Colbert Riffs Brilliantly on Mikes Pence and Johnson: Trump Wants Pence’s Endorsement | Speaker Mike Johnson Takes the Bible Literally
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Pence decided it was finally time to hang it up, so to speak.
Colbert is looking a LOT like Mike Johnson there.
re: #2 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
Colbert is looking a LOT like Mike Johnson there.
Not exactly a flattering comparison.
Trump wants Pence to endorse him? He fucking hates Mike Pence. I’ll bet he gets it.
If you run for President, and no one knows that you did, did it happen?
Rep. Mike Johnson believes Earth was created a mere 6,000 years ago.
Capitol reporters need to start asking Mike Johnson if he believes the AIG nonsense about dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark. Put the idiot on the spot.
answersingenesis.org
I’m ready to have tequila now. Also, it’s Taco Tuesday here… we’re having “Canadian tacos”… Ground meat, Lawry’s taco seasoning, Ortega shells, rosarita refried beans, ice berg lettuce, tomato and onion.
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Thanks. I don’t feel so bad now.
Re last string
“Nazi super science” is more myth, bordering on cult, than history. It is a prevalent pop culture trope because of a combination of ad driven contrarianism for the ignorant and a desire by both neo-nazis and cold war communists to denigrate allied, especially American, achievements.
The US had operational radar homing and television guided missiles during World War II and used them in combat. Never heard of this? I am not surprised.
ASM-N-2 Bat glide-bomb
TDR-1 - The First Television-Guided Missile
More:
Interstate TDR-1
If this were German, its name would be a household word, especially among young gearheads, who seem especially prone to the dogma of the Germanophile tech cult.
The Germans did experiment with TV guidance for their Henschel HS-293 CLOS (command to line of sight) glide bomb but it was apparently never operational. Why didn’t these Nazi super-weapons, introduced in 1943, stop the D-Day landings in 1944? The reason is simple: Allied countermeasures had vitually put them out of business by then.
If McCarthy believed in nothing, Johnson is a true believer. He combines MAGA Republicanism with Christian nationalism.
A “Big Lie” Ring Leader Becomes Speaker of the House https://t.co/65WjpZurJV— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 31, 2023
Old friend dropping names from Carmel Valley…
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re: #9 jaunte
Capitol reporters need to start asking Mike Johnson if he believes the AIG nonsense about dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark. Put the idiot on the spot.
answersingenesis.org
Mike Johnson is a YEC. Why believe he will feel he’s on the spot? He will likely admit, with no sense of embarrassment, that those are his views.
re: #13 Jay C
I usually carve better pumpkins: by way of comparison, this is more typical:
(From 2018): stressed and rushed this year…
re: #19 Hecuba’s daughter
Followup question: “have you spoken to geologists about how oil is formed?”
Mike Johnson should repeatedly be made to own his views in public, so that everyone knows he’s divorced from reality.
re: #22 jaunte
Mike Johnson should repeatedly be made to own his views in public, so that everyone knows he’s divorced from reality.
But Johnson believes in covenant marriage, he can’t be divorced./
re: #23 Nerdy Fish
I’ll just keep lobbing them gently over the plate.
All I know is it is Belafon”s holiday. Waiting for the report & photos!
It is clear and bitterly cold here. I think the snow is going to suppress a lot of turnout, in addition to the fact that it was already freezing or below before trick-or-treating even started.
A while back someone posted a picture of the Soviet V-2 tank engine (used in Soviet tanks from the T-34 onward) on Facebook. (“V-2” btw is a designation, not a description. It is a V-12 engine in configuration.)
Not one, but several experts immediately began pulling “facts” out of their asses to support a claim that this impressive looking piece of machinery was actually German in origin.
“That has to be German!” declared one. “Maybe the Germans sold them to the Russians,” speculated one especially ignorant Germanophile. Others learnedly explained that it was a copy of a Daimler-Benz speedboat engine or perhaps a Junkers Jumo aircraft engine.
In fact, there is nothing German about it. It was based on licensed Isotta-Fraschini technology of the early 1930s but was entirely designed in the Soviet Union at the Khavkiv locomotive works.
re: #8 darthstar
I remember when wingnuts creamed their khakis over that stupid photo of Putin.
“Ohhhh, isn’t he tough?!?”
re: #9 jaunte
Capitol reporters need to start asking Mike Johnson if he believes the AIG nonsense about dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark. Put the idiot on the spot.
answersingenesis.org
He does; he represented AIG seeking tax breaks for the Ark Park.
Just found out that Ubuntu’s version of Linux has a nice little built-in function called “run-one.” Very useful for scheduled cron scripts, so if it’s doing something that takes longer than the scheduled interval it doesn’t try to run another instance of the script.
I’ve used the flock command for this, but run-one handles all the housekeeping for you.
re: #28 Unabogie
I remember when wingnuts creamed their khakis over that stupid photo of Putin.
“Ohhhh, isn’t he tough?!?”
Yeah, they gave Putin the smallest horse in the stable to make him look bigger.
re: #9 jaunte
Capitol reporters need to start asking Mike Johnson if he believes the AIG nonsense about dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark. Put the idiot on the spot.
answersingenesis.org
Mikey reminds me of that creepy evangelical that visited Tony Soprano in the hospital.
re: #11 darthstar
I’m ready to have tequila now. Also, it’s Taco Tuesday here… we’re having “Canadian tacos”… Ground meat, Lawry’s taco seasoning, Ortega shells, rosarita refried beans, ice berg lettuce, tomato and onion.
Does it come with a hockey game and a gallon of Molson’s?
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
There’s a British “blokes in a shed” YouTube channel where the guys are rebuilding a Kharkiv V-2 engine from a T-34. The original engine in the tank they owned ran after some TLC but not very well and when they started stripping it they found out why. They got another V-2 engine, actually from a T-55, that had sat in someone’s hay barn for a few years and after removing birds nests and the like from this one they found it was also gubbed. They’re now at the stage of trying to assemble enough good bits from both engines to build one that might work.
re: #26 Nerdy Fish
Too bad the Twins didn’t make it to the World Series. Was hoping to see a game postponed by snow and cold.
re: #36 TarHellion
Too bad the Twins didn’t make it to the World Series. Was hoping to see a game postponed by snow and cold.
Pfft. As if. No, the players would be standing out there on that cold hard ground, smacking frozen rocks instead of live baseballs. You’d have to be Mighty Casey to drive one of those out of the spacious confines of Target Field.
We have transitioned from the costumed driveway ToT table to “Ring Bell For Candy”. Pretty disappointing so far, and I found we have half again as much candy.
re: #37 Nerdy Fish
Can remember one of the games in the 1979 World Series being postponed by a mixture of snow and rain in Baltimore. Thanks to playoff expansion and the season going into November, there’s gonna be a WS one day between Colorado and Minnesota that will feature postponements due to blizzards.
re: #41 darthstar
But you can find a conservative man on the Internet.
re: #30 Charles Johnson
Just found out that Ubuntu’s version of Linux has a nice little built-in function called “run-one.” Very useful for scheduled cron scripts, so if it’s doing something that takes longer than the scheduled interval it doesn’t try to run another instance of the script.
I’ve used the flock command for this, but run-one handles all the housekeeping for you.
First time you said something technical that I understand. Cron scripts.
re: #30 Charles Johnson
Just found out that Ubuntu’s version of Linux has a nice little built-in function called “run-one.” Very useful for scheduled cron scripts, so if it’s doing something that takes longer than the scheduled interval it doesn’t try to run another instance of the script.
I’ve used the flock command for this, but run-one handles all the housekeeping for you.
Learning Terraform right now for work. Decided to create a GCP account and play from my Linux Mint box at home as the office (bank) has pretty strict G policies. Installed Terraform this afternoon, created my first script, started a VPC, and destroyed it. Fun shit…will do this a few more times in the coming days to get used to the process, and try adding some sub-nets and services and shit, then tear those down again.
re: #38 Decatur Deb
We have transitioned from the costumed driveway ToT table to “Ring Bell For Candy”. Pretty disappointing so far, and I found we have half again as much candy.
Had about 80 children dropping by at my sister’s. Meanwhile their talking witches periodically creep me out. Originally I thought that hearing them meant someone was approaching — but no, it just is a sign of how windy it is out there. No one has come by since about 6:30. But am staying for another hour in case there are any stragglers out there.
Trying to watch the game and the dogs are losing their shit at something in the front of the house, but I can’t get up because I’ve got a bad case of crotchcat.
re: #45 Dangerman
First time you said something technical that I understand. Cron scripts.
“Their chief is Cron. He dwells on a great mountain. What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die. “
re: #49 darthstar
Trying to watch the game and the dogs are losing their shit at something in the front of the house, but I can’t get up because I’ve got a bad case of crotchcat.
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She’s wearing her ‘Don’t get up’ face.
re: #47 darthstar
Oh yeah, and I’m going to stop wasting days when I don’t have a lot of demands doing little and start stacking up the certifications I can get for free. If I’d used the last four months more wisely I’d have increased my market value by 20% by now.
re: #51 TedStriker
Pucker Zone Offspring = Sour Patch Kids
Not your first rodeo either I see.
Rangers score on passed ball.
re: #45 Dangerman
First time you said something technical that I understand. Cron scripts.
re: #50 Decatur Deb
“Their chief is Cron. He dwells on a great mountain. What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die. “
“Valor pleases you, Cron… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!”
I love it. Coming home from the gym and a bunch of kids are waiting for me.
One of the kids says “Mr. Bacon always gives out THE GOOD STUFF!”
Open the box of Scotchmallows and the kids go OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Kids get 3 each. That top layer got exhausted to we go into the 2nd layer and make sure Moms and Dads get some…
Nice to see Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu & Sikh kids all getting a little bit o’happiness from See’s.
THANK YOU MISTER BACON! I hear from them…
re: #55 TedStriker
“Valor pleases you, Cron… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!”
I think the scripts of Cron also appreciate good debugging efforts.
Of course Fox called it a wild pitch but it hit the catcher center mass and he fumbled it.
Jankowski 1 for 1 in the World Series! Congratulations you long haired freak. (Garcia’s out with a side twinge)
re: #56 Joe Bacon ✅
We set out cans of soda (caffeine free dollar store brand), juice boxes, and good candy. Turnout is extremely low this year; there’s still a lot out there.
Diamondbacks are bringing in their third pitcher and we’re still in the second inning…at this rate they’ll be sending a golf cart out to the Home Depot parking lot looking for day laborers before the game is over.
re: #58 darthstar
It seems like Castro is one of those guys who’s cursed, seemingly good stuff, good movement in and out of the zone, decent speed and EVERYONE hits him.
re: #61 piratedan
It seems like Castro is one of those guys who’s cursed, seemingly good stuff, good movement in and out of the zone, decent speed and EVERYONE hits him.
He was lights out yesterday and in his previous appearance. Texas is just stroking the ball tonight. Small ball. Base hits win games. I say that all the time when I’m in the stands. Home runs help, but moving the line along is what matters.
Well, on the bright side this guy Nelson only has to face two more batters…
My Cousin. For real
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tbh, I feel like a heretic for saying it but I’m still not totally convinced that decentralization is the best way to do social media.
We went to Surfside to celebrate our grandson’s birthday. Spent $55 on Uber so I could enjoy a cocktail with dinner.
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re: #63 darthstar
aye they’re crushing the B bullpen, but it’s the same old story, you walk guys and the next guy comes up and does something good. Credit to the Rangers, they’re hitting what they’re pitched. Whole lotta game left tho and I hope that the DBacks will do better, no guarantees tho. Texas is playing with a LOT of confidence now and to be sure, they’re very deserving if they win out.
Radar Online says Putin is dead. It’s probably bullshit.
radaronline.com
The Hill has a much less tabloidy article up.
thehill.com
re: #65 Charles Johnson
tbh, I feel like a heretic for saying it but I’m still not totally convinced that decentralization is the best way to do social media.
I think the alternative is eliminating billionaires so they can’t Elon a social media site. Decentralization is less extreme.
re: #68 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
yeah no not believing that propaganda
pics of the corpse or no deal
We’ll know he’s really dead when Comcast refunds his subscription.
“In fact, the Russian president supposedly breathed his last on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Putin we see now is thus actually his double, who, Solovey claims, has been filling in for the sickly real Putin for several months.”
Ehhhhhh, I call bullshit.
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
We went to Surfside to celebrate our grandson’s birthday. Spent $55 on Uber so I could enjoy a cocktail with dinner.
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Good for you. $55 is nothing compared to the cost of running over a trick or treater on the way home. Thank you for doing the right thing.
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
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re: #72 Ace Rothstein
“In fact, the Russian president supposedly breathed his last on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Putin we see now is thus actually his double, who, Solovey claims, has been filling in for the sickly real Putin for several months.”
Ehhhhhh, I call bullshit.
Technically, anything’s possible, but this is right up there with “John Fetterman isn’t real, he’s a body double” in terms of crazy.
re: #68 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
We’ve seen this Anastasia before.
Trick or treat! Novelist William Burroughs celebrates Halloween at home in Kansas.
So a friend posted a long comment on FB and I shared it, without knowing anything about the credibility of the comment. It discusses “Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata”, a book in Latin written by Adriani Rilandi and published in 1714. Does anyone know anything about the author or his work? The book describes a trip to Palestine where, according to the comment, the author documents that country is mainly empty and sparsely populated, but the residents were primarily Jewish, with significant communities of Christians, but very few Muslims. Does this seem reasonable to you? or possible? I thought during the Crusades the land was mainly inhabited by a substantial Muslim population. It’s also possible that the comment does not accurately reflect the contents of the book. After all few are going to read the original to verify the assertions made here by Дмитрий Рейфман, the person who wrote the comment.
I’ve posted the entire comment below — but it’s very long
ETA: I removed the duplication that Jay C pointed out below
Book “Palestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata”. The book is written in Latin. In 1695. Rilandy was describing what was then called Palestine.
The author Adriani Rilandi is a geographer, cartographer, traveler, philologist, he knew several European languages, Arabic, ancient Greek, Hebrew.
He visited almost 2,500 settlements mentioned in the Bible. The research was conducted as follows:
*He first created the map of Palestine. He then designated every settlement mentioned in the Bible or the Talmud with its original name.
* If the original was Jewish, it meant “pasuk” (a suggestion in the Holy Scriptures that mentioned the name. )
* If the original was Roman or Greek, the connection was in Latin or Greek.
In the end, he did a population census by settlements.
Here are the main conclusions and some facts:
* The country is mainly empty, abandoned, sparsely populated, the main population is Jerusalem, Akko, Tsfat, Jaffa, Tveria and Gaza.
* Most of the population is Jews, almost everyone else is Christians, very few Muslims, mostly Bedouins.
* The only exception is Nablus (now Shchem), where approximately 120 people from the Muslim family Natsha and approximately 70 “shomronims” (Samaritans).
* In Nazareth, the capital of Galilee, lived approximately 700 people - all Christians.
* In Jerusalem there are about 5,000 people, almost all Jews and a few Christians.
* In 1695, everyone knew that the origin of the country was Jewish.
* There is not a single settlement in Palestine that has Arabic roots in its name.
* Most settlements have Jewish originals, and in some cases Greek or Roman Latin.
* Apart from the city of Ramla, there is no Arab settlement that has an original Arabic name. Jewish, Greek or Latin names that have been changed to Arabic that don’t make any sense in Arabic. In Arabic, there is no meaning in names like: Akko, Haifa, Jaffa, Nablus, Gaza or Jenin, and names like Ramallah, al-Khalil (Hebron), al-Quds (Jerusalem) - they do not have philological or historical Arabic roots. So, for example, in 1696, Ramallah was called Bethel (Beit El, the House of God), Hebron was called Hebron and the Cave of Mahpel was called El-Khalil (the nickname of Abraham) by the Arabs.
* Relandi mentions Muslims only as nomadic Bedouins who came to the cities as seasonal workers in agriculture or construction.
* About 550 people lived in Gaza, half of them Jews and half Christians. Jews were successful in agriculture, especially in vineyards, olives and wheat, Christians were engaged in trade and transportation.
* Jews lived in Tveria and Tsfat, but their occupation is not mentioned, except for the traditional fishing in Kineret.
* In the village of Um El Fahm, for example, lived 10 families, all Christians (about 50 people). There stood a small Maronite church.
The book completely refutes theories about “Palestinian traditions”, “Palestinian people” and leaves almost no link between the land and the Arabs who even stole the land’s Latin name (Palestine) and took it for themselves.
Book by Adrian Reland (1676-1718) about Palestine, published in Utrecht in 1714.
re: #16 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Re last string
“Nazi super science” is more myth, bordering on cult, than history. It is a prevalent pop culture trope because of a combination of ad driven contrarianism for the ignorant and a desire by both neo-nazis and cold war communists to denigrate allied, especially American, achievements.
The US had operational radar homing and television guided missiles during World War II and used them in combat. Never heard of this? I am not surprised.
ASM-N-2 Bat glide-bomb
TDR-1 - The First Television-Guided Missile
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Interstate TDR-1
If this were German, its name would be a household word, especially among young gearheads, who seem especially prone to the dogma of the Germanophile tech cult.
The Germans did experiment with TV guidance for their Henschel HS-293 CLOS (command to line of sight) glide bomb but it was apparently never operational. Why didn’t these Nazi super-weapons, introduced in 1943, stop the D-Day landings in 1944? The reason is simple: Allied countermeasures had vitually put them out of business by then.
Meanwhile Hedy Lamar with the assistance of George Antheil obtained a patent in 1942 for frequency shifting radio control signals to thwart Axis countermeasures.
re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
NB: long comment or not, it the text appears to have been duplicated in your post.
BREAKING | NBC News: Patrick Dai, 21, a junior at Cornell has been charged federally in connection with these threats following an investigation by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, court documents show. https://t.co/7VRAkru8dO
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) November 1, 2023
re: #84 Hecuba’s daughter
Should have read “celebrated.”
I wonder if there was some kind of interrelationship between Operation Paperclip and the now self-sustaining myth of the Nazi genius.
I mean, if you’re not putting a bullet in Hubertus Strughold you better have a really, really story.
re: #83 Joe Bacon ✅
He proclaims “Family Month”.
Is the family he holds dear the Munsters or the Addams?
“Married men, ages 18 - 55, are twice as happy compared to their single peers.”
No one is smiling in that photograph.
‘Garbage’: Kari Lake put on defense after accusations she keeps antisemites in her orbit
Arizona Republican Kari Lake is fending off accusations that she keeps cozy ties to antisemites or White Nationalists.
Lake and rival Arizona House Democrat Ruben Gallego clashed on Twitter/X with Gallego taking the first shot in a back-and-forth first reported by Newsweek.
Gallego essentially attacked Lake with a saying mother told him growing up.
In both Spanish and English he wrote in the Tuesday tweet: “tell me who you walk with and I’ll tell you who you are.” He then dug into Lake: “Kari Lake has shown us exactly who she is.”
Lake retorted: “Such garbage from the Arizona Repugnant and their leftist columnist whose source is the [billionaire investor George] Soros funded Media Matters.”
“Meanwhile, they ignore the fact that Ruben Gallego has voted to support bloodthirsty Hamas terrorists. Gallego is antisemitic and he needs to be voted out of office.”
Just weeks after Lake threw her hat into the race to become Arizona’s next senator, the former TV anchor and gubernatorial candidate (who has yet to concede she lost the November 2022 state race to Democrat Katie Hobbs) has been brushing off accusations that she enjoys keeping antisemites in her orbit.
“Lake has also embraced and helped platform numerous antisemites in just the past few years,” according to the watchdog nonprofit Media Matters which attempted to lay out specifically who is in Lake’s good graces.
The list quotes Lake as offering a full-throated endorsement of a streamer-turned-politician named Jarrin Jackson who had run for Oklahoma’s legislature.
Jackson has been quoted as saying “the Jews” are evidence that “evil exists.”
Other alleged antisemites classified by Media Matters include appearing on a show hosted by former CIA officer Michael Scheuer who is quoted calling Jews “disloyal and subversive,” streaming host Strew Peters whom the outlet called a White Nationalist, a “pro-Nazi blogger” named Grayson Arnold, a fitness guru named Ian Smith
re: #82 Jay C
NB: long comment or not, it the text appears to have been duplicated in your post.
Thank you.
The duplication was in the original post which I copied.. let me see about cleaning it up..
re: #86 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Superstitious horse manure. Everyone knows that Hydrox is the highest authority on these matters.
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Hydrox always tasted better and it was kosher.
re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
So a friend posted a long comment on FB and I shared it, without knowing anything about the credibility of the comment. It discusses “Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata”, a book in Latin written by Adriani Rilandi and published in 1714. Does anyone know anything about the author or his work? The book describes a trip to Palestine where, according to the comment, the author documents that country is mainly empty and sparsely populated, but the residents were primarily Jewish, with significant communities of Christians, but very few Muslims. Does this seem reasonable to you? or possible? I thought during the Crusades the land was mainly inhabited by a substantial Muslim population. It’s also possible that the comment does not accurately reflect the contents of the book. After all few are going to read the original to verify the assertions made here by Дмитрий Рейфман, the person who wrote the comment.
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Here is a book “The History And Geography Of Palestine” published in 1850.
jewish-history.com
Pluto on Netflix is pretty good if you’re into crying about robots with post-traumatic stress.
Trump flips out over ballot cases: ‘They are trying to illegally remove my name’
Well when you plot to illegally install yourself in a coup you deserve that!
Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video in which he rails against recent efforts to have the former president blocked from state ballots for purportedly aiding an insurrection.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that Trump had sued the state of Michigan in connection with its operations for determining candidate eligibility. Similar cases seeking to determine if Trump should be blocked from ballots have popped up in Colorado and other jurisdictions.
Now, Trump is saying the legal maneuvering is “illegal.”
“They Are Trying to ILLEGALLY Remove My Name From Your Ballot,” Trump wrote in a caption to a video posted to Truth Social on Tuesday.
“A fake trial is currently taking place to try and illegally remove my name from the ballot,” Trump says in the video.
“I often say that 2024 is the most important election in American history,” he continues, saying this might be “the last election we ever have” if he loses.
“Our country will not survive,” he says. “If Crooked Joe and the Democrats get away with removing my name from the ballot, then there will never be a free election in America again.”
Trump goes on to say:
“We will have become a dictatorship where your president is chosen for you.”
re: #97 Joe Bacon ✅
this might be “the last election we ever have” if he loses
I Will Be Your Once And Forever King Of Projection!
re: #68 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Radar Online says Putin is dead. It’s probably bullshit.
radaronline.comThe Hill has a much less tabloidy article up.
thehill.com
Unless there is fireworks (both military firearms AND civilian celebration kinds) going off in Moscow while oligarchs flee, I doubt it.
re: #88 The Ghost of a Flea
I wonder if there was some kind of interrelationship between Operation Paperclip and the now self-sustaining myth of the Nazi genius.
I mean, if you’re not putting a bullet in Hubertus Strughold you better have a really, really story.
Wernher von Braun, who employed slave labor at Peenemünde, was similarly whitewashed by appearing on Walt Disney’s TV productions.
Happy Halloween! pic.twitter.com/WLuhiDd0yy
— tammyduckworth (@TammyDuckworth_) October 31, 2023
About 40 kids so far, getting mostly teenagers now. Candy bowl is almost empty and things have quieted down, at 8pm Mountain Time. It’s a warm Halloween for Denver, high around 46, dropped to 41 now. There’s snow on the ground from our Saturday storm but it’s supposed to be warmer and dry for the next week.
My favorite so far was a little pink dinosaur, who was maybe two but couldn’t count that high. (My 25-year-old kid is spending his first Halloween in his new apartment with his girlfriend, so I’m sniffing a little.) Pretty good Halloween.
re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
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She would def get my vote just for the Felix-the-Cat clock…
And she should wear that outfit onto the Senate floor the next some Republican starts mumping about dress codes….
Little stormtrooper just looked over my shoulder, took off his mask, and said, “Hello, barking dogs.”
re: #9 jaunte
And if he says he does believe in the literal stories in the Bible including the one about Noah’s Ark, then what? Millions of Christians do so I don’t see that as a big deal. That certainly wouldn’t hurt him with the White, Conservative Evangelicals who make up the Republican base.
I am very happy that this Hamas family lost 42 members, over three generations.
All Terrorists must be killed! Bibi says so!
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Oh, wait, the men were physicians? None of the family was associated with Hamas?
Well, there must be some mistakes made in a war zone in a chaotic environment. Right? RIGHT?
It’s not like all of the assholes involved in this clusterfuck should be rounded up and sent to The Hague and put on trial for War Crimes, both Israelis and Palestinians. Right? RIGHT?
Hamas are Nihilists. The present Israeli government are genocidal maniacs as bad as the TRANSFER! whack jobs who used to post here 15 years ago, Ben Hur, and his ilk.
I hate that we are back dealing with this shit. Again. And again. And again.
re: #26 Nerdy Fish
It is clear and bitterly cold here. I think the snow is going to suppress a lot of turnout, in addition to the fact that it was already freezing or below before trick-or-treating even started.
It was in the low 40s here in the DMV. We had about 20 kids, maybe. Lots of leftover candy for me to try to not eat.
People insist on comparing other cities to NY. It’s a fool’s errand, especially around Halloween. pic.twitter.com/GJkG0eZAeM
— Invictus (@TBPInvictus) October 31, 2023
re: #88 The Ghost of a Flea
I wonder if there was some kind of interrelationship between Operation Paperclip and the now self-sustaining myth of the Nazi genius.
I mean, if you’re not putting a bullet in Hubertus Strughold you better have a really, really story.
I’ve always thought so and it had to do with the military politics of the time. The arrival of the atomic bomb seemed to put the Air Force in a commanding position relative to the Army and Navy. (The Air Force was still technically part of the Army, the Army Air Force, but it had been a separate, co-equal service in all but name for several years.) The Army proper believed it could pass long range ballistic missiles off as artillery rather than something like “aircraft” and get itself into the strategic nuclear business.
American rocketeers had developed advanced rocket technology like high-impulse solids, storable liquid propellants, and gimbaled nozzles, but they had ignored long range bombardment rockets as absurdly expensive and impractical. We had the B-29. Who needed a machine that cost as much as a P-51 to lob a single ton of explosive a couple of hundred miles? That changed with the atomic bomb.
The Peenemunde team already had a rocket that was capable of carrying a nuclear bomb over a short distance, and better performance appeared to be just a matter of time. The Air Force, meanwhile, saw the long range rocket as wasteful and speculative if intercontinental range was needed. They put their money on long range cruise missiles and bombers.
The Army brought in von Braun and company and set them up at the Redstone arsenal. They needed a very good rationale for doing so. The truth, that the Germans had a head start in developing a nuclear “artillery” system because we had ignored it, would not do. Hence, the myth of German super-science, a precious commodity we needed like Tungsten or Uranium, was born.
It is noteworthy that Paperclip took a while to get rolling. The scientists were rounded up as part of a general program of analyzing enemy capability but the rocketeers in particular only became an urgent concern a few months after the German surrender, around the time the atomic bomb was revealed to the world.
re: #116 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
I tell myself I could never live in a place like NYC and then I see a video like that an I’m all… maybe?
re: #119 BeenHereAwhile
Welcome to the poor motor skills support group.
re: #117 darthstar
One thing buying a second house has done is stop me from impulse buying on Facebook…if it was under $50 maybe…but $120? Nah
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re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
So a friend posted a long comment on FB and I shared it, without knowing anything about the credibility of the comment. It discusses “Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata”, a book in Latin written by Adriani Rilandi and published in 1714. Does anyone know anything about the author or his work? The book describes a trip to Palestine where, according to the comment, the author documents that country is mainly empty and sparsely populated, but the residents were primarily Jewish, with significant communities of Christians, but very few Muslims. Does this seem reasonable to you? or possible? I thought during the Crusades the land was mainly inhabited by a substantial Muslim population. It’s also possible that the comment does not accurately reflect the contents of the book. After all few are going to read the original to verify the assertions made here by Дмитрий Рейфман, the person who wrote the comment
I’ve posted the entire comment below — but it’s very long
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Well, according to Wikipedia , the book is real, the author was real: he was a Dutch scholar named Adriaan Reland, (1676-1718), who published several books on Middle Eastern languages and religions (particularly Islam), although, as noted, the veracity of his demographic data isn’t easy to confirm.
re: #123 austin_blue
Nice shirt, though.
Yeah… I’d go as high as $65 if it’s made of a decent material. But simple cotton…meh
re: #113 goddamnedfrank
Here’s my pumpkin. No trick or treaters so, it’s a gated community and the dipshit condo board refuses to open it up for Halloween so unfortunately that’s pretty normal.
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Okay…giving up on the urchins. Looks like I’ll be Candy Warbucks in the office the next day or two.
Hmmm, what a place! An infinite choice of lines…
I wish I could load my bike on the car and drive there tonight.
re: #56 Joe Bacon ✅
My mother loved See’s divinity. But when I brought home a box of chocolates I picked up at SFO on my way home from Japan last November, she liked those pretty well too.
re: #129 mmmirele
My mother loved See’s divinity. But when I brought home a box of chocolates I picked up at SFO on my way home from Japan last November, she liked those pretty well too.
I haven’t had divinity in years! Now I want some…
re: #89 BeenHereAwhile
No one is smiling in that photograph.
And no one bothered to ask Kevin Stitt what the stats were for married women between 18 and 55. Because what he’d learn is that single women are far happier than married women.
Favorite costume ever is still from the first or second year here in our house. Local boy - about 8-10 years old - long curly red hair down to his waist, wearing a backstage pass around his neck and looking like the cover of Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive album. Freakin’ brilliant. He’s in college now if not already done.
re: #120 Patricia Kayden
My fucking city. I really miss living in a place that diverse and tolerant.
Well, I have distributed enough fentanyl, LSD, Schick Razor blades, and Woke Fairy Dust to kids in the neighborhood and it’s time for bed. The Rangers seem to have things well in hand.
Night all, be nice to each other, and remember that if you act like real Jesus Christians this world will be much more peaceful, sharing, caring, and accepting of the Other than the one we’ve got right now.
OK for those who think pineapple on pizza is blasphemous…
here comes…
The DiGiorno…THANKSGIVING PIZZA
On Monday, the company known for its extensive line of frozen pizzas, announced it would be releasing another new limited-time entree, this time to celebrate the upcoming holiday.
The DiGiorno Thanksgiving Pizza “delivers all the Thanksgiving favorites in one bite, no matter how you slice it.”
The pizza is Detroit-style — thick, chewy and rectangular — and is comprised of a creamy gravy sauce, diced sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberries and, obviously, sliced turkey. The whole pie is topped with mozzarella and cheddar cheese and crispy onions.
It’s all the sides you know and may or may not love served in a non-traditional amalgamation of flavors.
Kimberly Holowiak, Senior Brand Manager for DiGiorno, said the company is always looking for “unique ways” to incorporate its pizza offerings with important celebrations.
“From Friendsgiving parties to Turkey Day tables, we’re thrilled to provide a bold new way to appreciate the traditional Thanksgiving spread,” Holowiak said.
Similar to the pickle and pineapple pizza, the Thanksgiving pizza will be sold online-only every Wednesday beginning on Nov. 1 through Nov. 22. The pizza is appropriately priced at $11.23 (aka, November 2023).
The pizzas are being sold on a first come, first served basis while supplies last. The pickle and pineapple pizza sold out within hours of going live — although, those pizzas were free.
For more details…https://ktla.com
re: #124 Jay C
Well, according to Wikipedia , the book is real, the author was real: he was a Dutch scholar named Adriaan Reland, (1676-1718), who published several books on Middle Eastern languages and religions (particularly Islam), although, as noted, the veracity of his demographic data isn’t easy to confirm.
The author may be accurate; it is the comment summarizing the book that may be invalid — and may be totally dishonest. After all few can read a Latin text to check on the assertions summarized in the FB comments. (I did have 4 years of Latin in high school of which I remember nothing — except maybe a line in Cicero’s oration against Catiline.) My bad for taking a friend’s post at face value; it’s not that she would deliberately post something untrue but, like most of us, she didn’t do her due diligence before posting and I also failed to do mine. Wikipedia also has statistics about the population of Palestine at the time — and, per Wiki, 95% were Muslim.
re: #129 mmmirele
My mother loved See’s divinity. But when I brought home a box of chocolates I picked up at SFO on my way home from Japan last November, she liked those pretty well too.
Last night I found myself listening to the Fauré Requiem and his gentle version of “In Paradisum” made me think of you and your mother. I hope you’re doing as well as you can. I remember how long it took me to even begin to comprehend my mother being gone.
re: #103 jaunte
The first I heard of Wernher von Braun was:
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As usual the annual Thriller dance at the Village Halloween parade doesn’t disappoint
H/t @Meche0410 pic.twitter.com/DAYnzQXP7q— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) November 1, 2023
re: #128 Captain Ron
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I wish I could load my bike on the car and drive there tonight.
Got into dirt bikes in college. Woulda been nice to have electric bikes like yours back then. I like the quiet.
Last dirt bike was a 400 Husky. Bought 17 acres north of Macon, and it turned out the neighbor across the road was on 24/7 call with his take home GA Forestry Service firebreak bulldozer.
He kindly carved out a perimeter trail around the property up and down hills with a jump across a stream bed which made for good ride, on hand, available any time.
Great neighborhood. Good neighborhood parties, the unwritten rule was no gunfire before1 PM on Sundays so to not disturb the neighborhood church service.
re: #142 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Now THAT’S a holiday tradition you can get behind.
re: #135 Vicious Babushka
21-Year-Old Cornell Student Charged Over Threats to ‘Slit the Throat’ of Jews on Campus
He thought it was a fun thing to do until the cops knocked at his door.
re: #144 gwangung
Now THAT’S a holiday tradition you can get behind.
Bunch of fuckin’ zombies dancing to a song that came out before they were born…okay, beats the GOP Prayer Breakfast
re: #145 BeenHereAwhile
He thought it was a fun thing to do until the cops knocked at his door.
And a nice university judiciary hearing will be along as well in a few weeks. In addition to whatever criminal charges drop and are followed up on. Lots of finding out this person is about to do.
re: #145 BeenHereAwhile
He thought it was a fun thing to do until the cops knocked at his door.
FO is always more interesting than FA.
A kid came up with a Darth Vader costume, but the mask was pulled up and he had glasses on. I asked him if he was Darth Vader or Dark Helmet and got his 30-something dad to howl.
Bradley Cooper went dressed as Rocket Raccoon with his daughter for Halloween.
re: #149 Belafon
A kid came up with a Darth Vader costume, but the mask was pulled up and he had glasses on. I asked him if he was Darth Vader or Dark Helmet and got his 30-something dad to howl.
If the “I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate” bit wasn’t said by someone (preferably the kid), I am disappoint.
re: #151 TedStriker
If the “I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate” bit wasn’t said by someone (preferably the kid), I am disappoint.
The kid was five, so I doubt he knew it.
re: #150 Belafon
Bradley Cooper went dressed as Rocket Raccoon with his daughter for Halloween.
< Googles > that is precious 😊 good for both mom and dad.
re: #152 Belafon
The kid was five, so I doubt he knew it.
Well, if you or the dad didn’t say it, I am still disappoint.
;-P
Bedtime for me…enjoy a little Black Sabbath
re: #157 wrenchwench
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Fuck. I wonder if there’s a lawyer willing to take this on pro bono.
re: #157 wrenchwench
This is scary.
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They really buried the lede there. This case almost reads like the hypothetical one that the forced-birth crowd use to justify such laws.
re: #157 wrenchwench
“Under Gov. Little’s watch, Idaho is a top 10 state for Overall Freedom”
re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg
Fuck. I wonder if there’s a lawyer willing to take this on pro bono.
Just on the face of it, I think most defense lawyers would have difficulty approaching this case. The article starts out making it appear as though the mom and boyfriend were helping out this girl living with a shitty home life get an abortion that her parents opposed. But then you get towards the end and you start to see signs that this is a teen girl who got involved with an older boy who is now sexually exploiting her, possibly using illicit drugs to control her, is verbally (if not physically) abusive, and used either her addiction or fear over getting in trouble with her parents to coerce her to travel across state lines to get an abortion. It’s the sort of case that a prosecutor looking to set a precedent for such laws would jump on in a heartbeat.
re: #163 Targetpractice
Just on the face of it, I think most defense lawyers would have difficulty approaching this case. The article starts out making it appear as though the mom and boyfriend were helping out this girl living with a shitty home life get an abortion that her parents opposed. But then you get towards the end and you start to see signs that this is a teen girl who got involved with an older boy who is now sexually exploiting her, possibly using illicit drugs to control her, is verbally (if not physically) abusive, and used either her addiction or fear over getting in trouble with her parents to coerce her to travel across state lines to get an abortion. It’s the sort of case that a prosecutor looking to set a precedent for such laws would jump on in a heartbeat.
I am reminded that there were numerous cases similar to but before that of Rosa Parks. They weren’t touched because they people involved weren’t as, frankly, upstanding as she was.
This vile law is unconstitutional on numerous grounds but you won’t get a judge/jury to go along with those arguments with this particular case.
re: #164 William Lewis
I am reminded that there were numerous cases similar to but before that of Rosa Parks. They weren’t touched because they people involved weren’t as, frankly, upstanding as she was.
This vile law is unconstitutional on numerous grounds but you won’t get a judge/jury to go along with those arguments with this particular case.
Yeah, this is the case that’s better fought as an appeal by questioning the constitutionality of getting around a judicial hold on a disputed law by charging under a different law using the language of the disputed law. Because I don’t think they’re going to find much sympathy at a jury trial unless there are facts not in the article that make the girl’s parents out as even worse monsters.
One of the things I miss about NYC:
The Halloween parade.
Yesterday’s annual NYC Greenwich Village Halloween parade dancepic.twitter.com/q4BIe4mQ6N
— Hy Bender (@hybender) November 1, 2023
re: #150 Belafon
Bradley Cooper went dressed as Rocket Raccoon with his daughter for Halloween.
That reminds me of this amazing story:
Imagine. She’s got her Avengers candy bag. She’s dressed up as The Wasp for Halloween, escorted by her father, Paul Rudd, who played Ant-Man, in the actual blockbuster film, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
But he’s decided to go as Weird Al Yankovic pic.twitter.com/cV08EtIGye— Garrett Gilchrist (@TygerbugGarrett) October 27, 2019
Your Next Wordle was kinder than the last one. Dumb luck? Who cares?
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The little birbie stopped by before flying further south to escape the cold.
Matt Foley proved to be a hit at the company Halloween party. Now gotta start prepping clues for the annual Christmas Jeopardy where I dress as the Grinch and play the Alex Trebek role.
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re: #135 Vicious Babushka
21-Year-Old Cornell Student Charged Over Threats to ‘Slit the Throat’ of Jews on Campus
What is happening to Free Speech in this country?
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Finally, not bad day. I crisp outside here, the beagle has landed.
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Well, at least one thing is going right this morning.
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re: #164 William Lewis
I am reminded that there were numerous cases similar to but before that of Rosa Parks. They weren’t touched because they people involved weren’t as, frankly, upstanding as she was.
Met someone last week who wrote a book about her father and uncle who defended some of those cases.
Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying On a Montgomery Family’s Civil Rights Legacy
In 1950, before Montgomery, Alabama, knew Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger, before the city’s famous bus boycott, a Negro man named Hilliard Brooks was shot and killed by a white police officer in a confrontation after he tried to board a city bus. Thomas Gray, who had played football with Hilliard when they were kids, was outraged by the unjustifiable shooting. Gray protested, eventually staging a major downtown march to register voters, and standing up to police brutality.
Five years later, he led another protest, this time against unjust treatment on the city’s segregated buses. On the front lines of what became the Montgomery bus boycott, Gray withstood threats and bombings alongside his brother, Fred D. Gray, the young lawyer who represented Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the rarely mentioned Claudette Colvin, a plaintiff in the case that forced Alabama to desegregate its buses.
re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter
Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra
re: #179 Dave In Austin
He looks a bit too big for that opening.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Weather is finally feeling like the season after record warmth a few days ago. The l’il one didn’t get to go do the Halloween thing last night b/c he was sick, but he did get to participate in the town Halloween parade over the weekend.
Since he came into our lives, we’ve learned our community has one of the biggest trick or treat things in the region - thousands of kids go door to door and there are some amazing costumes, and the parents go all in too.
We planned on doing the same.
Our son was going as Lin Manuel Miranda’s understudy, and we were going as the Schuylers (though everyone knew the lil one was Hamilton, they all assumed we were the Washingtons). Guess next chance to costume up will be Purim. Oh well.
“If Democrats want a big foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine, they’ll need to swallow some major concessions on border security,” Semafor reports.“That’s the message Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans sent on Tuesday, as Washington headed for a showdown over overseas military spending.”
this is fine, sort of
that’s how the sausage is made, more or less
and dhs is already asking for a lot of what ‘the border’ needs
though lest we forget:
Therefore, applying existing law to prosecute Trump seems novel or a “theory”, except that if anyone else did the crimes Trumpworld did, they’d already be in prison.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 1, 2023
Right wing propagandists are dumber than a bag of hammers, and they’re just as ignorant as the people they’re propagandizing.
when youre on national tv and make fun of joe biden for calling the hubble telescope the web telescope and are doubled over with how funny it is without realizing theres a very famous james webb telescope pic.twitter.com/Ucijcx7Ijd
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 31, 2023
re: #178 Shropshire Slasher
According to NPR just now, no US citizens or dual citizens have been allowed to cross, so far it’s been mostly Jordanians.
Our decorations are down except the ghost hanging in the tree, the pups are at the groomers, and we are enjoying Scooter’s coffees & we are reading the Will Trent series from Karen Slaughter.
amazon.com
re: #185 lawhawk
It very obvious those folks do not watch NOVA. The Webb Space Telescope was mentioned in “Treasures of the Earth: Metals.”
re: #185 lawhawk
Right wing propagandists are dumber than a bag of hammers, and they’re just as ignorant as the people they’re propagandizing.
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THIS is why i said the other day when TFG says obviously idiotic stuff like $8 gas in CA or electric cars only go 10 miles or Hungary shares a border with Russia we should NOT write that off as just the idiotic hyperbole we know it is.
it should be hammered as either stunning stupidity for a man who would be president or ‘his age’.
he should not get a pass for being a moron
re: #188 PhillyPretzel ✅
It very obvious those folks do not watch NOVA. The Webb Space Telescope was mentioned in “Treasures of the Earth: Metals.
It just goes to show how much of a regressionist mindset these idiots have. They’re so stuck in the past, they think the Hubble Space Telescope is still the hotness. Next thing you know, they’ll be talking about the next Space Shuttle flight.
re: #189 Dangerman
THIS is why i said the other day when TFG says obviously idiotic stuff like $8 gas in CA or electric cars only go 10 miles or Hungary shares a border with Russia we should NOT write that off as just the idiotic hyperbole we know it is.
it should be hammered as either stunning stupidity for a man who would be president or ‘his age’.
he should not get a pass for being a moron
Butbutbut horse race!
re: #190 Nerdy Fish
You are probably right.
re: #189 Dangerman
THIS is why i said the other day when TFG says obviously idiotic stuff like $8 gas in CA or electric cars only go 10 miles or Hungary shares a border with Russia we should NOT write that off as just the idiotic hyperbole we know it is.
it should be hammered as either stunning stupidity for a man who would be president or ‘his age’.
he should not get a pass for being a moron
Olbermann is saying that we should hammer Trump for every gaffe as a sign of his age. There are polls supporting that ppl think both Biden and Trump are too old, but Trump’s the one showing all kinds of crazy behaviors, including failing to know the year, location, counting, basic math, etc.
My old man can beat up your old man.
re: #188 PhillyPretzel ✅
It very obvious those folks do not watch NOVA. The Webb Space Telescope was mentioned in “Treasures of the Earth: Metals.
oh please
just google Fox and Webb telescope
Fox has been reporting on it all along for years.
as recent in June, July, August…
Grab your popcorn. This is must see viewing if you manage to score a seat in Judge Engoron’s courtroom.
Good morning pic.twitter.com/iUJrgracXZ
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 1, 2023
re: #194 Dangerman
okay. Keep in mind I am a PBS fan.
re: #188 PhillyPretzel ✅
It very obvious those folks do not watch NOVA. The Webb Space Telescope was mentioned in “Treasures of the Earth: Metals.
Exactly. For them it does not exist
re: #193 lawhawk
Olbermann is saying that we should hammer Trump for every gaffe as a sign of his age. There are polls supporting that ppl think both Biden and Trump are too old, but Trump’s the one showing all kinds of crazy behaviors, including failing to know the year, location, counting, basic math, etc.
My old man can beat up your old man.
i think it’s a fair question for him: are you stupid or are you losing it?
Some of you might recall Øyvind Strømmen from the early days of uncovering the GOP- Euro Far Right love connection with us back in the ‘aughts. He’s a representative for the Green Party in Denmark now, has another book out, & is also in a duo band with a new EP. Here’s a bad machine translation of his latest Facebook post
I know the Jewish quarter in Prague today, and the old Jewish grave grove. There, in the middle of the tombstones, lay a black cat, curled up and slept. He didn’t hear anyone around him, and did not want to hear anything from a Norwegian wearing a kipa, who whispered “pussy”.
I hope that cat’s name is Golem.
There are many legends about the golem in Prague, that he was made of clay from the banks of Vltava and brought to life through mysterious rituals, all to protect Prague’s Jews from Jew hatred; that it went terribly crazy, as it gladly does, when humans create monsters; that the golem is still lying stored in the attic of the old new synagogue from 1270, so that he can be picked up again when it’s ready for it.
In the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas, both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim are flourishing. I’ve seen it in the comments section not far away. Now the mosaic trouser society in Norway has issued a disturbance, where they tell about several concrete events driven by anti-Semitism, events that cause Norwegian Jews to experience insecurity.
There is no golem that can face it, not no monster of clay that can protect against it. But you and I can react, walk away, be clear.
re: #198 Dangerman
i think it’s a fair question for him: are you stupid or are you losing it?
It is not so much a atter of being senile or stupid: he simply says whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear at the time regardless of what he has said previously and certainly with no regard for objectively verifiable facts.
He knows that his audience will accept it as Gospel and that most of the media will give it a pass
A Wegmans on Rochester’s deep blue East Avenue might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the vocal stylings of Jason Miraz feat. Meghan Trainor, you can hear whispers that Biden is the reason the dragon fruit is $8 a pound.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) November 1, 2023
re: #194 Dangerman
oh please
just google Fox and Webb telescopeFox has been reporting on it all along for years.
as recent in June, July, August…
It was a big deal in the mainstream media at launch and when it was deploying the various systems, not just in the nerd press. It was dramatic! We didn’t know whether everything was going to work! But Hunter Biden’s laptop’s p3nis and nuke the border and every other shit for brains nonsense is all they care about.
re: #202 ericblair
There was also the whole kerfuffle over naming the telescope after Webb. And you know what side Fox took.
Did someone say they had leftover Halloween Candy?
re: #206 Joe Bacon ✅
Yes he does. And he even know the French term for veggies. :)
re: #204 Thanos
Did someone say they had leftover Halloween Candy?
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re: #208 Teukka
As per The Free Dictionary put an “s” on the end.
thefreedictionary.com
re: #209 PhillyPretzel ✅
As per The Free Dictionary put an “s” on the end.
thefreedictionary.com
I meant as in a murder of crows, a klan of Karens, etc.?
re: #208 Teukka
Related Q: What is the idiomatic plural of racoons?
Per my teenage daughter, who for some reason knows these things, it’s “a gaze of raccoons”. I haven’t verified.
re: #210 Teukka
Okay. I am not sure. I am sorry. ::: hanging head in shame :::
re: #201 lawhawk
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re: #211 dat_said
Per my teenage daughter, who for some reason knows these things, it’s “a gaze of raccoons”. I haven’t verified.
Gaze or nursery work.
re: #211 dat_said
Verified!
My dentist uses to have a poster with 30ish animal gathering words, clash of Rinos anyone. Hung up right where the patient can read it while being worked on.
Read that poster so many times.
Dental and educational services all in one office.
re: #208 Teukka
I found the collective term list and yes dat_said has it.
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
re: #208 Teukka
Related Q: What is the idiomatic plural of racoons?
I’m going with a “Rack”
So if there wasn’t one before….
There is now.
“Look Dick see the Rack-o-Raccoons climbing the tree!!”
“Yes Sally, I see the Pack-o— TrashPandas now!”.
i’ve just noticed something probably everyone else has seen all along
tuberville is holding up military promotions because of the policy that reimburses travel costs for military members requiring reproductive care outside of the state in which they are stationed.
specifically, read: abortions
this hostage taking figures it’ll hurt enough and somehow the policy will be changed.
he’s not stopping promotions. just brought them to a crawl
Tuberville wont give in
and Chuck hasnt been able to maneuver around the blockade, but he’s trying.
so the promotions trickle on
and the reimbursement policy does not change
like so many other things that were unthinkable a short time ago, now that this backlog of military promotions has been going on a few months, it feels ‘ok’. we’re surviving, multi wars going on be damned. and since it feels ok at least for now, unless the senate changes the rule or pulls a rabbit out of the parliamentary hat, this new normal will go on.
how does tuberville win this?
ruditiesre: #206 Joe Bacon ✅
Big John knows how to party!
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And to relentlessly mock Oz
from last year:
Mehmet Oz’s crudité video gave opponent John Fetterman a golden opportunity
Wealthy Republicans absolutely love cosplaying as working-class everymen, and Oz’s performance was dismal even by those subterranean standards.
re: #220 Dangerman
The Fed needs to start quietly shutting down and moving Military installations in that state.
re: #218 PhillyPretzel ✅
I found the collective term list and yes dat_said has it.
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
Not me. It was my daughter. Child can’t remember to turn in her homework yet she immediately answers “hey, what do you call a bunch of raccoons?” with “a gaze, DAD”. She can also pretty much sing the lyrics to most of the Green Day songs on American Idiot, a lot of ABBA, some of SadGirl, a bunch of twenty one pilots.
re: #164 William Lewis
I am reminded that there were numerous cases similar to but before that of Rosa Parks. They weren’t touched because they people involved weren’t as, frankly, upstanding as she was.
This vile law is unconstitutional on numerous grounds but you won’t get a judge/jury to go along with those arguments with this particular case.
Rosa Parks was indeed upstanding, but some of her strength was from the years of community organizing behind her and her action.
re: #168 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿
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re: #176 Decatur Deb
Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra
That’s it! Also recalled the “quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia”.
re: #220 Dangerman
BTW; not that boilerplate email responses from Senators’ offices are all that valuable or informative, but a week or so ago I DID finally hear back from Sen. Chuck re an email I had sent a while ago about the Tuberville obstructionism: and he did make it sound like he (Schumer) was going to try to get the backlog of promotion-authorizations dealt with en masse, I think.
Of course, in all the stock generalities, there wasn’t an answer to the main question I had asked: which was exactly what was the Senate rule that would allow just ONE Senator to hold up military promotions like Tuberville has (and what the Majority might do to change that), but there we are…
re: #220 Dangerman
i’ve just noticed something probably everyone else has seen all along
tuberville is holding up military promotions because of the policy that reimburses travel costs for military members requiring reproductive care outside of the state in which they are stationed.
specifically, read: abortions
this hostage taking figures it’ll hurt enough and somehow the policy will be changed.
he’s not stopping promotions. just brought them to a crawl
Tuberville wont give in
and Chuck hasnt been able to maneuver around the blockade, but he’s trying.so the promotions trickle on
and the reimbursement policy does not changelike so many other things that were unthinkable a short time ago, now that this backlog of military promotions has been going on a few months, it feels ‘ok’. we’re surviving, multi wars going on be damned. and since it feels ok at least for now, unless the senate changes the rule or pulls a rabbit out of the parliamentary hat, this new normal will go on.
how does tuberville win this?
Tuberville can’t be allowed to win. If he gets to end the policy, what’s to stop Elizabeth Warren from putting on holds until the policy is reinstated again?
Admitting it was nonsense
The 91x-charged Trump can call millions of Republicans and MAGA supporters losers and still command a double-digit lead over DeSantis and Haley.
So strange. https://t.co/Z1R4C4Uqri— Luke Beasley (@lukepbeasley) November 1, 2023
re: #232 Dangerman
Trump: “You guys, you MAGA guys, you actually suck.”
Trump supporters: “Woohoo! Yay, we suck!!”
What a bunch of absolute asshats . 😄
re: #194 Dangerman
oh please
just google Fox and Webb telescopeFox has been reporting on it all along for years.
as recent in June, July, August…
Laura Ingraham is not on the “news” programs; just her talk show.
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
Trump: “You guys, you MAGA guys, you actually suck.”
Trump supporters: “Woohoo! Yay, we suck!!”
——>Where do we send our money???
What a bunch of absolute asshats . 😄
re: #236 Hecuba’s daughter
Laura Ingraham is not on the “news” programs; just her talk show.
That was my point
She’s an idiot and said something stupid
‘Fox’ knows what the Webb is
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
That’s a true mark of a cult right there. When you can run your supporters into the fucking ground and have them STILL want to kiss the ring.
Today in the Senate pic.twitter.com/czAdeWzGTR
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 31, 2023
re: #240 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s a true mark of a cult right there. When you can run your supporters into the fucking ground and have them STILL want to kiss the ring.
You bet - Trumpism is a personality cult the like of which I haven’t seen in a long time. It’s utterly bizarre.
OK…off to do some real-world stuff here. Back later.
Nice to know the six assholes on the Court are responsible for this.
U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Rises for First Time Since 2002
For the first time since 2002, the infant mortality rate in the United States has risen, with 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births. The increase is particularly concerning since the U.S. rate was already worse than the rate in other wealthy, developed countries like Canada and Japan. And the Centers for Disease Control report shows that the rate for infants of Black women is double the national average. “We live in a country with significant resources, so the infant mortality rate and the increase are shockingly high,” Dr. Sandy Chung, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, told CNN.
re: #241 Belafon
It is as funny as it was in a previous thread.
re: #240 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s a true mark of a cult right there. When you can run your supporters into the fucking ground and have them STILL want to kiss the ring.
Including my Jesusbot relatives who would gladly form a line to whiff Trump’s farts.
re: #232 Dangerman
Admitting it was nonsense
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re: #244 PhillyPretzel ✅
It is as funny as it was in a previous thread.
I missed it there. I was nearly nonstop Halloween yesterday since the rain over the previous days had kept me from completing decorations. Whe I finally did settle down, I saw a whole thread had passed by and I just skipped it.
It was great, though. I gave out lots of candy, and got lots of “awesome decorations”.
re: #243 Joe Bacon ✅
We live in a country with significant resources, so the infant mortality rate and the increase are shockingly high,” Dr. Sandy Chung told CNN.
Okay Dr. Chung. Let’s talk about the prohibitive cost and accessibility issues as it relates to those “significant resources.”
re: #248 Belafon
I saw a whole thread had passed by and I just skipped it.
No hatchling here. This one has molted a time or two.
There are a couple of parents in the neighborhood who tell me their kids ask them to drive by my house multiple times during October to see the decorations go up.
re: #242 Dr Lizardo
You bet - Trumpism is a personality cult the like of which I haven’t seen in a long time. It’s utterly bizarre.
OK…off to do some real-world stuff here. Back later.
The only similar cult I can think of was Kim II Sung of North Korea. And even that one was due more to fear of being killed without expressing the appropriate adoration.
re: #228 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s it! Also recalled the “quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia”.
Everyone remembers “Quousque tandem”. That same year, our Bio teacher pulled a mind trick. He said: “This is the one thing you will remember from HS Biology for the rest of your life: “Fibrovascular bundle”.”
He was demonstrably right.
112? I’d like to report a murder…
To those raising the Palestinian flag,
Where were you when ISIS was launched and beheaded tens of thousands of Arabs in Iraq, Libya, and Syria in the name of Islam? Why didn’t you take to the streets and raise their flags? Why didn’t you condemn the terror and call for a… pic.twitter.com/wGj56cHxjz— Luai Ahmed (@JustLuai) November 1, 2023
To those raising the Palestinian flag,
Where were you when ISIS was launched and beheaded tens of thousands of Arabs in Iraq, Libya, and Syria in the name of Islam? Why didn’t you take to the streets and raise their flags? Why didn’t you condemn the terror and call for a “ceasefire”?
Where were you when Arab dictators and terrorists killed hundreds of thousands of Arabs in Syria and Libya? Why didn’t you take to the streets and raise their flags? Why didn’t you condemn the terror and call for a “ceasefire”?
Where were you in the last decade when Saudi Arabia, backed by 8 Arab countries, killed 400,000 Yemenis, my own people? I didn’t see any of you take to the streets or raise the Yemeni flag. I did not see any of you condemning the terror and calling for a “ceasefire” while Arab countries were slaughtering my own people.
This must lead to some self-reflection.
When millions of Arabs are slaughtered by other Arabs, you say nothing.
But when 7 thousand of Arabs are killed by Jews defending their right to exist, you revolt, you get angry, you storm the streets in the East and the West, you raise the Palestinian flag, you condemn the terror, you call for a ceasefire, you turn the world upside down.
Why is that?
Why were you so silent then but SO LOUD now?
Can it be that you are finally raising a flag and creating chaos because you only hate that the perpetrators are Jews?
Because you obviously don’t care when millions of Arabs are killed by other Arabs.
Can it be that you storming the streets is just you venting out your hatred towards Jews? The same hatred we learned in our mosques and schools?
You speak of “numbers and proportionality.” But by the rules of proportionality, you should not be raising Palestinian flags.
Unless, there is another agenda at play: Jew-hatred. Or as I would call it: Hatred.
Interesting things going on with nerve stimulation. Lots of caveats here - very small trial, proof of concept. It can be difficult to consistently externally target the auricular vagus nerve in an individual and even more so from patient to patient as human ear anatomy varies from the Greys to the Ferengi.
Inflammation plays a large role in a lot of disease states. Obviously, it’s a factor in inflammatory disease like Chron’s and rheumatoid arthritis but can also negatively impact heart failure, diabetes, Parkinson’s, etc. You can buy a TENS 7000 off of Amazon for less than $40 bucks. I haven’t looked at the cost or availability of the Blue Moon Health sensor probe (or equivalent).
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social
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🚨 CBO says the House Israel aid bill will add $12.5 billion to the deficit.
The reason: GOP’s $14.3 billion in IRS cuts lead to a $26.8 billion reduction in revenue, budget office projects.
The new report 👇
Interesting testimony today in Colorado as to what was considered disqualifying from federal office around the time the 14th Amendment was ratified.
arrived 1868. challenged on grounds he’d given aid to confederacy.
wrote letter to editor early during civil war advocating violence against union troops that might enter KY. that’s all he was accused of doing. congress did not seat him. he was disqualified….
/44— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) November 1, 2023
re: #257 No Malarkey!
Interesting testimony today in Colorado as to what was considered disqualifying from federal office around the time the 14th Amendment was ratified.
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I’m not a big proponent of originalism, but then again, most so-called “originalists” deliberately ignore the historical context to arrive at the conclusion they want.
The CBO is not Biblical… 🤷🏻♂️
— Plato (@PrimatePulse) November 1, 2023
re: #258 Nerdy Fish
I’m not a big proponent of originalism, but then again, most so-called “originalists” deliberately ignore the historical context to arrive at the conclusion they want.
I think that if originalism is appropriate in any case, it’s this one. I don’t much care what 19th century men thought was appropriate behavior or treatment of women in 1868, but what they considered “insurrection” to be goes to the heart of what the Insurrection Clause was trying to prevent.
re: #259 Dave In Austin
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re: #260 No Malarkey!
I think that if originalism is appropriate in any case, it’s this one. I don’t much care what 19th century men thought was appropriate behavior or treatment of women in 1868, but what they considered “insurrection” to be goes to the heart of what the Insurrection Clause was trying to prevent.
There was a great thread on Bluesky a few days ago that gave a similar treatment to the Second Amendment. As in, looking at the immediate context, the fact that the Constitution already defined a “well-regulated militia,” and looking at the VA state constitution (which contained a substantially similar clause) to indicate why the 2A was written the way it was.
Trump having a no good, very bad day in courts across the country today.
With that preamble, the NYAG’s counsel puts an exhibit on the screen showing the “Lost Interest Calculation.”
Grand Total of Lost Interest: $168,040,168, broken down into Doral, Old Post Office, Chicago and 40 Wall.— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 1, 2023
re: #255 dat_said
BTW, one of the intriguing things about Vagus Nerve Stimulation, is how little it actually takes to “reset” the inflammatory system.
From the study:
At week 4, all subjects received ta-VNS of 5 min duration twice daily until week 16.
It’s not like you have to walk around for hours with probes in your ears. Final solution may end up with an implant because of better controlled effective stimulation but, because the power consumption is so small compared to, say, a pacemaker, you can have a small design footprint that lasts for years. There are leadless pacemakers on the market and an implantable nerve stimulation could be even smaller.
re: #168 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿
Your Next Wordle was kinder than the last one. Dumb luck? Who cares?
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Happy Halloween to decent people who pretend to be monsters once a year, as opposed to monsters who pretend to be decent people all the time. - Middle Age Riot
re: #261 No Malarkey!
But did they consider the economic growth that would be generated by the tax evaders cheating on their taxes?/
The Revolution will not be Televised…….
Last Halloween I dressed up as the GOP’s Health Care plan.
I never made it out of the House. - John Fugelsang
Vice: One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don’t We Have It?
The regulation that Canada has that the US doesn’t is Canada requires an engine immobilizer, a “basic anti-theft device that uses an electronic signature in the key to unlock the engine. If the key isn’t present, the car can’t be started. This prevents hot wiring and other old-school, brute force methods of stealing cars.”
His stooges are now issuing the marching orders.
‘We’re getting close’: Ex-Trump official calls on fundamentalist Christians to ‘heed the call to arms’
Far-right Evangelical firebrand William Wolfe — who also served as a senior Trump administration official — recently gave a speech suggesting his fellow fundamentalist Christians should prepare for war.
According to Right Wing Watch, Wolfe delivered the remarks at an event in Syracuse, New York entitled “Jesus & Politics Conference IV: Hail to Jesus.” The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director of Legislative Affairs at Trump’s State Department bolstered his remarks by repeatedly quoting from a 1758 sermon delivered by Virginian pastor Samuel Davies. That sermon, delivered in the midst of the French and Indian War, was dubbed “the Curse of Cowardice,” and Davies warned Christians that they were “in danger by the loss of our religion.” Wolfe echoed Davies’ remarks that “the art of war becomes a part of our religion.”
“If we have ever lived in a point in time in American history since then that we could argue that now is the time to arms again, I think we are getting close,” Wolfe said. “Even though as Christians we seek peace, when the enemy is pressed upon us, if we fail to heed the call to arms, then we are acting as cowards.”
“To be ruled by cowards in a time of war is a curse, because God hates cowards,” Wolfe added.
Wolfe has previously embraced the term “Christian nationalist,” which is the term used to describe adherents to an ideology that American society should be restructured in a hierarchy where Christians — predominantly white and male Christians — are at the top, and believers in other faith traditions are forced to conform to Christian standards and beliefs. Typical Christian nationalist policies are bans on abortion without exception, making gay marriage illegal again, and state-sanctioned persecution of the LGBTQ+ community.
“God is not God of just your heart; God is God of the public square,” Wolfe said during an appearance on alt-right streamer Stew Peters’ Rumble channel. “And I would say that even if a judge or a dog catcher or a president is not a Christian, what they need to recognize most fundamentally is that all authority in God’s creation is derivative from the Creator, and He tells everybody in authority how they should use it.”
“[O]ur call as Christian nationalists is twofold: yes, we want more unapologetic Christians leading in the public square as Christians, but we’re calling on all leaders who exercise authority — whether they’re Christian or not — to recognize that they will answer to the one supreme authority and they need to learn how to exercise that authority rightly according to his good commands and precepts today,” he added.
re: #272 Joe Bacon ✅
Making a note to vote for Joe in 2024 and get as many D’s in office as possible.
[…]
“What we are asking for, from a billion dollar company, is enough to live on as employees,” said Sandra Roldan, a member of the Scholastic Union. “We have members who have had to use their retirement savings to keep up with the inflationary costs and rent increases since the pandemic. That’s unacceptable for a company who professes to be dedicated to the ‘highest quality of life in community and nation.’”
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All this comes as Scholastic attempts to mitigate controversy over its program to silo titles focused on race and LGBTQ+ themes at some book fairs. After intense backlash from the public, authors and illustrators, Scholastic halted the censorship.
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re: #271 wrenchwench
That’s two days in a row with no yellows, right?
Mike Johnson doesn’t have any retirement savings, own a single stock, or have any assets at all. He has less than $5,000 in his bank account.
He’s got a 250-500K mortgage, a home equity loan, and a personal loan.
So what’s his retirement plan? To lobby? https://t.co/xPzUPqqc4w— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) November 1, 2023
Hey, I’ve got an idea. Maybe little Mikey has got money stashed away from all sorts of interesting sources and is lying his gooper ass off.
re: #276 ericblair
I really hate to brag about this but I have more $$ in my credit union than Speaker MJ has.
re: #276 ericblair
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Hey, I’ve got an idea. Maybe little Mikey has got money stashed away from all sorts of interesting sources and is lying his gooper ass off.
Now now, Mikey is a devout Xtian and he has absolute total faith the de Lawd will provide.
re: #259 Dave In Austin
That’s why Mike Johnson didn’t want the CBO to score it
Or have it scored by the Congressional Bible Office instead….
re: #276 ericblair
Prosperity gospel didn’t work out? He’s going to be hoping that Social Security and a pension from Congress will cover his end of life needs.
re: #282 steve_davis
lol. It was settled upstream. It is called a gaze.
re: #276 ericblair
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Probably, on the “lying” part; but Speaker Mike seems more like the sort whose “retirement plan” consists of a bunch of gold coins stashed in a tin box under the floorboards….
re: #276 ericblair
Good thing he just got a nearly $50k raise. Per Wikipedia, US House of Representative salary is $174k while Speaker of the House salary is $223.5K. That should help bolster the retirement fund.
re: #25 HRH Stanley Sea
All I know is it is Belafon”s holiday. Waiting for the report & photos!
Sorry I missed this.
After running around like mad finishing decorating, I enjoyed giving out candy to kids.
I got one picture last night when it started getting dark:
I will get some more from my wife.
re: #285 dat_said
Good thing he just got a nearly $50k raise. Per Wikipedia, US House of Representative salary is $174k while Speaker of the House salary is $223.5K. That should help bolster the retirement fund.
Yeah but as a Good Gawd Fearing Xtian® Mikey got to give 10% of that to the church so that does put a dent in his finances.
re: #287 Joe Bacon ✅
Yeah but as a Good Gawd Fearing Xtian® Mikey got to give 10% of that to the church so that does put a dent in his finances.
I can confidently assure you that a person who is making that kind of money, especially with a primary residence ostensibly in Louisiana, would have no problem putting away good money for retirement or savings on top of giving 10% of it to the church.
Had a bit of a laugh at work. One of the maids found a 12 pack of Coors Light in one of the rooms she was cleaning. Put it in the break room with a note on it saying “Free Beer”.
It was, obviously, still there when I got to work, so I wrote underneath her note, “Where? I only see Coors…”
O_o
It got a some laughs this morning.
re: #276 ericblair
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Hey, I’ve got an idea. Maybe little Mikey has got money stashed away from all sorts of interesting sources and is lying his gooper ass off.
I wouldn’t say that, but I’d sure as hell like to find out.
re: #275 TarHellion
That’s two days in a row with no yellows, right?
At this point, I remember the picture today’s answer made. I don’t remember the words, although I think I could come up with them if I worked on it. (or peaked) Yesterday is in the mists… No yellows sounds familiar.
re: #290 Decatur Deb
I wouldn’t say that, but I’d sure as hell like to find out.
I assume all Republicans are shady and corrupt unless proven otherwise.
re: #286 Belafon
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*this* is the problem
Hamas: “we will repeat the October 7 massacre time and again, 1M times if we need to, until we end the occupation.“
Journalist: “occupation of Gaza?”
Hamas: “no, all of Israel.” pic.twitter.com/8hT1dkqGEM— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 1, 2023
re: #294 Eclectic Cyborg
I assume all Republicans are shady and corrupt unless proven otherwise.
I assume they all belong in Guantanamo Bay unless a miracle happens.
re: #278 PhillyPretzel ✅
I really hate to brag about this but I have more $$ in my credit union than Speaker MJ [claims to (not) have]
has.
re: #296 Dangerman
if no one’s posted it yet (even if someone has)
*this* is the problem
Niven and Pournelle did a novel based on Dante’s Hell. At the climax,there is a scene that shows Stalin and Hitler chewing on each other in the lowest circle of hell. I can imagine two current leaders in the middle east similarly…
re: #276 ericblair
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Maybe he’s counting on the Clarence Thomas retirement plan? Problem is, that only works when you hold an office.
re: #298 Dangerman
And I got more in Savings Bonds and T-Bills than Speaker Jesusbot has!
“Something existential” = prison or Big Macs finally catching up with him. pic.twitter.com/0yh9DpPp7T
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 1, 2023
Keep dreaming, lift boy.
re: #302 Joe Bacon ✅
And I got more in Savings Bonds and T-Bills than Speaker Jesusbot has!
He has more graybacks.
re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg
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Bold of a man who regularly spits in the face of God to count on an act of God to save him.
re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg
“Hey, folks, I’m all of President Trump’s hate without any of his charisma.”
re: #305 Nerdy Fish
Bold of a man who regularly spits in the face of God to count on an act of God to save him.
What was the only unforgivable sin again? Hmm…
re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg
The entire GOP is fooked. If they’re not Trumpists, they’re lying to themselves or their supporters who are. They can’t insist Trump be dumped as standard bearer without trashing their own support among the GOP base.
The base is slavish in its adoration for the tangerine toddler terrorizing democracy with every utterance. GOPers know this is nuts, but they lack the ovarian fortitude to tell Trump off and to insist that the GOP needs a clean break from these extremists.
The problem, of course, is that the GOP are those extremists. They want the same things. They seek the same destructive policies and cruel policies that harm those least able to endure them.
re: #270 dat_said
Vice: One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don’t We Have It?
The regulation that Canada has that the US doesn’t is Canada requires an engine immobilizer, a “basic anti-theft device that uses an electronic signature in the key to unlock the engine. If the key isn’t present, the car can’t be started. This prevents hot wiring and other old-school, brute force methods of stealing cars.”
I think that’s standard on cars now. My last one and the one I’m about to get both have that. It’s just not available with remote start, and people like remote start.
So tfg says he’s not worried about going to jail
First prez/ex-prez ever to say this. Another first!!!
First to ever have to say this
First to ever have to contemplate the possibility
So much winning
re: #301 wrenchwench
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The person posting that is a dishwasher, so they do have one.
re: #311 Dangerman
So tfg says he’s not worried about going to jail
First prez/ex-prez ever to say this. Another first!!!
First to ever have to say this
First to ever have to contemplate the possibilitySo much winning
First to have his own kids testifying against him (because they’re being called by prosecutors to show Trump’s criminal conduct). Expect 5th to be referred to liberally.
re: #311 Dangerman
For much of my life, a divorce rendered a man unelectible.
re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg
“Something existential”
DJT will find himself pondering the futility of existence over a pastis while smoking a Gintane, move to the Dordogne and take up growing wine and olives…
re: #314 Decatur Deb
For much of my life, a divorce rendered a man unelectible.
Until Clinton, so did an affair.
re: #313 lawhawk
First to have his own kids testifying against him (because they’re being called by prosecutors to show Trump’s criminal conduct). Expect 5th to be referred to liberally.
Ronnie broke that glass ceiling
re: #316 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Until Clinton, so did a public affair.
My theft protection system is the fact that I have a 2010 VW Lupo with 200K miles on it…nobody is going to steal it unless it is the only car around.
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
…while exchanging contentious letters with Camus.
re: #318 Decatur Deb
My personal CT is that the Kennedy Family tacitly assented to having JFK killed before the dirt on him & Marilyn Monroe could come out…
re: #316 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Until Clinton, so did an affair.
Until tfg, so did…..
re: #313 lawhawk
First to have his own kids testifying against him (because they’re being called by prosecutors to show Trump’s criminal conduct). Expect 5th to be referred to liberally.
Yet doesn’t the civil case issue with the 5th (that they _CAN_ draw negative inferences from refusing to answer) apply in this case?
re: #310 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I think that’s standard on cars now. My last one and the one I’m about to get both have that. It’s just not available with remote start, and people like remote start.
Except for Kia and Hyundai in the US - so there’s been a spike in thefts in the US of those models. It’s like a $30 part and really shouldn’t need a regulation for a company to include. You know, invisible hand of the marketplace and all that.
totally, unashamedly stolen: “the Buck stops here”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), a conservative Colorado Republican who played a central role in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, said he will not seek re-election next year, citing his party’s election denialism and many members’ refusal to condemn the Jan. 6. 2021, assault on the Capitol,” the New York Times reports.
Said Buck: “We lost our way. We have an identity crisis in the Republican Party. If we can’t address the election denier issue and we continue down that path, we won’t have credibility with the American people that we are going to solve problems.”
re: #320 Decatur Deb
…while exchanging contentious letters with Camus.
Camus already had that argument with Sartre… //// 😉
re: #324 dat_said
Except for Kia and Hyundai in the US - so there’s been a spike in thefts in the US of those models. It’s like a $30 part and really shouldn’t need a regulation for a company to include. You know, invisible hand of the marketplace and all that.
That’s surprising. Kia’s have some advanced functionality like pedestrian detection at a very reasonable price. I’d think they’d secure their cars.
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My personal CT is that the Kennedy Family tacitly assented to having JFK killed before the dirt on him & Marilyn Monroe could come out…
It wasn’t Marilyn Monroe they were embarrassed by (c’mon, it’s MARILYN MONROE!!), but Judith Exner (who was also sleeping with Sam Giancana at the same time)
re: #310 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I think that’s standard on cars now. My last one and the one I’m about to get both have that. It’s just not available with remote start, and people like remote start.
I have that on my Nissan. I also don’t need to pull my keys out of my pocket to unlock the doors or start the engine. As long as my keys are in my possession I can do all that without having to insert the keys anywhere (that is until the FOB battery needs replaced).
re: #324 dat_said
Except for Kia and Hyundai in the US - so there’s been a spike in thefts in the US of those models. It’s like a $30 part and really shouldn’t need a regulation for a company to include. You know, invisible hand of the marketplace and all that.
Those are mostly lower end and older models. My 2022 Carnival has all the bells and whistles including remote lock, start, etc. from my phone.
re: #308 lawhawk
The entire GOP is fooked. If they’re not Trumpists, they’re lying to themselves or their supporters who are. They can’t insist Trump be dumped as standard bearer without trashing their own support among the GOP base.
The base is slavish in its adoration for the tangerine toddler terrorizing democracy with every utterance. GOPers know this is nuts, but they lack the ovarian fortitude to tell Trump off and to insist that the GOP needs a clean break from these extremists.
The problem, of course, is that the GOP are those extremists. They want the same things. They seek the same destructive policies and cruel policies that harm those least able to endure them.
It’s the three C’s - corrupt, craven, and cruel.
re: #314 Decatur Deb
For much of my life, a divorce rendered a man unelectible.
And then there was Sir Ronny of Reagan.
re: #329 Eventual Carrion
I have that on my Nissan. I also don’t need to pull my keys out of my pocket to unlock the doors or start the engine. As long as my keys are in my possession I can do all that without having to insert the keys anywhere (that is until the FOB battery needs replaced).
Same with my old Toyota and new to me Honda. I couldn’t give up that feeling that my car recognizes me, lets me in, and starts for me without a key.
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