The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Brain Room

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

The Brain Room — [Explicit Language] Buzz meets the Mooks. Bob triggered Scott Adams over his racist rant and cancellation. New Dominion revelations about Fox News fraud. Rupert Murdoch confirmed Fox provided Trump with confidential Biden strategies. Hannity was privately disgusted with Trump. Ratings over the facts. Carl Sagan’s theory on self delusion. The facts about the Dept of Energy’s assessment on the origins of COVID. Woody Harrelson’s anti-vax rant on SNL. Jim Jordan says Trump doesn’t believe he’s better than anyone. Trump lobbied Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel. Bob vs Michael Knowles after Knowles says he wants to ban transgenderism and IVF. Tennessee banning drag shows. With Buzz Burbank, music by The Gypsy Moths, Jesse Terry, and more!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:04:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:04:37pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:05:30pm

I decided to beat the rush and make corn beef and cabbage today since it is a snow-day. I had a really hard time finding corned beef! Fourth store I went to finally had a few packages.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:09:20pm

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jeffreyw  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:11:36pm

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:12:03pm

re: #3 Shropshire Slasher

The time I wanted a Reuben so bad I went to the supermarket and got some Buttig “corned beef”, Vlassic kraut, Kraft Swiss slices, Russian Rye and Thousand Island. Came home assembled it and put it in the sandwich press…well it wasn’t a Brent’s Black Pastrami Reuben but it’ll do…

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:17:49pm

Last string:

There are a lot of these vile savages. In Lubbock, cancer patients and other clinic patients have routinely been harrassed by church based anti-maskers. One redneck dressed up in a fake cowboy suit and went around defying mask rules with his young (8-10) sons in tow as human shields.
Scum like this, and the apathy if not complicity of the police, are why we need community self defense groups like the ones who have recently been so successful in protecting drag shows from armed religious terrorists here in Texas.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:23:52pm
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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:24:46pm

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not only did they launder the money. Did they Hot Wax it too? 🤔

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:28:18pm

re: #6 Joe Bacon

I really appreciate that you put supermarket “corned beef” in quotes. Your life of food makes me happy. I love food, too.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:28:43pm

This is the most corporate-boosting SCOTUS in history at 6-3.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:29:09pm

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sounds very Breaking Badish.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:31:06pm

Since when is “Car wash” code for an abortion clinic?

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:31:43pm

re: #10 Colère Tueur de Lapin

I really appreciate that you put supermarket “corned beef” in quotes. Your life of food makes me happy. I love food, too.

You must have “experienced” Buttig’s “corned beef” and wound up as disappointed as I was…

One taste and you’ll know why I referred to it as “Buttigs” Mystery Meat. It’s on par with Arby’s…

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gocart mozart  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:41:02pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:46:20pm

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gocart mozart  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:47:42pm
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retired cynic  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:51:03pm

This is part of a series that opinion writer Danielle Allen is writing on “renovating democracy”. I have found them pretty interesting, not just surface nattering.

Opinion The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
wapo.st (gift link)

Given that most of us are pretty frustrated with Congress, this might sound crazy. But growing the House of Representatives is the key to unlocking our present paralysis and leaning into some serious democracy renovation.
…
George Washington spoke just once at the Constitutional Convention — and on its final day — to endorse an amendment lowering the ratio of constituents to members to 30,000. The expectation was that good, responsive representation required allowing representatives to meaningfully know their constituents, constituents to know and reach their representatives, and Congress to get its business done.
Today, House members represent roughly 762,000 people each. That number is on track to reach 1 million by mid-century.

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:55:33pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

Jeff Leonard, a left fielder for the SF Giants, and several other teams, in the 80s, had a move when running the bases after a home run that he called “one-flap down”. He’d run the bases with his right arm held tight to his side. Drove the pitcher mad because reasons. Peanut, here, has a similar style you might call “one-ear down”.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:56:08pm

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:59:05pm

re: #20 Crush White Nationalism

Lots of that going around on the right.
dudeiwantthat.com

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:59:27pm

I have a feeling Murdaugh is going to get off from a hung jury. As much as I don’t like the guy, there is no actual physical evidence tying him to the murders. He will likely go away for a long time for his financial crimes, but that sure doesn’t bring closure to anybody regarding the murders.

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 28, 2023 • 2:59:44pm

re: #15 gocart mozart

“How’d cha like to turn 5 again?”

Brilliant!

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Jay C  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:07:13pm

re: #18 retired cynic

This is part of a series that opinion writer Danielle Allen is writing on “renovating democracy”. I have found them pretty interesting, not just surface nattering.

Opinion The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
wapo.st (gift link)

Yeah, right….
Good idea, but expansion of the House is, by law, only up to the House itself to authorize.
What are the even the remotest chances that the current membership of that body would ever seriously consider a move that would dilute the GOP’s sole political advantage on the national stage: I.e. the ability to gerrymander themselves into (somewhat) artificial majorities on the state level to keep all those “red” districts from getting too purple (or, God forbid), blue…..

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:07:38pm

That feeling when you have to restrain yourself from telling your client he has no fucking idea what he’s talking about:

“Yeah, that’s great that your son is an Amazon dev with a degree in computer science. The idea you should do graphic design on a PC, because ‘Macs are better at math and PCs are better with graphics’ is one of the stupidest fucking things I’ve ever heard of in the three decades I’ve worked in graphic arts.”

Also, fuck Universal Type Server from Extensis. It’s the digital equivalent of group of devs putting a sign on a roadkill possum that says “HURR DURR, I aM a FoNt MaNaGeR!!!”

So how’s your day?

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:10:28pm

re: #25 Mattand

Why does your client care what hardware you work on?

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:11:59pm

re: #25 Mattand

That feeling when you have to restrain yourself from telling your client he has no fucking idea what he’s talking about:

“Yeah, that’s great that your son is an Amazon dev with a degree in computer science. The idea you should do graphic design on a PC, because ‘Macs are better at math and PCs are better with graphics’ is one of the stupidest fucking things I’ve ever heard of in the three decades I’ve worked in graphic arts.”

Also, fuck Universal Type Server from Extensis. It’s the digital equivalent of group of devs putting a sign on a roadkill possum that says “HURR DURR, I aM a FoNt MaNaGeR!!!”

So how’s your day?

A good friend of mine who’s a writer once told me that writers prefer PCs over Macs because PCs are more like typewriters.

Use what you want, but Jesus, spare me the fucking ‘logic’ behind your decision.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:13:12pm

With the downturn in CryptoCurrency values, I wonder if they are bothering anymore.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:13:16pm

re: #7 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

There’s a man in desperate need of swift punch in the mouth.

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retired cynic  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:13:20pm

In British Columbia, Skiers and Forest Conservationists Work in Tandem
cntraveler.com

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:14:15pm

Remember folks, designers who understand type can help you avoid embarrassing mistakes.

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calochortus  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:15:01pm

re: #7 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Last string:

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Isn’t someone who picks on the weakest and most vulnerable simply telling us that he is weak and fearful?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:15:33pm

re: #23 sizzzzlerz

“How’d cha like to turn 5 again?”

Brilliant!

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:15:57pm

re: #26 jaunte

Why does your client care what hardware you work on?

He doesn’t, really. I started bitching about some of the problems I was having at my day job and it kind of shitballed from there.

He’s an older guy who’s been using PCs forever, mainly because they’re nominally cheaper, and he’s obviously proud of his son. There’s also a bit of him trying to impart his hard earned wisdom, as it were, but I was already on edge and the math vs graphics nonsense started to get to me.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:16:43pm

re: #31 jaunte

Remember folks, designers who understand type can help you avoid embarrassing mistakes.

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I hear they led the league in runs last year.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:16:46pm

If true, a very serious issue. If not true, a different kind of very serious issue -

.

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:18:17pm

re: #34 Mattand

It’s like every fucking computer program is math, from Solitaire to Photoshop.

I really am not big on the PC vs Mac crap, but stuff like that from ‘experts’ is fucking stupid.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:19:27pm

re: #16 Crush White Nationalism

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One can argue that all ethics are a social contract rather than a moral construct. Some may “need” that construct behind it but the reality remains in the social contract between all members of the community.

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:20:20pm

re: #31 jaunte

Remember folks, designers who understand type can help you avoid embarrassing mistakes.

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Heh, a client who give a shit about the designer’s experience. That’s a good one.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:20:42pm

It seems like more of a Quality of Life poll rather than ‘Happiness’ poll.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:21:02pm

re: #36 ckkatz

Knowing CSIS they looked at the last name ‘Hong’ and their powerful brains exploded. These are the same people who didn’t get bent out of shape about the ‘Freedom Convoy’.

Perception of risk, I guess.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:22:17pm

re: #40 ckkatz

Right wingers: “See! No blacks!”

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:24:01pm

re: #37 Mattand

Last week I commented on a Blizzard Facebook post about Diablo 4 on how I wouldn’t be able to play it because I have a Mac.

Took about five minutes for one of The Faithful to show up and shit on me.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:24:09pm

re: #27 Mattand

A good friend of mine who’s a writer once told me that writers prefer PCs over Macs because PCs are more like typewriters.

Use what you want, but Jesus, spare me the fucking ‘logic’ behind your decision.

They both suck, each in their own way.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:29:15pm

re: #44 BeenHereAwhile

They both suck, each in their own way.

If I could, I’d still be using Solaris. Even the 10 year old last release of Solaris 10 sucks less than windows but there’s no support and not even a modern version of Firefox for it because Oracle owns it after Java dragged Sun Microsystems under. (Oracle takes the worst aspects of IBM, Microshaft and Apple and combines them with none of the things they do well, but I digress… )

So I use Windows when I have to and my personal laptop has Linux Mint on it which isn’t as good but at least has modern versions of the apps I need.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:34:13pm
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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:36:05pm

re: #44 BeenHereAwhile

They both suck, each in their own way.

Siri quietly acknowledges you from the back of the room.

While spelling your name wrong, naturally.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:36:14pm

re: #36 ckkatz

If true, a very serious issue. If not true, a different kind of very serious issue -

from theirwebsite:

globalnews.ca your source for the latest news on Conservative Party

believe them when they tell you who they are

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:37:17pm

I don’t think that the Chinese have been this frisky along the Russia-Chinese border since 1969.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:39:05pm

re: #49 ckkatz

I wonder if Putin will wake up to the danger and retreat from Ukraine before Russia becomes West Korea.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:41:28pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

Global is one of the largest TV networks in Canada. They’re not known for having a heavy Conservative bent. They’re certainly not a propaganda channel.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:41:36pm

I mean “west.”

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EPR-radar  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:52:11pm

re: #38 William Lewis

One can argue that all ethics are a social contract rather than a moral construct. Some may “need” that construct behind it but the reality remains in the social contract between all members of the community.

It’s an interesting discussion — I’m sympathetic to the argument that morality is a social construct, but the examples of people who are ethically well ahead of their time are a serious complication for that point of view.

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:52:48pm

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nines09  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:56:49pm

re: #21 jaunte

Lots of that going around on the right.
dudeiwantthat.com

The Tiny Dick Disease Club was rolling with them in the 90’s.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:56:58pm

re: #51 Eclectic Cyborg

Global is one of the largest TV networks in Canada. They’re not known for having a heavy Conservative bent. They’re certainly not a propaganda channel.

I actually got that description from their website.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:57:39pm

Err. Those @*&%$^* Inspire Clean Energy people. They came to my house twice today and the last time when I was home they were about to start up about their service and I said, “No thanks.” Their parting remark was watch for you electric to go up. I am going to be off on Friday I think I will call the BBB regarding their scare tactics.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 3:59:22pm

re: #50 jaunte

I wonder if Putin will wake up to the danger and retreat from Ukraine before Russia becomes East Korea.

I have seen claims that 97% of Russia’s combat forces are currently in Ukraine. If true, the 6000+ km distance from Moscow to Kamchatka is going to be a very dangerous issue.

On the other, the Chinese maybe taking this as a marker for the future, directly out of Putin’s playbook.

Reportedly, they are getting petroleum and natural gas from Russia at a significant discount and are selling Russia munitions through third parties.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:04:37pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:09:40pm

re: #7 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Last string:

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I do not understand why they are allowed to do this? Are there no laws in Texas against “disturbing the peace”? I mean, if they were Black they would get a beat down in the back of a police car.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:10:08pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:16:16pm

Cat watching mufasa death scene

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:17:02pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is really brilliant and Boebert probably has no freaking idea how much she was dissed

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:17:28pm

re: #50 jaunte

I wonder if Putin will wake up to the danger and retreat from Ukraine before Russia becomes West Korea.

I’d love to see Putin lose his eastern sea ports. China has more to gain if Russia loses than if they ‘win’.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:17:38pm

re: #53 EPR-radar

It’s an interesting discussion — I’m sympathetic to the argument that morality is a social construct, but the examples of people who are ethically well ahead of their time are a serious complication for that point of view.

We have multiple ways to renegotiate the social contract. Courts, legislative bodies, and public opinion are the usual ways but there are other more typically primate mechanisms as well. You could say that Ukraine is renegotiating its contract with the Russian Federation ;)

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A Three Hour Tour  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:29:01pm

re: #29 Romantic Heretic

There’s a man in desperate need of swift punch in the mouth.

Or Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in “The Untouchables.”
You know the scene I mean.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:30:20pm

re: #62 The Pie Overlord!

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yeah..about that argument about what limited species have self awareness…

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:37:27pm

...

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:37:58pm

Bad paste!

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:38:04pm
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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:38:15pm

From a twitter thread:

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:39:05pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:40:34pm

Karen gets arrested after trying to gaslight a police officer.

Lady Is Convinced That Laws Don’t Apply To Her

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:41:50pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:43:07pm

I’ve only been doing this for a bit more than 40 years as a severe weather spotter and then a few less years as a CoCoRaHS observer.

Hats off to Arlene Coles (same age as my mum).

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:45:37pm
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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:52:48pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

She sounds like she’s been listening to sovereign citizens.

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Mattand  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:54:04pm

re: #57 PhillyPretzel

Err. Those @*&%$^* Inspire Clean Energy people. They came to my house twice today and the last time when I was home they were about to start up about their service and I said, “No thanks.” Their parting remark was watch for you electric to go up. I am going to be off on Friday I think I will call the BBB regarding their scare tactics.

Can’t vouch for PECO, but PSEG has been steadily lowering their rates over the last few years. From what I can tell, most 3rd party electric companies are a scam. Your rate is good for the first year, and then it shoots up for the length of your contract. While that is happening, your local utility rate stays the same or goes down a bit.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:56:49pm
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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 4:59:34pm

re: #38 William Lewis

One can argue that all ethics are a social contract rather than a moral construct. Some may “need” that construct behind it but the reality remains in the social contract between all members of the community.

And you could, if you were arguing with someone who wanted to have a good faith argument with you. For those who won’t, there are some absolutes: violating someone else’s space without their permission should be considered a no-no unless not doing it would put them in danger.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:00:05pm

re: #78 Mattand

Yes I know. And the fact that they are using scare tactics to get some of my older neighbors to sign up with them. This is one of the main reasons why I only got a few signatures on my petitions in the past few years. Plus all of the misinformation they are giving out regarding solar batteries and panels. They had several of my neighbors believing that individuals cannot own portable solar batteries or panels. State laws say you can have portables. This is why I am going to call the BBB or the PUC on them.

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nines09  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:01:53pm

re: #74 ckkatz

I remember people gave him shit because his hummingbird feeder had colored water in it.
jfc.
He stopped doing hummingbirds.
I wish he would take a few photos of cow flop and road apples in different lighting and post the aperture, lens and speed on each.

goodnight lizards

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:05:28pm

‘Christocrat’ Rick Scarborough Has a Plan to ‘Expunge’ Texas ‘Of Every Immoral Book in the Library’

“They went after me as trying to take over the town, trying to take over America,” Scarborough said. “And, in all honesty, I was, but I couldn’t say that. I mean, why not take it over for Jesus?”

“Sixty-eight percent of the teachers in Texas, by poll … now believe that the LGBTQ agenda should be taught and embraced,” Scarborough complained later in his speech. “We’re grooming our children for pedophiles. That’s what’s happening. Now, let me tell you what I’m going to spend the rest of my life doing—and by God’s grace, if I can raise the budget and get people behind me: In four years, I want to expunge this entire state of every immoral book in the library. Call me a Nazi, call me a book-burner, I’ve been called worse.”

These people intend to destroy my livelihood, and I’m just a lowly IT guy who happens to support libraries. You should see the nonsense surrounding web content filtering now, as librarians freak the hell out every time some insane right-wing goon comes around calling them a ‘groomer’ and insisting that children are creating CSEM on library computers…

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:05:46pm

Mastodon

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gocart mozart  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:06:33pm
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sizzzzlerz  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:06:47pm

re: #44 BeenHereAwhile

They both suck, each in their own way.

Oh, come on now!

They also suck in same way

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:07:05pm

re: #82 nines09

I remember people gave him shit because his hummingbird feeder had colored water in it.
jfc.
He stopped doing hummingbirds.
I wish he would take a few photos of cow flop and road apples in different lighting and post the aperture, lens and speed on each.

Very true

And then there were the railroad track pictures where he was given a hard time because a train might come along. Or maybe he was trespassing. Or something or other.

Iirc, the sandwich fight got the whole subject banned on his twitter feed. With the guilty posters “air locked”.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:07:37pm

re: #84 darthstar

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WHERE DID YOU GET THAT MINIFIG?!?

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sagehen  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:07:49pm

re: #24 Jay C

Yeah, right….
Good idea, but expansion of the House is, by law, only up to the House itself to authorize.
What are the even the remotest chances that the current membership of that body would ever seriously consider a move that would dilute the GOP’s sole political advantage on the national stage: I.e. the ability to gerrymander themselves into (somewhat) artificial majorities on the state level to keep all those “red” districts from getting too purple (or, God forbid), blue…..

also, it would bring the electoral college closer to the popular vote.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:08:12pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

Karen gets arrested after trying to gaslight a police officer.

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Video

oh oh oh!

“where is the gun in the car?”

The plot thickens!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:10:39pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh oh oh!

“where is the gun in the car?”

The plot thickens!!!

AND THERE’S COCAINE!!!!

this just keeps getting better and better…

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:13:04pm

I love it when Sovcits get what’s coming to them.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:14:32pm

re: #74 ckkatz

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Love!

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:15:00pm

re: #86 sizzzzlerz

Oh, come on now!

They also suck in same way

There’s always PEBCAK.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:16:06pm

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:16:25pm

re: #79 ckkatz

This kind of counterfeit support for political lies is going to get popular.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:16:58pm

re: #92 The Pie Overlord!

I love it when Sovcits get what’s coming to them.

this was so worth the 20 minutes

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:17:05pm

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:17:42pm

The Woody Harrelson intro on SNL where he implies a conspiracy theory of Big Pharma is getting Big Play on right wing and Q social media. Of course.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:18:20pm

Spring training is almost here (as is March Madness)…catch the orb infant!

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:20:24pm

re: #88 William Lewis

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT MINIFIG?!?

brickmania.com

I think I ordered it four months ago.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:23:52pm

Mastodon

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:24:59pm

re: #96 jaunte

It looks fake as hell, tbh.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:26:31pm
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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:26:40pm

re: #98 jaunte

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:28:40pm

*ChatGPT Essay On Confirmation Bias*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:30:53pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

It looks fake as hell, tbh.

because it is

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:31:04pm

These people who died of fentanyl overdose passed away while Trump was President. It is not “Biden’s fault” in any way, shape or form.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:32:48pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

The mouth movement reminded me of the Clutch Cargo technique:

CLUTCH CARGO: Mystery in the Northwoods

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:36:50pm

Hmm, looks like the Ukrainians have had a busy day… In Russia…

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:42:12pm

re: #110 ckkatz

Hmm, looks like the Ukrainians have had a busy day… In Russia…

Could be Russian partisans. I think investigations like this should begin at home.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:43:12pm

re: #111 darthstar

Could be Russian partisans. I think investigations like this should begin at home.

Yep…unsolved mysteries abound…

Ukrainian officials did not immediately take responsibility, but they similarly avoided directly acknowledging responsibility for past strikes and sabotage while emphasizing Ukraine’s right to hit any target in Russia.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:44:04pm

re: #110 ckkatz

Three drones also targeted Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday night, with one flying through an apartment window in the capital, local authorities reported.

Tough to “tighten the border” against that.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:44:42pm

I thought Russians were the experts at flying through apartment windows.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:44:53pm

re: #104 The Pie Overlord!

Thank you for posting this. It’s important to get that out to as many people as possible.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:45:05pm

re: #113 jaunte

Tough to “tighten the border” against that.

A gentle reminder to keep windows closed and locked in Russia.

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EPR-radar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:46:22pm

re: #115 William Lewis

Thank you for posting this. It’s important to get that out to as many people as possible.

I’m skeptical that the ideals of Wikipedia can survive it being turned into a front of the worldwide right wing war on reality.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:47:20pm

Ah, facebook memories. Three years ago today I survived the last pallet of toilet paper feeding frenzy.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:47:39pm

Ten, Twenty Million—Tops!

If there has to be a nuclear war I hope:
A. It’s a small one, as General Turgidson describes, with most areas affected by fallout rather than flash, blast, etc.
B. Fallout denial becomes a thing among MAGAts. I can see them swarming through the suspiciously dusty streets, AR-15s in hand, looking to harrass any sheeple and snowflakes they find cowering in basements and cellars. For a little while.

The funniest thing to me about the Turgidson “20 million killed, tops” clip is the way he refexively reaches for his own hair when he says, “I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed,” as though he is completely disconnected from the reality and is only associating some words.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:48:20pm

Mastodon

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:49:07pm

re: #113 jaunte

Tough to “tighten the border” against that.

Russia has been known to hit Belgorod with missiles filed from …checks notes…Belgorod. Just saying.

The important thing is that Russians are getting a taste of their own medicine. The more they experience the bonk, the sooner they start demanding their leadership change.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:49:57pm

re: #117 EPR-radar

I’m skeptical that the ideals of Wikipedia can survive it being turned into a front of the worldwide right wing war on reality.

I am as well but at least they’ll go down fighting.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:51:53pm

Here’s something you don’t see every day…an avalanche on San Jacinto in Palm motherfucking Springs.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:52:49pm

Mastodon

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:53:28pm

Mastodon

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:57:01pm

re: #118 darthstar

I still don’t understand the toilet paper frenzy. I couldn’t find toilet paper in any store until late 2020.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:57:40pm

OMG I HAVE WAITED OVER 40 YEARS FOR THIS.

History of the World Part 2 | Teaser | Hulu

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Florida Panhandler  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:57:40pm

re: #50 jaunte

I wonder if Putin will wake up to the danger and retreat from Ukraine before Russia becomes West Korea.

Siberia has an awful lot of oil, timber, lithium, coal and many other commodities attractive to a rapidly growing power like China. Just saying’.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:57:50pm

AXS sucks. I couldn’t buy tickets for shows so many times my wife finally took pity on me and let me create an account in her name. I’m the proud owner of four tickets to see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford on June 29. I’m so fuckin’ stoked. I’ve wanted to see him perform for years.

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darthstar  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:58:17pm

re: #129 darthstar

We always buy 4 tix even though it’s just the two of us…we’ll find friends to come with.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 5:59:33pm

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:00:28pm

*drool*

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Captain Ron  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:03:14pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

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sagehen  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:05:34pm

re: #123 darthstar

Here’s something you don’t see every day…an avalanche on San Jacinto in Palm motherfucking Springs.

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Peter Gabriel-San Jacinto-(Remastered)

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:06:26pm

44 inches snow water equivalent…

Giphy

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:09:07pm
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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:13:02pm

Mastodon

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:14:29pm

re: #127 The Pie Overlord!

Dang it!! Don’t have Hulu.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:15:50pm

re: #136 teleskiguy

Memories of the 1979 Chicago Mayor primary when Jane Byrne knocked Bilandic out pinning his failure in dealing with the blizzard and plowing only city council districts whose Alderman fell in line with him.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:19:44pm

Madame Speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

Speaker Joanna McClinton takes the gavel. Proud of PA Democrats!

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:20:17pm

re: #126 Patricia Kayden

I still don’t understand the toilet paper frenzy. I couldn’t find toilet paper in any store until late 2020.

In the DC Region it was fascinating to watch the whole toilet paper shortage thing progress.

There are apparently two supply lines for tp. The first were the usual retail stores. The second was office cleaning supply companies.

As folks stopped going to offices the tp demand to the office cleaning supply chain decreased. But the demand to the retail chains increased. Add to that panic buying.

The office cleaning supply stores (at least locally) still had plenty of tp, but few offices needed it. So they had to unload it and were quite happy to welcome retail walk-in customers. I meandered down to the Chantilly Daycon store and select two cases of tp from among the multiple pallets of multiple brands. I gifted them to the lady I was dating at the time. (Iirc, the two cases held about 120 rolls of tp. Which was the downside, you had to buy wholesale rather than retail quantities.) I also picked up anti-bacterial soap in gallon jugs, etc for her.

So, if you think a shortage is re-occuring, you may wish to check out the local Daycon warehouse.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:27:45pm

re: #131 Patricia Kayden

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I sure wouldn’t want to be the Russian general picked to lead an invasion of Finland.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:28:20pm

re: #141 ckkatz

Had no idea that there were alternatives to buying from Costco or other retail stores. Thanks for the tip.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:33:30pm
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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:37:07pm

Once more:

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:38:32pm

re: #143 Patricia Kayden

Had no idea that there were alternatives to buying from Costco or other retail stores. Thanks for the tip.

I was kind of lucky.

I knew Trump was going to screw things up. When he won, I picked up a couple of Costco packages of tp. (As well as other prepper style supplies. I think that I wrote up some stuff here about that.)

And just as Covid was heating up, but before it shut everything down, I re-inventoried my prepper supplies and picked up more of what I thought that I might need. Including a couple of more Costco TP packages.

My trip to Daycon was motivated more by my curiosity and my ladyfriend’s concern that she might run out. Daycon had a few gaps in stuff. But mostly in single brands rather than in whole classes of items.

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Jay C  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:41:14pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

Typical Fox framing:

Right-wing asshole yells at D Congressperson in public restaurant: “lone loony acts up”

Left-wing asshole yells at R Congressperson in public restaurant: “THE LEFT IS INTOLERANT”…

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:42:06pm

re: #147 Jay C

Americans should be intolerant of secessionists.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:42:41pm

re: #129 darthstar

AXS sucks. I couldn’t buy tickets for shows so many times my wife finally took pity on me and let me create an account in her name. I’m the proud owner of four tickets to see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford on June 29. I’m so fuckin’ stoked. I’ve wanted to see him perform for years.

I really want to see them again. We went to see them at the New Hampshire Pavilion about three years ago. They were playing before Brandi Carlile. I love BC, but her fans were obnoxious. They talked loudly all through Jason’s show.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:44:18pm
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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:45:55pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

Not even with someone else’s dick… < shudder >

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:46:30pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I sure wouldn’t want to be the Russian general picked to lead an invasion of Finland.

Just suicide after getting the orders. Faster and less painful.

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:47:07pm

Project Blue Beam Explained

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:50:52pm

re: #146 ckkatz

I’ve bookmarked Daycon warehouse on my cell just in case DeSantis wins in 2024 and messes every dang thing up — pandemic or not.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:52:36pm

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:53:22pm

These people are insane. And they’re our tech overlords.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:54:58pm

re: #152 William Lewis

(AP -Anti-Personnel as opposed to
AT - AntiTank)

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:56:12pm

re: #156 teleskiguy

If shit really hits the fan Sam Altman’s own private army will slit his throat at first chance and take over.

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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:56:59pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

I have one that was written by Stallman. I picked it up at a book fair, written, if I remember correctly, in 84. When I get home I will take a picture.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:57:09pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

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Heh. I remember being a young sysadm on XENIX, Sun & DG systems and kicking the hornet’s nest by posting that the only use of for vi was to edit the emacs (17? 18?) makefile … ;)

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:58:00pm

“The air defense system was supposed to protect Berlin.”

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:58:43pm

re: #156 teleskiguy

Couldn’t AI hunt him down and attack him no matter where he hides out?

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Dangerman  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:58:46pm

re: #6 Joe Bacon

The time I wanted a Reuben so bad I went to the supermarket and got some Buttig “corned beef”, Vlassic kraut, Kraft Swiss slices, Russian Rye and Thousand Island. Came home assembled it and put it in the sandwich press…well it wasn’t a Brent’s Black Pastrami Reuben but it’ll do…

Spent the weekend at Indian rocks beach. Near Tampa

There’s a small place called the kooky coconut. Sandwiches, ice cream, trinkets.

They make a Cuban Reuben.
It was outstanding!

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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:59:09pm

re: #161 ckkatz

“The air defense system was supposed to protect Berlin.”

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It’s protecting Berlin from a little farther east.

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Dangerman  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:59:37pm
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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:59:54pm

re: #160 William Lewis

Heh. I remember being a young sysadm on XENIX, Sun & DG systems and kicking the hornet’s nest by posting that the only use of for vi was to edit the emacs (17? 18?) makefile … ;)

You like to live dangerously I see. :)

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 6:59:57pm

re: #162 Patricia Kayden

That’s what his cache of small arms is for!

I swear, the genius tech bro trope needs to go the fuck away.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:02:41pm
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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:04:08pm

Last fall the Guardian published an article about super-wealthy individuals who are super paranoid the whole world order is about to break down and so they’ve prepared… with bunkers on private islands and private armies. The biggest concern among some of these chuds is their private armies turning against them.

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book about this, called “The Prince.”

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:04:30pm

.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:06:55pm
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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:09:14pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

Sounds like the plot for Elysium — rich people abandoning a dying planet.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:09:16pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

The biggest concern among some of these chuds is their private armies turning against them.

The solution is to carry your valuables in your head.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:09:52pm

Paranoid wealthy people may not reach the solution.

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Rightwingconspirator  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:10:14pm

re: #171 jaunte

Well… Maybe not.

I guess we shall see over the next few days.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:10:57pm

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:11:03pm
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Captain Ron  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:11:04pm
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Barefoot Grin  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:11:06pm

re: #163 Dangerman

Spent the weekend at Indian rocks beach. Near Tampa

There’s a small place called the kooky coconut. Sandwiches, ice cream, trinkets.

They make a Cuban Reuben.
It was outstanding!

I have a dream of eating a kimchi reuben soon.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:15:12pm

re: #101 darthstar

brickmania.com

I think I ordered it four months ago.

On the waiting list ;)

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:15:23pm

From several threads ago -

re: #138 KerFuFFler

re: #61 KerFuFFler

re: #111 ckkatz
(from previous thread…)

Yeah, my knees are not so happy doing the lindy, but I do simply love dancing to the music of the 20’s through the 40’s.
Back in the day (almost thirty years ago) I had the great good fortune to attend several workshops given by Frankie Manning! Here’s a pic of me, Frankie and Mr, KerFuFFler.

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Very cool!

I remember when Frankie Manning started his touring and Craig Hutchinson brought him down to Dc. Frankie seemed kind of surprised at his popularity. It didn’t occur to me to get a picture with him though. I regret that now. Iirc, Margaret Batiuchok was the one to “rediscover” him for her thesis.

Another old time dancer who made the rounds during the same period was Jean Veloz. I see that she recently passed away.

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:15:33pm

re: #174 jaunte

There’s a well-known local attorney here in the valley, been practicing for four decades, has a daughter who graduated from West Point, he writes to the local newspaper (yes, we still have one of those, perks of being in a valley where money is strewn everywhere) all the time, gets published two or three times a month consistently, pure right wing crap. I know for a fact this dude has I-don’t-know-how-many-hundreds-of-thousands of rounds of ammunition buried in his backyard. He showed his son “Red Dawn” and said “That could happen.”

Yeah, wealthy paranoid people. I seen ‘em.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:15:46pm

Speaking of insane wealthy people, I was looking around on Zillow listings in Houston a couple of days ago and this $36 million place near my old neighborhood stuck out on the map.
Take a look at the grotesque palatial interiors, and imagine the ego that needed this kind of reinforcement. I checked the address in the Harris County Appraisal district website, and the assessed value last year was $10 million-ish. Owned by a Domestic LLC; looking for a REALLY stupid mark to spend $36,000,000 and still be in Houston Texas.
zillow.com

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:19:17pm

The intimate primary handwashing chamber.

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:23:02pm

re: #183 jaunte

$10 million won’t even get your foot in the door in Aspen.

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calochortus  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:24:42pm

re: #183 jaunte

Speakng of insane wealthy people, I was looking around on Zillow listing in Houston a couple of days ago and this $36 million place near my old neighborhood stuck out on the map.
Take a look at the grotesque palatial interiors, and imagine the ego that needed this kind of reinforcement. I checked the address in the Harris County Appraisal district website, and the assessed value last year was $10 million-ish. Owned by a Domestic LLC; looking for a REALLY stupid mark to spend $36,000,000 and still be in Houston Texas.
zillow.com

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That’s, ummm, something. I would think that if you were spending that kind of money you’d want something that was your own vision, not someone else’s.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:27:21pm

re: #163 Dangerman

Spent the weekend at Indian rocks beach. Near Tampa

There’s a small place called the kooky coconut. Sandwiches, ice cream, trinkets.

They make a Cuban Reuben.
It was outstanding!

Funny you mentioned Cuban Reuben.

A couple of years ago a new sandwich restaurant opened up off Nashville music row.

Checked it out and seeing they had a Cuban sandwich on the menu, I ordered one.

(Alas, no Medianoche)

The waiter brought me a Reuben sandwich.

Figured wtf and ate it.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:27:25pm

re: #186 calochortus

You could get better architecture and a nicer view for a fraction of that.

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wrenchwench  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:27:38pm

re: #183 jaunte

Looks like a cross between a train station and a church. Without the dirt.

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:28:33pm

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:29:24pm

re: #189 wrenchwench

Looks like a cross between a train station and a church. Without the dirt.

If it were a church, the stained glass would help make it less fugly.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:30:16pm

More from downstairs -

re: #148 KerFuFFler

Just a little more dancing…..
This is a balboa, a dance with very quick footwork. This choreography is great the way they time their moves to some tricky music. Their syncopation around the minute mark is really clever.

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Nicely done! I suspect that quality of dancing was not see very often in Balboa Park back in the day. It is good to see that Balboa is still with us.

I remember Sylvia Sykes touring around in the 1980’s and 1990’s working to repopularize the dance. She didn’t seem to make much headway, at least in the NorthEast, where Lindy Hop was garnering all the attention.

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Jay C  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:30:28pm

re: #189 wrenchwench

Looks like a cross between a train station and a church. Without the dirt.

Church?
Temple of Mammon, more like.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:32:27pm

re: #189 wrenchwench

They do have a gargoyle on the shelf.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:32:37pm

re: #193 Jay C

Church?
Temple of Mammon, more like.

That will always be the school of business at UW Madison to me.

The Cathedral of Capitalism.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:34:03pm

Lord Elgin’s lost his marbles!

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:34:07pm

I sometimes also make fart noises at 2am, can I be a billionaire now?

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:36:48pm

re: #193 Jay C

Church?
Temple of Mammon, more like.

Yup. It looks like an institutional building rather than a residence. I wonder what percentage of the building is actual residential/living quarters.

I remember touring Jefferson Davis’ mansion in Richmond. It was huge for the time. With 3 stories. It was almost all used as the governing office space for the Executive branch of the Confederacy. With the family living in a small part of the third floor.

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wrenchwench  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:37:33pm

re: #191 William Lewis

If it were a church, the stained glass would help make it less fugly.

My brother showed me this one on his phone:

It’s probably even better in person.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:42:44pm

Here’s a bit of good news.

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:43:27pm

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:43:44pm

re: #199 wrenchwench

My brother showed me this one on his phone:

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It’s probably even better in person.

Nice replacement for the the WWII losses.

This is the space window at the National Cathedral. The dot in the center of the window is a piece of lunar rock brought back by Apollo.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:44:07pm

Mastodon

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:45:32pm

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teleskiguy  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:46:14pm

re: #197 Charles Johnson

The whole Elmu thing quite frankly breaks my brain. It’s the stupidest thing that has ever happened on the Internet and it’s ongoing and it gets stupider and stupider and today we got to the fart noises level of stupid and fuck man it is so stupid. Twitter deserved better.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:47:28pm

re: #178 Captain Ron

“Payed” for. Ugh.

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jaunte  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:48:35pm

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gwangung  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:49:34pm

re: #200 jaunte

Here’s a bit of good news.

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Yah, but the usual yahoos will scream about it.

The nitwits don’t understand it’s a SYSTEM. Lots of variables, lots of factors, and to get something in one area, you’ll have to make changes in another area.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 7:58:55pm

re: #207 jaunte

Butt Tubas!

What is a butt tuba and why is it in medieval art? - Michelle Brown

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Captain Ron  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:00:44pm

I think they’re doing it wrong.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:04:19pm

re: #210 Captain Ron

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:04:21pm

re: #77 jaunte

She sounds like she’s been listening to sovereign citizens.

I was going to say this, but decided to scroll down — listening to, or is one?

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:06:33pm

re: #210 Captain Ron

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I think they’re doing it wrong.

Natural selection is back.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:11:10pm

Years ago I remember the LA Weekly ran a satire of Dilbert called “Corp’ert” where Corp’ert got sick of his job, quit and became a promoter of nude coleslaw wrestling.

A far funnier gag than anything SKKKott ever came up with.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:13:08pm

re: #210 Captain Ron

South Africa: Footage of tigers roaming the streets highlights boom in big cat farming f24.my

I think they’re doing it wrong.

Tigers to harvest.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:23:27pm
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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:33:32pm

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:34:19pm

And here comes another pulse of rain!

Heavy rain outside my apartment right now with the wind whipping the palm trees again.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:34:46pm

Jordi (Jackass Configuration)
@jorsh@lor.sh
Dear transphobes,

Whenever you say the word “woman”, my brain automatically includes Trans women.
So good luck with that “real women” bullshit. Most of us know what’s what.

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Christian bigots are bigots.

Love, Jordi

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wrenchwench  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:35:34pm

re: #216 ckkatz

Getting to know you…
getting to know all about you…

He’s not changing, is he. He’s just becoming more visibly himself.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:36:59pm
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Patricia Kayden  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:42:10pm

re: #221 ckkatz

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:43:27pm

re: #218 Joe Bacon

And here comes another pulse of rain!

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Heavy rain outside my apartment right now with the wind whipping the palm trees again.

You’re on the rain train this winter.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:44:45pm

We were promised rain today but none appeared for us. High chance for rain tonight… but looking at radar it does not seem we’ll get any before Wednesday.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:45:36pm

Ok did somebody open up a wormhole to cause this?

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:45:41pm

re: #222 Patricia Kayden

And the police fall in line just like that.

Although the tweet uses the word police, I wonder if it is actually the public police or private security guards. If it is the publicly funded police following the orders of a single politician rather than the code of laws, I agree with you that this is concerning.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:47:54pm

re: #225 Joe Bacon

What’s the old joke -
It’s definitely not an Incel. After all does have a date…..

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:48:58pm

re: #160 William Lewis

Heh. I remember being a young sysadm on XENIX, Sun & DG systems and kicking the hornet’s nest by posting that the only use of for vi was to edit the emacs (17? 18?) makefile … ;)

Ah, the text editor wars of the 80s and 90s: the vi’ers vs the emacs. It was a brutal time then, many were wounded, many died. One quickly learned that the path to safety and survival was to never offer up your opinion for, whichever side you landed on, the other side was ready and able to tear you apart. It was best, when asked, to just dumbly smile and mumble to yourself until the asker went away to find fresh meat.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 8:54:27pm

Hmm, somebody leaked a video of a Russian Lieutenant General, who is the Deputy Commander of Russian Ground Forces, doing a nekkid dance video for his girlfriend. Correction, one of his girlfriends…

Hmm, I wonder who would do such a thing?

Behind the label, although not too raunchy, and appropriate places are blurred.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:04:50pm

Not Zillow, but speaking of girlfriends.

Yes, there are places in Russia along the Black Sea where palm trees grow. And, not all palm trees in Russia are real.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:13:55pm

re: #226 ckkatz

Although the tweet uses the word police, I wonder if it is actually the public police or private security guards. If it is the publicly funded police following the orders of a single politician rather than the code of laws, I agree with you that this is concerning.

This is where I saw the guy identified as security guard rather than as police. And, of course, Nutcase Laura Loomer is involved…

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:17:29pm

From Monday. I believe that he is in Michigan -

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retired cynic  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:26:39pm

re: #232 ckkatz

I believe so, yes, that he is and it has been! A friend had major ice storm and big tree damage, long-term power outage, lost of landline and internet.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:35:25pm

This explains repug hostility to drag shows. They looked like idiots when they tried it and they are insanely jealous of guys who make it work.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:38:36pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 28, 2023 • 9:50:34pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:05:05pm

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Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22 - 2. Tempo di valse



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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:06:55pm

Mandalorian in two hours. Time for a nap.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:08:46pm
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retired cynic  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:13:44pm

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:15:25pm
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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:16:27pm

re: #45 William Lewis

If I could, I’d still be using Solaris. Even the 10 year old last release of Solaris 10 sucks less than windows but there’s no support and not even a modern version of Firefox for it because Oracle owns it after Java dragged Sun Microsystems under. (Oracle takes the worst aspects of IBM, Microshaft and Apple and combines them with none of the things they do well, but I digress… )

So I use Windows when I have to and my personal laptop has Linux Mint on it which isn’t as good but at least has modern versions of the apps I need.

I figured we’d end up here.

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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:21:49pm

An informal thread talking about some of the differences between Palermo and Florence. These tweets are from the middle of the thread because they have gorgeous pictures. -

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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:47:32pm
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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:48:54pm
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Belafon  Feb 28, 2023 • 10:51:35pm
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ckkatz  Feb 28, 2023 • 11:01:12pm

I assume that she means D&C.

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Captain Ron  Feb 28, 2023 • 11:49:08pm
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Captain Ron  Feb 28, 2023 • 11:51:27pm

missed this in my paste.

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William Lewis  Feb 28, 2023 • 11:51:44pm

As I sit here at home, beer in hand, this is my mood… ;)

Richard Thompson ‘I Want To See The Bright Lights’ (live acoustic performance)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 12:52:22am

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

Walker’s campaign paid $595,600 to a company called ‘Jetts’ to supposedly charter private planes. However, Fox has learned that ‘Jetts’ is a defunct car wash that was owned by a Walker donor.

You’d think that after Breaking Bad, they would have enough sense to stay away from a car wash for money laundering purposes.

On the other hand, had he won, this would all have gone uninvestigated or be dismissed and swpet under the rug.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 12:58:47am

re: #18 retired cynic

This is part of a series that opinion writer Danielle Allen is writing on “renovating democracy”. I have found them pretty interesting, not just surface nattering.

Opinion The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
wapo.st (gift link)

Germany, with a population only a quarter of the US, has 631 delegates to its Parliament.

Half are elected as direct mandates, the other half are taken from a list based on the share of votes that their party gets overall. That helps minimize the ability of parties to “Jerrymander” (vou *will* laugh)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 12:59:16am

re: #20 Crush White Nationalism

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Except that pickup trucks are all born male.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:01:58am

re: #38 William Lewis

One can argue that all ethics are a social contract rather than a moral construct. Some may “need” that construct behind it but the reality remains in the social contract between all members of the community.

In my mind they are: I wish to be treated fairly and with respect, therefore I can be expected to show respect and fairness in return.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:03:19am

re: #46 jaunte

It was the late Rush Limbaugh who popularized calling it “The Democrat Party” and it stuck.

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William Lewis  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:03:38am

re: #255 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Exactly.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:05:56am

re: #64 darthstar

I’d love to see Putin lose his eastern sea ports. China has more to gain if Russia loses than if they ‘win’.

Stalin was dreaming of this in 1940: He figured that Hitler would get bogged down in more trench warfare in Western Europe and he would be able to move in and “liberate” the rest of Eastern Europe.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:08:09am

re: #77 jaunte

She sounds like she’s been listening to sovereign citizens.

If the law does not apply to you, a SSovereign KFCitizen, then what is to prevent the officer from claiming the same and the proceeding to drag you from the car and beat you to a bloody pulp?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:12:55am

re: #102 Charles Johnson

For a short time I worked with (or for) a very rich guy who also had brainstorms and wanted to have weird intense conversations about them at 2am.

I worked off and on for several years for a guy like that, Reggie Jackson’s manager, negotiated one of the first million-dollar contracts in sports. Later got big into real estate in and around Phoenix.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:14:25am

re: #105 ckkatz

Deepfakes — audio, video, photo — are about to explode, which will complicate this problem even further. If you think it’s bad now, just wait. A year from now, the problems we face today will seem simple & quaint. We aren’t prepared for the coming onslaught of fakery & deception.

Which is why we will have to go back to resorting to a few large news outlets with a pristine reputation for integrity, thoroughness and quality of research. A media landscape where reputation is everything, not just viewer numbers.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:15:28am

re: #109 jaunte

The mouth movement reminded me of the Clutch Cargo technique:

“If you stare at their mouths long enough, they look just like dying oysters!”

-Zippy the Pinhead

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:22:46am

re: #120 Patricia Kayden

I think DeSantis’ drive is mostly to privatize public education, the fascist/theocratic indoctrination aspect is just a bonus.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:24:37am

re: #126 Patricia Kayden

I still don’t understand the toilet paper frenzy. I couldn’t find toilet paper in any store until late 2020.

People were seriously hoarding it in the hopes of re-selling it at a profit. That can be the only explanation.

Germany allows retail stores to limit sales to “normal family household amounts”, which would be 2-3 packages of toilet paper or the like. Most of them did, although it remained scarce for ages.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:29:48am

re: #162 Patricia Kayden

Couldn’t AI hunt him down and attack him no matter where he hides out?

AI can take almost any form…that is what makes it scary. All these visions of robot armies are misleading. We will be attacked by pure weapony without soldiers.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:32:05am

re: #172 Patricia Kayden

Sounds like the plot for Elysium — rich people abandoning a dying planet.

That is also the plot of Ben Elton’s Stark. Problem is, a space ship full of billionaires is not a ship full of people who know how to cooperate cohabitate over the long term. It eventually self-destructs.

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William Lewis  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:36:14am

re: #266 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is also the plot of Ben Elton’s Stark. Problem is, a space ship full of billionaires is not a ship full of people who know how to cooperate cohabitate over the long term. It eventually self-destructs.

Which is the stoyline to use if you want to do anything important.

Most people don’t…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:37:33am

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

“Drone lunches” is a typo so splendid, I wish I’d made it myself.

A delivery service for picknickers?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:38:06am

re: #238 GlutenFreeJesus

Mandalorian in two hours. Time for a nap.

we are looking forward to that this evening.

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Targetpractice  Mar 1, 2023 • 1:42:54am

Only way that fantasy worlds like Elysium work is the invention of automation systems that can replace humans for virtually every menial task. Because if you can’t achieve that, then you have to have an underclass that is rubbing shoulders with the rich and eventually revolution. Hence why all the fantasies here on Earth of real-world Galt’s Gultchs never pan out, because the question of where The Help is supposed to go in these fantasized worlds of leisure and serenity causes the whole thing to break down before it leaves the conceptual stage.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:01:33am

re: #256 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It was the late Rush Limbaugh who popularized calling it “The Democrat Party” and it stuck.

The term used as a slur was first used by Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) in a speech to the Michigan Republican Party in 1889.

It has come and gone in popularity as a slur. It was commonly used in the Great Depression by Republicans in Congress.

William Safire noted it was a convenient term because it rhymes with autocrat, plutocrat, and worst, bureaucrat.

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TarHellion  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:15:30am

Picked a good starting word to set up the birbie. Engaged in the heat/air wars at the house. Warmed up to 76 yesterday, so inside the house was near 80. MrsTarH needed some air. Cooled down to 44 this morning, so now MrsTarH needs heat. Happy Hump Day!

Click to Reveal

Wordle 620 3/6*

⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:23:47am

re: #271 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The term used as a slur was first used by Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) in a speech to the Michigan Republican Party in 1889.

It has come and gone in popularity as a slur. It was commonly used in the Great Depression by Republicans in Congress.

William Safire noted it was a convenient term because it rhymes with autocrat, plutocrat, and worst, bureaucrat.

I can understand it coming as a term of derision from commentators or even politicians making speeches outside of Congress, but to use it there is a sign of contempt and disrespect.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:24:30am

Daughter has taken up Würdl and asked me to assist with her word yesterday.

I do not feel the least bit interested in continuing.

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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:28:08am

My Twitter “Following” tab just stopped working. According to my profile, I’m still following hundreds of accounts, but the Following tab seems to think I follow exactly zero. Lists still work normally.

Remember, folks, IT’S GOOD THAT ELMO DID THAT.

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Targetpractice  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:34:16am

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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Taking Crimea is gonna be an absolute shitshow, chiefly because the Russians are going to try to keep as many civilians there as possible in order to maintain their claim to it as well as exploit their suffering for propaganda. Just as they tried to use the civilians they bused into occupied cities to sell themselves as benevolent overlords who were creating a “better” Ukraine, we’re going to get all sorts of pics and videos of injured and suffering Russian civilians in Crimea to beg the world to call the war to a halt and let Russia keep the territory to “stop the suffering.”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:38:58am

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Lee Shot Williams - Love Now Pay Later (Gamma)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:40:11am

re: #276 Targetpractice

I think that realistically, Ukraine will have to end up ceding Ukraine to Russia in the final deal.

This is one region to which Russia does have some degree of valid historical claim, although that far from justifies the way they went about exerting that claim in 2014.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:41:57am

re: #277 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Thank you. This is very much my ethnic music, the stuff we danced to at the sock hops at Edison Middle School in Gary, Indiana.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:43:28am

re: #266 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Heh. Oh well. 🤷🏽‍♀️ My sympathy is low for them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:45:40am

re: #280 Patricia Kayden

Heh. Oh well. 🤷🏽‍♀️ My sympathy is low for them.

Their sympathy for the rest of us is zero.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:46:37am

re: #276 Targetpractice

If Ukraine defeats Russia, they shouldn’t cede any territory to Russia. Putin is a war criminal and doesn’t get any treats for invading Ukraine. He gets a trial at The Hague and jail time.

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Targetpractice  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:51:34am

re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that realistically, Ukraine will have to end up ceding Crimea to Russia in the final deal.

This is one region to which Russia does have some degree of valid historical claim, although that far from justifies the way they went about exerting that claim in 2014.

I just found myself realizing that that is going to be the “deal” offered before this is all over. I figure that Putin will eventually view that as his only way to claim some sort of “victory” back home, that he wore Ukraine down until they begged him take Crimea to end the war. In order to further get the West to help him in the effort, expect him to agree to remove all troops from eastern Ukraine and cease supporting the separatists there. Just don’t expect him to move away from the prewar BS that they’re free and independent republics, he’ll even stand before the UN and insist they agree to such and force Kyiv to sign off on it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:51:35am

re: #282 Patricia Kayden

If Ukraine defeats Russia, they shouldn’t cede any territory to Russia. Putin is a war criminal and doesn’t get any treats for invading Ukraine. He gets a trial at The Hague and jail time.

In an ideal world, I would agree. Reality is that he is likely going to keep Crimea.

One thing I would really like to see Putin being compelled to publicly declare Ukraine’s right to independence, sovereignty and the inviolability of its borders.

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Nojay UK  Mar 1, 2023 • 2:55:58am

re: #284 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Previous Russian governments have signed binding agreements regarding Ukraine’s right to independence, sovereignty and the inviolability of its borders. Times change, governments change, boom!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:01:54am

re: #285 Nojay UK

Previous Russian governments have signed binding agreements regarding Ukraine’s right to independence, sovereignty and the inviolability of its borders. Times change, governments change, boom!

I am aware of that, but I want to see Putin eat Crow.

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Targetpractice  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:10:02am

re: #284 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In an ideal world, I would agree. Reality is that he is likely going to keep Crimea.

One thing I would really like to see Putin being compelled to publicly declare Ukraine’s right to independence, sovereignty and the inviolability of its borders.

I imagine that that is really the biggest sticking point in any attempt at peace negotiations in the short term. It’s not just about the Russian pride wrapped up in Putin’s declaration that Ukraine is illegitimate, it’s also the months of propaganda BS about how Ukraine was a stand-in for the West in a NATO v. Russia proxy war. That the West didn’t care about Ukraine because they likewise believed it to be illegitimate. And that beating Ukraine was effectively a victory against NATO. So to acknowledge that Ukraine is a legitimate country with a right of self-determination is gonna be a massive blow to Russia’s collective ego that they still refuse to accept.

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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:10:05am

re: #276 Targetpractice

Taking Crimea is gonna be an absolute shitshow, chiefly because the Russians are going to try to keep as many civilians there as possible in order to maintain their claim to it as well as exploit their suffering for propaganda. Just as they tried to use the civilians they bused into occupied cities to sell themselves as benevolent overlords who were creating a “better” Ukraine, we’re going to get all sorts of pics and videos of injured and suffering Russian civilians in Crimea to beg the world to call the war to a halt and let Russia keep the territory to “stop the suffering.”

The Russian government can try to keep civilians in Crimea, BUT. They’ve also told all these civilians over and over again that the Ukrainians are murdering monsters that will slaughter everybody, because of course they did. So, Russian civilians there have already been fucking off to the relative safety of the Motherland, especially the ones who came over for cheap real estate seized from its rightful owners.

Then there’s unit strength versus capability. If you have a combat unit with 90% strength, so almost all the personnel and materiel are ready to go, you have a force capable of maybe 90 to 100% of combat operations. If you have a combat unit with 50% strength, by doctrine you don’t have a force that can do 50% of its combat operations, but zero. There are so many holes that it’s unlikely the force can do anything. So when combat forces get degraded like that, they are simply incapable of any mission and the adversary will run right over them. It’s not linear and resistance can suddenly crumble.

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Targetpractice  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:35:03am

At some point in the next few months, the war aim of Russia is going to shift from “winning” the war to stopping Ukraine from winning. And if that sounds confusing, the difference is that Russia is going to cease trying to take and hold territory and start trying to prevent Ukraine from getting past some arbitrary point so they can con the plebes into feeling some measure of “pride” that their sons died keeping some portion of Ukraine firmly under Russian control. Keeping control of Crimea is the big one, but just preventing Ukraine from pushing far enough eastward so that those regions are forced to surrender will also be seen as a “win” in Moscow.

You can already sort of see this shift beginning in the BS slung yesterday on Russian propaganda channels that failing to take Kyiv in the early days of the war was actually a “win” because occupying the whole country would be so much more expensive than just what they’ve managed to hold up to this point.

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:53:03am

re: #114 jaunte

I thought Russians were the experts at flying through apartment windows.

flying out, though. not flying in.

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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 3:59:12am

re: #289 Targetpractice

At some point in the next few months, the war aim of Russia is going to shift from “winning” the war to stopping Ukraine from winning. And if that sounds confusing, the difference is that Russia is going to cease trying to take and hold territory and start trying to prevent Ukraine from getting past some arbitrary point so they can con the plebes into feeling some measure of “pride” that their sons died keeping some portion of Ukraine firmly under Russian control. Keeping control of Crimea is the big one, but just preventing Ukraine from pushing far enough eastward so that those regions are forced to surrender will also be seen as a “win” in Moscow.

You can already sort of see this shift beginning in the BS slung yesterday on Russian propaganda channels that failing to take Kyiv in the early days of the war was actually a “win” because occupying the whole country would be so much more expensive than just what they’ve managed to hold up to this point.

I agree that it looks like they’re moving to Not Losing, trying to draw out the fight long enough for the West to get bored and give up and leave the Ukrainians alone to fight. However, the West isn’t cooperating, partly because Russia is constantly finding new ways to outrage everyone, and the Ukrainians won’t give up because that’s their home and they know what the Russians do when they occupy it.

Russia could Not Lose in Donbas for years because Ukraine wouldn’t escalate into a real hot war, but that genie is very obviously out of the bottle at this point. Plus, Russia is just getting weaker and weaker, while Ukraine keeps getting resupplied (including from Russia).

The I Meant To Do That shit on Russian propaganda is just funny. Sure you did, have a cookie.

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:02:02am

re: #124 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:03:58am

re: #292 steve_davis

one of my great-grandfathers on my mother’s side was a breaker boy in Wilkes Barre, starting out. He eventually got apprenticed to a plumber and did pretty damned well for himself and his family. That was back when with some initiative, you could start out in this country with nothing and end up living a comfortable existence. Before the advent of the second Gilded Age in the 1970’s.

yup, granddad was a coal miner, dad a roller in a steel plant, and all his sons went to college

what a dream.

defeated by avocado toast

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Shropshire Slasher  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:15:55am
Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman and the first openly gay person ever to serve as mayor of Chicago, on Tuesday became a one-term mayor.

With nearly 99% of the precincts reporting, the mayor who guided Chicago through the pandemic finished third in Tuesday’s election with 17.06% of the vote behind former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, who won 33.77 %, and Cook County Commissioner and Chicago Teachers Union organizer Brandon Johnson, who wound up with 20.29%.

chicago.suntimes.com

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:22:32am

re: #162 Patricia Kayden

Couldn’t AI hunt him down and attack him no matter where he hides out?

“Sarah Connors?’
“Uhm, no, I’m Sam Altman.”
(cyborg smiles) “Trick question.” (Altman disintegrates in a hail of bullets from the Vindicator.)

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Dopamine Fish  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:25:58am

I got lucky this morning. There were easily 4 possible choices in that spot.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:29:01am

re: #296 Dopamine Fish

Took me 6. It was basically giving me the finger.

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Shropshire Slasher  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:30:48am

Lol. For those not playing at home, the Duke of York is Prince Andrew.

King Charles III has reportedly offered the keys to Frogmore Cottage, which previously belonged to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, to the Duke of York.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to making arrangements for their remaining belongings to be shipped to their home in California after being “evicted” from the Windsor property.

independent.co.uk

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:34:04am

re: #186 calochortus

That’s, ummm, something. I would think that if you were spending that kind of money you’d want something that was your own vision, not someone else’s.

that’s because you are smart enough to have vision. there are plenty of people in the upper echelons who have more money than God and an inability to actually create pictures inside their own heads. for instance, Donald Trump. Saddam Hussein. They don’t have pictures that show up in their heads, so the alternative is to just cover everything in gold because their brains can’t separate reality from metaphor.

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:35:40am

re: #194 jaunte

They do have a gargoyle on the shelf.

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Looks like the waiting room to a high-class gyno to me. Everything is sterile. People in that room are waiting to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 4:55:00am

re: #244 Belafon

the thing I find most entertaining is 1)in a not-terribly different universe, this could easily have been the style; 2)how many of the pre civil-war presidents are names that I vaguely recognize but know nothing about. There’s just a big dead spot between the last of the founding fathers and Abraham Lincoln.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:08:35am

Amost had the birbie.
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Belafon  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:13:23am

re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that realistically, Ukraine will have to end up ceding Ukraine to Russia in the final deal.

This is one region to which Russia does have some degree of valid historical claim, although that far from justifies the way they went about exerting that claim in 2014.

Winning Crimea isn’t the end goal. The end goal is forcing Russia to return every Ukrainian they have kidnapped including the children. Retaking Crimea is just the indication that Russia has nothing left to stop Ukraine.

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Shropshire Slasher  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:15:48am

I am in the market for a new 1-ton pick-me-up truck and I am disappointed that I still can’t get a manual. I would pay extra! Pay wall on this article, but you get the idear.

Stick shift loyalists aren’t taking the electric-car revolution lying down.

Following a decadeslong decline, three-pedaled vehicles are experiencing a modest but real resurgence. Manuals accounted for 1.7% of total new vehicle sales in 2023, according to data analytics company J.D. Power, up from 1.2% last year and a low of 0.9% in 2021. The Autotrader marketplace reports a 13% rise in page views for new manual cars in 2023 compared with this time last year.

Manual sedans no longer necessarily get better fuel mileage, cost less or accelerate faster than automatic ones do, auto pros say. Drivers who are sticking with sticks say that taking control of their clutches not only makes driving more fun but also provides a counter to an increasingly automated world—especially as more buyers shift to mostly single-gear electric vehicles.

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Mini recently added three new models to its lineup of stick shifts, with four more coming this month. Manual is now the only option on three of Mazda’s five versions of MX-5 Miata. Acura brought a manual option back to the Integra in June after discontinuing stick shifts in its lineup in 2015. The company is releasing a higher-performance Integra with no automatic option later this year.

“We are definitely doubling down,” says Emile Korkor, who helps oversee U.S. sales for Acura. He says about a quarter of the 15,000 people who have bought 2023 Integras have requested manuals.

These cars entice younger consumers in the same way that vinyl records and point-and-shoot cameras do, manufacturers say. Over half of those who opted for manual Integras are between 18 and 46 years old, and about a quarter of those who bought manual Miatas in 2022 are between 18 and 35, the companies say.

wsj.com

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:34:50am

re: #272 TarHellion

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mmmirele  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:37:37am

re: #183 jaunte

I looked at it on a map. It backs to Buffalo Bayou. I’m evil…you don’t have to know what I’m thinking.

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steve_davis  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:43:59am

re: #304 Shropshire Slasher

as a long time driver of manuals, I will say there are probably more situations where manuals are a pain than a help. In-city driving, with lots of stops and starts, for one. I went with the Mazda 3, with sports paddles on the wheel. Gives me manual control when I really want it, but without my having to work a clutch.

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Dopamine Fish  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:48:35am

re: #307 steve_davis

as a long time driver of manuals, I will say there are probably more situations where manuals are a pain than a help. In-city driving, with lots of stops and starts, for one. I went with the Mazda 3, with sports paddles on the wheel. Gives me manual control when I really want it, but without my having to work a clutch.

Driving a stick these days is purely for the enjoyment. In the olden days, automatic transmissions took significant horsepower to operate, and early auto cars were very inefficient compared to their manual equivalents. This is no longer the case. Significant investment into automatic transmission technology has produced designs that, when combined with engine technology upgrades, operate at levels of fuel efficiency previously reserved for the lightest and cheapest stick-shifters (think old-school Volkswagens).

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 5:55:41am

re: #133 Captain Ron

That will finally put a dent in the historic drought that has faced much of California.

The problem is that it’s done nothing for the Colorado River watershed, which is still in serious trouble.

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mmmirele  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:09:06am

re: #298 Shropshire Slasher

Lol. For those not playing at home, the Duke of York is Prince Andrew.

independent.co.uk

That’s super…favor the pervy, abusive younger brother over your own son? Charles, you look *terrible*. Don’t ever come back to the USA, you might get protested by an unusual group—people who are tired of powerful people protecting their pervy relatives.

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darthstar  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:10:19am

Mastodon

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:13:18am

re: #311 mmmirele

Charles is also having a tough time lining up acts for his Coronation Concert:

Harry Styles, Elton John, the Spice Girls, and several other artists have reportedly declined the invitation to perform at the upcoming coronation of King Charles III in May.

Adele and Ed Sheeran were the first artists to say no to the King’s invite, according to a report in Marie Claire, while another report revealed that John, Styles, and the Spice Girls also followed suit. The latter three acts reportedly turned down the coronation performance, scheduled for May 7, due to busy schedules.

At one point, the Spice Girls Victoria Beckham, Mel C, Mel B, Geri Horner, and Emma Bunton were nearly confirmed to reunite for the special performance but ultimately declined.

Styles is currently on his worldwide Love On Tour, while John is finishing up his Farewell Yellow Brick Road The Final Tour.

Additionally, Robbie Williams has also reportedly turned down the invite to perform, while his former Take That bandmates—Mark Owen, Howard Donald, and Gary Barlow—are still set to headline the concert, which will also feature Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, and Lionel Richie.

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jeffreyw  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:14:25am

Filet o’ Fish & Rings

Good morning!

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Crush White Nationalism  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:15:16am

Dianna Cowern, who makes entertaining science videos as Physics Girl, is extremely ill.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:19:13am

re: #315 Crush White Nationalism

Damn, she’s only 33.

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darthstar  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:20:02am

re: #313 Eclectic Cyborg

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Lee Greenwood are available.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:37:05am

re: #317 darthstar

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Lee Greenwood are available.

Don’t forget Wayne Newton!

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Moe Avattar  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:43:46am

re: #317 darthstar

Gary Glitter?

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 1, 2023 • 6:44:24am

re: #317 darthstar

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Lee Greenwood are available.

God Bless the whole UK

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JC1  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:01:34am

re: #217 Patricia Kayden

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:01:41am

re: #311 mmmirele

That’s super…favor the pervy, abusive younger brother over your own son? Charles, you look *terrible*. Don’t ever come back to the USA, you might get protested by an unusual group—people who are tired of powerful people protecting their pervy relatives.

Chucky³ is being diligently ignored by most of the media. Even the BBC rarely mentions his name or shows his phiz. This is not an issue of unpopularity, it is a case of total apathy and indifference.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:05:11am

re: #317 darthstar

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Lee Greenwood are available.

Singin’ Sweet Home Albion all summer long (i.e. for all seven and a half minutes of it)

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JC1  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:07:35am

Tulsa King was solid. Great easter egg in the last episode.

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:09:11am

This is probably the last time that Charles will be running this data b/c the underlying providers are going to be stopping their surveys on a regular basis as everyone seemingly wants to ignore covid ever happened, or that covid is disproportionately killing red-leaning counties at a higher rate than blue-leaning counties (thanks to GOP dumbfuckery and not caring how many die from what is now a preventable disease).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:09:45am
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:09:49am

Oh, look. Another rethuglican jumps on the racist anti—AA AP bandwagon

Youngkin Latest GOP Governor Skeptical of AP African American Studies Course

Following the lead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Virginia’sRepublican governor has asked his education department to review an AP African American Studies course to see if it violates his ban on divisive topics in school.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointees on the Virginia State Board of Education have been criticized previously for whitewashing history while revising history learning standards, Washington, D.C.’s NBC affiliate WRC reports.

Youngkin was elected in 2021 in part because of his false insistence that Virginia teachers were pushing critical race theory onto students to make them feel bad about being white.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:11:54am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

Promises Made, Promises Kept.

This is a big one.

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Nojay UK  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:15:23am

re: #322 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Chuckiy³ is being diligently ignored by most of the media. Even the BBC rarely mentions his name or shows his phiz. This is not an issue of unpopularity, it is a case of total apathy and indifference.

Generally here in the UK, Royalty gets ignored in the day to day news because they’re not important in the day to day life of the nation. Occasionally there will be a grip-and-grin photo with someone more important or the ceremonial opening of something expensive (What a savings!) and overdue. That sort of news will appear below the fold in the newspapers on page five, making space for a spectacular disaster or celebrity “love rat” bust-up to grab eyeballs.

We’ve got Chuck’s Investiture and Coronation coming up in May, a ceremonial beanfeast which will command the headlines for a week or so then it will be back to normal. Really we don’t want our lords and masters to actually be exciting and newsworthy like, say, Trump or Putin, it’s just nice to know that they’re there.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:23:02am

re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Singin’ Sweet Home Albion all summer long (i.e. for all seven and a half minutes of it)

The Warren Zevon version of Sweet Home Alabama would be a perfect metaphor for the UK right now.

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:33:40am

Every president w/ a mullet:

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The Pie Overlord!  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:35:35am

re: #232 ckkatz

From Monday. I believe that he is in Michigan -

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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:37:15am

re: #328 Dave In Austin

Promises Made, Promises Kept.

This is a big one.

This will be an enormous fucking deal to a lot of not-very-well-off people who are being bled dry by this extortion. Like, people breaking down and crying as with student debt forgiveness.

Which, of course, leads to how some paid off asshole, probably a minor stockholder, is going to sue the Federal government alleging some sort of unfair pressure on manufacturers and be filed in a very specific county in Texas.

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sizzzzlerz  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:41:15am

re: #298 Shropshire Slasher

Lol. For those not playing at home, the Duke of York is Prince Andrew.

independent.co.uk

So even though the previous monarch gave the cottage to Andrew, it never really was his. It continued to belong to the crown and, as such, could be withdrawn at any time. Still, it’s better than being beheaded or locked away in the Tower.

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:45:09am
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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:51:43am

re: #298 Shropshire Slasher

Lol. For those not playing at home, the Duke of York is Prince Andrew.

independent.co.uk

Yeah but what about…The Duke of Earl?????

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HypnoToad  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:52:02am

re: #335 lawhawk

My recently deceased mother wouldn’t have liked this. Keeping her health care fund generating steady profits was far more important to her than those useless people she didn’t know. It’s mine now, and she probably wouldn’t like how I’ll manage it.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:52:33am

In case you needed a reminder how much conservatives really hate gay people…

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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:53:48am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trying to make Republicans who have family members with diabetes understand it was WHO THEY VOTED FOR that keep prices high was like spitting in the wind.
Back when Corbett was governor of Pennsylvania, more than a few people I knew, after the lost their jobs, wanted to know where affordable health insurance was.
I told them.
Think they did anything?
Nope. Voted Republican. But Wolf got in and allowed the ACA to become available.
Years of this shit.
They only even think about stuff like that when it affects them.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:56:34am

re: #338 Eclectic Cyborg

What were Ben Carson’s qualifications; Betsy DeVos’s qualifications; Rick Perry’s qualifications, etc.?

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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 7:58:48am

re: #339 nines09

Trying to make Republicans who have family members with diabetes understand it was WHO THEY VOTED FOR that keep prices high was like spitting in the wind.
Back when Corbett was governor of Pennsylvania, more than a few people I knew, after the lost their jobs, wanted to know where affordable health insurance was.
I told them.
Think they did anything?
Nope. Voted Republican. But Wolf got in and allowed the ACA to become available.
Years of this shit.
They only even think about stuff like that when it affects them.

Even when Tom Wolf expanded Medicaid in PA I STILL had relatives who refused to apply for what they called “N-Word-Care”. Relatives with disabled kids went without Medicaid or signing up for an ACA plan because they hated Obama that much.

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Dopamine Fish  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:02:03am

re: #340 Colère Tueur de Lapin

What were Been Carson’s qualifications; Betsy DeVos’s qualifications; Rick Perry’s qualifications, etc.?

They’ve turned “being a liberal” into a disqualifying proposition. They are literally stating, openly, for the record, that only Republicans are fit to hold office. It’s absurd.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:04:24am

re: #340 Colère Tueur de Lapin

What were Been Carson’s qualifications; Betsy DeVos’s qualifications; Rick Perry’s qualifications, etc.?

They were all committed to throwing monkey wrenches into every part of the department they were overseeing and packing the agency with Trump Stooges committed to Steve Lenin’s deconstruction of the administrative state.

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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:07:19am

re: #341 Joe Bacon

In my instances it was mostly stupidity.
Why do you vote that way?
YOU KNOW.
But that’s not a answer…
BECAUSE
Had a little old lady draw back her lip and sneer “What did Bob Casey ever do for ME?”
Couldn’t get an answer from them on why there was so many coffee cans with pictures of folks on them on store counters. Asking for help. Just some change. Because a piece of the sky dropped on them.
Stupidity.
And ingrown racist fear, ginned up every night on the shows they watched.
If you have a flag with a mans name on it, you better be a NASCAR fan.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:07:37am

re: #340 Colère Tueur de Lapin

What were Ben Carson’s qualifications; Betsy DeVos’s qualifications; Rick Perry’s qualifications, etc.?

Look here’s the black guy who ran for President, he didn’t win, he never had a chance of winning, but now we’re going to tick a box and put him in charge of a purview he has no experience with.

Rick Perry was not even aware of what the DoE was responsible for (the nuclear arsenal)

Now Betsy DeVos had some experience in (private)education, which was basically her job, to start the process of dismantling and privatizing public education in America.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:11:15am

re: #341 Joe Bacon

Even when Tom Wolf expanded Medicaid in PA I STILL had relatives who refused to apply for what they called “N-Word-Care”. Relatives with disabled kids went without Medicaid or signing up for an ACA plan because they hated Obama that much.

I seem to recall the media interviewing some guy during the pandemic who had lost his job due to something Trump did and he said his family was having a really tough time as a result, but when asked if he’d vote for Trump again he said: “absolutely”.

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jeffreyw  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:17:09am

re: #336 Joe Bacon

Yeah but what about…The Duke of Earl?????

I think the proper title is: The Duke Duke Duke of Earl

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:21:27am

Derailment in Florida includes propane tankers. The derailment occurred several miles from the Sarasota airport.

Emergency crews from Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue were called to reports of a train derailment in Manatee County, just a few miles away from the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, county officials said in a statement. At least five railcars and two propane tankers derailed at the site, they said.

No injuries were reported and officials said there appeared to be “no leakage at this time.”

One tanker, a 30,000-gallon liquid propane car, was on its side, while the other car was “off the track, but upright,” Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue Chief Robert Bounds said late Tuesday.

While he noted that there were no apparent leaks, he said officials continued to monitor the situation with gas detection equipment. He said the “mitigation process” could take up to five to seven days.

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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:22:14am
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JC1  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:25:07am

re: #342 Dopamine Fish

They’ve turned “being a liberal” into a disqualifying proposition. They are literally stating, openly, for the record, that only Republicans are fit to hold office. It’s absurd.

Pete is smart and charismatic. He’s like a smarter John Edwards without the crazy factor. They’re trying to Hillary Pete to damage his future presidential chances.

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jeffreyw  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:25:23am

re: #341 Joe Bacon

Even when Tom Wolf expanded Medicaid in PA I STILL had relatives who refused to apply for what they called “N-Word-Care”. Relatives with disabled kids went without Medicaid or signing up for an ACA plan because they hated Obama that much.

Scammers noted that health insurance had become a partisan issue and jumped in there with insurance by Jesus.

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Crush White Nationalism  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:29:00am
Ricou Browning, who took to the water as the menacing Gill-Man in the Creature From the Black Lagoon and as the creative force behind the original Flipper movie and TV show, has died. He was 93.

Browning died Monday of natural causes at his home in Southwest Ranches, Florida, his daughter Kim Browning told The Hollywood Reporter. “He had a fabulous career in the film industry, providing wonderful entertainment for past and future generations,” she said.

The Florida native also served as a stuntman on Richard Fleischer’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), doubled for Jerry Lewis in Don’t Give Up the Ship (1959) and “played all the bad guys in [TV’s] Sea Hunt,” he said in a 2013 interview.

Ricou Browning, the Gill-Man in ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon,’ Dies at 93 (THR)

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retired cynic  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:29:39am

re: #349 ericblair

Really good. Thank you!

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Dave In Austin  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:40:18am

Get ready, like a 4 year cicada, they are starting to come out of the ground again.

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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:44:24am

re: #351 jeffreyw

No shortage of those cockroaches.

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piratedan  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:52:33am

re: #354 Dave In Austin

Then I would simply say, Thank you Bernie, for helping Democrats bring this benefit to the American people.

It’s short, prevents arguments and to be fair, I don’t think Joe cares how it got done, only that it did get done to help as many as possible. I don’t want to count coup with those folks; what is important is that this is tangible change that will make life easier for a lot of people.

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Crush White Nationalism  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:53:40am

A fetus isn’t a person, even in fascist Florida.

A Florida court has dismissed an 8-months-pregnant inmate’s emergency petition to be released from custody based on the claim that her fetus has been denied adequate medical care, in a case that raises questions about how such arguments could be interpreted in court as anti-abortion activists seek to give legal rights to fetuses.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal dismissed the petition without prejudice to be decided in circuit court, arguing, in part, that it is unclear whether the fetus of Natalia Harrell, 24, has the right to file the petition in the first place, and that its unborn status makes it too difficult to determine the facts in the case.

“Among other things, we do not believe we can properly resolve whether the unborn child has the standing to file the petition before us given the inadequate record in this matter,” the Friday opinion said.

Florida court dismisses pregnant inmate’s petition to be released over fetus’ being ‘deprived of liberty’ (NBC)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 8:58:47am

re: #357 Crush White Nationalism

“Among other things, we do not believe we can properly resolve whether the unborn child has the standing to file the petition before us given the inadequate record in this matter,” the Friday opinion said.

so it’s a matter of legal standing.

interesting precedent

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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:00:22am

Another racist preaching hate from the pulpit

open.substack.com

Christian hate-preacher: “We have to eliminate” gay and Jewish people

“We cannot allow them to survive,” added preacher Jonathan Shelley, in a video the church removed from YouTube

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wrenchwench  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:02:14am

re: #357 Crush White Nationalism

A fetus isn’t a person, even in fascist Florida.

Florida court dismisses pregnant inmate’s petition to be released over fetus’ being ‘deprived of liberty’ (NBC)

Abortion: Providing liberty to the embryo.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:03:03am
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Dopamine Fish  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:06:52am

re: #358 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

so it’s a matter of legal standing.

interesting precedent

The 3rd Circuit basically punted, saying that the district court needs to decide something, and then they can look at that decision and tell whether it was sound or not. The hot potato has been passed.

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teleskiguy  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:08:08am
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Jay C  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:11:08am

re: #363 teleskiguy

So how did they get into the office to take that picture?
Back door? Roof hatch? Stayed in overnight????

Definitely a good dump of snow there…..

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Crush White Nationalism  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:11:36am

Hayes: Why Fox is ‘the most destructive institution in all of American politics’

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Crush White Nationalism  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:12:47am

re: #364 Jay C

So how did they get into the office to take that picture?
Back door? Roof hatch? Stayed in overnight????

Definitely a good dump of snow there…..

Back door. With a drift that high in front, the back will be pretty clear.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:13:41am

re: #322 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Chucky³ is being diligently ignored by most of the media. Even the BBC rarely mentions his name or shows his phiz. This is not an issue of unpopularity, it is a case of total apathy and indifference.

1. He has a really difficult act to follow.

2. English are pretty much past the last generation that knew the Empire. And their last major symbol of it has died. Therefore, I think one of the real strong remaining supports of the monarchy as a public figure is gone.

3. He and his brother are old-school prats. Oligarchs of a style similar to the older US politicians. And much too used to the white male privilege set.

4. He doesn’t sell media eyeballs. His scandals are all pretty old. And if the media has decided not to prop him up then the best approach is to ignore him. Royalty coverage can look at the younger generation, if at all. And they can’t complain about negative coverage being an insult to The Crown if there isn’t any coverage at all.

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mmmirele  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:16:25am

re: #143 Patricia Kayden

Had no idea that there were alternatives to buying from Costco or other retail stores. Thanks for the tip.

I bought a case of toilet paper from Staples at one point. It was an opportunity purchase as I was in there for something else, noticed they had TP and said, “a case will last for a while.”

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:21:13am

LOL this is great. Catchy song, funny lyrics and overall, a great video.

Wolves of Glendale - Olivia (Official Music Video)

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:22:11am

re: #351 jeffreyw

Scammers noted that health insurance had become a partisan issue and jumped in there with insurance by Jesus.

Any product or service that wraps its approach around the US flag* or any particular religion should immediately set off a person’s BS Alarm.

* - Use of the word “patriot” in the product’s name applies here as well.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:30:17am

re: #369 Dr Lizardo

LOL this is great. Catchy song, funny lyrics and overall, a great video.

[Embedded content]

Video

Totally turn of the 80’s radio sound

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:30:28am
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ericblair  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:30:35am

re: #367 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

1. He has a really difficult act to follow.

2. English are pretty much past the last generation that knew the Empire. And their last major symbol of it has died. Therefore, I think one of the real strong remaining supports of the monarchy as a public figure is gone.

If you live in like, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden and so on, the royal family is kinda there but no big deal. There are royal gossip mags for the obsessed, but mostly nobody cares much. I guess it’s the post-imperial thing.

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wrenchwench  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:31:04am

A 4 is all I’ve got. All I can do.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 620 4/6*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Borb.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:33:35am

re: #373 ericblair

Nobody likes Chuck³, he accomplished nothing of note during his lifetime, and they are especially miffed at him for how he treated Diana. And nobody cares for his horse-faced consort.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:33:54am
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Dr Lizardo  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:35:48am

re: #371 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Totally turn of the 80’s radio sound

Reminiscent of Jackson Browne, at least for me. With some pitch-black humor.

378
BeenHereAwhile  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:37:02am

re: #228 sizzzzlerz

Ah, the text editor wars of the 80s and 90s: the vi’ers vs the emacs. It was a brutal time then, many were wounded, many died. One quickly learned that the path to safety and survival was to never offer up your opinion for, whichever side you landed on, the other side was ready and able to tear you apart. It was best, when asked, to just dumbly smile and mumble to yourself until the asker went away to find fresh meat.

I guess you could say I was introduced to a somewhat nascent version of vi while online with CompuServe.

Compuserve became unavailable, and I went to netcom, and continued to use vi until I changed to pine. While it was neat and keen to be one of the vi guys, I said screw this ideocyncratic txt editor, and started using pine/pico. Subsequently ended up hosting pine for netcom usrs until the sale of netcom.

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The Pie Overlord!  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:44:26am

How to say absolutely nothing in 10,000 words or more:

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:48:37am

re: #342 Dopamine Fish

They’ve turned “being a liberal” into a disqualifying proposition. They are literally stating, openly, for the record, that only Republicans are fit to hold office. It’s absurd.

Hmmm. Hasn’t thought about it quite that way. Makes a lot of sense.

381
lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:51:54am

Metallica: If Darkness Had a Son (Official Music Video)

New Metallica….

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Dopamine Fish  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:56:42am

re: #380 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Hmmm. Hasn’t thought about it quite that way. Makes a lot of sense.

It’s the logical conclusion to treating one’s political opposition as a literal enemy. They would never dare to let the enemy make their laws or government policies. Therefore, only they are deemed patriotic enough to be worthy of holding office.

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Teukka  Mar 1, 2023 • 9:56:44am
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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:02:38am

re: #379 The Pie Overlord!

Looks like he had Pat “Dead Inna Head” Toomey write that for him.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:03:01am

re: #383 Teukka

In an ideal world, deep fakes like this would be enough to convince audiences to go back to relying on professional journalists who work for established news institutions with an impeccable reputation for integrity, thoroughness and and truthfulness.

Instead, this is the birth of parallel realities: Quantum Politics

With a capital Q

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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:04:02am

re: #383 Teukka

Elon Musk; “Cool.”

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lawhawk  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:04:29am
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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:04:57am

re: #376 Backwoods_Sleuth

Dick.
Josh gives the Power Fist salute to his peeps as he strolls in on January 6th.
Then when they break in to say hello, he runs for his life.
Why, didn’t you know Josh was elementary on this?
Just ask him.
Dick.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:06:44am
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Joe Bacon  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:09:00am

re: #387 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

No doubt if Joe and Jill opened a can of Chef Boyardee the Republicans would still throw a pissy fit.

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nines09  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:09:27am

re: #363 teleskiguy

Main reason doors open inwards.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:11:42am

re: #387 lawhawk

My wife and I literally ordered the same dish at a restaurant on a date night last month. The house specialty was lamb chops. We both love lamb chops.

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Captain Ron  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:14:20am
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Dr Lizardo  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:16:10am

re: #387 lawhawk

I can only presume that Margarine Tater-Greens and the FNC shouty heads will all soon be raging, “WORSE THAN HITLER!!!”

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:18:50am

Linda Kasabian, whose state’s evidence testimony sent Charles Manson and his weirdo cultists to the slammer, has died at the age of 73

theguardian.com

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jeffreyw  Mar 1, 2023 • 10:58:04am

re: #373 ericblair

If you live in like, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden and so on, the royal family is kinda there but no big deal. There are royal gossip mags for the obsessed, but mostly nobody cares much. I guess it’s the post-imperial thing.

There’s a strong flavor of this NBD attitude in Termination Shock by Stephenson.

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Nojay UK  Mar 1, 2023 • 12:49:31pm

re: #373 ericblair

If you live in like, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden and so on, the royal family is kinda there but no big deal. There are royal gossip mags for the obsessed, but mostly nobody cares much. I guess it’s the post-imperial thing.

Hardly any of the US press and news organisations report breathlessly on American royalty like the Kennedys or the Bushes — they’re just not newsworthy 99% of the time unless scandal or other events makes them newsworthy. Same with the British royals. The yellow press, and Americans too for some reason, obsess about Megan and Harry but for the majority it’s no big deal.

The Windsors have a constitutional British role in society even though we don’t actually have a constitution as such. That role is much less influential than, say, the Bush dynasty or the Kennedys (their house is somewhat decayed in this century though) in the US. It’s more about just being there rather than ruling.


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