The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Scream of the Turtle

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

The Scream Of The Turtle — [Explicit Content] It’s ‘Good News Day’ on the show. The new and sweaty photo of Trump. Senate Democrats on the verge of passing major legislation on the climate crisis, the deficit, and taxation on corporate profits. Manchin screwed Mitch McConnell on the CHIPS bill. It’s happening! The Justice Department is, in fact, criminally investigating Donald Trump for seditious conspiracy. The dumbest crooks ever used the word “fake” in their emails. Mnuchin, Pompeo, Ratcliffe, and Wolf from the Trump cabinet are set to testify. Marc Short to testify. The RNC might’ve just stopped Trump from running for president. 42 Republicans filibustered healthcare for veterans. With Spicy Jody Hamilton, David “TRex” Ferguson, music by Matt Springfield, Japan Van Damme, and more!

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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:11:43pm

that effing picture!

why do you all insist i keep seeing that effing face???!!!!

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:13:17pm

re: #1 Dangerman

The face is bad enough. It is that whiny voice that gets to me.

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jaunte  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:15:22pm
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jaunte  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:15:30pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:20:48pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:20:50pm

re: #3 jaunte

That’s one of the worst ways to piss off a judge.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:25:40pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:26:29pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

But Climate Change is totally something most Americans don’t have to worry about right now…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:27:17pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

Easier to blame it on teh gayz.

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rhuarc  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:27:35pm

Finally watched the full diatribe from Jon Stewart about the PACT act. The one thing that annoyed me about the whole thing, and in general annoys me about Stewart post late night retirement, is that he likes to both sides issues and/or keep the exact cause in a gray area. For example, in his diatribe he never once mentions the Republican party. He mentions specific Senators by name, but the average American has no idea which party that Senator is with. He references the Senate multiple times which allows both siders to jump on board. Not once did he mentioned the Republican party and their total failure and disgust towards veterans and the American people. Because he doesn’t once mention the Republican party if any of his quotables are printed the average American isn’t going to understand who is to blame.

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A Cranky One  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:34:46pm

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Charles Johnson  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:39:26pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:46:22pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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I have always preferred my spiders alive. Now, more than ever.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:48:10pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:50:16pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

And of course the staffer is of the young, blonde variety that Trump prefers.

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 3:58:25pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

I have always preferred my spiders alive. Now, more than ever.

Win over their tiny hearts and minds, and their eight little legs will follow.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:05:40pm

Will Gaetz take credit:

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:09:05pm

re: #17 Belafon

That young lady was also mentioned in WaPo.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:10:08pm

re: #17 Belafon

re: #18 PhillyPretzel

She just passed $1M a little bit ago.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:18:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:24:09pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:28:11pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interviewed for a visiting position there and taught a demonstration class. It’s such a great school. In Lexington I had a few students from the Hazard and also Pikeville areas. They were gems, but taught me a lot about the privations of living under mountain-top blasting. Such a horror what is happening now.

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:29:53pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lorenzo the Cat blocked me. 😂 Alrighty then.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:35:04pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:35:53pm

I wonder if Massie will vote against federal aid.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:35:54pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:36:16pm

re: #25 Barefoot Grin

I wonder if Massie will vote against federal aid.

Without any doubt, he’s done it before

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Jay C  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:40:07pm

re: #25 Barefoot Grin

I wonder if Massie will vote against federal aid.

Sucker bet, BG: Massie* seems to invariably vote against shit under almost any circumstances- usually his vote is irrelevant, but never mind - maybe if constituents in his district are directly affected by the floods MAYBE, but I wouldn’t count in it.

*In his capacity as Professional Contrarian Asshole

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A Three Hour Tour  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:42:30pm

re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg

And of course the staffer is of the young, blonde variety that Trump prefers.

From the same doll factory that gave us adult Ivanka and Kayleigh McEnemy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:42:42pm

re: #28 Jay C

Sucker bet, BG: Massie* seems to invariably vote against shit under almost any circumstances- usually his vote is irrelevant, but never mind - maybe if constituents in his district are directly affected by the floods MAYBE, but I wouldn’t count in it.

*In his capacity as Professional Contrarian Asshole

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:46:12pm
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Jay C  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:46:42pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:47:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:48:58pm

re: #32 Jay C

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Ming5000  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:53:17pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

Andrea Mitchel came as close to swooning as anyone that I have ever seen.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 4:57:10pm

Vet related, but off topic. I have been cleaning out my desk drawers and found something. A year or so before the pandemic I was on campus in summer and an elderly gent pulled up in the parking lot and asked for directions to an office. I didn’t have anything else to do, so I offered to walk with him to where he needed to go and also to give a tour. At the end he went into his car and gave me a US Army Special Forces Association medallion with information about the chapter it was from. He said, “just go into a bar and put this down. I guarantee you someone will pay for your drink.” Is this a thing?

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:01:52pm

re: #35 Ming5000

Andrea Mitchel came as close to swooning as anyone that I have ever seen.

“I know you’re angry, but….”

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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:02:55pm

Cat’s eye ;)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:06:02pm

re: #35 Ming5000

Andrea Mitchel came as close to swooning as anyone that I have ever seen.

saw this a few days ago:

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Ming5000  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:13:33pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

saw this a few days ago:

LOL… it is time to hang it up

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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:17:34pm
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darthstar  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:23:57pm

Smashing guitars is still a thing? Also, notice the other guy stage left playing and dancing with a bunch of kids.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:26:33pm
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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:31:52pm
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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:44:36pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:45:44pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:49:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:52:55pm
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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:54:15pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s not hostility to religion, it’s hostility to having your religion shoved down our throats. Just because you think you worship the One True God, and follow the One True Way, doesn’t give you the right to drag the rest of us along behind you, kicking and screaming.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 5:55:49pm
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Charles Johnson  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:01:17pm
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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:06:30pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:13:33pm

re: #52 Belafon

Fascists in the form of Republicans are destroying our democracy and SCOTUS is taking away reproductive rights and disempowering the EPA and yet we have to spend time defending an innocent comment by VP Harris which doesn’t hurt a soul. Huge sigh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:24:26pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:26:52pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:27:06pm

I’m sure you all know that tomorrow’s MegaMillions jackpot is up to an annuity of $1.1B.

After tax cash value will be a lot less of course, only $493M here in California.

A lot of money, because a lot of people are hoping to win it.

Whoever wins it… I just hope they aren’t someone who belongs to a church that demands 10%. I can imagine some follower of Kenneth Copeland, if they won, tithing $49M to him.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:28:40pm

re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m always afraid to look at her family tree, as my mother has a ton of relatives in northwestern Georgia (from a GGgf who ended up there and had about 18 children (we don’t know for sure) from serial wives.)

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Florida Panhandler  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:28:51pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Alito uses the term “religion” in exactly the same way as Islamic supremacists use the term- the only true religion in THEIR religion.

Any attack on a specific tenet is an attack on “religion” itself.

Eat shit, Alito. You will be remembered in history as an absolute crank of the worst sort.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:33:44pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:36:37pm

re: #57 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’m always afraid to look at her family tree, as my mother has a ton of relatives in northwestern Georgia (from a GGgf who ended up there and had about 18 children (we don’t know for sure) from serial wives.)

My grandmother was from the Georgia side of Lookout Mountain.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:38:42pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That was the beginning of the Cowboy Bebop movie.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:43:22pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:45:35pm

re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth

cynical fucks

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A Cranky One  Jul 28, 2022 • 6:49:31pm

This is fun.

Youtube Video

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:04:21pm

re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg

And of course the staffer is of the young, blonde variety that Trump prefers.

I thought that was Ivanka.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:04:52pm

re: #65 The Pie Overlord!

I thought that was Ivanka.

Oh good. I’m not the only one.

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(((Archangel1)))  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:10:55pm

The more things change the more the despicable GOP scumbags stay the same.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:11:48pm

Owls are busy tonight

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wrenchwench  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:23:34pm
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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:27:04pm
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Dangerman  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:28:59pm

Text messages for former President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol,” the Washington Post reports.

“This discovery of missing records for the senior-most homeland security officials, which has not been previously reported, increases the volume of potential evidence that has vanished regarding the time around the Capitol attack…”

“The revelation comes on the heels of the discovery that text messages of Secret Service agents — critical firsthand witnesses to the events leading up to Jan. 6 — were deleted more than a year ago and may never be recovered.

But her emails

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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:34:57pm

And in the stupid enough to be funny category…

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Charles Johnson  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:39:07pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:42:16pm
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William Lewis  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:48:23pm

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Dave In Austin  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:49:56pm
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BeachDem  Jul 28, 2022 • 7:53:37pm

re: #73 Charles Johnson

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Who could have imagined a stench worse than Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli being in charge of Homeland Security in the first place.

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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:00:23pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I’m in hella.

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calochortus  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:02:40pm

re: #78 Captain Ron

I’m in hella.

Tech stuff here.

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gocart mozart  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:05:42pm


Party like it’s 2006.
Word of the Day: “Bumf”
dictionary.cambridge.org

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mmmirele  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:11:07pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I was born and lived in “hella” until I was 12. Now I live on the east side of the “rocks” line (aka Arizona).

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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:15:32pm
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mmmirele  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:15:53pm

Regulatory capture in action:

Following whistleblower complaints, the Federal Aviation Administration said it has substantiated allegations of “overall mismanagement and lack of oversight” at a safety office responsible for Southwest Airlines.

The FAA said there had been “interference on the part of FAA senior leadership” from 2018 through 2020 at an FAA oversight office in Irving, Tex., near the airline’s headquarters.

Citing its review of extensive interviews from a related investigation, the FAA said one of the agency’s top safety officials came through Texas for a visit and apologized to Southwest because local FAA safety officials had supposedly been too “heavy-handed” with the airline.

Such coziness by the nation’s top aviation safety regulator bubbled up elsewhere, the FAA acknowledged. An FAA manager said there was a strong friendship between Southwest’s top executive and a senior FAA official in Washington, “with near weekly texts, emails or phone calls” between the men, according to an April report by the FAA’s Office of Audit and Evaluation released this week.

“This raised questions among inspectors about whether they would be allowed to perform their oversight responsibilities appropriately,” according to the FAA report, which summarizes findings from other internal and external reviews, including a 2020 audit report by the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General and an investigation by the Senate Commerce Committee.

wapo.st (gift link for the interested)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:21:32pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I’m near Shamu.

But that is an old map.

You cant tell because it says “Republicans” over Orange County but in recent years the county has flipped.

Now the Republicans are in the remote foothills of the mountain ranges.

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Moe Avattar  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:23:46pm

re: #71 Dangerman

If I recall correctly, Chad Wolf set up the multi-billion dollar deal between Jared Kushner and the Saud family. Also, his wife is the judge who got rid of the masking mandate on airplanes.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 28, 2022 • 8:24:56pm

HEY MARGE: Those countries usually shoot people who are trying to LEAVE.

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gwangung  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:14:58pm

re: #86 The Pie Overlord!

HEY MARGE: Those countries usually shoot people who are trying to LEAVE.

We’re supposed to be BETTER than other countries, Republicans….

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:16:59pm

Random code. The other day, I put up an image of some python code that generated all possible permutations of a sequence. That one generated them all at once, and you had to provide a listener as they were generated.

The new one fixes that problem. With this class, you keep calling next() to get the permutations.

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DodgerFan1988  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:30:06pm

The face of evil.

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mmmirele  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:49:05pm

Loooooong thread by an American based scholar of Japanese new religions and politics about the effects of Abe Shinzo’s assassination on “new religions”:

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:50:59pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Hey from hella.

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 9:52:56pm

I missed this story:

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Belafon  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:04:19pm
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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:11:08pm

I’m watching Roger Waters Us & Them. So far it’s like he’s playing bass for a Pink Floyd cover band.

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Captain Ron  Jul 28, 2022 • 10:38:41pm

re: #94 Captain Ron

His post-Floyd music is quite negative.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 28, 2022 • 11:36:47pm

re: #93 Belafon

Surely the Sec of Transportation took a government jet.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 28, 2022 • 11:38:54pm

.

Youtube Video


..

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John Hughes  Jul 29, 2022 • 1:23:40am

re: #87 danarchy

I’ll one up you, there is NOTHING the US can do unilaterally that will have much impact on climate change. China dwarfs us in emissions and India is growing theirs quickly. If we cut our emissions to zero tomorrow and it would hardly be a speed bump for climate change.

Dwarfs you? China has about twice the CO2 emissions of the US. I wouldn’t exactly say “dwarfs”.

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TarHellion  Jul 29, 2022 • 2:15:27am

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jul 29, 2022 • 2:32:26am

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 2:33:52am

Gorillaz dropped a new video - great video, and a catchy tune.

Youtube Video

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 2:57:54am

Fox News poll in Pennsylvania

Fetterman 11-point lead over Oz

Shapiro 10 over Mastriano

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 3:01:37am

Republicans added a record $7.8T to the national debt during the Trump administration

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TarHellion  Jul 29, 2022 • 3:03:33am

re: #100 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 3:05:39am

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 3:40:02am

Struggling.

Click to Reveal

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 3:52:30am
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Ming5000  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:01:14am

Some good news.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:02:43am

re: #94 Captain Ron

I’m watching Roger Waters Us & Them. So far it’s like he’s playing bass for a Pink Floyd cover band.

My opinion is that starting with The Wall his stuff went from cynical to outright negative. And unfortunately without Gilmour and others from Pink Floyd as leavening or otherwise a limiting factor like it still was on The Wall the output (e.g. The Final Cut as a prime example) sounds like whining and being pissed off his father was killed in WW2. It might be musically complex and interesting as some of the reviewers claim, but to me it’s something I have no interest in listening to a second time.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:03:36am

re: #102 Dangerman

Fox News poll in Pennsylvania

Fetterman 11-point lead over Oz

Shapiro 10 over Mastriano

I still want 20- to 30- point leads (and results) as a message.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:04:03am

re: #107 Dopamine Fish

I’m old enough to remember when “grooming” was called “recruiting”. It was definitely a popular CT flying around in the 1970s.

I still remember Proposition 6 in California; one of the arguments made by its proponents is that gay schoolteachers would use their position to “recruit” straight kids. Fortunately, Prop 6 was defeated.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:17:46am

re: #110 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I still want 20- to 30- point leads (and results) as a message.

While that would be the ideal, I’ll still take 10 points. That, at least, feels comfortable enough at the end of July that I don’t think an October surprise can tank it.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:18:30am

Russia’s demographic implosion continues:

The decline surpasses the previous record contraction of 57,000 people a month in 2002, when Russia’s population shrank to 145.3 million from nearly 146 million the previous year.

Russia’s population has fallen to 145.1 million after a decline of 430,000 people, according to Rosstat’s latest demographic report.

The rate of Russia’s population decline has almost doubled since 2021 and nearly tripled since 2020, according to The Moscow Times’ Russian service.

themoscowtimes.com

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:20:04am

re: #111 Dr Lizardo

I’m old enough to remember when “grooming” was called “recruiting”. It was definitely a popular CT flying around in the 1970s.

I still remember Proposition 6 in California; one of the arguments made by its proponents is that gay schoolteachers would use their position to “recruit” straight kids. Fortunately, Prop 6 was defeated.

I grew up in the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” era. It wasn’t gay people that was the problem for our religious wingnuts; it was Satanists. In my high school - a public high school, mind, not a private religious school - my fellow nerds were divided into two groups: Kids whose parents allowed them to play Magic: The Gathering, and kids who were banned from playing because their parents thought it was a gateway to Satanism. Those of us in the latter group played a Star Wars card game instead.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:20:35am

re: #107 Dopamine Fish

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:24:33am

re: #107 Dopamine Fish

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:31:41am

re: #114 Dopamine Fish

I grew up in the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” era. It wasn’t gay people that was the problem for our religious wingnuts; it was Satanists. In my high school - a public high school, mind, not a private religious school - my fellow nerds were divided into two groups: Kids whose parents allowed them to play Magic: The Gathering, and kids who were banned from playing because their parents thought it was a gateway to Satanism. Those of us in the latter group played a Star Wars card game instead.

I still recall the moral panic over Dungeons & Dragons. It was tied in to the whole Satanism nonsense.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:40:21am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:54:04am

re: #36 Barefoot Grin

Vet related, but off topic. I have been cleaning out my desk drawers and found something. A year or so before the pandemic I was on campus in summer and an elderly gent pulled up in the parking lot and asked for directions to an office. I didn’t have anything else to do, so I offered to walk with him to where he needed to go and also to give a tour. At the end he went into his car and gave me a US Army Special Forces Association medallion with information about the chapter it was from. He said, “just go into a bar and put this down. I guarantee you someone will pay for your drink.” Is this a thing?

Yes, it’s a thing. The medallion you describe is called a challenge coin. Such coins are given by military units and associations to people for which they hold great respect.

Via Wikipedia, that fount of all human ken:
en.wikipedia.org

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 4:58:24am

re: #113 Dr Lizardo

How much of that was the covid pandemic sweeping across the country while Putin and his pals ignored the problem entirely?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:01:30am
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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:04:15am

re: #119 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yes, it’s a thing. The medallion you describe is called a challenge coin. Such coins are given by military units and associations to people for which they hold great respect.

Via Wikipedia, that fount of all human ken:
en.wikipedia.org

And if you’re going to be hanging out with a bunch of military people, keep it with you because there can also be a “whoever doesn’t have one has to buy a round” challenge.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:09:49am

re: #120 lawhawk

How much of that was the covid pandemic sweeping across the country while Putin and his pals ignored the problem entirely?

I really wonder about that. I’m about 99% sure that Russia’s COVID-19 death toll is one hell of a lot higher than their official numbers.

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:10:55am

twitter.com

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:12:33am

re: #119 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yes, it’s a thing. The medallion you describe is called a challenge coin. Such coins are given by military units and associations to people for which they hold great respect.

Via Wikipedia, that fount of all human ken:
en.wikipedia.org

Interesting!

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Ming5000  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:14:09am

Gen. Mark Hertling weighing in on the castration video. He lists out the MANY war crimes being committed.
The Russian soldier has been identified, too.

The drum beat to declare Russia a terrorist state grows louder.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:16:57am

re: #124 Belafon

twitter.com

This is chapter and verse part of Timothy Snyder’s warnings about the ingredients in authoritarian takeover of democratic government.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:19:23am

re: #126 Ming5000

“State sponsor of terrorism” designation is the nuclear option, the Tsar Bomba (if you’ll pardon the pun) of sanctions.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:20:55am

re: #100 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:26:27am
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:30:17am

re: #106 Dopamine Fish

Struggling.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:40:32am

re: #130 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:41:14am

re: #121 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yikes!! It was real! Chick-fil-A store asks for ‘volunteers’ to work for chicken, not money

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:43:01am

re: #133 Hecuba’s daughter

Yikes!! It was real! Chick-fil-A store asks for ‘volunteers’ to work for chicken, not money

Of course it was real. Chick-Fil-A is a Christian organization. They thrive on the labor of volunteers.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:44:50am

re: #123 Dr Lizardo

I really wonder about that. I’m about 99% sure that Russia’s COVID-19 death toll is one hell of a lot higher than their official numbers.

Articles in December 2020 claimed that actual toll was 3 times as high as official toll. I don’t know if that discrepancy has persisted throughout the pandemic.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:45:48am

re: #135 Hecuba’s daughter

Articles in December 2020 claimed that actual toll was 3 times as high as official toll. I don’t know if that discrepancy has persisted throughout the pandemic.

That wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:49:00am

Heardle fail (again)
#Heardle #155
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Well, that’s a first. I never got all five letters in the wrong position before in Wordle.

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Island nations usually foul me up.
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:54:04am

re: #137 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Sergey told me months ago that he would not try worldle because of that very reason: he doesn’t know island nations.

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jeffreyw  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:54:38am

Good morning!

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:55:30am

re: #134 Dopamine Fish

Of course it was real. Chick-Fil-A is a Christian organization. They thrive on the labor of volunteers.

Would not surprise me at all to see some Christian Nationalist organization bring a “sabbath” case to SCOTUS and have them rule that all Americans must observe the Sabbath to keep it holy and cite not only precedence (Blue Laws) but also Chik-fil-A.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 5:59:31am

re: #136 Dr Lizardo

That wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.

At this point, many here are done with the pandemic. I wonder if our official death count has become increasingly unreliable, especially in red states. My feeling is that nothing is to be trusted out of Florida or Texas. But that’s based on personal bias and not real examination of numbers.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:02:45am

re: #126 Ming5000

The resolution was introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham. Huh.

Considering what that designation entails, I imagine that might be the reason for the three-hour telephone call between Chinese Primier Xi and US President Biden.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:05:40am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:08:27am

LOL

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:12:29am
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Ming5000  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:12:42am

re: #142 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The resolution was introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham. Huh.

Considering what that designation entails, I imagine that might be the reason for the three-hour telephone call between Chinese Primier Xi and US President Biden.

The Igor Sushko thread lists out some of the ramifications. Yeah, it is a big move.

My rhetorical question is, if Russia is not a terrorist state, who is? What Russia has done to the US is tantamount to a declaration of war, IMHO.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:16:38am

My two Republicypher US Senators:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:23:13am

I’m so glad we escaped Oklahoma. Of course, running does not fix this crap. Only by standing and fighting against the Fascist Party does this change.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:24:25am

re: #143 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

…….In his Rome speech on religious liberty, Justice Alito mocked “foreign leaders” who condemned his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, including Boris Johnson, Macron, Trudeau, and … Prince Harry.

Of Boris, Alito quipped: “He paid the price.” ….

So Alito is trying to claim that Boris’ downfall was due to his support of women’s rights? Really infuriating that he is confirming that his decisions are guided by his religious views rather than the Constitution but he will face no backlash for that policy.

White supremacist theocracy coming your way now!

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:26:34am

re: #149 Hecuba’s daughter

So Alito is trying to claim that Boris’ downfall was due to his support of women’s rights? Really infuriating that he is confirming that his decisions are guided by his religious views rather than the Constitution but he will face no backlash for that policy.

White supremacist theocracy coming your way now!

Dominionist Christianity is now the de facto law of the land, because the court that interprets all the laws says it is, and the Congress that can overrule them won’t, because there are too many states that agree with them.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:26:52am

Indiana GOP legislators were evenly split on whether to ban abortions in the case of rape or incest, 18-18, so that measure failed. The only other exception will be to protect the life of the mother. Rape and incest victims 16 and older will have only 8 weeks to get an abortion; chidren under 16 will have 12 weeks. So if a 10 year old child doesn’t understand what is happening to her quickly enough, and what she needs do about it, tough shit.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:28:42am
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:30:47am

re: #150 Dopamine Fish

Dominionist Christianity is now the de facto law of the land, because the court that interprets all the laws says it is, and the Congress that can overrule them won’t, because there are too many states that agree with them.

But with this Court, it’s not clear that Congress can overrule them. The Court can cavalierly toss out legislation it doesn’t like — as it did with the Citizens United decision and the evisceration of VRA.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:32:59am

re: #150 Dopamine Fish

Dominionist Christianity is now the de facto law of the land, because the court that interprets all the laws says it is, and the Congress that can overrule them won’t, because there are too many states that agree with them.

There is a new challenge to Obamacare in front of the same reactionary judge in Texas who tried to strike it down before. This one is based on religious liberty, so you can bet he will declare the ACA unconstitutional again; so we’ll have to wait and see if there are 5 Justices willing to deny health insurance to 20 million Americans based on the flimsy objections of religious fanatics.

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:37:05am

re: #154 No Malarkey!

There is a new challenge to Obamacare in front of the same reactionary judge in Texas who tried to strike it down before. This one is based on religious liberty, so you can bet he will declare the ACA unconstitutional again; so we’ll have to wait and see if there are 5 Justices willing to deny health insurance to 20 million Americans based on the flimsy objections of religious fanatics.

Religious liberty? What da fuq? How is it infringing on anyone’s religious liberty to help people get friggin’ health insurance?! What, did the plaintiff claim he worships Ayn Fucking Rand?

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:38:34am

re: #155 Dopamine Fish

Religious liberty? What da fuq? How is it infringing on anyone’s religious liberty to help people get friggin’ health insurance?! What, did the plaintiff claim he worships Ayn Fucking Rand?

The plaintiffs object to birth control and providing health care for STDs such as Aids.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:39:12am
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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:39:42am

re: #156 No Malarkey!

The plaintiffs object to birth control and providing health care for STDs such as Aids.

Because we must let God punish people for having sex. Jesus H. Fucking Christ. I really, really don’t want to claim to be a Christian anymore, if these assholes are the ones who are out there making headlines.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:40:01am

re: #133 Hecuba’s daughter

Yikes!! It was real! Chick-fil-A store asks for ‘volunteers’ to work for chicken, not money

Volunteers:
No taxes
No disability, workers comp, unemployment etc

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:40:32am

re: #155 Dopamine Fish

Religious liberty? What da fuq? How is it infringing on anyone’s religious liberty to help people get friggin’ health insurance?! What, did the plaintiff claim he worships Ayn Fucking Rand?

Won’t anyone think of the Republican death cult’s feelings? You can’t just save lives and expect no pushback from the right.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:43:06am

re: #140 Barefoot Grin

Would not surprise me at all to see some Christian Nationalist organization bring a “sabbath” case to SCOTUS and have them rule that all Americans must observe the Sabbath to keep it holy and cite not only precedence (Blue Laws) but also Chik-fil-A.

I’m fine with that.
Friday night/saturday, right?

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:44:25am

re: #133 Hecuba’s daughter

Yikes!! It was real! Chick-fil-A store asks for ‘volunteers’ to work for chicken, not money

Blatantly illegal; Chick-fil-A isn’t a charity, and food isn’t minimum wage.

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wrenchwench  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:45:19am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:45:26am

re: #155 Dopamine Fish

Religious liberty? What da fuq? How is it infringing on anyone’s religious liberty to help people get friggin’ health insurance?! What, did the plaintiff claim he worships Ayn Fucking Rand?

Christians complaining they don’t have the right to be bigots and force you to follow their religion. At least they aren’t committing genocide (yet) like their two-thousand-year history.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:45:58am

re: #145 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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How much can a governor lie to create a specific narrative for his own political gain?

as long as they keep getting re-elected, at least that much

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:46:23am

re: #165 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Christians complaining they don’t have the right to be bigots and force you to follow their religion. At least they aren’t committing genocide (yet) like their two-thousand-year history.

Don’t worry, my friend. When the time comes, I’ll be sure to deal with you personally.

///

(All seriousness: If they do launch an anti-atheist pogrom, I’d totally offer to help you get out.)

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:47:12am

GOP and Trumpworld is clearly worried that more news is dropping about Trump and GOPers on their ongoing seditious conspiracy to end democracy in the US.

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Varek Raith  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:49:49am

Yo!

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:50:39am

re: #146 Ming5000

The Igor Sushko thread lists out some of the ramifications. Yeah, it is a big move.

My rhetorical question is, if Russia is not a terrorist state, who is? What Russia has done to the US is tantamount to a declaration of war, IMHO.

The hardest part right now is Biden is trying to secure the release of the two Americans in a trade with the Russian arms dealer. The moment he declares Russia a terrorist state, those two will disappear.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:52:56am

re: #169 Varek Raith

Yo!

Wassup!

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:53:44am

re: #169 Varek Raith

Yo!

Hey, hi, how are ya?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:53:47am

re: #167 Dopamine Fish

Don’t worry, my friend. When the time comes, I’ll be sure to deal with you personally.

///

(All seriousness: If they do launch an anti-atheist pogrom, I’d totally offer to help you get out.)

Thanks. Such help might be too late though. In Germany, atheists and socialists were the first groups rounded up (two strikes).

They are amazingly incompetent here at trying to find out who tried to burn down my house with fireworks. I’m expecting this will become a cold case very quickly, since they aren’t interested.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:54:07am

re: #168 lawhawk

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GOP and Trumpworld is clearly worried that more news is dropping about Trump and GOPers on their ongoing seditious conspiracy to end democracy in the US.

Trump met with Putin alone for 2 hours

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:54:07am

The conspiracy to overthrow American democracy is so vast, the resources of the DOJ are near the breaking point.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:54:52am

re: #170 Belafon

The hardest part right now is Biden is trying to secure the release of the two Americans in a trade with the Russian arms dealer. The moment he declares Russia a terrorist state, those two will disappear.

Well there is the CHIPS gambit now

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 6:58:06am

re: #158 Dopamine Fish

Because we must let God punish people for having sex. Jesus H. Fucking Christ. I really, really don’t want to claim to be a Christian anymore, if these assholes are the ones who are out there making headlines.

You can join our side. We have cookies. /s

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:01:28am

re: #162 Crush White Nationalism

Doctor Who’s David Tennant, Russell T. Davies And More Pay Tribute After Companion Bernard Cribbins’ Death (CinemaBlend)

I had seen stories about his death the other day. I love that it was his idea to go after a Dalek with a paintball gun.

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prairiefire  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:04:57am

Trump looks like he has skin cancer on his face. Looks turrrible

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:05:10am

I’m in the town lotto pool and have my own ticket. I’m armed and ready.

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prairiefire  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:06:18am

re: #169 Varek Raith

Hi, sweetie!

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sagehen  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:06:26am

re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

You can join our side. We have cookies. /s

what kind of cookies? If it’s oatmeal raisin, you lost me.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:07:53am

re: #182 sagehen

what kind of cookies? If it’s oatmeal raisin, you lost me.

Well, we have those geyh pride Oreos, and the cakes we like from LGBT+ bakeries.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:09:02am

re: #182 sagehen

what kind of cookies? If it’s oatmeal raisin, you lost me.

+1

No, +2

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:09:34am
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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:13:03am

re: #185 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It will be interesting to compare this to the next job reports. We haven’t had a weak job report yet. And my company is still hiring.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:18:53am

Ya gotta wonder if you actually won a billion dollars in the lotto about some basic things, like where to live.

Every relative you never heard of and every legitimate and scam charity will ring your telephone off the hook asking for money.

Is it better to live in a large city like Chicago or New York, where perhaps you can blend in with millions of people, or is it better to live in a tiny village like mine, where your town can’t be found even with a guide and a supply train.

I thought about “what would I do if I actually won the jackpot outright,” and it seemed to me perhaps giving every adult in town a million dollars might be a way to help maintain my privacy. (I do have the problem of my name and address being listed in the telephone directory though.)

I would take the annuity payout. At sometime in the future I am going to die (dammit), and if that happens before my wife does, my VA disability is cut off and she is left without any money coming in. With the annuity, those payouts would likely last for the rest of her life.

My understanding is taxes would be higher, but really, when you have that much money does it matter? Plus I don’t have objections to paying taxes: As it has been noted, taxes are the price of civilisation.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:22:51am
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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:28:53am

let’s be clear

Schumer and Manchin and the D’s did not ‘screw over’ the republicans

they passed and organized two important pieces of legislation that the country wants and needs. they weaved it through whatever process they could given how the current state of the Senate operates. as far as i can tell, they broke no rule and didnt break any promise or tell any lie. as opposed to say mcconnel//garland/barrett

it’s the R’s that are now deliberately ‘screwing over’ vets and marriage - both of which are totally unrelated to the above mentioned two bills. and they’re doing that because for some reason their feelings are hurt that the party in charge of the majority got shit done. and this is the only power they have now - to hold other people’s lives and well being hostage.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:33:45am

3/6 and 3/6

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:38:10am

re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ya gotta wonder if you actually won a billion dollars in the lotto about some basic things, like where to live.

Every relative you never heard of and every legitimate and scam charity will ring your telephone off the hook asking for money.

…

before you surface with your ticket to claim your winnings, your first call is to your lawyer. your second is to your tax accountant.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:38:15am

re: #139 jeffreyw

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Western good morning!

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:39:03am

re: #189 Dangerman

The best part is that those same Republicans already voted for and passed the bill supporting veterans. Literally the only reason they are now opposing it is because their feelings got hurt by the Democrats. If it was worth voting for the first time, why not now? Oh, because you are petty and childish and want to get back at someone because you feel the process was unfair to you? Go fuck yourselves.

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Mattand  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:40:35am

re: #10 rhuarc

Finally watched the full diatribe from Jon Stewart about the PACT act. The one thing that annoyed me about the whole thing, and in general annoys me about Stewart post late night retirement, is that he likes to both sides issues and/or keep the exact cause in a gray area. For example, in his diatribe he never once mentions the Republican party. He mentions specific Senators by name, but the average American has no idea which party that Senator is with. He references the Senate multiple times which allows both siders to jump on board. Not once did he mentioned the Republican party and their total failure and disgust towards veterans and the American people. Because he doesn’t once mention the Republican party if any of his quotables are printed the average American isn’t going to understand who is to blame.

He’s been pushing that Magic Balance Fairy bullshit since the Rally to Restore Sanity, or whatever it was, back in 2011. The movie he directed a few years ago pushes that narrative as well.

The only thing I can think of is that he’s doing a variation of what the South Park guys do: we can’t be funny if we come down on one side, so both sides must be equally bad.

I also wonder if he’s experiencing his own “When you get older, you get conservative” Dennis Miller moments. Everyone seems to have forgotten his appearance on Colbert’s show. It was the first one after restrictions were lifted and Stewart was the first guest. He went on a mini-rant about basically “Why can’t we it call it the Wuhan flu, since it’s from Wuhan?” Colbert even seemed stunned by it. It was really unclear if Stewart was joking or not.

There’s a science podcast I think I’ve mentioned before that pulls this as well. Their main goal is promote science education and only mention politics when it’s applicable. Which, fine, I understand. The problem is when they deal with stuff that’s clearly a GOP party plank, like banning abortion or out-of-control gun violence due to 2nd Amendment worship, they get all cutesy and complain that “politicians” need to educate themselves better.

And it’s like, “Jesus Fucking Christ, Republicans are the party that most anti-science policy springs from in the US! Just FUCKING NAME THEM!!!” It’s always a hoot to listen to these guys talk about voters need the political will to address things like climate change, because the offing political will is to vote out all the science-denying politicians.

Guess which party those fruitcakes belong to?

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:41:01am

Alexa, play “Sad Trombone”.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:43:49am

re: #193 Dopamine Fish

The best part is that those same Republicans already voted for and passed the bill supporting veterans. Literally the only reason they are now opposing it is because their feelings got hurt by the Democrats. If it was worth voting for the first time, why not now? Oh, because you are petty and childish and want to get back at someone because you feel the process was unfair to you? Go fuck yourselves.

that’s the key - it wasnt in fact.
what mcconnell did to scotus was. but that’s irreversible so he took the hit

they were outplayed
fair and square
for all to see
and it burns them

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:44:41am

About that Chick-Fil-A thing: The company says they don’t support the “paying volunteers with Chicken” thing and that it was a stupid thing a franchisee should totally NOT have done.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:45:03am

Also, this Twitter account is worth a follow IMO:

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darthstar  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:45:07am
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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:46:53am

re: #195 Dopamine Fish

Alexa, play “Sad Trombone”.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:48:07am

re: #109 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My opinion is that starting with The Wall his stuff went from cynical to outright negative. And unfortunately without Gilmour and others from Pink Floyd as leavening or otherwise a limiting factor like it still was on The Wall the output (e.g. The Final Cut as a prime example) sounds like whining and being pissed off his father was killed in WW2. It might be musically complex and interesting as some of the reviewers claim, but to me it’s something I have no interest in listening to a second time.

Ditto

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darthstar  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:50:16am

I find obsessing about tfg to get a little tiresome, but you don’t really appreciate how unhealthy he actually is until you see him standing next to someone who actually is healthy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:50:58am

re: #140 Barefoot Grin

Would not surprise me at all to see some Christian Nationalist organization bring a “sabbath” case to SCOTUS and have them rule that all Americans must observe the Sabbath to keep it holy and cite not only precedence (Blue Laws) but also Chik-fil-A.

That would interfere with making money. Poor people work on weekends, bosses can afford to have Sundays for their leisure.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:53:29am

re: #203 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That would interfere with making money. Poor people work on weekends, bosses can afford to have Sundays Saturdays for their leisure.

;-) (1/2)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:55:01am

re: #175 No Malarkey!

The conspiracy to overthrow American democracy is so vast, the resources of the DOJ are near the breaking point.

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That was part of the strategy: make it so vast and expansive that that investigators just cannot keep up with the new revelations.

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:57:41am

re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ya gotta wonder if you actually won a billion dollars in the lotto about some basic things, like where to live.

Every relative you never heard of and every legitimate and scam charity will ring your telephone off the hook asking for money.

Is it better to live in a large city like Chicago or New York, where perhaps you can blend in with millions of people, or is it better to live in a tiny village like mine, where your town can’t be found even with a guide and a supply train.

I thought about “what would I do if I actually won the jackpot outright,” and it seemed to me perhaps giving every adult in town a million dollars might be a way to help maintain my privacy. (I do have the problem of my name and address being listed in the telephone directory though.)

I would take the annuity payout. At sometime in the future I am going to die (dammit), and if that happens before my wife does, my VA disability is cut off and she is left without any money coming in. With the annuity, those payouts would likely last for the rest of her life.

My understanding is taxes would be higher, but really, when you have that much money does it matter? Plus I don’t have objections to paying taxes: As it has been noted, taxes are the price of civilisation.

Ah, what to do if you win the lottery - especially one as big as the $1 billion jackpot.

I’d take the lump sum, which is roughly $648 million, because I probably could manage the money better than a set annuity, but I also have a different intention. After federal and state taxes, that leaves you with… a measly ~$400 million.

I’d probably scoop about $20 million off for family/friends. See that the money goes into trust to heirs (set up will/estate/trust plan). The rest would go to various philanthropic endeavors. No need to buy another house (or houses). I’d buy a new car. I’d retire. Go travel and see the rest of the national parks on my bucket list. Charity work would be my new profession. I’d invest in my community. I’d invest in people.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 29, 2022 • 7:59:43am

re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That was part of the strategy: make it so vast and expansive that that investigators just cannot keep up with the new revelations.

IIRC, that’s the Roy Cohn paybook.

Youtube Video

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:04:32am

re: #86 The Pie Overlord!

HEY MARGE: Those countries usually shoot people who are trying to LEAVE.

Marge is a Nazi, so fantasies about slaughtering brown men, women and children gets her aroused.

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:07:30am
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Varek Raith  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:09:41am

Doing good. Except for unannounced zoom meeting that ened just a few minutes ago.
>_>

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Crush White Nationalism  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:12:44am

re: #210 Varek Raith

Doing good. Except for unannounced zoom meeting that ened just a few minutes ago.
>_>

I’m in a Zoom meeting right now. My only Zoom meeting. The rest have transitioned to Teams.

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darthstar  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:14:26am

Okay - think I’ll play mega millions tonight and if I win, everyone on this thread above me gets something special (mortgage forgiveness, student loan debt pay off, breast implants…whatevs.)

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:15:08am

re: #211 Crush White Nationalism

I’m in a Zoom meeting right now. My only Zoom meeting. The rest have transitioned to Teams.

My office is going to transition from GoToMeeting to Zoom.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:15:58am

re: #212 darthstar

Okay - think I’ll play mega millions tonight and if I win, everyone on this thread above me gets something special (mortgage forgiveness, student loan debt pay off, breast implants…whatevs.)

Sweet!

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BigPapa  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:17:14am

re: #212 darthstar

Don’t give me breast implants. I’d never leave the house.

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darthstar  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:19:16am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:19:56am

Merle Haggard was our slang for Pearl Lager

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:25:58am
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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:26:31am

re: #212 darthstar

Okay - think I’ll play mega millions tonight and if I win, everyone on this thread above me gets something special (mortgage forgiveness, student loan debt pay off, breast implants…whatevs.)

Speaking of Student Loan Debt-

No Billing notices for Student Loans

Even during the past year, my student loan payment has been pulled directly from my checking account, but not this month. Maybe a more full forgiveness on the horizon…???

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Eventual Carrion  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:31:50am

re: #99 TarHellion

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Will take the par 4 after hitting the tee shot in the deep rough. Had another monsoon yesterday afternoon, giving us nearly 10 inches of rain this month. But thankfully nothing like what has happened in neighboring states. Enjoy Friday and the weekend Lizard peoples!

4/6 for me also

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:31:50am

Do something.

GOP will oppose. It will go to the Senate, where it will die because the GOP puts easy access to buying guns designed with one purpose only: to kill people.

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HRH Stanley Sea  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:33:10am

Took my time today
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Eventual Carrion  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:33:25am

re: #102 Dangerman

Fox News poll in Pennsylvania

Fetterman 11-point lead over Oz

Shapiro 10 over Mastriano

I hope it holds. I see way too many Mastriano signs around my area.

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:40:35am

re: #223 Eventual Carrion

I hope it holds. I see way too many Mastriano signs around my area.

If signs were everything, Beto would have beaten Cruz four years ago.

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:45:30am

I don’t know if you watch Craig of the Creek, but if you don’t, and you have access to HBO Max, you should. There are five episodes at the end of season 3 called “Capture the Flag” that basically represent America and, in particular, the Democratic party.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:47:09am

The 🇿 trolls are out in force to deal with the fallout from the Ukrainian PoW’s getting shelled in Donetsk. Like, I had to explain to one who posted a nasty video supposedly showing Ukrainians executing Russian captives that
a) Russians are known to have committed perfidy during this invasion of Ukrainian territory.
b) The not all rules for PoW apply to Unlawful Combattants, like if those Russians were caught red-handed committing “manifestly unlawful” acts, it could end like that…

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:51:57am

re: #226 Teukka

The 🇿 trolls are out in force to deal with the fallout from the Ukrainian PoW’s getting shelled in Donetsk. Like, I had to explain to one who posted a nasty video supposedly showing Ukrainians executing Russian captives that
a) Russians are known to have committed perfidy during this invasion of Ukrainian territory.
b) The not all rules for PoW apply to Unlawful Combattants, like if those Russians were caught red-handed committing “manifestly unlawful” acts, it could end like that…

What happened exactly? Who’s in control of Donetsk? Are the POWs Ukrainian soldiers or are they Russians being held by Ukraine? (I’m just tired enough I can’t quite parse out the details.)

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:56:03am

Very convenient amnesia.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 8:56:23am

re: #227 Belafon

What happened exactly? Who’s in control of Donetsk? Are the POWs Ukrainian soldiers or are they Russians being held by Ukraine? (I’m just tired enough I can’t quite parse out the details.)

Russian controlled territory in Donetsk. A PoW facility with Ukrainian PoW’s. It got shelled, and Russia is blaming Ukraine and vice versa… Most likely culprits are the Russians…

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Varek Raith  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:00:50am

How have all of you been doing?

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:02:26am

re: #230 Varek Raith

How have all of you been doing?

Been better, been worse. You?

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:07:27am

re: #115 Teukka

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Captain Ron  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:10:33am
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:11:39am

re: #230 Varek Raith

How have all of you been doing?

Didn’t sleep well last night, but fell back asleep this morning after walking the dog. I dreamed that I left my wallet on the back of a toilet in some posh hotel, but I woke up before I could get back to the restroom. I’m thinking of taking a nap to see if I can find it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:13:16am

C’mon, this way of thinking (I will not call it “logic”) is hard-wired in the Religious Right:
Homosexuality/Transgenderism is as abomination unto the Lord
God does not create Evil in this world
ergo
These Gays/Trans people must recruit from among the innocent and helpless
ergo ergo
Save a Child by Killing a Queer.

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:15:47am

re: #234 Barefoot Grin

Didn’t sleep well last night, but fell back asleep this morning after walking the dog. I dreamed that I left my wallet on the back of a toilet in some posh hotel, but I woke up before I could get back to the restroom. I’m thinking of taking a nap to see if I can find it.

While you’re there, see if you can find the MegaMillion’s numbers.

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BeenHereAwhile  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:16:48am

re: #109 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My opinion is that starting with The Wall his stuff went from cynical to outright negative. And unfortunately without Gilmour and others from Pink Floyd as leavening or otherwise a limiting factor like it still was on The Wall the output (e.g. The Final Cut as a prime example) sounds like whining and being pissed off his father was killed in WW2. It might be musically complex and interesting as some of the reviewers claim, but to me it’s something I have no interest in listening to a second time.

This has been a favorite of mine since its release.

Youtube Video

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Varek Raith  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:18:00am

re: #231 Dopamine Fish

Been better, been worse. You?

About the same. :D

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:21:46am

re: #236 Belafon

While you’re there, see if you can find the MegaMillion’s numbers.

I’ll admit that I bought a ticket last round and then fell into a funk over how I was going to deal with that much wealth.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:24:49am

re: #235 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

C’mon, this way of thinking (I will not call it “logic”) is hard-wired in the Religious Right:
Homosexuality/Transgenderism is as abomination unto the Lord
God does not create Evil in this world
ergo
These Gays/Trans people must recruit from among the innocent and helpless
ergo ergo
Save a Child by Killing a Queer.

Ancient antisemitic canard:
“They” encourage immorality among Christian youth… And you change “they” from Jews to some other out-group, and Sexualbolschevismus to globohomo, and the marks don’t notice a thing… *sigh*

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:25:50am

re: #240 Teukka

Ancient antisemitic canard:
“They” encourage immorality among Christian youth… And you change “they” from Jews to some other out-group, and Sexualbolschevismus to globohomo, and the marks don’t notice a thing… *sigh*

“Cultural Marxism”?

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:25:55am

re: #235 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

C’mon, this way of thinking (I will not call it “logic”) is hard-wired in the Religious Right:
Homosexuality/Transgenderism is as abomination unto the Lord
God does not create Evil in this world
ergo
These Gays/Trans people must recruit from among the innocent and helpless
ergo ergo
Save a Child by Killing a Queer.

well apparently god’s ok with this, cause theyre not outsmarting god, right?

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:27:15am

re: #239 Barefoot Grin

I’ll admit that I bought a ticket last round and then fell into a funk over how I was going to deal with that much wealth.

don’t ever let that be a concern.
lizards are here to help

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:28:25am

I produced another NYC comedy show:

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:29:55am

re: #239 Barefoot Grin

I’ll admit that I bought a ticket last round and then fell into a funk over how I was going to deal with that much wealth.

I’ve decided that I want to pay of mine and some other people’s bills, have either a small house or apartment or condo near a university where I can walk to everything, and then make a company that does to other learning areas what Duolingo has done for language. I want any person who would like to learn all of physics - or math, or history, or medicine, or whatever - to be able to go to one place and have a structured way to learn a topic, including resources for practicing. While there’s a whole lot of stuff on the internet, it can be daunting finding it.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:30:18am

re: #241 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Cultural Marxism”?

cf. “Kulturbolschevismus”. Basically, the same thing, only cultural marxism has a updated questionable etymology to distract the marks from it being basically the same old shit…

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William Lewis  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:30:28am

re: #233 Captain Ron

Damn it,I did my early primary vote for her.

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:31:30am

re: #233 Captain Ron

Is there someone running the rest don’t like, like the way everyone rallied around Biden against Bernie, or is it just to show unity early?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:33:15am

re: #246 Teukka

cf. “Kulturbolschevismus”. Basically, the same thing, only cultural marxism has a updated questionable etymology to distract the marks from it being basically the same old shit…

So it sounds like a hot new take

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A Cranky One  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:33:34am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:35:26am

re: #149 Hecuba’s daughter

So Alito is trying to claim that Boris’ downfall was due to his support of women’s rights? Really infuriating that he is confirming that his decisions are guided by his religious views rather than the Constitution but he will face no backlash for that policy.

White supremacist theocracy coming your way now!

Notice how brave Alito was to spout off with that crap in Rome while the Pope is in Canada.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:39:51am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

Notice how brave Alito was to spout off with that crap in Rome while the Pope is in Canada.

Apologizing for a genuine historic wrong.

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:46:08am

re: #130 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

“hostility to religion”

How would Alito feel about being required to bow in the direction of Mecca five times a day?

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:46:35am

re: #166 Dangerman

as long as they keep getting re-elected, at least that much

They learned from the master — Donald Trump, who was incapable of telling the truth his entire life. Of course, there was also Bush and the WMD lie that got us involved in Iraq and distracted from Afghanistan.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:48:08am

re: #254 Hecuba’s daughter

They learned from the master — Donald Trump, who was incapable of telling the truth his entire life. Of course, there was also Bush and the WMD lie that got us involved in Iraq and distracted from Afghanistan.

Trump did tell the truth at least once: When he said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and the MAGA mob would still vote for him.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:49:02am

re: #169 Varek Raith

Yo!

Long time no see!

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aatharuv  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:49:45am

re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ya gotta wonder if you actually won a billion dollars in the lotto about some basic things, like where to live.

Every relative you never heard of and every legitimate and scam charity will ring your telephone off the hook asking for money.

Is it better to live in a large city like Chicago or New York, where perhaps you can blend in with millions of people, or is it better to live in a tiny village like mine, where your town can’t be found even with a guide and a supply train.

I thought about “what would I do if I actually won the jackpot outright,” and it seemed to me perhaps giving every adult in town a million dollars might be a way to help maintain my privacy. (I do have the problem of my name and address being listed in the telephone directory though.)

I would take the annuity payout. At sometime in the future I am going to die (dammit), and if that happens before my wife does, my VA disability is cut off and she is left without any money coming in. With the annuity, those payouts would likely last for the rest of her life.

My understanding is taxes would be higher, but really, when you have that much money does it matter? Plus I don’t have objections to paying taxes: As it has been noted, taxes are the price of civilisation.

And civilization is needed to protect the property rights that libertarianish conservatives hold sacred. I’ll hold my breath waiting for them to propose a wealth tax to replace all other taxes…. Nope.

On another note, in some states, you can claim a lottery anonymously.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:51:26am

re: #255 Eclectic Cyborg

Trump did tell the truth at least once: When he said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and the MAGA mob would still vote for him.

And our press would publish reports on what an awful person he shot and how it was not only self-defense, he was removing a clear and present danger to America.

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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:51:51am

re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So it sounds like a hot new take

Bingo!
*hands over 9,000 internets*

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:52:20am
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Teukka  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:54:30am

Good lord, they’ve lost the compass that tells them what they can get away with…

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Belafon  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:54:49am

re: #260 jaunte

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But can’t you see that you forcing me to not force you to join my religion is interfering with my religious freedom? //

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:55:39am

re: #262 Belafon

“Violent crusade is our sacrament!”

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 9:57:17am

Enlisting the enforcement arm of the state to force your religious tenets on people who don’t share them is violence, even if you personally don’t lift a finger.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:01:46am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:02:35am

re: #223 Eventual Carrion

I hope it holds. I see way too many Mastriano signs around my area.

I see the Mastriano and Trump signs here and there on the back roads. Usually the places with their acre (or two) or land, the $400,000 house and a couple of pickups and a regular car.

Went by one built up place with an expensive home, nice lawn, etc. and on both sides of it now a development of postage stamp lots and those ugly cookie-cutter $500K houses have sprouted up. I am willing to bet that was not what they planned to see happen to the farmland around them when they built the place, unless they are also said developer and are essentially cashing in on land bought 20-30 years ago.

When my brother bought land back in the 1990s he got a large enough plot with an auction and a separate purchase that if he had built a house* on it he had a location picked out where he essentially owned most of the view and also all the land for at least a few hundred yards in every direction.**

* - I doubt he’ll build one there at this point. I presume the land will go to my niece or be willed to a conservation group. Most of it is currently being farmed for soybeans or corn by a local farmer.

** - He still has issues with the neighbor who got the adjacent plot in the auction. Basically someone who does not understand what a “no trespassing” sign means when they want to ride their horses. Plus the sort of fools who put up fences right *on* the property line without thinking they need access on both sides of the fence for maintenance and mowing.

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Dangerman  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:11:20am
The Penn Wharton Budget Model finds the budget reconciliation package being considered by Senate Democrats “would reduce non-interest cumulative deficits by $248 billion” and “the impact on inflation is statistically indistinguishable from zero.”

do not let the R’s get away with “i cant vote for this because inflation”.
sure, they wont vote for it anyway, of course

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:11:32am

re: #199 darthstar

“Effective TODAY, July 27th, 2022, ANY North Carolina Citizen on probation, parole, or post-release supervision is immediately eligible to register and vote in North Carolina, marking the largest expansion of voting rights since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”

How did that happen? The governor is a Democrat but the legislature is majority Republican. That does not seem like something a GOP legislature would ever support.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:13:12am

re: #268 Hecuba’s daughter

How did that happen? The governor is a Democrat but the legislature is majority Republican. That does not seem like something a GOP legislature would ever support.

They want to preserve Madison Cawthorne’s vote.
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:13:13am

re: #202 darthstar

I find obsessing about tfg to get a little tiresome, but you don’t really appreciate how unhealthy he actually is until you see him standing next to someone who actually is healthy.

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Greg Norman is a decade younger. So he has that going for him.

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:19:12am

A major Russian propaganda arm in the US just got busted…

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Mattand  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:20:17am

re: #202 darthstar

I find obsessing about tfg to get a little tiresome, but you don’t really appreciate how unhealthy he actually is until you see him standing next to someone who actually is healthy.

When that motherfucker finally has the five alarm coronary that’s around the corner for him, you’re gonna start seeing stories about the gargantuan amount of drugs and procedures he was having a daily or weekly basis just to keep him upright.

I mean, like “Darth Vader needing a suit of armor to keep him alive everyday” level of medical care.

I just wish Trump would hurry up already. I generally don’t wish that on most human beings, but he is such a mortal threat to this country, I’m waiving my rule on that one.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:31:22am

re: #239 Barefoot Grin

I’ll admit that I bought a ticket last round and then fell into a funk over how I was going to deal with that much wealth.

No funk for me. After (as mentioned above) contacting an attorney and an accountant, neither of whom I have now, and finding out how to distribute money to my family, I would learn how to set up a PAC to contribute to Democratic candidates. They are harassing me nonstop now — but then I could help them out. Also would give a substantial donation to several charities, including those helping out our canine and feline companions. And I would take it in a single amount, not an annuity.

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:35:01am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:35:37am

re: #260 jaunte

When has the Roman Catholic Church ever been hostile to other religions?

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BeenHereAwhile  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:37:37am

re: #272 Mattand

When that motherfucker finally has the five alarm coronary that’s around the corner for him, you’re gonna start seeing stories about the gargantuan amount of drugs and procedures he was having a daily or weekly basis just to keep him upright.

I mean, like “Darth Vader needing a suit of armor to keep him alive everyday” level of medical care.

I just wish Trump would hurry up already. I generally don’t wish that on most human beings, but he is such a mortal threat to this country, I’m waiving my rule on that one.

Probate will be Jarndyce v Jarndyce.

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lawhawk  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:38:09am

re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

When has the Roman Catholic Church ever been hostile to other religions?

When have they not been? /

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Jay C  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:38:33am

re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

When has the Roman Catholic Church ever been hostile to other religions?

For quite a while…..

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terraincognita  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:40:44am

re: #247 William Lewis
A vote for Godlewski still a solid vote. My early vote was for Barnes—figured he would be the eventual primary winner. Really an impressive array of candidates going after the Democratic nomination. Now let’s just get the Fascio-McCheddarhead Johnson out of there in November. Baldwin and Barnes from Wisconsin—getting back to progressive state normal.

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No Malarkey!  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:41:01am

AG Cameron requesting the Court of Appeals lift the temporary injunction allowing abortion to remain legal in Kentucky. He lost when he tried to get the TRO lifted, which the judge replaced with the injunction.

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:41:24am

re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

When has the Roman Catholic Church ever been hostile to other religions?

“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:44:00am

Average gas price in Texas is 3.761, down better than sixteen cents from last week (3.922). This is the biggest one week drop in several years.
Once again, true blue Webb County (67% Biden in 2020) has the lowest prices in the state, 3.407, while Red gouger-hell Roberts County (97% Trump) has the highest (4.659). The difference between the two counties is an astounding 1.252 per gallon.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:44:00am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:45:52am

re: #274 lawhawk

I was True Neutral when I had Tuxedo Cat and Floof Cat both attacking toilet paper rolls that were in the dispensers.

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Varek Raith  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:46:53am

re: #274 lawhawk

Lawful evil it is then!

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:50:08am

re: #274 lawhawk

I could be any one of about 6 of those, depending on how lazy I’m feeling on any given day.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:50:50am

re: #282 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Average gas price in Texas is 3.761, down better than sixteen cents from last week (3.922). This is the biggest one week drop in several years.
Once again, true blue Webb County (67% Biden in 2020) has the lowest prices in the state, 3.407, while Red gouger-hell Roberts County (97% Trump) has the highest (4.659). The difference between the two counties is an astounding 1.252 per gallon.

I am still seeing pump prices in the $4.50 range around here. (Western PA north of Pittsburgh.) No idea how often fresh gasoline supplies are delivered in the area and I guess the price will adjust downward a bit then. Though there are obvious transportation costs since I think the nearest refineries are about 200-300 miles away (Toledo or Philadelphia).

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Dopamine Fish  Jul 29, 2022 • 10:52:38am

re: #287 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I am still seeing pump prices in the $4.50 range around here. (Western PA north of Pittsburgh.) No idea how often fresh gasoline supplies are delivered in the area and I guess the price will adjust downward a bit then. Though there are obvious transportation costs since I think the nearest refineries are about 200-300 miles away (Toledo or Philadelphia).

Ours have just started to come down here in the wild north country; I think it came down from a peak of $4.59 to $4.19 within the past week. Notably, we never saw anywhere near the highs other folks elsewhere saw. The only $5 gas I saw was premium stuff.

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jaunte  Jul 29, 2022 • 11:00:58am
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Dizzy  Jul 29, 2022 • 11:34:56am

re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

When has the Roman Catholic Church ever been hostile to other religions?

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!


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