Inventive New Horror/Comedy Short Film: “The Last Christmas”

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A mischievous 8-year-old girl unleashes a twisted Christmas nightmare, when her plans to capture Santa Claus go horribly wrong.

“The Last Christmas” by Ryan Port

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More About “The Last Christmas”:
‘Tis the night before Christmas and all is peaceful. That is until High School Cheerleader, Kirsten, is awoken in the middle of the night by her mischievous 8-year-old sister, Alice. Teased at school for still believing in Santa, Alice’s plan to capture the mythical gift giver and prove his existence has gone horribly wrong. The living room is trashed and Santa lies dead amidst a gruesome Christmas crime scene! The girls argue over their predicament, but Alice has a plan and convinces her older sister they must work together to get rid of the evidence and bury the body before anyone finds out they killed Christmas!

“The Last Christmas” Credits:
CAST:
Madison Cheeatow – Kirsten
Miley Haik – Alice
A.C. Peterson - Santa

CREW:
Produced by
Mafalda Gugliuzzi … producer
Ryan Port … producer
Moe Rai … producer
Julian Westminster … executive producer

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Music by
John King … composer

Cinematography by
Fraser Brown

Editing by
Nick Montgomery

Casting By
Moe Rai

Production Design by
Chris Crane

Art Direction by
Joel Guzman

Set Decoration by
Daniel Vella

Costume Design by
Paulina Schultz

Makeup Department
Amber Bentley … key hair stylist
De Anna Ienopoli … makeup artist
Jennifer O’Connor … key makeup artist

Production Management
Mafalda Gugliuzzi … production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sabrina Chatterpaul … third assistant director
Alice Kim … second assistant director
Kristina Small… first assistant director
Lauren Trudeau … trainee assistant director

Art Department
Patrick Charlebois-Downes … property master
Stephanie Depetrillo … lead set dresser
Cassandra Petersen … set dresser
Sound Department
Thomas Cetnar … sound effects editor
Pino Halili … Supervising Sound Editor / re-recording mixer
Jeffery Magat … sound mixer
Justin Maradin … sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Carlos Henriques … special effects makeup / special makeup effects & puppets department
head
De Anna Ienopoli … special effects assistant
Paul Krysinski … spfx on set key
Ryan Louagie … special makeup effects & key puppeteer
Chloe Martin … special effects technician
Alejandra McKenna … special effects assistant
Jeff Skochko … special effects supervisor
Amy Willis … special effects technician

Stunts
Anthony Ferri … stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Belyea … grip
Jeremy Bernatchez … camera operator
Adam Cummerford … second assistant camera
Todd Fraser … still photographer
Nick Goulet … key grip: dailies
Edwin Lau … gaffer
Avigal Levona… lighting assistant
Tony Ranieri … grip
Chris Reilly … first assistant camera
Alvin Sun … key grip

Editorial Department
Set Shuter … colorist

Location Management
Jade Tamzin Robertson … assistant location manager (as Jade Robertson)
David Williamson … location manager

Script and Continuity Department
Nikki Filippelli … script supervisor

Additional Crew
Marshall Baglieri … production assistant
Graham Galbraith … craft server
Ryan J. Winter … production assistant

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195 comments
1
Belafon  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:07:04pm

re: #118 Ace Rothstein

Bruce Willis said it best: “It’s not a Christmas movie, it’s a Bruce Willis movie.”

Miracle on 34th Street is actually a Valentine’s Day story that takes place in December.

2
Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:15:10pm

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Got ‘Swatted’ at Home With Family on Christmas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said Monday that she had been the target of a “swatting” attempt, with someone allegedly reporting a fake crime at her home in the hopes of provoking a heavy police response.

“This is like the 8th time,” she tweeted. “On Christmas with my family here.” Despite the alleged incident, Greene added, “my family and I are in joyous spirits celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ!”

The Georgia Republican added that she appreciated her local police department, calling them “the GREATEST” and adding that they “shouldn’t have to deal with this.”

thedailybeast.com

3
teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:16:13pm

Mastodon

Well worth your time if you like pranks.

4
Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:18:11pm

dailymail.co.uk

Prince Andrew is said to be ‘totally tormented’ as he braces himself for the scandal over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to reignite in the New Year.

The Mail on Sunday has learned the Duke of York’s name will appear alongside those of scores of Epstein’s powerful friends - some of whom have not previously been publicly identified - when a tranche of court documents are published.

The prospect of once again facing intense scrutiny over his friendship with Epstein is said to have plunged Andrew into deep despair ahead of Christmas, which he is expected to spend in Sandringham with his brother King Charles and other Royals.

5
Dangerman  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:20:18pm

re: #2 Joe Bacon ✅

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Got ‘Swatted’ at Home With Family on Christmas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said Monday that she had been the target of a “swatting” attempt, with someone allegedly reporting a fake crime at her home in the hopes of provoking a heavy police response.

“This is like the 8th time,” she tweeted. “On Christmas with my family here.” Despite the alleged incident, Greene added, “my family and I are in joyous spirits celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ!”

The Georgia Republican added that she appreciated her local police department, calling them “the GREATEST” and adding that they “shouldn’t have to deal with this.”

thedailybeast.com

The police investigated and did not respond
They determined the call came from inside the house

Eta, yeah that was//

6
Vicious Babushka  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:21:44pm

So my son was with Zedie in the hospital when he had to leave to pick up the Chinese takeout that he ordered for our dinner.

Z said “Please bring me some!” So considering what he was given to eat my son went back with the Chinese food. I hope he was able to sneak it past the nurses.

7
Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:23:44pm

So now we lapse into the post-christmas food coma, which can sometimes last for days.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:27:26pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Went to Hulu (not the streaming channel) for dinner. Really good.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:27:41pm

So is Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel the next to be thrown off the Trump Train…with Laura Looney Loomer leading the mob?

Now, Loomer is calling out McDaniel for a fundraising attempt on Christmas eve.

“While everyone has been busy enjoying Christmas, you may have missed this. And I’m sure that’s why it was sent out on Christmas Eve…. But check it out! Look what [GOP chairwoman] sent out on Christmas Eve,” Loomer wrote. “I mean, talk about being disrespectful to President Trump and the GOP base.”

The post includes a fundraising image purporting to show McDaniel offering a poll in which the options are Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and, finally, Donald Trump.

“Notice she put Trump’s name last… And then asked for donations. Unreal. This is why everyone hates [GOP chairwoman],” Loomer wrote.

In the comments, Trump supporters appeared to largely side with Loomer over McDaniel, who could potentially face criminal charges for a phone call in which she and Trump reportedly pressured county election workers.

“Ronna needs to go!” one user wrote on Christmas.

“Not one single dime while Ronna is still in charge,” said another verified MAGA account. “If the GOP wants to win, they need to [remove Ronna].”

Trump supporter Jean Easter sided with the financial boycott.

“I will donate to a SPECIFIC CANDIDATE’S COFFERS and NOT A DIME to the GOP PARTY as long as Ronna is Chairwoman,” Easter wrote Monday. “IMO she is running election interference JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS COURT CASES by refusing to allocate funds to the People’s choices, just to the elites’ favorites.”

rawstory.com

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Captain Magic  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:30:36pm

re: #9 Joe Bacon ✅

Note that the names are sorted in alphabetical order.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:34:42pm

Everybody talks about the need for GIFs and video, but I think it’s even more important for Bluesky to have OAuth support. App passwords need to die.

App passwords are ugly and they want to die.

12
sizzzzlerz  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:34:43pm

re: #9 Joe Bacon ✅

“Not one single dime while Ronna is still in charge,” said another verified MAGA account. “If the GOP wants to win, they need to [remove Ronna].”

I totally agree. Nothing to the GQP until, well, until the Beatles get the band back together.

13
Belafon  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:35:57pm

Time for the family to watch the Doctor Who Christmas special.

14
Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:41:07pm

If you’re in the mood for another movie, this crime comedy/drama is pretty good. The Tarantino influence is evident, but it has enough funny bits to keep it moving.

4 thieves rob a bank — but they’re all undercover cops. | I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here

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teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:43:25pm

re: #6 Vicious Babushka

This was in the middle of COVID, 2021. Visited a friend in the Anschutz Medical Campus, myriad health problems requiring a multi-week stay. I was able to get a couple of cannabis vape pens, a pack of cigarettes, and a pint of whisky to his hospital room (it”s what he asked for). Your son’s got this.

16
Vicious Babushka  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:46:40pm

Mastodon

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Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:52:20pm

Somebody gave me a Summer Sausage for Christmas. What does one do with a summer sausage?

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:54:14pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Somebody gave me a Summer Sausage for Christmas. What does one do with a summer sausage?

Put it in the freezer until summer?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:54:43pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

Put it in the freezer until summer?

It seems a little premature is what I’m saying.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 25, 2023 • 5:58:18pm

I wanna be a witch now!

Mastodon

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teleskiguy  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:16:09pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Eat it with crackers and cheese. Summer sausage has always been a go-to snack on mountain climbing excursions.

On those same mountain climbing excursions, on a budget, Triscuits and Easy Cheese did well.

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TedStriker  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:16:18pm

re: #108 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

re: #110 Ace Rothstein

No.

re: #116 Dangerman

Yes.

re: #114 austin_blue

The whole point of the robbery plot was what would happen on Christmas night:

“It’s Christmas, Charlie. It’s a time of miracles.”

re: #117 Ace Rothstein

“It’s Christmas, Charlie Theo. It’s a time of miracles.”

re: #118 Ace Rothstein

Bruce Willis said it best: “It’s not a Christmas movie, it’s a Bruce Willis movie.”

Sorry, Bruce, but Die Hard is a Christmas movie…

23
sagehen  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:32:15pm

re: #9 Joe Bacon ✅

The post includes a fundraising image purporting to show McDaniel offering a poll in which the options are Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and, finally, Donald Trump.

“Notice she put Trump’s name last… And then asked for donations. Unreal. This is why everyone hates [GOP chairwoman],” Loomer wrote.

so… alphabetical order?

24
Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:32:23pm

I was today years old when I realized that “Santa Claus” is just “St. Nicholas” spoken very fast.

25
Patricia Kayden  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:47:00pm

re: #20 Vicious Babushka

Now is the time for the spell to end all spells!! Come through!!

26
Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:50:03pm

“Excuse me, miss, is there a parachute stowed in that headgear? And why do they make you wear a burlap bag anyway?”

World Christmas crew, mid 60s
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Patricia Kayden  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:52:27pm

re: #10 Captain Magic

Note that the names are sorted in alphabetical order.

Doesn’t matter. Trump’s name always has to be at the top of the list.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:53:03pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

It seems a little premature is what I’m saying.

It just means a sausage that doesn’t need refrigeration, so have at it.

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:54:32pm

re: #26 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

That is not TWA, that is World Airways.

30
jaunte  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:54:37pm

re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg

Sint Niklaas

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:56:14pm

re: #29 Egregious Philbin

That is not TWA, that is World Airways.

Those are some seriously fugly uniforms on the flight attendants.

32
Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Dec 25, 2023 • 6:57:41pm

re: #29 Egregious Philbin

That is not TWA, that is World Airways.

Fixed

33
Patricia Kayden  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:25:13pm

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:25:54pm

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:51:48pm

Creek near Wayland

Walk today in a conservancy area near Wayland, NY. Wooded area and some seeps running down into a creek. View is looking up the creek from a bridge.

Birch above the Genesee

Stop at the dam on the Genesee River at Mt Morris. Lots and lots of geese in and along the river below the dam. Composition shot here of a birch tree on the bluff looking across at the far bluff which is a type local of the Rhinestreet Shale.

Oh, iPhone 15 shots since I don’t have the Nikon along for the trip.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:51:55pm

I knew there had to be a reason why I…. um… something… or other…

Are Your New Memories Replacing Your Old Ones?



..

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jaunte  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:51:57pm

This is the first Christmas song I learned.

google.com

Sinterklaas kapoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn schoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn laarsje,
Dank je Sinterklaasje!

Saint Nicholas, my dear one,
Something in my shoe put,
Something in my stocking,
Thank you, Saint Nich-o-las!

38
William Lewis  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:52:20pm

Somehow it seems appropriate that, as I wake up and get ready for work I got CL’d on this (blessed be her memory):

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Secret Santa Christmas LGF subscriptions have now been handed out, to a selection of frequent visitors (who weren’t already subscribing), with wishes for all LGF members to have a safe and happy holiday season!

Here are the beneficiaries of our Clandestine Claus contributions:

dat_said
Decatur Deb
Dr Lizardo
efuseakay
justaminute
lizardofid
mracb
nsmith25
rhuarc
Swampwitch
teleskiguy
Teukka
VegasGolfer
wlewisiii

Oh. Wow. Thanks, guys. I greatly appreciate it.

39
jaunte  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:52:39pm

Modest requests enforced on Dutch children.

40
Belafon  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:58:43pm

For you Doctor Who watchers, the woman sitting outside her home talking to the Doctor is played by Brian May’s wife, Anita Dobson.

41
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 25, 2023 • 7:59:22pm

re: #36 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s a scary thing to realize that a memory changes each time your recall it.

This is why testimony from memory holds so little weight in judicial matters.

And why we, anyeone, should have a healthy skepticism when people talk about remembering this or that thing from their childhood.

I can recall various items from my childhood, but I am also sure that the earliest ones I remember have now been sort of put into a fuzzy album in my mind, and I am not sure of the details.

I think I know the details, but over the past 6 decades I have remembered a few early memories so much that I am sure they have somehow been edited.

42
Jay C  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:10:13pm

re: #37 jaunte

This is the first Christmas song I learned.

google.com

Sinterklaas kapoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn schoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn laarsje,
Dank je Sinterklaasje!

Saint Nicholas, my dear one,
Something in my shoe put,
Something in my stocking,
Thank you, Saint Nich-o-las!

Is this the song the little Dutch girl sings with Edmund Gwenn in Miracle On 34th Street?

ETA: never mind: IMDB says yes (a close version, anyway).

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jaunte  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:18:58pm

re: #42 Jay C

I had to check, but yes.

“Miracle on 34th Street” 1947 Film - Dutch Girl visits Santa Claus - Little Dutch Girl Miracle 34th

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:19:10pm

re: #35 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Memories of the time Dad and I drove up to Potter County in Pennsylvania to see the point where the Allegheny River starts.

It’s source is the only Triple-Divide East of the Rockies

3 1/2 miles from the sign is the source of the Allegheny.

Hard to believe that tiny stream begins there and eventually merges with the Monongahela at Pittsburgh…

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wrenchwench  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:24:07pm

re: #41 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s a scary thing to realize that a memory changes each time your recall it.

This is why testimony from memory holds so little weight in judicial matters.

And why we, anyeone, should have a healthy skepticism when people talk about remembering this or that thing from their childhood.

I can recall various items from my childhood, but I am also sure that the earliest ones I remember have now been sort of put into a fuzzy album in my mind, and I am not sure of the details.

I think I know the details, but over the past 6 decades I have remembered a few early memories so much that I am sure they have somehow been edited.

That video didn’t talk at all about what I learned about memory in the past few years.

The reason you can remember some old stuff really well, is that you have thought about it many times since, and each time, you make another memory in another location. The video contradicted that, saying the original location of the memory is reinforced. I don’t know if that was mice or people. Repetition is key to memory, as language learners do.

What I think I figured out about how the brain works over the past several years, is that there is more Unknown than there is Known.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:27:50pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

I think you are our resident expert on brains!

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wrenchwench  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:35:04pm

re: #46 retired cynic

I think you are our resident expert on brains!

Seems more like sitting halfway to being a mechanic. Disassembly, check. Reassembly: in progress.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:35:07pm

re: #46 retired cynic

I think you are our resident expert on brains!

So if we all turn into zombies…

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:38:36pm

re: #47 wrenchwench

Seems more like sitting halfway to being a mechanic. Disassembly, check. Reassembly: in progress.

grin… I have seen my brain in pictures, with the doctor pointing to the pretty lights scattered here and there, telling me those were strokes. So I guess reassembly goes for me, too.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:39:29pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

is that you have thought about it many times since, and each time, you make another memory in another location. The video contradicted that, saying the original location of the memory is reinforced.

I suppose that is a matter for contention.

The video suggests that new brain cells, as they develop new connections with other cells, are part of the process of forgetting.

A memory of old that we keep reliving may end up programming new connections, not necessarily new cells.

I suppose I could look at the five papers listed in the video description, but I’m too lazy today to do that.

51
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 25, 2023 • 8:55:27pm

Special concert in Vilnus, featuring guest groups Voices8 and Zero8:

Open To The World ‘23 Xmas Live: Bel Canto Choir Vilnius, Zero8 & Voces8



..

Impressive setting, St. Catherine Church.

52
William Lewis  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:04:52pm

Lovely. Get into the hotel and the property management system won’t let me log in.

“Application Blocked for Security.
Failed to validate certificate.
The application will not be executed.”

Call tech support & the first thing on the recorded intro is “we are aware of an issue.. blah blah blah.” but in the mean time I can’t do ANYTHING without the computer system.

53
darthstar  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:09:22pm

Xmas is over…whew. Had a lovely dinner tonight with neighbors. Honey baked ham which I glazed with French firemans mustard, brown sugar, and honey to give it an aromatic hit of sinus cleansing joy…green beans and shallots, home made cream style corn, sweet potatoes with pecans, potato salad(hey, it’s California here), King’s Hawaiian rolls, homemade cranberry sauce…good wine and plum pudding with ice cream for dessert.

Niners lost…oh well…we were busy visiting anyway.

54
darthstar  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:10:24pm

Mouse over for the feelz.

Mastodon

55
Belafon  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:37:30pm

Hopefully you Christmas involved less shit than John Cole’s:

Drove to the mother-inlaws today, with Thurston on a trial run, and he mostly passed. I mean he got there and back. Everything in between, was, well, a shitshow.

Got there, and her mother had an enormous spread of roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, lasagne, etc., enough food for an army. While we were getting this ready, at some point Thurston took a big ole steamer on the tile in the kitchen, and Joelle and I BOTH stepped in it and tracked it all through the house. The next thirty minutes was then spent cleaning carpets and plotting Thurston’s death. At some point Joelle yelled at Thurston “YOU JUST WANTED TO BE THE STAR OF YOUR OWN SHITMAS.”

balloon-juice.com

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wrenchwench  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:37:59pm

OK, that was the last holiday phone call. Mom and a sister, with second hand news from the brother in Colombia.

Mom took the train to my sister’s house across a bit of southern California. Mom decided to call sis with arrival info, and learned that she forgot her phone. But she had her laptop and the train had wifi, so she emailed her son in Chicago to call her daughter in California because her daughter never checks her email.

My brother in Columbia is applying for a job in Germany.

57
Patricia Kayden  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:46:25pm

re: #55 Belafon

Didn’t know John had gotten married. Nice!

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wrenchwench  Dec 25, 2023 • 9:54:25pm

re: #49 retired cynic

grin… I have seen my brain in pictures, with the doctor pointing to the pretty lights scattered here and there, telling me those were strokes. So I guess reassembly goes for me, too.

I didn’t look at mine, but I read the description. There were some white spots and some vacancies. It was nice to see in Freetoken’s video that there are new brain cells being cranked out all the time. It said they replace the old ones, but I’ll just add them. /

59
Belafon  Dec 25, 2023 • 10:06:08pm

re: #57 Patricia Kayden

I was trying to find the story he wrote but finally gave up. Basically, he proposed to a long time friend to the tune of “we’ve always liked each other and now that we’re in our 50s let’s get married” and she said yes. She was also the one person that John had told his parents he was going to marry when he was a kid.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2023 • 10:08:19pm

re: #59 Belafon

That’s great. I wish them well!

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2023 • 10:34:35pm

@JoJoFromJerz
I love this joyful photo of @POTUS & @FLOTUS so much.

62
Captain Ron  Dec 25, 2023 • 11:30:41pm

re: #46 retired cynic

I think you are our resident expert on brains!

YouTube

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sagehen  Dec 26, 2023 • 12:54:03am

Just watched Doctor Who Special 4 (the Church on Ruby Road, aka the Christmas show). I give it a 9 (pretty damn good, but Blink and Rosa are the only 10’s).

and a goblin song.

Click to Reveal

The Goblin Song - Official Lyric Video | The Church on Ruby Road | Doctor Who

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2023 • 2:54:43am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

So now we lapse into the post-christmas food coma, which can sometimes last for days.

Family said I was snoring as we watched Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. on the Netflix after dinner.

Not a bad film but nowhere near as good as the original.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2023 • 3:01:36am

re: #41 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s a scary thing to realize that a memory changes each time your recall it.

This is why testimony from memory holds so little weight in judicial matters.

And why we, anyeone, should have a healthy skepticism when people talk about remembering this or that thing from their childhood.

I am convinced that there was a WW2-era film called Private Idaho (not My Own Private Idaho with a young Keanu Reeves) and that I saw an ad for it on TV but as far as I can tell, no such film exists

66
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2023 • 3:03:40am

re: #61 retired cynic

Is there a Chairman Mao hidden on one of the Christmas decorations?

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 3:21:39am


And thanks for the subscription, Secret Santa.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 4:00:26am

A little foggy post Christmas drive time music to get you up and running!

Garth Brooks - Papa Loved Mama 1991

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 26, 2023 • 4:01:44am

re: #59 Belafon

That’s so sweet. Very happy for them. From reading some of his posts, I can see that she loves dogs which makes her a perfect match for John.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 4:02:45am

Birbie.
Wordle 920 3/6

Click to Reveal

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⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 4:25:52am
New York’s governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers’ ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she tried to work with the Legislature on a “reasonable compromise” this year, called the bill “a one-size-fits-all-approach” for New York companies legitimately trying to retain top talent.

“I continue to recognize the urgent need to restrict non-compete agreements for middle-class and low-wage workers, and am open to future legislation that achieves the right balance,” she wrote in a veto letter released Saturday.

apnews.com

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Captain Magic  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:03:19am

So this is how the electric cars of the future are gonna work?

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:14:40am
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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:14:59am

re: #71 Shropshire Slasher

apnews.com

If you’re “trying to retain top talent,” how about paying them more or offering better benefits instead of threatening them with a lawsuit if they even think for a second about finding such at another employer? An annual raise, a fat bonus, paid vacation/sick leave, and so many other possible ways to show you support these people and wish for them to stay with you instead of legal threats to ruin their lives if they leave you.

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:29:00am

re: #73 Dr Lizardo

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You’d have thought by now that the Russian Navy would have gotten tired of losing ships to Ukrainian strikes.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:31:32am

re: #74 Targetpractice

If you’re “trying to retain top talent,” how about paying them more or offering better benefits instead of threatening them with a lawsuit if they even think for a second about finding such at another employer? An annual raise, a fat bonus, paid vacation/sick leave, and so many other possible ways to show you support these people and wish for them to stay with you instead of legal threats to ruin their lives if they leave you.

The veto is a blow to labor groups, who have long argued that the agreements hurt workers and stifle economic growth. The Federal Trade Commission had also sent a letter to Hochul in November, urging her to sign the bill and saying that the agreements can harm innovation and prevent new businesses from forming in the state.

But in recent months, the legislation had come under fierce attack by Wall Street and top business groups in New York. They argued the agreements are necessary to protect investment strategies and keep highly-paid workers from leaving their companies with prized inside information and working for an industry rival.

While the agreements are often associated with top executives, about 1 in 5 American workers — nearly 30 million people — are now bound by noncompete agreements, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

syracuse.com

ftc.gov.

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:42:38am

big ass griddle

Good morning!

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:43:38am
Poland’s new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore “impartiality”, the culture ministry said, as Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s reform drive faced its first big test.

Tusk’s pro-European Union coalition took power last week from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which critics say damaged judicial independence, soured European Union relations and turned state-owned media into an outlet for propaganda during its eight years in office.

reuters.com

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:53:02am

re: #76 Shropshire Slasher

syracuse.com

ftc.gov.

As the article notes, we heard the same BS about “corporate info” and “trade secrets” from Jimmy Johns when they were found out for enforcing non-competes against the guys making sandwiches, barring them from even thinking of going to work for Subway or any other sandwich shop within 2 miles of their former employer for 2 years.

It pretty much is the way it looks: Kathy killed this bill because Wall St and other major firms in NYC breathed down her neck about closing their wallets if she didn’t allow them to keep the young bucks on the top floor from thinking about running to the competition.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2023 • 5:59:51am

re: #73 Dr Lizardo

Ship was damaged all the way.

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:05:54am

*sigh*

So now I know the joy my parents have lived with for many years now, having your prescription meds come due for refill just as the doc who’s responsible for prescribing them peaces out until after New Year’s.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:08:26am

re: #80 Decatur Deb

Ship was damaged all the way.

All the way to the bottom. Don’t think that’s just gonna buff out.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:09:50am

re: #82 Dr Lizardo

Hope the blast wrecked that array of dockside cranes—that would be another loss.

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:09:52am

re: #82 Dr Lizardo

All the way to the bottom. Don’t think that’s just gonna buff out.

Yeah, no, that’s the sort of damage the insurance adjuster just sighs and starts filling out the paperwork for.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:30:51am

Good morning…did Russia lose a landing ship in Crimea again? Aww…sucks to be them.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:34:19am

A look at Dubai’s latest megaproject….

Dubai’s $5 Billion Lunatic Megaproject

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:35:55am

re: #84 Targetpractice

Yeah, no, that’s the sort of damage the insurance adjuster just sighs and starts filling out the paperwork for.

There’s a video of the explosion circulating and it ends with a weary sigh. I can only presume that must be the insurance adjuster 😄

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:48:53am

re: #79 Targetpractice

As the article notes, we heard the same BS about “corporate info” and “trade secrets” from Jimmy Johns when they were found out for enforcing non-competes against the guys making sandwiches, barring them from even thinking of going to work for Subway or any other sandwich shop within 2 miles of their former employer for 2 years.

It pretty much is the way it looks: Kathy killed this bill because Wall St and other major firms in NYC breathed down her neck about closing their wallets if she didn’t allow them to keep the young bucks on the top floor from thinking about running to the competition.

And again, if non-competes were at all necessary to create a business environment that fosters innovation then Silicon Valley would have never developed and rapidly, radically transformed the way the entire world operates, because these kinds of clauses have always been illegal in California.

They’re obvious tools of protectionism for existing employers, who are essentially rent seeking by shackling their employees in order to stifle competition which prevents innovation instead of fostering it.

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:49:17am

re: #87 Dr Lizardo

There’s a video of the explosion circulating and it ends with a weary sigh. I can only presume that must be the insurance adjuster 😄

“Dimitri, bring me the forms.”

“Which forms, comrade supervisor?”

“The usual forms, Dimitri.”

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:49:40am

Last night I was looking at that photo of the bouquet I posted yesterday and suddenly had to chuckle. I wonder if the person who put it together knew anything of classical rose symbolism or just thought “these look pretty together”. Probably the latter…

Red of course is the classic lover’s rose that signifies enduring passion. OTHO white symbolizes humility and innocence. Not too sure about the humility part as teens, but we were both pretty much on that side of the innocence/experience equation 😉

The things we learn in order to write bad poetry as an angsty teen and then remember decades later. 🤣 Good thing I learned my art was with a camera instead.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:50:42am

re: #72 Captain Magic

So this is how the electric cars of the future are gonna work?

Not just electric cars, that is how every appliance is going to work.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:51:55am

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:53:53am

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

And again, if non-competes were at all necessary to create a business environment that fosters innovation then Silicon Valley would have never developed and rapidly, radically transformed the way the entire world operates, because these kinds of clauses have always been illegal in California.

They’re obvious tools of protectionism for existing employers, who are essentially rent seeking by shackling their employees in order to stifle competition which prevents innovation instead of fostering it.

They want you to connect “non-compete” with “corporate espionage,” that they’re there to keep some fiendish fellows from being hired just long enough to steal all the companies vital “secrets” before running back to the competition. The reality is that the guys most likely to be slapped with a non-compete lawsuit are managers and supervisors who are fed up with being exploited by low salaried jobs and want to leave but know any jobs they might apply for will turn them away once they see the weeks/months long delay before they can start.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:55:43am

Awwww isn’t that a wonderful Republican expression of the meaning of Christmas?

2024 GOP Hopeful Faces Backlash After Sharing Christmas Photo Showing Ornaments of Democrats in Nooses (msn.com)

A Republican congressional candidate expressed regret after posting an image of a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments showing Democrats in nooses.

The image shared by former West Virginia state lawmaker Derrick Evans, which was quickly deleted, showed tiny versions of politicians like President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hanging from nooses. A Trump ornament looks on and appears to be approving the hangings with his hand raised.

Just a reminder that this asshole was convicted of his part in the 1/6 failed coup and he was forced to resign from the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Oh and he is running as a GOP candidate for The House espousing Xtian values…

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 6:58:46am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Not just electric cars, that is how every appliance is going to work.

One of these days some innovative hacker is going to push an update to every Tesla on the planet to display “Elon’s a douche” on the screen as part of their OTA updates…and delete the public key OTAs rely on to initiate the transfers.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:04:30am

Ah…so this is what makes 369 foot ships like the one that blew up in Crimea ‘landing ships’…they can puke out a whole battalion.

That’s a good kill…a good kill indeed.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:06:12am

More boxing day joy to come…

Mastodon

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:07:02am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Not just electric cars, that is how every appliance is going to work.

I still remember the E3 when Microsoft and Sony previewed the XBone and PS4 respectively. Microsoft came out during an otherwise bumbling performance about the XBO being “multimedia” to tell gamers they’d need an always-on internet connection so the OS could call home or else it would brick itself. Then Sony came out hours later to announce that the PS4 didn’t need to get mommy’s permission to play games. No points will be awarded for guessing who was treated as the winner of that console generation before the first units had sold.

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:11:35am

Birbie. Wordle 920 3/6*

Click to Reveal

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I was all set to work on another pair of rabbit ears, and a lucky guess cut that short.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:12:42am

Ship was rumored to have been loaded with a batch of Iranian Shaheed drones or some other ordnance which would explain the big bavovna. Whatever weapons it was carrying, they won’t be used against Ukraine.

Sorry for the X link but I pulled this from dKos and it shows the explosion:

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dat_said  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:12:56am

Not that there is a need to justify buying yourself or your grandkids video games, but “Cognitive trainings using video games might increase subjective well-being of individuals with depression”.

Small study (46 participants - so big grain of salt needed) Published in Frontiers In Psychology, 3 groups (3-D Video Gaming (n=14; played “Super Mario Odyssey”), active control “CogPack” (n=16; trained on a computer program); and standard treatment (n=16; psychotherapy and medication).

Results showed that the percentage of participants with high levels of depressive symptoms decreased the most in the “Super Mario Odyssey” group. Their number almost halved. The decreases in the other two groups were smaller and insufficient to exclude the possibility that they were due to random variations in answers instead of treatment effects.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:14:59am

Another quickie birbie.

dEVocmJqSG1uZncwMTlXdVdBQzJVYmI0ZlJyNS9FYy8xM3NNSDlzVmZkMHkrUzFNRi95QXY4QzJWQmh2d3BmZTN3S3U2VytocHE0ZmNXMCs4akNoVzlnejdQZGlvRmxaS3BmTHlIbzJub2pWR3U4WDhETEgwODBMeDhFVmNrMys6OjCrz3jJ/FpYj+Ezl49oEUA=

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:18:29am

re: #101 dat_said

Not that there is a need to justify buying yourself or your grandkids video games, but “Cognitive trainings using video games might increase subjective well-being of individuals with depression”.

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Small study (46 participants - so big grain of salt needed) Published in Frontiers In Psychology, 3 groups (3-D Video Gaming (n=14; played “Super Mario Odyssey”), active control “CogPack” (n=16; trained on a computer program); and standard treatment (n=16; psychotherapy and medication).

Yeah, then you get a group together, swap in “Super Mario Party,” and they’ll forget about their depression…because they’ll be too busy trying to kill each other.

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:25:29am

electoral-vote.com reprints a 2019 essay that nails tfg

Link

Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?

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dat_said  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:26:25am

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Thanks to the secret Santa.

I’m somebody now! Millions of people look at this site every day! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I’m in print!

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dat_said  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:27:17am

re: #103 Targetpractice

Yeah, then you get a group together, swap in “Super Mario Party,” and they’ll forget about their depression…because they’ll be too busy trying to kill each other.

Dopamine and community…

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:36:18am

re: #72 Captain Magic

So this is how the electric cars of the future are gonna work?

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That won’t be limited to electric cars. Do you know how complex and integrated the computer systems are in your gas vehicle? My Ford Fiesta’s computer will very infrequently get a computer code that causes an engine warning and it kills the cruise control. But, it clears if I turn off the car and turn it back on. It has something to do with the control computer.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:40:21am

John Miller on Trump threat to judges

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:45:46am

Mastodon

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:47:06am

You know maybe this explains all the “tears in their eyes” comments

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:48:15am

re: #100 darthstar

Ship was rumored to have been loaded with a batch of Iranian Shaheed drones or some other ordnance which would explain the big bavovna. Whatever weapons it was carrying, they won’t be used against Ukraine.

Sorry for the X link but I pulled this from dKos and it shows the explosion:

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I love the embed in the explosion video, which says “осторожно, новости” (watch out, news).

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:53:28am

re: #110 Dangerman

You know maybe this explains all the “tears in their eyes” comments

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I just read his Xmas Truth which was unhinged, even for him. Won’t share the whole thing but he did end it with these words, “MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

So nice.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:53:49am

re: #103 Targetpractice

Yeah, then you get a group together, swap in “Super Mario Party,” and they’ll forget about their depression…because they’ll be too busy trying to kill each other.

Or Mario Kart if you really want to up the ante.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:55:09am

re: #108 Joe Bacon ✅

Ah, the holiday is over - back to stopping Republicans from having judges assassinated.

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:56:47am

Snooping around on the interwebs I found a price list for Rollei, the maker of _the_ original high end Twin Lens Reflex Cameras. I own a Rolleicord III a “cheap” “amateur” model from, say, 1953~54. The full bore Rolleiflex of the era was $285 (call it $3500 today) and generally owned by pros who a) could write them off on their taxes b) get their employers to pay for them and c) rode them hard and put them away wet. The Rolleicord series was intended for the hardcore amateur who still had a full wallet. Doctors, lawyers, etc. as it was $150 with the federal excise tax, or about $1600 after inflation. About like a good lower end Nikon Z today. Not Horrible but not cheap either. You wanted it if you bought it and probably pampered it. Might be why so many Rolleicords and their leather cases are in pretty good shape decades later … 😎

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Captain Magic  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:57:41am

re: #107 Belafon

Most petrol-based cars have a “limp home” mode, which will get you to your next destination. They don’t suffer catastrophic failures unless there is a major mechanical failure. In this case of this Ford vehicle, Ford screwed the pooch on not being able to roll back to the previous software image in order to get the vehicle back on the road.

EVs are supposed to have far fewer components vs. a fossil fueled vehicle to make them more reliable - but if a software upgrade bricks a car, that’s a huge problem.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:57:52am

re: #110 Dangerman

Jingle bells, Donald smells
Comer laid an egg
GOP lost a wheel
And impeachment got away

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sizzzzlerz  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:58:32am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Not just electric cars, that is how every appliance is going to work.

Imagine having to tell your dentist that you couldn’t brush your teeth because your toothbrush wouldn’t boot after it’s last update.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 7:59:24am

Mastodon

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dat_said  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:00:31am

re: #118 sizzzzlerz

Imagine having to tell your dentist that you couldn’t brush your teeth because your toothbrush wouldn’t boot after it’s last update.

You can imagine the stress we had when we had to update the firmware in implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:02:06am

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:02:55am

re: #116 Captain Magic

Most petrol-based cars have a “limp home” mode, which will get you to your next destination. They don’t suffer catastrophic failures unless there is a major mechanical failure. In this case of this Ford vehicle, Ford screwed the pooch on not being able to roll back to the previous software image in order to get the vehicle back on the road.

EVs are supposed to have far fewer components vs. a fossil fueled vehicle to make them more reliable - but if a software upgrade bricks a car, that’s a huge problem.

I remember limping home a van with a blown to hell cooling system. I could get, maybe 5 miles at a time, then I’d have to stop, let it cool for 15 minutes, start it up, go 5 miles, wash, rinse, repeat. It was a very fucking long 79 miles home that day. Ended up having to scrap that minivan due to the damage done to the engine from that heat _BUT_ I got home.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:05:28am

LATEST - Turkish parliamentary foreign commission approves Sweden’s NATO accession protocol after two hours of negotiations

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:07:15am

re: #123 Dr Lizardo

That is good news. I wonder how many backroom deals were made.

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:10:17am
The economy in 2024 is on track to be described with a word that hasn’t been applicable yet this decade: Normal,” Axios reports

NYT: Why a normal economy spells disaster for Biden and Democrats in 2024…


Or

NYT: House Republicans say they deserve the credit, therefore they must be reported equally.

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:12:52am

re: #124 PhillyPretzel ✅

That is good news. I wonder how many backroom deals were made.

Now if we can just get the thugs in the House to STFU and get proper support to Ukraine …

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:14:16am

Mastodon

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:14:46am

Think about strapping on a life sized version.
en.wikipedia.org

VERY HUGE AND LOUD PULSE JET HEINKEL HE-162 PULSO SCALE 1:3.5 MODEL AIRCRAFT / FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:15:16am

re: #124 PhillyPretzel ✅

That is good news. I wonder how many backroom deals were made.

Heh, I’m sure some deals were made and assurances given. As is so often the case in big-team geopolitics.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:19:54am

Spring flowers for the end-of-year lull.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:23:35am

Mastodon

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Swampwitch  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:25:50am

At 63 I’m old enough to (barely) remember brownies. I can remember the smell of those giant flash bulbs from old instamatics. I remember how excited we all were when Dad brought home the family’s first Polaroid camera. I remember how proud I was when I bought Dad a fancy Canon for Xmas with the money from my first job.
Yesterday, for under 50 bucks, I gave my 7 year old grandson a (beginners) camera that takes pictures and video, has all kinds of instructions and accessories to make content, and has a mothereffing GREENSCREEN.
I am old, is what I’m saying.

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:27:59am

re: #124 PhillyPretzel ✅

That is good news. I wonder how many backroom deals were made.

And/or how many of them involved making hasty travel plans for those Turkish dissidents living in asylum in Sweden (which I think was one of the main issues Erdogan had with the Swedes/NATO ???)?

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:29:29am

re: #128 Shropshire Slasher

Think about strapping on a life sized version.
en.wikipedia.org

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Video

He’s a couple pounds of black powder away from a cruise missile.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:32:05am

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A Cranky One  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:40:42am

re: #134 Decatur Deb

He’s a couple pounds of black powder away from a cruise missile.

The sound of the pulse jet is why the V-1 was called a buzz bomb.

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:46:20am

Anybody else having site problems?
I’ve been noticing (for half an hour or so) that stuff is loading very slowly here (problem only seems to be with LGF).
Slow comment posting, refreshing, karma-check, etc.

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KGxvi  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:46:54am

re: #71 Shropshire Slasher

retaining top talent is like retaining employees at any level - treat them well, compensate them justly for the work they do and the value they bring to the business. saying “you can’t work for anyone else in this industry for a certain amount of time” is… not that.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:47:54am

re: #137 Jay C

Yes. And we have already told Charles about it too.

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Swampwitch  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:49:09am

re: #137 Jay C

Yep. The site went down for me as soon as I posted. Might be a coincidence but I am a proven cooler when it comes to horse tracks and slot machines, so….

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KGxvi  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:50:11am

re: #138 KGxvi

also, carving out exceptions to non-compete clauses will just create a new game where the attorneys for large employers find a way to get those exceptions to apply to people that were not intended to be covered by the exception.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:50:30am

Hunt for Red October is on, and I just found out that the hot shot radar operator on the USS Dallas way played by Mr. Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance.

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:53:39am

Mastodon

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 8:55:42am

re: #142 Belafon

Fred Dalton Thompson was also in that movie. I think his character was an admiral.

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danarchy  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:02:47am

re: #79 Targetpractice

As the article notes, we heard the same BS about “corporate info” and “trade secrets” from Jimmy Johns when they were found out for enforcing non-competes against the guys making sandwiches, barring them from even thinking of going to work for Subway or any other sandwich shop within 2 miles of their former employer for 2 years.

It pretty much is the way it looks: Kathy killed this bill because Wall St and other major firms in NYC breathed down her neck about closing their wallets if she didn’t allow them to keep the young bucks on the top floor from thinking about running to the competition.

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:08:54am

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

I honestly can’t think of any company that, if competent needs a non-compete. As mentioned above, the fact it was illegal in Cali didn’t stop Silicon Valley.

Fuck the lazy incompetent greedy bastards.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:11:55am

re: #146 William Lewis

I honestly can’t think of any company that, if competent needs a non-compete. As mentioned above, the fact it was illegal in Cali didn’t stop Silicon Valley.

Fuck the lazy incompetent greedy bastards.

I worked as a contractor for most of my career, at Ford, GM & their suppliers. Only once was I asked to sign a non-compete and I walked out of the interview.

Later they called me back and said they would waive the non-compete, but I did not take that job.

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lizardofid  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:13:10am

re: #71 Shropshire Slasher

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

If Winchell’s had an iron clad non-compete, they wouldn’t have lost ground in southern California donut wars.

//

Oh, good morning!

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:14:00am

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

That’s exactly how movie studios kept a lock on actors up until the 70s i think the time was, and it kept actors’ salaries low while the studios made all the profits.

Let the law firms adjust how they handle clients. They don’t own employees.

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:14:42am

re: #147 Vicious Babushka

I worked as a contractor for most of my career, at Ford, GM & their suppliers. Only once was I asked to sign a non-compete and I walked out of the interview.

Later they called me back and said they would waive the non-compete, but I did not take that job.

Good for you. To me it’s a red flag about what they think of their employees.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:19:53am

This is The Most Batshit Thing You Will See All Hour.

Mastodon

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:20:33am

Companies don’t own employees. Want to require them to work for two years, pay them a starting bonus with a non-leave cause for that time.

There are already laws about what you can take with you and share with another company. If a big client wants to follow their favorite employee, then maybe you should have tried harder to keep them, or maybe the client wasn’t really worth it after all.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:21:47am

re: #151 Vicious Babushka

This is The Most Batshit Thing You Will See All Hour.

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Which is why people only get the flu once. //

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:25:15am

My son took a job out of college as a dispatcher for a logistics company and they have a non-compete clause, the sole purpose of which is to keep salaries low.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:31:21am

FAMILY UPDATE

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:31:43am

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:32:41am

re: #156 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

RIP Captain Yates.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:33:22am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:33:31am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:34:33am

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

There are carve outs in the law.

California has a long history of disfavoring noncompetes. Under California Business and Professions Code section 16600, every contractual covenant that restrains anyone from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is void, except under limited statutory exceptions. Those narrow exceptions include the sale of a business, the dissolution of a partnership, or upon the dissolution or termination of interests in a limited liability company. Ultimately, most noncompetes with California employees are void.

When passing SB 699, the legislature explained that many employers still use noncompete agreements for their deterrent effect, which has a chilling effect on employee mobility. As such, the law prohibits employers from entering into noncompete agreements that are void under California law. In fact, an employer that enters into or seeks to enforce an unlawful noncompete will commit a civil violation once the new law takes effect on January 1, 2024.

fisherphillips.com

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dharmamark  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:35:03am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

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KGxvi  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:35:33am

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

lawyers change firms all the time, sometimes willingly, sometimes not so willingly. yes, there are personal relationships developed between lawyers and clients and sometimes when a lawyer leaves a firm, a client might choose to go with them. but every state bar has rules of ethics that apply to the scenario of a lawyer leaving a firm and how that is handled.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:36:39am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

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Dave In Austin  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:40:33am
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Randall Gross  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:43:58am

I’m having apple pie for a late brunch because I’ve been working data transfers from the old computers to the new all morning and it’s much too early for roast beef hash.
update and apologia:

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:44:15am

I know, I know, it is clickbait.

A Tesla engineer was attacked by a robot during a brutal and bloody malfunction at the company’s Giga Texas factory near Austin.

Two witnesses watched in horror as their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts.

The robot had pinned the man, who was then programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker’s back and arm, leaving a ‘trail of blood’ along the factory surface.

dailymail.co.uk

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Randall Gross  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:45:05am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:47:21am

Well did someone realize how stupid he got?

Now Kanye Is Really Sorry for All His Anti-Semitic Screeds

In a statement written in Hebrew, Kanye asked the Jewish community for forgiveness.

Embattled rapper Kanye West—whose career essentially imploded over his repeated antisemitic remarks—now claims he’s very sorry for all the hate.

“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” he said Tuesday in a statement written in Hebrew on his recently re-activated Instagram page.

“I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future. Your forgiveness is important to me, and I am committed to making amends and promoting unity.”

thedailybeast.com

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:48:12am

re: #166 Shropshire Slasher

Two witnesses watched in horror as their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts.

The robot had pinned the man, who was then programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker’s back and arm, leaving a ‘trail of blood’ along the factory surface.

The Terminator Opening Title Sequence

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:48:41am

re: #165 Randall Gross

I’m having apple pie for a late brunch because I’ve been working data transfers from the old computers to the new all morning and it’s much too early for roast beef hash.
update and apologia:

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:49:39am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

I think it was David Ben-Gurion who said forgive but never forget.
VB just corrected me it was Golda Meir who said it.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:50:23am

re: #102 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Another quickie birbie.

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Birbie here too

Click to Reveal

Wordle 920 3/6

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⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group: 3,3,4,4

Today’s solution was also my first Bee word today

OT: A friend recommended Bodies a few days ago, so I binged it this weekend. Comments — with possible spoilers..

Click to Reveal

After first 15 minutes of first episode, texted him as to whether this was similar to Looper. However, after watching the entire series, realized it was just a simplified Dark, a series I abandoned when the third season came out, and I realized I would have to watch everything again because it was too complicated to figure out the story line. The problem with Bodies is that it made no sense because there was no logical way for the loop to start in the first place.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:52:11am

re: #171 PhillyPretzel ✅

I think it was David Ben-Gurion who forgive but never forget.

Golda Meir

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:53:13am

re: #173 Vicious Babushka

Okay. I was wrong. Thanks. :)

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Unabogie  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:53:15am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

FAMILY UPDATE

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Captain Magic  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:53:33am

re: #142 Belafon

s/radar/sonar/

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Unabogie  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:54:24am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

Well did someone realize how stupid he got?

Now Kanye Is Really Sorry for All His Anti-Semitic Screeds

In a statement written in Hebrew, Kanye asked the Jewish community for forgiveness.

Embattled rapper Kanye West—whose career essentially imploded over his repeated antisemitic remarks—now claims he’s very sorry for all the hate.

“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” he said Tuesday in a statement written in Hebrew on his recently re-activated Instagram page.

“I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future. Your forgiveness is important to me, and I am committed to making amends and promoting unity.”

thedailybeast.com

How do you unintentionally scream that you love Hitler?

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sagehen  Dec 26, 2023 • 9:54:35am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” he said Tuesday in a statement written in Hebrew on his recently re-activated Instagram page.

“Unintended”?!? Not your intention to disrespect?!?

Not buying it.

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darthstar  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:01:08am

Can’t say I blame them, really…there were pieces of driftwood a few yards off that were in the 40-60lb range…find those up on the bike path after a big storm sometimes.

Mastodon

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CleverToad  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:05:06am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

FAMILY UPDATE

Good news!
So glad to hear it

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:06:31am

re: #145 danarchy

There are certain industries where non-competes are really important. I don’t know how broad the bill that got vetoed was, but in industries like law firms, any sort of consultancy, financial management etc. Companies go through a lot of effort to bring in clients and then assign a consultant or attorney to the client, the client builds a relationship with that person not necessarily the company, you can’t have them running off and bringing all those clients with them.

Before I started working there, my last employer(was there for over 30 years and retired from them) had a hotshot actuarial consultant who spent his last few months talking with other consultants about cases that were not his, copied a lot of records, and then handed in his resignation with the intention of starting his own firm. Let’s just say the head of the company called him, demanded all the records back and threatened legal action. The company won that argument.

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:10:39am

re: #177 Unabogie

How do you unintentionally scream that you love Hitler?

re: #178 sagehen

“Unintended”?!? Not your intention to disrespect?!?

Not buying it.

His intention was to get his name out there on social media & TV. LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!! LOOOOOOK AAT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

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Vicious Babushka  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:12:39am

Mastodon

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JC1  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:15:41am

re: #83 Decatur Deb

Hope the blast wrecked that array of dockside cranes—that would be another loss.

Rumours that the ship was carrying a shipment of drones from Iran.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:16:16am

re: #177 Unabogie

How do you unintentionally scream that you love Hitler?

What was unintentional was the damage his statements did to his career. He hasn’t changed his views, he realized he had to adjust how others perceived him. Nothing sincere about his repentance.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:18:14am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect …”

“I’m sorry (((you people))) reacted to my fuckshit”

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:24:12am

Huh — “Getting user information” displayed the spinner forever(ok, not quite) and then didn’t retrieve anything.

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JC1  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:24:13am

re: #177 Unabogie

How do you unintentionally scream that you love Hitler?

Kanye would probably benefit from being on meds. Something’s off. It’s sad.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:24:19am

When it comes to Kanye West…it’s all about his finances flushing down the john.

Don’t buy what that nut is saying for a second.

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Sherlock Hound  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:26:33am

re: #178 sagehen

“Unintended”?!? Not your intention to disrespect?!?

Not buying it.

I think he’s having another bipolar episode.

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CleverToad  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:30:35am

Time to sing the traditional Boxing Day Carol:

Christmas is over, our little goose is cooked /
Here’s another bill here which we’ve overlooked /
You’d better have a penny, a ha’penny won’t do /
Well, I haven’t got a ha’penny, so nuts to you /
Nuts to you

Repeat as needed, as the January statements arrive…

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lizardofid  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:31:06am

re: #188 JC1

Kanye would probably benefit from being on meds. Something’s off. It’s sad.

Probably he misses the highs that get leveled out with the lows, when on the proper medication.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:34:01am

re: #177 Unabogie

How do you unintentionally scream that you love Hitler?

Maybe it’s the double translation into Hebrew and back again (which was a weird choice because most American Jews aren’t functionally literate in Hebrew but with the exception of a tiny number of very recent immigrants almost all of them are fluent in English) but it read to me like he was saying the outburst wasn’t his, but was accidentally caused by him.

I took it to just be a tortured non-apology, “I’m sorry people got mad when I grinned like a goddamned creep and bragged that I could get away with saying ‘antisemitic things’”

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:36:45am

re: #188 JC1

Kanye would probably benefit from being on meds. Something’s off. It’s sad.

He’s an asshole, everything objectionable about him lies downstream from that. On meds he’d just be the same asshole with better self control.

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wrenchwench  Dec 26, 2023 • 10:43:30am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

FAMILY UPDATE

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