The War on Drugs - Harmonia’s Dream (Live at the Ukranian Cultural Center LA))

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The War On Drugs perform their GRAMMY-nominated ‘Harmonia’s Dream’ from their album ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore.’ Filmed at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

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181 comments
1
Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:06:30pm

I can’t escape this memory
It’s like a dream, it’s got me up all night again
And you’re all that I can see
But I been here before, I’ve crossed so many roads
Never needed more than I could hold

Running and returning
In a vision, you’re a ghost in black and white
A silhouette in blue and green
I lay awake at night and wait for you to come
Been hangin’ on so hard and now I can’t let go

I’m in a rollin’ wave
That moves across the line
Am I losin’ my faith?
We’re gonna lose it in time

Leaves are falling down like rain
In the mornin’, I just stand alone outside
And I watch ‘em blow away
It’s so hard to find a friеnd these days
Oh, babe, I’m sinkin’

Summеr comes and rain gets in
It’s like I’m lookin’ through the glass on the other side
I’m not tryna make you wait
But I don’t need it anymore, and I can’t turn back
And give it all away when it’s all I have

I’m in a rollin’ wave
That moves across the line
Am I losin’ my faith?
We’re gonna lose it in time
Sometimes forwards is the only way back
To reach the hill in time

I was lost in the light that can’t be seen
Don’t move around in front of me
I’m on a scene, I’m overdrive
You lay awake, you know the way
You know the path I’m walkin’ on
Are we the cast you’re leanin’ on?
You know the coast, you’re on your own

Well, I’m gone like a light that can’t be seen
Don’t look away, it’s just a dream
I’m out of touch, so out of reach
It’s comin’ back and I’m movin’ fast
Just one more day and I’m home at last
I need that love I’m dreamin’ on
I know the cost

You’re on your own
Oh-oh
You’re on your own
Oh-oh

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teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:08:30pm

These chuds think damaging their bodies is worth it.

I’ve never understood “lifting” culture. Yeah, make yourselves into a homonculous mongoloid, bulge out all of your muscles, take steroids to facilitate all of this (which reduces and sometimes eliminates their sex drive, which they are also obsessed about) and then, what? A chemically broken body and a complete asshole disposition. Just peep any of @NickAdamsinUSA’s pictures of himself, He’s swol, he’s also most likely impotent.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:10:26pm

This is one of those two-chords-forever songs.

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teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:16:06pm

You want to talk about feats of strength?

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wrenchwench  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:17:00pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

This is one of those two-chords-forever songs.

So much more complex than one.

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Captain Ron  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:20:25pm

My daughter gave me a belt for Christmas. I told her 34”. I open the box and the belt is 48” long. Later I fished through the literature and found out it is a cut-to-fit belt. That’s pretty nifty.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:22:44pm
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piratedan  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:28:44pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

and the VP and the local community just accept it, doing what needs to be done to help these people (and they ARE people, not props) find shelter and get them into the system.

I can understand if you’re making a point about immigration policy, but like most lssues that the GOP adopts as causes, they have no idea on how to fix it, they just want to use it as a cudgel to amplify fear and distrust.

same as abortion
same as gender policy
same as environmental issues

they have no interest in a good faith discussion on complicated issues, no compassion, no plans… just how can it be exploited to show how Dems are failing you, rinse and repeat.

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teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:29:20pm

Here’s one of the fascist shitheads Elmo let back on Twitter after being banned for fucked up shit musing about regular people.

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:32:14pm

re: #9 teleskiguy

So he admits he’s too much of a wuss to endure a normal person’s life.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:33:57pm

re: #10 BigPapa

basically.

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Dangerman  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:35:10pm

re: #9 teleskiguy

Because you’re clueless

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:38:30pm

re: #12 Dangerman

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Because you’re clueless

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:41:18pm

I’m tempted to get an account on Twittr so I can call him Cobra Taint.

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William Lewis  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:47:30pm

re: #14 BigPapa

I’m tempted to get an account on Twittr so I can call him Cobra Taint.

Tell him that thanks to your family you’re a far richer man than he’ll ever be.

(edit for clarity)

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Joe Bacon  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:53:26pm

re: #2 teleskiguy

Teleskiguy I have lost count of the disability cases I’ve handled involving bodybuilders who abuse steroids.

The end results of flooding a jock’s body with steroids and overloading protein/insulin/HGH on a body include:

Brain tumors especially tumors in the pituitary gland from HGH abuse
Liver Cancer/Cirrhosis/Liver failure
Diabetes
Osteoarthritis
Enlarged hearts
Pulmonary stenosis
Impotence
Breast cancer in men
Blindness
Kidney failure
Strokes
Ruptured tendons
Parkinsons
Psychotic disorders

And yet these narcissistic nincompoops still want to strut on stage in a thong for a check that won’t cover their medical expenses when the steroids present their IOU for payback.

But I also note that in the gyms I’ve gone to these hard core bodybuilders are full blown libertarians who are really into selfishness and oh man are they sociopathic.

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:55:15pm

If you want to done to help the reservations that are having to burn their clothes for fuel, here’s a link: friendsofpineridgereservation.org

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2022 • 8:56:40pm
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sizzzzlerz  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:23:36pm

re: #16 Joe Bacon

Teleskiguy I have lost count of the disability cases I’ve handled involving bodybuilders who abuse to steroids

Years ago, well before steroids became known in the gen pop, I had an office mate who had been a hard core body builder. He was on parole for stealing horse steroids from a vet. He claimed not to use them himself but to sell to his lifting buddies, as if that made any difference. Kind of shook me back then to think someone was so focused on getting bigger that they would inject something never approved for use on humans. Still kind of creeps me out.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:28:18pm

re: #19 sizzzzlerz

It’s illegal to inject them into horses, except certain kinds in certain situations. They have developed sensitive tests to catch the idiots that do that to horses for competition.

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sizzzzlerz  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:31:51pm

re: #20 retired cynic

It’s illegal to inject them into horses, except certain kinds in certain situations. They have developed sensitivee tests to catch the idiots that do that to horses for competition.

This was in the early 80s. I expect rules were more lax then.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:31:53pm

re: #19 sizzzzlerz

Years ago, well before steroids became known in the gen pop, I had an office mate who had been a hard core body builder. He was on parole for stealing horse steroids from a vet. He claimed not to use them himself but to sell to his lifting buddies, as if that made any difference. Kind of shook me back then to think someone was so focused on getting bigger that they would inject something never approved for use on humans. Still kind of creeps me out.

The Washington Post has been doing an expose on steroid abuse by bodybuilders.

These three articles show just how dangerous it is and how so called “coaches” who have NO CENSORED MEDICAL TRAINING are forcing them on clients…who die.

Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures

washingtonpost.com

What bodybuilders do to their bodies — and brains

washingtonpost.com

Coached until she collapsed, an aspiring bodybuilder is now on life support

washingtonpost.com

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:32:31pm

re: #22 Joe Bacon

That last article left me in tears.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:38:00pm

re: #23 retired cynic

That last article left me in tears.

Not only was I in tears. I was motherfathering ANGRY at that punk who got away with destroying that girl’s life.

The first link I posted is PERSONAL for me because it involves a good friend who died from steroid abuse—George Peterson. George and I became friends on Facebook. He knew I suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and sometimes I had bad RA attacks. He would keep in touch with me and if I didn’t post anything he’d get concerned. When I had bad attacks he kept my spirits up continually giving me positive motivation. And I just cheered him on as he was going to compete in the 212 Olympia.

and then right before the Olympia…George was found dead in his hotel room…and the autopsy showed steroids…lots of those god-damned compounds in his system…and his “trainer”…well don’t get me started about that fucking weasel…

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:38:03pm

It’s going down.

Ginger Bread Housing
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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:39:43pm

re: #25 BigPapa

It’s going down.

[Embedded content]

Why the Best Gingerbread Takes Months to Make
German lebkuchen are a labor of love, with a 700-hundred-year history.
atlasobscura.com

In 1296, in the city of Ulm on the Danube River, Franconian monks invented a culinary wonder. Thanks to the Old Salt Road, a trading route through Germany out to the Far East, the monks had access to cinnamon, cloves, and anise. They didn’t have much in the way of butter, flour, or sugar, but they had nuts from the forest and honey from the monastery’s apiaries.

One day, a clever friar had the idea to knead the spoils of the spice trade into the kind of cakey, honey-enriched dough that locals had enjoyed since Roman times. According to legend, they improvised a rather ingenious way of keeping them from sticking in the oven: by baking them on leftover Communion wafers.

The result was a cookie that bordered on miraculous: rich and sweet, and capable of maintaining its soft texture for months. When snowfall cut off supplies from out of town, lebkuchen became a calorically dense form of sustenance and a rare bright spot after the dark descent of the Northern European winter solstice.

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sizzzzlerz  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:42:06pm

re: #22 Joe Bacon

And, of course, it isn’t just body building. Its baseball, football, cycling. Pick a sport and someone will be abusing drugs to gain that 1/10 of a second or to lift a couple more pounds or jack another dinger. There has been progress made in some areas to try and stop it but it is still happening. What’s worse, is that it’s crept down to younger athletes where testing is lax to non-existent.

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:45:35pm

re: #26 retired cynic

Wow that’s a wormhole. Nice find.

Wifey is not happy. She is a judge and she’s too much a softie.

Now we’ve had the first collapse.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:47:40pm

re: #27 sizzzzlerz

And, of course, it isn’t just body building. Its baseball, football, cycling. Pick a sport and someone will be abusing drugs to gain that 1/10 of a second or to lift a couple more pounds or jack another dinger. There has been progress made in some areas to try and stop it but it is still happening. What’s worse, is that it’s crept down to younger athletes where testing is lax to non-existent.

Memories of high school 50 years ago when doctors were giving “vitamin shots” to jocks on the football team…and those jocks got very aggressive endlessly bullying the outcasts in school.

Turns out the “vitamin shots” were testosterone. That came out in my junior year when one of the star jocks dropped dead during training camp. Turned out he had an enlarged heart…from the testosterone Dr Jockstrap was injecting in him every week…and di that stop the other jocks from getting those shots????

Nope…

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 9:48:45pm

Building permits not submitted. Multiple code violations.

I’m open to being bribed.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:04:54pm

Thank God that’s over for another year.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:06:59pm

re: #31 Dave In Austin

Noticed the countdown, but missed what it was about.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:08:32pm

re: #32 retired cynic

Noticed the countdown, but missed what it was about.

I spend every Christmas under the bed.
I hate every minute of December.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:09:37pm

re: #33 Dave In Austin

Sorry! I don’t look forward to it anymore, but I don’t dread it.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:13:10pm

Monday’s wordle took 6

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

As Grunthos said, not a kind one.

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:21:12pm

After all the gingerbread houses built… the construction crews go for mom’s banana lumpia because Hawaii.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:40:58pm

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:41:06pm

And Tony Snark tweeted kek in response to a right wing shitbird.

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CleverToad  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:48:31pm

nice quiet Christmas has been put to bed. still have about 20 cards to finish before twelfth night, but wottheheck. sweetest gift I got is from my ‘extra son’ — a handmade clay angel in blue because he knows I love cobalt glass. *melts my semi-mom heart*

good night, lizards. sweet dreams.

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BigPapa  Dec 25, 2022 • 10:52:10pm

re: #37 Joe Bacon

F that guy. All the $ and power and you’re a shitposting troll.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 25, 2022 • 11:07:38pm

Well, that was a challenge. 5/6

K3ZpVDdYQXhaU25lVnNuL2w5T2plTUhqc2JJWmxPWCt5enNjaXV3SDI5OXF1b1JQNUxKWHNZWFE5MStDTUxmZHg3aTRkZHdvMm42MFZ2S2VyelgxLzU3eWZGK1dacXFTL2RobnMrMkttOWlaRll3U2RJUm1OSmJxSWd5UXlyOGFxRDhhZ212RmVVdUhPRUM2Smp6aGNNSG92MjdaUlFQRDgrdXBoSlhCRXo4PTo6g+rwJpP7KBVM+niIm5CsKw==

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 25, 2022 • 11:47:22pm

.


“Ave Maria” Rosa Ponselle 1926





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Captain Ron  Dec 26, 2022 • 12:22:00am

My friend’s wife bought him an e-bike. I texted her, “So?”

“We have a bike & a happy camper. Next bike arrives 12/28.”

“Sweet. Don’t forget helmets!”

She bought two.

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Captain Ron  Dec 26, 2022 • 12:49:12am

I got the coolest flannel shirt for Christmas. It is fleece lined on the torso and the sleeves are lined with nylon and Thinsulate. It has two button pockets on the chest. I thought if only it had pockets down on the sides near the belt line it would perfect. I slid my hands down where pockets would be and there they were there. Cha-ching!

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ericblair  Dec 26, 2022 • 12:53:08am

Reposted from last thread. This is misogynist fascist-ajacent white trustafarian Taibbi becoming dimly aware that Yes He May Be The Asshole and declaring war on those nasty non people who are making him feel this way. Multiply this by several million for political effect.

Remember, fuck YOUR feelings, not his.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2022 • 2:21:36am

I’ve not watched the TV show House Hunters in awhile - I think they took a break during the pandemic - but I checked it out and see that they’ve had some recent episodes featuring San Diego.

So I watched three of them, and was reminded of why I despise the real estate business.

First episode - single woman, professional (engineer plus side business in finance), wants to buy. But her budget is too small and she is a surfer and wants to be by the ocean. Her budget is under $700k and she learns that she can’t afford a house in San Diego city so she settles for an attached unit (at about that price.)

What was so obvious is that here was a young woman who had her heart fixed on something (surfing) that in the end likely hurt her financially. She could have bought a tiny house in a decent neighborhood (Normal Heights) that was very cute (a 1926 craftsman) and will always be in demand. But a 700sqft residence was too small for her so she bought a larger attached unit in a neighborhood that is not going to give the future potential she could have had.

So in that case it was the buyer who simply had to have her immediate needs met rather than buying for the future.

One of the other episodes featured a couple who only had $650k to spend. They wanted a detached house but at that price all the real estate salesperson could show was a fixer-upper overlooking the Tijuana river (near the border).

That couple settled for a townhome in a better neighborhood, but it too needed work (not as much as the house near the border.)

But the sales job - listening to the real estate hawker one can really understand how buyers can be snowed. The problem in this particular case is that the residence was in a bidding war so the buyers spent significantly more than they initially wanted, hence they aren’t going to make the changes they desired.

Now all of that is pretty typical for first time buyers. The sad thing is that flippers and the wealthy have made the housing prices rise so much around here the past few years that even a two income couple cannot afford to buy a house.

Unless one has a household income of $300k/yr, or inherits a bunch of money, the first time buyer is out of luck in this county now.

Every time a property changes hands the price is forced to move up. Of course there are exceptions to that but they really are exceptions.

So the more flippers, the faster the prices rise.

Part of me believes that there needs to be laws about property ownership that disallows non-occupying buyers, or somehow discourages flipping.

Other than that, all three episodes featured buyers who wanted walkability - but of course our society since WWII has been designed for the automobile, not for the human. So “walkable” neighborhoods have not really been built in 80 years. We’re now three generations into building suburbs. And they mean cars. Which means more expenditures for just living.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2022 • 2:33:02am

re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Other than that, all three episodes featured buyers who wanted walkability - but of course our society since WWII has been designed for the automobile, not for the human. So “walkable” neighborhoods have not really been built in 80 years. We’re now three generations into building suburbs. And they mean cars. Which means more expenditures for just living.

My suburb - Ostrava-Výškovice - was designed for that “walkability” a lot of people desire. I have two supermarkets (maybe a third one by next fall), a bank, a Post Office, a medical clinic/pharmacy and a park all within a 15 minute walk from my apartment.

Expand that walking distance a bit, say, to 30 minutes, and that expands to include a forest, a waterpark, a cinema, two more banks, another supermarket, a church, an OB/GYN practice and another pharmacy.

Also a main public transportation trunk line that can take me anywhere within the city.

The one thing I’ll give the former Communist government credit for was urban planning. If they’d perhaps had better building materials and construction methods to work with, they would’ve come pretty close to creating an urban utopia (fortunately, there’s been considerable reconstruction on the commie-era stuff). Credit where credit is due.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2022 • 3:29:04am

Maybe the most iconic version of this Christmas staple, I do like that 1950’s chorus sound:

Wally Stott - HAPPY HOLIDAY (1959)



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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2022 • 3:35:09am

More murder in the name of God.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2022 • 4:07:45am

Utah Supreme Court rules on religious rights in a custody case involving a polygamous church (Fox Salt Lake City)

SALT LAKE CITY — A divided Utah Supreme Court has issued a ruling on religious freedom in a divorce case involving members of a polygamous church.

In a ruling handed down this week, the justices voted 3-2 in favor of a father who challenged a lower court’s decision to limit what he could say about his faith to his four children. He is a member of the Kingston polygamous group, also known as “the Order.”

FOX 13 News is not naming the father or mother to avoid identifying their children.

The Court ruled the father can talk about his faith or any other faith with his children. But any major life decisions about whether they would be baptized into the faith? That remains with his ex-wife who has sole legal custody of the children.

Both the mother and father were members of the Kingston polygamous group until their divorce in 2019. The mother married her then-husband at age 16 and, court records show, he later became a polygamist. When they divorced, a lower-court judge had granted primary custody to the children’s mother, declaring that the Kingston group’s practices “jeopardize the health and safety of the children, and will cause harm to the children’s welfare.” Specifically, that judge expressed concern with the Order “promotes the grooming of young girls to be child brides and that… The Order’s teachings alienate the children from their mother” by urging ostracizing of those who leave the group.

(more)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2022 • 4:23:52am
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nowherenorth2  Dec 26, 2022 • 4:34:36am

Late to the party as usual.
Steroids are well known in the powerlifting and body building community. I follow powerlifters on insta and go to the gym 3x a week for powerlifting with a friend of mine. Even the main powerlifters admit to steroids and discuss the pros and cons. The dumb only see pros. But they wreck their bodies. An example of this is Ronnie Coleman. Was the dominant body builder and is now a shell.
A lot of the guys I follow discuss terrible coaching and how it is effecting their sports and competitions. There is a guy on insta who is a coach and calls out terrible coaches and coaches who prey on others via his account.

That being said. I love powerlifting. It helps with a lot of areas in my life due to outside stressors and personal issues.
If that guy is that sore, he did it wrong. He did it massively wrong.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2022 • 4:56:12am

Huffington Post, yesterday

Twitter Restores Suicide Prevention Hotline Link After Disappearance Sparks Backlash

Elon Musk called report removal “fake news.” But one of his executives confirmed the suicide hotline link had been suspended. (more)

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:13:31am

re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Huffington Post, yesterday

Twitter Restores Suicide Prevention Hotline Link After Disappearance Sparks Backlash

Elon Musk called report removal “fake news.” But one of his executives confirmed the suicide hotline link had been suspended. (more)

Post Hoc strikes again, fails to read the room, reverses, then says oh, i meant to do that and it never happened anyway

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:15:13am
“With the country ending mass testing, case counts are less useful. The government has a narrow definition of which deaths should count as caused by Covid. Anecdotal evidence, like social media postings of hospital morgues overcrowded with body bags, is quickly taken down by censors.”

“Now, a picture is emerging of the virus spreading like wildfire.”

nyt

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:16:13am

re: #55 Dangerman

nyt

oh, followed by

“China will reopen borders and abandon quarantine after it downgrades its treatment of Covid-19 on January 8,” the South China Morning Post reports.

different link

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:32:54am

Well I gave it a shot anyway. X/6

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 X/6

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No Malarkey!  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:44:52am

Article describes the judge’s findings in determining that Lake failed to establish that printer issues were intentional and actually caused her to lose the election. She will lose her appeal.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:47:42am

re: #35 Hecuba’s daughter

Me too; again with the overthinking. .
Wordle 555 6/6

Click to Reveal

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:49:41am

re: #38 BigPapa

And Tony Snark tweeted kek in response to a right wing shitbird.

He is trying so hard to fit in with the asshole gamers, Nazis, and other shit-birds. It is pathetic.

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 5:49:57am

flying this AM to reunite with mrsdm

at least it’s not 28 years this time

and it’s raining

YouTube

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:11:00am

Cedar Waxwings

Good morning!

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:18:55am

re: #44 Captain Ron

I got the coolest flannel shirt for Christmas. It is fleece lined on the torso and the sleeves are lined with nylon and Thinsulate. It has two button pockets on the chest. I thought if only it had pockets down on the sides near the belt line it would perfect. I slid my hands down where pockets would be and there they were there. Cha-ching!

A Christmas miracle

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:22:56am

re: #44 Captain Ron

I got the coolest flannel shirt for Christmas. It is fleece lined on the torso and the sleeves are lined with nylon and Thinsulate. It has two button pockets on the chest. I thought if only it had pockets down on the sides near the belt line it would perfect. I slid my hands down where pockets would be and there they were there. Cha-ching!

Weird! I got the same sort of shirt (lined flannel, with side pockets) for Hanukkah. No fleece, though: but still ideal for winter.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:32:43am

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:34:43am

re: #62 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

Good morning!

Portrait of a Species.

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A Cranky One  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:56:20am

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 6:56:31am

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:03:02am

re: #55 Dangerman

nyt

This is what China did during the initial outbreak — concealing the number of cases and deaths. Of course, today, with the widespread use of home tests throughout the first world and lack of testing elsewhere, official number of cases is well below the actual case count worldwide. Death count may also be deliberately suppressed in GOP run American states; many deaths may be added to the flu mortality count instead, especially given the lack of official testing today.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:05:01am

re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter

This is what China did during the initial outbreak — concealing the number of cases and deaths. Of course, today, with the widespread use of home tests throughout the first world and lack of testing elsewhere, official number of cases is well below the actual case count worldwide. Death count may also be deliberately suppressed in GOP run American states; many deaths may be added to the flu mortality count instead, especially given the lack of official testing today.

I’m sure those states will also find a totally believable reason to blame increased flu mortality rates on the Biden Administration as well when they are eventually asked about it.

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A Cranky One  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:10:42am

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:14:32am

re: #59 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Me too; again with the overthinking. .
Wordle 555 6/6

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Not really overthinking when there is a situation where there are multiple common words that could be the solution. Sometimes going with the first guess will work — but this is a situation where there are too many possibilities, unless eliminated by earlier tries

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:16:44am

……..

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:18:23am

Memorial services to be held New Years Eve at 11:59PM.

2022 Christmas Massacre

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:29:24am

re: #43 Captain Ron

I bought a new battery for my bike a few weeks ago, I still think it isn’t as good as advertised, but, I have today and the rest of the week off, and its gonna be 74 degrees today, so, I’m planning a big 30 mile loop, come home, put the old battery on, and try for 20 more. My longest ride has been 35 miles, lets see what we can do today. Ibuprofen and CBD at the ready…

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:30:13am
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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:33:51am

Let’s talk about numbers, headlines, and cops….

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Joe Bacon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:34:23am

re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

36 years ago today I moved from South Gate CA to Koreatown.

When I moved into this area older Sears Craftsman homes were selling in the $300K range. Couldn’t afford to buy because of child support and my Civil Service salary.

Now those same Craftsman homes are 36 years older and the price of them are now in the $1.5 million range. People are flipping houses right and left driving the prices even more out of reach.

Condos were built on the parking lot across the street and a one bedroom price for those—$750K…

Which means the only way I could afford to buy a house in Koreatown is by matching 6 numbers on Powerball or MegaMillions.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:36:48am
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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:37:05am
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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:40:01am
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Joe Bacon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:43:48am

re: #52 nowherenorth2

Ronnie Coleman—graduated summa cum laude with a degree in accounting and he couldn’t get a job in any accounting or financial firm. But a gym manager spots him, gives him a free membership and puts him on course to be 8 time Mr. Olympia and all of a sudden he’s the toast of the town and good buddies with Jay Leno.

The steroids take a toll, he loses the contest and steroids present their IOU demanding payback. He winds up with multiple spinal surgeries and now is unable to walk without using side canes or he’s in a wheelchair. When they ask him if he has any regrets he replies that he regrets not lifting more.

They exploited him and used him up. And when they finished with him he’s cast aside.

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:44:01am

My 58th 5:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 5/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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TarHellion  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:44:01am

So many ways this one can go wrong.

Just happy to be home with MrsTarH and HP the Magnificent. Off today and tomorrow. Chance to catch up on some streaming. Laterz, Lizardz!

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 4/6*

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⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:44:07am

It was quite a long time between guess 2 and 3.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 3/6

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⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:47:38am

re: #62 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

Harbinger of spring
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:49:16am

Finally I find an adapter for this odd outlet I have in my house.
amazon.com

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Joe Bacon  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:49:53am

Josh and the Talking Points Memo team find even more dirt on George Santos.

George Santos’s criminal history in Brazil turns out to have several comedic elements to it and provides some additional color about the man who would win election to Congress fourteen years later. Truthfully, it has some of the madcap qualities of an old Three’s Company episode.

talkingpointsmemo.com

come and knock on our door…

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:50:30am

re: #85 Dopamine Fish

A little insight into my thought process, spoilers for people who haven’t done it yet:

Click to Reveal

My first two guesses placed the E (obviously) and eliminated A and O. The consonants I chose also eliminated every word I could think of that included an I, which left me with U and a potential duplicated E - which led me towards the word “queue”, but I opted not to guess that and search for another word instead. Several minutes later, I arrived at a word I wasn’t sure was a word… but that brought me to another word which I WAS sure was a word that was very close to it. And wouldn’t you know it, there we are.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:56:54am

Wordle sucks. No it fucks. No it mucks.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:59:28am

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

Wordle sucks. No it fucks. No it mucks.

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Mine looks like yours, except that I got lucky on guess number six.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:59:39am

Man am I glad Christmas is over. It was sunny with no wind, 64 degrees outside, which brought the house up to 71 inside. Had to open windows for a cross draft as we were hosting dinner. Neighbor’s house was no better…pre-dinner cocktails and snacks there - smaller living room than ours, I was actually sweating. Supposed to rain this week…that’ll be nice.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2022 • 7:59:39am

Dammit, I hate these ones:

Wordle 555 X/6

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⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:00:18am

Seems like I also made a very lucky guess on my first letter, which I honestly didn’t think about.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:02:24am
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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:06:52am

re: #87 PhillyPretzel

Finally I find an adapter for this odd outlet I have in my house.
amazon.com

News flash: the entire city of Philly goes dark after…

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:08:54am

re: #92 darthstar

Man am I glad Christmas is over. It was sunny with no wind, 64 degrees outside, which brought the house up to 71 inside. Had to open windows for a cross draft as we were hosting dinner. Neighbor’s house was no better…pre-dinner cocktails and snacks there - smaller living room than ours, I was actually sweating. Supposed to rain this week…that’ll be nice.

Its 72 inside here and I’ve got the heat on. (Sorry)
Its freezing and I’m a pansy. (Not sorry)

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:11:23am

re: #97 Dangerman

It is 55 in my house and it is 25 outside.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:16:28am

re: #87 PhillyPretzel

Finally I find an adapter for this odd outlet I have in my house.
amazon.com

If I understand this, you are basically changing plug type on a 15 amp /220 volt outlet, but keeping the output at 15 amp /220 volt?

(And yes, the old joke applies here: “People are generally shocked finding out how little I know about electricity.”)

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:17:16am
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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:17:25am

re: #98 PhillyPretzel

It is 55 in my house and it is 25 outside.

I am sorry.
Take heart, ill be in NJ this afternoon so my relative comfort will end ;-)

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:19:01am

re: #87 PhillyPretzel

Finally I find an adapter for this odd outlet I have in my house.
amazon.com

Aren’t those outlets for 240V rather than the usual American standard 120V?

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:19:51am

Grrrr…..

Click to Reveal

Wordle 555 X/6

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⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:21:06am

re: #102 William Lewis

I think so. As I said this is the first time I have seen a plug/converter for this type of outlet.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:24:06am

re: #102 William Lewis

Aren’t those outlets for 240V rather than the usual American standard 120V?

Unless whatever you plug into it is switchable. That device may be a smoke releaser.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:25:16am

Still screaming into the void.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:25:16am

re: #105 Dave In Austin

I believe it was for an older window A/C unit.

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Florida Panhandler  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:28:07am

re: #100 Belafon

That was the shot- here’s the chaser… the buffoon lost over $150 Billion in personal net worth due directly to his Twitter fiasco inside of 6 months, and should his holdings drop any further in value may be forced to sell his entire stake in Tesla.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:29:55am
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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:31:55am

re: #107 PhillyPretzel

I believe it was for an older window A/C unit.

I suspect that you are well aware that if that is a 240 outlet, there is a good possibility that plugging in a 120volt appliance into the outlet will fry the appliance. Which is one reason why the weird plug type was used.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:34:11am

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

Wordle sucks. No it fucks. No it mucks.

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Possible hint below..

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:34:33am

re: #106 The Pie Overlord!

Still screaming into the void.

If only it was just the void. So he had an Xmas meltdown. Imagine how much more miserable he’d feel if nobody re-post his rants on Twitter.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:37:52am

re: #104 PhillyPretzel

I think so. As I said this is the first time I have seen a plug/converter for this type of outlet.

So I took a look at the link. Then went to Amazon to do a little gift card shopping. Guess what? Ads for those converters lol.

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:41:29am

Feeder of the Flock

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:42:23am

re: #112 darthstar

If only it was just the void. So he had an Xmas meltdown. Imagine how much more miserable he’d feel if nobody re-post his rants on Twitter.

If your Christmas get-togethers with family leave something to be desired, think what a Donald Trump Christmas at Mar al Lago must have been like.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:44:47am

re: #109 The Pie Overlord!

Bonus points for being such a giant asshole that you do it on CHRISTMAS.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:45:04am
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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:46:59am

re: #115 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

If your Christmas get-togethers with family leave something to be desired, think what a Donald Trump Christmas at Mar al Lago must have been like.

Hey Grandpa, can you read mom’s J6 committee testimony transcript aloud for us please?
Yeah…PLEEAASE?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:49:11am

re: #118 darthstar

Hey Grandpa, can you read mom’s J6 committee testimony transcript aloud for us please?
Yeah…PLEEAASE?

“This place is huge, but somehow you guys never have any ketchup…”

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:52:10am

re: #117 darthstar

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Me too, but not quite in focus.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:53:42am

It is so infuriating to hear all those RW Trumpsters crowing about the “Twitter files” and how they “verify” the truth about whatever conservatives have been saying for years.

Our brother tried to make these comments to us on Saturday but I just told him that it was all a lie.

Some comments on reddit:

Comment 1:

Musk: All ‘Conspiracy’ Theories About Twitter Turning ‘Out To Be True’

Comment 2:

They have been coming out true, and the reaction grow more entertaining. Now many on the left act as if it is a good thing there was one sided censorship. No one wishes to take accountability for anything and will act as if this was normal. For this reason, especially with the facts out there, I do look forward for the upcoming investigations, especially about Twitter and the Biden laptop.

Comment 3:

No now they’re claiming that Musk is only censoring liberals. They’re claiming he is doing the exact thing that he is currently undoing. They’re ridiculous. They can’t ever admit they’re wrong. Can’t someone out there just say “damn we were wrong and we own it”.

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mmmirele  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:55:02am

re: #22 Joe Bacon

The Washington Post has been doing an expose on steroid abuse by bodybuilders.

These three articles show just how dangerous it is and how so called “coaches” who have NO CENSORED MEDICAL TRAINING are forcing them on clients…who die.

Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures

washingtonpost.com

What bodybuilders do to their bodies — and brains

washingtonpost.com

Coached until she collapsed, an aspiring bodybuilder is now on life support

washingtonpost.com

I’m reading these now and it’s really unsettling. I do appreciate how the stories women are getting equal time in these articles. It’s not just guys that are pumping themselves full of all sorts of stuff.

My brother gave Nicki a cat collar for Christmas and wanted a picture of her wearing it. She was not being especially cooperative. There’s a bell on the collar, which I thought would annoy me, but it only rings when she’s jumping up / down on something.

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2022 • 8:58:09am

re: #122 mmmirele

I’m reading these now and it’s really unsettling. I do appreciate how the stories women are getting equal time in these articles. It’s not just guys that are pumping themselves full of all sorts of stuff.

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My brother gave Nicki a cat collar for Christmas and wanted a picture of her wearing it. She was not being especially cooperative. There’s a bell on the collar, which I thought would annoy me, but it only rings when she’s jumping up / down on something.

That’s a GREAT photo.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:06:26am

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

Dammit, I hate these ones:

Wordle 555 X/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

A lot of that going on

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:08:20am

Oh look, Loser Karen Lake is going to lose even more bigly.

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teleskiguy  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:10:06am

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:10:10am

Happy Boxing Day to Kari Lake and her attorneys:

Katie Hobbs has decided there’s a price to be paid for wasting taxpayer money.

“There is no question that Plaintiff’s claims here were both ‘groundless’ and ‘not made in good faith,’” the motion said. “As noted above. Plaintiff had decided well before the election that if the results did not favor her, she would deny that they were legitimate.”

“Enough really is enough,” the document concluded. “It is past time to end unfounded attacks on elections and unwarranted accusations against elections officials. This matter was brought without any legitimate justification, let alone a substantial one. The Maricopa County Defendants therefore ask this Court to impose sanctions against Plaintiff Kari Lake and her attorneys, Brian Blehm and Kurt Olsen.”

Attorneys for Lake have until 5 p.m. on Monday to respond to the request for sanctions. The defendants have also asked Lake to pay attorney fees.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:11:46am

re: #125 Dopamine Fish

Oh look, Loser Karen Lake is going to lose even more bigly.

You love to see it.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:15:52am

re: #125 Dopamine Fish

As has been noted earlier, the trial is entering the “Find Out” phase.

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:21:27am

re: #124 Eventual Carrion

Click to Reveal

I see we both hit the same run of (sadly incorrect) choices once we got the ending: at least there were only four choices: unlike -IGHT words…

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:21:32am

When your Uber driver doesn’t stop to pick you up but still gives you a ride all the same.
Image of body on car roof if you’re thinking of clicking.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:22:18am

re: #125 Dopamine Fish

Oh look, Loser Karen Lake is going to lose even more bigly.

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One aspect of her case is truly infuriating: they claim that people gave up and did not vote because they were being forced to wait too long in line. In this instance it was technical problems, but throughout GOP run states, minorities are forced to wait in hours long lines due to deliberate malice on the part of legislators and election officials trying to actively discourage them from voting.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:22:37am
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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:23:15am

re: #132 Hecuba’s daughter

One aspect of her case is truly infuriating: they claim that WHITE people gave up and did not vote because they were being forced to wait too long in line. In this instance it was technical problems, but throughout GOP run states, minorities are forced to wait in hours long lines due to deliberate malice on the part of legislators and election officials trying to actively discourage them from voting.

fify

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:25:18am

re: #133 ckkatz

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BigPapa  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:25:37am

Teri Kanefield is a big brain:

@JuliusGoat A couple of years ago,I learned from @Teri_Kanefield that the broad term for this sort of thing is “sado-populism” - in which you make things worse so you can blame the opposition for things getting worse.

That’s the GQP and conspiracy theorists.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:27:55am

So about 20 minutes ago there was a knock at the front door. The dogs, who normally launch off the bed in a barking fit, stayed put. So I put on some pants and went to the door - the dogs following a bit behind me…sure enough, they recognized the knock. The daycare people were just opening the door to call them.

After they left I realized I had been lounging and hadn’t walked or given them breakfast. Going to have to answer some tough dog questions when they get home. Fortunately I have lots of leftover crown roast.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:29:27am

re: #130 Jay C

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So true —

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prairiefire  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:32:24am

Such a good band.

Happy Boxing Day!

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BigPapa  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:35:11am

Over the last few days watching Twittr trends, I’ve noticed the sporting event promos are outdated data by 12 to 24hrs.

Nov 8 article on how Twitter will decay, not collapse.
technologyreview.com

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:40:17am

Statement of the MFA of Ukraine on the illegitimacy of the Russian Federation’s presence in the UN Security Council and in the United Nations as a whole

mfa.gov.ua

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:44:58am
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Nyet  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:45:14am

re: #141 Nyet

It’s not like there’s no precedent.

The Republic of China’s UN seat was removed and replaced with a seat for the People’s Republic of China on 25th October 1971.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:51:20am
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Joe Bacon  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:55:38am

re: #122 mmmirele

Here’s the Post article on Jim Manion and what he has done to women bodybuilders.

washingtonpost.com

The Manion family runs the #1 hardcore gym in Pittsburgh. Memories of high school when football players went to his gym…and then when I was an undergrad at Pitt and football players including Tony Dorsett were constantly working out there…and no doubt getting pumped with steroids.

The article shows how Manion and his sons and grandsons exploited women bodybuilders.

Disgusting. They treated women as if they were nothing more than members of a harem.

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mmmirele  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:57:35am

re: #125 Dopamine Fish

Oh look, Loser Karen Lake is going to lose even more bigly.

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Actually, the sanctions filing had to be filed *by* 8:00 am this morning, and the reply from Lake’s lawyers has to be filed by 5:00 pm. There was some discussion as to whether the judge was being an asshat about this or just letting everyone know that this needs to be DONE I’VE HAD ENOUGH.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:59:15am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2022 • 9:59:31am

re: #144 ckkatz

$200. Fucking cheapskates.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:01:04am
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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:01:18am

Remember everyone, only 364 shopping days until Christmas

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teleskiguy  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:02:47am

Some sad news from the Arapahoe Basin ski area. Rio was a good doggo.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:04:35am

re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg

$200. Fucking cheapskates.

I understand that in “some circles”, the lowball is half “the offer he can’t refuse”. In this case, the ‘Or’ does not seem have to been spelled out.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:07:15am

re: #142 Belafon

Trump is a liar but is there actual evidence for this assertion? His earnings would show up on his tax returns; do we know, as yet, if there were offsetting donations for those earnings? The tax returns have not as yet been released to the public, have they?

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:12:02am

From yesterday

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:15:06am

re: #154 ckkatz

From yesterday

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LOL. I see Melbourne, think Australia and then “How could they have sleet this time of year?” Very wrong Melbourne!!

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:15:17am

Gerry Connolly is my Representative. I think that either is a win.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:17:10am

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

LOL. I see Melbourne, think Australia and then “How could they have sleet this time of year?” Very wrong Melbourne!!

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it as well. And like you, I laughed. So I decided not to add a clarifying note about it.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:18:25am
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A Cranky One  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:19:22am

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:25:12am

re: #159 A Cranky One

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NW PA weather forecast has us getting above freezing on Wednesday. So we have that going for us.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:28:25am

re: #160 Eventual Carrion

There is a warming trend for the Greater Philadelphia area this week.

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Dr. Matt  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:28:58am

re: #142 Belafon

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Is this confirmed?

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:29:03am

re: #160 Eventual Carrion

NW PA weather forecast has us getting above freezing on Wednesday. So we have that going for us.

True for us in the Chicago area too. But it’s 20 now, so out of the deep freeze.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:29:44am

re: #161 PhillyPretzel

There is a warming trend for the Greater Philadelphia area this week.

Forecast has us at ~50F by Friday. I can deal with that.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:30:52am

re: #163 Hecuba’s daughter

True for us in the Chicago area too. But it’s 20 now, so out of the deep freeze.

Our temp at the moment is showing as 18F. But from what it has been I’ll take it. Not much wind either so that helps a lot.

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teleskiguy  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:32:43am

Forecast high temp here was 41° F. It’s 43°. Snow is coming back maybe tomorrow night.

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sagehen  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:37:32am

re: #18 Belafon

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I just turned on CNN, and the women are getting detailed credit for this now…

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:41:51am
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JC1  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:42:04am

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

Dammit, I hate these ones:

Wordle 555 X/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

Almost happened to me too.
Wordle 555 6/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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HypnoToad  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:47:15am

Legally and financially inclined lizards:

I received an unsolicited VISA debit card in the mail billed as my ‘California Middle Class Tax Refund Card’ along with a request to activate it. It was addressed from a PO Box in Omaha, Nebraska, and was issued by an entity called New York Community Bank. The customer service contact was somewhere in Georgia. WTF?

This really got my scam sense tingling as California stimulus and tax refund checks are sent directly to you in the mail. It looks and reads as legit at first glance, mentioned that it was authorized by the California Franchise Tax Board, and did have a nice California bear image on the card) Of course the fine print said they wanted a SS# and your account balances and payment history when you signed up.

I can easily see where others might fall for this. Tis the season to beware.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:53:19am

re: #170 HypnoToad

You might also want to check you credit history to see if there was a query associated with the card. Credit reports can be locked to prevent credit queries.

In many states, the State’s Attorney General office will handle citizen consumer queries on crap like this. In Virginia, it’s the “State Corporation Commission”, though.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:54:45am

re: #170 HypnoToad

Legally and financially inclined lizards:

I received an unsolicited VISA debit card in the mail billed as my ‘California Middle Class Tax Refund Card’ along with a request to activate it. It was addressed from a PO Box in Omaha, Nebraska, and was issued by an entity called New York Community Bank. The customer service contact was somewhere in Georgia. WTF?

This really got my scam sense tingling as California stimulus and tax refund checks are sent directly to you in the mail. It looks and reads as legit at first glance, mentioned that it was authorized by the California Franchise Tax Board, and did have a nice California bear image on the card) Of course the fine print said they wanted a SS# and your account balances and payment history when you signed up.

I can easily see where others might fall for this. Tis the season to beware.

There seem to be a lot of articles about these debit cards, including
cbs8.com

There was an LA Times article in October that said:

The debit cards will be sent by the California Franchise Tax Board in partnership with Money Network and once people receive those cards, they can activate them by calling [no phone numbers allowed] and use them anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted, according to state officials.

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 10:57:07am
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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:00:21am
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TarHellion  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:02:16am

re: #173 ckkatz

Spinal Tap drummer and Russian oligarch. Two most hazardous positions in the world.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:03:07am

re: #170 HypnoToad

Legally and financially inclined lizards:

I received an unsolicited VISA debit card in the mail billed as my ‘California Middle Class Tax Refund Card’ along with a request to activate it. It was addressed from a PO Box in Omaha, Nebraska, and was issued by an entity called New York Community Bank. The customer service contact was somewhere in Georgia. WTF?

This really got my scam sense tingling as California stimulus and tax refund checks are sent directly to you in the mail. It looks and reads as legit at first glance, mentioned that it was authorized by the California Franchise Tax Board, and did have a nice California bear image on the card) Of course the fine print said they wanted a SS# and your account balances and payment history when you signed up.

I can easily see where others might fall for this. Tis the season to beware.

I got one of them too. After a bit of checking whether it was legit, I activated it, took it to my bank and deposited it into my account ($1.25 service charge).

In other words, it’s real.

ETA: At least mine was. They wanted a (partial) SS number, but no account balances or payment history.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:13:30am

re: #174 ckkatz

And that COVID tsunami in China is gonna have a global impact:

As the Chinese government reverses its zero-Covid policy, a longer-lasting risk now looms: the potential of worker shortages at component plants or assembly factories across the country.

“We should be seeing a lot of operations get impacted by absenteeism, not just at factories, but warehouse, distribution, logistic and transportation facilities as well,” said Bindiya Vakil, chief executive of Resilinc, a California-based group that tracks more than 3 million components to provide supply chain mapping services.

Apple warned on November 6 of “significant” disruption ahead of the holiday season. The rare statement came less than two weeks after executives forecast subdued sales growth in the crucial period around Christmas, of below 8 percent.

arstechnica.com

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ckkatz  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:15:01am

re: #173 ckkatz

re: #175 TarHellion

I wonder about the policy behind these accidents.

*snip*
Russian siloviki may be setting information conditions to justify the nationalization of oligarchs’ resources to sponsor Russia’s war effort. Wagner financier Yeveniy Prigozhin attended the funeral of a deceased Wagner Group mercenary in St. Petersburg on December 24, where he stated that Russia needs to confiscate luxury possessions and accommodations from elites who ignore or do not support the war effort out of fear of losing their privileged lifestyles.[7] Prigozhin added that these affluent individuals support a vision where “Western curators” dominate Russia in return for the sponsorship of their lifestyles and compared today’s Russian oligarchy to Ukraine’s or to 1990s Russia. Prigozhin ignited a scandal regarding the burial of the Wagner serviceman in recent weeks to push his political objectives — such as the legalization of Wagner in Russia — and his statements advocating redistribution of wealth at the funeral gained significant traction on the Russian internet.[8] Wagner-affiliated milbloggers widely supported Prigozhin’s criticism of Russian officials and praised his support for the war effort.[9] Prigozhin may be using such populist proposals to elevate his authority in Russian society or influence a return of stricter nationalization measures.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also indirectly attacked Russian oligarchs on December 22, however, stating that Russians who drain Russia’s money from abroad and do not have a connection with the country “represent a danger” to Russia.[10] Putin claimed that while the vast majority of Russian businessmen are patriots, there are some who do not share the sentiment. Putin concluded that “everyone strives not only to stay, to live and work in Russia but to work for the benefit of our country.” Putin previously nationalized big businesses in the early 2000s to consolidate his authoritarian kleptocracy and may be attempting leverage nationalization to coerce elites to support his war in Ukraine or seize their property to fund military expenses.[11]
*snip*
References in the link.

understandingwar.org

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:22:14am

re: #168 DodgerFan1988

What’s slightly amusing and quite disturbing is how fluent he is in alt-right lingo.

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HypnoToad  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:47:39am

re: #176 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Thanks, I’ll still check it out some more. It seems that the state did a poor job of instilling confidence in the recipients. Looking more closely at their convoluted agreement, I see that they allow you to cancel the card and request a paper check.

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JC1  Dec 26, 2022 • 11:55:06am

re: #170 HypnoToad

Legally and financially inclined lizards:

I received an unsolicited VISA debit card in the mail billed as my ‘California Middle Class Tax Refund Card’ along with a request to activate it. It was addressed from a PO Box in Omaha, Nebraska, and was issued by an entity called New York Community Bank. The customer service contact was somewhere in Georgia. WTF?

This really got my scam sense tingling as California stimulus and tax refund checks are sent directly to you in the mail. It looks and reads as legit at first glance, mentioned that it was authorized by the California Franchise Tax Board, and did have a nice California bear image on the card) Of course the fine print said they wanted a SS# and your account balances and payment history when you signed up.

I can easily see where others might fall for this. Tis the season to beware.

One of my 3 covid stimulus payments arrived in the form of a debit card. The other 2 were regular checks. Might be legit; might be a scam.


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