Killed the last thread with this.
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We’ve had some good picks for B&W. My choice is the Big Heat by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Graham and Lee Marvin. Great film noir by a master of expressionism. But feeling very real.
Two scenes are classic.
Whatever else she might be, Nikki Haley is not a “moderate” anything.
Haley’s “the women’s issue of our age” is proof that Trump has convinced most Republicans they can sell any stupid bullshit to their voters. Sadly, it’s true.
re: #101 sizzzzlerz
Oh, but we must. Depending upon your age, either you wore them or your father did.
I’ve no proof that he did, other than the high school photograph where he looks like a Greg Brady impersonator. But if one ever did surface, you can be guaranteed that a lot of alcoholic beverages would be consumed with great haste to blot the image from my memory.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Whatever else she might be, Nikki Haley is not a “moderate” anything.
“Moderate” in the modern GQP means they’re not actively pushing for fascism, but they’re not opposed to others making it happen.
I find it very irritating that more people don’t see the Republican Party’s very obvious detachment from reality.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I find it very irritating that more people don’t see
the Republican Party’s very obvious detachment from reality.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I find it very irritating that more people don’t see the Republican Party’s very obvious detachment from reality.
Because the “liberal media” doesn’t invite the loonies on for interviews, or cuts their mics when they start going off script, and maintains an iron-clad grip on “BSAB” reporting for fear that if they ever admit that the GQP are bug-fuck insane then the entire house of cards will collapse in a sea of santorum.
re: #9 Targetpractice
Because the “liberal media” doesn’t invite the loonies on for interviews, or cuts their mics when they start going off script, and maintains an iron-clad grip on “BSAB” reporting for fear that if they ever admit that the GQP are bug-fuck insane then the entire house of cards will collapse in a sea of santorum.
Not totally true. If they didn’t invite the loonies on for interviews, they’d never have any repugs on and I know I’ve seen some.
We want the sequel to Casablanca involving Rick & Renault.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I find it very irritating that more people don’t see the Republican Party’s very obvious detachment from reality.
I’d like to think the tide is slowly turning,
but it’s very much still an uphill battle.
re: #10 sizzzzlerz
Not totally true. If they didn’t invite the loonies on for interviews, they’d never have any repugs on and I know I’ve seen some.
Hence the part about how they’ve had to resort to cutting mics. Back in the pre-MAGA days, the loonies were isolated largely to the backbenches while the party’s face was the camera-friendly “moderates” who chaired major committees and knew what scripted lines to say to convince the public that they weren’t stark-raving mad behind closed doors.
But those days are gone as now it’s the “moderates” who are riding the backbenches while the loonies are chairing committees, so the “liberal media” has found itself cutting interviews “short” or even outright muting audio while assuring their audiences that the frothing mad person on the screen doesn’t speak for the party as a whole.
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
There are a couple of Republican women who have written regular letters to the editor of the local Fishwrap-Advertiser for the last four years at least. One is continuing to fulminate against the Democrat party for all the “misinformation and lies leading to the impeachment charges against President Trump.” The other (a local R functionary) actually has begun to complain about “Trump’s tantrums” and refusal to debate.
I found a other goofy-ass country song. It’s called “Made in China”:
Foreign-made or city-raised
I’m proud to say I’m neither
And I ain’t selling ‘em any of mine
And I ain’t buying theirs either
If you got something to say about that
I couldn’t give two shits
‘Cause I ain’t made in China
I’m American as it gets
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Whatever else she might be, Nikki Haley is not a “moderate” anything.
Well she might be a moderate Sikh (raised), or a Methodist (converted, after marriage), but it’s hard to tell because her positions are fluid unto the day.
From the last thread:
re: #13 Decatur Deb
What a touching story about a child growing up and following in the footsteps of his father, a respected pilot who lost his life during the Iraq War. Thank you for that. What a heartwarming story.
Looking at it like trump does, he would have said:
“That kid is going to be a sucker and end up dead like his loser dad. Vote for me!”
re: #11 Belafon
We want the sequel to Casablanca involving Rick & Renault.
I don’t know if you read slash fanfic, but here’s 16 rick/renault stories…
re: #16 Belafon
I looked it up on YouTube; it was preceded by a Victor Davis Hanson ad talking about the Decline of Our Nation.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I find it very irritating that more people don’t see the Republican Party’s very obvious detachment from reality.
Why? The people that Don’t See are those that refuse to see the very obvious detachment from reality.
Let’s put it in mythological terms:
The Republican Party is now:
alarming how little attention the Invade Mexico plank of the Republican platform is getting
Hellfire missiles and fortresses at the border: Anti-migrant rhetoric takes center stage at CPAC
mediamatters.org
re: #11 Belafon
We want the sequel to Casablanca involving Rick & Renault.
As many have requested.
Not many have requested a follow-up to characters in Earthquake:
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At a Friday night rally in South Carolina, former President Donald Trump appeared to imply that the majority of African Americans are criminals.
While speaking to a crowd at the Black Conservative Federation in Columbia, South Carolina, Trump suggested that his four separate criminal indictments across three jurisdictions — totaling 91 felony charges — was a strength when engaging with Black voters. The clip of his remark was initially tweeted by the X/Twitter account @acyn.
re: #26 Dangerman
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And……
No wonder I thought you were taller.
re: #23 jaunte
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Yes, the “wall” that DHS reported had been breached thousands of times and required $2.6m in repairs in just a two year period. A “wall” that could be breached with Sawzalls and cutting torches. A “wall” that was imperiled by flash floods requiring flood gates to be left open for months. And a “wall” that incurred millions in legal fees fighting with private land owners and tribal nations over land seizures to build upon.
re: #22 austin_blue
Why? The people that Don’t See are those that refuse to see the very obvious detachment from reality.
Let’s put it in mythological terms:
The Republican Party is now:
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Those people are lost. They cannot accept what is in front of their faces, what is demonstrable fact.
You cannot waste time and money trying to change the minds of fanatics. It’s stupid.
You must put your time and money in convincing non-fanatics to look at *your* side by stating facts, figures, and using emotion to create what the alternatives will cause.
It’s YOUR daughters choice. It’s YOUR granddaughter’s choice. It’s YOUR kids college debt.
It’s YOUR family’s healthcare.
And so on. You have to make politics personal, or you lose.
The Dems can and will do this because they are on the right side of history. The R’s are demographically dead.
re: #26 Dangerman
Memories of the 70s! Platform shoes, Neon leisure suits, wide ties and belts and lots of polyester!
re: #30 Targetpractice
Best of all (for the capacity of the audience) “Wall” is one syllable shorter than “Border.”
re: #29 Dangerman
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Oh, for fucks sakes.
re: #29 Dangerman
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And the obligatory flower print jeans.
Thankfully I can’t find a picture.
My alibi: it was the late 60s
Dad took lots of slides of me in 70s gear. When he passed away my sister got a hold of the slides and decided to torture me with prints she made.
Especially with one where I was wearing my neon yellow leisure suit with a bright pink shirt and blue platforms. Damn I looked like I was a pimp on Sesame Street…
re: #39 Joe Bacon ✅
Dad took lots of slides of me in 70s gear. When he passed away my sister got a hold of the slides and decided to torture me with prints she made.
Especially with one where I was wearing my neon yellow leisure suit with a bright pink shirt and blue platforms. Damn I looked like I was a pimp on Sesame Street…
I bow to greatness
re: #41 Dangerman
I bow to greatness
I bow to an early rack time.
Night, dear friends, sweet scaly dreams.
Trump has no liquidity. He’s broke.
Pass it around, and watch heads pop.
I was a bit worried that Casablanca was just going to be a WW2 version of A Tale of Two Cities, but it took the happier ending at the end.
Something to think about…
Here we are talking about stuff we wore in the 70’s… imagine people our age in the 70’s talking about the stuff they wore in the 20’s.
Ouch. At least the 70’s had better music!
Always love how discussions about 70s fashion inevitably end up sounding like somebody at confessional: “Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. Back in ‘77, I wore a neon yellow silk leisure suit that was visible from orbit.”
“That’s pretty bad, my son.”
“Oh, but Father, that’s not the worst of it. I wore it while wearing alligator leather platform shoes!”
“Well, it could be worse…”
“And I did this while dancing to disco!”
“…son, you’re gonna need a shovel, because you’re in pretty deep shit.”
re: #46 Odie Hugh Manatee
Something to think about…
Here we are talking about stuff we wore in the 70’s… imagine people our age in the 70’s talking about the stuff they wore in the 20’s.
Ouch. At least the 70’s had better music!
The older I get, and I was born at the end of 69, so I don’t remember the music of the 70s, the more I realize that I missed listening to a lot of good music because it got classified as disco, which seems to be code for “white people singing black music” too often.
re: #48 Belafon
There is Blue Eyed Soul. “Cut the cake” is from a Scottish band.
re: #48 Belafon
I’m So glad I was born in ‘61. So much happening!
re: #46 Odie Hugh Manatee
Austin memories from 1974:
austin.eater.com
re: #11 Belafon
We want the sequel to Casablanca involving Rick & Renault.
I remember looking at a map after I watched “Casablanca” to see the distance from Casablanca to Brazzaville (a French Foreign Legion location, per the movie). It was a long-ass way, and walking was not a way to get there.
ETA: it’s 4479 miles or 7209 km, and that’s per a road that I doubt existed in the early 1940s.
re: #52 mmmirele
I remember looking at a map after I watched “Casablanca” to see the distance from Casablanca to Brazzaville (a French Foreign Legion location, per the movie). It was a long-ass way, and walking was not a way to get there.
You are not wrong:
re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg
Key West to Seattle is just 5,564 highway km.
re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg
I am wrong about them joining the Foreign Legion. They were going to join the Free French.
Thinking back I should have known that the 70’s was going to be weird. In 1970 I wore purple corduroy pants and a white/purple print button-down shirt and nobody looked twice. Of course we were coming off of the 60’s so…
it’s the fault of the 60’s that the 70’s happened!
re: #56 Odie Hugh Manatee
Thinking back I should have known that the 70’s was going to be weird. In 1970 I wore purple corduroy pants and a white/purple print button-down shirt and nobody looked twice. Of course we were coming off of the 60’s so…
it’s the fault of the 60’s that the 70’s happened!
I tend to just write off 70s fashion as due to widespread usage of recreational substances or burnout from such.
The talk about fashions of our youths made me go back and remind myself what was trendy in the late-90s/early-00s. And apparently the young men of my generation fell into one of three categories: Boy band, preppy douche, or “just wear whatever fell out of the closet.”
re: #29 Dangerman
Lemon yellow patent leather slip ons
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Rah Rahs!
Article:
Wisconsin ethics commission refers Trump fundraising arm for prosecution
MADISON, Wis. — A bipartisan ethics panel in Wisconsin has recommended felony charges against one of Donald Trump’s fundraising arms in relation to an alleged scheme that it says was meant to circumvent campaign finance laws to take out a powerful GOP lawmaker who has turned against Trump.
Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter.The prosecution referrals became public Friday and add to the legal troubles of the former president, who is already facing 91 charges in four cases in other jurisdictions.
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission this week found probable cause that Trump’s Save America committee, a state lawmaker and multiple local Republican officials committed felonies and recommended six district attorneys investigate and prosecute them, according to records released Friday.
*snip*
I’ve had fun reading the lgf posts on disco.
Reminded me of the Pittsburgh/Oakland disco place called “Chances R”. Until the owners burned it down for insurance. Afterwards the no longer existing place was referred to as “Chances Were”. Sadly a tenant was trapped in the fire and died.
The disco dance culture morphed into “Hustle”. Before covid, hustle was popular in DC, Philadelphia and New York City. I haven’t checked on it since then, though. I suspect that as boomers age out, the community is diminishing.
re: #61 darthstar
Africa’s fuckin’ big.
Amazingly so!
About 5,000 miles North to South. And about 4,600 miles East to West at its widest point.
re: #65 ckkatz
Amazingly so!
About 5,000 miles North to South. And about 4,600 miles East to West at its widest point.
Suddenly my dick don’t look so big.
Sleepy time for me…headed up to the river house tomorrow to install some more smart switches and shit…Really need to win the fuckin’ lotto so I can focus on what I enjoy and stop having to dial in for work for a few hours each day….
I don’t know if this got shared (it was published on Thursday). It is a profoundly troubling article about how girls are being promoted by their mothers on Instagram. Some of the accounts—yuck.
I think more than a few of these moms who are running their kids’ accounts and posting pictures and suchlike, they are catering to these pervs. I feel for the girls. And there’s no law that forces mom to give over the money they make off their children.
So disturbing.
re: #63 darthstar
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You’ll always notice in these discussions that there’s never mention about polls or any other indications of public opinion, it’s just assumed that if Repubs are against something then the public as a whole is against it because there’s no other possible reason why they’d oppose something a Dem proposed.
re: #52 mmmirele
I remember looking at a map after I watched “Casablanca” to see the distance from Casablanca to Brazzaville (a French Foreign Legion location, per the movie). It was a long-ass way, and walking was not a way to get there.
ETA: it’s 4479 miles or 7209 km, and that’s per a road that I doubt existed in the early 1940s.
True: tho in the 1940s, one would likely have made plans to get from Casablanca to Brazzaville by sea: a not too arduous, and (barring the occasional U-boat encounter), relatively safe voyage.
re: #67 ckkatz
George Conway, whatever his many faults, has been following tgf campaign issues:
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It’s not our fault they gave us too much money!! We’ll rectify that when the time is right.
re: #67 ckkatz
George Conway, whatever his many faults, has been following tgf campaign issues:
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Well yeah, but Hunter repaid the loan his dad gave him to buy a car and some of that money might have *GASP!* come from Chy-na!
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re: #72 darthstar
It’s not our fault they gave us too much money!! We’ll rectify that when the time is right.
NARRATOR: “And the time, for various unconvincing reasons, was NEVER considered ‘right’”
re: #73 Targetpractice
Well yeah, but Hunter repaid the loan his dad gave him to buy a car and some of that money might have *GASP!* come from Chy-na!
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Not only Hunter, but Biden’s brother repaid his loan, too. Who does that sort of thing for family? ////
re: #69 mmmirele
I don’t know if this got shared (it was published on Thursday). It is a profoundly troubling article about how girls are being promoted by their mothers on Instagram. Some of the accounts—yuck.
I think more than a few of these moms who are running their kids’ accounts and posting pictures and suchlike, they are catering to these pervs. I feel for the girls. And there’s no law that forces mom to give over the money they make off their children.
So disturbing.
We’re a country that says a man in a dress is a sexual perversion that is corrupting our nation’s youth, but sees nothing wrong with dressed preteen girls in revealing outfits for “beauty pageants.”
re: #75 Belafon
Not only Hunter, but Biden’s brother repaid his loan, too. Who does that sort of thing for family? ////
WE DEMAND TO SEE PAPER RECORDS TO SHOW THAT THE $200 HUNTER GAVE TO HIS FATHER WAS A BIRTHDAY GIFT AND NOT A PAYOFF FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY!!!
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re: #64 ckkatz
We had a Chances R in Champaign/Urbana IL. Music there was played.
re: #24 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
There was a sequel planned to Earthquake - it was going to take place in San Francisco, but it got stuck in development hell, the stars (George Kennedy, Victoria Principal, Richard Roundtree, etc.) weren’t all that interested in the project and finally, the studio put the kibosh on it. A script was written, but it never made it beyond the pre-production stage.
2024 is not 2020 or 2016. Interest in political news is down across the board, including on the right. Trump is no longer an exciting new thing, he’s dominated news for nearly a decade. His small donor fundraising is down.
Question is whether engagement surges as election nears pic.twitter.com/w1CscdRX35— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) February 22, 2024
re: #69 mmmirele
I don’t know if this got shared (it was published on Thursday). It is a profoundly troubling article about how girls are being promoted by their mothers on Instagram. Some of the accounts—yuck.
I think more than a few of these moms who are running their kids’ accounts and posting pictures and suchlike, they are catering to these pervs. I feel for the girls. And there’s no law that forces mom to give over the money they make off their children.
So disturbing.
There is this subculture where 6- or 7-year girls would be all dressed up as mature women by their mothers with very elaborate hair styles, jewelry, and heavy makeup. They’d participate in pageants, strutting across the stage, pretending to be very elegant. I seem to recall that it was a big thing in Texas but it is probably all over. And the mothers at these things can be the most brutal things in sniping at the other moms ad their daughters. Worse, by far, than soccer moms. Really quite stomach churning if you ask me.
You can spend all day ‘triggering’ the AI with prompts like ‘would you say the N word to save Taylor Swift’ and it’ll always respond. Always always.
AI won’t block you or ignore your texts or report you to HR or leave you cold and alone on Christmas.
You are finally complete.— zeddy (@Zeddary) February 23, 2024
This interview by @4lisaguerrero for @InsideEdition is making a few waves on social media. Not into the Prosperity Gospel, thank you.
re: #83 ckkatz
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re: #83 ckkatz
Talk about appealing to people’s basic selfishness. whooorrrific.
Stephen Miller is afraid of Marc Elias:
🚨BREAKING: Sixteen days after it filed the case and after we intervened to defend the law, Stephen Miller’s right-wing legal group dismisses its lawsuit challenging Maricopa County, AZ voting rules.
A victory for democracy and the voters of Arizona!https://t.co/dOM9SqmO91— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 22, 2024
re: #80 Belafon
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Hence why there is so much effort to depress Dem turnout by constant repetition that their candidates are unpopular, that their ideas are unpopular, and Biden is dragging them down by being unpopular. Look at this past November, where the party over-performed when “conventional wisdom” was Repubs always clean up in off-year elections due to low turnout. What’s been the talk ever since? “Well, they’ll show up next year because Trump will be on the ballot!”
re: #83 ckkatz
This interview by @4lisaguerrero for @InsideEdition is making a few waves on social media. Not into the Prosperity Gospel, thank you.
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Talk about triggering what remains valid of my Christianity. Pure fucking heresy of the ultimate American expression of Calvin.
re: #84 retired cynic
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re: #90 Belafon
A subset of the emojis will be simplified and then turned into an alphabet at some point.
Honestly that it’s possible both makes me laugh and scares me 😎
re: #84 retired cynic
This will be a letter in some future alphabet:
And the history of its evolution will be awesome.
re: #90 Belafon
A subset of the emojis will be simplified and then turned into an alphabet at some point.
Wingdings as an actual written language.
I first heard of the Prosperity Gospel when I dated a woman about 20 years ago. She and a lot of her female friends were apparently very much into it. She really was a nice lady.
But the whole religious aspect really made me uncomfortable as it went against pretty much everything I believed. As she was going through hard times and was rebuilding her life, I decided to bite my tongue. We did come to the understanding to respect each other’s beliefs, and that I was uninterested in participating in her particular theology.
In the end she found a gentleman who was much more at peace with her views and married him. He impressed me as a decent guy. So I was, quite honestly, happy for both of them. And relieved for myself.
Texas will benefit more from Biden’s recent announcement of college loan debt forgiveness than any other state.
Borrowers paying back student loans should check their inboxes.
President Joe Biden sent emails to more than 150,000 borrowers this week, including 14,510 Texans, with a welcome message that their student debt will be wiped out.
Biden announced the latest loan forgiveness earlier in the week, but the White House waited to unveil the state-by-state breakdown — showing that Texas has the highest number of borrowers granted loan forgiveness and the highest total amount forgiven — just shy of $117 million.
re: #78 retired cynic
We had a Chances R in Champaign/Urbana IL. Music there was played.
It hadn’t even occurred to me that it was a chain. So much for my cluelessness at the time.
And yes, music there was played also at the Pittsburgh one. And some uncoordinated gyrations vaguely related to social dancing were occasionally performed as well. Generally done while all participants were wearing beer goggles….
We are heartbroken to report that Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has died tonight “after an apparent collision with a building on West 89th Street in Manhattan.”https://t.co/96sws3KvDa
— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) February 24, 2024
re: #97 HRH Stanley Sea
I hadn’t heard that someone tore up the cage he was in to allow him to escape.
The same conversation as always:
“Ya’ll ain’t got [insert popular candy]?”
“Nope.”
“Damn. How much is [insert second choice candy]?”
“$2.50 before tax.”
“That’s so expensive!”
“Well, you could check at the gas station across the street…”
“Nah, I don’t feel like walking that far. I’ll take this instead.”
God & Country is a new documentary produced by Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. The film examines the rise of Christian nationalism; the way activists use the Bible to justify their political positions, and its growing political influence. Reiner, best known for his acting role in the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” and for directing a series of beloved comedies, including This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that “For decades, I was aware of… what we call now Christian nationalism. It’s a political movement, really, certainly not a spiritual or religious movement, and it started gaining more and more strength.”For decades Religious Right leaders/Christian nationalists have been stigmatizing and attacking opponents, raising large amounts of money, building huge flocks based on faith, fear and anger, launching multi-million-dollar media empires, and becoming the face of conservative evangelical Christianity. While a series of sexual and financial scandals have thinned their ranks, for many among them, the only thing they haven’t gotten away with is murder!
Caught two idiots still in the pool area an hour after it closed, long after the lights automatically shut off, claiming they didn’t know it was closed. They left when told to though. Anyone hanging out in the hot tub while drinking “Old Milwaukee” piss water is suspect anyway…
One last one:
The United States on Friday restored its longstanding policy that settlements are inconsistent with international law, reversing a stance implemented by the former administration, hours after Israel announced a plan to advance the construction of thousands of new settlement homes in response to a terror shooting in the West Bank.
“We’ve seen the reports and I have to say we’re disappointed in the announcement,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in response to a question on the matter during a press conference in Argentina.
“It’s been long-standing US policy under Republican and Democratic administrations alike that new settlements are counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace.”
re: #99 Targetpractice
A regular Snickers is $2.69 before tax at the 7-11s around here.
re: #100 ckkatz
The NYT just can’t let go:
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As someone posted earlier:
It was the worst of times; it was the New York Times.
re: #105 BeachDem
As someone posted earlier:
It was the worst of times; it was the New York Times.
Hah! Nicely done!
re: #100 ckkatz
The NYT just can’t let go:
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I think someone posted earlier that the original headline was just “Biden Forgives $1.2 Billion in Student Debt” but that wasn’t disparaging.
re: #100 ckkatz
The NYT just can’t let go:
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This is the paper which portrayed Germany’s greatest danger in the 1930s as communism, argued that Hitler’s blatant antisemitism was just electoral politics, and insisted that his demands for “lebensraum” were perfectly acceptable because Germany was just taking back land lost after WWI.
OK, another one:
IVF has been critical to helping Americans grow their families and realize the blessing of life and parenthood. I oppose any and all efforts to restrict access to IVF — period.
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) February 23, 2024
re: #99 Targetpractice
You remind me that I finally caught up with my neighborhood dealers this afternoon. Scored 2 boxes of Thin Mints.
re: #96 ckkatz
It hadn’t even occurred to me that it was a chain. So much for my cluelessness at the time.
And yes, music there was played also at the Pittsburgh one. And some uncoordinated gyrations vaguely related to social dancing were occasionally performed as well. Generally done while all participants were wearing beer goggles….
Maybe different people in different places thought that was a good name?
re: #104 Belafon
A regular Snickers is $2.69 before tax at the 7-11s around here.
It works out to roughly the same here after tax. But too many people still think it’s 1992 and you can grab a can of Coke from a vending machine for $.75 cents.
re: #108 Targetpractice
An uncomfortable reality is that a non-trivial fraction of the East Coast Elite, that’s the people at Ivy League schools and their alumni that inhabit places like the NYT, are not only quite fine with right-wing strongmen but are drawn to them.
I find it ludicrous that the pop-right talking point is that academics are leftists.
While that might be true for some institutions, especially here on the left coast, the old schools of the Ivy League have been part of the good-old-boys club since the very beginning.
The layman religious right think of these institutions as leftist because said schools teach things like evolution.
But modern science is just a thing that exists. It can be employed by all sorts of political ideologies.
The reason the good-old-boys institutions in the US are friendly with right-wing strongmen is because said institutions are inherently more interested in preserving their institutional position than anything else.
So in one regard institutions like Harvard and Yale, and their graduates which populate businesses like the NYT or WSJ, are more like the Catholic Church in the 16th and 17th century than said graduates may want to admit.
When your goal is to preserve the institution at all costs then you are by nature a conservative.
And that is why the NYT and similar outlets bend so much in the direction of the right-wing that they do.
re: #109 Belafon
OK, another one:
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Four words: “Life at Conception Act.” If your name is in the list of co-sponsors, you can blow your sudden support for IVF out your ass.
re: #111 retired cynic
Maybe different people in different places thought that was a good name?
I was just googling around. There are apparently a bunch of “Chances R” bar/restaurants across the US. It seems, as you note, that they are independently owned and operated.
The one in Champaign even has a memory page. A number of well known bands passed through there.
re: #113 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I think they realized those sweet academic pensions would support their petulance.
re: #116 ckkatz
It was a popular spot, certainly! I see even Bruuuuuuce Springsteen played there. I don’t remember that! (edited to add stuff)
re: #117 ckkatz
I like that Nadler is doing what he can to hold those accountable for their actions. It would be especially satisfying to see someone lose their job over the fact that they did NOT do their job.
Then there’s the issue that when the Barr DOJ reviewed this, they just let it sit there instead of classifying this for the bullshit that it was. Then how someone forwarded this (NY FBI perhaps) to the attention of certain Members of Congress is also somewhat dubious. It’s well past time for the pipeline of bullshit and bad faith to be shut down. If Nadler has to light a fire under Garland’s ass, so be it.
Get it on record, get receipts, if the GOP can bad faith the game, then the best way to fight them is using the powers of the rules to hold them accountable.
Just finished binging the live action Avatar. It’s terrific!
re: #122 No Malarkey!
Just finished binging the live action Avatar. It’s terrific!
How far along the story line do these few episodes go?
re: #121 ericblair
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A few decades ago, the idea that the entire phone system would turn into a dumpster fire of spam and fraud seemed pretty laughable, but here we are.
In Europe, it’s not the voice calls, but most of my texts are either bank-account-login or kid-with-“new”-phone-needs-money-now scams.
Other forms of text have replaced them. No real loss for me. I talk to my father once a week, otherwise?
re: #47 Targetpractice
Always love how discussions about 70s fashion inevitably end up sounding like somebody at confessional: “Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. Back in ‘77, I wore a neon yellow silk leisure suit that was visible from orbit.”
“That’s pretty bad, my son.”
“Oh, but Father, that’s not the worst of it. I wore it while wearing alligator leather platform shoes!”
“Well, it could be worse…”
“And I did this while dancing to disco!”
“…son, you’re gonna need a shovel, because you’re in pretty deep shit.”
Jeepers creepers! You say that like there’s something wrong with it! Take a chill pill you jive turkey. It’s all copacetic. Peace out, my man.
re: #87 Belafon
Stephen Miller is afraid of Marc Elias:
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Marc Elias is legit doing god’s work.
re: #92 Belafon
This will be a letter in some future alphabet:
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Is that the Gadsden snake or the poop emoji?
re: #127 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Is that the Gadsden snake or the poop emoji?
Yes (says the archeologist in 10,000 AD.)
On the last thread was discussion of B&W movies. A Belgian film called “Man bites dog” is a superb movie about a serial killer being followed by journalists.
A serious classic. And one of my top movies.
re: #130 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Here’s my entry into 70s fashion. And I’d wear every pair I ever owned again right now (well, maybe not the plaid elephant bell bottoms, but I digress).
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Reminds me that, though early in the 80’s I still think of it as 70’s fashion, I had my senior portrait in 1981 (class of 82) taken in a brown corduroy 3 piece suit. Yes, it’s horrific as it sounds. I do still have a copy of that photo. No I will NOT post it here… 🤮
re: #128 William Lewis
Yes (says the archeologist in 10,000 AD.)
“They used it for ritual purposes.”
re: #125 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Jeepers creepers! You say that like there’s something wrong with it! Take a chill pill you jive turkey. It’s all copacetic. Peace out, my man.
Amazing that you included “copacetic”. That 70s word actually is Flapper era.
en.wiktionary.org
This IVF thing is very personal. My 1 year old godson is an IVF kid after many many failed attempts. Fuck these republicans in every bad way possible.
re: #67 ckkatz
George Conway, whatever his many faults, has been following tgf campaign issues:
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The FEC sent “notices”.
Ooh scarey
Guess where they ended up?
re: #69 mmmirele
I don’t know if this got shared (it was published on Thursday). It is a profoundly troubling article about how girls are being promoted by their mothers on Instagram. Some of the accounts—yuck.
I think more than a few of these moms who are running their kids’ accounts and posting pictures and suchlike, they are catering to these pervs. I feel for the girls. And there’s no law that forces mom to give over the money they make off their children.
So disturbing.
Low class pageant moms?
re: #134 GlutenFreeJesus
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My GF’s daughter is as well.
My ex and I considered that route before going with international adoption instead - just as expensive really but somewhat more certain of a result.
Alabama desperate to prove that killing little frozen children is not murder:
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey: ‘We are working on a solution’ to IVF issues
al.com
“The Legislature will soon consider a solution that preserves our Alabama values by empowering IVF clinics to continue assisting couples in bringing new life into the world.”
re: #139 Decatur Deb
The dog caught the car, and doesn’t know what to do now.
re: #93 Targetpractice
Wingdings as an actual written language.
I used to type in Wingdings. Then I’d select all and convert back to Times Roman.
re: #137 Dangerman
Low class pageant moms?
Only Moms…because their girls are too young to monetize themselves.
re: #138 William Lewis
My GF’s daughter is as well.
My ex and I considered that route before going with international adoption instead - just as expensive really but somewhat more certain of a result.
Son2 and his wife made a couple failed IVF attempts, to the cost of about 30K.
A little morning music that follows up from my discovery from yesterday. They are really good.
The NPR Interview is here: Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale
Of course it was an FSB op…
FSB is the proud successor to the KGB, which ran similar operations in West Germany in the Cold War. https://t.co/2tRPy35nUO
— Cas Mudde (@CasMudde) February 23, 2024
re: #139 Decatur Deb
Alabama desperate to prove that killing little frozen children is not murder:
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey: ‘We are working on a solution’ to IVF issues
al.com
No one’s saying you can’t ivf.
You just have to keep the unused ones
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Note also there’s no discussion (yet) about the implants that fail. Why is that ok?
re: #147 Dangerman
No one’s saying you can’t ivf.
You just have to keep the unused ones//
Note also there’s no discussion (yet) about the implants that fail. Why is that ok?
Alabama’s law and court decision are the product of rabid insistence on personhood at conception. Now they want it both ways—aborting a clump of cells is murder, flushing a handful isn’t. That’s not going to work.
re: #146 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
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re: #149 Decatur Deb
Nope - rabid inconsistentency.
re: #132 Nojay UK
“They used it for ritual purposes.”
Bravo!
What I thought of as soon as I read it. For those not getting the reference, calling an item of unknown use a ritual item is the fallback archeologist use when they don’t know the original intent of an object.
re: #153 Oblongatis
Bravo!
What I thought of as soon as I read it. For those not getting the reference, calling an item of unknown use a ritual item is the fallback archeologist use when they don’t know the original intent of an object.
Digging The Weans (.pdf)
re: #127 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Is that the Gadsden snake or the poop emoji?
Poop.
Edit, but the answer “yes” cited above is better.
re: #154 Decatur Deb
Hmmm. Trying to insert a link to a .pdf, and it won’t enter at #154.
Won’t enter here, either.
There’s new meaning to the phrase, “I wouldn’t want to be in Donald Trump’s shoes right now.”
re: #46 Odie Hugh Manatee
Something to think about…
Here we are talking about stuff we wore in the 70’s… imagine people our age in the 70’s talking about the stuff they wore in the 20’s.
Ouch. At least the 70’s had better music!
Me in the 70’s. Cropped from a high school yearbook pic. And yes I possibly had platform shoes on.
Having a woman VP does make continuing to fight Dobbs easier:
Since Roe was overturned, we have seen an erosion of reproductive freedom in states across the country.
The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court is only the latest attack – and it’s why we won’t back down from this fight. pic.twitter.com/ofuqzLRCXG— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) February 23, 2024
“In America, freedom is not to be given, not to be bestowed, but it is ours by right. And that includes the freedom to make decisions about one’s own body, and not have the government telling people what to do.”
- VP @kamalaharris pic.twitter.com/l88jL4RocQ— Madam Vice President (@MadamVPOTUS) February 23, 2024
re: #158 Eventual Carrion
Me in the 70’s. Cropped from a high school yearbook pic. And yes I possibly had platform shoes on.
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.@VP Kamala Harris on the Alabama IVF ruling:
“On the one hand, the proponents are saying that an individual doesn’t have a right to end an unwanted pregnancy, and on the other hand, the individual does not have a right to start a family.” pic.twitter.com/57tzf93jvM— Reshad Hudson (@ReshadHudson) February 22, 2024
re: #158 Eventual Carrion
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David Axelrod: “If I were the Biden campaign, I would pay to have every American see the CPAC convention because the thing that has been thwarting Republicans in the midterms and since, has been this impression of the Republican Party as an extreme party. Yesterday, you had someone stand up at the CPAC convention as a speaker and basically talk about, ‘We almost toppled democracy on January 6. We’re going to do it now with this.’”
“And he held up a cross, basically advocating for theocracy. This is not the image that the Republican Party wants
re: #163 Dangerman
Hate to break it to Dave but that IS the image Republicans want—The Cross and The Russian Flag.
re: #163 Dangerman
Jack Posobiec at CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
Trump’s Republican Party openly wants to end democracy. We must stop them. pic.twitter.com/UITxEth0im— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) February 22, 2024
‘Someone is writing a dissent’: Ex-prosecutor says SCOTUS silence on immunity is bad for Trump
And we know Slappy T is dissenting and advocating for Trump to be a dictator.
re: #76 Targetpractice
We’re a country that says a man in a dress is a sexual perversion that is corrupting our nation’s youth, but sees nothing wrong with dressed preteen girls in revealing outfits for “beauty pageants.”
“But if they get raped and I’m on the jury, then I am not going to convict that fellow!”
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“But if they get raped and I’m on the jury, then I am not going to convict that fellow!”
Gee I wonder if that Pulpit Pimp thinks the same should apply to a male bodybuilder in a speedo?
re: #92 Belafon
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It’s basically the letter Xi. Greeks were on this 4000 years ago :-)
re: #129 451_Montag
On the last thread was discussion of B&W movies. A Belgian film called “Man bites dog” is a superb movie about a serial killer being followed by journalists.
A serious classic. And one of my top movies.
It is not black humor, it is so dark that it is just blackness without the humor.
re: #109 Belafon
IVF seems to be the new 3rd rail elevated to Social Security status.
Hammer the Republicans on both. Win the Election. Pack the Fucking SCOTUS.
I finally started to watchRebel Moon, which, despite a number of negative comments here, my daughter recommended. So I put it on in the background.
Halfway through I realized that it was just a sci-fi adaptation of The Seven Samurai.
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“But if they get raped and I’m on the jury, then I am not going to convict that fellow!”
Look at what you made me do!
re: #164 Joe Bacon ✅
Hate to break it to Dave but that IS the image Republicans want—The Cross and The Russian Flag.
Except it contradicts the idea that Jan 6 was just a simple protest.
re: #175 Belafon
Except it contradicts the idea that Jan 6 was just a simple protest.
Or an Antifa/BLM false flag.
Or both.
“the black people”
Trump at the Black Conservative Federation Gala: I got indicted and lot of people said that’s why the black people like me… pic.twitter.com/QENwQvvyLI
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 24, 2024
What the actual f*ck is wrong with this guy? https://t.co/a8wv660ncS
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) February 24, 2024
Trump was literally sued by the DOJ for housing discrimination against Black people in 1973 https://t.co/JMV5NVJaRy
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) February 24, 2024
re: #159 Belafon
Not reading the comments is self care.
re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I finally started to watchRebel Moon, which, despite a number of negative comments here, my daughter recommended. So I put it on in the background.
Halfway through I realized that it was just a sci-fi adaptation of The Seven Samurai.
I thought the rule was you had to squeeze “seven” into the title somehow
Most House Republicans have cosponsored a bill declaring that life begins from the moment of conception, a position under increased scrutiny after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are ‘unborn children.’” Business Insider reports.“This Congress, 125 House Republicans — including Speaker Mike Johnson — have cosponsored the ‘Life at Conception Act,’ which states that the term ‘human being’ includes ‘all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being”
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Time to hammer them all with it over and over and over again.
And if they didn’t cosponsor the bill, hammer them over the fact that they voted to make Mike Johnson, who did, Speaker of the House.
Also note 147 Rs (not the exact 125) backed a violent insurrection to effectively end free and fair elections. 147, 125 are both large numbers
re: #166 Joe Bacon ✅
‘Someone is writing a dissent’: Ex-prosecutor says SCOTUS silence on immunity is bad for Trump
And we know Slappy T is dissenting and advocating for Trump to be a dictator.
If there are dissenting opinions, I’d definitely imagine that Thomas and Alito are the most likely suspects.
re: #114 Targetpractice
Four words: “Life at Conception Act.” If your name is in the list of co-sponsors, you can blow your sudden support for IVF out your ass.
I went to see if my Rep co-signed..and shocker he didn’t
But the text of the bill includes cloning
This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being.
re: #178 Dangerman
“the black people”
We’re all laughing now, but just wait until Trump opens his new coast-to-coast chain of fried chicken and watermelon joints! /s obviously
Seriously, this guy’s idea of “the black people” probably comes from a bootleg copy of Song of the South.
re: #183 Broad With Sass
I went to see if my Rep co-signed..and shocker he didn’t
But the text of the bill includes cloningThis bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being.
Does it address corporate conception and personhood? Corporations are people, too.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
We’re all laughing now, but just wait until Trump opens his new coast-to-coast chain of fried chicken and watermelon joints! /s obviously
Seriously, this guy’s idea of “the black people” probably comes from a bootleg copy of Song of the South.
Or saw Shaft once back in the day.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
We’re all laughing now, but just wait until Trump opens his new coast-to-coast chain of fried chicken and watermelon joints! /s obviously
Seriously, this guy’s idea of “the black people” probably comes from a bootleg copy of Song of the South.
What happened to the “Blacks For Trump” clowns he usually puts into camera-shot? They usually wave signs around so even Donny can see them…..
re: #186 Decatur Deb
For purposes of this Act:
(1) HUMAN PERSON; HUMAN BEING.—The terms “human person” and “human being” include each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.
re: #187 Florida Panhandler
Or saw Shaft once back in the day.
LOL - getting a mental image of Trump trying to ingratiate himself with black voters using 70s Blaxploitation film dialogue. 😄
re: #188 Jay C
What happened to the “Blacks For Trump” clowns he usually puts into camera-shot? They usually wave signs around so even Donny can see them…..
Good question. Haven’t seen that guy in quite awhile.
re: #188 Jay C
What happened to the “Blacks For Trump” clowns he usually puts into camera-shot? They usually wave signs around so even Donny can see them…..
Trump is supposed to speak at CPAC in a couple hours. That should be…revealing.
re: #192 Dr Lizardo
Good question. Haven’t seen that guy in quite awhile.
Vaguely remember one of the honchos getting busted on unrelated charges.
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re: #194 Decatur Deb
Vaguely remember one of the honchos getting busted on unrelated charges.
Nope—it was related:
Black Voices For Trump Director Remains Jailed After Indictment With Former President
Harrison William Prescott Floyd III is being held in Fulton County in connection with Donald Trump’s RICO case.
re: #193 Decatur Deb
Trump is supposed to speak at CPAC in a couple hours. That should be…revealing.
There’s no doubt that that orange piece of shit’s mind is deteriorating by the day. He will not make it to November.
re: #199 Ace Rothstein
These people are such weirdos.
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re: #201 Dr. Matt
And the Alabama SC tore away all their masks.
Morning Lizards and happy Caturday. The tomatoes at work are starting to get a bit cheeky.
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I wonder when CPAC and Gathering of the Juggalos merge?
re: #196 Decatur Deb
First, that article is from last August (don’t know where Floyd is now).
Second, I don’t think he was associated with the sign-waving BFT fools at the rallies: IIRC, that lot had been recruited from some nutty cultists from Miami (the Yahwehs, I think): but likely went home when the campaign checks stopped.
I wonder if TFG’s appearance at CPAC will (finally) fill the room? Attendance (despite the heightened quality of the lunacy on offer) seems to have been fairly sparse.
re: #205 Dr. Matt
I wonder when CPAC and Gathering of the Juggalos merge?
Insane Clown Posse has a song called “Fuck Your Rebel Flag”. I doubt the two groups will merge.
From back in 2017: politico.com
re: #123 William Lewis
How far along the story line do these few episodes go?
Through the attack on the Northern Water Tribe
If Trump’s having a hard time coming up with the 83 million he needs for E Jean Carroll in the next week or so…imagine how difficult the $450m is.
re: #188 Jay C
What happened to the “Blacks For Trump” clowns he usually puts into camera-shot? They usually wave signs around so even Donny can see them…..
These are the signs somebody should be carrying.
re: #83 ckkatz
This interview by @4lisaguerrero for @InsideEdition is making a few waves on social media. Not into the Prosperity Gospel, thank you.
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That interview was a few years ago, but popped back up when Charlie (penguinz0), a gaming/commentary channel on YouTube posted a video yesterday featuring excerpts. It has almost 1.9 million views. Charlie is pretty fucking clear on what he feels about Kenneth Copeland.
I couldn’t watch it all the way through—not because of Charlie, but because I hate Kenneth Copeland’s face and voice with the heat of a billion suns.
ETA: Anyone else experiencing an issue with the “recycle” circle just spinning and not updating the number of comments after you update? I’m having to reload the page. /latest version of Firefox on Windows 10
re: #210 darthstar
If Trump’s having a hard time coming up with the 83 million he needs for E Jean Carroll in the next week or so…imagine how difficult the $450m is.
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The thing is, of course it will stand, because Trump did it. He raped Carroll in a store, and years later he called her crazy and said she was too ugly to rape. He raped her and then defamed her over it, using the power of his cult to send hordes of insane conservatives (redundant) to make her fear for her life.
All of this was found to be true by a jury of his peers.
If this isn’t a quintessential example of defamation then I don’t know what is.
Small sample size, but Linux is currently at 56%
re: #214 darthstar
Small sample size, but Linux is currently at 56%
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re: #214 darthstar
Small sample size, but Linux is currently at 56%
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re: #180 Dangerman
I thought the rule was you had to squeeze “seven” into the title somehow
I did not watch to the end but daughter tells me that in the end it was seven warriors fighting to save a plantet from bad guys who were coming to steal their crops.
re: #187 Florida Panhandler
Or saw Shaft once back in the day.
He’s a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman…
(whom he has signed to an NDA)
re: #92 Belafon
Thought it was ‘don’t step on snek.’
for quicken classic deluxe users, if you are willing to chat online with one of their reps, you can get 30% off the renewal price of 71 bucks. I was going to buy a 35 dollar software version, but noticed the box says “new accounts only” so presumably not useful for established ones.
re: #223 A Cranky One
The line between madness, religion, news and entertainment has been dissolved in this country
re: #213 Unabogie
Well, reading through the linked article in #210, I see that the “Trump’s lawyers” mentioned are fronted by Alina Habba, so in my mind, that means that the strongest “probability” on the appeal is that she will fuck something up; probably along the lines of filing late, or sending it to the wrong court.
But AFAICT, their appeal (and the filing mentioned seems basically to be trying to bargain down the initial bond required) isn’t based on factual or procedural grounds, but simply that the $83.3M award was “excessive”. Good luck with that…
re: #225 Jay C
Trump trying to haggle with a judge as if it were a real estate transaction…
But this is all part of his attempts to buy time as he scrambles to raise money.
‘nother nasty one with beaucoup possibles
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re: #225 Jay C
The thing is, he could appeal without the bond; that would just mean that Carroll could begin the process of collecting while the appeal takes place. It’s the same with the fraud case; he doesn’t have to put up the $460M plus 20% up front. It’s meant to be a trade-off for liable defendants: Either your money is kept secure, but you have to have it up front plus a percentage; or you can keep your money during the appeal, at the risk of the plaintiff getting ahold of it (although you do get it back if you win on appeal).
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump trying to haggle with a judge as if it were a real estate transaction…
But this is all part of his attempts to buy time as he scrambles to raise money.
Yeah, that’s all it is.
re: #224 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The line between madness, religion, news and entertainment has been dissolved in this country
Can’t forget politics, unless you’ve already folded that into madness
re: #228 Nerdy Fish
The thing is, he could appeal without the bond; that would just mean that Carroll could begin the process of collecting while the appeal takes place. It’s the same with the fraud case; he doesn’t have to put up the $460M plus 20% up front. It’s meant to be a trade-off for liable defendants: Either your money is kept secure, but you have to have it up front plus a percentage; or you can keep your money during the appeal, at the risk of the plaintiff getting ahold of it (although you do get it back if you win on appeal).
Right. I read that if Trump gives the state of New York the $450 million, and wins his appeal, the state will have to give it back plus any costs incurred. Seems to me a guy with a house $1.5 billion and a total net worth of $10 billion could easily front this during the appeal. Such a mystery why he’s not doing that!
re: #231 Unabogie
Right. I read that if Trump gives the state of New York the $450 million, and wins his appeal, the state will have to give it back plus any costs incurred. Seems to me a guy with a house $1.5 billion and a total net worth of $10 billion could easily front this during the appeal. Such a mystery why he’s not doing that!
Yeah, I can’t imagine why he’s not just stumping up for the appeal. I mean, he’s worth ten billion, right? And he’s absolutely certain he’ll win on appeal, so what’s the problem?
re: #232 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I can’t imagine why he’s not just stumping up for the appeal. I mean, he’s worth ten billion, right? And he’s absolutely certain he’ll win on appeal, so what’s the problem?
Not only that, but a guy who knows he’s being persecuted for crimes he didn’t commit and for which he’s already been exonerated sure seems to be trying really hard to avoid proving that in court. Another mystery, I tells ya!
re: #233 Unabogie
Not only that, but a guy who knows he’s being persecuted for crimes he didn’t commit and for which he’s already been exonerated sure seems to be trying really hard to avoid proving that in court. Another mystery, I tells ya!
For such an innocent man, all that sure does make him look guilty as hell. 😄
re: #233 Unabogie
Not only that, but a guy who knows he’s being persecuted for crimes he didn’t commit and for which he’s already been exonerated sure seems to be trying really hard to avoid proving that in court. Another mystery, I tells ya!
And a successful casino owner knows good odds when he sees them.
re: #212 mmmirele
That interview was a few years ago, but popped back up when Charlie (penguinz0), a gaming/commentary channel on YouTube posted a video yesterday featuring excerpts. It has almost 1.9 million views. Charlie is pretty fucking clear on what he feels about Kenneth Copeland.
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I couldn’t watch it all the way through—not because of Charlie, but because I hate Kenneth Copeland’s face and voice with the heat of a billion suns.
ETA: Anyone else experiencing an issue with the “recycle” circle just spinning and not updating the number of comments after you update? I’m having to reload the page. /latest version of Firefox on Windows 10
As I’ve mentioned before, Buddy Holly and Kenneth Copeland were both born in Lubbock, Texas in 1936 (Holly on September 7, Copeland on December 6).
Buddy has been gone 65 years while Kenneth survives right up to the present day, proving once again that there just ain’t no justice.
re: #165 Dangerman
Some twat on twatter said “We are a republic. Sounds good to me!”
re: #121 ericblair
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A few decades ago, the idea that the entire phone system would turn into a dumpster fire of spam and fraud seemed pretty laughable, but here we are.
In Europe, it’s not the voice calls, but most of my texts are either bank-account-login or kid-with-“new”-phone-needs-money-now scams.
I was visiting my brother last night and he got one of those “scam” calls on the land line. Helpfully noted as “scam” call. Why aren’t they blocked then? Anyway, he let the phone ring and roll to voice mail. He’s keeping the phone number right now as he resolves my mother’s estate, as that was her phone number.
Foot news: He’s supposed to use crutches to get around, but that’s impossible with his spine and shoulder issues. He went to a wound specialist on Monday. They took pictures of the wound and swabbed it for infection. Two days later they called him and said he had *two* bacterial infections and one fungal infection! He now has more antibiotics to take. He thinks whatever they’re giving him for the fungal infection is actually doing something positive for his wound. He also has been approved for home health to come out and change the dressings on the wound. We’re now 11 weeks into this (he got the blister on November 30). What a mess.
re: #146 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Tricksy word with a whiff.
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The responses are what you would expect from the Xtian fundy right wing assholes.
Christians Explain How Jesus Would Handle The Border Crisis
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After non-binary teen’s death, lawmaker says Christians don’t “want that filth” in Oklahoma
State Sen. Tom Woods said he’d fight “to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state”
ain’t no hate like Xtian love…
He didn’t stop there. Being the good Xtian full o’ the Holy Sprit he doubled down on that Xtian love!
“We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state—we are a moral state,” Woods said. “We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose. We are a Republican state and I’m going to vote my district, and I’m going to vote my values, and we don’t want that in the state of Oklahoma.”
Did he stop there?
Nope.
“I support my constituency, and like I said, we’re a Christian state, and we are tired of having that shoved down our throat at every turn. I’ll let my words [spoken here] speak for theirselves, but that is my statement, and I stand behind it, and I stand behind the Republican Party values, and that is my statement,” Woods said.
And to show what kind of a devout Xtian this fart is…
‘Someone hit me in the face’: Senator-elect Tom Woods cited after fight with truck shop owner
Now did a single member of the Gawdly Oklahoma Republican Party challenge what Woods said?
Nope.
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
“We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose.”
As long as it’s right-wing evangelical Christianity. Everybody else can go fuck themselves.
re: #248 Nerdy Fish
As long as it’s right-wing evangelical Christianity. Everybody else can go fuck themselves.
Add Oklahoma to the list of states where my agency is unable to fill vacant positions. Even when they offer bonuses and full relocation expenses there are NO TAKERS. Offices are critically understaffed and several are on the verge of shutting down because people are retiring, resigning or getting the fuck out of that hell hole transferring to another state where they feel safe.
re: #249 Joe Bacon ✅
Add Oklahoma to the list of my state where my agency is unable to fill vacant positions. Even when they offer bonuses and full relocation expenses there are NO TAKERS. Offices are critically understaffed and several are on the verge of shutting down because people are retiring, resigning or getting the fuck out of that hell hole transferring to another state where they feel safe.
Do the Republicans not understand the amount of damage they’re doing with these radical right-wing policies? The brain drain is real, and I’ve got news: Those people aren’t just going to come flooding back once the Republicans are gone. It’s going to take a long time to fix things.
re: #228 Nerdy Fish
The thing is, he could appeal without the bond; that would just mean that Carroll could begin the process of collecting while the appeal takes place. It’s the same with the fraud case; he doesn’t have to put up the $460M plus 20% up front. It’s meant to be a trade-off for liable defendants: Either your money is kept secure, but you have to have it up front plus a percentage; or you can keep your money during the appeal, at the risk of the plaintiff getting ahold of it (although you do get it back if you win on appeal).
What if the plaintiff collects it during the appeal, but you win the appeal and then the plaintiff cannot return it? What happens then?
re: #231 Unabogie
Right. I read that if Trump gives the state of New York the $450 million, and wins his appeal, the state will have to give it back plus any costs incurred. Seems to me a guy with a house $1.5 billion and a total net worth of $10 billion could easily front this during the appeal. Such a mystery why he’s not doing that!
Does anyone have a legitimate estimate of his true net worth? Isn’t it likely to be well under a billion?
re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter
What if the plaintiff collects it during the appeal, but you win the appeal and then the plaintiff cannot return it? What happens then?
I genuinely don’t know, as I am not a lawyer, especially not a New York one. I would assume that the funds would be placed in an escrow pending resolution of the appeal, rather than being given to the plaintiff directly.
re: #252 Hecuba’s daughter
Here’s How Much Donald Trump Is Worth
He’s nowhere near as rich as he boasts, nor as poor as some critics claim. Donald Trump’s real net worth? $2.6 billion, according to our most recent tally, conducted in September 2023. Below, Forbes offers an asset-by-asset breakdown of the former (and possibly future) president’s fortune.
Picture of pie chart below.
re: #250 Nerdy Fish
Do the Republicans not understand the amount of damage they’re doing with these radical right-wing policies? The brain drain is real, and I’ve got news: Those people aren’t just going to come flooding back once the Republicans are gone. It’s going to take a long time to fix things.
They don’t care; the future can take care of itself.
re: #78 retired cynic
We had a Chances R in Champaign/Urbana IL. Music there was played.
Did it wear a silly grin?
re: #255 No Malarkey!
They don’t care; the future can take care of itself.
Right. The Republican motto: “I got mine, fuck all y’all.”
re: #83 ckkatz
This interview by @4lisaguerrero for @InsideEdition is making a few waves on social media. Not into the Prosperity Gospel, thank you.
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Jesus is a trick on Republicans.
h/t to Mary Flannery O’Connor
re: #250 Nerdy Fish
Do the Republicans not understand the amount of damage they’re doing with these radical right-wing policies? The brain drain is real, and I’ve got news: Those people aren’t just going to come flooding back once the Republicans are gone. It’s going to take a long time to fix things.
Oklahoma Republicans have made it clear. They’re glad that kid died.
re: #260 Joe Bacon ✅
Oklahoma Republicans have made it clear. They’re glad that kid died.
I just cannot comprehend the level of hate required to be glad that a child died. Who cares if you think they’re a “sinner”? Jesus died for all our sins, even non-cisgender-heterosexual people (if it’s even sinful to be otherwise, which I don’t believe). We should never be happy somebody died.
re: #261 Nerdy Fish
I can comprehend that level of hate because I’ve been on the receiving end of it from right wing Xtians who really love to dish out the intolerance.
re: #158 Eventual Carrion
Me in the 70’s. Cropped from a high school yearbook pic. And yes I possibly had platform shoes on.
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re: #261 Nerdy Fish
I just cannot comprehend the level of hate required to be glad that a child died. Who cares if you think they’re a “sinner”? Jesus died for all our sins, even non-cisgender-heterosexual people (if it’s even sinful to be otherwise, which I don’t believe). We should never be happy somebody died.
Our rabbi last night spoke of Nex and offered his sympathy to their family. He is deeply saddened by the evil unleashed in our nation that allows for such despicable behavior.
re: #257 BeenHereAwhile
Did it wear a silly grin?
The song was one of many compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s. It was listed on Billboard’s “Most Played by Jockeys” survey for Johnny Mathis, charting in 1957.
And Johnny is STILL touring as we speak.
re: #247 Joe Bacon ✅
It’s stuff like this that makes me glad that both my father and my mother’s parents decided that Oklahoma was not where it was at and picked up and moved to California.
Scotland just beat England 30-21 in the Six Nations rugby tournament at Murrayfield stadium just down the road from where I live. This win is the fourth in a row for Scotland against the Auld Enemy, the last time that happened was 1896. Going to be a loud time in the Old Town tonight.
re: #260 Joe Bacon ✅
Oklahoma Republicans have made it clear. They’re glad that kid died.
Oh, yeah, just to be very, very clear, the rumors going around that Nex Benedict died of a drug overdose are untrue. Toxicology reports have not come back yet, and the police apparently decided on their own to release something to “calm things down.” Judd Legum of Popular Information is on the case and he released a special article yesterday addressing what was going on.
re: #260 Joe Bacon ✅
Oklahoma Republicans have made it clear. They’re glad that kid died.
before it could corrupt other good OK Christians
re: #252 Hecuba’s daughter
Does anyone have a legitimate estimate of his true net worth? Isn’t it likely to be well under a billion?
It depends. He might get a few billion dollar windfall from Truth social if the buyout goes through.
re: #186 Decatur Deb
Does it address corporate conception and personhood? Corporations are people, too.
Corporations spring forth full grown like Minerva.
re: #268 mmmirele
What’s depressing is knowing that tomorrow a lot of Oklahoma right wing preachers will rejoice in that kid’s death proclaiming that kid is now burning in hell for all eternity for being trans.
And it’s only gonna get more intolerant as the days go on…
re: #261 Nerdy Fish
I just cannot comprehend the level of hate required to be glad that a child died. Who cares if you think they’re a “sinner”? Jesus died for all our sins, even non-cisgender-heterosexual people (if it’s even sinful to be otherwise, which I don’t believe). We should never be happy somebody died.
I’d be pretty glad to read that Kyle R. got repeatedly run over by a bus.
re: #252 Hecuba’s daughter
Does anyone have a legitimate estimate of his true net worth? Isn’t it likely to be well under a billion?
The problem he faces is liquidity. His net worth is tied up in things like property but the NY courts want cash or at least electronic funds transfer for escrow. Selling a golf course or two will get him cash but that takes time to find a buyer. He could get cash money tomorrow for, say, the Bedminster property but he’d be lucky to get half of what it is really worth compared to what he could get if he spent a couple of months offering it for sale.
Possible buyers for his properties are all real estate moguls like himself, and that is not a compliment. They smell blood in the water and they won’t do him any favours.
re: #256 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
They forgot to include national defense and intelligence secrets.
re: #250 Nerdy Fish
Do the Republicans not understand the amount of damage they’re doing with these radical right-wing policies?
They understand perfectly. They enjoy harming certain groups of people.
Tweet this morning from Jonathan Turley:
“The Hill is out with my column in a recent discovery of the criminal history of the great-great-grandfather of Joe Biden. It turns out that the evasion of accountability may be something of a family trait acquired through generations of natural selection.”
Has this man ever displayed any honesty or has he always been a lying POS?
“Move fast and break things.”
Alabama Legislature: You got it!
Yesterday Wife and I were to meet a friend at a fish restaurant. Instead we got a call—she had a fender-bender a few miles away. We got there just as she was finishing up with a nice cop and nice semi driver. Her little car and half of a 24X60 mobile home had tried to occupy the same turn lane. She knocked a chunk of artificial stone off the house, the passenger side of her Ford Escort was badly scraped. I got her back home by taping her fender and plastic bumper cover together with red duct tape—my most Alabama repair ever.
I greatly appreciate the efforts by lizards here to quantify tfg’s wealth. But I wonder how much Forbes can really verify and how much just directly came from tfg’s claims to them.
Whenever I hear a claim by tfg, I always remember these 2020 tweets from a former NYT journalist about tfg:
re: #265 BeachDem
The song was one of many compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s. It was listed on Billboard’s “Most Played by Jockeys” survey for Johnny Mathis, charting in 1957.
And Johnny is STILL touring as we speak.
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re: #281 ckkatz
Journalists not reporting lies because they aren’t a novelty is how we got into this mess.
re: #276 jaunte
They forgot to include national defense and intelligence secrets.
Heh. Didn’t think of that; all that wealth is tried up in non-liquid form. I’m not sure that I believe that he has anywhere near $640 M in cash and personal assets, unless that also includes mostly non-liquid assets.
Luke Garrett @lukegarrett.bsky.social
People working in news media really need to figure out how to cover the claims of people who have proven they act exclusively in bad faith. Treating bad faith claims as worthy of attention on the merits, rather than making the story about the bad faith itself, makes the media accomplices.
re: #280 Decatur Deb
Yesterday Wife and I were to meet a friend at a fish restaurant. Instead we got a call—she had a fender-bender a few miles away. We got there just as she was finishing up with a nice cop and nice semi driver. Her little car and half of a 24X60 mobile home had tried to occupy the same turn lane. She knocked a chunk of artificial stone off the house, the passenger side of her Ford Escort was badly scraped. I got her back home by taping her fender and plastic bumper cover together with red duct tape—my most Alabama repair ever.
So sorry to hear that.
I hope that your lady was unhurt and is doing okay.
Car damage can be addressed. People injury, not as much.
Reminds me of a friend who bought his car back from the insurance company after an accident. It was totaled due to bent frame. He drove that car for years afterwards.
re: #260 Joe Bacon ✅
Oklahoma Republicans have made it clear. They’re glad that kid died.
FWIW, Will Rogers did not like Oklahoma “white people”.
Lots of black people are out on bond for felony charges in 4 different jurisdictions with an army of expensive lawyers paid by other people while they leave their golf courses at their country clubs on their private 757s for court dates and pretrial appeals to the Supreme Court.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 24, 2024
re: #284 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Heh. Didn’t think of that; all that that wealth is tried up in non-liquid form. I’m not sure that I believe that he has anywhere near $640 M in cash and personal assets, unless that also includes mostly non-liquid assets.
In any case, how do we know that the outstanding loans on the properties are accurate? Can we be certain that his valuation of a property is accurate? Are people quoting values from third party evaluators or from Trump accountants?
re: #281 ckkatz
I greatly appreciate the efforts by lizards here to quantify tfg’s wealth. But I wonder how much Forbes can really verify and how much just directly came from tfg’s claims to them.
Whenever I hear a claim by tfg, I always remember these 2020 tweets from a former NYT journalist about tfg:
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Forbes has tried very hard to quantify DJT’s wealth. If memory serves, they were rather pissed off that he’d misled them and he’s off their top 400 list.
That said, I suspect that the properties in question are illiquid as hell (e.g. Mar-a-Lago) or mortgaged to the hilt (Trump Tower). Just trying to seize the properties could be problematic because the actual owner might not be any of DJT’s enterprises.
re: #286 ckkatz
So sorry to hear that.
I hope that your lady was unhurt and is doing okay.
Car damage can be addressed. People injury, not as much.
Reminds me of a friend who bought his car back from the insurance company after an accident. It was totaled due to bent frame. He drove that car for years afterwards.
She’s fine—we actually stopped at the fish place on the way home. She was just here, checking for collision shops. I went out to check that the duct tape is holding up.
re: #289 Hecuba’s daughter
In any case, how do we know that the outstanding loans on the properties are accurate? Can we be certain that his valuation of a property is accurate? Are people quoting values from third party evaluators or from Trump accountants?
IIRC, as pointed out here re: #290 mmmirele, Forbes has done a lot of groundwork to figure out what’s worth what, and how leveraged it is.
re: #278 Hecuba’s daughter
Tweet this morning from Jonathan Turley:
“The Hill is out with my column in a recent discovery of the criminal history of the great-great-grandfather of Joe Biden. It turns out that the evasion of accountability may be something of a family trait acquired through generations of natural selection.”Has this man ever displayed any honesty or has he always been a lying POS?
TURDLEY…
I fully agree that Forbes appears to be making a greater effort to determine tgf’s worth.
I do wonder how much can really be known of something so deliberately obscured.
Finally, I suspect that we will be getting some insight into this as New York State gathers up assets to fulfill the recent judgements.
re: #272 Joe Bacon ✅
What’s depressing is knowing that tomorrow a lot of Oklahoma right wing preachers will rejoice in that kid’s death proclaiming that kid is now burning in hell for all eternity for being trans.
And it’s only gonna get more intolerant as the days go on…
I thought god didn’t make mistakes
re: #158 Eventual Carrion
Me in the 70’s. Cropped from a high school yearbook pic. And yes I possibly had platform shoes on.
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