An Excellent Animated Horror Short: "100,000 Acres of Pine"

An Excellent Animated Horror Short: “100,000 Acres of Pine”

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Ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her brother’s death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a darkness she might not escape.

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“100,000 Acres of Pine” by Jennifer Alice Wright

More About “100,000 Acres of Pine” :
Ranger Megan Patel loses her brother Daniel, under mysterious circumstances. Struggling to understand how he died, she finds herself alone, venturing into the vast pine forest. However, as she follows the trail of her brother into the woods, the trees begin to change and shift around her. Soon Megan arrives in places without any recollection of how she got there. Almost as if something is pulling her deeper into the woods. Something dark and dangerous, that Megan might not be able to escape.

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Patricia Kayden Dec 31, 2023 • 4:36:10pm

jaunte Dec 31, 2023 • 4:38:20pm

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 4:38:23pm

re: #1 Patricia Kayden

rofl.

teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 4:44:48pm

Hey! Look who just followed me on Bluesky!

PhillyPretzel ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 4:45:31pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

Cool.

teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 4:49:51pm

re: #5 PhillyPretzel ✅

bsky.app

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 4:50:43pm

Of course the most corrupt Chief Justice in American History issues an and-of year report with no mention of ethics.

Probably written by an intern with the Federalist Society

rawstory.com

The reputation of the Supreme Court flowed quickly down the drain in 2023 as more reports detailed the scandalous breach of ethics unfolding at the High Court. The final report of the year from Chief Justice John Roberts left out mounting questions for the top judiciary and problems about whether the body is too far gone to repair its image.

Washington Post columnist Ann E. Marimow wrote Sunday that the yearly report from Roberts left out a lot, and it’s not going to help as the Court enters 2024.

“Instead, he looked back on technological advancements in the nation’s court system, detailing developments from the quill pens used by justices in the 19th century to electronic databases of the 1980s to online trial proceedings prompted by the coronavirus pandemic,” wrote Marimow.

While Roberts rambled on about artificial intelligence, he refused to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

“Public approval of the Supreme Court remains at historically low levels, reflecting a dip that followed its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the nationwide right to abortion,” said Marimow.

Meanwhile, Justice Clarence Thomas has been destroyed publicly after he was exposed for accepting benefits for his mother, his adopted nephew, his wife and luxury travel, all from a single super-wealthy Republican donor with at least one case before him.

What Roberts did do in 2023 was craft a formal code of conduct, though it does little to address the issue at hand and protect the integrity and impartiality of the Court.

“The policy was praised by some as a positive initial step, but criticized by legal ethics experts for giving the justices too much discretion over recusal decisions and for not including a process for holding the justices accountable if they violate their own rules,” wrote Marimow.

In 2024, the Court will be forced to decide on so-called “absolute immunity” for the president and whether the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court should be upheld for kicking Donald Trump off the ballot. It happens at a time when there are calls for Justice Thomas to recuse himself after his wife participated in efforts to overthrow the 2020 election and encouraged state lawmakers to invalidate the count.

“Roberts did not mention that this time last year the court was finishing its investigation into the shocking leak of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s draft opinion that eventually overturned a half-century of abortion rights,” recalled Marimow. “The court’s investigative report released last January did not determine the identity of the leaker.”

It also ignored the fact that Alito himself wasn’t investigated.

“While the court’s IT experts did not rule out a hack, the report said there was no evidence to suggest improper access to the court’s IT networks,” closed Marimow.

And remember folks that this corrupted court only answers to one person—Leonard Leo.

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Dec 31, 2023 • 4:51:33pm

The New Year’s Day Wordle dodged the eagle by >< that much.

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That’s three birbies in a row for me.

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Patricia Kayden Dec 31, 2023 • 4:53:07pm

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 4:53:19pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

Steve is all right.

Teukka Dec 31, 2023 • 4:56:54pm

And yours truly has now managed to install Debian 11 Bullseye on one of his machines without incident….

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 4:57:48pm

Buddy in the Netherlands sends me a message that fireworks are banned in the Netherlands this year…so quite naturally there is a full barrage of them going off to celebrate the New Year…which will soon be happening here in Los Angeles starting in a couple hours…

PhillyPretzel ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 4:58:42pm

re: #12 Joe Bacon ✅

I have neighbors that are shooting them off right now.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 5:01:01pm

rawstory.com

Yeah…stop thinking about Trump’s legal problems folks…concentrate on Hunter Biden’s Penis which is what the Republican 24/7 BS Machine is cranking up to 11…

Trump attorney urges voters: Stop ‘thinking he’s got all these legal problems’

Christina Bobb, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, doesn’t want voters “thinking he’s got all these legal problems.”

During a Sunday interview on Newsmax, Bobb was asked if Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows should be punished after she declared Trump ineligible for the ballot because he participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

“I think an impeachment is a good start,” Bobb suggested. “However, I would encourage the attorney general or the district attorneys in Maine to take a closer look at this and possibly investigate her for abuse of authority, abuse of power, and election interference, because this no doubtedly is election interference.”

According to Bobb, Bellows should be punished for election interference even if Trump’s name appears on the ballot.

“By putting out all of this propaganda, this narrative that Trump isn’t going to be ineligible,” she continued, “trying to instill fear in the voters that, oh, maybe I shouldn’t vote for him because maybe he won’t, you know, maybe I shouldn’t follow him because he won’t be on the ballot.”

Bobb then suggested the former president’s supporters should not view Trump’s four indictments and multiple lawsuits as evidence of serious legal problems.

“They’re trying to discourage people from supporting Donald Trump, thinking he’s got all these legal problems,” she scoffed. “That is election interference, and she needs to be held accountable for it.”

Unabogie Dec 31, 2023 • 5:01:27pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Steve is all right.

He wrote the book Neurotribes…

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wrenchwench Dec 31, 2023 • 5:04:07pm

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teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 5:11:21pm

Municipal fireworks raging right now. The amateurs will be out afterwards. Good thing my dog can sleep through thunderstorms.

teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 5:13:34pm

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Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 5:16:48pm

French Onion Strata (Savory Bread Pudding) Recipe

The flavors of French onion soup repackaged into a hearty, cheesy bread pudding that’s perfect for breakfast, lunch, or a light one-pan dinner.

Ingredients
For the Caramelized Onions:

3 tablespoons (45g) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing baking dish
3 large Spanish onions (about 2 1/2 pounds; 1kg), thinly sliced
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 medium cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
1/4 cup (60ml) dry sherry
1/2 cup (120ml) dry white wine

For the Strata:

1 large Italian or French bread loaf (about 1 pound; 450g), cut into 1-inch cubes
6 large eggs
3 1/2 cups (830ml) half-and-half or whole milk
1 1/2 tablespoons (22ml) smooth Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon (15ml) Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon (5ml) fish sauce (optional)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups (8 ounces) grated Gruyère cheese

Directions
For the Caramelized Onions: In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat, then add onions, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and cook, stirring every few minutes, until onions have softened, about 10 minutes. Remove lid and cook, stirring frequently and keeping skillet uncovered, until onions are deep golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes; if onions threaten to burn at any point, stir in a tablespoon or two of water as needed, and/or lower heat. Add garlic and thyme and cook 1 minute longer. Add sherry and wine and cook until liquid has almost completely evaporated, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, for the Strata: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Spread bread in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake until bread is dry but not browned, about 8 minutes.

In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half or milk, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, fish sauce (if using), 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Add dried bread and let soak in custard for at least 15 minutes and up to 30 minutes.

Butter a 12-inch cast iron skillet or a 9- by 13-inch baking dish and add half of the bread. Scatter half of caramelized onions and half of cheese all over. Layer remaining bread on top and scatter remaining onions and cheese over. Drizzle any remaining custard all over, then bake until bread is crisp and custard is just set, about 35 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 31, 2023 • 5:18:14pm

re: #18 teleskiguy

Screw that. Put on “Photograph” by Nickelback.

Place will be empty in 60 seconds, guaranteed.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 5:18:53pm

and here we go…it’s only 518PM here in my part of Los Angeles and a bunch of fireworks have gone off.

The barrage is starting earlier than usual..

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:22:13pm

re: #18 teleskiguy

I love Captain Beefheart, but his records are also good for this.

And if they keep hanging through the Beefheart, break out the Yoko Ono album.

teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 5:22:20pm

re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg

i dunno, man. have you actually sat down and listened to “Sister Ray”? At least “Photograph” has a sense of harmony and melody.

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:25:18pm

I guarantee there is no party on earth that can withstand Yoko Ono at high volume.

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:26:23pm

A lot of you kids these days have probably never even been exposed to Yoko Ono in full voice.

Nerdy Fish Dec 31, 2023 • 5:26:43pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

I guarantee there is no party on earth that can withstand Yoko Ono at high volume.

There’s no party on earth that can withstand Yoko Ono at any volume.

teleskiguy Dec 31, 2023 • 5:28:37pm

That time Yoko Ono, John Lennon, and Frank Zappa worked together.

Scumbag (Live At Fillmore East, June 1971)

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:29:26pm

re: #27 teleskiguy

ohmagerd

EstebanTornado1963 Dec 31, 2023 • 5:33:40pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

A lot of you kids these days have probably never even been exposed to Yoko Ono in full voice.

Chuck Berry has. 😂

Chuck Berry Reaction Heard Yoko Ono Scream Singing For The First Time | Chuck Berry Ft The Beatles

Nerdy Fish Dec 31, 2023 • 5:42:26pm

re: #29 EstebanTornado1963

Chuck Berry has. 😂

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The still image on that video is just great. John’s vibing out and Chuck is just like, “DA FUQ is that racket?!?”

darthstar Dec 31, 2023 • 5:45:08pm

re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg

Screw that. Put on “Photograph” by Nickelback.

Place will be empty in 60 seconds, guaranteed.

When we were going through the CDs today I found a home burnt copy of Nickelback’s first album - was going to throw it away then a piece of paper fell out. It was from my wife’s Uncle Frankie, who took a liking to me when we first got together and would send me Neil Young bootlegs and other music at random times throughout the year as we identified with each other on a music level. On the note he explained that there were some things about this first album that made it worth listening to and I should give it a shot at least once. As he passed away about 8 years ago I feel I should honor his request…when I get the CD up to the river house and on decent speakers. I owe him that much.

No Malarkey! Dec 31, 2023 • 5:45:57pm

Ron DeSantis has been threatening to “flatten” the Bahamas.

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:47:43pm

re: #29 EstebanTornado1963

The infamous Chuck Berry reaction clip.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 31, 2023 • 5:51:42pm

re: #32 No Malarkey!

Ron DeSantis has been threatening to “flatten” the Bahamas.

They’re islands. Aren’t they already pretty flat?

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 5:55:45pm

So ilDuce says he will flatten The Bahamas if they fire missiles at Florida.

I thought ilDuce was doing a pretty good job of flattening Florida all by himself.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Dec 31, 2023 • 5:56:06pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

They’re islands. Aren’t they already pretty flat?

/

Highest point in the country is Mount Alvernia (210 feet) on Cat Island, so, yes, pretty flat.

Nerdy Fish Dec 31, 2023 • 5:56:19pm

re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅

So ilDuce says he will flatten The Bahamas if they fire missiles at Florida.

I thought ilDuce was doing a pretty good job of flattening Florida all by himself.

If the Bahamas are firing missiles at Florida, I think we’ve got much bigger problems on our hands.

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 5:56:30pm

Not sure exactly why because I loved the earlier albums but Steven Wilson’s new Porcupine Tree stuff just doesn’t grab me.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Dec 31, 2023 • 6:00:06pm

re: #32 No Malarkey!

Ron DeSantis has been threatening to “flatten” the Bahamas.

Well… it’s DeSantis, but the analogy he’s making isn’t all that bad. Hamas has for a long time been lobbing missiles at random at Israel — an act of war and a war crime even leaving out their massacre cum kidnapping on October 7. If someone (like the Bahamas) were doing that to us, I doubt we’d just turn the other cheek.

(I expect his apparent glee at the prospect worried his Caribbean neighbors. And there’s no need to be specific about who might be doing it to make your point.)

No Malarkey! Dec 31, 2023 • 6:02:12pm

re: #39 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Well… it’s DeSantis, but the analogy he’s making isn’t all that bad. Hamas has for a long time been lobbing missiles at random at Israel — an act of war and a war crime even leaving out their massacre cum kidnapping on October 7. If someone (like the Bahamas) were doing that to us, I doubt we’d just turn the other cheek.

(I expect his apparent glee at the prospect worried his Caribbean neighbors. And there’s no need to be specific about who might be doing it to make your point.)

I know this is an old trope, by can you imagine if President Biden suggested he would “flatten” one of our neighbors? Fox News would feature every hour as proof he wasn’t mentally fit for office.

A Three Hour Tour Dec 31, 2023 • 6:02:12pm

re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅

So ilDuce says he will flatten The Bahamas if they fire missiles at Florida.

I thought ilDuce was doing a pretty good job of flattening Florida all by himself.

Wait, the Bahamas has missiles????
Nah, Ron, those are just Fig Newtons of your imagination.

sagehen Dec 31, 2023 • 6:07:48pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

They’re islands. Aren’t they already pretty flat?

/

All The Bahamas added together used to be Atlantis. Sea level was about 15 feet lower then, but the ice age ended and that’s why it’s the lost island of Atlantis.

Vicious Babushka Dec 31, 2023 • 6:08:36pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

I guarantee there is no party on earth that can withstand Yoko Ono at high volume.

OMG no. Just no. No forever.

Vicious Babushka Dec 31, 2023 • 6:10:15pm

Not proud of this, but yeah I thought she was badass, and she totally was up to the point she married Amram Blau and then eww.

Mastodon

Nerdy Fish Dec 31, 2023 • 6:10:27pm

Oh, is the whole DeathSentence thing an allegory about Israel and Hamas? Fuck’s sake, Ron, nobody asked you. Go home.

Unabogie Dec 31, 2023 • 6:12:28pm

In defense of Yoko, I will say that I fully admit that her singing is not a pleasant sound. That’s a given. But I do think she had interesting ideas about modern art, and that everyone saying that “Yoko broke up the Beatles,” as if John Lennon wasn’t a fully formed man with agency in his own artistic life, is kind of messed up and misogynistic.

Vicious Babushka Dec 31, 2023 • 6:14:39pm

re: #44 Vicious Babushka

Not proud of this, but yeah I thought she was badass, and she totally was up to the point she married Amram Blau and then eww.

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She said I looked like “Queen Esther” like how would she even know?

I will tell you what I was “famous” for in Mea Shearim. It was because I was really short, like Queen Victoria. NOT “Queen Esther.” I mean like who even know how tall she was? But everyone knew that Victoria was like practically a dwarf.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 31, 2023 • 6:29:10pm

Before I fall asleep (because I am such a party animal!) I wanted to wish all my fellow lizards a happy, healthy 2024!

Happy (early) New Year everyone!

Randall Gross Dec 31, 2023 • 6:45:15pm

Here’s hoping you all have a happy, prosperous, and peaceful New Year, and many many many more after that one.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 31, 2023 • 6:45:55pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

I guarantee there is no party on earth that can withstand Yoko Ono at high volume.

Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono (Video)

TedStriker Dec 31, 2023 • 6:54:22pm

On this NYE, here’s some top-shelf Bruce Hornsby (featured on the Backdraft soundtrack):

The Show Goes On

darthstar Dec 31, 2023 • 6:55:31pm

Civil disobedience is making a comeback.

Mastodon

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Dec 31, 2023 • 7:08:01pm

Year-end donations… done.

New years greetings… sent.

I think I’m done with 2023.

And no loud booms coming from outside — yet.

TedStriker Dec 31, 2023 • 7:12:21pm

re: #53 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Year-end donations… done.

New years greetings… sent.

I think I’m done with 2023.

And no loud booms coming from outside — yet.

Marvin Martian - Wheres the Kaboom?

Patricia Kayden Dec 31, 2023 • 7:16:30pm

Dangerman Dec 31, 2023 • 7:21:30pm

re: #19 Joe Bacon ✅

French Onion Strata (Savory Bread Pudding) Recipe

Omg this is a winner.
The gruyere sealed it
Going to the top of the list

Vicious Babushka Dec 31, 2023 • 7:22:51pm

re: #52 darthstar

Civil disobedience is making a comeback.

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What else is making a comeback? “Ultra Orthodox” are swarming the recruitment stations!

Backwoods Sleuth Dec 31, 2023 • 7:27:22pm

re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅

So ilDuce says he will flatten The Bahamas if they fire missiles at Florida.

I thought ilDuce was doing a pretty good job of flattening Florida all by himself.

He can’t even win a fight aginst The Mouse.

Nerdy Fish Dec 31, 2023 • 7:29:15pm

re: #58 Backwoods Sleuth

He can’t even win a fight aginst The Mouse.

To be fair, I would expect the House of Mouse to put up more of a fight than the Bahamas if it came to a shooting war.///

Charles Johnson Dec 31, 2023 • 7:30:41pm

Flintstones Cigarette Commercial

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 7:53:00pm

The original pilot for YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH Starring Phil Silvers!

The Phil Silvers Show “You’ll Never Get Rich” (Complete).

Vicious Babushka Dec 31, 2023 • 7:58:11pm

OK I am pissed. Why does “Deborah Friedman” get a Netflix show but I don’t? I think that sucks. I am a way better writer than she is. My life story could be a hilarious sitcom.

Mastodon

darthstar Dec 31, 2023 • 8:07:16pm

Last dinner of the year .. Did not suck.

sagehen Dec 31, 2023 • 8:07:32pm

re: #54 TedStriker

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No Boom Today…Boom Tomorrow

Semper Fi Dec 31, 2023 • 8:09:28pm

It’s 8pm here…I’m shutting down. This is my max.
Gonna wake tomorrow well rested for the coming 2024 Election Year.
Be safe, Lizards, and I hope everyone has a happy and rewarding new year.

sizzzzlerz Dec 31, 2023 • 8:14:07pm

re: #61 Joe Bacon ✅

The original pilot for YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH Starring Phil Silvers!

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Bonus points if you know who Phil Silvers was

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 8:27:48pm

re: #66 sizzzzlerz

Bonus points if you know who Phil Silvers was

What’s amazing is how many kids don’t know WHO Phil Silvers was.

mmmirele Dec 31, 2023 • 8:33:27pm

re: #46 Unabogie

In defense of Yoko, I will say that I fully admit that her singing is not a pleasant sound. That’s a given. But I do think she had interesting ideas about modern art, and that everyone saying that “Yoko broke up the Beatles,” as if John Lennon wasn’t a fully formed man with agency in his own artistic life, is kind of messed up and misogynistic.

Yoko Ono has had an interesting life. She was born into an elite Japanese family, went to the Peers School (Gakushūin) for high school and started at Gakushūin University. She then went to the USA in 1952 and did quite a bit of stuff in NYC avant-garde circles prior to meeting Lennon in the late 1960s. She has lived over 40 years since he died. During pretty much all that time she has done art, music, various installations and suchlike. It would be interesting to compare and contrast her with the artist Yayoi Kusama, who is four years older, born pretty solidly middle class, who is also an artist (trained in Nihonga painting), who also came to the USA in the mid-1950s but left in 1972 to go to Japan. I would suspect it’s us Olds who know the name Yoko Ono, but Yayoi Kusama is probably more famous among the young for her artwork, particularly her Infinity Room installations and her dot artworks.

Oh yeah, there’s a video of Plastic Ono band performing Instant Karma and Yoko Ono is not singing. Instead, she is sitting in a chair, blindfolded with a menstruation pad,* and crocheting. As someone who has spent a good chunk of my life crocheting, I am rather in awe. Not anyone could do that.

* It wasn’t until many years later that I learned it was a menstruation pad, which were the bane of my early teen years. Yeah, I hated them too.

mmmirele Dec 31, 2023 • 8:35:45pm

re: #54 TedStriker

No Boom Today…Boom Tomorrow

immigrant Dec 31, 2023 • 8:47:09pm

*re Yoko Ono

In 1968 (I think), I hitch-hiked a ride to London from Yorkshire, and sort of ended up hanging out at ‘The Arts Lab’, Drury Lane. There was all sorts of weird going on around that time, mostly focussed upon mind-altering subtances. Anyhoo, there was an exhibit at the Arts Lab, apparently attributed to Yoko Ono, which was quite literally (by the time I arrived there) dried up orange peel.

It makes you wonder.

Lancelot Link Returns! Dec 31, 2023 • 8:54:17pm

SVT - New Year

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Dec 31, 2023 • 9:03:33pm

Happy New Year

LAUNCH:

Livestream:https://t.co/czgnkFRHKD https://t.co/exJ6g2AfeT pic.twitter.com/JqG0B9n0Z4

— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) January 1, 2024

wrenchwench Dec 31, 2023 • 9:04:54pm

Mastodon

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Dec 31, 2023 • 9:08:26pm

re: #55 Patricia Kayden

Ummm …
75 years ago was the 1948/1949 New Year

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 31, 2023 • 9:09:05pm

re: #74 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Ummm …
75 years ago was the 1948/1949 New Year

I believe that meme is a few years old.

Targetpractice Dec 31, 2023 • 9:12:58pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

I love Captain Beefheart, but his records are also good for this.

And if they keep hanging through the Beefheart, break out the Yoko Ono album.

YOU MONSTER!

Jay C Dec 31, 2023 • 9:18:42pm

So: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

The Ball having finally dropped, it’s officially 2024 CE, so best wishes to all Lizards! And hopes that the next year is (as we usually wish) an improvement over the last….

wrenchwench Dec 31, 2023 • 9:18:45pm

John Lennon - Oh Yoko!

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 9:37:33pm

DodgerFan1988 Dec 31, 2023 • 9:38:10pm

“I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda…” -Green Day on New Year’s #RockinEve tonight. pic.twitter.com/KdQua9QsFe

— Tony Morrison (@THETonyMorrison) January 1, 2024

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 9:48:08pm

Big Ben and his Drone Pals chime in the New Year in London Town

bbc.com

Targetpractice Dec 31, 2023 • 9:55:58pm

Happy New Year to my fellow lizard. I’d have said it a bit earlier, but I’ve been held hostage by a chatterbox guest for the better part of two hours.

silverdolphin Dec 31, 2023 • 9:56:10pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Not sure exactly why because I loved the earlier albums but Steven Wilson’s new Porcupine Tree stuff just doesn’t grab me.

I still enjoy Tree (while Closure/Continuation is not as awesome as Fear of a Black Planet, it held my attention) and frankly, Wilson is one of the few artists I would buy an album from without listening to the music beforehand. The Raven That Refused to Sing is one of my favorites. And his remixes of the Gentle Giant albums (GG being one of the bands that helped form my love for progressive music after I heard Octopus) were like entirely new albums.

Belafon Dec 31, 2023 • 10:00:42pm

This happened in Hunt County, TX:

Campbell, Cash, Greenville Fire, Hunt County Sheriff’s Deputies, responding to a reported house fire with people possible inside on Cr3101. 9:50

Secondary information is a vehicle on fire inside the garage, there is ammunition inside the garage. 9:52

Size up - one house fully involved per Hunt County Sheriff’s Deputies on scene. 9:55

HCSO Deputies advising all occupants are out of the house. 9:57

Now a two alarm structure fire, Lone Oak, Commerce, Ecorps Rehab, AMR Hunt County Ambulance responding. 10:00

Utility companies and Hunt County Fire Marshal requested to scene. 10:15

MAYDAY MAYDAY, roof has collapsed with Fire Fighters inside. MOS injured inside the house, all MOS have exited the house. 10:21

Fire Command ordering immediate evacuation of all interior Fire Fighters. This is now an exterior only attack. 10:22

AMR Hunt County Supervisor and Ambulance responding to scene for injured MOS. 10:25

American Red Cross Disaster Relief requested to scene for the residents. 10:35

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 10:02:44pm

oooooooooo somebody want a NASTY NEW YEAR! 😈

Belafon Dec 31, 2023 • 10:03:25pm

Happy New Year/Feliz Año Nuevo from Rockwall.

Belafon Dec 31, 2023 • 10:05:10pm

One more day, then back to work after two weeks off.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Dec 31, 2023 • 10:18:10pm

Happy new year x https://t.co/zTOoYbQtE5

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 1, 2024

Captain Ron Dec 31, 2023 • 10:41:36pm

Michigan home explosion heard for miles kills 4 and injures 2, police say https://t.co/ADISMzJ4Cg

— CTV News (@CTVNews) January 1, 2024

Captain Ron Dec 31, 2023 • 10:43:06pm

re: #89 Captain Ron

Biden warned you about gas stoves!

Belafon Dec 31, 2023 • 11:09:15pm

re: #89 Captain Ron

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So Michigan has exploding stoves and Texas has exploding ammunition.

Targetpractice Dec 31, 2023 • 11:10:20pm

re: #14 Joe Bacon ✅

“By putting out all of this propaganda, this narrative that Trump isn’t going to be ineligible,” she continued, “trying to instill fear in the voters that, oh, maybe I shouldn’t vote for him because maybe he won’t, you know, maybe I shouldn’t follow him because he won’t be on the ballot.”

Bobb then suggested the former president’s supporters should not view Trump’s four indictments and multiple lawsuits as evidence of serious legal problems.

“They’re trying to discourage people from supporting Donald Trump, thinking he’s got all these legal problems,” she scoffed. “That is election interference, and she needs to be held accountable for it.”

She must be responding to the poll the other day showing that 1/3 of Repub voters have said they won’t vote for a convicted felon.

It’s been hilarious to watch it go from “Trump will never be indicted” to “Indicting Trump would be a massive mistake for the good of the nation” to “Trump’s gonna beat these charges and go on to win!” to now “PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE CHARGES, THEY DON’T MATTER!!!”

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 31, 2023 • 11:21:46pm

CleverToad Dec 31, 2023 • 11:41:32pm

Happy New Year from a Denver suburb.
The neighborhood has finally quieted down, and they only set off one car alarm (so far)
Toddling off to bed to get a little sleep before we face whatever 2024 is going to throw us.

Sending good wishes for all of the lizards!

JC1 Dec 31, 2023 • 11:42:44pm

re: #89 Captain Ron

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Water heater?

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Dec 31, 2023 • 11:51:39pm

Time for bed here, too. Only a few little booms so far.

Happy new year, everyone!

Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 12:01:51am

Looks like Mother Nature is starting 2024 in grand style:

Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan.

The Japan Meterological Agency reported quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 p.m., one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6.

It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the western coast of the island of Honshu.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters (16.5 feet) and urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible.

yahoo.com

EstebanTornado1963 Jan 1, 2024 • 12:02:08am

It’s raining bullets in Texas!
But #TheCaravans
Fvck Greg Abbott. https://t.co/ZOfgzzYfAM

— SUSAN 🇺🇲♀️🇺🇦 (@ifudontlike2bad) January 1, 2024

Targetpractice Jan 1, 2024 • 12:03:33am

When I got in earlier, my coworker told me it’d been dead quiet during her shift and I told her everybody was out partying and it would go wild around 2-3am when all the parties ended and bars closed. Sure enough, it’s now 3am and car after car have pulled into the lot making all sorts of noise.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Jan 1, 2024 • 12:06:01am

Night Lizards. Need to be at the store in the morning. Someone has to feed the hung over masses.

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 12:12:54am

re: #99 Targetpractice

When I got in earlier, my coworker told me it’d been dead quiet during her shift and I told her everybody was out partying and it would go wild around 2-3am when all the parties ended and bars closed. Sure enough, it’s now 3am and car after car have pulled into the lot making all sorts of noise.

Had a few come wandering back but bar close isn’t for a half hour yet and I still have one more arrival that I have to wait till 2:30 for anyway. Could be worse. Don’t miss having to give out the free beer, wine & snacks like in Hayward! OTOH, a 12 pack of the best variety always did manage to “fall” off the cart into my truck on the way to the lobby but that was just the way it was 😎

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jan 1, 2024 • 12:19:24am

Well, it’s 2024 here now… but it doesn’t feel any different than 2023.

Regardless, wish y’all have a good 2024.

Let us hope this year will put an end to the political circus we’ve been in since 2016, when Trump finally comes crashing down and his carnival of con-men find their marks drying up.

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Targetpractice Jan 1, 2024 • 12:32:59am

re: #101 William Lewis

Had a few come wandering back but bar close isn’t for a half hour yet and I still have one more arrival that I have to wait till 2:30 for anyway. Could be worse. Don’t miss having to give out the free beer, wine & snacks like in Hayward! OTOH, a 12 pack of the best variety always did manage to “fall” off the cart into my truck on the way to the lobby but that was just the way it was 😎

Reminds me of when we were still under Marriott’s flag, the hotel landed a contract with the construction company responsible for building a shiny new IKEA store in Norfolk for (IIRC) something like 16 rooms over the winter. Well, as part of the contract or some separate agreement with management, we were to provide a bit of a morale boost for the construction guys by hosting weekly SNF parties in our breakfast room and provide free beer and snacks.

It ended up lasting just short of two months before management put the kibosh on the whole thing because the assholes were just showing up, loading their pockets with “free” beer and snacks, and then going back to their rooms. And when we tried to enforce a rule to keep the “free” goodies within the confines of the breakfast room, they started argued with and made threats towards our staff, which management first tried to ignore and then ended up telling the company if they didn’t start yanking leashes then it was over. Well the company did nothing, their shitheads kept acting like shitheads, and the whole thing got shut down.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 12:34:07am

OWTCH—MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN

earthquake.usgs.gov

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 12:35:04am

re: #100 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Night Lizards. Need to be at the store in the morning. Someone has to feed the hung over masses.

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The proper way to celebrate New Years Day with LOTS O’BACON!

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 1:13:30am

Tsunami waves are rolling in following the earthquake in Northwestern Japan earlier today:

富山市　萩浦橋　津波到達中 pic.twitter.com/5TJkH4E1Mx

— 鈴木一 (@hioooomn) January 1, 2024

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jan 1, 2024 • 2:34:26am

111 years ago:

“Auld Lang Syne” Evan Williams 4k 1912 with lyrics

IIRC, one of my uncles was born that year.

You know you are getting old when not just years fly by, but also decades.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 1, 2024 • 2:45:28am

re: #66 sizzzzlerz

Bonus points if you know who Phil Silvers was

A bit before my time but I remember him from reruns of McHale’s Navy and other roles as a character actor on various comedy shows.

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 2:55:21am

That was Ernest Borgnine, not Phil Silvers, easy enough to mix up though - I had to check wiki. I found that latter funnier but preferred Hogan’s Heroes over all of them.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 3:09:44am

re: #109 William Lewis

That was Ernest Borgnine, not Phil Silvers, easy enough to mix up though - I had to check wiki. I found that latter funnier but preferred Hogan’s Heroes over all of them.

And Hogan’s Heroes had probably one of the all-time best theme songs for a sitcom. Composed by Jerry Fielding.

Intro to Hogan’s Heroes

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 1, 2024 • 3:13:47am

re: #109 William Lewis

That was Ernest Borgnine, not Phil Silvers, easy enough to mix up though - I had to check wiki. I found that latter funnier but preferred Hogan’s Heroes over all of them.

It was Joe Flynn (Captain Binghamton) that I had confused with Phil Silvers

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 3:34:12am

re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It was Joe Flynn (Captain Binghamton) that I had confused with Phil Silvers

Gotcha.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 1, 2024 • 3:44:20am

They have Hogan’s Heroes in German: Ein Nest voller Helden (A Nest Full of Heroes).

Germans could not understand why my American buddy and I were falling over laughing at Klink and Schultz speaking German.

We tried to explain that was the funniest thing in the world to us becausss zey are zupposedt to schpeak Englisch mit ze Churrrrman ägktzent.

But I came to realize what a brilliant way they did it: Schultz speaks a Bavarian dialect, which perfectly fits his somewhat more easygoing character while Klink speaks Saxon, the dialect associated with East German border guards and state police.

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 3:51:53am

In case you’re wondering why I’m awake…the struggle is real.

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 3:56:01am

re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They have Hogan’s Heroes in German: Ein Nest voller Helden (A Nest Full of Heroes).

Germans could not understand why my American buddy and I were falling over laughing at Klink and Schultz speaking German.

We tried to explain that was the funniest thing in the world to us becausss zey are zupposedt to schpeak Englisch mit ze Churrrrman ägktzent.

But I came to realize what a brilliant way they did it: Schultz speaks a Bavarian dialect, which perfectly fits his somewhat more easygoing character while Klink speaks Saxon, the dialect associated with East German border guards and state police.

I saw one episode and lost it laughing over those reasons. I remember the Berliner who tried to teach us Army pukes proper German pronunciation rather than the rather broad Bavarian (since that’s where our bases almost all were) we had. She called it a “throat disease” 🤣

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 3:56:04am

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 4:00:24am

Interesting if true…

Mastodon

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 4:04:45am

This is pretty ingenious…those little jet-ski drones can do more than just bump into Russian ships and explode. They can fuck with them from a distance first.

Mastodon

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 4:07:58am

re: #117 darthstar

Interesting if true…

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Eh, I’ve read other theories over the years, my personal favorite being that the average resting pulse is 60 bps. I doubt it’s anywhere near that simple as either item would make it out to be.

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 4:25:10am

re: #119 William Lewis

Eh, I’ve read other theories over the years, my personal favorite being that the average resting pulse is 60 bps. I doubt it’s anywhere near that simple as either item would make it out to be.

But you can fit the signs of the Zodiac on one hand…also it was how Jesus kept track of how many apostles he had…and if you count the thumb you get 13 which is a witches’ coven…holy shit…Jesus was a pagan.

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 4:32:40am

Mastodon

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William Lewis Jan 1, 2024 • 4:37:42am

A little wake up track for the first morning of the new year:

The Go-Go’s - We Got The Beat (Live From The Today Show / 2020)

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mmmirele Jan 1, 2024 • 4:43:33am

I turned off notifications on my phone because I didn’t want to be interrupted when I went to sleep, I was already having a tough time as it was with all the idiots popping off firecrackers. So I missed the *24* earthquake/tsunami warnings that NHK sent through my phone, but woke up anyway at 05:00 because of the call of the bathroom. I have another channel (ANN) going in Japanese in the background.

I also missed the forwarded gender reveal announcement from my nephew—he and his wife are expecting a girl, I think in May? They just moved house (as in *just*, they were doing it this past week).

Ex-boyfriend and I went to see Godzilla yesterday and we both liked it. He thanked me for inviting him out to the movie, which means he really liked it. What’s weird is how we were driving around after the movie and I was talking about Japanese building standards and how buildings tend to be rebuilt after 30 years or so, in part because earthquake standards improve. (Also because Tokyo burned to the ground in 1923 during the Great Kanto Earthquake and then again during the firebombing of Tokyo in 1945.)

I’m going back to bed, it’s still dark outside.

ETA: Having an earthquake on January 1 in Japan has got to suck. It’s during a (for most people) 3 day New Year holiday, and for sure the government wasn’t in session.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 4:49:25am

Here’s livestreaming from Japan, regarding the earthquake. Of course, it’s in Japanese, but there’s a few words here and there I can understand.

Japan Earthquake Live | Tsunami Waves Hit Coastal Areas After Massive Eathquake Strikes Japan

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Randall Gross Jan 1, 2024 • 5:11:49am

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Captain Magic Jan 1, 2024 • 5:33:41am

The Michigan GOP is suffering its own earthquakes and tsunami’s, and its glorious.

When fiery, election-denying, Trump supporting Kristina Karamo was elected chair of the Michigan Republican Party, right-wingers in the state were ecstatic. Now they are furious and want to give her the boot. The annual gathering on Mackinac Island was a failure. Attendance was way down, top presidential candidates passed on it, some scheduled speakers didn’t show up, and it came out that the state party took out a $110,000 loan to get Jim Caviezel, who has an ardent right-wing following, to show up. Oh, and the state party is $620,000 in debt, major donors are fleeing, and the RNC won’t give it money to help candidates because it is afraid Karamo will just spend it to pay down the debt. Or maybe to hire some other celebrity speaker. Kid Rock is local. So is Ted Nugent. Of course, neither of them ever played Jesus on screen.

This is no way to start an election year in a key swing state. Forty of the 120 members of the state committee are working to force Karamo out. So are eight of the 13 Republican congressional district chairs. But Karamo is not budging. With all the infighting, no money, and volunteers disappearing, the party is in no condition to help Republican candidates for president, the Senate, the House, or state offices.

The problems have not gone unnoticed. State Rep. Mark Tisdel (R) said: “The Michigan Republican Party is on the verge of imploding; I have more money in my campaign account than the state party has in its. Sooner or later, the creditors are going to come calling.” Karamo also tried to pressure small businesses into ponying up $10 to $50 a month to the party. The plan failed miserably. Karamo’s response to her critics is to denounce infighting. She also fired dissident party officials, while others resigned. She also dissolved the party’s conflict-resolution committee. And she tried to sell the party’s former headquarters to raise cash. One catch: The party doesn’t actually own it.

What really grated some members was Karamo’s scheme of rating members from 1 (solid Republican) to 4 (RINO). A former congressman, Pete Hoekstra, said: “We’re supposed to be building a party, not dividing a party into four categories. (V)

electoral-vote.com

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Decatur Deb Jan 1, 2024 • 5:38:23am

re: #126 Captain Magic

The defining MAGA characteristic: “Does not work or play well with others”.

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Randall Gross Jan 1, 2024 • 5:42:26am

re: #126 Captain Magic

May the schisms within spread forever

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Nerdy Fish Jan 1, 2024 • 6:01:55am

Morning Lizardim. Happy New Year from the cool, cloudy, and snow-dusted wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk on this first morning of 2024?

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Nerdy Fish Jan 1, 2024 • 6:08:22am

2024 is starting off average. I’ll take it.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 926 4/6*

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🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Oblongatis Jan 1, 2024 • 6:09:52am

re: #66 sizzzzlerz

Like all good boomers I watched a ton of old shows on the UHF channels. Sergeant Bilko is probably his most well-known role.
He also played in a lot of 60s movies. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World was a favorite.

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JC1 Jan 1, 2024 • 6:19:10am

Ugh.

Click to Reveal

Started the year off with a positive COVID-19 test. I’ve dodged the bullet until now. Got a bit careless on my holiday trip to Hawaii. Feel fine overall, and was surprised to get a positive result. Had my most recent booster in October.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 6:27:56am

Happy New Year. Some of my neighbors were not considerate because some silly people were shooting off fireworks until 3 AM.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Jan 1, 2024 • 6:50:05am

Another birbie to start the new year.

dHRmVnZ3VVVCb1lXTm0raWVMd05CcWdhUkJVeXFjMUlCUHF3U04rc28yZk5FdTlCbTByWFcvVHRuVmJyMys2cldZZlhFaUFNUHlsdlY3THVWMkx4SzFVSWVxQjYzb1NWd1ROc1ZLbGlmOTJGbk1remUvOUFWVVF0VVZlLzFOdzc6OntA6svxf/YtRzXcmPxZMJU=

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Jan 1, 2024 • 7:02:08am

Hope for the new year.

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jeffreyw Jan 1, 2024 • 7:07:49am

Miss Bea demanded a taste

Good morning!

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Dangerman Jan 1, 2024 • 7:13:02am

re: #126 Captain Magic

The Michigan GOP is suffering its own earthquakes and tsunami’s, and its glorious….
… And she tried to sell the party’s former headquarters to raise cash. One catch: The party doesn’t actually own it.

…

electoral-vote.com

I loved this part

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Dangerman Jan 1, 2024 • 7:14:26am

re: #129 Nerdy Fish

Morning Lizardim. Happy New Year from the cool, cloudy, and snow-dusted wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk on this first morning of 2024?

Got an early run in
Having a quiet breakfast
We got the heat on here in sofla.
(Were pansies)

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Dangerman Jan 1, 2024 • 7:20:43am

McCarthy’s last day in Congress was Sunday.
The third shortest-serving speaker of the House in U.S. history, - 270 days.

1/7/23 he said “My speakership will last a full 2-year term.”

Who actually got him booted? Tfg.
Whose ass is he still kissing? Tfg.

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Nerdy Fish Jan 1, 2024 • 7:26:06am

re: #138 Dangerman

Got an early run in
Having a quiet breakfast
We got the heat on here in sofla.
(Were pansies)

I had breakfast, and am working on the budget to get it brought forward to the new calendar year. I’ve got the monthly projections set, now I just need to fill in Friday’s paycheck.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 7:30:44am

…

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nines09 Jan 1, 2024 • 7:40:38am

Happy New Year one and all. We don’t do NYE parties unless I would be playing. And I’m not playing, so we spent a surprisingly quiet evening watching movies. Got some salutations from some Trump adoring people I once was close to. Considering replying, but I’ve not and might not. Just pissed me entirely off years ago. Bad enough to deal with the stooges, then people you thought you knew go there.
We see.
Health and happiness to you and yours, and may the future be smarter than the past.
I read about gunfire into the air, and the concern of falling lead hitting people.
It happens. When I worked and went to Elkhart In, one place I picked up at had a receiver who showed me a bullet hole in the roof of his car, and the slug he dug out of his passenger seat.
A 44 caliber. South Bend was where it happened.

Have a Happy.

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Belafon Jan 1, 2024 • 7:43:15am

re: #117 darthstar

Interesting if true…

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It’s nice for counting, but since they would have been pretty good mathematicians, 60 is a nice number because it’s divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60, making it very useful for creating many different sizes of fractions of time or angles.

If you use the method given on both hands, you could get to 156 if you treat each hand as a base 12 digit (if they had 0, they could actually get to 168).

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Mattand Jan 1, 2024 • 7:47:13am

Happy New Year! Things I did last night:

• Laundry
• Made Ramen noodle
• Watched American Dad!
• Discovered who Jelly Roll is
• Played God of War DLC

I’ll let you know where you should build the statue…

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 7:50:27am

re: #144 Mattand

Re-watched House of Gucci. A pretty good film - Adam Driver was great, and Lady Gaga was really good as well.

I still really think she needs to use her real name (Stephanie Germanotta) when she stars in a film. Honestly, IMO, that’s a movie star name.

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sizzzzlerz Jan 1, 2024 • 7:54:48am

It’s always interesting to review the end-of-the-year list of those who passed away sometime during the previous year. Beyond the usual litany of sports/political/actor/musician names, there was a somewhat unusual category of criminal types. Such deaths in 2023 included Ted Kaczynski, the unabomber, Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, and Kevin Mitnick, computer hacker (reformed). The first two died in prison and Mitnick was released and became a cybersecurity advocate.

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Sherlock Hound Jan 1, 2024 • 7:54:49am

re: #85 Joe Bacon ✅

Cleaning the street in the morning…bbbrrrrrrr!

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Eventual Carrion Jan 1, 2024 • 8:02:28am

re: #8 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

The New Year’s Day Wordle dodged the eagle by >< that much.

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3/6 here also

Click to Reveal

Wordle 926 3/6

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 8:06:29am

Idiots didn’t stop with the fireworks and guns until just after 5 AM…

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Sherlock Hound Jan 1, 2024 • 8:07:43am

re: #146 sizzzzlerz

Kevin Mitnick had an interesting story. He got his ham radio license at about the same time he committed his crimes. He served his time, but then he had to renew his license.

The FCC held his renewal. He had to pay a communications lawyer some $30,000 to get his renewal un-held so he could keep his license.

He did.

He was well-regarded amongst us in the ham radio community, and we mourned him. I have one of the lockpick business cards that his company gave out.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 8:12:39am

re: #149 Joe Bacon ✅

Your neighbors stayed up later than mine.

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jeffreyw Jan 1, 2024 • 8:15:08am

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coin operated Jan 1, 2024 • 8:26:20am

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Not sure exactly why because I loved the earlier albums but Steven Wilson’s new Porcupine Tree stuff just doesn’t grab me.

So…I’m not the only one. Their prior album ‘The Incident’ kinda sucked as well. You could tell the current iteration of Porcupine Tree was falling apart.

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Targetpractice Jan 1, 2024 • 8:27:30am

re: #152 jeffreyw

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You think that’s bad, imagine recording let’s plays. “So I apologize for the lack of audio, but I ran out of D cells for my tape recorder and I couldn’t find a store selling them that was open this late at night.”

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 8:32:04am

Livestream of the 2024 Tournament of Roses Parade:

The 135th Rose Parade presented by Honda

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 8:37:20am

re: #144 Mattand

Jelly Roll - I’ve seen him on a couple of ‘all star’ specials recently. Is he famous for having a really bad tattoo artist and poor choice of placement? Or is he famous for not having a cardiac arrest on stage? He’s got a little bit of that Meatloaf energy, but he doesn’t have the voice or talent Meatloaf has, IMO. But give him credit for monetizing himself. I’m sure his managers are happy.

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 8:39:14am

Not a good time to be young and clubbing in the UK…not that the foot in this photo is of a young night clubber…

Mastodon

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 8:39:14am

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

Mummers in Philly.
en.wikipedia.org

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HRH Stanley Sea Jan 1, 2024 • 8:39:16am

Happy New Year LGF!

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No Malarkey! Jan 1, 2024 • 8:44:08am

Insurrectionist who fucked around on January 6 finds out that prison conditions are not ideal.

Finding out isn’t nearly as fun as effing around!

— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) December 31, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 1, 2024 • 8:45:08am

re: #157 darthstar

Not a good time to be young and clubbing in the UK…not that the foot in this photo is of a young night clubber…

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And guess what one of the treatments for scabies is?

Ivermectin.

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jeffreyw Jan 1, 2024 • 8:45:50am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 1, 2024 • 8:47:40am

re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg

And guess what one of the treatments for scabies is?

Ivermectin.

The Zionist cabal has tipped its hand…

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 8:57:58am

re: #160 No Malarkey!

Insurrectionist who fucked around on January 6 finds out that prison conditions are not ideal.

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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time…

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Eventual Carrion Jan 1, 2024 • 8:58:23am

re: #100 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Night Lizards. Need to be at the store in the morning. Someone has to feed the hung over masses.

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nines09 Jan 1, 2024 • 9:00:15am

re: #160 No Malarkey!

And you can bet she thought those conditions were fine for “criminals” and she thinks she’s not.

STFU and STFD.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:04:54am

ROTFLMAO and proud of Green Day pissing off MAGATS on live TV.

Well done boys! Well done! Proud of you!

rawstory.com

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Jan 1, 2024 • 9:10:54am

I hear the sweet sound of the sewer line outside being snaked out.
Haven’t been able to use my toilet pretty much since midday Saturday.
Maintenance did show up yesterday afternoon, but with a toilet snake, after I had explicitly stated in my TWO emergency maintenance requests that the exterior sewer line was blocked (yet again)
This is all after the sewer line was blocked on Thursday evening and snaked midday Friday

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No Malarkey! Jan 1, 2024 • 9:11:46am

Long thread on how the Trump Administration was a disaster even before Covid and the accomplishments of the Biden Administration.

🧵 FACT: America is better off today than it was 4 years ago.

Because while low-info voters cling to snake-oil myths about the “Trump Economy,” the reality was quite different.

At the end of 2019—even before Covid hit—Trump was leading the US economy toward collapse. pic.twitter.com/k5GGcz16W9

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 30, 2023

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jeffreyw Jan 1, 2024 • 9:15:02am

Mastodon

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No Malarkey! Jan 1, 2024 • 9:17:02am

re: #167 Joe Bacon ✅

ROTFLMAO and proud of Green Day pissing off MAGATS on live TV.

Well done boys! Well done! Proud of you!

rawstory.com

Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and guests were entertained by Vanilla Ice and an Elvis impersonator.

The Elvis impersonator has Trump and his fellow geriatrics fired up and dancing in the aisles at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/WNM79kABIQ

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 31, 2023

“White White Baby”: Vanilla Ice rings in the New Year at Mar-a-Lago with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Maga has become its own best parody. pic.twitter.com/G2DuWIPzv9

— Donald R. Koelper (@Donald_from_HI) January 1, 2024

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:17:03am

re: #170 jeffreyw

Well done.

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Belafon Jan 1, 2024 • 9:18:19am

re: #168 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I hear the sweet sound of the sewer line outside being snaked out.
Haven’t been able to use my toilet pretty much since midday Saturday.
Maintenance did show up yesterday afternoon, but with a toilet snake, after I had explicitly stated in my TWO emergency maintenance requests that the exterior sewer line was blocked (yet again)
This is all after the sewer line was blocked on Thursday evening and snaked midday Friday

Sounds like me. Found out on Friday that a root had grown into the line. 8200$ (it makes more sense to have the dollar sign afterwards) and a big hole in my yard later, they were able to get plumbing work Saturday afternoon.

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No Malarkey! Jan 1, 2024 • 9:20:37am

BREAKING: Starting today, due to the Inflation Reduction Act, 90% of all Insulin sold in the United States will have a price cap. Seniors on Medicare with diabetes won’t pay more than $35 a month to get this life saving medication. Joe Biden continues to deliver.

— Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) January 1, 2024

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:22:52am

re: #174 No Malarkey!

Way to go Joe.

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sizzzzlerz Jan 1, 2024 • 9:31:52am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and guests were entertained by Vanilla Ice and an Elvis impersonator.

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Can’t you just feel the energy? Geriatric trumpians shaking their baubles, beads, and wattles to a washed-up, has been, wife-beating 90’s white rapper and a cartoon character.

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nines09 Jan 1, 2024 • 9:32:23am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

White White Baby in livin color

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Vicious Babushka Jan 1, 2024 • 9:41:40am

Birbie today

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Jan 1, 2024 • 9:42:04am

New Year’s Reminder:

Voting is like driving — select “D” to go forward; select “R” to go backwards

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) January 1, 2024

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Randall Gross Jan 1, 2024 • 9:42:39am

New page

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mmmirele Jan 1, 2024 • 9:45:58am

Tories = Republicans with posh accents.

Rishi Sunak = child of immigrants and oh so willing to pull up the ladder behind him.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:47:45am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and guests were entertained by Vanilla Ice and an Elvis impersonator.

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Ah sweet memories when we RAZZIE® members bestowed the Worst Actor trophy on Vanilla Christ…

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:52:04am

WaPo ping: Israel’s High Court strikes down Bibi’s controversial judicial overhaul.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 9:52:48am

re: #183 PhillyPretzel ✅

WaPo ping: Israel’s High Court strikes down Bibi’s controversial judicial overhaul.

Good.

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 9:53:32am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and guests were entertained by Vanilla Ice and an Elvis impersonator.

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When you can’t even get a gig at an Indian casino bar.

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Belafon Jan 1, 2024 • 9:53:55am

re: #169 No Malarkey!

This is what whites are pussed about:

“How dare blacks think they can be equal to us?”

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 9:55:52am

Israel’s high court strikes down Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul law

The law, aimed at limiting the court’s power over government decisions, sparked mass anti-government protests and international condemnation. The ruling could cause a leadership crisis as the country wages war on Gaza.

washingtonpost.com

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Vicious Babushka Jan 1, 2024 • 9:56:34am

re: #183 PhillyPretzel ✅

WaPo ping: Israel’s High Court strikes down Bibi’s controversial judicial overhaul.

Mastodon

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Jay C Jan 1, 2024 • 9:57:23am

re: #183 PhillyPretzel ✅

WaPo ping: Israel’s High Court strikes down Bibi’s controversial judicial overhaul.

Unsurprising - wasn’t Netanyahu’s “judicial overhaul” aimed mainly at said Court??

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Belafon Jan 1, 2024 • 9:58:57am

re: #181 mmmirele

Tories = Republicans with posh accents.

Rishi Sunak = child of immigrants and oh so willing to pull up the ladder behind him.

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Next: A medical emergency will be declared in Britain, forcing a closure of the island to the outside world, in which an experimental “cure” will be tried on the population.

Vexille

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Vicious Babushka Jan 1, 2024 • 9:59:31am

re: #189 Jay C

Unsurprising - wasn’t Netanyahu’s “judicial overhaul” aimed mainly at said Court??

They want BeeBee to know he doesn’t own them like Trump owns SCOTUS.

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Dave In Austin Jan 1, 2024 • 10:05:01am

re: #173 Belafon

Sounds like me. Found out on Friday that a root had grown into the line. 8200$ (it makes more sense to have the dollar sign afterwards) and a big hole in my yard later, they were able to get plumbing work Saturday afternoon.

See if your provider offers a service plan on lines running into the house and out to the sewer or septic tank.

We bought one from our MUD here in the Country and it’s saved our bacon more than once.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 10:05:26am

re: #185 darthstar

When you can’t even get a gig at an Indian casino bar.

When the only gig you can get is at Mar-a-Lago…that’s how you know you’re career is beyond over.

Time to hang it up.

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Dave In Austin Jan 1, 2024 • 10:07:57am

re: #193 Dr Lizardo

When the only gig you can get is a Mar-a-Lago…that’s how you know you’re career is beyond over.

Time to hang it up.

He should have stuck with landscape design on HGTV

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No Malarkey! Jan 1, 2024 • 10:08:29am

This Israel SC decision is a very big deal, and it will hopefully get their govt back on the right approach to equal representation for all citizens. https://t.co/S3JXSPcz5I

— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) January 1, 2024

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 10:09:39am

Just waiting for…BiBi King to sing The Thrill Is Gone…

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Unabogie Jan 1, 2024 • 10:12:30am

re: #171 No Malarkey!

Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and guests were entertained by Vanilla Ice and an Elvis impersonator.

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Holy motherforking shirt balls! This IS the bad place!!!

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 10:12:31am

mastodon.archive.org

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sizzzzlerz Jan 1, 2024 • 10:14:07am

re: #193 Dr Lizardo

When the only gig you can get is at Mar-a-Lago…that’s how you know you’re career is beyond over.

Time to hang it up.

Not quite. There’s still being the opening act to the puppet show at a county fair.

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Decatur Deb Jan 1, 2024 • 10:14:28am

Are we sure we just rolled into 2024? The hottest thread on Freep is:

Obama’s birth certificate.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 10:16:13am

re: #193 Dr Lizardo

When the only gig you can get is a Mar-a-Lago…that’s how you know you’re career is beyond over.

Time to hang it up.

LMAO that they could only afford one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to get down on the stage with Vanilla Christ!

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A Three Hour Tour Jan 1, 2024 • 10:17:20am

re: #191 Vicious Babushka

They want BeeBee to know he doesn’t own them like Trump owns SCOTUS.

Well, 8 of the 15 justices do. The other 7, not so much.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 10:18:02am

re: #199 sizzzzlerz

re: #201 Joe Bacon ✅

True…the county fair circuit is usually the end of the road.

And I have to wonder? Did anyone get paid for this? I mean, it’s Trump we’re talking about, after all.

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Unabogie Jan 1, 2024 • 10:18:41am

re: #198 darthstar

mastodon.archive.org

Not being logged in on that server, the first comment is a blatant racist slur. The server of origin is nicecrew.digital. When I view the same post from my server (urbanists.social) the comment is gone.

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A Three Hour Tour Jan 1, 2024 • 10:21:36am

re: #204 Unabogie

Not being logged in on that server, the first comment is a blatant racist slur. The server of origin is nicecrew.digital. When I view the same post from my server (urbanists.social) the comment is gone.

Oh, jeez. There’s a lot of naked antisemitism on the thread.

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sizzzzlerz Jan 1, 2024 • 10:22:09am

re: #203 Dr Lizardo

True…the county fair circuit is usually the end of the road.

And I have to wonder? Did anyone get paid for this? I mean, it’s Trump we’re talking about, after all.

If they’re smart (I think we all know the answer to that), they’d do like Chuck Berry and other artists did and get their money up front.

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Vicious Babushka Jan 1, 2024 • 10:22:19am

This is just awful in so many ways.

Mastodon

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Vicious Babushka Jan 1, 2024 • 10:25:15am

Hamas is already planning “How many people can we murder on the Ferris Wheel of Fire?”

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Unabogie Jan 1, 2024 • 10:25:28am

re: #205 A Three Hour Tour

Oh, jeez. There’s a lot of naked antisemitism on the thread.

One interesting thing about the fediverse is that servers either comply with moderation standards or they get blocked. So if I’m on my home server I don’t see any of this crap and Mastodon is a very nice place to be.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 10:26:02am

re: #203 Dr Lizardo

True…the county fair circuit is usually the end of the road.

And I have to wonder? Did anyone get paid for this? I mean, it’s Trump we’re talking about, after all.

I thought the end of the road was playing the bowling lounge in Branson.

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wrenchwench Jan 1, 2024 • 10:29:37am

re: #200 Decatur Deb

Are we sure we just rolled into 2024? The hottest thread on Freep is:

Obama’s birth certificate.

As just seen above you somewhere; D to roll forward, R to roll back.

re: #179 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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Dr Lizardo Jan 1, 2024 • 10:30:14am

re: #210 Joe Bacon ✅

I thought the end of the road was playing the bowling lounge in Branson.

There’s probably a lot of things in the entertainment industry that’d be considered “end of the road” or “washed up”. County fairs, dinner theater, bowling lounges in Branson, etc.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 1, 2024 • 10:30:50am

Vanilla Ice, Bill Clinton and Green Day are trending rn… what year did I wake up to? Lol pic.twitter.com/3LGBcs3ry9

— Bryan Nester 🌵 (@Bryan_Nester) January 1, 2024

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jan 1, 2024 • 10:37:42am

re: #213 Eclectic Cyborg

What a shame…Dennis Miller didn’t have enough money to get a bus ride from Branson to be with his beloved Führer…🤣

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wrenchwench Jan 1, 2024 • 10:48:50am

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darthstar Jan 1, 2024 • 10:52:17am

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