“At the very least, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have some accountability today. What Giuliani did to these women was one of the most disgusting aspects of this entire episode. And now he is going to have to pay for it,” says Chris Hayes on a judge ruling Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia poll workers.
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Conspiracy to procure an abortion, even if in another state, is a crime in Alabama that they would prosecute, says the AG. Thus even telling someone how to travel to another state to get an abortion, or telling them how to get the drugs for a medical abortion. would be a crime if that activity took place in Alabama.
Now, could the woman who gets the aborton be charged as part of a conspiracy and not for the abortion itself? I bet some prosecutor in Alabama is going to try.
Sewer backed up yesterday, plumbers come late today. They do the rooter thing all the way down to main sewer. He can hear the device hitting in the main but not see it. The county recently installed a liner, and it looks like they did not cut a hole for my sewer pipe. Basically nothing has gone through since we returned from our month long absence.
re: #1 silverdolphin
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Conspiracy to procure an abortion, even if in another state, is a crime in Alabama that they would prosecute, says the AG. Thus even telling someone how to travel to another state to get an abortion, or telling them how to get the drugs for a medical abortion. would be a crime if that activity took place in Alabama.
Now, could the woman who gets the aborton be charged as part of a conspiracy and not for the abortion itself? I bet some prosecutor in Alabama is going to try.
Total reactionary insanity. This is heading to a bad place.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Total reactionary insanity. This is heading to a bad place.
The Republic of Gilead, unless the Republican menace is dealt with.
When Moscow Mitch finally goes thru the exit door I dread seeing him replaced with Comer Pyle, Cameron, Raggedy Andy Barr or Tommy MASSHOLE. Any one of them will be worse.
re: #1 silverdolphin
What I dread is knowing six assholes on the corrupted court see nothing wrong with Alabama prosecuting anyone who is involved in abortion.
And I would not be surprised if the Alabama Attorney General wouldn’t prosecute a radical Xtian who kills a doctor who provides medical care for women.
re: #5 Joe Bacon ✅
When Moscow Mitch finally goes thru the exit door I dread seeing him replaced with Comer Pyle, Cameron, Raggedy Andy Barr or Tommy MASSHOLE. Any one of them will be worse.
It’s just like how the next GOP presidential candidate after Trump will be even worse.
I have never before seen the unimaginable and the inevitable so thoroughly identical.
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
Will Starbucks’ union-busting stifle a union rebirth in the US?
Time to boycott. Starbucks. I boycotted grapes for less criminal behavior.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
That’s fucking stupid. The US has definitely reached that stage where we need as many people ripping into these Republican Nazis in as many ways as possible on every available forum. Anyone standing in the way of doing that is a Republican or a useful idiot for Republicans.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
Their obsession with content warnings is, to be blunt, really weird. They want warnings on FOOD PICS. Like, what?
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) August 31, 2023
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
—Elie Wiesel
re: #12 Captain Ron
The agenda here is obvious — kill the public school system entirely.
Mastodon has been a pretty insular community for several years, and they’re aren’t adapting very well to their increased visibility.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
Yeah there are a lot of pearl clutchers in the Fediverse.
re: #11 Nerdy Fish
Their obsession with content warnings is, to be blunt, really weird. They want warnings on FOOD PICS. Like, what?
Young refugees from tumblr, perhaps?
There was drama there about content warnings and trigger warnings quite a few years back. Has anyone thrown the term “microaggression” about toward those who push back against the pro-warning narrative, yet?
re: #18 A Three Hour Tour
Young refugees from tumblr, perhaps?
No, it’s the old hats who have established this as “the Mastodon culture.” I think it’s bunk, and deserves some pushing back against. The whole reason there are blocking and muting functions on social media platforms is so that people can self-moderate content they don’t like.
re: #234 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And you know that bull want wearing a seat belt how? It looked safely contained to me. Happy, too!
Like a dog riding in a car. /s
re: #15 Charles Johnson
Mastodon has been a pretty insular community for several years, and they’re aren’t adapting very well to their increased visibility.
I week or two ago I responded to an innocuous joke skeet with a hang-on joke. One of the accounts laughed, the other asked ‘Why are responding to me?’
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
Over at BlueSky though, you’ve been identified as a Nazi or Centrist.
A few people over there got really upset when I snarked about “skeets” saying that I get my skeet practice in at the skeet and trap range.
Several people honestly didn’t know what “skeet” meant (not counting the NSFW definition of “skeet” which is a different conversation than I had).
When that got all straightened out, I got dogpiled for owning a shotgun.
I’m just out here trying to do my part to reduce the overpopulation of clay pigeons.
re: #1 silverdolphin
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Conspiracy to procure an abortion, even if in another state, is a crime in Alabama that they would prosecute, says the AG. Thus even telling someone how to travel to another state to get an abortion, or telling them how to get the drugs for a medical abortion. would be a crime if that activity took place in Alabama.
Now, could the woman who gets the aborton be charged as part of a conspiracy and not for the abortion itself? I bet some prosecutor in Alabama is going to try.
One of the few crimes I would be willing to commit and go to prison for.
From BlueSky, as more and more people push back on speculation that Mitch McConnell had an absence seizure
Bethany Doolin @bethanydoolin.bsky.social * 3h
There are plenty of reasons I don’t like Mitch McConnell and think he shouldn’t be in office.Please don’t drag disability into it.
——Person with epilepsy
The speculation then leads into conversations saying that’s a reason he’s unfit for office.
Even if it was true, that is not a reason to push him out of office. There are an awful lot of so-called leftie people who are very quick to invoke a perceived disability to then say “that person shouldn’t be a politician.”
McConnell shouldn’t be a politician because he’s a right bastard, not over some speculation about epilepsy.
In a new motion, Sidney Powell’s attorneys claim that “A unanimous Coffee County Election Board gave permission for the forensic inspection” of voting equipment on Jan. 7, 2021.
But a representative of that board testified to the contrary in a sworn deposition last year: https://t.co/7mBUzyAAcL pic.twitter.com/3gE8VxcEDQ— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) August 31, 2023
Emulating Trump, Ramaswamy Shows a Penchant for Dispensing With the Facts. STOP IT. He lies. Period. https://t.co/UKetbrX9Qc
— Jennifer Now at Threads Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 30, 2023
re: #31 Captain Ron
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US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized July 30 after reportedly having a seizure. Press reports state he also had a seizure 14 years ago. Everyone at epilepsy.com and its parent organization, The Epilepsy Therapy Project , would like to wish Chief Justice Roberts a speedy recovery.
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Alex Jones has apparently not paid out a cent of the judgement against him. He is still allowed to freely spew venom. Giuliani is going to face a judgement (obviously not of magnitude of the Jones case) but is there any evidence the women who were maligned will receive a cent. Is there any way to force these men to provide justice to their victims?
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns has some pointed words about a far-right Republican’s fantasy push to impeach Fani Willis in a letter to the GOP caucus.
“Targeting one specific DA in this manner certainly flaunts the idea of separation of powers, if not outright violates it.” 1/ pic.twitter.com/ebGX51urMg— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 30, 2023
This is like 2020 all over again as Trump presses Georgia lawmakers to do something that they can’t legally do. Back then, it was overturning the election results. Now it’s calling a special legislative session to oust District Attorney Fani Willis from office. #gapol https://t.co/ghFyX23EJX
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 30, 2023
Here’s what Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch told me about these politically impossible calls for a special session that are leading to threats from Trump supporters against GOP lawmakers in Georgia. (TLDR it ain’t happening) #gapol pic.twitter.com/CBzK5L2CNY
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 30, 2023
Having a sitting state senator talking about the need to “draw his rifle” as the alternative to a lack of a legislative response to the Fulton County indictments is a threat of political violence better suited for nineteenth century redeemers than 2023. pic.twitter.com/6OryNaZZUv
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) August 30, 2023
re: #2 BlueSpotinAL ✅
Sewer backed up yesterday, plumbers come late today. They do the rooter thing all the way down to main sewer. He can hear the device hitting in the main but not see it. The county recently installed a liner, and it looks like they did not cut a hole for my sewer pipe. Basically nothing has gone through since we returned from our month long absence.
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re: #36 Hecuba’s daughter
Alex Jones has apparently not paid out a cent of the judgement against him. He is still allowed to freely spew venom. Giuliani is going to face a judgement (obviously not of magnitude of the Jones case) but is there any evidence the women who were maligned will receive a cent. Is there any way to force these men to provide justice to their victims?
Not really. They can get a court to garnish income, but that involves spending endless amounts of time tracking people like Jones trying to hide it.
In theory, FOX News Channel could be given the corporate death penalty if they don’t pay their judgements. Alex Jones and Rudy Giuliani aren’t corporations.
re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Chief Justice John Roberts (Epilepsy Foundation)
Chief Justice Roberts has always been reticent to talk about his epilepsy. Many in the community would like him to; it helps to de-stigmatise the disorder.
Roberts doesn’t want people to politicise it (as we’re seeing right now with Sen. McConnell).
re: #45 darthstar
Can you put that behind spoiler tags?
That meme makes TFG look like Queen Camilla. Now I can never unsee it.
re: #46 Vicious Babushka
Can you put that behind spoiler tags?
That meme makes TFG look like Queen Camilla. Now I can never unsee it.
Their pronouns are now Was, Were, and Ain’t.
I have a code if there is still someone here who needs one — or if a friend or family member needs it.
QTU1endDcWR4bTgzeVRTR1IrNCtsVlRGa0tTaWNWanFYdGdZYTdOb2NkOD06OthxV/gpBSYj1cIbc2AhXOQ=
re: #49 Hecuba’s daughter
I have a code if there is still someone here who needs one — or if a friend or family member needs it.
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I just got one too! Now folks can shop for their favorite mish-mash.
SXhEM3dlV3doOGdlQ1ZjejF6blZFK3RBMXNDU2UxbnpFY2tjZkZrR05LMD06OjPwyKMzQkKfWL/x64XUVdE=
I still have a Blue Sky code available, first person gets it:
dHE5a0RpQXpVakpwVHhKYmI1RTJ5MlIzdktCdUVVdHJ6NXlOQkFoTWx5aUlnbXVORHBOdzVoNW4xOURnRVRnczo69kr2qNvr6z8TQ7Q1is9EiA==
Growth in users today has been pretty good at Blue Sky.
But I wonder how many of those are just spam accounts, or bots.
re: #55 darthstar
That reminds me I have to take the Corsair to the car wash since the windshield is full of splatted bugs.
re: #56 austin_blue
Blue Super Moon, you saw me standing alone…
/Users/seankelly/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals/9/9C048355-245F-4ADE-8510-BCA6A6609CE9.heic
I think this goes to your computer’s drive and not a Website.
re: #57 Vicious Babushka
That reminds me I have to take the Corsair to the car wash since the windshield is full of splatted bugs.
I took Max through a car wash in Sidney so I could take the picture next to 99.
My wife was sitting in 99 while I had Max in the wash. She said a couple people did double-takes there.
re: #2 BlueSpotinAL ✅
Sewer backed up yesterday, plumbers come late today. They do the rooter thing all the way down to main sewer. He can hear the device hitting in the main but not see it. The county recently installed a liner, and it looks like they did not cut a hole for my sewer pipe. Basically nothing has gone through since we returned from our month long absence.
The worst thing about pornography is that it give impressionable young people unrealistic expectations on how long it takes for a plumber to show up.
BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 18
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
1100 PM EDT Wed Aug 30 2023
…IDALIA PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE CAROLINAS…
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…33.0N 80.0W
ABOUT 15 MI…25 KM NNW OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…60 MPH…95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 21 MPH…33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…987 MB…29.15 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
The Storm Surge Warning has been discontinued south of the Savannah River.
The Tropical Storm Warning has been discontinued south of the Savannah River.
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radar.weather.gov (Charleston NWS Radar)
The storm is moving toward the sea.
re: #62 darthstar
Strawberry fucking shortcake motherfuckers! Whipped that fuckin’ cream myself.
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As your post scrolled into view I was reading about strawberries but seeing apples and zucchini. I had a moment there holding both those in my mind and felt dizzy.
What propaganda doing? https://t.co/AXfZcSr6yx
— Quite a Fella 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱 (@Halsted22101) August 31, 2023
Vladimir Solovyov was furious about Ukraine’s latest drone attack. Blinded by rage, he revealed that Russian experts are urging the Kremlin to end this war and came close to admitting that Russia can’t win with conventional weapons.https://t.co/YMSanFUYsd
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 30, 2023
re: #14 EPR-radar
The agenda here is obvious — kill the public school system entirely.
This is worse.
“Killing public schools” was the old plan, the plan they held because they felt they could create a kind of walled garden for their own kind and slowly erode the state. It’s the conservative plan: schools only for the children of little kings.
But the new plan is to capture the schools because it’s not enough to be little kings: the real victory is to make everyone else subjects. They won’t settle just for an absence, they want a custom-built giant machine that proclaims their worldview and punishes noncompliance. It’s the fascist plan, the plan where you take revenge for you lost patrimony, the kingship you aren’t being frictionlessly granted.
They they’re turning libraries to prisons and guards to ideological officers because the new plan is colonize us. We didn’t grant them their deference, so they’re going to kill the brutes and civilize the compliant.
re: #63 jeffreyw
Veggiegasm. Hope you enjoyed it.
Russian media publish a video of burning Il-76 aircrafts on Pskov airfield. pic.twitter.com/dSl7qbUFnY
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 29, 2023
re: #63 jeffreyw
As your post scrolled into view I was reading about strawberries but seeing apples and zucchini. I had a moment there holding both those in my mind and felt dizzy.
Zucchini/apple shortcake.
re: #2 BlueSpotinAL ✅
Sewer backed up yesterday, plumbers come late today. They do the rooter thing all the way down to main sewer. He can hear the device hitting in the main but not see it. The county recently installed a liner, and it looks like they did not cut a hole for my sewer pipe. Basically nothing has gone through since we returned from our month long absence.
I’d send the plumber bill to the city. You didn’t sign up to have your home sewer closed off.
The worst the city can say is “no we won’t pay it.”
The only thunderstorm on the high plains just found us.
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’d send the plumber bill to the city. You didn’t sign up to have your home sewer closed off.
The worst the city can say is “no we won’t pay it.”
The county will reimburse me (according to my plumber).
re: #68 Captain Ron
Zucchini/apple shortcake.
Zucchini shortcake with cinnamon apples. I’d stay with the whipped cream.
re: #72 jeffreyw
Zucchini shortcake with cinnamon apples. I’d stay with the whipped cream.
what about those strawberries?
Did you ever consider the fact that radio waves are photons that can go through walls?
I need to go to bed early. I have to take my wife to Sterling, Colo. in the morning to see the ophthalmologist.
The leader of the Catholic Church just out there praising butchers.
Pope Francis praises Russian imperialism, telling youth in Russia they should never give up the legacy of Peter I and Catherine II. Calling Russia “great” many times, he said: “Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russians.”https://t.co/xf85plAs1b pic.twitter.com/LR7r0yMK5s
— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) August 26, 2023
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The leader of the Catholic Church just out there praising butchers.
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I am absolutely floored by his comments. Was not expecting the Pope to praise Russia, given the international crisis ignited by the Russian dictator.
re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter
I am absolutely floored by his comments. Was not expecting the Pope to praise Russia, given the international crisis ignited by the Russian dictator.
I wasn’t. Promoting religion is more important to him.
BYU’s newly updated Honor Code is at odds with LDS Church’s LGBTQ rules (Salt Lake Tribune, August 30, 2023)
If you don’t want religious bigots, you probably shouldn’t be going to a religious school.
LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University celebrated three years ago, when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ flagship school quietly deleted from the Honor Code a ban on “homosexual behavior.” For the first time, many students began holding hands or kissing in public. Others took the moment to come out as queer.
Then, a month later, the Church Educational System administrators who oversee BYU’s campuses issued a statement clarifying that despite the deleted language, “same-sex romantic behavior” wasn’t compatible with the Honor Code.
Last week, CES restored language to the code explicitly prohibiting LGBTQ affection — now called “same-sex romantic behavior.” Though the ban had never really lost its effect, for some students the official restoration of it still felt like a gut punch.
“It’s heartbreaking to see it repeated over and over again that queer students aren’t welcome,” said Gracee Purcell, a BYU psychology major. “Every time they reinstate and repeat it, it hurts a little more.”
The Honor Code, a set of guidelines that employees and students are expected to follow, is enforced by the administration on the main campus in Provo, as well as BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in downtown Salt Lake City. It instructs all community members to live “a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from sexual relations outside marriage between a man and a woman.” The new language adds that “living a chaste and virtuous life also includes abstaining from same-sex romantic behavior.”
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re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter
I am absolutely floored by his comments. Was not expecting the Pope to praise Russia, given the international crisis ignited by the Russian dictator.
Don’t the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church in Rome hate each other? For, like, the last 1500 years or so?
re: #81 sagehen
Don’t the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church in Rome hate each other? For, like, the last 1500 years or so?
They have always had doctrinal differences.
That said, the Second Vatican Council warmed relations between Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church.
In 1965 Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople mutually lifted their respective excommunications.
Since then, there have been several ecumenical conferences between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches. The biggest issue between them is the Orthodox Churches believe the Bishop of Rome is only a position of honour, whereas the Catholic Church has a different opinion on that.
Not quite. But in the case of her husband, it’s the book of revelations. https://t.co/LH5B5cNEjK
— Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) (@saletan) August 31, 2023
Off to bed now.
Tropical Storm Idalia Intermediate Advisory Number 18A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
200 AM EDT Thu Aug 31 2023
…WIDESPREAD AREAS OF LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OCCURING IN
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…
SUMMARY OF 200 AM EDT…0600 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…33.5N 79.1W
ABOUT 20 MI…30 KM SW OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…60 MPH…95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NE OR 55 DEGREES AT 21 MPH…33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…991 MB…29.26 INCHES
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…
* South Santee River northward to the North Carolina/Virginia border
* Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for…
* Beaufort Inlet to Ocracoke Inlet North Carolina
* Neuse and Pamlico Rivers North Carolina
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So, the pope said this:
“Never forget your heritage. You are the descendants of great Russia: the great Russia of saints, rulers, the great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire - educated, great culture and great humanity. Never give up on this heritage,” the pope said.
“You are descendants of the great Mother Russia, step forward with it. And thank you - thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russian.”
Which I find interesting…because there’s literally never been a time when the Catholic Church hasn’t been making excuses for imperialism. It’s quite literally what the pope does…assign temporal powers sanction…and did for every single Catholic imperial power, ever.
Like, that strikes me as an important note to append to this piece of reporting: the entire fucking church exists to sanctify power abuse, and all it’s own little fiefdoms of abuse are downstream of that arterial flow.
Ukrainians have a right to be pissed, but…and admittedly I’m just really fucking sour about this subject but…maybe just a modicum of that umbrage expressed by Americans and Europeans could be re-routed to self-reflection? Maybe pause and consider France’s hegemony in West and Central Africa, or that chunk of Western Sahara Spain still claims, or like anything relating to America’s occupation of Samoa.
Or…you know…our ongoing project of accepting collateral deaths when aiming drone-mounted missiles at people.
This is exactly the same as raging at Belt and Roads as a debt trap: motherfuckers wanting to extract indignation from this invented the debt trap and for the one pointing finger three are pointing back.
Where was this when the Russians fucked up Chechnya? Oh right…Chechnya doesn’t have a LNG supply *and* they’re Muslim.
For that matter, where’s the umbrage against the elite Western European structures that just spoon fed the Russian Federation euros for the last thirty years? Because that’s the same people arming Ukraine, and it absolutely SHOULD be questioned what they’re going to ask for in return.
Wicked western eyewall in Perry, FL of Idalia ripping Perry apart. #Idalia #hurricaneidalia pic.twitter.com/s1cxxmezRi
— Aaron Jayjack (@aaronjayjack) August 30, 2023
Texas is the same as Egypt and I believe it.
— JAC (@JAC_OnTheBrazos) August 31, 2023
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
BYU’s newly updated Honor Code is at odds with LDS Church’s LGBTQ rules (Salt Lake Tribune, August 30, 2023)
If you don’t want religious bigots, you probably shouldn’t be going to a religious school.
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I quipped to some Utah friends of mine that the first people we might expect to be thrown out of BYU might be for reading “BL”/”Boys Love” or “yuri” (girl/woman romance) manga. I personally know (because Amazon keeps serving it up to me) that there is quite a bit of yuri manga that has been and continues to be translated into English. It must be making money.
In other news, Chris Geidner at Law Dork reported late this evening that Blount Pride and Matthew Lovegood (who performs under the name “Flamy Grant”) are suing in Federal court for civil rights violations against a Tennessee state district attorney who is going to enforce the anti-drag law as against Blount Pride and Lovegood if they go ahead with the drag show this weekend.
The complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky late Wednesday, alleges three federal civil rights violations under Section 1983: alleged free speech and vagueness violations against all defendants and a retaliation allegation against Desmond in his personal capacity. It also raises a claim under Tennessee law, brought against Desmond and Skrmetti, that allows for declaratory and injunctive relief.
BRICS IS ABOUT TO OVERTURN CENTURIES OF WESTERN IMPERIALISM … Right after China manages to settle its border claims with half of the other members https://t.co/L4c0NJW7N2
— Drew Pavlou 柏乐志 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) August 30, 2023
If it’s not from London, Paris, or Washington, it’s not imperialism, just sparkling multipolarism.
This seems…peculiar, to say the least:
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters.
Two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country said Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the Sept. 9-10 meeting in New Delhi.
Spokespersons for the Indian and Chinese foreign ministries did not respond to requests for comment.
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In China, two foreign diplomats and a government official from another G20 country said that Xi will likely not be travelling for the summit.
The sources in China, two of whom said they were informed by Chinese officials, said they were not aware of the reason for his expected absence.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
This seems…peculiar, to say the least:
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Xi has been weirdly absent for several domestic events recently for no stated reason.
re: #93 ericblair
Maybe like Putin, Xi is afraid of his own shadow these days.
Xi has been posturing himself to be a dictator, removing other high ranking members of the CCP from their position.
Maybe he’s afraid he’s made too many enemies.
re: #95 Dr Lizardo
Yeah…maybe he’s afraid if he leaves the country, he’ll find himself out of job in his absence.
When the cat’s out of town, the mice get down.
From reading the open literature, I just don’t know. There have been some high ranking people disappearing likely as part of some political plays, but I don’t see a huge threat to his regime right now. I’d bet on some medical reason, and of course a medical condition doesn’t mean he’s on death’s door. Of course, officially nobody says a word about it so speculation just goes rampant.
re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They have always had doctrinal differences.
That said, the Second Vatican Council warmed relations between Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church.
In 1965 Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople mutually lifted their respective excommunications.
Since then, there have been several ecumenical conferences between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches. The biggest issue between them is the Orthodox Churches believe the Bishop of Rome is only a position of honour, whereas the Catholic Church has a different opinion on that.
The Orthodox churches weren’t infected by Augustine and thus have, according to all the Episcopal priests I’ve ever discussed this with, a far more sane theology that doesn’t include original sin.
re: #1 silverdolphin
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Conspiracy to procure an abortion, even if in another state, is a crime in Alabama that they would prosecute, says the AG. Thus even telling someone how to travel to another state to get an abortion, or telling them how to get the drugs for a medical abortion. would be a crime if that activity took place in Alabama.
Now, could the woman who gets the aborton be charged as part of a conspiracy and not for the abortion itself? I bet some prosecutor in Alabama is going to try.
The next logical step, prosecuting people for assisting women in obtaining a legal abortion. It won’t be much of a stretch before Alabama is stopping women at the border on suspicion of traveling to obtain an abortion.
Reminder that Trump has civil, as well as criminal, legal troubles, that could cause him to lose his right to do business in New York state, where some of his most valuable assets are located.
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 30, 2023
re: #36 Hecuba’s daughter
Alex Jones has apparently not paid out a cent of the judgement against him. He is still allowed to freely spew venom. Giuliani is going to face a judgement (obviously not of magnitude of the Jones case) but is there any evidence the women who were maligned will receive a cent. Is there any way to force these men to provide justice to their victims?
Liens can be placed on any property he owns and any accounts he has. If he has fraudulently conveyed property to another, a civil action can be instituted to recover the asset.
re: #99 No Malarkey!
Reminder that Trump has civil, as well as criminal, legal troubles, that could cause him to lose his right to do business in New York state, where some of his most valuable assets are located.
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re: #91 ericblair
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If it’s not from London, Paris, or Washington, it’s not imperialism, just sparkling multipolarism.
One region China is talking about was pretty much taken from China over 150 years ago by a treaty that was forced on them by Russia (talking about imperialism). So CHina has been replacing Russian names with the original Chinese in the Primorsky_Krai region?. One of these is Vladivostok, the only warm water port of the Russian Navy in the Pacific
With Russia so focussed on Ukraine (they moved a lot of the the army from this region), I wonder what would happen if China did what Russia did and tried to “reclaim” it territory. Might be easier than Taiwan. Vladivostok is also several hours closer to the US which would make it an ideal port for China trade. Which Riusssia just allowed it to do building a huge transfer port for Chinese goods, Domestic for the moment.
I wonder what the US response would be if China took over the entire Primorsky_Krai region?
re: #98 No Malarkey!
The next logical step, prosecuting people for assisting women in obtaining a legal abortion. It won’t be much of a stretch before Alabama is stopping women at the border on suspicion of traveling to obtain an abortion.
Heck someone who does not like them could accuse the woman of having an aborton which she would then have to prove she did not have. And lord knows what would happen if she had a legitinate miscarriage while visiting family in California?
re: #99 No Malarkey!
Reminder that Trump has civil, as well as criminal, legal troubles, that could cause him to lose his right to do business in New York state, where some of his most valuable assets are located.
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And from what I heard, if they take away his charter to do business in NYC, all the rent from his NYC properties will be lost to him. He cannot collect it but will still be liable for the loans.
The chances of him ending up penniles grows every day. It could all be over by March.
re: #104 silverdolphin
And from what I heard, if they take away his charter to do business in NYC, all the rent from his NYC properties will be lost to him. He cannot collect it but will still be liable for the loans.
The chances of him ending up penniles grows every day. It could all be over by March.
Promise me a good time!
re: #103 silverdolphin
Heck someone who does not like them could accuse the woman of having an aborton which she would then have to prove she did not have. And lord knows what would happen if she had a legitinate miscarriage while visiting family in California?
Alabama has not yet made it a crime for a woman to have an abortion. For now they are maintaining the fiction that pregnant women are also victims of evil abortionists. I’m confident that it’s just a matter of time before they make it illegal for women to obtain abortions, for example by contacting aidaccess.org to have abortion pills mailed to them, since the doctors and pharmacies providing the pills are located out-of-state beyond the reach of Alabama prosecutors.
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re: #102 silverdolphin
With Russia so focussed on Ukraine (they moved a lot of the the army from this region), I wonder what would happen if China did what Russia did and tried to “reclaim” it territory. Might be easier than Taiwan. Vladivostok is also several hours closer to the US which would make it an ideal port for China trade. Which Riusssia just allowed it to do building a huge transfer port for Chinese goods, Domestic for the moment.
I wonder what the US response would be if China took over the entire Primorsky_Krai region?
Not outside the realm of possiblity: China is getting pretty frisky with hassling foreign ships in the South China Sea, straight up invading India, and of course threatening Taiwan. They’ve had that border “war” with the Soviet Union in the late 60s. My thought is that they won’t invade because they don’t have to. They’ve bought up a shitload of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and are hauling away all the resources they want without giving a shit about the environmental damage.
If they do invade, I’d expect the US to issue a bland statement about respecting internationally recognized borders and essentially shrug.
re: #104 silverdolphin
And from what I heard, if they take away his charter to do business in NYC, all the rent from his NYC properties will be lost to him. He cannot collect it but will still be liable for the loans.
The chances of him ending up penniles grows every day. It could all be over by March.
I’m sure Melania will keep his prison account well funded./
re: #100 No Malarkey!
Liens can be placed on any property he owns and any accounts he has. If he has fraudulently conveyed property to another, a civil action can be instituted to recover the asset.
Looks like it is in Federal bankruptcy proceedings now, with the families saying he should have to pay something until the day he dies.
Jones’ bankruptcy attorneys are asking federal Judge Christopher Lopez to dismiss a request made by Sandy Hook families who were awarded defamation damages in Texas and Connecticut that would require Jones “to pay every cent” of the $1.5 billion he owes them.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
One of the first issues I had with Mastodon: the people who want you to put warnings on posts about politics.
No, sorry, I’m not going to do that, ever. If you want to ignore what’s going on in America right now, that’s your responsibility, not mine.
I had a Dude tell me that and I blocked him. No. Just no.
re: #108 ericblair
Not outside the realm of possiblity: China is getting pretty frisky with hassling foreign ships in the South China Sea, straight up invading India, and of course threatening Taiwan. They’ve had that border “war” with the Soviet Union in the late 60s. My thought is that they won’t invade because they don’t have to. They’ve bought up a shitload of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and are hauling away all the resources they want without giving a shit about the environmental damage.
If they do invade, I’d expect the US to issue a bland statement about respecting internationally recognized borders and essentially shrug.
Hard to see how Moscow could fight back. They would have to move soldiers they no longer have several thousand miles by rail that could be easily sabotaged. I wonder how North Korea would feel, seein as they are so close?
But I agree that China is likely to get the economic things it needs without a war.
re: #112 silverdolphin
Hard to see how Moscow could fight back. They would have to move soldiers they no longer have several thousand miles by rail that could be easily sabotaged. I wonder how North Korea would feel, seein as they are so close?
But I agree that China is likely to get the economic things it needs without a war.
I agree, I don’t see a way for Russia to really fight back if pressed. Their ability to project power outside of Ukraine is now zip. The ‘stans have been quite comfortable these days telling the Kremlin to fuck off, because what’s Putin going to do?
re: #25 Eclectic Cyborg
Tbh, what Alabama is doing isn’t shocking at all. We all know that Republicans are authoritarians and now that the Supreme Court is majority conservative, Republicans are dropping the mask. Stop voting for them. Vote in every election against them. Otherwise, this is what you can expect.
re: #1 silverdolphin
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Gilead Idiocracy 451
re: #1 silverdolphin
Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortion, attorney general says
Are they going to sue the US military over its policy to allow servicewomen leave to access health care services not allowed in the state where they are stationed?
re: #108 ericblair
All Beijing would need to do is straight-up announce they’re annexing Primorsky Kraj and there’s not a goddamn thing Moscow could do about it. And like you said, the US would just issue some generic statement of protest about “recognizing international borders and national sovereignty” and that’s that.
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Pope Francis praises Russian imperialism, telling youth in Russia they should never give up the legacy of Peter I and Catherine II. Calling Russia “great” many times, he said: “Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russians.”
I hope that hat he is doing is asking them to emulate Peter and Catherine the Great as figures who were progressive (for their times) and helped to modernize Russia by opening it up to Europe.
But I find it hard to give him any benefit of the doubt.
re: #89 Captain Ron
London is north of Winnipeg.
so basic all that rain is just condensation: the price they pay to keep warm
re: #97 steve_davis
The Orthodox churches weren’t infected by Augustine and thus have, according to all the Episcopal priests I’ve ever discussed this with, a far more sane theology that doesn’t include original sin.
In that regard, yes. In other regards, not quite. Their doctrine of the trinity is designed, for example, to mirror the imperial court with the Emperor/God at the top rather than any theological reality.
re: #91 ericblair
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CCP under Mao from the late ’50s had no trouble calling out Russia’s Soviet sphere imperialism.
re: #9 silverdolphin
Will Starbucks’ union-busting stifle a union rebirth in the US?
Time to boycott. Starbucks. I boycotted grapes for less criminal behavior.
Can’t boycott what I never purchase in the first place. They have the worst excuse for roasting in the US. Nasty burned beans makes bad coffee.
re: #128 William Lewis
Explains why most of their sales are loaded with flavoring and sugar and crap. I prefer Wawa’s coffee. Hell, even McD’s and 7-11 is better.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Are they going to sue the US military over its policy to allow servicewomen leave to access health care services not allowed in the state where they are stationed?
No, but this might be their way of getting Sen. Tuberville off the hook.
A military person is still subject to civilian laws of the state they’re in. If a woman leaves the base to get an abortion, they could arrest her “accomplices” (such as the driver of the vehicle if two or more people are in it).
re: #129 dharmamark
Explains why most of their sales are loaded with flavoring and sugar and crap. I prefer Wawa’s coffee. Hell, even McD’s and 7-11 is better.
McD’s really isn’t that bad once it cools down from their idiotic brewing temp (they can squeeze more coffee out of the beans that way) which is why the infamous law suit was actually very justified - yet they still do it that way.
After how it started, I’m actually happy with it.
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Anyone else notice the evidence of the incel to white supremacist pipeline?
The “cartoon” actually is a known piece of antisemitic propaganda…— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) August 31, 2023
The ultra MAGA rightwing in the US has so much hatred for liberal democracy that they have become pro-dictatorship and even outright pro-Soviet Communist. They call themselves ‘patriots’, but the country they love is not their own. pic.twitter.com/aJ89352EWt
— Mikael Nilsson 🇺🇦 (@ars_gravitatis) August 31, 2023
Today we blame Ukraine for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/d0zNdhe1JU
— Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz) August 31, 2023
re: #76 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I need to go to bed early. I have to take my wife to Sterling, Colo. in the morning to see the ophthalmologist.
If you can see the opthalmologist, what’s the need to go? //
re: #134 Teukka
Look at that. This Hinkle clown is stupid, even for a MAGAt.
“God Fearing New Soviet Man” LO fucking L.
re: #114 Patricia Kayden
Tbh, what Alabama is doing isn’t shocking at all. We all know that Republicans are authoritarians and now that the Supreme Court is majority conservative, Republicans are dropping the mask. Stop voting for them. Vote in every election against them. Otherwise, this is what you can expect.
This is clearly aimed at scaring parents into forcing their children to give birth. If a teen tells the wrong person that her mom drove her to Illinois to get an abortion, they could arrest the parent and put her child in foster care.
re: #99 No Malarkey!
Reminder that Trump has civil, as well as criminal, legal troubles, that could cause him to lose his right to do business in New York state, where some of his most valuable assets are located.
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This is either bank fraud and/or tax fraud.
There is no third way
It could also be mail fraud
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Are they going to sue the US military over its policy to allow servicewomen leave to access health care services not allowed in the state where they are stationed?
Of course not.
Theyll target the low resourced and vulnerable who can’t effectively fight back
Needs to be posted again. Sacha Baron Cohen [6:21]:
If you watch one thing today make it this incredible speech by Sacha Baron Cohen over the weekend at the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington pic.twitter.com/qYa02Bsrkz
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) August 29, 2023
re: #129 dharmamark
Explains why most of their sales are loaded with flavoring and sugar and crap. I prefer Wawa’s coffee. Hell, even McD’s and 7-11 is better.
Says a lot when you have to doctor a thing so much just to make it palatable.
re: #136 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
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“If you are well enough to get to the doctor’s office you are healthy enough to come in to work!”
re: #25 Eclectic Cyborg
You can bet his first target will be Planned Parenthood, Guttmacher, and others, which provides information on how to obtain health care nationwide. Anyone who provides information about providers and options is subject to this law nationwide, which is just the next step along this Christian fascist spectrum the GOP is in thrall with.
It violates my 1A rights - both for free speech and for religious beliefs, because my religious beliefs allow me to provide aid and comfort to women who seek health care options for themselves. I also have the religious belief that they are entitled to have agency over their own bodies.
I further have the religious belief that a woman’s life matters more than a developing fetus, and a woman has the right to save her own life, even if it means aborting a fetus.
Top GOP donors and their allies privately are pushing Sen. Tim Scott’s team for more detail about his bachelor status before deciding how much to support him in the presidential campaign,” Axios reports.
Yeah that’s the only problem with tim scott
re: #144 lawhawk
You can bet his first target will be Planned Parenthood, Guttmacher, and others, which provides information on how to obtain health care nationwide.
They are not just against Planned Parenthood as an institution, they are agaist the very idea of planned parentood.
re: #134 Teukka
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And the Nazis were also big on promoting their youth as healthy, fit, and fanatically devoted to their ideology. The new “Master Race” that was gonna march out and take over the entirety of the globe with little difficulty. You know, until they ran face first into Mosin Nagants, Lee-Enfields, and M1 Garands. Copper-jacketed lead cares little for how devoted you are to the ideals of a syphilitic, drug-addled old man.
Dmitri Utkin was buried today at Pantheon of the Defenders of the Fatherland in Moscow region, Russia’s largest war memorial. Large police presence. Buried alongside people like Mikhail Kalashnikov. https://t.co/Cb8lnuep9L pic.twitter.com/Ocwgpj1gjg
— Jack Margolin (@Jack_Mrgln) August 31, 2023
re: #147 Targetpractice
And the Nazis were also big on promoting their youth as healthy, fit, and fanatically devoted to their ideology. The new “Master Race” that was gonna march out and take over the entirety of the globe with little difficulty. You know, until they ran face first into Mosin Nagants, Lee-Enfields, and M1 Garands. Copper-jacketed lead cares little for how devoted you are to the ideals of a syphilitic, drug-addled old man.
Morning.
Tropical Storm Idalia is now in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Warnings are still in effect for the Carolinas.
The track now carries the storm east and south, then north-east over Bermuda.
In the western Pacific, Super Typhoon Saola is approaching the coast of China. The current track takes the storm directly over Hong Kong on September 1. The storm is packing 155 mph winds.
In Nebraska, 92,003 fans attended the women’s volleyball match last night, breaking the world record for attendees at a women’s sporting event.
re: #132 Nerdy Fish
Back from our trip to Cherokee. MrsTarH did VERY well. It seems playing games kept her mind active and had no crying spells from her stroke.
I also had a bit of luck!
Michael notices workers doing maintenance on supermarket freezers and immediately hits the panic button.#antivax #antivaxxers #unvaxxed #unvaccinated pic.twitter.com/XCtSyMsMav
— AVK (@VaxxersAnti) August 30, 2023
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MAGA Republicans want women arrested for having an abortion. This is what that looks like. #LockHerUp pic.twitter.com/YUD0swW8DE
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) October 18, 2022
An explanation is out for why President Biden tripped on the stairs of Air Force One.
Bob Dole also tripped on those stairs once.
The Air Force says the issue is the roll-out stairs are very wobbly at the top.
From now on President Biden will be using the inboard stairs in the aircraft.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Are they going to sue the US military over its policy to allow servicewomen leave to access health care services not allowed in the state where they are stationed?
They will. And six assholes on the corrupted court will allow it.
re: #156 Teukka
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I can’t imagine living that sort of life, where I’m so devoted to my own fantasy world that I can’t operate in the real world without being in a state of constant paranoia and fear.
re: #162 Targetpractice
I can’t imagine living that sort of life, where I’m so devoted to my own fantasy world that I can’t operate in the real world without being in a state of constant paranoia and fear.
“Those you can make believe absurdities, you can make commit atrocities.”
— Voltaire (paraphrased)
No one should care what his “status” is.
That’s a private matter, and none of their business, except that they think him being a bachelor would end their support.
What matters is that his judgment stinks - supporting Trump is proof.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 31, 2023
re: #156 Teukka
They are gone, like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
All you can do is cut people like this out of your life so their mind contagion doesn’t spread to your family, and make damn sure you vote (because they will).
re: #164 lawhawk
The “donors” are likely looking for a cover story about why a black man is not going to get enough interest to go much farther in the GOP nomination process.
That he is “single” is a convenient fact.
re: #148 Teukka
I thought the Boston Bruins hockey player died in 1984. /s
re: #164 lawhawk
That’s a private matter, and none of their business, except that they think him being a bachelor would end their support.
He’s already one of THEM, can’t also have one of THEM.
re: #167 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I thought the Boston Bruins hockey player died in 1984. /s
Wait, that guy’s not dead. Did Russia bury him alive?
re: #164 lawhawk
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The party of the thrice-married serial-philanderer have a problem with a bachelor candidate. The party that cheered news that their presidential candidate cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn actress and portrayed him as an “alpha male” for paying for the sexual encounter thinks a candidate who has a girlfriend is a potential liability.
re: #164 lawhawk
Racist donor one: “We can’t push him out of the race because he’s Black. That would look bad.”
Racist donor two: “Single. Let’s go with single.”
re: #147 Targetpractice
And the Nazis were also big on promoting their youth as healthy, fit, and fanatically devoted to their ideology. The new “Master Race” that was gonna march out and take over the entirety of the globe with little difficulty. You know, until they ran face first into Mosin Nagants, Lee-Enfields, and M1 Garands. Copper-jacketed lead cares little for how devoted you are to the ideals of a syphilitic, drug-addled old man.
The Triumph of the Will meets the Triumph of a Willys Jeep…
re: #164 lawhawk
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Would a Scott-Graham ticket of S.C.’s two bachelor Senators be the gayest Administration evah?
re: #165 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are gone, like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
All you can do is cut people like this out of your life so their mind contagion doesn’t spread to your family, and make damn sure you vote (because they will).
Which is what I did with my Jesusbot relatives who slobber over the ground Trump walks on.
re: #155 TarHellion
Back from our trip to Cherokee. MrsTarH did VERY well. It seems playing games kept her mind active and had no crying spells from her stroke.
I also had a bit of luck!
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IGT Deuces Wild poker.
re: #149 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Because they intend on imposing their version of Christianity on everyone else if they ever get enough power.
First up for persecution: Jews. (For conservatives, it’s always Jews.)
Then in rapid succession: Muslims, atheists, Hindus, any Christian denomination not sufficiently right-wing, &c.
re: #128 William Lewis
Can’t boycott what I never purchase in the first place. They have the worst excuse for roasting in the US. Nasty burned beans makes bad coffee.
Fer sure! I’ve never been one to be at the head of social trends but I can claim to have “boycotted” Starbucks for a decade before the term became popular. I haven’t set foot in any of their 20 or 30 stores located within a couple miles of my home in 10+ years. Mainly because I never liked their products but also because I just don’t like paying that much for a cup of flavored hot water.
re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because they intend on imposing their version of Christianity on everyone else if they ever get enough power.
First up for persecution: Jews. (For conservatives, it’s always Jews.)
Then in rapid succession: Muslims, atheists, Hindus, any Christian denomination not sufficiently right-wing, &c.
“Cosmopolitans”: the ones who gave us Moral Relativism (Freud) Relativity (Einstein) and Communism (Marx)
Women of all denominations will be second- and third-class citizens if they are recognized as anything but chattel.
re: #166 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Scott is on the surface an ideal GOP candidate:
1) He knows how to be elected (i.e., in Senate);
2) He’s a man;
3) He speaks Je$u$-talk;
4) He kisses Trump’s ass.
Oh… did I say “surface”?
Yeah, that’s the problem: the surface of his skin.
re: #158 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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It would be prudent for people from red states going someplace like Illinois or N.M. for an abortion to park well away from the clinic and take an Uber (paying the driver in cash and not giving your real name) to the clinic, because bounty hunters could be taking photos of out-of-state license plates.
Are they kidding? Why expel a fine outstanding Xtian from the corrupt Ohio legislature?
Ohio legislators call for GOP to do something about lawmaker after second arrest this summer
Ohio lawmakers are again calling for Republican state Rep. Bob Young (R-Green) to be removed from his leadership position following his second arrest this summer.
The GOP legislator was charged with domestic violence, assault and violation of a protection order by calling his wife or brother, who both filed no-contact orders against him after an incident involving both of them in July which led to his indictment on charges of domestic violence and assault, reported WEWS-TV.
Tuscarawas County sheriff’s deputies arrested Young on Sunday on an arrest warrant filed the previous day in Summit County, and authorities said they found him in an emotional state at his Magnolia home.
He was high on Jay-Zuss. 😉
Young was arrested and charged last month with two misdemeanors for allegedly attacking his wife and then allegedly assaulting his brother after his wife fled to his home, and a friend of his wife told investigators at that time that the legislator had also struck her.
“I was fearful for her ‘cause I know he’s abused her a lot over the years,” the friend said.
Young blamed his actions on stress and said they were “inappropriate and out of character,” but not criminal, and added that he had taken steps to seek counseling — but he has refused to resign.
Spoken like a True Right Wing Soldier For de Lawd
He was arraigned in a virtual hearing and will be released on a personal bond as long as he is monitored by GPS, but a pair of Summit County Democrats urged GOP leadership to sanction Young and remove him as a committee chair.
“Though we respect Rep. Bob Young’s family and their privacy during this difficult time, Rep. Young’s alleged pattern of continued behavior directly conflicts with the values we uphold as elected officials and Ohioans,” said state Reps. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) and Rep. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson). “We have a responsibility to represent our constituents and our state with just and moral behavior. Rep. Young has unfortunately failed to live up to that responsibility. Therefore, we urge House Speaker Jason Stephens to sanction Rep. Young and remove him from his leadership position as chair of the House Pensions Committee.”
Why? We all know that Jay-Zuss forgives Republicans…
Thought about putting a “Support Planned Parenthood” speciality plate on our new (to us) car, but that would probably invite Christian asshats to roll it over.
re: #165 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are gone, like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
All you can do is cut people like this out of your life so their mind contagion doesn’t spread to your family, and make damn sure you vote (because they will).
Of all the possible explanations, both real and imaginary, their go-to was facial recognition locks?? just on the frozen food? In one store?
That’s… something.
And it’s not conspiracy thinking
re: #170 Targetpractice
The party of the thrice-married serial-philanderer have a problem with a bachelor candidate. The party that cheered news that their presidential candidate cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn actress and portrayed him as an “alpha male” for paying for the sexual encounter thinks a candidate who has a girlfriend is a potential liability.
Mark Meadows’ ‘uniquely dangerous failure’ signals disaster for second Trump term
Mark Meadows is a “uniquely dangerous failure” and in “a league of his own” as a cautionary tale not just of how not to serve as White House chief of staff, but of how former President Donald Trump would govern the entire country if he manages to win another term in 2024, wrote author Chris Whipple for The New York Times in an analysis published Thursday.
Whipple, who wrote “The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency,” argued that Meadows’ main failure was that he could not stand up to the president in the moment and tell him the truth that he had lost the election.
“Donald Rumsfeld, who served as a chief of staff to Gerald Ford, understood the importance of talking to the boss ‘with the bark off,’” wrote Whipple. “The White House chief of staff ‘is the one person besides his wife,’ he explained, ‘who can look him right in the eye and say, ‘this is not right. You simply can’t go down that road. Believe me, it’s not going to work.’ A good chief is on guard for even the appearance of impropriety. Mr. Rumsfeld once forbade President Ford to attend a birthday party for the Democratic majority leader Tip O’Neill because it was being hosted by a foreign lobbyist with a checkered reputation.”
The fact that Meadows could not scrupulously guard Trump from his own impulses, said Whipple, is especially ominous because if Trump wins, that’s the kind of person he’ll surround himself with, and entirely reshape the federal government with, as part of his plans to eliminate civil service protections and agency independence.
“For Mr. Meadows, his place in history is secure as a primary enabler of a president who tried to overthrow democracy,” concluded Whipple. “But his example should serve as a warning of what will happen if Mr. Trump regains the White House. All guardrails will be gone.”
re: #171 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Racist donor one: “We can’t push him out of the race because he’s Black. That would look bad.”
Racist donor two: “Single. Let’s go with single.”
Scott is polling at like 2%
A real threat
You can lead a climate denier to bathtub-warm sea water but… https://t.co/z6wS2Vzb1w
— Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 30, 2023
re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because they intend on imposing their version of Christianity on everyone else if they ever get enough power.
First up for persecution: Jews. (For conservatives, it’s always Jews.)
Then in rapid succession: Muslims, atheists, Hindus, any Christian denomination not sufficiently right-wing, &c.
Atheists are running third.
You’re not trying, folks!!
You must attend the meetings.
re: #187 Joe Bacon ✅
All of Trump’s Chiefs of Staff were awful at this gatekeeper work. Priebus lasted less than a year. Kelly was only marginally better at it, and refused to raise the red flag with the nation over Trump’s incompetence and criminality. Mulvaney was no better.
Meadows did worse than those other three, and actively conspired with Trump on illegality.
Whoever Trump gets around him should he win in 2024 will be actively helping Trump commit more violence against the Constitution, the rule of law, and all norms and standards.
re: #178 sizzzzlerz
Fer sure! I’ve never been one to be at the head of social trends but I can claim to have “boycotted” Starbucks for a decade before the term became popular. I haven’t set foot in any of their 20 or 30 stores located within a couple miles of my home in 10+ years. Mainly because I never liked their products but also because I just don’t like paying that much for a cup of flavored hot water.
I had to, sometimes.
Mrsdm worked for them for like 6 years.
Regional design office.
As soon as she left, I was done.
re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Cosmopolitans”: the ones who gave us Moral Relativism (Freud) Relativity (Einstein) and Communism (Marx)
Women of all denominations will be second- and third-class citizens if they are recognized as anything but chattel.
Chattel.
A word so close to cattle.
What a judge of character!
Kari Lake praises Hungarian strongman as ‘the greatest leader in Europe’
When Never Trump conservatives argue that the Republican Party has taken a dangerous turn with former President Donald Trump and his devotees, they often point to far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s popularity among MAGA Republicans. Orbán has been promoted by everyone from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), but Never Trumpers like columnist/author Mona Charen (a former Nancy Reagan speechwriter) and The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes regard him as a dangerous extremist who has seriously undermined democracy in his country.
Another far-right MAGA Republican who is praising Orbán is conspiracy theorist and 2022 Arizona gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake.
On August 21, Carlson interviewed Orbán in Budapest, Hungary. And Lake responded to the interview by expressing her admiration for Orbán on X, formerly Twitter, in an August 31 post.
Lake said of Orbán, “He is an equal to President Trump. His policies have made Hungary Great-now he must work to ward off of WWIII. He puts his people first. We need every nation to do the same.”
The stridently pro-Trump Lake also hailed Orbán as “a strong leader…. the GREATEST in Europe” and added, “That’s why the media attacks him relentlessly.”
#FAFO Proud Boys armed insurrection edition:
LATER TODAY: At 2pm ET, Proud Boy and seditious conspiracist Zachary Rehl, will be sentenced. Rehl fell apart on the stand and got caught up in a series of denials and lies that arguably sank him. It was intense. You can read about that here:https://t.co/uERiYXY0Kk
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) August 31, 2023
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Biggs. They’re seeking 27 years for Rehl.
We’ll know before the end of the day; Biggs is the morning sentencing; Rehl is this afternoon.
re: #183 Joe Bacon ✅
Why? We all know that Jay-Zuss forgives Republicans…
Exactly. He deserves yet another chance.
But God cannot forgive Democrats as long as they still support babykillers, pedophile groomers and Godless Marxist policies.
re: #193 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Chattel.
A word so close to cattle.
no coincidence, they are linguistically related
Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will not stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy decades ago, as a Massachusetts judge dismissed the case because both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree he is experiencing dementia. https://t.co/K5yAKpLfov
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 31, 2023
#FAFO - Georgia conspiracy case
“By filing a statutory speedy trial demand, the Defendants elected to proceed to trial without the benefit o f the type of prior notice of the State’s discovery and similar transaction evidence that would have otherwise been afforded to them.”
Full filing and analysis soon. pic.twitter.com/UY1yXrZiXu— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) August 31, 2023
Nobody has the right to a trial that fits their own personal schedule.
re: #201 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Fani Wiilis: pic.twitter.com/GBqXIam0Ws
— Mz. Cabibi (@SoulofDemocracy) August 31, 2023
re: #195 lawhawk
#FAFO Proud Boys armed insurrection edition:
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Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Biggs. They’re seeking 27 years for Rehl.
We’ll know before the end of the day; Biggs is the morning sentencing; Rehl is this afternoon.
There is little more satisfying than dismantling a witness on cross examination with their own lies.
re: #187 Joe Bacon ✅
West Wing episode re the designed survivor scene
Bartlett: You got a best friend?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: Is he smarter than you?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: Would you trust him with your life?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: That’s your chief of staff.
Trump never chose any of his 4 COS that way
re: #200 lawhawk
#FAFO - Georgia conspiracy case
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Rule #1: Every day is STFU Friday.
Rule #2: Always read the fine print.
re: #179 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Ok it’s not Scott’s bachelor status
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Minor historical correction: the last POTUS with a full beard* was Benjamin Harrison, who left office March 4, 1893, so 130 years.
*Sorry, Teddy (ADD: and Grover): mustaches don’t count.
re: #204 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Trump never chose the best of the best for his cabinet. He wanted yes men - people who’d tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needed to hear, and every crisis proved to be a disaster because he never failed to listen to idiots telling him what he wanted to hear, to the exclusion of all else.
Trump Says He Was Too Busy Averting ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ to Commit Fraud
Donald Trump said in a sworn deposition that he was too tied up with saving the world from a “nuclear holocaust” to have oversight of his company and commit alleged fraud. A transcript of the former president’s seven-hour April interview with the New York attorney general’s office as part of a civil fraud case against him and his company was unsealed Wednesday. When grilled about his role at the Trump Organization while he was in the White House, Trump said his “role was gone.” “So you were too busy for the company?” Trump was asked. “In a way, yeah,” he answered. He went on to say he considered the presidency “the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives.” “I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,” he continued. “I think you would have a nuclear war, if I weren’t elected. And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.”
re: #207 lawhawk
Trump never chose the best of the best for his cabinet. He wanted yes men - people who’d tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needed to hear, and every crisis proved to be a disaster because he never failed to listen to idiots telling him what he wanted to hear, to the exclusion of all else.
Well, he DID run the Presidency like he ran his businesses: serious grifting, a skirting-the-law autocracy with yes-men toadies for subordinates, and relying on excessive lawyer-mongering to deal with the inevitable fuckups and collapses.
We can’t say we weren’t warned: Trump’s executive fails were well-documented. But unfortunately, too many people chose “Reality TV” over reality….
re: #208 Joe Bacon ✅
Trump Says He Was Too Busy Averting ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ to Commit Fraud
Donald Trump said in a sworn deposition that he was too tied up with saving the world from a “nuclear holocaust” to have oversight of his company and commit alleged fraud. A transcript of the former president’s seven-hour April interview with the New York attorney general’s office as part of a civil fraud case against him and his company was unsealed Wednesday. When grilled about his role at the Trump Organization while he was in the White House, Trump said his “role was gone.” “So you were too busy for the company?” Trump was asked. “In a way, yeah,” he answered. He went on to say he considered the presidency “the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives.” “I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,” he continued. “I think you would have a nuclear war, if I weren’t elected. And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.”
Donald Trump, savior of mankind. He might even believe it.
Rehl’s “I’m sorry you feel that way” approach shows no remorse, no responsibility accepted, prosecutors have urged Judge Kelly.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) August 31, 2023
No remorse.
It’s a bogus apology, and should be treated as such.
I’d go max sentence, but then again, I’ve been urging just that for every last seditionist who has been rounded up in the 1/6 case.
re: #206 Jay C
Minor historical correction: the last POTUS with a full beard* was Benjamin Harrison, who left office March 4, 1893, so 130 years.
*Sorry, Teddy (ADD: and Grover): mustaches don’t count.
double entendre part still works ;-)
re: #208 Joe Bacon ✅
Trump Says He Was Too Busy Averting ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ to Commit Fraud
Donald Trump said in a sworn deposition that he was too tied up with saving the world from a “nuclear holocaust” to have oversight of his company and commit alleged fraud. A transcript of the former president’s seven-hour April interview with the New York attorney general’s office as part of a civil fraud case against him and his company was unsealed Wednesday. When grilled about his role at the Trump Organization while he was in the White House, Trump said his “role was gone.” “So you were too busy for the company?” Trump was asked. “In a way, yeah,” he answered. He went on to say he considered the presidency “the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives.” “I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,” he continued. “I think you would have a nuclear war, if I weren’t elected. And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.”
Busy?
Sure managed to play a lot of golf
re: #212 lawhawk
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No remorse.
It’s a bogus apology, and should be treated as such.
I’d go max sentence, but then again, I’ve been urging just that for every last seditionist who has been rounded up in the 1/6 case.
Rehl’s probably sitting there thinking, How can they be so mean…33 years? The bank will probably repo my truck before then.
re: #214 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Busy?
Sure managed to play a lot of golf
Fact: No nuclear holocaust has ever happened while a president was playing a round of golf.
This is why the GOP opposes an IRS with robust audit capabilities - it gets taxpayers paying what they owe.
Seems like a pretty good deal. Especially since they already owe that money in the first place. https://t.co/8EebeUzjd8
— Joe Thorndike (@jthorndike) August 31, 2023
re: #179 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
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re: #215 darthstar
Rehl’s probably sitting there thinking, How can they be so mean…33 years? The bank will probably repo my truck before then.
Not to mention his wife leaving him and his dog running off.
re: #219 sizzzzlerz
Not to mention his wife leaving him and his dog running off.
Clearly his saga should be made into a country music song.
re: #215 darthstar
Rehl’s probably sitting there thinking, How can they be so mean…33 years? The bank will probably repo my truck before then.
He’ll run out of beer and his dog will leave too
re: #221 No Malarkey!
Clearly his saga should be made into a country music song.
Oh my dog and my wife ran away with another
I always had figured it would be my brother
and the bank took my truck but I don’t give a fuck
cuz I got bigger things on my mind….
I dropped the soap.
I’m such a dope
I can’t say nope
I dropped the soap.
My Tesla self-driving truck up and left me
A few sentences from today’s electoral-vote.com
In summary, Giuliani just lost a defamation lawsuit and two others (Dominion and Smartmatic) are in progress. And of course, there are his soon-to-be astronomical legal costs in the RICO case. And heaven help him if Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts him in Washington after Trump’s trial is over.
_—————-With four criminal indictments against him and a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll coming up in January, Donald Trump has plenty to think about in his copious free time
These guys were in the effing oval office
Kraken’s filed a motion to sever her case from the rest of the Trump coconspirators. Her lawyer claims the RICO case against her is “weak” and that a judge might dismiss even before it gets to a judge.
Yeah, I’m sure we’re going to hear all about how strong her defense is, and that they’ve got proof she didn’t conspire with Trump and others to overturn the GA results.
Because her track record on this is so strong?
DA Willis is gonna have a field day in response.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Total reactionary insanity. This is heading to a bad place.
Slavery era bounty hunters come to mind.
Nebraska Guv Signs Order Outlining Definitions of ‘Male’ and ‘Female’
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Wednesday night that would narrow the definition of “male” and “female” under state law to only include biological sex—while nodding to the fact that the passage of a bill addressing “participation of biological males in female athletics” in the state legislature is imminent. Critics, including state Democratic Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha, have said that the governor’s measure would imperil federal anti-discrimination funding that would protect marginalized groups, including the trans community. “I know Governor Pillen probably hates that fact that trans people would ever be protected or safe, but that’s how it works today and he’s putting Nebraskans in danger by continuing to make this group the entire focus of his ignorant and discriminatory agenda,” Hunt told the Omaha World-Herald. Nebraska is now the second state to enact such a measure, after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a similar order earlier this month.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Hmmm… I wonder if someone with diplomatic immunity might be able to be the information helpline for women in Alabama.
Think of it: Canadian embassy sets up an information line, nominally for Canadians if they are travelling to the US, on how to get an abortion.
If an Alabama resident just happens to call in…
re: #228 Florida Panhandler
Slavery era bounty hunters come to mind.
So what happens if they get preggers in a free state, say Cali, or Washington, while on vacation, and return to their home in Alabama (yeah, I know. As if!). Would the fetus still belong to ‘bama or it’s state of conception?
re: #217 lawhawk
This is why the GOP opposes an IRS with robust audit capabilities - it gets taxpayers paying what they owe.
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re: #231 sizzzzlerz
So what happens if they get preggers in a free state, say Cali, or Washington, while on vacation, and return to their home in Alabama (yeah, I know. As if!). Would the fetus still belong to ‘bama or it’s state of conception?
Especially since California passed a law telling Alabama to FUCK OFF if they try that shit here.
re: #226 lawhawk
Kraken’s filed a motion to sever her case from the rest of the Trump coconspirators. Her lawyer claims the RICO case against her is “weak” and that a judge might dismiss even before it gets to a judge.
Yeah, I’m sure we’re going to hear all about how strong her defense is, and that they’ve got proof she didn’t conspire with Trump and others to overturn the GA results.
Because her track record on this is so strong?
DA Willis is gonna have a field day in response.
The person who was in the Oval Office asking Trump to appoint her special counsel so that she could seize voting machines was definitely not conspiring with him!
re: #228 Florida Panhandler
Slavery era bounty hunters come to mind.
If the Alabama AG succeeds in arguing that people can be arrested for “conspiring” to travel to another state to engage in legal activity there, Alabama has truly become Gilead. Under His Eye.
re: #235 No Malarkey!
If the Alabama AG succeeds in arguing that people can be arrested for “conspiring” to travel to another state to engage in legal activity there, Alabama has truly become Gilead. Under His Eye.
I think it was linked here, but someone pointed out, “So if I make plans to take a weekend trip to Vegas, can I be charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, since gambling is illegal in the state I live in?”
re: #234 No Malarkey!
The person who was in the Oval Office asking Trump to appoint her special counsel so that she could seize voting machines was definitely not conspiring with him!
It was a totally hypothetical question.
re: #164 lawhawk
I think they are afraid he is in the closet.
re: #231 sizzzzlerz
So what happens if they get preggers in a free state, say Cali, or Washington, while on vacation, and return to their home in Alabama (yeah, I know. As if!). Would the fetus still belong to ‘bama or it’s state of conception?
Do you have any doubt about what the Bama AG thinks? The woman’s womb belongs to the state. Blessed Be The Fruit.
re: #239 No Malarkey!
Do you have any doubt about what the Bama AG thinks? The woman’s womb belongs to
the stateJesus. Blessed Be The Fruit.
re: #238 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I think they are afraid he is in the closet.
And he probably is, because Dog forbid that a GOP politician be gay. He should probably pay a porn star for sex or grab a woman’s genitals to prove his manliness.
What could go wrong?
Voice calls & video calls coming to twitter
Catfish accounts: pic.twitter.com/tlwpwbXfLE— SIR STARBOY GUCCI☆🧘♂️✰ (@SirStarboi) August 31, 2023
re: #132 Nerdy Fish
After how it started, I’m actually happy with it.
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re: #234 No Malarkey!
The person who was in the Oval Office asking Trump to appoint her special counsel so that she could seize voting machines was definitely not conspiring with him!
Yeah: that motion tries to make it sound like Sidney Powell was just a casual visitor to the WH, and not responsible for any acts she may or may not have committed because she didn’t have a signed representation agreement…
Do any of these Trump creatures have (or EVER HAVE had) any legal defense that isn’t composed mainly of hot air, bullshit, and willful denial-of-reality?*
*rhetorical question
re: #107 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Disappointing par du jour.
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re: #132 Nerdy Fish
After how it started, I’m actually happy with it.
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re: #244 Jay C
Yeah: that motion tries to make it sound like Sidney Powell was just a casual visitor to the WH, and not responsible for any acts she may or may not have committed because she didn’t have a signed representation agreement…
Do any of these Trump creatures have (or EVER HAVE had) any legal defense that isn’t composed mainly of hot air, bullshit, and willful denial-of-reality?*
*rhetorical question
Most seem to be relying upon the defense of “Look man, I just brought the coffee!”
re: #242 Dave In Austin
What could go wrong?
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So the X app will enable video calls. Gonna be just like that classic Mystery Date game.
Will you get a call from…a stud or a dud?
re: #110 silverdolphin
Looks like it is in Federal bankruptcy proceedings now, with the families saying he should have to pay something until the day he dies.
He’s hiding his assets. It is a disgrace that he isn’t living on the street in a cardboard box — he needs to be totally impoverished. That’s what he deserves.
re: #242 Dave In Austin
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Well, I suppose with all the people who’ve quit in disgust, they’ve got a wealth of spare bandwidth for such a move.
re: #249 Joe Bacon ✅
Usually a dud that calls around 10 PM looking for a date at 11 PM.
re: #251 Targetpractice
Well, I suppose with all the people who’ve quit in disgust, they’ve got a wealth of spare bandwidth for such a move.
Think “Reddit Dating Service”.
re: #238 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I think they are afraid he is in the closet.
Hence the beard meme I posted
re: #248 Targetpractice
Most seem to be relying upon the defense of “Look man, I just brought the coffee!”
Seriously though if you can’t deny it happened you have to downplay it
re: #255 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Hence the beard meme I posted
What is it with South Carolina and Closeted Gay Republican Senators?
re: #257 Dave In Austin
What is it with South Carolina and Closeted Gay Republican Senators?
I’m sure Scott and Graham just haven’t met the right woman yet. Somebody should create a dating app for U.S. Senators!
Federal courts, take note. This isn’t that hard: pic.twitter.com/oA3f3ldZML
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 31, 2023
No one won last night’s Powerball jackpot, so it moves up. Not yet real money but it’s getting there.
I had the powerball on no less than 9 lines, but alas could not get any more than three balls on a line.
Still, I guess $55 is better than a kick in the pants.
Judge Kelly, whose illness yesterday delayed Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing until next week, is on the bench today for Joe Biggs’ hearing.
THREAD: The sentencing of Proud Boy Joe Biggs is underway.
Federal prosecutors are seeking 33 years in federal prison in the sedition case.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly is on the bench, explaining he was absent due to illness yesterday. He’s tested negative for COVID.— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 31, 2023
re: #258 No Malarkey!
I’m sure Scott and Graham just haven’t met the right woman yet. Somebody should create a dating app for U.S. Senators!
Since I’m single, straight, and almost 60 all I can say is that it is one’s own business. I don’t recall the Democrats ever making much hay about such things so I guess it’s just the Republican hang-ups about such things coming to the fore.
re: #261 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
No one won last night’s Powerball jackpot, so it moves up. Not yet real money but it’s getting there.
I had the powerball on no less than 9 lines, but alas could not get any more than three balls on a line.
Still, I guess $55 is better than a kick in the pants.
Not yet real money. I’d be okay with winning a ‘smaller’ Powerball jackpot. I wouldn’t get to do all the philanthropic things I fantasize about when it’s big, but I could do some…and buy a home in Mexico.
Drone technology is moving fast. War makes it move even faster.
re: #267 darthstar
How wonderful. The perfect “gift” for Russia.
Lower Decks Season 4 drops on Sept 7th. I guess the longer development time for animation means they didn’t get impacted by the strike.
re: #235 No Malarkey!
If the Alabama AG succeeds in arguing that people can be arrested for “conspiring” to travel to another state to engage in legal activity there, Alabama has truly become Gilead. Under His Eye.
During the Roy Moore campaign, I found out that you can rent Handmaid costumes in Alabama.
Just in: Donald Trump pleads NOT GUILTY, waives arraignment in Fulton County, Georgia. pic.twitter.com/XfUutSU5tv
— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) August 31, 2023
Trump’s got another first: first current/former POTUS to enter not guilty plea and waive appearance at arraignment.
re: #269 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Or it was already in the can, and not affected by the strike.
re: #272 lawhawk
Or it was already in the can, and not affected by the strike.
From a comment the other day I don’t think the animators were unionized - but they are starting to. So I guess it was on an individual basis whether or not they are/were honoring the strike.
re: #268 PhillyPretzel ✅
How wonderful.
They’re gonna have a blast!
*notices awkward silence*
I’ll show myself out…
re: #272 lawhawk
Or it was already in the can, and not affected by the strike.
I believe in some cases union members were allowed to continue working on projects already close to completion when the strike was called.
re: #271 lawhawk
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I wonder if this is why Trump posted 100 “Truths” on his crappy social media site yesterday!
re: #274 Teukka
Do not show yourself out. I agree they will get a blast from it.
re: #272 lawhawk
The fourth season of the American adult animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks is set in the 24th century and follows the adventures of the “lower deckers” (low-ranking officers with menial jobs) on the starship Cerritos, one of Starfleet’s least important starships. The season is produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions in association with Secret Hideout, Important Science, Roddenberry Entertainment, and animation studio Titmouse, with Mike McMahan serving as showrunner and Barry J. Kelly as supervising director.
Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero voice the lower decks crew members of the Cerritos, with Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore, and Gillian Vigman providing voices for the ship’s senior officers. A fourth season of Lower Decks was ordered in January 2022. Writing began by that April, and voice recording started by June.
The season is scheduled to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ on September 7, 2023, with its first two episodes. The rest of the 10-episode run will be released weekly. A fifth season was ordered in March 2023.[1]
NEW: Guidelines range for Joe Biggs: 27 years to 33+ years in federal prison, per Judge Kelly. Reporting with @dnlbrns.
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 31, 2023
re: #271 lawhawk
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Two things: Fat bastard is too lazy to show up for his own arraignment, and he’s not the President and the court should ask his lawyers not to submit intentionally false information or face penalties as provided by law.
re: #279 lawhawk
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re: #282 No Malarkey!
Joe Biggs is probably going to die in prison, unless a President pardons him or commutes his sentence.
Lots of criminals die in prison. Prison is a good place for them to die.
re: #283 darthstar
Lots of criminals die in prison. Prison is a good place for them to die.
I checked, and he is younger than I thought, about 39. So he might get out in his sixties.
re: #134 Teukka
When did Russians become god fearing? That has to be new.
Kemp is not a Trump fan, LOL.
BREAKING: Gov Kemp WILL NOT approve a commission to remove Fani Willis as DA. pic.twitter.com/pLhZwmR5XS
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) August 31, 2023
re: #280 darthstar
Two things: Fat bastard is too lazy to show up for his own arraignment, and he’s not the President and the court should ask his lawyers not to submit intentionally false information or face penalties as provided by law.
I’d argue that it’s less costly to submit the paperwork than to do an in-person appearance, so this is something Trump needs to do. There’s no requirement for an in-person arraignment.
You can only have one president at a time, and he’s not it. He’s currently a private citizen, and the court should remind him of such.
re: #241 No Malarkey!
And he probably is, because Dog forbid that a GOP politician be gay. He should probably pay a porn star for sex or grab a woman’s genitals to prove his manliness.
Adultery will do. But better make it serial just to be safe. While the wife is pregnant or in hospital. It is seen as proof of how passionate they are about America
re: #274 Teukka
They’re gonna have a blast!
*notices awkward silence*
I’ll show myself out…
Having a blast in the oblast’
re: #286 No Malarkey!
Kemp is not a Trump fan, LOL.
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re: #286 No Malarkey!
Kemp is not a Trump fan, LOL.
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re: #292 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have no idea what that’s about. What’s the paranoia about freezers?
That biometrics will be required to access them instead of, you know, handles.
re: #170 Targetpractice
The party of the thrice-married serial-philanderer have a problem with a bachelor candidate. The party that cheered news that their presidential candidate cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn actress and portrayed him as an “alpha male” for paying for the sexual encounter thinks a candidate who has a girlfriend is a potential liability.
They just want Scott to have a beard. That’s all.
re: #179 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Ok it’s not Scott’s bachelor status
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Ok. You beat me by a longshot!
re: #290 Targetpractice
Gov. Kemp would like to remind the Repub voters of GA that he’s limited to two consecutive terms, so they can’t scare him with the threat of voting against a reelection bid.
When is his term up? I’ve always heard Brian Kemp was the ambitious type: spec is that he wants to run against either Ossoff or Warnock at the next Senatorial race: I guess he’s figuring/hoping that “refused to bend the law and Constitution just to help Donald Trump avoid justice” won’t be much of a great attack point by that time.
Judge Kelly says he takes a backseat to no one in recognizing the seriousness of what happened, but asks how you compare this to, say, someone plotting to blow up a skyscraper.
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 31, 2023
An attack with intent to end democracy in America is exactly the parallel/analogy being drawn.
Interfering in the certification of the election to enable Trump to declare himself leader despite losing the election was the point (using Insurrection Act to suppress opposition).
re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg
That biometrics will be required to access them instead of, you know, handles.
And, apparently, that *THEY* are going to use said technology to deny access to food for Certain People….
Loons
Multiple air defense missile systems deployed by Russia on two disputed islands off northern Japan in 2020 have been moved off the isles, raising the possibility that Moscow is repurposing weapons from its Far East for use in the war against Ukraine. https://t.co/t0mG3tXQ9F
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 31, 2023
re: #296 Jay C
When is his term up? I’ve always heard Brian Kemp was the ambitious type: spec is that he wants to run against either Ossoff or Warnock at the next Senatorial race: I guess he’s figuring/hoping that “refused to bend the law and Constitution just to help Donald Trump avoid justice” won’t be much of a great attack point by that time.
Term’s up in 2026, which is just in time to run for one of the Senate seats. He may be gambling that Trump loses in 2024 and the party gets over it in the following two years.
re: #15 Charles Johnson
Mastodon has been a pretty insular community for several years, and they’re aren’t adapting very well to their increased visibility.
I’ve more or less given up on Mastodon… too many people over there seem enamored with the smell of their own farts.
re: #292 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have no idea what that’s about. What’s the paranoia about freezers?
Basically, his mind is so addled with conspiracy theories, that when maintenance workers at a supermarket go around and change the handles to fridges and freezers, what instantly pop into their minds is some implantable RFID or 5G chip lock handle running a social credit app, and won’t open for unvaxxinated and non-mask wearing individuals…
TPM
* 26m
@tpm.bsky.social
At one point in his new financial disclosure filing, Thomas claims that he had no choice but to hitch rides on Crow’s jet due to the “increased security risk” after a draft of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in May 2022.
What a piece of work. Eat shit, Uncle Clarence.
re: #300 Targetpractice
Term’s up in 2026, which is just in time to run for one of the Senate seats. He may be gambling that Trump loses in 2024 and the party gets over it in the following two years.
I think, realistically, we are looking at 2032 as the earliest we will see a “reasonable” Republican nominee. Three losses in a row is usually when a major party makes a big change. Honestly though, it should be sooner, the fact that the Republican presidential nominee has only won the popular vote once since 1992 should be enough for them
re: #301 A Cranky One
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Without going too much into gory details, given that it looks like a 180+ kV transmission line judging by the isolator, the result will be one or two very loud bangs (the kind of loudness which will set off car alarms at a distance and lifts light dust off of roofs) when the recloser operates, and you will most likely be permanently dead before your corpse hits the ground below.
re: #299 Dr Lizardo
Multiple air defense missile systems deployed by Russia on two disputed islands off northern Japan in 2020 have been moved off the isles, raising the possibility that Moscow is repurposing weapons from its Far East for use in the war against Ukraine.
Time for Japan to invade and retake northern Sakhalin Island.
After all, its territorial claim is every bit as solid as Russia’s historical claims on Ukrainian territory.
re: #303 Teukka
Basically, his mind is so addled with conspiracy theories, that when maintenance workers at a supermarket go around and change the handles to fridges and freezers, what instantly pop into their minds is some implantable RFID or 5G chip lock handle running a social credit app, and won’t open for unvaxxinated and non-mask wearing individuals…
Being required to behave responsibly for a little while for the first time in their lives was enough to break a lot of Americans. This country is a mess.
re: #244 Jay C
Yeah: that motion tries to make it sound like Sidney Powell was just a casual visitor to the WH, and not responsible for any acts she may or may not have committed because she didn’t have a signed representation agreement…
Do any of these Trump creatures have (or EVER HAVE had) any legal defense that isn’t composed mainly of hot air, bullshit, and willful denial-of-reality?*
*rhetorical question
And there’s pictures and video. I mean, really, I literally can’t even with these people.
re: #308 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Being required to behave responsibly for a little while for the first time in their lives was enough to break a lot of Americans. This country is a mess.
Just wait until we are hit by a more serious and contagious epidemic.
Fourteen people have died and more than 150 cases have been confirmed following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in south-eastern Poland.Many of those infected have been taken to hospital since the outbreak was detected last week.
Nine new cases were diagnosed on Tuesday.
Authorities are still checking how the legionella bacteria, which causes the disease, got into the water supply in the Rzeszow city and its surroundings.
The outbreak’s location initially raised concerns because Rzeszow is the hub for military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and hosts a large US military presence.
re: #307 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Let’s not suggest that Japan invade anyone, even people we currently don’t like. Please?
re: #279 lawhawk
I’d like to vote for Plus please.
I think this is my favorite bit from this story:
Navarro’s inability to rip the sign out of the protester’s hands made him an object of ridicule on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, especially after the protester reminded him, “Bro, you’re already facing charges.”
Please, commit assault on camera… let’s see how that works out for you
re: #306 Teukka
Agreed. It is a very high voltage line, such that it would probably arc and kill you even if you don’t touch it.
Mrs Cranky used to work for an electric company and would occasionally tell stories about idiots getting electrocuted. One case involved a guy who decided to steal copper from a substation that fed a closed factory. I guess he assumed that since the factory had been closed for a while that the substation would be dead.
They found his incinerated body holding a hacksaw. Just bringing the saw close to the high voltage lines resulted in an arc that killed him; hacksaw never touched the line.
re: #313 Nojay UK
Let’s not suggest that Japan invade anyone, even people we currently don’t like. Please?
I am just noting that Russia asserting “historical” claims to foreign territory opens up a big phat can of worms.
re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg
That biometrics will be required to access them instead of, you know, handles.
Ok. And? So? I’m still not getting it.
re: #296 Jay C
When is his term up? I’ve always heard Brian Kemp was the ambitious type: spec is that he wants to run against either Ossoff or Warnock at the next Senatorial race: I guess he’s figuring/hoping that “refused to bend the law and Constitution just to help Donald Trump avoid justice” won’t be much of a great attack point by that time.
It will be if he runs as a republican.
re: #318 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ok. And? So? I’m still not getting it.
I mean, it’s far right derp material, so I don’t know what there is to ‘get’. However, to try to address the question, it’s a long-held conspiracy that biometric data is the Mark of the Beast. This is especially true since this is being done in a commercial environment, where you would supposedly need those biometrics to buy things (one of the key phrases around the Mark of the Beast).
re: #297 lawhawk
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An attack with intent to end democracy in America is exactly the parallel/analogy being drawn.
Interfering in the certification of the election to enable Trump to declare himself leader despite losing the election was the point (using Insurrection Act to suppress opposition).
I’d say it’s WORSE. Blowing up a skyscraper affects hundreds or thousands. Blowing up democracy affects hundreds of millions.
re: #306 Teukka
⚠️ Do not try this at home. ⚠️
Without going too much into gory details, given that it looks like a 180+ kV transmission line judging by the isolator, the result will be one or two very loud bangs (the kind of loudness which will set off car alarms at a distance and lifts light dust off of roofs) when the recloser operates, and you will most likely be permanently dead when your corpse hits the ground below.
I spent a summer as an intern at Montana Dakota Utilities. One of the things they assigned me was a week with the substation maintenance crews. I can tell you what a raccoon looks like when they touch the wrong part.
re: #320 Nerdy Fish
I mean, it’s far right derp material, so I don’t know what there is to ‘get’. However, to try to address the question, it’s a long-held conspiracy that biometric data is the Mark of the Beast. This is especially true since this is being done in a commercial environment, where you would supposedly need those biometrics to buy things (one of the key phrases around the Mark of the Beast).
While flashing a hand sign reminiscent of a 6 and having a red had with a text right on their forehead…
re: #320 Nerdy Fish
I mean, it’s far right derp material, so I don’t know what there is to ‘get’. However, to try to address the question, it’s a long-held conspiracy that biometric data is the Mark of the Beast. This is especially true since this is being done in a commercial environment, where you would supposedly need those biometrics to buy things (one of the key phrases around the Mark of the Beast).
I thought it was clear now that a red MAGA cap is the mark of the beast.
re: #322 dat_said
I spent a summer as an intern at Montana Dakota Utilities. One of the things they assigned me was a week with the substation maintenance crews. I can tell you what a raccoon looks like when they touch the wrong part.
I know a guy who works with distro and transmission on the US West coast. The shit he’s seen… Like, a charred and transparent squirrel on one of the feedthroughs of a transformer…
re: #303 Teukka
Basically, his mind is so addled with conspiracy theories, that when maintenance workers at a supermarket go around and change the handles to fridges and freezers, what instantly pop into their minds is some implantable RFID or 5G chip lock handle running a social credit app, and won’t open for unvaxxinated and non-mask wearing individuals…
Well…that’s a stretch. And nuts.
Thanks for being the Kook Whisperer.
re: #324 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I thought it was clear now that a red MAGA cap is the mark of the beast.
Inasmuch as the Mark of the Beast is a real concept, and not just fanciful imaginings of a prophetic end time, that would be true. However, because the Bible links the Mark of the Beast to commerce (you have to have one to buy or sell anything), whenever commercial stores make technological upgrades like this, the fundamentalist conspiraloons flip right the fuck out.
re: #308 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Being required to behave responsibly for a little while for the first time in their lives was enough to break a lot of Americans. This country is a mess.
He mentions a UK supermarket, what makes you assume he is American?
re: #328 Nerdy Fish
Inasmuch as the Mark of the Beast is a real concept, and not just fanciful imaginings of a prophetic end time, that would be true. However, because the Bible links the Mark of the Beast to commerce (you have to have one to buy or sell anything), whenever commercial stores make technological upgrades like this, the fundamentalist conspiraloons flip right the fuck out.
We see the Trumpanzees wanting to only do business with other assholes, so the beast cap fits there too.
re: #324 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I thought it was clear now that a red MAGA cap is the mark of the beast.
The mark on the forehead, yes. The mark on the hand is the WP-like hand sign.
re: #328 Nerdy Fish
Inasmuch as the Mark of the Beast is a real concept, and not just fanciful imaginings of a prophetic end time, that would be true. However, because the Bible links the Mark of the Beast to commerce (you have to have one to buy or sell anything), whenever commercial stores make technological upgrades like this, the fundamentalist conspiraloons flip right the fuck out.
Most people who genuinely study those sort of writings say that it most likely refers to thoughts and deeds if it refers to our times.
re: #320 Nerdy Fish
I mean, it’s far right derp material, so I don’t know what there is to ‘get’. However, to try to address the question, it’s a long-held conspiracy that biometric data is the Mark of the Beast. This is especially true since this is being done in a commercial environment, where you would supposedly need those biometrics to buy things (one of the key phrases around the Mark of the Beast).
I see it’s gonna be a full day of I LITERALLY CAN’T EVEN!
Much cuter than a normal Isetta. The design orginated with Iso in Italy, hence the “license-built” descriptor. They were also built in Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil,Germany, and the United Kingdom. Iso produced a commercial version with full width rear axle, available in pickup, flatbed, tilt-bed and even fire engine configurations.
A friend’s older sister had one when we were in high school. I think many of the boys secretly admired it but dared not say so lest they be branded as “queer.” Anything the coaches and yokel fatcats didn’t like was queer, and they definitely didn’t like foreign micro-cars.
re: #329 danarchy
He mentions a UK supermarket, what makes you assume he is American?
aha.
all I can say is that DJT never got a majority of popular votes, but Brexit did.
re: #332 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I see it’s gonna be a full day of I LITERALLY CAN’T EVEN!
Welcome to deep fundamentalist Christianity, a world with which I am intimately familiar. If I had a nickel for every time this happened, I’d probably have a good $0.50.
re: #331 Teukka
Most people who genuinely study those sort of writings say that it most likely refers to thoughts and deeds if it refers to our times.
I thought it all referred to Nero - or maybe I’m thinking the number of the beast. I’ve seen some scholars say it might’ve been a thinly-veiled allusion to Domitian, and then of course, there’s that whole wacky idea that despite Nero’s suicide in AD 68, there was a widespread belief, especially in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, that Nero was in fact not dead and somehow would return.
Sort of like an ancient version of QAnon and JFK, Jr.
re: #329 danarchy
He mentions a UK supermarket, what makes you assume he is American?
The only substantial difference between British and American nutters is that the British kooks don’t have ready access to firearms.
re: #337 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
The only substantial difference between British and American nutters is that the British kooks don’t have ready access to firearms.
they were lamenting that in the comments…
re: #336 Dr Lizardo
I thought it all referred to Nero - or maybe I’m thinking the number of the beast. I’ve seen some scholars say it might’ve been a thinly-veiled allusion to Domitian, and then of course, there’s that whole wacky idea that despite Nero’s suicide in AD 68, there was a widespread belief, especially in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, that Nero was in fact not dead and somehow would return.
Sort of like an ancient version of QAnon and JFK, Jr.
That Revelation most likely refers to Nero is the consensus among serious scholars, yes. And yeah, certain tinfoil has been rerun for centuries if not millennia. Only the scapegoats, bogeymen and supposed victims varies, and some word play games played.
re: #335 Nerdy Fish
Welcome to deep fundamentalist Christianity, a world with which I am intimately familiar. If I had a nickel for every time this happened, I’d probably have a good $0.50.
re: #322 dat_said
I spent a summer as an intern at Montana Dakota Utilities. One of the things they assigned me was a week with the substation maintenance crews. I can tell you what a raccoon looks like when they touch the wrong part.
What raccoon, right?
POOF
re: #340 KGxvi
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I love this show in general, but this clip is one of my all-time favorites. I use this quote a lot.
re: #333 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Much cuter than a normal Isetta. The design orginated with Iso in Italy, hence the “license-built” descriptor. They were also built in Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil,Germany, and the United Kingdom. Iso produced a commercial version with full width rear axle, available in pickup, flatbed, tilt-bed and even fire engine configurations.
A friend’s older sister had one when we were in high school. I think many of the boys secretly admired it but dared not say so lest they be branded as “queer.” Anything the coaches and yokel fatcats didn’t like was queer, and they definitely didn’t like foreign micro-cars.[Embedded content]
That’s a roller-skate. I’d feel safer on a motorcycle.
re: #342 Nerdy Fish
I love this show in general, but this clip is one of my all-time favorites. I use this quote a lot.
I’ve never really watched it, just seen the memes over the years. Have been more of a Rick and Morty guy.
re: #341 TedStriker
What raccoon, right?
POOF
I’m trying to sanitize the description, but basically, evaporation is not complete in most cases, and there is a concussive blast…
re: #344 KGxvi
I’ve never really watched it, just seen the memes over the years. Have been more of a Rick and Morty guy.
I didn’t even know what it was from until I clicked over to YouTube and a top comment told me.
re: #320 Nerdy Fish
I mean, it’s far right derp material, so I don’t know what there is to ‘get’. However, to try to address the question, it’s a long-held conspiracy that biometric data is the Mark of the Beast. This is especially true since this is being done in a commercial environment, where you would supposedly need those biometrics to buy things (one of the key phrases around the Mark of the Beast).
So witches will be able to buy all the Haagen-Dazs they want.
re: #339 Teukka
That’s what I remember reading, though it’s been many years ago.
re: #343 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
That’s a roller-skate. I’d feel safer on a motorcycle.
With non-motorized cycles, two wheels in front and one in the back is called a Tadpole.
re: #344 KGxvi
I’ve never really watched it, just seen the memes over the years. Have been more of a Rick and Morty guy.
It’s much more kid-oriented (which is part of why I got into it - my kids watched it when they were younger), but it’s got all sorts of clever bits like this in it. I mean, how can you go wrong with an intelligent spy/ninja platypus masquerading as a family pet?
while I am ecstatic that Guilliani has been found guilty, just like others have noted… it’s one thing to be found guilty and another to have it impact them (see Jones, Alex). I really want to see the retribution side of this happen, maybe we need to have the courts use the same bill collectors that the medical fields use, those bastards are relentless. I have no issues with the concept that once a judgement has been rendered and appeals answered to simply seizing those assets as forfeiture and either selling them off to pay out the judgements or allowing those folks who are owed take ownership.
re: #353 piratedan
Unlike Jones, Giuliani is not a long-time con artist. He does not have all the ins and outs of how to hide and shelter assets from courtroom judgments. Giuliani is officially Fucked with a capital F, and he has a very high likelihood of dying alone, broke, and in prison.
re: #297 lawhawk
Judge Kelly says he takes a backseat to no one in recognizing the seriousness of what happened, but asks how you compare this to, say, someone plotting to blow up a skyscraper.
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An attack with intent to end democracy in America is exactly the parallel/analogy being drawn.Interfering in the certification of the election to enable Trump to declare himself leader despite losing the election was the point (using Insurrection Act to suppress opposition).
*if* i were going to make an argument:
- the skyscraper is terroristic, intended to intimidate.
an act designed to achieve some other goal at some other time.
- the insurrection was the act and the instant goal.
re: #343 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
That’s a roller-skate. I’d feel safer on a motorcycle.
If the Isetta didn’t suit you, Iso also manufactured the Grifo, which combined premium Italian grand touring coachwork (Bertone) with American muscle car engines, including the Ford 351 Cleveland, and Chevy 327, 427, and 454.
re: #303 Teukka
Basically, his mind is so addled with conspiracy theories, that when maintenance workers at a supermarket go around and change the handles to fridges and freezers, what instantly pop into their minds is some implantable RFID or 5G chip lock handle running a social credit app, and won’t open for unvaxxinated and non-mask wearing individuals…
while all the fresh produce is laying there unprotected from roving hands
re: #304 Nerdy Fish
What a piece of work. Eat shit, Uncle Clarence.
no choice.
no choice at all?
he couldnt think of one alternative?
yet he thinks he’s got what it takes to be a supreme court justice?
re: #322 dat_said
I spent a summer as an intern at Montana Dakota Utilities. One of the things they assigned me was a week with the substation maintenance crews. I can tell you what a raccoon looks like when they touch the wrong part.
once found a racoon that had got its mouth around a single strand of our electrifed fence wire and couldnt let go
re: #341 TedStriker
What raccoon, right?
POOF
It just looked like a normal raccoon just sitting on the beam when viewed from the ground and behind it. The maintenance crew knew what to expect. They disconnected the power and handed me a broom, because that’s what you do with the fancy pants college kid. I got up there to find just a charred hollowed-out shell. Eww.
re: #360 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
once found a racoon that had got its mouth around a single strand of our electrifed fence wire and couldnt let go
We had a power outage at our rural house as a kid that was traced down to a poor pathetic squirrel who was seeking shelter from the rain, crawled into a transformer, and promptly self-immolated.
re: #322 dat_said
I spent a summer as an intern at Montana Dakota Utilities. One of the things they assigned me was a week with the substation maintenance crews. I can tell you what a raccoon looks like when they touch the wrong part.
One way utilities clear a suspected phase to phase or phase to ground faults is to reclose till it clears (/ not /).
— TravisBlues (@Travisblues01) August 31, 2023
Wow, jury in Brandon Fellows Jan. 6 case is nervous that he might have their personal information. pic.twitter.com/UW90cuSjMq
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 31, 2023
re: #304 Nerdy Fish
What a piece of work. Eat shit, Uncle Clarence.
What utter bullshit. If there were any kind of genuine security threat, Federal Marshals could easily arrange for a government plane to take him wherever he needed to go. It would cost money but we at least know how much, and what form the payment would take, something we don’t know with a favor from a fatcat.
Loser.
Proud Boy leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes https://t.co/WIzAZ2IfZW— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 31, 2023
re: #367 lawhawk
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A lot less than the guidelines say, but the justice system has been low-balling all of these idiots across the board, so it’s about what I expected.
re: #368 Nerdy Fish
A lot less than the guidelines say, but the justice system has been low-balling all of these idiots across the board, so it’s about what I expected.
Bah.
re: #286 No Malarkey!
Kemp is not a Trump fan, LOL.
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“Never Back Down, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, has ceased its door-knocking operations in Nevada, home to a key early nominating contest, and California, a delegate-rich Super Tuesday state,” NBC News reports.“They added that in recent weeks, the group also ended its field operations in North Carolina and Texas, two additional states that vote on Super Tuesday in March.”
he’s toast
dont even need to stick a fork in him
further, note the name of the PAC
time to change the bumper stickers to “Never Back Down”
re: #372 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Well, we will back down,
Yes, we will back down.
There’s just no support for the candidate from hell
So we will back down.
I kind of wonder what the goobers think the Border Patrol is? Some kind of NGO, perhaps a group of “citizen volunteers?” A state or local agency? It is rather like the terminal case MAGAts who declare that Putin is fighting against the “Deep State.” What do they think former KGB Colonel Putin is in charge of? A missionary society?
You can pretend the apprehensions are in opposition to Biden administration policy because your brain dead inbred supporters probably do not realize that the Border Patrol is part of the Executive Branch of government and therefore under Biden’s control.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) August 31, 2023
re: #369 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Bah.
17 years isn’t a slap on the wrist though. Biggs will be in his mid-fifties before he gets out.
re: #372 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
he’s toast
dont even need to stick a fork in himfurther, note the name of the PAC
time to change the bumper stickers to “NeverBack Down”
I hope whoever’s running the PAC pockets the rest of the money and gets away with it for a year or so…
re: #376 No Malarkey!
17 years isn’t a slap on the wrist though. Biggs will be in his mid-fifties before he gets out.
What about the other guy. The one facing 33 years? Biggs was looking at 27 years, right? Still 17 isn’t bad.
re: #374 Joe Bacon ✅
They have gone too far with this AI stuff.
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That? That’s nothing…
re: #378 darthstar
What about the other guy. The one facing 33 years? Biggs was looking at 27 years, right? Still 17 isn’t bad.
Rehl is facing up to 30 years this afternoon, so he’ll probably get about 15.
re: #381 No Malarkey!
Rehl is facing up to 30 years this afternoon, so he’ll probably get about 15.
ONe plus in having all these Jan 6th guys in the slammer, we night hear some Right Wingers actually advocate prison reform.
On the other hand, probably not, they prefer people who don’t get caught.
re: #379 William Lewis
Pity that’s all he got.
I know it’s a bit disappointing, but imagine yourself facing the prospect of living in a jail cell until close to the year 2040. For context, my teenage children would be in their mid-thirties; I’d miss graduations, weddings, the birth of grandchildren. If I was Biggs, I would definitely not feel like I got off easy.
re: #382 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
ONe plus in having all these Jan 6th guys in the slammer, we night hear some Right Wingers actually advocate prison reform.
On the other hand, probably not, they prefer people who don’t get caught.
Their only hope now is that a Republican wins the election next year and issues pardons and commutations. If not, they will be left to rot in prison for years, mostly forgotten, as the world moves on without them.
re: #271 lawhawk
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Trump’s got another first: first current/former POTUS to enter not guilty plea and waive appearance at arraignment.
And I am not tired of all this winning in the least.
re: #384 No Malarkey!
Their only hope now is that a Republican wins the election next year and issues pardons and commutations. If not, they will be left to rot in prison for years, mostly forgotten, as the world moves on without them.
Ignominy and irrelevance are the best societal revenge
Friendly reminder that Trump doesn’t actually want his criminal trials to be televised:
According to a filing released by Trump and his attorney, Steven Sadow, the former president stated that he pleaded not guilty to the charges and waived his right to be present at his formal arraignment. Trump identified himself in the filing as president despite not holding the title since losing the 2020 election.
He knows that if/when the world sees him as a criminal defendant that all of his bluster and bullshit will go down in flames.
One of my former colleagues just had a new paper published that people here might appreciate:
Conclusion
The results of the present meta-analysis study demonstrate that daily coffee consumption of 3 to 6 cups for a period of 2 to 24 weeks has no statistically significant effect on resting HR.
From Incels To In Cells - The Proud Boys Story
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 6, 2022
re: #389 KGxvi
Friendly reminder that Trump doesn’t actually want his criminal trials to be televised:
Trump identified himself in the filing as president despite not holding the title since losing the 2020 election.
.
Don’t you know who I wuz?
re: #372 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
he’s toast
dont even need to stick a fork in himfurther, note the name of the PAC
time to change the bumper stickers to “NeverBack Down”
Burnt toast.
re: #376 No Malarkey!
17 years isn’t a slap on the wrist though. Biggs will be in his mid-fifties before he gets out.
Still young enough to stir up shit.
re: #391 dat_said
One of my former colleagues just had a new paper published that people here might appreciate:
But the monday of that 25th week and whammo!
re: #351 Nerdy Fish
It’s much more kid-oriented (which is part of why I got into it - my kids watched it when they were younger), but it’s got all sorts of clever bits like this in it. I mean, how can you go wrong with an intelligent spy/ninja platypus masquerading as a family pet?
IIRC you mean Phineas and Ferb and their pet platypus Perry.
It’s been a few years since I watched the show, the granddaughter is off at college.
Knives start to come out
“Great for him blocking Garland. That only worked because Trump won….. I think Mitch is very much expendable” pic.twitter.com/l6v6cCC5Fq
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 30, 2023
re: #374 Joe Bacon ✅
They have gone too far with this AI stuff.
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re: #398 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
McConnell was a fairly effective opposition leader - especially if you consider the job of the opposition to be to stop/slow the majority*. But the problem is, he (and Senate Republicans as a whole under his leadership) has not offered any sort of alternative agenda. And that has left the door open for the Idiot Freedom Caucus to try and set the agenda.
*a better approach for an opposition leader is probably to recognize that the other side won and to work with them to “moderate” their agenda.
re: #401 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Excellent work, Brigitte. Please continue to dump on young voters at every opportunity and encourage your fellow MAGApublicans to do likewise.
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Is she really in a position to call anyone else a brat?
re: #374 Joe Bacon ✅
They have gone too far with this AI stuff.
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the musical arrangement could, maybe, pass for imitation Nelson Riddle in a particular era, but that vocal doesn’t sound anything at all like Sinatra.
Must see TV.
#BREAKING Judge McAfee says there will be a live YouTube stream — operated by the court — of all Fulton County hearings & trials related to the Trump indictment, in addition to pool media coverage
— Brendan Keefe - Atlanta News First (@BrendanKeefe) August 31, 2023
re: #404 No Malarkey!
Must see TV.
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It’ll be a popular channel.
The traitors are costing them money, they might as well make some of that back with YouTube.
re: #351 Nerdy Fish
It’s much more kid-oriented (which is part of why I got into it - my kids watched it when they were younger), but it’s got all sorts of clever bits like this in it. I mean, how can you go wrong with an intelligent spy/ninja platypus masquerading as a family pet?
My second favorite of they type after Kim Possible until you get into real anime like Avatar.
re: #384 No Malarkey!
Their only hope now is that a Republican wins the election next year and issues pardons and commutations. If not, they will be left to rot in prison for years, mostly forgotten, as the world moves on without them.
or a softy Democrat.
G Gordon Liddy was sentenced to 20 years for Watergate, Jimmy Carter commuted his sentence to 8 years (which made him eligible for parole after serving just over 4 years.)
re: #400 KGxvi
McConnell was a fairly effective opposition leader - especially if you consider the job of the opposition to be to stop/slow the majority*. But the problem is, he (and Senate Republicans as a whole under his leadership) has not offered any sort of alternative agenda. And that has left the door open for the
IdiotFreedom Caucus to try and set the agenda.*a better approach for an opposition leader is probably to recognize that the other side won and to work with them to “moderate” their agenda.
You’ll never get elected as an R talking like that
re: #404 No Malarkey!
Must see TV.
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They better turn the comments off on that one.
Oh Lordy……
All of Trump’s co-conspirators right now! pic.twitter.com/58CHJQVTBy
— JH EDITS (@james1701a) August 23, 2023
re: #362 Nerdy Fish
We had a power outage at our rural house as a kid that was traced down to a poor pathetic squirrel who was seeking shelter from the rain, crawled into a transformer, and promptly self-immolated.
That happened across 3 states and 2 provinces in 2003.
re: #401 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Excellent work, Brigitte. Please continue to dump on young voters at every opportunity and encourage your fellow MAGApublicans to do likewise.
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Can we send every GOFP’er who thinks Fascism works to Russia as volunteers for the Russian Army in Ukraine?
re: #413 William Lewis
Can we send every GOFP’er who thinks Fascism works to Russia as volunteers for the Russian Army in Ukraine?
Maybe we should offer that as an alternative to prison for J6ers.
Wait a minute, one of his attorneys said on TV Trump was ready for trial!
THERE IT IS:
Donald Trump asks court to sever his case from the racketeering co-defendants who are seeking speedy trial in Fulton County, Ga.
“Counsel will not have sufficient time to prepare President Trump’s case for trial by the October 23, 2023” pic.twitter.com/8useS3r4hM— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 31, 2023
re: #413 William Lewis
To find an alternative meaning for I, Me, MINE.
Rage of 1000 suns for the judge handing out sentence that was below the sentencing guidelines (yet again). Biggs gets below the guidelines.
These fuckers engaged in terrorism. By the book. They sought to interfere in the political event of the day - certification of the election - with the intent to substitute their own unelected person as winner. They were political terrorists, and they failed but for a handful of people doing the right thing.
Every last person who picked up arms against the nation should get max sentences, and those who led the charge to overthrow the government should likewise get max sentences.
There was every reason to think that his conduct and those of his coconspirators could result in deaths on that day. Brian Sicknick can’t be reached for comment.
Mitch McConnell’s doctor officially clears him to continue his schedule.
Is it too conspiratorial-minded of me to wonder if the last sentence was phrased intentionally to avoid saying that “lightheadedness” caused by “dehydration” was actually the issue?
re: #286 No Malarkey!
Kemp is not a Trump fan, LOL.
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Thank goodness that Trump pissed off Kemp enough that he is not going to interfere in him being held accountable for his criminal activities. Good. Get him, Fani!!
re: #415 No Malarkey!
Guaranteed that Habba’s comments will be entered into the record in opposition.
She’s not his trial counsel, but counsel for Trump’s PAC. That will make his trial counsel’s job so much harder (fuck him and fuck Trump).
Habba’s a pretty face that tells Trump what he wants to hear. That’s going to run headlong into reality and facts - and could land his trial counsel in hot water too.
re: #262 No Malarkey!
Judge Kelly, whose illness yesterday delayed Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing until next week, is on the bench today for Joe Biggs’ hearing.
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The fact that he tested “negative” for Covid doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it. I know people who were symptomatic who repeatedly tested negative until they finally tested positive.
re: #420 lawhawk
Guaranteed that Habba’s comments will be entered into the record in opposition.
She’s not his trial counsel, but counsel for Trump’s PAC. That will make his trial counsel’s job so much harder (fuck him and fuck Trump).
Habba’s a pretty face that tells Trump what he wants to hear. That’s going to run headlong into reality and facts - and could land his trial counsel in hot water too.
I really don’t see any actual reason that with a lot of hard work Trump couldn’t be ready for trial by October 23. It’s not like there is any real dispute about the facts, only whether they constitute criminal conduct or not. Trump isn’t going to be allowed to try to prove the election really was rigged, not that he could anyway.
re: #415 No Malarkey!
The Head Rat is trying to jump off the ship. Whatever happened to the Captain goes down with the ship? Especially since the shipmates were trying to install him into an office he lost based on a free and fair election.
#FAFO - Proud Boys part 2:
Rehl sentencing.
Now argument on specific offense characteristics and
Pattis begins: The guidelines call for enhancements on admin of justice…these are not offenses related to admin of justice but to obstruct an official proceeding.— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) August 31, 2023
Potential Mass Shooting Averted
Ambridge, Pennsylvania - A potential mass shooting attempt was foiled at a majority-Black church in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on Sunday – just one day after a white supremacist gunman opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida.
re: #425 Patricia Kayden
Thank Heaven it was averted.
Yet another picture post, if you aren’t tired of me dumping them on you, take a peak Out Along the Eau Claire River
re: #427 William Lewis
They are beautiful.
re: #401 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Does Gabriel not know that Americans already go to Cuba to study? Everyone doesn’t buy into that ridiculous anti-Cuban hysteria.
The Sedition Hunters have done awesome work to bring J6 insurrectionists to justice.
At Zach Rehl’s sentencing, Judge Tim Kelly says that the Proud Boy (and scion of Philly cops) did, in fact, assault officers with a spray. The FBI missed this moment and he wasn’t charged with that conduct, but the sleuths caught it at the last minute: https://t.co/xf0C8RI6Zv
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 31, 2023
re: #417 lawhawk
It really is remarkable to see how soft the US justice system is on Jan 6 defendants, in multiple trials with different judges etc.
We all know that if a mob of black people had done exactly what the Jan 6 mob did, no such leniency would be shown (assuming any defendants lived to face trial).
re: #432 EPR-radar
It really is remarkable to see how soft the US justice system is on Jan 6 defendants, in multiple trials with different judges etc.
We all know that if a mob of black people had done exactly what the Jan 6 mob did, no such leniency would be shown (assuming any defendants lived to face trial).
That’s the most striking part of all of this.
Judges have used harsh language, but the sentences have been below guidelines and prosecutor recommendations in an inordinate number of cases.
From earlier this year - judges have given sentences below prosecutor recommendation 75% of the time, and 40% are below the guidelines.
They didn’t look through the dirt in the capsule when they Geraldo Rivera’d themselves on stage.
West Point time capsule that appeared to contain nothing more than silt yields centuries-old coins (AP)
re: #432 EPR-radar
We all know that if a mob of black people had done exactly what the Jan 6 mob did, no such leniency would be shown (assuming any defendants lived to face trial).
Or Muslims.
re: #431 jaunte
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re: #434 lawhawk
That’s the most striking part of all of this.
Judges have used harsh language, but the sentences have been below guidelines and prosecutor recommendations in an inordinate number of cases.
From earlier this year - judges have given sentences below prosecutor recommendation 75% of the time, and 40% are below the guidelines.
There’s really only one conclusion to draw from this — Hitler getting off lightly after his failed beer hall putsch was not an isolated data point. A conservative judiciary is going to go easy on conservative terrorists.
As another sharp contrast, imagine if the Communist Party USA came back from the dead and did exactly what the Jan 6 mob did (with regard to violence, breaking and entering etc., but necessarily without the element of trying to keep their president in office illegally, making it much less severe than what we actually had on Jan 6).
1) The mob would have been terminated with extreme prejudice that very day,
and
2) Anyone that actually survived to face trial would be facing capital punishment or life imprisonment.
My operating assumption is that these judges that talk a good game vs Jan 6 defendants but don’t sentence accordingly are lying Republicans in denial about the seditious state of their party.
re: #425 Patricia Kayden
Potential Mass Shooting Averted
Ambridge, Pennsylvania - A potential mass shooting attempt was foiled at a majority-Black church in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on Sunday - just one day after a white supremacist gunman opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida.
American.
At Harris’ home, officers found the porch covered in lubricant, a stash of weapons, more crystal meth, and a letter detailing plans to carry out a mass shooting. A bomb squad was called in to deactivate a suspected explosive.
Firearms, bombs, aimed a shotgun at people.
re: #439 EPR-radar
Judges nominated to the bench from both parties were handing out more lenient sentences. GOP judges at a slightly higher rate than Democrat nominated judges.
The DC circuit actually hands out less harsh sentences than most of the other districts, as per the article.
i’m sure Brian Sicknick’s family also wanted him to be there.
Welcome to Repercussionville. https://t.co/3Nd3IM0M1s— Marmel (@Marmel) August 31, 2023
re: #443 lawhawk
This Biggs absolutely is a terrorist. Textbook “attempt to achieve political ends violently”.
Rehl’s in the FO part of #FAFO, and he’s facing an uphill battle:
Kelly reads back to Rehl the req’s for sentencing and now govt will now argue its recommendation.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) August 31, 2023
Sentencing guidelines put him at higher than the prosecutor recommendations, especially since the judge thinks Rehl perjured himself and shows no remorse. This is going to get interesting.
re: #443 lawhawk
He became a terrorist to please a narcissistic sociopath who couldn’t accept being rejected by sane Americans. He ruined his life to please a scumbag who doesn’t care about him at all.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 31, 2023
re: #447 Nerdy Fish
I’m going to go with 20, which is higher than everyone else, including Rhodes. That will be due in no small part to the perjury.
re: #305 KGxvi
I think, realistically, we are looking at 2032 as the earliest we will see a “reasonable” Republican nominee. Three losses in a row is usually when a major party makes a big change. Honestly though, it should be sooner, the fact that the Republican presidential nominee has only won the popular vote once since 1992 should be enough for them
Popular vote is irrelevant: They’ve won the Presidency 3 times since then. They are working hard to make sure that they will have a firm lock on the electoral vote.
re: #375 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
I kind of wonder what the goobers think the Border Patrol is? Some kind of NGO, perhaps a group of “citizen volunteers?” A state or local agency? It is rather like the terminal case MAGAts who declare that Putin is fighting against the “Deep State.” What do they think former KGB Colonel Putin is in charge of? A missionary society?
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re: #431 jaunte
I doubt an American White Nationalist would get 1 day in prison for owning a manual. Good on the UK for taking domestic terrorism more seriously than we do.
re: #449 Hecuba’s daughter
Popular vote is irrelevant: They’ve won he Presidency 3 times since then. They are working hard to make sure that they will have a firm lock on the electoral vote.
A GOP fortress in the Senate is also a real threat — If the GOP manages to create 26+ blood red states, nothing can be done at all Federally, and these 26+ states naturally turning into shitholes that no sane person wants to live in will only solidify the GOP’s grip on power.
re: #449 Hecuba’s daughter
Popular vote is irrelevant: They’ve won he Presidency 3 times since then. They are working hard to make sure that they will have a firm lock on the electoral vote.
This can’t be stressed often enough.
re: #453 Patricia Kayden
Here’s one benefit of a televised trial that just occurred to me — it gives Trump a powerful incentive to take the stand because for Trump it would be unbearable to not be the televised center of attention.
His lawyers will have their hands full trying to prevent that disaster for their case, and naturally I hope they fail.
Chump likes to control the narrative and be the center of attention. He abides by the ‘any press is good press.’ But in a televised courtroom, he won’t control the narrative there. He won’t be under control. About time his spell is broken.
We’re back from Sterling. My wife still has eyes. The optometrist who works with the ophthalmologist does vision testing the old-fashioned way: She has the adjustable frame you wear like glasses with insertable lenses of various dioptres to figure out your visual acuity. The lenses are stored in a mahogany box. The whole thing is an antique set.
She said she was given that by a professor when she graduated and she prefers it to the mechanical monstrosity with fifty thousand lenses and downtime if it breaks while you wait for a mechanical engineer to come fix it. The manual lenses also allow her to fine-tune the prescription.
Construction warning: US-138 is under construction (one-lane traffic) from the intersection of US-6 (mile marker 0) in Sterling to the intersection of CO-113 near Padroni. That made us a few minutes late.
There is dark haze across the Nebraska Panhandle this afternoon: Is there a forest fire somewhere?
re: #422 No Malarkey!
I really don’t see any actual reason that with a lot of hard work Trump couldn’t be ready for trial by October 23. It’s not like there is any real dispute about the facts, only whether they constitute criminal conduct or not. Trump isn’t going to be allowed to try to prove the election really was rigged, not that he could anyway.
He already had 60 shots at that.
Again, the obvious threat by invoking Waco https://t.co/Gipt1iWn47
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 31, 2023
Don’t hold me accountable for trying to end democracy in America, because someone else might decide to try and burn down democracy in America in response to my being held accountable.
re: #462 lawhawk
“Axiomatically dishonest” in action. The conservative playbook never changes (naturally).
‘Don’t decrease distrust in government by giving me a long sentence trying to overthrow the government I already distrust.’
re: #451 Patricia Kayden
I doubt an American White Nationalist would get 1 day in prison for owning a manual. Good on the UK for taking domestic terrorism more seriously than we do.
i skimmed the post and automatically assumed it was ‘here’
re: #464 BigPapa
‘Don’t decrease distrust in government by giving me a long sentence trying to overthrow the government I already distrust.’
Except that this lying piece of shit doesn’t actually “distrust government”. He just opposes any government by “the wrong people”.
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