The Bob Cesca Podcast: DeSantis DeBacle

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

DeSantis DeBacle — [Explicit Content] Elon’s Twitter sabotaged Ron DeSantis’s campaign kickoff event. The headlines. The live streams that got more views than DeSantis. Super PAC added fake fighter jets to DeSantis video. DeSantis’s gigantic mouth. Trump and his lawyers are freaked out by Jack Smith for some reason. Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes sentenced. The Republican holy war against Target. Charlie Kirk threatens violence against the retailer. Steve Bannon’s trial date is set. The Brady Bunch house is for sale. House Democrats laugh at Marjorie Taylor Greene. Matt Schlapp pummeled CPAC’s finances. Great news about the electoral college. With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by Robinson & Rohe, Astral Summer, and more!

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Charles Johnson  May 25, 2023 • 3:38:30pm

Wowee, the latest update to the Gitlens extension for VS Code is killer. I hadn’t updated in a while; there’s now a menu at upper right of git options, like showing your recent commits and letting you open and browse through them at will. Makes it SUPER EASY to revert changes. I love this extension. No, I LURVE it.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 25, 2023 • 3:51:03pm

re: #133 sagehen

Gosh. D’ya think maybe there was a huge backlog of qualified not-white-guys, who had 0 chance during the Trump and Dubya years? Or when McConnell was obstructing all the Obama nominees?

I know by the end of the Trump years, when he was still picking only white guys, he’d run out of capable/qualified options and was really scraping the bottom of the barrel. People who’d never even tried a case a lawyers, people who’d never been in federal court even to watch a co-worker try a case, people who’d never even assisted with discovery or writing pleadings or any other participation in any federal trials.

He never even tried to look for capable, qualified candidates. He just picked random names off the list given to him by the Federalist Fascist Society.

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BeenHereAwhile  May 25, 2023 • 3:53:35pm

re: #146 austin_blue

Deep Breaths!

Pink Floyd - Breathe

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 3:57:04pm

5-4 decision to gut the Clean Water Act. Kavanaugh voted with the liberal wing and wrote the dissent, joined by Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

In an opinion joined by the three liberal justices, Kavanaugh contended that “[b]y narrowing the Act’s coverage of wetlands to only adjoining wetlands, the Court’s new test will leave some long-regulated adjacent wetlands no longer covered by the Clean Water Act, with significant repercussions for water quality and flood control throughout the United States.” For example, Kavanaugh noted, under the court’s new test, the wetlands on the other side of levees on the Mississippi River will not be covered by the CWA, even though they “are often an important part of the flood-control project” for the river. Moreover, Kavanaugh added, the court’s new test “is sufficiently novel and vague” that it will create precisely the kind of regulatory uncertainty that the majority criticized.

Supreme Court curtails Clean Water Act | SCOTUSblog

Kegstand doing the right thing for once. Blind squirrel.

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 3:57:19pm

Supposedly no deal yet.

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 3:59:37pm

RNC Chair Says Debt Default Would Help Republicans

Because owning the libs is paramount.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 4:00:43pm

re: #6 silverdolphin

They want to kill the hostage.

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Charles Johnson  May 25, 2023 • 4:02:07pm

Mastodon

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 4:02:17pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

5-4 decision to gut the Clean Water Act. Kavanaugh voted with the liberal wing and wrote the dissent, joined by Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

Supreme Court curtails Clean Water Act | SCOTUSblog

Kegstand doing the right thing for once. Blind squirrel.

I’m hoping this is something that can be fixed with appropriate legislation. Destroying the environment should be used as a cudgel in the next election. Along with all the rest.

Owning the libs is not going to be much fun in the end.

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Charles Johnson  May 25, 2023 • 4:02:44pm

Mastodon

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 4:04:09pm

re: #6 silverdolphin

RNC Chair Says Debt Default Would Help Republicans

Because owning the libs is paramount.

But she’s pretty stupid and has the political instincts of a door knob, so there’s that.
What’s she supposed to say?

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Captain Magic  May 25, 2023 • 4:07:54pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

“Feh, I like the taste of Nikon’s better, even with Canon L glass….”

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A Cranky One  May 25, 2023 • 4:10:05pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

This new lens cover is a bit bulky.

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Belafon  May 25, 2023 • 4:20:35pm

From yesterday:

re: #81 Nerdy Fish

Yes, but if Republicans (which the Texas House overwhelmingly is, I might remind) are saying he’s impeachable, he might actually be in some amount of trouble.

re: #83 ckkatz

I’m all for it!

But based upon history, I suspect that once all is said and done; A lot will have been said; And nothing done.

Occasionally, even in Texas, things suddenly change.

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Captain Ron  May 25, 2023 • 4:22:23pm
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steve_davis  May 25, 2023 • 4:22:26pm

Shazam 2 review: This movie sucks.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 4:22:32pm

Nazis having a normal one.

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 4:23:05pm

re: #7 teleskiguy

They want to kill the hostage.

Absolutely right.

Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech ( the one that propelled him to national notice and led to his Presidency) is one of the great speeches in American history. It is amazing to see the parallels to today, only with the parties reversed. It includes this telling paragraph:

“Under all these circumstances, do you really feel yourselves justified to break up this Government unless such a court decision [Dred Scott] as yours is, shall be at once submitted to as a conclusive and final rule of political action? But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!”“

Conservatives hold us hostage once again, with a pistol to the ear. Their tactics have not changed at all.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  May 25, 2023 • 4:23:33pm

(17:48)

Youtube Video

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:27:04pm

re: #14 Belafon

From yesterday:
Occasionally, even in Texas, things suddenly change.

I would be very extremely happy to have been wrong!
Go ahead Texas, prove me wrong, I double dare you!

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Hecuba's daughter  May 25, 2023 • 4:28:35pm

re: #9 silverdolphin

I’m hoping this is something that can be fixed with appropriate legislation. Destroying the environment should be used as a cudgel in the next election. Along with all the rest.

Owning the libs is not going to be much fun in the end.

It could be but the Dems would have to be in the majority in the House and hold at least 60 seats in the Senate and still hold the presidency. You don’t really think that the Republicans would support anything that helps the environment, do you?

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 4:30:52pm

Watching FUBAR (Arnold’s new show) on Netflix. 1.5 episodes in. Sadly, not very good so far.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:32:58pm

On one hand, Steny Hoyer is a very knowledgeable guy who has been around a long time. On the other hand it’s kind of depressing to base such an important conclusion on a vague gut feeling. (And I am sincerely hoping that this “gut feeling” was not due to lunch.)

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:34:19pm
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Tahitinho  May 25, 2023 • 4:35:33pm

re: #22 JC1

I’m out of touch. Which Arnold? Tom, Schwatzizname, or Ziffel?

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 25, 2023 • 4:38:16pm

re: #25 Tahitinho

I assumed Arnold Palmer.

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steve_davis  May 25, 2023 • 4:38:53pm

re: #18 silverdolphin

Absolutely right.

Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech ( the one that propelled him to national notice and led to his Presidency) is one of the great speeches in American history. It is amazing to see the parallels to today, only with the parties reversed. It includes this telling paragraph:

“Under all these circumstances, do you really feel yourselves justified to break up this Government unless such a court decision [Dred Scott] as yours is, shall be at once submitted to as a conclusive and final rule of political action? But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!”“

Conservatives hold us hostage once again, with a pistol to the ear. Their tactics have not changed at all.

did he really say “that is cool’? If so, that just really adds to it.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:40:14pm

.
.
Durham Report Isn’t About The Past. It’s About The Future.

*snip*
Barr has remade himself as a Trump critic, but one who focuses on Trump’s chaos and incompetence rather than on his ambitions and the misdeeds that service them. Like many of his Republican peers, Barr wishes to retain, and nurture, Trumpism while dispensing with its sloppy avatar. His attempts to negate Trump’s Russian enterprise was always more than a play to rewrite the history of the 2016 election. It was an effort to paper over the sprawling moral degeneracy of Trumpism writ large, and to obscure the authoritarianism and thuggery — call it Putinism for short — that bled from Trump into virtually every corner of the party that Trump and Barr share.

The Durham report is a monument to that endeavor, 316 pages of whataboutism intended to distance Barr, Durham and all the corrupt and criminal hangers-on of Trump world from the sordid reality of their partisan labors, and the baseness of their political desires.
*snip*

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:43:10pm
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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 4:44:09pm

re: #27 steve_davis

did he really say “that is cool’? If so, that just really adds to it.

Yes he did, although there is some question if it meant the same then. He definitiely eant it in an ironic sense.

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Backwoods Sleuth  May 25, 2023 • 4:45:38pm

re: #17 teleskiguy

Nazis having a normal one.

Managing editor of the Babylon Bee doing what he does best…

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EPR-radar  May 25, 2023 • 4:46:11pm

re: #28 ckkatz

More crudely, the Durham report is 316 pages of pretending that Trump and other Republican pigfuckers are, in fact not pigfuckers. This is complicated by the simple fact that evidence that Trump and most other Republicans are pigfuckers is as voluminous as it is revolting.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:48:05pm

re: #27 steve_davis

Apparently yes…

At least it is in the several versions I checked online, including wikipedia.

But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, You say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!”

Cooper Union speech

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Unabogie  May 25, 2023 • 4:50:30pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Wowee, the latest update to the Gitlens extension for VS Code is killer. I hadn’t updated in a while; there’s now a menu at upper right of git options, like showing your recent commits and letting you open and browse through them at will. Makes it SUPER EASY to revert changes. I love this extension. No, I LURVE it.

VSCode is really the shiz. I also love “Errors Lens” for similar sugar.

Another extension (not free) that I absolutely can’t live without is WallabyJS. If you work with unit tests at all (like Jest) it can’t be matched. It’s magic. Well worth the money.

(I don’t work for them or know them)

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gocart mozart  May 25, 2023 • 4:55:20pm
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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 4:56:30pm

And, what happens to the onsite properties if they are evicted? Including, maybe, the large dataset they currently have there?

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 5:02:04pm

re: #25 Tahitinho

I’m out of touch. Which Arnold? Tom, Schwatzizname, or Ziffel?

Arnold Schwarzenegger, though it’s True Lies inspired and supposedly Tom Arnold shows up later.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:04:36pm

re: #9 silverdolphin

I’m hoping this is something that can be fixed with appropriate legislation. Destroying the environment should be used as a cudgel in the next election. Along with all the rest.

Owning the libs is not going to be much fun in the end.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 5:05:52pm

True Lies is one of my favorite films from the 90s. So over-the-top, and Tom Arnold delivered some real zingers.

“What kind of *sick bitch* takes the ice cubes trays out of the freezer?!”

Funny how James Cameron has been married five times, methinks that particular line might be autobiographical…

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The Pie Overlord!  May 25, 2023 • 5:08:57pm

re: #35 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

There are left-wing Anti-Semites (Roger Waters fe) but Bobo feels she is being singled out. If the shoe fits, etc.

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A Cranky One  May 25, 2023 • 5:09:26pm

Possibly OT.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 5:10:25pm

re: #40 The Pie Overlord!

She’s been palling around with Seven Mountain Dominionists for many years, you’re damn right she hates Jews.

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 5:11:03pm

re: #39 teleskiguy

True Lies is one of my favorite films from the 90s. So over-the-top, and Tom Arnold delivered some real zingers.

“What kind of *sick bitch* takes the ice cubes trays out of the freezer?!”

Funny how James Cameron has been married five times, methinks that particular line might be autobiographical…

Same. Great movie.

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William Lewis  May 25, 2023 • 5:12:49pm

re: #9 silverdolphin

I’m hoping this is something that can be fixed with appropriate legislation. Destroying the environment should be used as a cudgel in the next election. Along with all the rest.

Owning the libs is not going to be much fun in the end.

Frankly what should happen (won’t but should) is:

“The corrupt court has issued the decision they were ordered to by their billionaire bosses. Let them enforce it. Meanwhile the people of the United States need clean air, clean water and safe food and as a result this administration will continue to enforce the laws as they are written, not as a handful of bribed individuals pretend they are.

Until such time as all six of the corrupt justices are replaced, the court is irrelevant and can, no must, be ignored by all real Americans. Their decisions are made moot by their corruption and not be enforced by this administration even in cases where we might agree with them.”

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 5:14:49pm

Nice round number.

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Unabogie  May 25, 2023 • 5:16:26pm

re: #45 teleskiguy

Nice round number.

[Embedded content]

My Karma is around 5,500. Turns out that if you just lurk for years on end, no one finds your profile to upding you. Go figure!

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The Pie Overlord!  May 25, 2023 • 5:17:44pm

OK I am logging off now to enjoy the holiday. See you Saturday night! Peace out lizards & lizardettes.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:19:09pm

re: #47 The Pie Overlord!

OK I am logging off now to enjoy the holiday. See you Saturday night! Peace out lizards & lizardettes.

Chag Sameach!

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 5:20:58pm

re: #47 The Pie Overlord!

OK I am logging off now to enjoy the holiday. See you Saturday night! Peace out lizards & lizardettes.

Glad you’re feeling better!

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:21:02pm

Good to finally see somebody jump on the idiots who post “bothsides” articles.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:22:47pm

I wonder if the real issue was that somebody else grifting off of Carlson’s name was interfering with Carlson’s grifting.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 5:27:29pm

Cool as in cold-blooded.

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EPR-radar  May 25, 2023 • 5:28:35pm

re: #35 gocart mozart

Boebert and her ilk are the very same people that have made “US conservatism” a convenient shorthand for assorted kinds of bigotry, willful stupidity and deep devotion to crank conspiracy theories.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  May 25, 2023 • 5:29:14pm

Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition is free in the Epic store right now.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 5:30:04pm
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Romantic Heretic  May 25, 2023 • 5:31:23pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

My first thought on seeing this.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 5:31:41pm

WELLS: The helpline is run by just six paid staffers, a couple supervisors, and they train and oversee up to 200 volunteers at any given time. The staff felt overwhelmed, under supported, burned out. There was a ton of turnover, so the helpline staff voted to unionize.

npr.org

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Nerdy Fish  May 25, 2023 • 5:32:21pm

I decided to make this weekend an extra-long holiday weekend, and took tomorrow off. Since the kids will still be in school, Mrs. Fish and I decided on a date day: We’re going to spend some time on Lake Street in Minneapolis. If you’re not aware of the geography of the area, Lake Street is a center of ethnic variety in the city. You can find literally any kind of food in the world there, and services and shops in a mind-boggling selection of languages. I joked with Mrs. Fish that it is perfectly safe there, as you wouldn’t catch a Republican within miles of the place.

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 25, 2023 • 5:32:57pm

re: #53 EPR-radar

Jayson Boebert’s Son Called the Police to Report Him for Abuse, and the Congresswoman Intervened

There’s just a person who sees a boot stamping on necks and finds it aspirational, develops a radical pro-boot agenda such that most configurations of boot and neck are acceptable.

With the one notable exception of too much boot on their own neck.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:33:58pm

Both agree that the judge politely suggested that the DOJ reconsider defending Trump in the Federal E Jean Carroll lawsuit. (Separate from the State of NY civil case.) She filed to include the recent Trump attacks into this case.)

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🔧-wench  May 25, 2023 • 5:34:34pm

re: #55 jaunte

Fellow Fullertonian. I should read his books. I even own one.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:50:08pm

re: #35 gocart mozart

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Belafon  May 25, 2023 • 5:50:21pm

re: #55 jaunte

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 5:51:35pm
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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 5:51:53pm

re: #59 The Ghost of a Flea

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick this family is fucked up. I knew they were fucked up just being in close proximity to them and observing them for a decade. This is disturbing, to say the least.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 25, 2023 • 5:54:50pm

re: #29 ckkatz

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Oh he could do the accuracy.

Then he’d have to explain how it happened.

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gocart mozart  May 25, 2023 • 5:57:28pm

This is the greatest Freudian slip since George W. Bush accidently denounce his own invasion of Iraq.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 5:58:39pm

re: #66 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Party of corruption and general self-dealing.

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 25, 2023 • 5:59:32pm

re: #53 EPR-radar

Boebert and her ilk are the very same people that have made “US conservatism” a convenient shorthand for assorted kinds of bigotry, willful stupidity and deep devotion to crank conspiracy theories.

I’ll add that whenever talking about people like Boebert, it’s worth considering that she’s perfectly continuous with past manifestations of conservative boot fetishism.

Endnote 3: The Origins of Conservatism

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DodgerFan1988  May 25, 2023 • 6:04:48pm
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Barefoot Grin  May 25, 2023 • 6:05:45pm

re: #26 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I assumed Arnold Palmer.

I was going with the hang-out restaurant owner [Pat Morita] from “Happy Days.”

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jeffreyw  May 25, 2023 • 6:10:01pm

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Barefoot Grin  May 25, 2023 • 6:11:12pm

re: #72 jeffreyw

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There were times in marathon training when I would have paid to have one tail me.

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🔧-wench  May 25, 2023 • 6:13:42pm

Mastodon

I’d chase that bird.

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 6:17:57pm

re: #38 ckkatz

Yep. But a lot of companies can only operate with regulations. That is why the FDA exists. The chaos that happens when Congress must micromanage everything will be so great I expect it will contribute mightily to the breakup ov the current GOP coalitions. We shall see.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 25, 2023 • 6:18:18pm

re: #55 jaunte

To steal from someone long forgotten:

“We are pleased to announce that we have successfully created The Horrible Thing, which we were inspired to create after reading the classic dystopian science-fiction novel, ‘Do Not Under Any Circumstances Create The Horrible Thing’.”

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Belafon  May 25, 2023 • 6:19:04pm

I went to go find out when the next Shang Chi movie is coming out, and found out that simu Liu is playing a Ken in the Barbie movie.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:19:10pm

re: #72 jeffreyw

First Class tariff for an opaque door.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 25, 2023 • 6:19:15pm

re: #75 silverdolphin

Imagine Libertarian Airlines in a world without FAA regs.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:22:14pm

ARTICLE IX
(Constitutional Bribery - Paul’s Employment of Mistress)
While holding office as attorney general, Warren Kenneth Paxton engaged in bribery in violation of Section 41, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Specifically, Paxton benefited from Nate Paul’s employment of a woman with whom Paxton was having an extramarital affair. Paul received favorable legal assistance from, or specialized access to, the office of the attorney general.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 6:24:34pm

re: #67 gocart mozart

Dude, his nasal voice, his nasal cavity is fucked. Gee, I wonder why.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:24:35pm

Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is a guidance counselor at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco. She’s also been active in state Republican politics, appearing at events with her husband and on her own. At GOP gatherings, she often performs a song that includes the line, “I’m a pistol-packin’ mama, and my husband sues Obama.”
texastribune.org

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 25, 2023 • 6:25:25pm

re: #80 jaunte

ARTICLE IX
(Constitutional Bribery - Paul’s Employment of Mistress)
While holding office as attorney general, Warren Kenneth Paxton engaged in bribery in violation of Section 41, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Specifically, Paxton benefited from Nate Paul’s employment of a woman with whom Paxton was having an extramarital affair. Paul received favorable legal assistance from, or specialized access to, the office of the attorney general.

Nate Paul related to Luap Nor?

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:27:47pm

Maybe, but he doesn’t look related.

March 31:

Nate Paul, real estate investor in Paxton corruption allegations, ordered to jail again after losing appeal

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Ace Rothstein  May 25, 2023 • 6:27:59pm

re: #59 The Ghost of a Flea

Hillbilly trash.

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Ace Rothstein  May 25, 2023 • 6:28:28pm

re: #82 jaunte

“I’m a pistol-packin’ mama, and my husband sues Obama.”

How cute.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 25, 2023 • 6:28:34pm

re: #75 silverdolphin

Yep. But a lot of companies can only operate with regulations. That is why the FDA exists. The chaos that happens when Congress must micromanage everything will be so great I expect it will contribute mightily to the breakup ov the current GOP coalitions. We shall see.

The GOP is fine with this. They don’t care whether adults or children are forced to labor in unsafe conditions, whether products are harmful to the environment or the clients who purchase them, whether companies discriminate in hiring or customers; their model is buyer beware and if it fails, well too bad. The GOP and its SCOTUS are unleashing a nightmare world on all of us

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 6:37:50pm

re: #44 William Lewis

Frankly what should happen (won’t but should) is:

“The corrupt court has issued the decision they were ordered to by their billionaire bosses. Let them enforce it. Meanwhile the people of the United States need clean air, clean water and safe food and as a result this administration will continue to enforce the laws as they are written, not as a handful of bribed individuals pretend they are.

Until such time as all six of the corrupt justices are replaced, the court is irrelevant and can, no must, be ignored by all real Americans. Their decisions are made moot by their corruption and not be enforced by this administration even in cases where we might agree with them.”

I agree but I am not certain Biden is there yet. What we need is for him to peel off 20-30 Republicans in the House. Won’t happen now I expect but there are enough Republicans in the House to give us almost 240 seats if the Blue Shift we have seen since Roe was overturned continues. A 6% shift would not only get us that but also almost 60 Senators.screw up more things and that number might be higher. If ever there was a need for a 50 state approach this is it.

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 6:44:05pm

re: #87 Hecuba’s daughter

The GOP is fine with this. They don’t care whether adults or children are forced to labor in unsafe conditions, whether products are harmful to the environment or the clients who purchase them, whether companies discriminate in hiring or customers; their model is buyer beware and if it fails, well too bad. The GOP and its SCOTUS are unleashing a nightmare world on all of us

The American people are not simply passive here. I fully expect we will vote the bastards out. We do not need a huge shift in voting patterns to see a Congress of 245 Democrats in the House and 59 in the Senate. Just the people upset by abortion might do that. Add in others who do not want Crazytown and we could have a landslide similar to other periods in our history.

We just have to believe and work at it. IMHO

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 6:44:59pm
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Ace Rothstein  May 25, 2023 • 6:46:21pm

I just watched the “Better Be Good To Me” video by Tina Turner. Came out in 1984 so it’s a bit dated, and I never knew that the band she’s performing with is The Fixx, a band I LOVED back then as an impressionable new teenager. I think it’s Turner’s best song.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 6:47:27pm
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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 6:49:14pm

re: #70 DodgerFan1988

Does that include protecting Twitter? Because I think that Twitter murdered a campaign yesterday.

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darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 6:49:36pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

5-4 decision to gut the Clean Water Act. Kavanaugh voted with the liberal wing and wrote the dissent, joined by Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

Supreme Court curtails Clean Water Act | SCOTUSblog

Kegstand doing the right thing for once. Blind squirrel.

The nice thing about a 6-3 majority is that everyone gets to take turns being on the right side of history whilst destroying decades of good work.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:51:23pm

Loser vs. loser:

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darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 6:52:15pm

re: #70 DodgerFan1988

So DeSaster paid for his appearance on Twitter after all.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 6:52:56pm

re: #96 darthstar

With Other People’s Money of course.

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 25, 2023 • 6:53:07pm

re: #85 Ace Rothstein

Hillbilly

Nope

trash

Also nope

I know I’m being a pedantic prick, but I reject all versions of disavowal: she is what conservatism makes people regardless of region, class, or race. When you believe in inherent “traditional authority” you either bend the world to make explicable and cruel actions are Actually Good, or you put in the work to make them invisible so that you don’t have to undergo the moral challenge of considering your worldview.

That’s it. no other descriptive criterion required. It doesn’t even matter if she’s sincere or insincere in her application of cruelty.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 6:56:24pm
100
jeffreyw  May 25, 2023 • 6:56:34pm

re: #78 jaunte

First Class tariff for an opaque door.

Toilet paper - 25 cents.
Will that be one square?
Or two?

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darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 6:57:26pm

re: #95 jaunte

Loser vs. loser:

That boy will never score himself a cougar if his opening line is a Botox jab.

102
darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 6:58:07pm

re: #99 ckkatz

Shut it down.

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 25, 2023 • 7:02:27pm

Also, as a rural Kentuckian:

We are not responsible for all of your embarrassing white people.

Put on your big boy pants and accept that the shittiest people on Earth all come from suburbs. Most Republicans who posture like they’re “country” are living in a planned community that paved over a corn field; their oversized truck with a tiny bed is pristine. “Country” is an aesthetic they cleave to for reasons that amount to a denial that they exist inside of web of dependencies they despise and would love to be little aristocrats who need nothing (but get what they need by having servants and other workers they can control). They don’t actually want a farm, they want the status and license that being a rural aristocrat conveys.

(I know this because I’m a rural aristocrat for my area, and frequently have to interface with people that crave the clout I’m completely indifferent to)

Trumpism is primarily a movement of petit bourgeois individuals who imagine they’d be larger business owners and landlords if it weren’t for sinister forces conspiring to keep them from attaining greatness. They crave socialism, but exclusively for chosen groups that need to be maintained in their hegemony; society must be made unequal to be just.

They’re not doing it because they scored bad on a Stanford-Binet exam or had a low SAT score, they’re voting their class interest.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:03:24pm

re: #99 ckkatz

Dear Elon:

If you don’t want to play by our rules, you don’t get to play in our sandbox.

Hie thee hence, you stupid fuckwit. No income for you!

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jeffreyw  May 25, 2023 • 7:06:51pm

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:09:29pm

re: #83 teleskiguy

I never carried a weapon on me daily, until this year.

Let me clarify. I never thought to carry a pocketknife in the grocery store or out at a restaurant or in a public gathering (like the memorial service I’m attending tomorrow in Vail, CO). Now? At least I have a weapon if something happens.

Yes, public places give me pause. Perception? Reality? Well, I got a knife.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:12:09pm

re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea

I’m pretty sure you saw Not Just Bikes celebrate one million subscriptions on YouTube.

Here it is for the Lizards.

I GOT A NEW TRUCK!! (AND A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!)

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:13:45pm

re: #105 jeffreyw

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Them Lions need to Unionize.

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William Lewis  May 25, 2023 • 7:15:18pm

So did you hear about the electrician who saw how he was going to die in a crystal ball?

He was shocked.

110
Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  May 25, 2023 • 7:15:34pm

re: #73 Barefoot Grin

There were times in marathon training when I would have paid to have one tail me.

;-)

111
jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:15:50pm

They’re going to have to physically wrestle this guy to the ground.

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 25, 2023 • 7:15:51pm

Rest in Peace Ed. Say Hi to Gene, Vic and Joe.

Ed Ames, ‘Daniel Boone’ Star and Ames Brothers Singer, Dies at 95

variety.com

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 7:17:35pm

re: #100 jeffreyw

Toilet paper - 25 cents.
Will that be one square?
Or two?

—-

Sounds like you are remembering the old c-rats and the issue toilet paper.

And the infamous joke told by old sergeants to the new private before they send them to the motor pool for a jar of elbow grease and some blinker fluid.

Or over to the supply room for some striped paint. Supply sergeant would usually send them back with the question: “clockwise or counter-clockwise?”. When the fng comes back, supply sergeant would always say “It’s on order.”

Caution - Toilet humor-

How to Use Just One Square of Toilet Paper - Razorback Offroad™

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:18:56pm

re: #106 teleskiguy

Let me clarify. I never thought to carry a pocketknife in the grocery store or out at a restaurant or in a public gathering (like the memorial service I’m attending tomorrow in Vail, CO). Now? At least I have a weapon if something happens.

Yes, public places give me pause. Perception? Reality? Well, I got a knife.

I have carried a folding pocket knife for 20 years when I am not flying. It’s small little thing with a 3” blade, a Gerber with a composite case.

A handy tool.

115
teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:19:11pm

re: #111 jaunte

Dude, if guns are involved…

So very Texas.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:23:43pm

re: #114 austin_blue

I have carried a folding pocket knife for 20 years when I am not flying. It’s small little thing with a 3” blade, a Gerber with a composite case.

A handy tool.

Believe me, I know the extreme utility of a pocketknife, I grew up and still live in the mountains of Colorado. I’m saying there were many MANY more situations where I wasn’t carrying a pocketknife compared to situations where I was. Today? Keys, Cell Phone, Wallet, Pocketknife.

This is very new in my life.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:25:20pm

re: #111 jaunte

They’re going to have to physically wrestle this guy to the ground.

The fucknugget has been needed to be wrestled to the ground and castrated for the past seven years, just like any other male who should never be allowed to breed in The Great State Texas.

It’s hard to see the chaff get blown away like this, but appropriate.

Also, about damn time, bless his heart.

118
darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 7:25:42pm

Mastodon.online appears to be having server errors - 503s.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:26:40pm

re: #117 austin_blue

Add Ted Cruz to the list.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:27:28pm

re: #116 teleskiguy

Believe me, I know the extreme utility of a pocketknife, I grew up and still live in the mountains of Colorado. I’m saying there were many MANY more situations where I wasn’t carrying a pocketknife compared to situations where I was. Today? Keys, Cell Phone, Wallet, Pocketknife.

This is very new in my life.

That’s just logical. You carry the tools you need.

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darthstar  May 25, 2023 • 7:28:42pm

re: #119 jaunte

Add Ted Cruz to the list.

If Paxton brings Ted Cruz down I’ll send Paxton’s family a sympathetic fruitcake at Xmas.

122
ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 7:30:19pm

I guess that there are some folks who believe that carrying a firearm is somehow accessorizing their clothing.

My view was always that it meant I was preparing for a gunbattle.

Which led to the next question. “Why would I want to go someplace where I expected that I would get into a gunbattle?”.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:31:34pm

re: #120 austin_blue

That’s just logical. You carry the tools you need.

It’s terrible and sad that I made this decision out of fear of safety in public. Perception? Reality?

11 years ago 70 people were shot in a movie theater in Aurora, CO, 12 died including a 6-year-old child.

The price of freedumb.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 25, 2023 • 7:31:37pm

re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea

Also, as a rural Kentuckian:

We are not responsible for all of your embarrassing white people.

Put on your big boy pants and accept that the shittiest people on Earth all come from suburbs. Most Republicans who posture like they’re “country” are living in a planned community that paved over a corn field; their oversized truck with a tiny bed is pristine. “Country” is an aesthetic they cleave to for reasons that amount to a denial that they exist inside of web of dependencies they despise and would love to be little aristocrats who need nothing (but get what they need by having servants and other workers they can control). They don’t actually want a farm, they want the status and license that being a rural aristocrat conveys.

(I know this because I’m a rural aristocrat for my area, and frequently have to interface with people that crave the clout I’m completely indifferent to)

Trumpism is primarily a movement of petit bourgeois individuals who imagine they’d be larger business owners and landlords if it weren’t for sinister forces conspiring to keep them from attaining greatness. They crave socialism, but exclusively for chosen groups that need to be maintained in their hegemony; society must be made unequal to be just.

They’re not doing it because they scored bad on a Stanford-Binet exam or had a low SAT score, they’re voting their class interest.

Elon is a Trumper and the second wealthiest man on this planet. So it’s not just ordinary people who have been thwarted in efforts at success but also very successful individuals who take pleasure in imposing their rules on others and in enriching themselves to the detriment of others.

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No Malarkey!  May 25, 2023 • 7:32:31pm

re: #60 ckkatz

Both agree that the judge politely suggested that the DOJ reconsider defending Trump in the Federal E Jean Carroll lawsuit. (Separate from the State of NY civil case.) She filed to include the recent Trump attacks into this case.)

I want to see a DOJ attorney explain precisely how Trump was acting in his capacity as President of the United States by lying about a woman he had sexually assaulted before he became President.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:34:39pm

re: #121 darthstar

If Paxton brings Ted Cruz down I’ll send Paxton’s family a sympathetic fruitcake at Xmas.

As long as it’s from Collin Street Bakery, you’ll get a lovely Thank You card from whatever is left of Ken’s family.

They are the only edible fruitcakes on the planet.

127
jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:35:33pm

Infrastructure night in Georgia:

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:36:41pm

re: #123 teleskiguy

The Aurora Colorado theater massacre perpetrator has been in solitary confinement since his arrest, except for one time where he was in gen pop and he got beaten within an inch of his life.

Not sure how I feel about this. We need to know more about this shithead’s mind. But instead we’re driving him insane.

129
jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:36:46pm

Must be nice to have Senators interested in bringing 21st century manufacturing jobs to your state.

130
austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:37:07pm

re: #127 jaunte

Infrastructure night in Georgia:

Boom!

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Captain Ron  May 25, 2023 • 7:37:23pm

re: #114 austin_blue

I have carried a folding pocket knife for 20 years when I am not flying. It’s small little thing with a 3” blade, a Gerber with a composite case.

A handy tool.

I’ve carried a CRKT Carson Flipper with a 3 3/8” Tanto blade for the past 30 years.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 7:37:58pm

re: #127 jaunte

Wonder what Kemp thinks of this. Stealing the limelight?

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🔧-wench  May 25, 2023 • 7:38:03pm

I’ll save my orange shirt from next weekend. In case I can make it to Canada.

Mastodon

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William Lewis  May 25, 2023 • 7:40:52pm

re: #131 Captain Ron

I’ve carried a CRKT Carson Flipper with a 3 3/8” Tanto blade for the past 30 years.

Similar but with the Spear point instead. Love CRKT for bang for the buck.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:41:08pm

re: #128 teleskiguy

The Aurora Colorado theater massacre perpetrator has been in solitary confinement since his arrest, except for one time where he was in gen pop and he got beaten within an inch of his life.

Not sure how I feel about this. We need to know more about this shithead’s mind. But instead we’re driving him insane.

That poor kid needs to be permanently separated from any possible weapon and taken out of prison and put into a facility that deals with horribly dysfunctional citizens.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 7:41:36pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Interesting!

Iirc, the FDA rejected their application in March.

This was circulating today. I don’t think it is related to Musk despite his marketing bs. But I can see him stealing other peoples stuff, though.

137
jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:43:21pm
138
Jay C  May 25, 2023 • 7:43:33pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

Wonder what Kemp thinks of this. Stealing the limmelight?

A $4.3B plant going up in his state? It might pain him, but I’m guessing Gov. Kemp will deal with sharing that limelight. After all, it’s great opportunity to crow over all those jobs and money, and indulge in “bipartisan” boosterism. And, if this deal resulted from any of the Biden Admin’s initiatives, ignore the fact that Republicans likely voted en masse against whatever it was (Sen. Ossoff will likely remind us, though).

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:43:51pm

re: #131 Captain Ron

I’ve carried a CRKT Carson Flipper with a 3 3/8” Tanto blade for the past 30 years.

It’s not a contest.

But I guess you win?

Hmmm….

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 25, 2023 • 7:44:07pm

re: #107 teleskiguy

If you watch it with the subtitles on there’s an added layer of funny, because he puts in description blocks for all the Copium consumption that get more and more deranged.

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retired cynic  May 25, 2023 • 7:44:56pm

re: #126 austin_blue

As long as it’s from Collin Street Bakery, you’ll get a lovely Thank You card from whatever is left of Ken’s family.

They are the only edible fruitcake’s on the planet.

Love ‘em. I give myself one at Christmas, and I so want to treat myself for July 4th! Temptation, yadda yadda

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:46:36pm

re: #141 retired cynic

The cake, the nuts and the dates are fine, but I still have trouble with the red and yellow candied whatsits.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:47:52pm

re: #141 retired cynic

Love ‘em. I give myself one at Christmas, and I so want to treat myself for July 4th! Temptation, yadda yadda

They really are delicious, and I generally hate fruitcake. Buy them at your leisure. They are always excellent.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:51:10pm

re: #142 jaunte

The cake, the nuts and the dates are fine, but I still have trouble with the red and yellow candied whatsits.

We are going to get into a flame war over the nitpicking of what is universally described as the best commercially produced Fruitcake in the USA, aren’t we?

//

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retired cynic  May 25, 2023 • 7:51:24pm

re: #142 jaunte

The cake, the nuts and the dates are fine, but I still have trouble with the red and yellow candied whatsits.

I love those candied bits of fruit. Different strokes! Pick them off and send them to me!

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gwangung  May 25, 2023 • 7:51:32pm

re: #138 Jay C

A $4.3B plant going up in his state? It might pain him, but I’m guessing Gov. Kemp will deal with sharing that limelight. After all, it’s great opportunity to crow over all those jobs and money, and indulge in “bipartisan” boosterism. And, if this deal resulted from any of the Biden Admin’s initiatives, ignore the fact that Republicans likely voted en masse against whatever it was (Sen. Ossoff will likely remind us, though).

He’ll find a way to take a bit of credit….and it might even be true. Kemp may be partisan as hell, but he’s not nearly as stupid as a lot of his Republican peers.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:51:57pm

re: #145 retired cynic

I will happily reserve those parts.

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:53:18pm

So much corruption you’re going to get tired of keeping up with all the corruption!

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 7:53:34pm

re: #147 jaunte

I will happily reserve those parts.

That’s the spirit! You are a tremendous Team Player!

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Nerdy Fish  May 25, 2023 • 7:54:31pm

re: #148 jaunte

So much corruption you’re going to get tired of keeping up with all the corruption!

Wait, let me get this straight: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, in its official capacity, is soliciting donations for DeathSentence’s Presidential campaign? How in the ever-loving fuck is that legal?!

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jaunte  May 25, 2023 • 7:55:31pm

re: #150 Nerdy Fish

Someone has to be willing to bell the cat prosecute.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 7:57:21pm

re: #150 Nerdy Fish

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🔧-wench  May 25, 2023 • 7:58:16pm

re: #142 jaunte

The cake, the nuts and the dates are fine, but I still have trouble with the red and yellow candied whatsits.

We had three years of seven kids and 2 adults in our house. In July, we would make fruitcake so we could spoon brandy onto it in its coffee cans in the back of the cupboard for a few months before Christmas. We mixed the batter in the baby bathtub, up to our elbows. We had the red and yellow candied whatsits, and a couple more colors, and the dates and nuts. And God knows what else, but the weekly brandy killed it.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 8:01:30pm
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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 8:11:33pm

Things I learned so far from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new show FUBAR:

1)You can speed up a maglev train by simply lowering the temperature of the magnets.

2) A Faraday cage apparently needs a power source to work and blocks signals through clear windows.

These were not minor throwaway things; both were relevant to the plot in episodes 2 and 3. It’s like watching Austin Powers but not nearly as funny.

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austin_blue  May 25, 2023 • 8:12:48pm

Rumor has it that the new construction immediately east of us is going to have its slab poured tomorrow. It was supposed to be Wednesday, but pthththft, and then Thursday, but pthththtft, so maybe tomorrow, which is supposed to start nine hours from now. Now, I like to read before bed for maybe an an hour, and the present book is “Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson, which is hilarious, so I’ll go ahead and do that.

Have a lovely evening. Sweet scaly dreams. Save the Geckoes, and be good to each other.

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Teukka  May 25, 2023 • 8:16:51pm

re: #155 JC1

Things I learned so far from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new show FUBAR:

1)You can speed up a maglev train by simply lowering the temperature of the magnets.

2) A Faraday cage apparently needs a power source to work and blocks signals through clear windows.

These were not minor throwaway things; both were relevant to the plot in episodes 2 and 3. It’s like watching Austin Powers but not nearly as funny.

This fiction or documentary? o.O

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 8:19:49pm

Democrats Worry Biden Is Getting Rolled in Negotiations

IMHO. Biden’s great political ability is that he knows pretty much where the Party’s mean is at any time on an issue. He knows it will take Dems to pass this. So I do not see him throwing away all the great legislation he has previously brokered. And I beleive he is looking ahead to the budget battle in September, when the same hostage taking will be done once again.If he does nothing.

He can always call out the 14th but that will only making a budget deal much harder. They will for sure shut down the government.

So, if he gives some on the spending cap (say at 2022 levels) but gets a new debt ceiling past November 2023 and a budget deal done without shutting down the government, that is a plus. It removes all economic guns pointed at our heads.

I hope.

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Belafon  May 25, 2023 • 8:20:03pm

re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea

Quite true, but also, though, explain why Republicans had to carve up the suburbs here in Texas and pair each chunk with a large rural area in order to dilute the suburbs’ power?

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 8:20:49pm

re: #157 Teukka

This fiction or documentary? o.O

If you’re going to bother putting real tech in and making it pivotal to some plot, you should at least get the basics right. Or just make up some non-existent widget.

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Nerdy Fish  May 25, 2023 • 8:21:25pm

re: #158 silverdolphin

He’s not stupid. A majority of Americans worry about his mental fitness, but as far as I’ve been able to observe, he’s been sharp-witted and very aware of the gravity of the situations he’s faced. I trust him.

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teleskiguy  May 25, 2023 • 8:22:01pm

I printed this out on a piece of paper and I’m carrying it with me to Nick’s memorial service tomorrow. I want to read it out loud for the people who loved him gathered, I don’t know if I can.

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sizzzzlerz  May 25, 2023 • 8:23:37pm

re: #157 Teukka

This fiction or documentary? o.O

I, too, have learned things from Arnold, namely,

1) Crush your enemies
2) See them driven before you
3) Hear the lamentations of da women

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 8:24:02pm

re: #163 sizzzzlerz

I, too, have learned things from Arnold, namely,

1) Crush your enemies
2) See them driven before you
3) Hear the lamentations of da women

That is good.

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silverdolphin  May 25, 2023 • 8:26:18pm

re: #161 Nerdy Fish

He’s not stupid. A majority of Americans worry about his mental fitness, but as far as I’ve been able to observe, he’s been sharp-witted and very aware of the gravity of the situations he’s faced. I trust him.

This 1000%. His speech impediment often makes people think he is slow but watch him when he shows emotion (either anger or sorrow) and he still connects. I actually think that Kamala Harris’ huge increase in her speaking rhetoric is due to help from him (see the Yennessee Three speech).

The fund raising message of “This link works” shows he also has a crew around him that knows how to use social media.

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piratedan  May 25, 2023 • 8:30:33pm

re: #158 silverdolphin

to be fair, if someone wasn’t trolling Dems about Biden I would begin to wonder if our media betters had fallen asleep.

All I know is based on the Track record of 46 thus far, I’m gonna give him the benefit of the doubt until I see it in writing otherwise. I’ve had plenty of history watching the media adopt GOP framing and doom and gloomers wringing their hands from their fainting couches. It’s not to say that I’m not paying attention but the people that Joe is up against are just not that savvy, much less intelligent. It doesn’t mean that there aren’t people pulling strings trying to herd those chickens over on the GOP side but THEY are fractured, with multiple agendas and ambitions being served.

and to be fair, it’s not as if we haven’t seen this narrative construction coming, doesn’t seem to matter how many times we watch these pundits crash and burn, they trot out these same ‘concerns” no matter the issue.

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mmmirele  May 25, 2023 • 8:31:26pm

re: #36 ckkatz

And, what happens to the onsite properties if they are evicted? Including, maybe, the large dataset they currently have there?

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If they’re like other large corporations, datasets are not held at the property, but at data centers. Given how large Twitter is, its data should be redundantly stored at multiple data centers, and maybe even in a hot/hot configuration. If the data sets are backed up, those are being held by a third party such as Iron Mountain.

Aw, who the hell am I kidding? This is Elon Musk we’re talking about. They probably have a server cluster on the property with account data on it. Or worse.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 8:32:23pm
169
DodgerFan1988  May 25, 2023 • 8:34:00pm
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retired cynic  May 25, 2023 • 8:34:37pm

re: #153 🔧-wench

We had three years of seven kids and 2 adults in our house. In July, we would make fruitcake so we could spoon brandy onto it in its coffee cans in the back of the cupboard for a few months before Christmas. We mixed the batter in the baby bathtub, up to our elbows. We had the red and yellow candied whatsits, and a couple more colors, and the dates and nuts. And God knows what else, but the weekly brandy killed it.

I made steamed Christmas puddings as gifts for a number of years after I got started cooking, after I got married. After the steaming they got the brandy treatment for several weeks before packaging. I don’t really know if anyone else liked them, but I loved them, and my husband at least ate them without gagging.

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ckkatz  May 25, 2023 • 8:36:11pm

re: #167 mmmirele

If they’re like other large corporations, datasets are not held at the property, but at data centers. Given how large Twitter is, its data should be redundantly stored at multiple data centers, and maybe even in a hot/hot configuration. If the data sets are backed up, those are being held by a third party such as Iron Mountain.

Aw, who the hell am I kidding? This is Elon Musk we’re talking about. They probably have a server cluster on the property with account data on it. Or worse.

Yup! Even if the data is replicated elsewhere, what happens if the property seized for non-payment and sold at auction includes, as you point out, personally identifiable information or business critical data?

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Joe Bacon ✅  May 25, 2023 • 8:37:50pm

re: #169 DodgerFan1988

I’m not surprised that Stewpid Peters went all in playing the race card on that post.

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mmmirele  May 25, 2023 • 8:42:41pm

re: #121 darthstar

If Paxton brings Ted Cruz down I’ll send Paxton’s family a sympathetic fruitcake at Xmas.

If it happens, be sure to order the fruitcake from the Collin St. Bakery in Corsicana, TX. /not likely to happen

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mmmirele  May 25, 2023 • 8:47:44pm

re: #171 ckkatz

Yup! Even if the data is replicated elsewhere, what happens if the property seized for non-payment and sold at auction includes, as you point out, personally identifiable information or business critical data?

Good question. It’s not an American bank, so I have no idea whether there is encryption involved. Again, knowing Elon Musk, that stuff is probably world-readable.

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Tahitinho  May 25, 2023 • 8:52:37pm

re: #155 JC1

Speaking as a Physics teacher…. I know nothing about the show, but a Faraday cage is more or less a tin-foil hat. My students always love to find out that tin-foil hats actually work. No power supply needed. Electrons in the metal move in response to any electric field from outside the cage, canceling out the field so there is no field inside the cage.

One of my favorite demos of this is crossing a steel truss bridge. You can listen to FM radio because the waves are small enough to fit between the girders. But AM radio gets cut off because the truss is a good enough Faraday cage for those big waves.

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JC1  May 25, 2023 • 8:57:32pm

re: #175 Tahitinho

Speaking as a Physics teacher…. I know nothing about the show, but a Faraday cage is more or less a tin-foil hat. My students always love to find out that tin-foil hats actually work. No power supply needed. Electrons in the metal move in response to any electric field from outside the cage, canceling out the field so there is no field inside the cage.

One of my favorite demos of this is crossing a steel truss bridge. You can listen to FM radio because the waves are small enough to fit between the girders. But AM radio gets cut off because the truss is a good enough Faraday cage for those big waves.

Oh, I know. I was being sarcastic.

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terraincognita  May 26, 2023 • 1:46:05am

re: #45 teleskiguy

Nice round number.

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So is 22 thumbs-up.


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