated Lizards.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:59:15am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

That is both sad and touching at the same time.

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Jay C  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:00:37am

ICYMI: Another “Major Lawsuit” pending (maybe) from TFG… (via TPM)

Donald Trump said today that he plans to sue CNN for defamation, claiming the network and digital news outlet has been defaming him since the 2016 election. And he takes specific and particular issue with use of the term “Big Lie,” a phrase which nearly every mainstream news outlet in America has used as short hand for his attempted coup since the 2020 election.

Trump put out a statement through his Save America PAC today, saying he’s “notified CNN” of his “intent to file a lawsuit over their repeated defamatory statements against me.” He also said he does, in fact, plan to go after other media outlets.

“I will also be commencing actions against other media outlets who have defamed me and defrauded the public regarding the overwhelming evidence of fraud throughout the 2020 Election. I will never stop fighting for the truth and for the future of our Country!”

Which, okay. Best of luck.

In a 282-page letter that Trump’s lawyers sent to CNN executives on July 21, the ex-president’s attorneys warned the network to retract or correct a bunch of online articles and comments made on live television. The lawyers detailed dozens and dozens of statements and published pieces they deemed defamatory, taking issue with the use of phrases like “lies,” “Big Lie,” “false narratives” and “baseless theories” to describe Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

I would REALLY hate to be the legal intern at CNN that has to slog through 282 pages of Trumpisms.

And I’m guessing their response to the threat of this suit (as usual with Dolt 45, we notice there is no actual filing, just the blustering intimation of one) can be summed up in just two words. And they aren’t likely to be “Merry Christmas”….

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:14:20am

re: #208 Jay C

ICYMI: Another “Major Lawsuit” pending (maybe) from TFG… (via TPM)

I would REALLY hate to be the legal intern at CNN that has to slog through 282 pages of Trumpisms.

And I’m guessing their response to the threat of this suit (as usual with Dolt 45, we notice there is no actual filing, just the blustering intimation of one) can be summed up in just two words. And they aren’t likely to be “Merry Christmas”….

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lawhawk  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:17:44am

re: #208 Jay C

Bring it.

CNN should welcome the lawsuit and insist on it.

Don’t tease us Trump with lawsuits.

Sue. And that’s when discovery is a fucking bitch, because truth is an absolute defense…

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Romantic Heretic  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:19:32am

re: #5 William Lewis

Oh yeah. Manchin will definitely say, “Nuh uh. I can’t back this.

“Let’s ‘negotiate’ some more. I like watching you dance.”

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Teukka  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:22:48am

Actions, meet consequences; Consequences, meet actions:

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A Cranky One  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:32:51am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:36:23am
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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:36:56am
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Florida Panhandler  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:38:25am

re: #89 Dopamine Fish

Wow. I didn’t realize that this woman actually strayed into my sphere of influence in her completely unhinged Twitter thread against modern liberal culture.

Just like no one would see a black superhero Marvel movie when Black Panther was announced. $1.35 billon later, I think they were wrong.

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:40:21am

re: #215 Dangerman

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:41:54am

re: #217 Dangerman

Rando, coulda been anymouse

The whole thing is a con game for [conservatives]. They play with people’s lives to jockey for position in the endless pursuit of power.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:50:12am

re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will scrape by, the Russian populace has always seen it as a sort of virtue to be long-suffering and content with their lot as long as they have enough of the basics: food, heat and vodka.

But they won’t be sending their armies anywhere, so even if what you say remains true, it’s irrelevant.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:51:29am

re: #95 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Blooming dill?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:56:58am

re: #105 Belafon

Of course it’s weak, the amount being spent on climate change will barely make a dent. But we are getting into “Democrats did something, but it’s not enough so F the Democrats” territory if we overanalyze it without context.

I wonder if Manchin did a calculation that if he continues to be a dick to Democratic leadership they might well decide that he isn’t worth anything to the party and thus potentially support jettisoning him at some point. (It’s already been discussed that Manchin is pretty much dead in the water if he changes allegiance outright to McConnell and the GOP.)

And with the various Senate recesses there is not that much more Senate business time before the November elections and if the Democrats make it to 52 Senators (and associated independents) than Manchin’s influence drops off the cliff come 2023.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:59:20am

re: #119 Dangerman

I can’t imagine the conceit that an alien, you know, from another planet just has to look like a white American male

They look fondly back on Uberman and wish there was more of that.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 11:06:09am

re: #220 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Blooming dill?

Possibly. Or fennel. It grows wild around here.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 28, 2022 • 11:10:39am

re: #215 Dangerman

Toomey is already gone by January. Question currently is whether he will be replaced by Oz The Great Carpetbagger or Mr Fetterman.


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