The Bob Cesca Interview: Comedian Steve Marmel

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Comedian Steve Marmel — Steve Marmel is a standup comic, a cartoon writer, and a political commentator. You might’ve seen Steve on the Stephanie Miller Show, Start Me Up with Kimberley Johnson, and on his popular Twitter account. Today we talked about Trump’s ludicrous offer to the New York appeals court, plus Mitch McConnell, how the press is reporting on Joe Biden, we talked at length about the animation industry, and more! Meantime, don’t forget to support this podcast by subscribing us on Patreon – patreon.com/bobcescashow. Music by Self Animation.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 28, 2024 • 4:07:26pm

I did not know he was a comedian. Huh.

Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 4:17:07pm

Mastodon

austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 4:17:34pm

So SCOTUS will hear TFGs claims of full immunity.

I hope that SCOTUS rules for TFG. I hope that Biden then invites the SCOTUS to the White House for lunch and shoots Alito, Kegger, and Church Lady through their foreheads, and appoints three new Justices and asks them to review that decision so there *will* be precedent limiting Immunity and yet, Biden will skate because of the interregnum where the original decision gave him unlimited immunity.

Justice!

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 4:20:33pm

Illinois has joined the chat…ruling him off the ballot because of the insurrection.

Charles Feb 28, 2024 • 4:20:48pm

re: #2 Backwoods Sleuth

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THEY PUT SPAGHETTI ON THE KITTY

no jury would convict.

Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 4:21:18pm

Mastodon

yeah, what Truth Triscuit said^^^

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 4:22:53pm

re: #6 Backwoods Sleuth

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yeah, what Truth Triscuit said^^^

If it turns out Bradley was banging Merchant then that would be as meaningless as Willis/Wade’s relationship.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 28, 2024 • 4:23:53pm

re: #4 darthstar

Illinois has joined the chat…ruling him off the ballot because of the insurrection.

We weren’t going to vote for that worthless prick anyway. I’d like to see states that he would win stand with the constitution rather than their deranged party.

Nerdy Fish Feb 28, 2024 • 4:25:00pm

re: #7 darthstar

If it turns out Bradley was banging Merchant then that would be as meaningless as Willis/Wade’s relationship.

Except in this case, it is directly material to the case (or lack thereof)… Phrase it this way: The defense attorney is banging a witness for the defense. That’s a lot more damning than, “Two of the prosecutors are banging each other.”

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Feb 28, 2024 • 4:25:17pm

Squint at your own risk

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 4:29:20pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Squint at your own risk

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Fuck…why’d you make me squint?

SteelPH Feb 28, 2024 • 4:31:04pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Squint at your own risk

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Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 4:31:43pm

re: #4 darthstar

Illinois has joined the chat…ruling him off the ballot because of the insurrection.

Mastodon

austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 4:32:08pm

We are, wildly, the most dysfunctional country in the World right now.

We’re a laughingstock.

Thanks, Republicans!

steve_davis Feb 28, 2024 • 4:32:10pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

THEY PUT SPAGHETTI ON THE KITTY

no jury would convict.

the put pawsta on him.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 28, 2024 • 4:32:19pm

re: #9 Nerdy Fish

Except in this case, it is directly material to the case (or lack thereof)… Phrase it this way: The defense attorney is banging a witness for the defense. That’s a lot more damning than, “Two of the prosecutors are banging each other.”

Especially since they’re coordinating with each other to come up with dirt to disqualify the prosecutors.

Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 4:34:15pm

re: #16 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Especially since they’re coordinating with each other to ~~come up with~~ fabricate dirt to disqualify the prosecutors.

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 4:34:52pm

Also supports the theory that every animal in Australia can kill you.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Feb 28, 2024 • 4:40:20pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 4:41:19pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

It’s the McAsshole…🤬

austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 4:42:35pm

re: #18 darthstar

Also supports the theory that every animal in Australia can kill you.

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Innocent!

I’m too cute, and, also, drunk out of my mind on fermented eucalyptus sap.

piratedan Feb 28, 2024 • 4:44:30pm

re: #9 Nerdy Fish

falls into the “every accusation is an admission category”

ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 5:10:30pm

re: #19 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

To serve humanity!

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 5:11:07pm

Charles Feb 28, 2024 • 5:11:14pm

Bob Schneider “Ready, Let’s Roll” @ Eddie Owen Presents

The GOP is a Terrorist Organization Feb 28, 2024 • 5:11:21pm

There has been reason to suspect the Supreme Court of the United States is not an objective arbiter, especially since Bush v Gore.

There is no doubt now, that the SCOTUS is fully in the tank for Trump, proven by the likelihood that the only reason they took up this absurd case is to buy Donald time.

HRH Stanley Sea Feb 28, 2024 • 5:12:08pm

Mushroom quesadilla + watching Capote VS The Swans.

It’s going to be a very long year until November & my goal is to maintain sanity.

Too much doom so soon. Buckle up.

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 5:16:01pm

re: #26 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

The corrupted court only answers to Leonard Leo. They will do whatever he commands.

Charles Feb 28, 2024 • 5:16:23pm

Late April is getting uncomfortably close to the deadline. The act of delaying for two more months is a statement in itself.

ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 5:16:42pm

Tuberville Xitter post with reader-added context

Charles Feb 28, 2024 • 5:19:49pm

SCOTUS just gave Donald Trump another two month extension on his quest to become dictator. You know, for a day. A day that never ends.

Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 5:20:57pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

SCOTUS just gave Donald Trump another two month extension on his quest to become dictator. You know, for a day. A day that never ends.

Groundhog Day…

Backwoods Sleuth Feb 28, 2024 • 5:22:21pm

Mastodon

might have something to do with spaghetti…

niterz, lizardz!

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 5:25:02pm

re: #27 HRH Stanley Sea

Mushroom quesadilla + watching Capote VS The Swans.

It’s going to be a very long year until November & my goal is to maintain sanity.

Too much doom so soon. Buckle up.

Starting the first episode of Payback (2023 Scottish drama) on Britbox. Doing my best to keep my head clean of politics.

Actually took initiative at work today when I noticed something amiss with two of the LOBs using an app I help manage. Spent the next four hours updating terraform scripts and redeploying their autoscaling groups and EC2 instances (72 for one team). Actually enjoyed the whole process of doing shit.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 5:39:25pm

It takes four Justices to grant certiorari. That means there are at least four Justices right now who are willing to hear out arguments the President is above the law. They are Thomas, Alito, Coney Barrett, and Gorsuch for sure. Kavanaugh fucken sucks but his record on the Court is weird, he’s sided with the liberal Justices in quite a few cases.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 5:42:32pm

It’s purely a stalling move. Surely Roberts doesn’t want to go down as the Chief Justice who made Presidents divine deities, they won’t go down that road… until after the 2024 election.

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 5:42:45pm

So it looks official: Apple+ is producing 10 episodes of Neuromancer.

deadline.com

Dangerman Feb 28, 2024 • 5:45:34pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 5:50:54pm

re: #38 Dangerman

…unless they’re from Cuba…

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Feb 28, 2024 • 5:51:34pm

re: #38 Dangerman

Personally, I doubt appeals to religious feelings will matter much in our political struggles.

In no small part, fundamentalist religions are about people desperate to remain in control of others.

So someone who is in such a mindset, controlling a woman’s reproductive freedom and controlling immigration are both about the same thing: control.

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 5:53:50pm

re: #36 teleskiguy

It’s purely a stalling move. Surely Roberts doesn’t want to go down as the Chief Justice who made Presidents divine deities, they won’t go down that road… until after the 2024 election.

If 2024 turns into a violent shit show because Roberts was afraid of acting too quickly he will go down as the most pathetic chief justice in history.

EPR-radar Feb 28, 2024 • 5:58:31pm

re: #41 darthstar

If 2024 turns into a violent shit show because Roberts was afraid of acting too quickly he will go down as the most pathetic chief justice in history.

That’s already a done deal, IMO. His only other competition, Taney, was a slave-owning piece of shit, but at least that was an ethos.

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Feb 28, 2024 • 5:59:48pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle is off to raffle the equator in the key of G.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 985 2/6

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SibData: 2,3,4,4,4

Nerdy Fish Feb 28, 2024 • 6:00:23pm

The only question I have in my head now is: Why us? Why does it have to be our timeline that’s the stupidest fucking timeline?

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 6:01:47pm

Memories of reading Gibbons Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire when I was in my teens.

50 years later seeing it happen in real time.

Eclectic Cyborg Feb 28, 2024 • 6:03:04pm

re: #44 Nerdy Fish

The only question I have in my head now is: Why us? Why does it have to be our timeline that’s the stupidest fucking timeline?

I’m sure people were asking that thousands of years ago, too.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 6:08:39pm

re: #42 EPR-radar

That’s already a done deal, IMO. His only other competition, Taney, was a slave-owning piece of shit, but at least that was an ethos.

Big Lebowski - Nihilists

Dangerman Feb 28, 2024 • 6:15:49pm

re: #42 EPR-radar

That’s already a done deal, IMO. His only other competition, Taney, was a slave-owning piece of shit, but at least that was an ethos.

Taney is thrilled right now

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 6:18:22pm

re: #48 Dangerman

Taney is thrilled right now

Taney’s been dead for 160 years.

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 6:18:53pm

re: #45 Joe Bacon ✅

Memories of reading Gibbons Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire when I was in my teens.

50 years later seeing it happen in real time.

Nope. This is it on x4 fast forward. The Romans couldn’t have even imagined killing things off this quickly.

Dangerman Feb 28, 2024 • 6:19:21pm

re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Personally, I doubt appeals to religious feelings will matter much in our political struggles.

In no small part, fundamentalist religions are about people desperate to remain in control of others.

So someone who is in such a mindset, controlling a woman’s reproductive freedom and controlling immigration are both about the same thing: control.

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 6:21:06pm

re: #45 Joe Bacon ✅

Memories of reading Gibbons Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire when I was in my teens.

50 years later seeing it happen in real time.

We’re not done yet. Straight white people who don’t like being judged by the content of their character? Fuck them.

Dangerman Feb 28, 2024 • 6:21:19pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

Taney’s been dead for 160 years.

Yup
No longer at the bottom after 160 odd years

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 6:22:15pm

People born in the 1960s are turning 60 in the 2020s. Many of them already have, some will be and are already 64.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 6:23:29pm

When I’m Sixty Four

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 6:25:36pm

re: #37 Belafon

So it looks official: Apple+ is producing 10 episodes of Neuromancer.

deadline.com

I has an old feeling. I went “Oh hell yeah” and my son went “What’s that” I go “_NEUROMANCER_ dude. William f’in Gibson.” “You’re the only William I know. So what’s that?”

So I had to explain the origin of cyberpunk (he owns Cyberpunk 2077 ironically… ) in Gibson, Sterling & etc… TPB’d an audiobook of Neuromancer narrated by the man though for him so that’s a win.

Meanwhile he’s snarking on the 3rd largest megacorp making a media on cyberpunk… and there is a certain humor to that I have to admit 😈

wrenchwench Feb 28, 2024 • 6:27:23pm

re: #54 teleskiguy

People born in the 1960s are turning 60 in the 2020s. Many of them already have, some will be and are already 64.

Born In The 50’s

My younger sisters heard this and marveled that I was one of those.

Rightwingconspirator Feb 28, 2024 • 6:27:37pm

re: #38 Dangerman

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Nailed it!

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 6:27:58pm

re: #56 William Lewis

I has an old feeling. I went “Oh hell yeah” and my son went “What’s that” I go “_NEUROMANCER_ dude. William f’in Gibson.” “You’re the only William I know. So what’s that?”

So I had to explain the origin of cyberpunk (he owns Cyberpunk 2077 ironically… ) in Gibson, Sterling & etc… TPB’d an audiobook of Neuromancer narrated by the man though for him so that’s a win.

Meanwhile he’s snarking on the 3rd largest megacorp making a media on cyberpunk… and there is a certain humor to that I have to admit 😈

I have too many services, but I will have to subscribe to Apple+ when that comes out.

The GOP is a Terrorist Organization Feb 28, 2024 • 6:39:42pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

SCOTUS just gave Donald Trump another two month extension on his quest to become dictator. You know, for a day. A day that never ends.

For the wingnuts who think mask mandates and other measures enacted to protect public health is TYRANNY,the highest court in the land acting on behalf of a candidate who says he wants to be dictator - even for “just a day” - is the very picture of tyranny.

steve_davis Feb 28, 2024 • 6:41:13pm

re: #50 William Lewis

Nope. This is it on x4 fast forward. The Romans couldn’t have even imagined killing things off this quickly.

Trump will be found guilty in the hush money case. He’ll be sentenced to 24 months and he’ll be ruling from Rikers because he can’t pardon himself of that. It’s also possible he’s very soon going to have his entire empire sold out from under him to pay two judgements.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Feb 28, 2024 • 6:41:47pm

re: #42 EPR-radar

That’s already a done deal, IMO. His only other competition, Taney, was a slave-owning piece of shit, but at least that was an ethos.

In fact, Taney emancipated all his slaves in 1818.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 6:41:57pm

Mastodon

Jay C Feb 28, 2024 • 6:51:45pm

Hell of a puzzle today:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 984 3/6

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🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Also needed a Clue to finish Spelling Bee today, so ☹️

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 6:52:35pm

re: #61 steve_davis

Trump will be found guilty in the hush money case. He’ll be sentenced to 24 months and he’ll be ruling from Rikers because he can’t pardon himself of that. It’s also possible he’s very soon going to have his entire empire sold out from under him to pay two judgements.

Nice dream. I hope that it remains true in the dawn of morning after…

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer (Official Music Video)

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 6:53:33pm

re: #65 William Lewis

Nice dream. I hope that it remains true in the dawn of morning after…

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I prefer not resigning to fate.

Hecuba's daughter Feb 28, 2024 • 6:54:33pm

re: #62 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

In fact, Taney emancipated all his slaves in 1818.

Very odd that he turned into a pro-slavery zealot over the years. But then maybe it’s the same as we see now with people who were reasonable at one time but courtesy of Faux News and other propaganda turning into hard core racists and Trump fanatics.

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 6:56:09pm

re: #67 Hecuba’s daughter

Very odd that he turned into a pro-slavery zealot over the years. But then maybe it’s the same as we see now with people who were reasonable at one time but courtesy of Faux News and other propaganda turning into hard core racists and Trump fanatics.

Frances Scott Key defended slaves and ex slaves in many court cases, but thought that slaves would riot and that northerners were helping them.

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 7:02:45pm

Biden suffers from obstructive sleep apnea, spinal arthritis, sensory neuropathy in his feet, a-fib with normal ventricular response, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal reflux, seasonal allergies, the president’s physician said after annual physical.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 28, 2024

Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, says a “neurological exam was again reassuring in that there were no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder, such as a stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or ascending lateral sclerosis”

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 28, 2024

Biden had difficulties falling asleep while wearing the CPAP mask but has stuck with the therapy and uses it for most or all of the night, doc says.

Biden, who weighs 178 pounds, is taking several meds: Eliquis, Crestore, Fluticasone nasal spray, Allegra, Pepcid and Nexium.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 28, 2024

🧵 Sharing a life lesson I learned as a young staffer for @RepJamesClyburn.One day I was complaining to the Congressman about the need for more youth involvement. He agreed but cautioned me to not be singularly focused on age. He said: “Jaime, which would you prefer an old…

— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) February 19, 2024

TedStriker Feb 28, 2024 • 7:06:53pm

re: #56 William Lewis

I has an old feeling. I went “Oh hell yeah” and my son went “What’s that” I go “_NEUROMANCER_ dude. William f’in Gibson.” “You’re the only William I know. So what’s that?”

So I had to explain the origin of cyberpunk (he owns Cyberpunk 2077 ironically… ) in Gibson, Sterling & etc… TPB’d an audiobook of Neuromancer narrated by the man though for him so that’s a win.

Meanwhile he’s snarking on the 3rd largest megacorp making a media on cyberpunk… and there is a certain humor to that I have to admit 😈

Read “Neuromancer” for college, still have the book, though I’ve haven’t cracked it open in ages.

If one reads that book, they’ll see all the influences, pulls, and outright thefts from it in all sorts of media since then, Cyberpunk 2077 being just one of the latest.

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 7:16:23pm

Looking for something else entirely and ran into this live version of this song. It’s instructive, I think, to hear it as it was before it became a video, before it became a big hit. When it was simply an exquisite song by an unknown band… This is _why_ it became so big. She’s killer on that bass and that’s not seen in the hit video either, which is a loss.

Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - 3/26/1986 - Ritz

TedStriker Feb 28, 2024 • 7:20:12pm

re: #69 Belafon

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Not that I’m able to give advice to the president, but, as a CPAP user myself and as a sidesleeper/tosser, I find it much more comfortable to use by suspending the hose/mask from above; I have this clamped to the top of my headboard:
amazon.com

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 7:22:29pm

we need to stop sharing tweets here, for real

aatharuv Feb 28, 2024 • 7:29:14pm

re: #8 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

We weren’t going to vote for that worthless prick anyway. I’d like to see states that he would win stand with the constitution rather than their deranged party.

Lawfare. To the extent that states where he’s guaranteed to lose vote for him push him off the ballot, it causes Republicans to waste resources fighting everything.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 7:29:25pm

You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here

You’re probably wondering why I’m here
And so am I
And so am I…

darthstar Feb 28, 2024 • 7:30:19pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

Taney’s been dead for 160 years.

What is wrong with being dead? I’ve been Dead for over forty of my almost sixty years.
(~):-}

TedStriker Feb 28, 2024 • 7:31:35pm

re: #76 darthstar

What is wrong with being dead? I’ve been Dead for over forty of my almost sixty years.
(~):-}

You still Truckin’?

///

No Malarkey! Feb 28, 2024 • 7:32:27pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

SCOTUS just gave Donald Trump another two month extension on his quest to become dictator. You know, for a day. A day that never ends.

As I said earlier today, It’s on Alvin Bragg now, because the Manhattan criminal case is now the only one that is likely to go to a jury to render a verdict before election day. No pressure, Alvin, all that is at stake is our democracy!

jaunte Feb 28, 2024 • 7:33:31pm

re: #76 darthstar

We just keep feeling our way, like the day before.

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 7:34:45pm

re: #76 darthstar

What is wrong with being dead? I’ve been Dead for over forty of my almost sixty years.
(~):-}

One of the great things my Dad got at the end of his life was him and his only son listening to a ton of Grateful Dead. The time period *made* me appreciate what The Dead did. They Did It.

I have an Umphrey’s McGee tattoo on my leg. They couldn’t do that if not for The Dead.

No Malarkey! Feb 28, 2024 • 7:35:06pm

re: #36 teleskiguy

It’s purely a stalling move. Surely Roberts doesn’t want to go down as the Chief Justice who made Presidents divine deities, they won’t go down that road… until after the 2024 election.

I don’t think they will at all. The Justices believe that they are the Philosopher-Kings of America; they won’t want to anoint another Monarch residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

jaunte Feb 28, 2024 • 7:36:41pm

@yasharali.bsky.social

OH MY GOD…
A Turning Point rep (Charlie Kirk’s org) tweeted this out and look at the response

Markm1960 Feb 28, 2024 • 7:37:48pm

re: #71 William Lewis

Looking for something else entirely and ran into this live version of this song. It’s instructive, I think, to hear it as it was before it became a video, before it became a big hit. When it was simply an exquisite song by an unknown band… This is _why_ it became so big. She’s killer on that bass and that’s not seen in the hit video either, which is a loss.

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It’s the maid from Portlandia! //

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 7:39:20pm

This is a recording of an Umphrey’s McGee show on Father’s Day 2022. I was standing next to my Dad in the audience, maybe eight rows up or so…

Nemo (06.19.22 Vail, Colorado) (Live)

TedStriker Feb 28, 2024 • 7:42:23pm

re: #82 jaunte

@yasharali.bsky.social

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I can feel the heat from the huge burn that the Maricopa Co. recorder gave from here in Nashville…

teleskiguy Feb 28, 2024 • 7:59:09pm

re: #84 teleskiguy

This show… My last picture of him and me…

Mastodon

nines09 Feb 28, 2024 • 8:03:17pm

Long story short, very old friends dad had a small town General Store. Over the years, it was turned into a mini museum. I was visiting another old friend and he was going over and I went with him. First I seen him in years. Just two photos here, I will post more when I get them together. Incredible stuff.

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William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:12:22pm

Quick side question: has anyone here used a Fender Mustang 25 watt amp? Thinking about getting one as a practice amp till I can afford to get my good amp sorted out ($$$$)

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 8:20:40pm

I can’t stop laughing at this!

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 8:24:09pm

Because the temps dropped, I got to wear my Barbie jacket. One guy, looking to be around 60 or so said “Unusual jacket.” I think I jolted his brain wearing it.

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 8:29:21pm

re: #87 nines09

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retired cynic Feb 28, 2024 • 8:30:04pm

re: #91 Joe Bacon ✅

I love the walnut icebox. That is so… cool? (no pun intended)

Odie Hugh Manatee Feb 28, 2024 • 8:31:00pm

re: #88 William Lewis

How much noise do you want to make? A good 25W amp can kick out some sound. I have a Roland Cube 30 that I ended up padding over the speaker and then using a bungee cord to hold a board over that to attenuate the amp a bit so I can get into the power without destroying my neighbors peace.

I have a 100W amp with a pair of 15” Celestions for that purpose… 😁

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:31:03pm

re: #90 Belafon

Because the temps dropped, I got to wear my Barbie jacket. One guy, looking to be around 60 or so said “Unusual jacket.” I think I jolted his brain wearing it.

Barbie jacket? Sounds like something I need to wear to fuck with the shit birds around here ;)

No matter, good on you 😎

Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 8:31:45pm

re: #92 retired cynic

There was a store in Ligonier that had converted an old icebox into a combination radio/record player with Philco components Loved listening to it!

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:33:37pm

re: #93 Odie Hugh Manatee

How much noise do you want to make? A good 25W amp can kick out some sound. I have a Roland Cube 30 that I ended up padding over the speaker and then using a bungee cord to hold a board over that to attenuate the amp a bit so I can get into the power without destroying my neighbors peace.

I have a 100W amp with a pair of 15” Celestions for that purpose… 😁

My main amp is a VHT _6_ WATT amp so to me a 25 watt amp is like too fucking stupid WTF is happening!!!!!!!!!!!

austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 8:35:44pm

re: #56 William Lewis

I has an old feeling. I went “Oh hell yeah” and my son went “What’s that” I go “_NEUROMANCER_ dude. William f’in Gibson.” “You’re the only William I know. So what’s that?”

So I had to explain the origin of cyberpunk (he owns Cyberpunk 2077 ironically… ) in Gibson, Sterling & etc… TPB’d an audiobook of Neuromancer narrated by the man though for him so that’s a win.

Meanwhile he’s snarking on the 3rd largest megacorp making a media on cyberpunk… and there is a certain humor to that I have to admit 😈

When I moved to Austin in ‘89, Cyberpunk was in its formative years but increasing its acceleration. Gibson released Mirrorshades in ‘86, and Sterling released his anthology Burning Chrome. Neuromancer was released in ‘84, Count Zero in ‘86, and Mona Lisa Overdrive in ‘88. I bumped into Sterling not long after I got a job at bookstore where I was working while I was recovering from back surgery. He had just released a book, written with Gibson (The Difference Engine). I thought he was diffident, at first, but I got to realize he was on the spectrum, and I just needed some time to learn to accommodate his lack of social skills. We got there.

He dubbed me a member of the Curia of the Viridian Movement around 1996, and SWMBO and I were constant members of his SWXSW Tech parties at his house on Cedar Street, where SWMBO was a star at talking to Tech Geeks who would verbally clamp up at a lovely woman trying to make conversation.

Bruce said, “She’s GOOD at this. Thank you both for being here.”

We were like, “We love these geeks! They just need someone to talk to!”

We got to meet Max and Natasha-Vita More, who were living in Austin for a couple of years and who were leaders of the Trans-humanist Movement. Never heard of it? Here:

Max More & Natasha Vita-More on the History of Transhumanism w/ Luke Robert Mason

We got to meet a a lot of SF/F writers and fans until he left Austin and moved to
Pasadena and then Europe in 2013. He has come to town from time to time, but I miss him.

He’s a fascinating dude. Difficult, tough to get close to, prickly, but then he expounds on current shit and it’s “My Dog! He’s a fucking prophet!”

So, that’s it for tonight.

Sweet scaly dreams.

Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 8:38:22pm

re: #94 William Lewis

Barbie jacket? Sounds like something I need to wear to fuck with the shit birds around here ;)

No matter, good on you 😎

Me in my jacket:

The back:

William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:42:20pm

re: #97 austin_blue

When I moved to Austin in ‘89, Cyberpunk was in its formative years but increasing its acceleration. Gibson released Mirrorshades in ‘86, and Sterling released his anthology Burning Chrome. Neuromancer was released in ‘84, Count Zero in ‘86, and Mona Lisa Overdrive in ‘88. I bumped into Sterling not long after I got a job at bookstore where I was working while I was recovering from back surgery. He had just released a book, written with Gibson (The Difference Engine). I thought he was diffident, at first, but I got to realize he was on the spectrum, and I just needed some time to learn to accommodate his lack of social skills. We got there.

He dubbed me a member of the Curia of the Viridian Movement around 1996, and SWMBO and I were constant members of his SWXSW Tech parties at his house on Cedar Street, where SWMBO was a star at talking to Tech Geeks who would verbally clamp up at a lovely woman trying to make conversation.

Bruce said, “She’s GOOD at this. Thank you both for being here.”

We were like, “We love these geeks! They just need someone to talk to!”

We got to meet Max and Natasha-Vita More, who were living in Austin for a couple of years and who were leaders of the Trans-humanist Movement. Never heard of it? Here:

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We got to meet a a lot of SF/F writers and fans until he left Austin and moved to
Pasadena and then Europe in 2013. He has come to town from time to time, but I miss him.

He’s a fascinating dude. Difficult, tough to get close to, prickly, but then he expounds on current shit and it’s “My Dog! He’s a fucking prophet!”

So, that’s it for tonight.

Sweet scaly dreams.

Fuckin’ a. You have me bowing in amazement. Thank you for the story.

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William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:44:00pm

re: #98 Belafon

Me in my jacket:

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Hot Damn! That is fucking exquisite!!!!

That brings out the Queen in me!

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 8:44:21pm

Keep an eye on the 3 liberal Justices over the next few weeks. They all have to be sick and angry that the conservatives are doing this. I do not expect it will be easy to contain that anger. Will they stand up for democracy or for the institution that is harming democracy?

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jaunte Feb 28, 2024 • 8:46:34pm

re: #87 nines09

Speaking of general stores.
This is my great grandfather’s Arco Market in St. Louis:

Left to right: the beat cop, my grandfather Art aged 19, and great grandfather Charles

The building still stands at 430 Arco Avenue, now home to the Mitch hair salon.

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austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 8:47:17pm

re: #98 Belafon

Me in my jacket:

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Totally Gay.

Love it.

Not that either of us are gay. Unless you or are I? Nah.

It’s just that it’s perfect for Texas right now.

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William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:47:31pm

re: #100 William Lewis

Hot Damn! That is fucking exquisite!!!!

That brings out the Queen in me!

Oh they will. The real question is if they can get anyone to go _With Them_ on their path. I am not so certain that they can.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 8:50:04pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

SCOTUS just gave Donald Trump another two month extension on his quest to become dictator. You know, for a day. A day that never ends.

It seems that bad now, but it could get worse:

She continued:

“The Supreme Court is essentially giving in to his reframing of the question. And then the D.C. Circuit and ruling said that he has no categorical immunity. They have reframed it, whether and if so to what extent? They are opening the door to that there is a possibility that a president could have immunity to some subcategory of official actions, but not as to others.”

Finally, she said that suggests Trump may end up being found at least partially immune by the nation’s top court.

At this point in the whole sorry mess, I could totally believe there are five votes on the SCOTUS bench to say that fucking with election results is an official duty of a president and thus Trump cannot be held accountable for his actions BUT that if Biden tries doing it then prosecuting him is fair game.

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William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 8:50:37pm

re: #103 austin_blue

Totally Gay.

Love it.

Not that either of us are gay. Unless you or are I are? Nah.

It’s just that it’s perfect for Texas right now.

This is one of those moments where it really is fun to be bi… 🤣

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Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 8:54:08pm

re: #103 austin_blue

Totally Gay.

Love it.

Not that either of us are gay. Unless you or are I are? Nah.

It’s just that it’s perfect for Texas right now.

I’m straight, for sure. I like the coat and I’m generally pretty good at not giving a shit about people who wouldn’t like it.

I will say the compliments are pretty fun to get. I got a couple of great comments at Walmart. One, from a woman probably 20 years older, came up to me to tell me how much she liked it. Another, was a guy with JayZ hair who yelled “My man, I love your jacket! You’re beautiful.”

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austin_blue Feb 28, 2024 • 8:55:31pm

re: #106 William Lewis

This is one of those moments where it really is fun to be bi… 🤣

I wish I was! It would increase my successful dating chances by two!

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 8:56:55pm

re: #37 Belafon

So it looks official: Apple+ is producing 10 episodes of Neuromancer.

deadline.com

I am…cautiously optimistic. Apple has done a pretty good job with For All Mankind so I’m willing to see how they’ll handle this.

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mmmirele Feb 28, 2024 • 9:03:10pm

Brother news: His toe (top three bones) is being removed on Saturday. Could be Friday if a surgery slot opens, but will likely be Saturday. I got a reality check from him: Even after the toe is removed, they still have to get the wound to close and get rid of the infections! Jaysis. We still can’t get over the irony that this started as a result of a walk he took as part of staying healthy. He’s handling it as well as can be expected.

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William Lewis Feb 28, 2024 • 9:07:25pm

re: #110 mmmirele

A big hug for the both of you…

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Romantic Heretic Feb 28, 2024 • 9:11:14pm

re: #56 William Lewis

Still have the first printing of the Ace™ book of that novel.

That book blew me away.

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Romantic Heretic Feb 28, 2024 • 9:12:21pm

re: #60 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

For the wingnuts who think mask mandates and other measures enacted to protect public health is TYRANNY,the highest court in the land acting on behalf of a candidate who says he wants to be dictator - even for “just a day” - is the very picture of tyranny.

But it’s tyranny in their favour so they have no problem with it.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 9:14:05pm

re: #110 mmmirele

So sorry to hear. Hope everything will work out OK

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ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 9:14:24pm

re: #110 mmmirele

So very sorry to hear this. Hopefully everything will be addressed successfully and your brother can start the road to healing and recovery. And he is very fortunate to have you in his corner.

All I can think of is the old Army saying “No good deed goes unpunished”.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 9:16:08pm

re: #112 Romantic Heretic

Still have the first printing of the Ace™ book of that novel.

That book blew me away.

I still have my copy…somewhere. Think it’s on a shelf in the “storage” room that I keep telling myself I’ll clean out one of these days.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 9:19:30pm

re: #109 Targetpractice

I am…cautiously optimistic. Apple has done a pretty good job with For All Mankind so I’m willing to see how they’ll handle this.

They have done an awesome job even making such an unfilmable show as Foundation worth watching (worried about season 3 with all the production changes). And Silo was unexpectedly good. For All Mankind started a litttle slow and then has become must watch. Severance was amazing, one of the best shows and a must watch. Even See was worth watching, even if somewhat nonsensical (A blind Jason Mamoa in hand to hand combat was fun).

I’m waiting on Constellation. Love the cast. I think I know where it may be going (which could be interesting) or it just might be an 8 episodes of a bad Outer Limits episode. Still on the fence. So I’ll wait for all the episodes to come out so I can binge them if it is good.

Apple has been pretty good with good hardish science fiction. Hope that continues. (Oh I want them to do McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series. It would be a wonderful mix of fantasy elements with hard science fiction.)

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ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 9:20:27pm

re: #101 silverdolphin

Rachel Maddow made an interesting point this evening.

1. This decision likely helps get Trump into the election without Federal prosecution.

2. At this point he knows that if he doesn’t become President, or if he ever leaves the Presidency, he is almost certainly going to jail.

3. SCOTUS just gave Trump a very strong reason to become and stay president by any means.

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Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 9:21:26pm

re: #109 Targetpractice

I am…cautiously optimistic. Apple has done a pretty good job with For All Mankind so I’m willing to see how they’ll handle this.

I would like to give them an idea on a scene. For the classic payphone scene at the airport, update it so that as Case is walking through the crowd he starts hearing people saying his name. “No, Case, I don’t know who that is,” as they reach up and tap the earpiece they are wearing.

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Romantic Heretic Feb 28, 2024 • 9:21:27pm

re: #70 TedStriker

Read “Neuromancer” for college, still have the book, though I’ve haven’t cracked it open in ages.

If one reads that book, they’ll see all the influences, pulls, and outright thefts from it in all sorts of media since then, Cyberpunk 2077 being just one of the latest.

I designed a table top RPG based on The Sprawl books. I sent a letter to Ace to tell them about it.

They said to get in touch with Gibson’s agent, and I did. She forwarded my number to Gibson. He called, nice guy, and he thought it was a great idea. But I needed to talk to Mattel™ because they had bought all the gaming rights.

I got in touch with them and they told me if I even thought about continuing the project my great-great-great grandchildren would be paying them damages.

So I redid the project taking out any references to Gibson’s work. Playtested it with friends and they loved it.

Then I went insane and by the time I recovered I couldn’t get the energy back to pick it up. Still have the paper copy. All the computer files have been lost to time.

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Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 9:23:55pm

re: #120 Romantic Heretic

I wonder if that’s why it took so long for Cyberpunk to get an update. It was basically dead for 30 years.

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JC1 Feb 28, 2024 • 9:26:18pm

re: #109 Targetpractice

I am…cautiously optimistic. Apple has done a pretty good job with For All Mankind so I’m willing to see how they’ll handle this.

They did a pretty good job with Silo as well. And I like their take on Foundation.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 9:27:28pm

re: #110 mmmirele

Brother news: His toe (top three bones) is being removed on Saturday. Could be Friday if a surgery slot opens, but will likely be Saturday. I got a reality check from him: Even after the toe is removed, they still have to get the wound to close and get rid of the infections! Jaysis. We still can’t get over the irony that this started as a result of a walk he took as part of staying healthy. He’s handling it as well as can be expected.

Hoping the surgery goes well and that they can keep the damage minimal. Our abilities to deal with infections are so much better than they were just a few years ago,

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Sherlock Hound Feb 28, 2024 • 9:28:35pm

I still think that Max Headroom was the finest, and the only, cyberpunk TV series ever made! Bravo ran it for a while, calling it “TV Too Good For TV”.

It was.

I prize my boxset.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 9:31:19pm

re: #118 ckkatz

Rachel Maddow made an interesting point this evening.

1. This decision likely helps get Trump into the election without Federal prosecution.

2. At this point he knows that if he doesn’t become President, or if he ever leaves the Presidency, he is almost certainly going to jail.

3. SCOTUS just gave Trump a very strong reason to become and stay president by any means.

No fascist ever got and kept power without a corrupt court. Looks like at least five of the Justices are fine with that. So what will the 3 liberals do? Stand up for democracy or support a corrupt institution? Will they allow this travesty of a decision to stand unopposed? Or will they speak out? Now, when it might make a difference.

They have a lot of power in these actions to protect our system or let it wither away.

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Romantic Heretic Feb 28, 2024 • 9:32:23pm

re: #124 Sherlock Hound

I loved it too when it was on broadcast TV.

I also knew it was doomed after the final scene in the first episode. The producers should have known that studio execs do not like to be mocked.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 9:32:35pm

re: #117 silverdolphin

They have done an awesome job even making such an unfilmable show as Foundation worth watching (worried about season 3 with all the production changes). And Silo was unexpectedly good. For All Mankind started a litttle slow and then has become must watch. Severance was amazing, one of the best shows and a must watch. Even See was worth watching, even if somewhat nonsensical (A blind Jason Mamoa in hand to hand combat was fun).

I’m waiting on Constellation. Love the cast. I think I know where it may be going (which could be interesting) or it just might be an 8 episodes of a bad Outer Limits episode. Still on the fence. So I’ll wait for all the episodes to come out so I can binge them if it is good.

Apple has been pretty good with good hardish science fiction. Hope that continues. (Oh I want them to do McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series. It would be a wonderful mix of fantasy elements with hard science fiction.)

One of the reviewers I’ve been following for years went on at length during one of his film reviews about the problem with adapting hard scifi. And it boiled down to the same problem as usual: Money. Namely studios today will only invest the sort of money needed to make these films happen unless they’re set to be big-budget summer films. And big-budget films aimed towards the summer months are usually popcorn flicks that are heavy on the action and light on plot so as to get as many people in seats as possible. Thus the only way to get the money is to dumb down the material to the point that you end up with yet another cookie-cutter action flick instead of the faithful adaptation that fans of the original material really wanted. So the people wanting a dumb action flick will pan it, the fans will hate it, and the studio will be afraid to touch anything like it again for a while due to failure to make bank.

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Belafon Feb 28, 2024 • 9:32:58pm

re: #125 silverdolphin

At least four. It takes four to bring it to the court.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 9:34:55pm

re: #128 Belafon

At least four. It takes four to bring it to the court.

But it takes five to grant the stay, otherwise the Jan 6th trial could go ahead while the SCOTUS bench deliberates.

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ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 9:36:31pm

The Tango Vals “Corazon De Oro” is a standard within the Argentine Tango genre.

I like this version because includes vocals rather than just being instrumental.

Corazon de oro

If you are curious about how it fits into dancing, here is a professional couple doing a demo to an instrumental version. Argentine Tango mostly focuses on the dancers communicating (and playing) via the foot and legwork, with the upper body usually in a loose frame. Generally the male/leader is expected to keep tempo while the lady/follower can riff around the beat. Even though the dancers are pro’s and have choreographed their dance, you can see there is a lot of concentration as they each read their partner and the communication each is sending.

Corazón de Oro (Francisco Canaro) - Micheal “El Gato” Nadtochi & Elvira Lambo

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 9:37:40pm

re: #129 Targetpractice

But it takes five to grant the stay, otherwise the Jan 6th trial could go ahead while the SCOTUS bench deliberates.

The five—Slappy T, Don Alito, Handmaiden, Son Of Gorsuch and The Kegmaster.

When those 5 declare that Trump is above the law Joe should retaliate by removing the barracades around the court and removing the snipers from the roof.

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mmmirele Feb 28, 2024 • 9:38:41pm

I may have mentioned that I shot off an email to Greg Poole, the superintendent of Barbers Hill ISD (near Beaumont). His school district has kept Darryl George out of the classroom for months now because George has locs. A Texas state district court found for BHIST earlier this month.

Much to my surprise, I actually got an email back from him today.

Dee,
I’m so glad you’re watching. Did you notice we won our lawsuit? And did you happen to see this article in the Wall Street Journal today?

And he copied an entire op-ed from the Wall Street Journal.

My response back:

Greg,

Why yes, I saw that you “won” your lawsuit by virtue of the judge ignoring the CROWN Act. I would not count on a state appellate court finding the same thing, nor does this keep BHIST from action in federal court for civil rights violations. I will repeat what I said earlier: your actions are both racist and sexist. You would not tell a white teenage girl to cut her long hair to be back in the classroom, but you have no problem doing that to Darryl George, a young Black man with hair you dislike.

And, of course, the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page is going to back you, a white man in authority as against a “uppity” Black young man. I’m not stupid out here in Arizona.

Regards,

I hope I made myself clear to him.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 9:41:14pm

re: #131 Joe Bacon ✅

The five—Slappy T, Don Alito, Handmaiden, Son Of Gorsuch and The Kegmaster.

When those 5 declare that Trump is above the law Joe should retaliate by removing the barracades around the court and removing the snipers from the roof.

If Lisa Rubin is right, then what we’re going to get is a ruling that basically gives Trump a mulligan, saying that deliberate interference in the counting and certification of election results falls under a very liberal interpretation of the Executive Branch’s duty to oversee elections, BUT it’s a one-time deal and if he tries it again then they’ll definitely whack his hand for it.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 9:42:48pm

re: #133 Targetpractice

If Lisa Rubin is right, then what we’re going to get is a ruling that basically gives Trump a mulligan, saying that deliberate interference in the counting and certification of election results falls under a very liberal interpretation of the Executive Branch’s duty to oversee elections, BUT it’s a one-time deal and if he tries it again then they’ll definitely whack his hand for it.

And then when he steals his way back in and implements all of Agenda 2025 The Five Assholes will grant him pass after pass to do whatever he pleases.

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ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 9:43:29pm

re: #125 silverdolphin

No fascist ever got and kept power without a corrupt court. Looks like at least five of the Justices are fine with that. So what will the 3 liberals do? Stand up for democracy or support a corrupt institution? Will they allow this travesty of a decision to stand unopposed? Or will they speak out? Now, when it might make a difference.

They have a lot of power in these actions to protect our system or let it wither away.

I will, like I suspect everybody else here, be intently watching this fiasco unfold. Unfortunately, it is far above my pay grade.

I suspect that we will know the right answers to the most important questions on January 21st. Hopefully we, and that includes the liberal justices, all guessed correctly on what we chose to do between now and next January.

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piratedan Feb 28, 2024 • 9:43:35pm

re: #128 Belafon

as seen on Bluesky…. they sure had no issue at all about invalidating Biden’s approach to Loan forgiveness in a speedy fashion bypassing all of the relevant circuit stages. Took them all of a week to cram that thru IIRC. I’m pretty sure that they’re going to be spurred to act soon as certain states are starting to kick Trump off of the ballot due to their own 14th Amendment items in their state election laws.

This strikes me as a delay tactic to ensure he’s not in jail by the time voting happens. Else the last remaining fig leaf is gone but their timing has to be just right to shut out Biden from having the same “opportunities”.

Its complete bullshit and anyone with an iota of good faith knows it, but naturally that doesn’t always apply to these folks, because they’re above reproach.

If we really wanted to launch a shot across their bow, the DOJ could arrest Ginny Thomas for her role in J6 in arranging and coordinating the events and the false elector scams.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Feb 28, 2024 • 9:57:40pm

re: #82 jaunte

@yasharali.bsky.social

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Just saw that in my twitter timeline. Good thing I scrolled through to see if someone had shared it already before posting about it

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Dr Lizardo Feb 28, 2024 • 9:58:18pm

re: #37 Belafon

So it looks official: Apple+ is producing 10 episodes of Neuromancer.

deadline.com

On a cyberpunk note, Amazon is filming Blade Runner 2099 here in Czech Republic, over at Barrandov Studios.

Czechia will be the filming location of the highly-anticipated U.S. series Blade Runner 2099, a sequel to the iconic sci-fi films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, the Czech Film Commission (CFK) has announced.

The series will be filmed in Prague’s Barrandov Studios and will likely leave a significant economic impact on the country’s film-production industry. Amazon Prime Video will platform the series, though producers have not yet announced an official release date.

The series will take place 50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, which was directed by Denis Villeneuve and starred Ryan Gosling. The film and the series are sequels to the 1982 cult classic directed by British director Ridley Scott and starring American actor Harrison Ford.

A cast for Blade Runner 2099 has yet to be announced. According to The Prague Reporter, the first two episodes of the limited series will be directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun). Scott will serve as executive producer.

expats.cz

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 10:03:48pm

I still think that World War Z would make a pretty awesome series, provided it was limited to a single season and the creative staff took a blood oath not to repeat the mistakes of the film.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 28, 2024 • 10:05:00pm

re: #139 Targetpractice

I still think that World War Z would make a pretty awesome series, provided it was limited to a single season and the creative staff took a blood oath not to repeat the mistakes of the film.

Do it in the style of Ken Burns’ The Civil War.

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Targetpractice Feb 28, 2024 • 10:08:26pm

re: #140 Dr Lizardo

Do it in the style of Ken Burns’ The Civil War.

Exactly. It’s pretty much written that way, so it would work great. You can even see if the actors who took part in the audiobook would be willing to come back for the series.

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EPR-radar Feb 28, 2024 • 10:10:15pm

re: #136 piratedan

The fact that SCOTUS is putting the disqualification issue on the fast track and slow walking immunity says everything.

The GOP SCOTUS majority is utterly corrupt, and nothing would be more appropriate than Biden arresting the sleazy 6, sending them to Gitmo and siccing the three-letter agencies on them for a comprehensive investigation to see what they are guilty of.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 28, 2024 • 10:18:20pm

re: #141 Targetpractice

Exactly. It’s pretty much written that way, so it would work great. You can even see if the actors who took part in the audiobook would be willing to come back for the series.

Do it as a mockumentary, but in a serious tone of course. Like you said, the book is written that way and the source material easily lends itself to a multi-part, one season adaptation.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Feb 28, 2024 • 10:21:28pm

Hard to run from prison, Ken https://t.co/6oQ3oMqjCN

— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 29, 2024

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 10:21:30pm

re: #134 Joe Bacon ✅

And then when he steals his way back in and implements all of Agenda 2025 The Five Assholes will grant him pass after pass to do whatever he pleases.

Any fascist needs the Courts behind them to succeed. At least five conservatives on the Court may be auditioning. The three liberals need to start now speaking up. Because if Trump becomes President, their tenure on the Court will not last long. As our democracy sinks into the mire.

Dragging ourselves out of that mire will result in the deaths of thousands (millions?)

How will history view THEM is they just stand by and let it happen? As collaborationists. As cowards. As traitors.

If all they do is vote in the minority in a decision that gives Trump immunity, then they will not have followed their Constitutional oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” And they will also violate their Judicial Oath to “administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich.”

I expect the corrupt 6 to do some corrupt things. They will violate their oaths as they act improperly. But I also expect the other 3 to not go along with that corruption and lead us through this. This is going to be a Constitutional Crisis and they will have to choose a side.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 10:26:33pm

re: #142 EPR-radar

The fact that SCOTUS is putting the disqualification issue on the fast track and slow walking immunity says everything.

The GOP SCOTUS majority is utterly corrupt, and nothing would be more appropriate than Biden arresting the sleazy 6, sending them to Gitmo and siccing the three-letter agencies on them for a comprehensive investigation to see what they are guilty of.

The liberal three need to stand up and uphold their oath to protect the Constitution and the United States from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. They need to use everything they can to bring this corruption out in the open. They need to understand the institution of the Court is no lnger something to protect of the corrupt 6 get their way.

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The GOP is a Terrorist Organization Feb 28, 2024 • 10:35:47pm

re: #134 Joe Bacon ✅

And then when he steals his way back in and implements all of Agenda 2025 The Five Assholes will grant him pass after pass to do whatever he pleases.

I think the Democracy Doomsday Clock went to 11:59:00 with SCOTUS taking this case, and effectively leaving the voters the last backstop against Trump, regardless of how they rule.

The documents case is basically on ice because of Cannon.

The Georgia case is on hold because of these stupid accusations against Fani Willis.

The Bragg trial will start soon, but that is the least consequential case of the four Trump is facing, relatively speaking (it would end the political career of mere mortals, not a demon like Donald).

Furthermore, some polls suggest a large enough percentage of voters believe Donald’s BS about being persecuted by LAWFARE!!!.

So that leaves November 5, and the polling is disturbingly unfavorable to Joe. He has time to turn it around. Personally, I think his biggest liability amongst his base is Gaza. There is little he can do to stop it, but he can forcefully condemn what I believe is - and may well have always been - an Israeli genocidal campaign against Gaza (I know some here will disagree, but that’s how I see what’s happening there). If he did that, some of the younger voters who have broken with him might come back, and that could be the spark he needs - the stick in the spokes that stops a vicious cycle and gets it turning in a positive direction. But he’s going to need a decisive victory - a bigger one than in 2020.

But of course, Donald will not accept that defeat, and he will throw every ketchup filled plate against the wall to overturn it.

And his team might just find a way for this sick court to do it.

January 6th was a dry run after all…

I am very worried for this nation right now.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 28, 2024 • 10:49:02pm

re: #146 silverdolphin

The liberal three need to stand up and uphold their oath to protect the Constitution and the United States from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. They need to use everything they can to bring this corruption out in the open. They need to understand the institution of the Court is no lnger something to protect of the corrupt 6 get their way.

How?

It’s 3 against 6. They can write their dissents in acid and it won’t mean a thing thanks to Moscow Mitch, Leonard Leo and The Talking Asshole packing the court.

Thanks to Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema refusing to kill the filibuster Republicans killed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act which would have ended gerrymandering and voter suppression.

If Joe wins we know Trump will double down on what he did in 2020 and he’ll call for his thugs to redo 1/6. And if the GOP keeps the House and gets the Senate they will be emboldened to go all in to put Trump back in the Oval Office.

And yes as a Jew I am very very scared of what the radical Xtians will do when Trump gives them carte blanche to force their garbage on the rest of us.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 11:01:28pm

re: #147 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

I think the Democracy Doomsday Clock went to 11:59:00 with SCOTUS taking this case, and effectively leaving the voters the last backstop against Trump, regardless of how they rule.

The documents case is basically on ice because of Cannon.

The Georgia case is on hold because of these stupid accusations against Fani Willis.

The Bragg trial will start soon, but that is the least consequential case of the four Trump is facing, relatively speaking (it would end the political career of mere mortals, not a demon like Donald).

Furthermore, some polls suggest a large enough percentage of voters believe Donald’s BS about being persecuted by LAWFARE!!!.

So that leaves November 5, and the polling is disturbingly unfavorable to Joe. He has time to turn it around. Personally, I think his biggest liability amongst his base is Gaza. There is little he can do to stop it, but he can forcefully condemn what I believe is - and may well have always been - an Israeli genocidal campaign against Gaza (I know some here will disagree, but that’s how I see what’s happening there). If he did that, some of the younger voters who have broken with him might come back, and that could be the spark he needs - the stick in the spokes that stops a vicious cycle and gets it turning in a positive direction. But he’s going to need a decisive victory - a bigger one than in 2020.

But of course, Donald will not accept that defeat, and he will throw every ketchup filled plate against the wall to overturn it.

And his team might just find a way for this sick court to do it.

January 6th was a dry run after all…

I am very worried for this nation right now.

I sometimes feel like you do. But I have hope because Joe Biden is exactly the political leader we need right now. He was not a President for 10 years ago. He has the tools we absolutely need to fight Trump now. He is a professional politician in the best sense. He has put together a great team and nothing Trump does surprises him.

I expect he has a string of announcements over the next few months that will turn things around (ie legalization of marijuana, reduction of student loans, border stabilization and many others). His online team has been a tremendous.

He will not win this alone and we have to all do our part. But we do have the tools to defeat them. Trump is not winning like he should. BIden has beaten every poll. Trump cannot raise money. The RNC cannot raise money. Biden sets new records.

He knows exactly what we face and will ask us to help him.

We have gone through periods like this before. They all look inevitable years later but were nail biters when they hapened. Lincoln was not expected to win the 1964 election, because people did not think he could win. McClellan was expected to win and stop the war. The fall of Atlanta in September changed everything.

Their defeat at Midway in 1942 destroyed any real chance for Japan to control the Pacific. But two terrible years ending in the nuclear bombs was still needed. Those two years were horrible even though history now seems to think our victory was inevitable. Same with Germany.

We will either make it through this or humanity fails as a species and eventually falls back to hunter-gatherers. We have the tools to do it. We have the ability to make better decisions using more complex information than they do. They will continue to do stupid shit and we will take advantage.

SO, I still remain confident although I have had to increase the number of dead we will see ebfore it is over.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 28, 2024 • 11:01:57pm

re: #148 Joe Bacon ✅

How?

It’s 3 against 6. They can write their dissents in acid and it won’t mean a thing thanks to Moscow Mitch, Leonard Leo and The Talking Asshole packing the court.

Thanks to Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema refusing to kill the filibuster Republicans killed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act which would have ended gerrymandering and voter suppression.

If Joe wins we know Trump will double down on what he did in 2020 and he’ll call for his thugs to redo 1/6. And if the GOP keeps the House and gets the Senate they will be emboldened to go all in to put Trump back in the Oval Office.

And yes as a Jew I am very very scared of what the radical Xtians will do when Trump gives them carte blanche to force their garbage on the rest of us.

I can guarantee you that if Biden does win but the Republicans try to deny him the victory, there will be bloodshed and Trump will not be getting into the Oval Office.

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ericblair Feb 28, 2024 • 11:04:50pm

This may not be the flex Elmo thinks it is.

We are well past the point where something needs to be done about an officer of a federal contractor acting like this.

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ckkatz Feb 28, 2024 • 11:15:03pm

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 11:40:59pm

re: #148 Joe Bacon ✅

How?

It’s 3 against 6. They can write their dissents in acid and it won’t mean a thing thanks to Moscow Mitch, Leonard Leo and The Talking Asshole packing the court.

Thanks to Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema refusing to kill the filibuster Republicans killed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act which would have ended gerrymandering and voter suppression.

If Joe wins we know Trump will double down on what he did in 2020 and he’ll call for his thugs to redo 1/6. And if the GOP keeps the House and gets the Senate they will be emboldened to go all in to put Trump back in the Oval Office.

And yes as a Jew I am very very scared of what the radical Xtians will do when Trump gives them carte blanche to force their garbage on the rest of us.

I often worry the same. But we will only win this if everyone who supports the Constitution gets involved. The three liberal judges took an oath to protect and support the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Writing the equivalent of a LTE is not protecting the US against enemies.

They need to make a choice - America or the institution of the SCOTUS. If they choose the latter, then history will rightly see them as cowardly traitors. If they know that the other six are corruptly delaying things to help Trump, they need to publically say so. Their Judicial oath requires them to speak up. Their Constitutional oath requires the same. If they need to destroy the institution of the SCOTUS to protect democracy, then they need to. I think they are smart enough to accomplish this. I hope ;-)

We have, IMHO, the best leader of the Executive branch to take us successfully through this crisis. We are seeing real and possibly long-term leaders emerge from the Legislative side. Now the Judiciary needs to stand up.

We get through this by ALL branches of the government, along with those of us that support democracy, coming together and push back, legally, with every weapon we have available. We can do this, we have the tools. We make better decisions than they do. We have better access to resources. We can adapt.

They only win if they convince us that we will lose. We win by making them lose. They only win by making us passive in the election. Biden does not just win. We make him win. They only win if they make us fearful. We win by showing true bravery and courage (grace under fire) even when fearful.

Because they are losers. They are passive , they are afraid, and have always turned tail at the first rush of battle.

And we each need to do what we are each capable of to win this. None of us can afford to sit in the stands. At the least we need to be down on the sidelines supporting in any way (as Teddy said) those “actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds.”

We are the fucking Dumbledore’s Army and they are the Death Eaters. We are the goddam Freman and they are the Harkonnen. Our movies, the myths we tell ourselves, show us the way ;-) Figuratively.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Feb 28, 2024 • 11:42:16pm

re: #68 Belafon

Frances Scott Key defended slaves and ex slaves in many court cases, but thought that slaves would riot and that northerners were helping them.

Interesting bit of trivia: Roger Taney’s wife, Anne Key Taney, was Francis Scott Key’s sister.

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silverdolphin Feb 28, 2024 • 11:45:27pm

re: #150 Hecuba’s daughter

I can guarantee you that if Biden does win but the Republicans try to deny him the victory, there will be bloodshed and Trump will not be getting into the Oval Office.

One hallmark of every previous conflict like this, during times of transition due to disruptive technologies, is that the losing side, the more hierarchical one, never thinks the other side will every begin to fight. The Revolution. The Civil War. WW2. So they are always surprised when we do. And we always win because we make better decisions. Mainly because we are organized to use these disruptive technologies properly to make wiser decisions.

You bet there will be a real pushback. No way does he get the White House by cheating. They will be surprised at the lack of passivity this time.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 12:10:36am

re: #54 teleskiguy

People born in the 1960s are turning 60 in the 2020s. Many of them already have, some will be and are already 64.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 12:11:27am

Despite the obviously political SCOTUS ruling, there’s a bright side, albeit from a different source.

Trump’s lawyers are arguing in NY that he’s too wealthy to require posting such a large amount while simultaneously saying that he can’t possibly come up with such a large amount in the same filing.

They’re basically saying that Trump is Schrödinger’s Billionaire, LOL. I guess Donald Trump must exist in a quantum state or something. 😄

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 12:17:01am

re: #139 Targetpractice

I still think that World War Z would make a pretty awesome series, provided it was limited to a single season and the creative staff took a blood oath not to repeat the mistakes of the film.

I am not really into zombie stuff, but that strength of that novel was more about how humankind deals (or rather fails to deal) with a crisis: first we ignore it, then we deny it, then governments implement partial measures that only facilitate the spread, then news leaks and people panic at which point it is impossible to contain, etc…

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Targetpractice Feb 29, 2024 • 12:36:29am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

Despite the obviously political SCOTUS ruling, there’s a bright side, albeit from a different source.

Trump’s lawyers are arguing in NY that he’s too wealthy to require posting such a large amount while simultaneously saying that he can’t possibly come up with such a large amount in the same filing.

They’re basically saying that Trump is Schrödinger’s Billionaire, LOL. I guess Donald Trump must exist in a quantum state or something. 😄

They’re trying some legal sleight-of-hand to argue that since Judge Engoron knows that his ruling will be adjusted to a lower amount if not outright overturned upon appeal, that the court should be willing to accept $100m now with the expectation that most or all of it will be coming back to Trump after the appellate court gavels in his favor. Oh, and insisting that the court can trust him to front the remaining $353m+ if they don’t because he’s totally good for it, promise!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 12:39:39am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

They are also asking to lift the ban on doing business with any bank that is registered in NY (which is most every major bank) because that is making it difficult to obtain a bond (which he ostensibly does not need because his vaults hold uncounted wealth)

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 12:45:33am

re: #159 Targetpractice

re: #160 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

These are fatuous arguments.

Trump should be glad he’s dealing with the NY legal system and not, let’s say, a street-corner loan shark from Bensonhurst.

They’d straight-up tell him he’s full of shit and that he now has 48 hours to come up with the money or else.

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silverdolphin Feb 29, 2024 • 12:55:28am

re: #160 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They are asking to lift the ban on doing business with any bank that is registered in NY (which is most every major bank) because that is making it difficult to obtain a bond (which he ostensibly does not need because his vaults hold uncounted wealth)

Any bank that takes his word for the value of his proerties as collateral should be sued by its shareholders. And I expect the master on site to make sure his business transactions are legit will make sure no Russian oligarch foots the loan.

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Targetpractice Feb 29, 2024 • 12:58:16am

About the only argument I’ve seen for an upside to yesterday’s bullshittery from the SCOTUS bench is that it drags out the headache for the GQP of their nominee arguing before the nation that he is a king who is totally above the law. And while I can see some measure of positive in that, it still reads as pure copium to me. Even a 9-0 ruling telling him to go grab his shine box is likely not to come earlier than late June, making the odds of any federal cases pending against him having time to start and finish before Election Day remote.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 12:59:17am

re: #162 silverdolphin

Any bank that takes his word for the value of his proerties as collateral should be sued by its shareholders. And I expect the master on site to make sure his business transactions are legit will make sure no Russian oligarch foots the loan.

Any bank that takes Donald Trump at his word fully deserves a bank run from panicked depositors the instant they open their doors the following business day.

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silverdolphin Feb 29, 2024 • 1:05:12am

re: #163 Targetpractice

About the only argument I’ve seen for an upside to yesterday’s bullshittery from the SCOTUS bench is that it drags out the headache for the GQP of their nominee arguing before the nation that he is a king who is totally above the law. And while I can see some measure of positive in that, it still reads as pure copium to me. Even a 9-0 ruling telling him to go grab his shine box is likely not to come earlier than late June, making the odds of any federal cases pending against him having time to start and finish before Election Day remote.

If the goal is to delay a 9-0 decision until summer, then the liberal three need to stand up now and publically denouce the corrupt six. They took an oath to defend the Cosntitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And they took an oath to uphold justuce, no matter how rich or powerful anyone was. If they keep silence and let this corrupt delay, then they are complicit. They place the institution above democracy.

Breaking the silence around this Supreme Court decision is likely the best path towards impeaching any of the corrupt six once we root out the traitors and take back our country. They need to be put on notice now that they will be removed from the Court.

Because you can be sure that if Trump wins, the liberal 3 will be gone from the Court.

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silverdolphin Feb 29, 2024 • 1:07:46am

re: #164 Dr Lizardo

Any bank that takes Donald Trump at his word fully deserves a bank run from panicked depositors the instant they open their doors the following business day.

Oh. An even better and more likely result. I would not want ANY of my money going towards such a loan. If he takes oney from any Russian, he gets sanctioned and the money is frozen.

It would be fun, though, for Musk to put up the money and then be investigated by the DOJ. He is, after all, a government contractor obviously bribing the President.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 1:15:40am

re: #166 silverdolphin

It would be fun, though, for Musk to put up the money and then be investigated by the DOJ. He is, after all, a government contractor obviously bribing the President.

That’d be darkly hilarious.

Looks like Armando Iannucci is writing the screenplay for this year’s installment of America! The Series.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Feb 29, 2024 • 1:55:18am

45 years ago the BBC goes deep into a Swiss vault to look at a rarely seen or known painting:

1979: da Vinci’s ‘ISLEWORTH MONA LISA’ | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Just last November the Guardian had a story about it.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 1:57:48am

re: #160 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They are also asking to lift the ban on doing business with any bank that is registered in NY (which is most every major bank) because that is making it difficult to obtain a bond (which he ostensibly does not need because his vaults hold uncounted wealth)

I read that got lifted yesterday. So he’s not barred from asking banks that do business in NY to loan him a half billion dollars. The hard part now is finding one willing to take the risk…in 27 days.

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silverdolphin Feb 29, 2024 • 2:01:16am

re: #167 Dr Lizardo

That’d be darkly hilarious.

Looks like Armando Iannucci is writing the screenplay for this year’s installment of America! The Series.

I wish he had. He would have written more fully realized characters than we see in Trump and his followers.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 2:08:56am

re: #169 darthstar

I read that got lifted yesterday. So he’s not barred from asking banks that do business in NY to loan him a half billion dollars. The hard part now is finding one willing to take the risk…in 27 days.

I suspect a lot of banks (finally) realize Trump’s a major credit risk and that he’s most likely upside-down on a good many of his properties, and maybe even all of them.

Trump is way too risky.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Feb 29, 2024 • 2:10:29am

Very local news: The Bissell vacuum from Amazon arrived Wednesday (yay for one-day shipping!).

Bought this model: amazon.com

It’s …. ok.

For $90 it’s fine.

Seems rather unsubstantial compared to my 40 year old Eureka and I’m not expecting this new one to last that long.

But on first try on some carpet it worked decently.

Assembly instructions are minimal but I figured most of it out.

So I guess I will give it a qualified recommendation, if you’re in the market for such a device.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Feb 29, 2024 • 2:13:36am

Now I’m looking for some holders for external SSDs and portable HDs.

One would think such a thing is found readily, but for the life of me I can’t find what I seek.

Laptop computer holders won’t work - they are too big.

I thought a desktop note/mail holder might work but most of them are plastic and will not transfer the heat away from the devices (which can get quite warm.)

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 2:16:26am

re: #172 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’ll do the trick. I spent over $300 on a Dyson that is meh…doesn’t matter as I ripped out all the carpet and we are wall to wall oak now (except a Turkish rug in the living room). Bought a 99 dollar wet/dry floor rubber/sucker on Amazon and use it on occasion. House cleaner does the most with her son on Fridays.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 2:19:33am

Dropping this hear so I remember to listen to it later…

Mastodon

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 2:45:08am

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 2:48:12am

Wow, what a day. Thank God a day like today has been only comes around once every 4 years or so.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 3:12:51am

re: #118 ckkatz

Let’s flip that. SCOTUS just gave the voting public another strong reason to vote for President Biden. It will be up to the voters to choose wisely in November or forfeit their democracy.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 3:23:29am

re: #147 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

Let’s face some facts though. If purity ponies didn’t have Gaza to tie around President Biden’s neck, they’d manufacture another issue. There is always a reason not to vote for someone. President Biden has publicly pushed back on Netanyahu. That’s better than what we could expect from a Trump.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 3:23:30am

re: #178 Patricia Kayden

Let’s flip that. SCOTUS just gave the voting public another strong reason to vote for President Biden. It will be up to the voters to choose wisely in November or forfeit their democracy.

Yep…gotta put that message out there loud and clear.

A majority of GOP-appointed SCOTUS Justices are seemingly determined to impose a quasi-theocratic government where women are little more than cattle and corporations (who aren’t held to account) call all the shots.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 3:27:26am

re: #178 Patricia Kayden

Let’s flip that. SCOTUS just gave the voting public another strong reason to vote for President Biden. It will be up to the voters to choose wisely in November or forfeit their democracy.

We are the ones we have been waiting for. A couple people said that.

peterlevine.ws

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 3:30:46am

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 3:34:05am

re: #182 Patricia Kayden

I wouldn’t send Trump to Gitmo. That’d be some seriously bad optics.

I would, however, send his ass to ADX Florence. He’d be in solitary, and easy to keep an eye on, too.

Then let’s see how fast SCOTUS rules.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 3:38:08am

re: #183 Dr Lizardo

I wouldn’t send Trump to Gitmo. That’d be some seriously bad optics.

I would, however, send his ass to ADX Florence. He’d be in solitary, and easy to keep an eye on, too.

Then let’s see how fast SCOTUS rules.

That’s just doing the bastards work for them. Not only must we win, we must win using the rules everyone grew up acknowledging. Not going to be easy or guaranteed.

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 3:44:12am

I guess there goes my theory about the Calvinball Court not personally carrying water for the former guy. Thomas and Alito must have finally convinced the others that it was somehow in their best interest to let him have his dictatorship.

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 3:50:11am

Took me a while to get there.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 3:50:48am

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Eventual Carrion Feb 29, 2024 • 3:52:56am

re: #43 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

Tomorrow’s Wordle is off to raffle the equator in the key of G.

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Eventual Carrion Feb 29, 2024 • 3:56:14am

re: #54 teleskiguy

People born in the 1960s are turning 60 in the 2020s. Many of them already have, some will be and are already 64.

I was born in ‘61. I am 62 and will be 63 later this year. So yes, people born around my time are starting to get older (not me of course).

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 4:02:51am

re: #188 Eventual Carrion

Got it in four, but yuck.
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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 4:25:26am

re: #189 Eventual Carrion

I was born in ‘61. I am 62 and will be 63 later this year. So yes, people born around my time are starting to get older (not me of course).

i’ve been getting older my entire life
maybe it’s different since i was born in the 50’s?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 29, 2024 • 4:26:10am

🐥
(^ he looks angry, no?)

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 4:30:32am

We’ve now 86’d:

McCarthy
McDaniel
McConnell

Better days are ahead for the Republican Party. https://t.co/qZEZ7s9Ly6

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 28, 2024

oh matt,

you had nothing to do with mitch resigning
but you do you

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 4:30:51am

re: #193 Dangerman

“For months, Senate Republicans have operated on the assumption that McConnell’s successor would be one of the “three Johns” close with the current leader: Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), former Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) or Conference Chair John Barrasso (R-WY)”

“But Trump allies are itching for a dark-horse candidate to shake things up, quietly complaining that any of those three would lead to more of the same. Multiple GOP senators and aides tell Playbook that a group of about a dozen McConnell antagonists in the Senate might band together and use their numbers — along with public pressure — to install a leader more to their liking.”

Said one GOP ally of the rebels: “The idea that it’s just between the ‘Three Johns’ is an outdated narrative from a year ago. There will be somebody else — and possibly a scenario where none of the ‘Johns’ can get consensus, so it takes another candidate to step in.”

Link

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 4:36:16am

re: #193 Dangerman

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oh matt,

you had nothing to do with mitch resigning
but you do you

“Better days are ahead for the Republican Party”? Oh, Gaspedal. Bless your heart. Just you wait until we curbstomp you and your friends in November, and we turn the corner on this sorry chapter of American history.

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Eventual Carrion Feb 29, 2024 • 4:44:00am

re: #108 austin_blue

I wish I was! It would increase my successful dating chances by two!

Ha, that’s funny because I have a best friend who is bi. I’ll tease him sometimes to “pick a side, quit being so greedy”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 4:45:40am

re: #108 austin_blue

I wish I was! It would increase my successful dating chances by two!

I heard that from Woody Allen.

I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 4:49:11am

The bigger a train wreck that DJT turns into, the more desperate the measures the GOP will be ready to embrace to stay in power. I find that a cause for concern. They have already shown how far they are willing to go to overturn an election whose results they disagree with.

These are people who will double down before they back down.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 4:50:44am

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I see Che Guava Trump?

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Mike Lamb Feb 29, 2024 • 5:03:13am

re: #142 EPR-radar

The fact that SCOTUS is putting the disqualification issue on the fast track and slow walking immunity says everything.

The GOP SCOTUS majority is utterly corrupt, and nothing would be more appropriate than Biden arresting the sleazy 6, sending them to Gitmo and siccing the three-letter agencies on them for a comprehensive investigation to see what they are guilty of.

The two cases are proceeding at about the same pace. About two months from cert to oral arguments.

Also, this SCOTIW case doesn’t do anything the to the NY election interference case.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 5:05:03am

On the one hand, I think that DJT should be barred from holding public office for inciting acts of treason and sedition, but I fear that it would open up a real can of worms and be twisted by the GOP, who are already out to impeach Biden on whatever charges they can summon forth from their ideological fever dreams.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 5:09:28am

re: #182 Patricia Kayden

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If a reporter asks him about the Supreme Court, Biden should reply “I’m waiting to see what new powers they’re going to give me.”

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No Malarkey! Feb 29, 2024 • 5:10:23am

If it hasn’t been mentioned yet, a NY appellate judge ruled that Trump has to pony up the entire amount of his civil judgment to get a stay while he appeals. So if he can’t, the AG can start going after Trump properties soon.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 5:11:55am

re: #203 No Malarkey!

If it hasn’t been mentioned yet, a NY appellate judge ruled that Trump has to pony up the entire amount of his civil judgment to get a stay while he appeals. So if he can’t, the AG can start going after Trump properties soon.

Hooray. Time to start peeking behind the curtains at the tumbledown shack he calls his palatial mansion.

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 5:14:47am

re: #204 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Hooray. Time to start peeking behind the curtains at the tumbledown shack he calls his palatial mansion.

They did also allow him to apply for loans in the interim, so if he can find a sucker who’s willing to lend him money, he can pay it that way rather than selling any of his garbage dumps.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 5:19:49am

re: #205 Nerdy Fish

They did also allow him to apply for loans in the interim, so if he can find a sucker who’s willing to lend him money, he can pay it that way rather than selling any of his garbage dumps.

That is what his layers are telling us: they all smell the fear on him (even over his Depends) and are not about to take the risk.

And they know that even taking his properties as collateral is risky, as nobody knows what they are worth or who else they might already be promised to…

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Dave In Austin Feb 29, 2024 • 5:25:04am

Cleanser

This is so great.

In 1964, Candid Camera went to Dwight Morrow High School in NJ, and fooled a young 16 year old Richard Lewis. pic.twitter.com/qd1RQgKRr9

— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) February 29, 2024

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 5:26:12am

re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is what his layers are telling us: they all smell the fear on him (even over his Depends) and are not about to take the risk.

And they know that even taking his properties as collateral is risky, as nobody knows what they are worth or who else they might already be promised to…

No one is gonna loan that kind of money that fast.
Not in these circumstances
A transaction of this nature takes time to underwrite.
And aside from the interest rate (yeah he’ll pay it back) the up front fees should be staggering

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 5:32:51am

re: #208 Dangerman

No one is gonna loan that kind of money that fast.
Not in these circumstances
A transaction of this nature takes time to underwrite.
And aside from the interest rate (yeah he’ll pay it back) the up front fees should be staggering

You say that, but I’m gonna be honest here: So far, Trump hasn’t had any problems getting anything he wants. True, he’s been losing the legal battles, but for the truly important ones, he’s been getting all the delay he wants. It’s hard to imagine this actually being true; he’ll find someone who will bankroll his surety.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 5:46:50am

re: #209 Nerdy Fish

You say that, but I’m gonna be honest here: So far, Trump hasn’t had any problems getting anything he wants. True, he’s been losing the legal battles, but for the truly important ones, he’s been getting all the delay he wants. It’s hard to imagine this actually being true; he’ll find someone who will bankroll his surety.

Someone…Maybe
Possibly
Even..likely
But not a new york bank

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 5:50:27am

re: #210 Dangerman

Someone…Maybe
Possibly
Even..likely
But not a new york bank

The First MAGA Bank of Asscrack, Nebraska.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 5:52:20am

re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

How many customers do they have? Two. Mr Right Cheek and Mr Left Cheek.

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No Malarkey! Feb 29, 2024 • 5:54:38am

re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The First MAGA Bank of Asscrack, Nebraska.

We’ll see. I’m really hoping the AG starts selling off Trump properties.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 5:57:11am

re: #213 No Malarkey!

Personally I would like to see that.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:03:12am

re: #213 No Malarkey!

We’ll see. I’m really hoping the AG starts selling off Trump properties.

I believe the AG’s office wont begin that process until after the appeals are completed, because the unwinding of any such transaction would be cost prohibitive, plus they have a court appointed monitor to make sure that assets are not moved around without the government knowing. They could attach liens against all those properties in the meantime to preserve their right to recover the damages awarded.

The sale will likely be happening, but not right away.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:08:30am

re: #213 No Malarkey!

We’ll see. I’m really hoping the AG starts selling off Trump properties.

I suspect they’d go for more liquid stuff first.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:17:19am

WOW: Trump ally CRASHES AND BURNS on national TV

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Teddy's Person Feb 29, 2024 • 6:21:23am

re: #209 Nerdy Fish

You say that, but I’m gonna be honest here: So far, Trump hasn’t had any problems getting anything he wants. True, he’s been losing the legal battles, but for the truly important ones, he’s been getting all the delay he wants. It’s hard to imagine this actually being true; he’ll find someone who will bankroll his surety.

I hear Jared is pretty flush with cash.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 6:22:42am

re: #218 Teddy’s Person

I hear Jared is pretty flush with cash.

I have mentioned before, why didn’t DJT demand a 50% cut of what Jared took from the Saudis, after all, he was working both at the White House and for Trump Enterprises.

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Eventual Carrion Feb 29, 2024 • 6:24:35am

re: #191 Dangerman

i’ve been getting older my entire life
maybe it’s different since i was born in the 50’s?

Yeah, you’re just in black and white.

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jeffreyw Feb 29, 2024 • 6:24:38am

Good morning!

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:26:10am

Texas Panhandle wildfire continues growing, still a threat to the Pantex plant (aka where nuclear weapons are assembled/disassembled and maintained).

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:26:43am

re: #221 jeffreyw

I understood that reference!

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:36:35am

re: #223 lawhawk

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BeenHereAwhile Feb 29, 2024 • 6:37:41am

re: #161 Dr Lizardo

These are fatuous arguments.

Trump should be glad he’s dealing with the NY legal system and not, let’s say, a street-corner loan shark from Bensonhurst.

They’d straight-up tell him he’s full of shit and that he now has 48 hours to come up with the money or else.

Vigorish @ 1.5 % per day compounded.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:37:45am

re: #224 Dangerman

Click to Reveal

The Thing (1982) Trailer

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Sherlock Hound Feb 29, 2024 • 6:38:23am

re: #224 Dangerman

And for the rest of us???

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:38:42am

re: #225 BeenHereAwhile

I believe the proper Brooklynese is:

FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

You don’t have my money.
Fuggeddaboutit.
FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 6:40:37am

re: #168 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

45 years ago the BBC goes deep into a Swiss vault to look at a rarely seen or known painting:

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about it.

I like the Prado Mona Lisa.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 29, 2024 • 6:40:47am

re: #155 silverdolphin

One hallmark of every previous conflict like this, during times of transition due to disruptive technologies, is that the losing side, the more hierarchical one, never thinks the other side will every begin to fight. The Revolution. The Civil War. WW2. So they are always surprised when we do. And we always win because we make better decisions. Mainly because we are organized to use these disruptive technologies properly to make wiser decisions.

You bet there will be a real pushback. No way does he get the White House by cheating. They will be surprised at the lack of passivity this time.

The first shot in this war was Gore v Bush. Trump and his legal acolytes had reason to believe the Federalist Society hacks on the Court would support him too. Yes, Thomas was the only judge who was involved back then, but Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett were all on the Bush team assisting him in ignoring the will of the voters. What can the 3 honest judges do when they are outvoted? No matter how heated their dissent? And the traitors will pull the same stunt as before: crafting the decision and specifying that it only applies in this situation and cannot be used for anything else.

Of course, it is possible the Court will ultimately rule properly and this is only a delaying tactic to help Trump evade the ultimate decision, in their hope that he’s re-elected.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 6:41:42am

Mastodon

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Sherlock Hound Feb 29, 2024 • 6:42:34am

re: #228 lawhawk

I believe the proper Brooklynese is:

FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

You don’t have my money.
Fuggeddaboutit.
FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

In Massachusetts, the immortal, harsh. raspy voice of James “Whitey” Bulger:

“WHERE’S MINE?!”

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 6:47:18am

re: #228 lawhawk

I believe the proper Brooklynese is:

FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

You don’t have my money.
Fuggeddaboutit.
FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

Yeah, this.

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BeachDem Feb 29, 2024 • 6:50:21am

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Cleanser

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Oh sure, when it’s Richard Lewis, they can come up with it in 5 seconds. I’ve been trying for years to get a copy of the Candid Camera show my father was on in 1966. $20 for his “starring role.”(It was a terrible segment and the show was on opposite a Frank Sinatra special, so was probably their worst rated show in history, but still…)

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:52:41am

AL Supreme Court says embryos are children.
They also said that black embryos can be tried as adults. /Colin Jost on SNL.

It’s funny, because it is true.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 29, 2024 • 6:53:04am

re: #165 silverdolphin

…..
Breaking the silence around this Supreme Court decision is likely the best path towards impeaching any of the corrupt six once we root out the traitors and take back our country. They need to be put on notice now that they will be removed from the Court.

Because you can be sure that if Trump wins, the liberal 3 will be gone from the Court.

Nobody is getting removed from the Court based on the Constitution — it would require a 2/3 vote and that’s not happening, unless the Constitution has been replaced by a dictator’s decree and the Senators of the opposing party are expelled from office before the vote. OTOH — the assassination of the liberal judges would be in line with Presidential immunity.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:54:17am

re: #226 lawhawk

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:55:56am

re: #227 Sherlock Hound

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 6:56:05am

NEW: @VP’s office announces that students in the federal work study program will now be able to get paid to register people to vote, and work as poll workers.

— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) February 27, 2024

“Siri, what’s Dobbs?” https://t.co/O1BBJLCjay

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) February 25, 2024

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 29, 2024 • 6:56:23am

re: #186 Nerdy Fish

Took me a while to get there.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:57:16am

re: #228 lawhawk

I believe the proper Brooklynese is:

FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

You don’t have my money.
Fuggeddaboutit.
FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

YouTube

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 6:57:21am

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Cleanser

He had the hand gestures down then.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 6:58:19am

re: #241 Dangerman

Goodfellas Restaurant Scene

The restaurant is located in Brooklyn, not far from where I grew up.

2758 Coney Island Avenue, Sheepshead Bay (exterior of ‘Bamboo Lounge’ restaurant)

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 6:59:45am

re: #230 Hecuba’s daughter

The first shot in this war was Gore v Bush.
Trump and his legal acolytes had reason to believe the Federalist Society hacks on the Court would support him too. Yes, Thomas was the only judge who was involved back then, but Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett were all on the Bush team assisting him in ignoring the will of the voters. What can the 3 honest judges do when they are outvoted? No matter how heated their dissent? And the traitors will pull the same stunt as before: crafting the decision and specifying that it only applies in this situation and cannot be used for anything else.

Of course, it is possible the Court will ultimately rule properly and this is only a delaying tactic to help Trump evade the ultimate decision, in their hope that he’s re-elected.

And look how fast they took that up *and* decided it

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 6:59:50am

There are doors to knock, phones to call, texts to be sent. DO NOT LEAVE THE FATE OF OUR COUNTRY TO A CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT.

The most important thing is not convicting Trump, IT IS MAKING SURE THAT JOE BIDEN WINS!

THIS IS ON US, WE CAN & MUST BEAT TRUMP AT THE BALLOT BOX!

— John V. Moore (@johnvmoore) February 28, 2024

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 7:01:03am

re: #245 Belafon

Amen. GOTV for Joe.

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Vicious Babushka Feb 29, 2024 • 7:01:35am

Mastodon

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BeenHereAwhile Feb 29, 2024 • 7:03:45am

re: #228 lawhawk

I believe the proper Brooklynese is:

FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

You don’t have my money.
Fuggeddaboutit.
FUCK YOU. PAY ME.

Had a NJ client who never made it to high school - who among many other things - could do 1.5 % vigorish compounded per day in his head.

He said give me a number and a number of days, I told him an amount like $100 & 92 days . Don’t remember his answer now, but I did look it up after leaving the federal correction facility. He was right.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:03:50am

2025: Gilead Idiocracy 451

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 7:04:28am

re: #247 Vicious Babushka

And the French Senate did this yesterday.
littlegreenfootballs.com

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 7:13:07am

re: #250 PhillyPretzel ✅

And the French Senate did this yesterday.
littlegreenfootballs.com

All women of child bearing age flying to France from Texas airports must pee on a strip first.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 7:15:50am

re: #251 darthstar

Hmm. If they drove to Philly then fly to France.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 7:19:20am

Maybe the extraordinary nature of the current moment is hard to see from inside the United States, where so many other stories are competing for attention. But from the outside—from Warsaw, where I live part-time; from Munich, where I attended a major annual security conference earlier this month; from London, Berlin, and other allied capitals—nobody doubts that these circumstances are unprecedented. Donald Trump, who is not the president, is using a minority of Republicans to block aid to Ukraine, to undermine the actual president’s foreign policy, and to weaken American power and credibility.”
“For outsiders, this reality is mind-boggling, difficult to comprehend and impossible to understand. In the week that the border compromise failed, I happened to meet a senior European Union official visiting Washington. He asked me if congressional Republicans realized that a Russian victory in Ukraine would discredit the United States, weaken American alliances in Europe and Asia, embolden China, encourage Iran, and increase the likelihood of invasions of South Korea or Taiwan. Don’t they realize? Yes, I told him, they realize. “

Link

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ericblair Feb 29, 2024 • 7:19:58am

re: #239 Belafon

(tweet) Put another way: The Democratic coalition has picked up educated and high-propensity voters; the national GOP coalition has become more reliant on Trump/MAGA voters who are less engaged when he’s off the ballot. But recent history shows they do turn out when he’s on the ballot.

Exactly, this is nicely set to make sure you don’t count any election post-Dobbs, where Dems have consistently outperformed polling by multiple percent.

All this guy has is a bunch of aging speculation and reliance on some invisible mass of new voters which won’t show up for any other election, and assuming there isn’t another not-so-invisible mass of new voters which has been showing up for every other election.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 7:21:36am

re: #254 ericblair

Exactly, this is nicely set to make sure you don’t count any election post-Dobbs, where Dems have consistently outperformed polling by multiple percent.

All this guy has is a bunch of aging speculation and reliance on some invisible mass of new voters which won’t show up for any other election, and assuming there isn’t another not-so-invisible mass of new voters which has been showing up for every other election.

Trump Seems to Be Underperforming the Polls So Far

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 7:22:18am

re: #255 Dangerman

Good.

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sagehen Feb 29, 2024 • 7:23:01am

re: #248 BeenHereAwhile

Had a NJ client who never made it to high school - who among many other things - could do 1.5 % vigorish compounded per day in his head.

He said give me a number and a number of days, I told him an amount like $100 & 92 days . Don’t remember his answer now, but I did look it up after leaving the federal correction facility. He was right.

“How many grams in a pound?”
“454 in the lab, 448 on the street.”

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:23:27am

re: #172 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Very local news: The Bissell vacuum from Amazon arrived Wednesday (yay for one-day shipping!).

Bought this model: amazon.com

It’s …. ok.

For $90 it’s fine.

Seems rather unsubstantial compared to my 40 year old Eureka and I’m not expecting this new one to last that long.

But on first try on some carpet it worked decently.

Assembly instructions are minimal but I figured most of it out.

So I guess I will give it a qualified recommendation, if you’re in the market for such a device.

I bought a Hoover Elite II back in 1988 when I got my first apartment in Pittsburgh. Forget what store I got it in. Not a great vacuum* but sufficient for an apartment or small house with an OK selection of tools for crevice and edge cleaning. It mainly sits in the closet now since I have people clean my current apartment. But cleaners have requested to use it also which is fine with me.** Has only broken down twice. One was fixed by replacing a screw that fell out of the frame. And replacing a broken belt.

* - I remember my parent’s Hoover cannister vac since it was one of the designs that hovered on the fan pressure. Sort of futuristic in a way.

** - Depending on the cleaners and location them borrowing my vacuum was a good thing since it lessened the chance of contaminating substances or critters getting from one apartment to another via their equipment. One cleaning company in Philly actually requested it if possible. Also if the cleaners can run two vacuums they get done faster. I also tended to use better dust bags on my vacuum as well.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 7:23:39am

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 7:26:08am

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No Malarkey! Feb 29, 2024 • 7:31:08am

Core PCE over the last year dropped to 2.8%, the lowest annual rate since March 2021, though Core PCE over the last month went up to 0.4%. Obviously monthly figures are more volatile than when smoothed out over a year, as things like weather can effect prices.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:31:29am

re: #215 lawhawk

I believe the AG’s office wont begin that process until after the appeals are completed, because the unwinding of any such transaction would be cost prohibitive, plus they have a court appointed monitor to make sure that assets are not moved around without the government knowing. They could attach liens against all those properties in the meantime to preserve their right to recover the damages awarded.

The sale will likely be happening, but not right away.

But nothing prevents them from starting of process of untangling all the liens and getting true valuations of what they are actually worth. Plus monitoring to prevent further shell games by Trump.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:33:39am

re: #231 darthstar

Yap yap yap. And Romney will simply fall into line when a meaningful decision comes his way.

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danarchy Feb 29, 2024 • 7:35:36am

re: #262 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

But nothing prevents them from starting of process of untangling all the liens and getting true valuations of what they are actually worth. Plus monitoring to prevent further shell games by Trump.

They have had a financial monitor in place for over a year now. If that work isn’t already being done, or done, then she should be fired.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 7:37:01am

Our kitchen is stuffed with their spices, and I have Irish tastebuds, but these Penzey mofos are going to make me buy more:

“So we are working on coming out with our first catalog in quite some time. At the moment we’re not entirely sure what this means and what format it will end up in. But what I am sure of is that I want it to be a Mother’s Day issue and I want it to feature the moms of transgender and non-binary kids.”

spices.penzeys.com

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Dave In Austin Feb 29, 2024 • 7:38:05am

Dude eats a popsicle in one bite and finds out pic.twitter.com/GMHDcCw3Kj

— Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) February 28, 2024

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BeenHereAwhile Feb 29, 2024 • 7:39:54am

re: #262 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

But nothing prevents them from starting of process of untangling all the liens and getting true valuations of what they are actually worth. Plus monitoring to prevent further shell games by Trump.

Which should become public records.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 7:40:23am

re: #202 Belafon

If a reporter asks him about the Supreme Court, Biden should reply “I’m waiting to see what new powers they’re going to give me.”

You just know that SCOTUS will twist itself into pretzels so that their pro-Trump decision only applies to Trump. Kind of like their pro-Bush 2000 decision applied only to Bush. SMH

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 7:42:41am

re: #245 Belafon

Yep. Whatever happens in the Supreme Court is irrelevant to what we do in November. It’s now up to voters to re-elect Biden/Harris. Nothing else matters.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 7:44:47am

re: #268 Patricia Kayden

You just know that SCOTUS will twist itself into pretzels so that their pro-Trump decision only applies to Trump. Kind of like their pro-Bush 2000 decision applied only to Bush. SMH

I know. But that shouldn’t stop Democrats from making statements like that. Make MAGA Republicans afraid of the decision and make everyone else understand how partisan the court is being in this case.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 7:46:30am

re: #269 Patricia Kayden

Yep. Whatever happens in the Supreme Court is irrelevant to what we do in November. It’s now up to voters to re-elect Biden/Harris. Nothing else matters.

AND

We must elect a Democratic house and keep the Senate. PLUS gain seats in state legislatures.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:50:45am

re: #252 PhillyPretzel ✅

Hmm. If they drove to Philly then fly to France.

Before they leave the state.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 7:51:23am

re: #266 Dave In Austin

You have to be an idiot to film yourself doing something stupid like that. And you have to be a fucking idiot to then post it online.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 7:51:52am

re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Before they leave the state.

They’re not that good at border control.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 7:53:49am

re: #273 darthstar

You have to be an idiot to film yourself doing something stupid like that. And you have to be a fucking idiot to then post it online.

Maybe you consider yourself to be a warning to others.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:53:52am

re: #262 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

But nothing prevents them from starting of process of untangling all the liens and getting true valuations of what they are actually worth. Plus monitoring to prevent further shell games by Trump.

This is exactly the thing he is fighting to prevent. Otherwise it becomes clear that his gilt empire rests on feet of clay.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:57:11am

re: #269 Patricia Kayden

Yep. Whatever happens in the Supreme Court is irrelevant to what we do in November. It’s now up to voters to re-elect Biden/Harris. Nothing else matters.

That goes beyond voting: it means ensuring that everyone who is willing and eligible can cast a vote, that those votes are correctly counted, registered and properly certified.

I think it is with the latter that the GOP will direct its efforts: to create so much clusterfucking chaos with polling places & tallying that large numbers of votes have to be disqualified, throwing the electoral outcome to the House, where the GOP state delegations will have the upper hand.

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Dave In Austin Feb 29, 2024 • 7:57:22am

re: #273 darthstar

You have to be an idiot to film yourself doing something stupid like that. And you have to be a fucking idiot to then post it online.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 7:58:17am

re: #274 Decatur Deb

They’re not that good at border control.

Only when it comes to entering. If it comes down to defending Texan Uteruses against depradation, they will be on it like hawks.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 8:00:53am

Goddamned it. McConnell wasn’t some bulwark against MAGA. He was instrumental in preserving GOP power despite Trump and his incompetence. McConnell extended and expanded MAGA power throughout the government, especially by supporting the insurrection by thwarting impeachment of Trump, but also through his support of Trump nominees to the courts - and throwing the SCOTUS to right wing Christian fascists by denying Obama the ability to seat a replacement before the 2016 election.

McConnell knew how to effectively manipulate the powers of the Senate to maximize GOP power and to sabotage Democrats in Congress and the WH. Few have been more effective at tearing down the norms of the Senate than McConnell.

Enough with the goddamned whitewashing of his atrocious legacy. Just because he spoke slowly and deliberately doesn’t mean he also wasn’t an accomplice to Trump and his disastrous agenda.

Trump wouldn’t have gotten the judicial picks without McConnell blocking Obama picks so that Trump would be able to fill far more seats across the judiciary and SCOTUS than otherwise possible.

Where McConnell differs from the rabble rouser insurrectionists in the House is that McConnell wrapped up all of his choices in “procedure”.

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Dr. Matt Feb 29, 2024 • 8:01:59am

Trump files ‘emergency’ motion to appeal Illinois ballot disqualification

Translation: He has to spend even more money on attorneys!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 8:04:23am

re: #280 lawhawk

McConnel was instrumental in giving us Dobbs: he sat on a vacant SCOTUS seat until a GOP Prez had been elected and then rammed through Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement in a matter of weeks..

I will never, ever, forgive him for doing that.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 8:04:37am

re: #281 Dr. Matt

Trump files ‘emergency’ motion to appeal Illinois ballot disqualification

Translation: He has to spend even more money on attorneys!

That’s a shame, because his scam GFM is at a near standstill. That well turned out to be less than 1.5 M deep.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:04:48am

re: #281 Dr. Matt

Trump files ‘emergency’ motion to appeal Illinois ballot disqualification

Translation: He has to spend even more money on attorneys!

Good. I’m a little surprised he went for the bait. Knocking him off the Illinois ballot doesn’t actually impact him because other than downstate, we hate the madman, but it does impact fascists running for other offices in Illinois.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 8:07:33am

re: #284 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Good. I’m a little surprised he went for the bait. Knocking him off the Illinois ballot doesn’t actually impact him because other than downstate, we hate the madman, but it does impact fascists running for other offices in Illinois.

If he can successfully be kept off of one state, he can be kept off of more than one.

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Markm1960 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:08:43am

re: #219 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have mentioned before, why didn’t DJT demand a 50% cut of what Jared took from the Saudis, after all, he was working both at the White House and for Trump Enterprises.

I think trumps payout was the LIV golf tourneys held on his properties and all the associated cash that goes along with hosyingcc bc tourney.

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 8:08:52am

re: #285 Belafon

If he can successfully be kept off of one state, he can be kept off of more than one.

Until the Supreme Court decides that it’s not up to the states to keep people off ballots, because the original text of the 14th Amendment was only intended for Confederates, and they’re all dead now.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 8:09:39am

re: #285 Belafon

If he can successfully be kept off of one state, he can be kept off of more than one.

He’ll always have a sweet home here, in the Heart of Dixie. (9 EVs)

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 8:09:57am

Wait…What?????

newsweek.com

Tyler Boebert “supposedly made a sex tape” with a fellow suspect who was a female minor, according to an affidavit following his arrest.

Boebert, the adult son of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, was arrested on February 27 by the Rifle Police Department.

He is charged on 22 counts, which include vehicle trespass, property thefts and criminal possession of ID documents.

None of the charges relate to the purported sex tape, which was alluded to by another minor police quoted in the affidavit. The same minor said the tape was sent around to people they knew.

The Rifle Police Department said in a Facebook post: “This is an ongoing investigation, no further information will be released at this time.”

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SerialUpDinger Feb 29, 2024 • 8:10:45am

YouTube

I hope this has not been posted….. It was a year ago - still crazy!

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:11:09am

re: #287 Nerdy Fish

Until the Supreme Court decides that it’s not up to the states to keep people off ballots, because the original text of the 14th Amendment was only intended for Confederates, and they’re all dead now.

I wish they were all dead, but the racist Confederate point of view is still heavily represented in America.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 8:12:04am

Michigan Democrats
@MichiganDems
*
16h
Four Michigan Republicans are cosponsors on a bill introduced THIS YEAR that would ban IVF nationwide. #MIsen candidates Mike Rogers and Peter Meijer both supported bills that would ban IVF. This is who the GOP is. It’s up to us to beat them. Join us: michigandems.com

Via xT.

Consider the following - a House resolution supported by GOPers that explicitly ignores the facts and medicine to claim that life begins at fertilization. That comports with GOP anti-abortion stances, as well as anti-IVF policies.

They also explicitly seek to end IVF and abortion by introducing legislation that would declare that life begins at conception (a bill that has 124 cosponsors among the Christian fascist GOP). This bill would effectively ban IVF, a lot of research involving stem cells, and abortion access. That violates my 1A right, as it is a religious belief on their part to insist that a clump of cells is a human being, when my beliefs and my Old Testament Bible insists life begins when a human takes their first breath. I’d argue it was unconstitutional for them to impose this law, but we know SCOTUS would ignore the 1A and my religious beliefs due to their own Christian fascist intent to impose their religious beliefs on everyone else, as they did with Dobbs and its future progeny.

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 8:15:52am

re: #289 Joe Bacon ✅

The charges:

four felony counts of criminal possession of ID documents - multiple victims, one felony count of conspiracy to commit a felony, criminal possession of a financial device, first-degree criminal trespass of an automobile with intent to commit a crime, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and three counts of theft of under $300

The part in bold may involve the same person.

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Nerdy Fish Feb 29, 2024 • 8:16:23am

re: #291 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

I wish they were all dead, but the racist Confederate point of view is still heavily represented in America.

I get what you’re saying, but I hope you can see my point: To an “originalist,” someone who is twisting history in order to achieve a desired result, the physical soldiers and government officials that the 14th Amendment sought to bar from office are all long since gone. Therefore, they can say that the 14th Amendment is a dead letter, without impacting any state’s ability to bar other constitutionally ineligible (e.g. underage, foreign born, etc.) candidates from being on the ballot.

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 8:18:57am

AI Generated Image. No. Really.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 8:19:38am

re: #289 Joe Bacon ✅

Wait…What?????

newsweek.com

Tyler Boebert “supposedly made a sex tape” with a fellow suspect who was a female minor, according to an affidavit following his arrest.

Boebert, the adult son of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, was arrested on February 27 by the Rifle Police Department.

He is charged on 22 counts, which include vehicle trespass, property thefts and criminal possession of ID documents.

None of the charges relate to the purported sex tape, which was alluded to by another minor police quoted in the affidavit. The same minor said the tape was sent around to people they knew.

The Rifle Police Department said in a Facebook post: “This is an ongoing investigation, no further information will be released at this time.”

Future wife, until she gets into politics.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:21:01am

re: #295 Teukka

[Embedded content]

Extremely obviously AI generated.
The middle of the shirt is entirely missing, and he does not have a man’s hands.

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 8:22:50am

re: #295 Teukka

[Embedded content]

Part Deux. Is it just me, or is this one slightly cursed?

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 8:23:12am

re: #295 Teukka

The smoke is just a little too dense. Looks more like a vape cloud.

Other than that, that’s damn near 100% photorealistic.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 8:24:52am

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Side note. It’s nice to see him laughing with an African American buddy way back in 1964 during an uglier time in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 29, 2024 • 8:25:02am

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b.d. Feb 29, 2024 • 8:25:44am

re: #298 Teukka

[Embedded content]

Mom has too many fingers and the baby not enough…..

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Mike Lamb Feb 29, 2024 • 8:26:19am

re: #297 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Extremely obviously AI generated.
The middle of the shirt is entirely missing, and he does not have a man’s hands.

There’s a straw in the fries.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:26:32am

re: #298 Teukka

[Embedded content]

There’s no ketchup on that platter. Where did all that red stuff come from?

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 8:27:05am

re: #302 b.d.

Mom has too many fingers and the baby not enough…..

Check out what Dad has has in his hand…

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:27:21am

re: #303 Mike Lamb

There’s a straw in the fries.

I completely missed that!

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:29:14am

re: #302 b.d.

Mom has too many fingers and the baby not enough…..

Sometimes normal people give birth to a Simpson.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 8:31:22am

re: #284 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Good. I’m a little surprised he went for the bait. Knocking him off the Illinois ballot doesn’t actually impact him because other than downstate, we hate the madman, but it does impact fascists running for other offices in Illinois.

Good. I hate Illionis fascists…

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 8:32:14am

re: #304 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

There’s no ketchup on that platter. Where did all that red stuff come from?

His twin sister on mom’s lap.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 8:33:41am

re: #305 Teukka

Check out what Dad has has in his hand…

looks like an ear.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:33:46am

re: #309 darthstar

His twin sister on mom’s lap.

I should have realized that the odd utensil that mom’s holding is a baby scoop, but I haven’t seen one in years.

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BeachDem Feb 29, 2024 • 8:34:26am

re: #299 Dr Lizardo

The smoke is just a little too dense. Looks more like a vape cloud.

Other than that, that’s damn near 100% photorealistic.

Per an Xer:

i too enjoy drinking my modlidani fries with a straw while wearing a tshirt with sleeves & a back but no front

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Teukka Feb 29, 2024 • 8:34:39am

re: #310 darthstar

looks like an ear.

Explains the red stuff…

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 8:36:05am

re: #312 BeachDem

Per an Xer:

i too enjoy drinking my modlidani fries with a straw while wearing a tshirt with sleeves & a back but no front

Coke cup logo is the first give-away. And you can’t smoke in Mickey D’s.

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 8:37:47am

They should take the audio from any movie - romance, adventure, comedy…doesn’t matter…Give AI a plot that may or may not align with the dialog, and let it build a feature film. Let’s see what it makes.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 8:38:57am

I feel like were all trying to find the fractals in the psychic paper.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 8:39:26am

re: #290 SerialUpDinger

I hope this has not been posted….. It was a year ago - still crazy!

Kyle Rittenhouse searchedpeople out to shoot them and got away with it…

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:41:32am

Lost her career for lying about vaccines during a pandemic, and wound up on OnlyFans.

The Sopranos star Drea de Matteo earned enough on OnlyFans to save her home in five minutes

The Sopranos star Drea de Matteo has said OnlyFans “saved her life” after she found herself with only $10 in the bank.

The actor played Adrianna La Cerva on the hit mafia drama and went on to have roles in Friends, Sons of Anarchy and Desperate Housewives.

Last year, she revealed she had been dropped by her agent for her stance on vaccinations and had been forced to find alternative means of income.

OnlyFans is a content subscription service, which allows users to scubscribe to individual creators. Established in 2016, the platform has become known for creators selling explicit and pornographic videos and images.

De Matteo, who shares risqué content with subscribers on the platform, said she was reluctant to join the subscription service. She was, however, able to save her home from foreclosure within five minutes, according to the Daily Mail, as fans flocked to subscribe for $15 a month. She has since opened streetwear label ULTRAFREE with the proceedings.

independent.co.uk

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 8:41:53am

re: #314 Decatur Deb

Coke cup logo is the first give-away. And you can’t smoke in Mickey D’s.

I assumed it was from back in the 70’s when they had smoking sections…

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:43:07am

re: #319 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I assumed it was from back in the 70’s when they had smoking sections…

Fair assumption, since no one should be dressed like that if it’s not the 70s.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 8:44:40am

re: #314 Decatur Deb

Coke cup logo is the first give-away. And you can’t smoke in Mickey D’s.

You could back in the 1970s, which is kinda what that image looks like it’s aiming for.

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Dr. Matt Feb 29, 2024 • 8:51:07am

FYI, today is Bachelor’s Day

Bachelor’s Day, sometimes known as Ladies’ Privilege, [1] is an Irish tradition by which women are allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February, based on a legend of Saint Bridget and Saint Patrick. It once had legal basis in Scotland and England.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 8:53:25am

re: #322 Dr. Matt

FYI, today is Bachelor’s Day

Leap Day is a Marxist conspiracy to extend Black History Month!!1!

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 8:55:55am

re: #323 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Leap Day is a Marxist conspiracy to extend Black History Month!!1!

Why should blacks get a whole extra day that the rest of us don’t.

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Decatur Deb Feb 29, 2024 • 8:56:46am

re: #321 Dr Lizardo

You could back in the 1970s, which is kinda what that image looks like it’s aiming for.

Hell, that’s formal wear today in Alabama McDs.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:01:35am

re: #325 Decatur Deb

Hell, that’s formal wear today in Alabama McDs.

the fact that he is wearing a shirt at all?

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silverdolphin Feb 29, 2024 • 9:06:50am

Pennsylvania Sets Up Election Security Task Force

This needs to happen in more states.

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Jay C Feb 29, 2024 • 9:23:24am

re: #327 silverdolphin

Pennsylvania Sets Up Election Security Task Force

This needs to happen in ~~more states~~ every state.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 9:24:47am

Be sure to share your thoughts about SCOTUS helping Trump avoid justice to the Supreme Court. No threats though!! pic.twitter.com/1nJzVUBS0Q

— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) February 28, 2024

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William Lewis Feb 29, 2024 • 9:26:15am

Just because …

No Anchovies, Please

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 9:27:53am

re: #329 Belafon

[Embedded content]

You can’t post something like that to Xitter and not wind up with threats being sent.

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danarchy Feb 29, 2024 • 9:29:03am

re: #293 lawhawk

The charges:

The part in bold may involve the same person.

There were 3 suspects other than him, a 16 year old male, a 16 year old female, and a 17 year old female. I am not going to fault an 18 year old for having sex with a 16 or 17 year old, we’d have to throw half of high school seniors in jail. Recording it isn’t the smartest thing in the world, but it is apparently just what people do now, recording themselves doing everything.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 9:29:35am

re: #264 danarchy

They have had a financial monitor in place for over a year now. If that work isn’t already being done, or done, then she should be fired.

and they still tried that trick of changing the addresses to florida.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:30:19am

re: #327 silverdolphin

Pennsylvania Sets Up Election Security Task Force

This needs to happen in more states.

Not so much to protect against voter fraud but to ensure that there are no viable or legal grounds for contesting the results.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 9:32:34am

re: #280 lawhawk

Goddamned it. McConnell wasn’t some bulwark against MAGA. He was instrumental in preserving GOP power despite Trump and his incompetence. McConnell extended and expanded MAGA power throughout the government, especially by supporting the insurrection by thwarting impeachment of Trump, but also through his support of Trump nominees to the courts - and throwing the SCOTUS to right wing Christian fascists by denying Obama the ability to seat a replacement before the 2016 election.

McConnell knew how to effectively manipulate the powers of the Senate to maximize GOP power and to sabotage Democrats in Congress and the WH. Few have been more effective at tearing down the norms of the Senate than McConnell.

Enough with the goddamned whitewashing of his atrocious legacy. Just because he spoke slowly and deliberately doesn’t mean he also wasn’t an accomplice to Trump and his disastrous agenda.

Trump wouldn’t have gotten the judicial picks without McConnell blocking Obama picks so that Trump would be able to fill far more seats across the judiciary and SCOTUS than otherwise possible.

Where McConnell differs from the rabble rouser insurrectionists in the House is that McConnell wrapped up all of his choices in “procedure”.

name a signature piece of legislation

and while he got the 2017 tax act through, it wasn’t ‘his’

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 9:33:50am

re: #332 danarchy

It’s just another way he takes after his mom…and dad.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:34:36am

re: #335 Dangerman

and throwing the SCOTUS to right wing Christian fascists by denying Obama the ability to seat a replacement before the 2016 election.

and then railroading RBG’s replacement in a matter of weeks (before the election)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:35:53am

re: #332 danarchy

… it is apparently just what people do now, recording themselves doing everything.

Locker room talk means nothing unless you got the footage to prove it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:36:28am

re: #333 Dangerman

and they still tried that trick of changing the addresses to florida.

which should have gotten them hauled off in cuffs but somehow didn’t

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Eventual Carrion Feb 29, 2024 • 9:38:04am

re: #325 Decatur Deb

Hell, that’s formal wear today in Alabama McDs.

It’s your birthday babe, order anything ya want!

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 9:39:03am

Mastodon

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 9:40:37am

Hold on — is it possible the Supreme Court could decide that a former president is immune from prosecution for crimes he’s committed at the same time the current president is being impeached for crimes he didn’t commit?

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 28, 2024

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:42:47am

re: #342 Dangerman

is it possible the Supreme Court could decide that a former president is immune from prosecution for crimes he’s committed at the same time the current president is being impeached for crimes he didn’t commit?

If one is GOP and the other a Democrat, then of course…

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 9:46:17am

Of course they are. They believe the fix is in thanks to Leonard Leo and Moscow Mitch.

Trump’s Team ‘Literally Popping Champagne’ Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim

rollingstone.com

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 9:46:26am

Mastodon

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 9:47:40am

Call Fitzpatrick’s office and give him some love for doing the right thing.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 29, 2024 • 9:49:45am

re: #346 darthstar

Call Fitzpatrick’s office and give him some love for doing the right thing.

And advise him to keep away from high-rise windows and perhaps hire a food taster…

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darthstar Feb 29, 2024 • 9:56:29am

re: #347 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And advise him to keep away from high-rise windows and perhaps hire a food taster…

I’m okay with a handful of Republicans driving the discharge petition. All of the Democrats will be there and still be the majority of the votes.

Also sends a message to Trump that he is losing his grip on the party. A brokered convention is starting to sound like a distant possibility.

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ckkatz Feb 29, 2024 • 9:58:43am

re: #329 Belafon

Anyone using that for general ‘philosophic’ comments should be really careful on what they write. I doubt that SCOTUS is going to change the way they behave based on some rando’s thoughts.

I do suspect that unless one is _really_ careful about what they write, that it might be a good way to get on a government list and win the opportunity to have an in depth discussion with a couple federal leo investigators on why one wasn’t a threat to a member of SCOTUS though.

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prairiefire Feb 29, 2024 • 10:02:26am

re: #348 darthstar

The party is all splintered glass. Now it needs to be smashed! I’m not sure how, but I think the R’s will take care of that.

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Shropshire Slasher Feb 29, 2024 • 10:05:13am

Makes me anxious watching all the brake fluid piss out, but in the end it doesn’t matter.

GMC Sierra ABS Pump Motor Failure - Part I

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Jay C Feb 29, 2024 • 10:17:54am

Birbie:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 985 3/6

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was going to use a common “start” word for guess #3, but decided to go (correctly for a change) with the second choice.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 10:19:47am

re: #350 prairiefire

The party is all splintered glass. Now it needs to be smashed! I’m not sure how, but I think the R’s will take care of that somehow.

Us voting them out of office.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:20:23am

Whew. I just got back from the closest post office. I made a short stop into the local supermarket to pick up something for dinner.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 29, 2024 • 10:23:36am

Last leap day (2/29/20), I was out stocking up on toilet paper and sanitizer.

I also got in a fender bender in the parking lot outside the store. Fortunately it was very minor. No injuries. Just a few scuffs on the paint job.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 10:24:27am

About Neuromancer, I think Willa Fitzgerald (Reacher, Fall of the House of Usher) would make a great Molly.

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KGxvi Feb 29, 2024 • 10:27:04am

re: #348 darthstar

I’m okay with a handful of Republicans driving the discharge petition. All of the Democrats will be there and still be the majority of the votes.

Also sends a message to Trump that he is losing his grip on the party. A brokered convention is starting to sound like a distant possibility.

I am still skeptical that we will see a brokered convention or even a second ballot. There’s the slight possibility that someone will step in if Trump is actually convicted in any of the criminal proceedings against him. But part of me thinks the GOP base is too far gone and will still nominate him with a conviction.

Honestly, the only way we likely get a brokered convention is the “hamburger from heaven” scenario.

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KGxvi Feb 29, 2024 • 10:29:22am

re: #357 KGxvi

but then again, since I was in high school, we have seen:

3 presidential impeachments (and a ridiculous cabinet impeachment)
2 popular vote/electoral vote splits
1 black man elected president

so maybe a brokered convention is on the May You Live in Interesting Times Bingo Card?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 29, 2024 • 10:30:57am

re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The First MAGA Bank of Asscrack, Nebraska.

More like the Sheiks bank of Bone Saws.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Feb 29, 2024 • 10:32:15am

re: #345 darthstar

Fitzpatrick is probably the most moderate GOP member of the house. District built around mainly Bucks County (just north of Philadelphia). Most of the suburb counties of Philadelphia have generally been quite conservative, but the GOP hold in these areas have been slipping in the past elections. Fitzpatrick generally has gotten elected +10 points, but the district was Biden +6, Shapiro +10, and Fetterman +7.

This leads me to think that the GOP might well leave him alone since primarying him out for a MAGA extremist would probably cost them the seat in November.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:35:26am

re: #305 Teukka

Check out what Dad has has in his hand…

Mom has a spoon full of ketchup.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:39:34am

The percentage is very low, but I do not love the fact that there are people who can casually drop $3,500 while not having the attention-span to get through setup.

Some Apple Vision Pro users are returning the headset because they don’t know how to set it up, analyst says

Apple says its Vision Pro headset will change how you live and work — but some people are apparently having trouble figuring out how to set up the headset in the first place.

A significant percentage of Vision Pro returns are from customers who can’t figure out how to operate the headset when they first get it, according to a high-profile analyst who recently said he surveyed the product’s repair and refurbishment production line.

Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst who often reports on Apple’s supply chain, estimates that 20% to 30% of Apple Vision Pro returns stem from users not knowing how to set up the mixed-reality headset, he wrote Wednesday.

But overall, Kuo says some of Apple’s smaller Vision Pro suppliers are expanding production and he estimates the current return rate for the device is less than 1%.

businessinsider.com

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lawhawk Feb 29, 2024 • 10:43:20am

Oops… guess migrants aren’t causing a crime wave. Just the opposite.

An
@NBCNews review of available 2024 crime data from cities targeted by Texas’ “Operation Lone Star” — which transports migrants from the border to cities in the U.S. — shows overall crime levels dropping in cities that have received the most migrants.

snip

Overall crime is down year over year in Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, New York and Los Angeles. Crime has risen in Washington, D.C., but local officials do not attribute the spike to migrants.

“This is a public perception problem. It’s always based upon these kinds of flashpoint events where an immigrant commits a crime,” explains Graham Ousey, a professor at the College of William & Mary and the co-author of “Immigration and Crime: Taking Stock.” “There’s no evidence for there being any relationship between somebody’s immigrant status and their involvement in crime.”

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jaunte Feb 29, 2024 • 10:44:01am

@clancyny.bsky.social

DocuSign now says they’ll be using your data* to train AI. *Anonymized. But that’s not really a thing.

DocuSign makes software to sign documents online. All types of contracts and other docs use this service now.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:44:18am

I just submitted my retirement application after 46 years with the agency.

James Brown - I Feel Good

R MINUS 4 Months

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jaunte Feb 29, 2024 • 10:44:34am

I wonder what I’ve signed.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:45:41am

re: #365 Joe Bacon ✅

Yay. I am happy for you.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 10:45:43am

re: #362 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Have they tried….reading the instructions? Or perhaps watching a helpful video on YouTube?

When I got my iPhone SE 3rd Gen, before doing anything, I watched a video on YouTube on how to set up the phone. Thankfully, Apple makes it very easy, but it’s always good to go into something new at least somewhat prepared.

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ckkatz Feb 29, 2024 • 10:46:08am

(Jefferson Memorial/Tidal Basin 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival)

.
.

WaPo: D.C.’s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom from March 23 to 26, officials predict

The National Park Service predicted Thursday that D.C.’s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom from March 23 to March 26.

Peak bloom is defined as the point when 70 percent of the blossoms along the Tidal Basin have flowered. The event attracts droves of tourists and locals to the Tidal Basin — the reservoir on the Mall — every year to visit the flowering trees, which were a gift from Japan in 1912.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival also returns, from March 20 through April 14, with dozens of events around the city to celebrate the city’s famous flower.

*snip*

According to Capital Weather Gang, a warming climate has led the cherry trees to flower earlier over time. Historical bloom data shows the average peak has advanced about five days, from April 4 to March 31. Last year, peak bloom was March 23. It was recorded on March 21 in 2022. The earliest peak bloom on record occurred March 15, 1990.

*snip*

Also

National Park Service - Cherry Blossom Festival

National Park Service - Cherry Blossom Camera

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:47:17am

re: #368 Dr Lizardo

Have they tried….reading the instructions? Or perhaps watching a helpful video on YouTube?

When I got my iPhone SE 3rd Gen, before doing anything, I watched a video on YouTube on how to set up the phone. Thankfully, Apple makes it very easy, but it’s always good to go into something new at least somewhat prepared.

That’s why I assume it’s an attention-span problem. You can be entirely clueless and succeed in setup if you can just focus on simple instructions for a few minutes.

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Mattand Feb 29, 2024 • 10:47:39am

Say what you will about Philly, but you’d probably be hard pressed in Manhattan to get a spot in a decent indoor garage for $9.25.

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jeffreyw Feb 29, 2024 • 10:47:57am

Mastodon

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Backwoods Sleuth Feb 29, 2024 • 10:49:02am

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:51:06am

re: #367 PhillyPretzel ✅

Yay. I am happy for you.

Philly I am getting out before Trump gets back in and fucks me over with his Schedule F purges.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:52:08am

re: #372 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

Having known people in the western Chicago exurbs who had to deal with less-civilized families with their naked kids running through the neighborhood, I know that that’s frowned upon at all ages.

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ckkatz Feb 29, 2024 • 10:52:09am

re: #365 Joe Bacon ✅

Congratulations!

What’s next, once you retire, on your plans?

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Backwoods Sleuth Feb 29, 2024 • 10:53:16am

Mastodon

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 10:53:34am

re: #374 Joe Bacon ✅

Are you sure that DT is going to get back in? I am one of those folks who will be GOTV for Joe. I think Joe has a good chance.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 10:54:23am

re: #370 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

That’s why I assume it’s an attention-span problem. You can be entirely clueless and succeed in setup if you can just focus on simple instructions for a few minutes.

A couple of years back, I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to replace a fridge thermostat. Started at the beginning, pause the video, do the work, then continue watching, pause again, etc., etc., until I was done.

Worked great. Also replaced the fridge’s upper and lower compartment door seals using YouTube tutorials.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:54:27am

re: #377 Backwoods Sleuth

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The good news is they won’t have many fires in the summer, because everything is already ashes.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:56:15am

re: #379 Dr Lizardo

A couple of years back, I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to replace a fridge thermostat. Started at the beginning, pause the video, do the work, then continue watching, pause again, etc., etc., until I was done.

Worked great. Also replaced the fridge’s upper and lower compartment door seals using YouTube tutorials.

YouTube got me through power window motor replacement years ago. Thanks to a video I could be confident that I could take apart the door and swap out the part without any trouble.

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ckkatz Feb 29, 2024 • 10:56:16am

re: #176 Teukka

Hah!

I hadn’t seen that one. Although on normal days I might fail that challenge.

The one that has been going around where I frequent is:

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danarchy Feb 29, 2024 • 10:58:13am

re: #371 Mattand

Say what you will about Philly, but you’d probably be hard pressed in Manhattan to get a spot in a decent indoor garage for $9.25.

Heh, $9.25 that’s funny. In Boston you are lucky to find a garage for under $40 during weekday work hours.

I remember a few years back Boston raised their parking ticket rates because the parking tickets were lower than most of the garages so people were just taking the tickets.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 10:59:01am

re: #382 ckkatz

Hah!

I hadn’t seen that one. Although on normal days I might fail that challenge.

The one that has been going around where I frequent is:

[Embedded content]

I’ve still had zero alcohol since a bit before the pandemic. We have legal weed, and I’ve never made poor choices while baked like I did when drunk.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 10:59:13am

re: #363 lawhawk

Oops… guess migrants aren’t causing a crime wave. Just the opposite.

snip

Trump’s ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Doesn’t Exist

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sizzzzlerz Feb 29, 2024 • 10:59:15am

re: #365 Joe Bacon ✅

I just submitted my retirement application after 46 years with the agency.

[Embedded content]

R MINUS 4 Months

It is an exhilarating feeling, knowing your working years are coming to a close, but it is a bit frightening, as well. I retired in 2021 after 43 years and haven’t regretted doing it for a single day since. Enjoy it.

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Backwoods Sleuth Feb 29, 2024 • 10:59:23am

Mastodon

Collins said lawmakers plan to debate a more permanent legislative solution starting next week. That could include a version of a Louisiana law that has since the 1980s barred embryos from being discarded, or changes to the state’s constitution, which emphasizes the rights of “unborn children.”

Still, state lawmakers from both parties voiced reservations about the proposal. State Rep. Mark Gidley, a Republican, said he feared the legislation approved by the House Thursday would be used by progressives to undermine the state’s long-standing anti-abortion policies.

“Alabama is probably one of the most pro-life states in the nation, and we can’t allow anything to interfere with our pro-life standard,” he said.

Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, a Republican who voted against the measure, said that the bill would “grant immunity to murder,” voicing the sentiments of many in the anti-abortion movement who argue that life begins at conception whether or not that happens inside the uterus.

“What I had learned and read up to yesterday had me very concerned that the Alabama Supreme Court, in a state whose official position is pro-life and therefore defends that life begins at fertilization, could have possibly, I don’t know, but possibly uncovered a silent Holocaust going on in our state.”

these people are insane

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sizzzzlerz Feb 29, 2024 • 10:59:58am

re: #385 Dangerman

Trump’s ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Doesn’t Exist

He lied. Imagine that.

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 11:00:42am

re: #373 Backwoods Sleuth

According to my wife, the company has decided to rebuild its database rather than paying the ransom. They’re also planning on giving loans to customers so that they can get some money during this time.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Feb 29, 2024 • 11:00:53am

re: #383 danarchy

Heh, $9.25 that’s funny. In Boston you are lucky to find a garage for under $40 during weekday work hours.

I remember a few years back Boston raised their parking ticket rates because the parking tickets were lower than most of the garages so people were just taking the tickets.

Maybe that’s hourly vs daily.

In Chicago:

How much is a parking garage in Chicago?
Public lots and garages charge $12.00 per hour and $30 per day. The average monthly rate is $225.00.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 11:01:06am

re: #376 ckkatz

Congratulations!

What’s next, once you retire, on your plans?

CK—for the rest of the year…I AIN’T GONNA DO A G.D. THING EXCEPT GET UP WHEN I WANT TO AND GO TO SLEEP WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT.

The alarm clock gonna be shut off and it ain’t waking me up at 545 on a weekday starting 7/1/24!

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Belafon Feb 29, 2024 • 11:02:37am

re: #377 Backwoods Sleuth

Not to minimize the impact, but Pete Delkus at WFAA pointed out that we’ve only been recording that information since the 1980s.

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 11:02:37am

re: #365 Joe Bacon ✅

I just submitted my retirement application after 46 years with the agency.

[Embedded content]

R MINUS 4 Months

Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Audio)

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Dr Lizardo Feb 29, 2024 • 11:04:06am

re: #381 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

YouTube got me through power window motor replacement years ago. Thanks to a video I could be confident that I could take apart the door and swap out the part without any trouble.

Not to mention that doing the work yourself, when done right, saves a lot of unnecessary expense. As I recall, the thermostat part came to about $25, which is a lot cheaper than buying a new fridge (or even a second-hand one: we have a local shop that repairs white goods and sells them, typically with a one-year warranty, and you could pick up a good fridge from ‘em for about $200, delivery included).

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 11:05:25am

re: #386 sizzzzlerz

It is an exhilarating feeling, knowing your working years are coming to a close, but it is a bit frightening, as well. I retired in 2021 after 43 years and haven’t regretted doing it for a single day since. Enjoy it.

Sizz—I’m planning probably later in the year or next to take Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from LA all the way to Seattle, stay a couple days and return back to LA

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 11:05:44am

re: #393 Dangerman

Danger U READ MY MIND

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Dangerman Feb 29, 2024 • 11:05:49am

re: #376 ckkatz

Congratulations!

What’s next, once you retire, on your plans?

Build a pond!

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sagehen Feb 29, 2024 • 11:07:25am

re: #371 Mattand

Say what you will about Philly, but you’d probably be hard pressed in Manhattan to get a spot in a decent indoor garage for $9.25.

For an hour? No problem.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Feb 29, 2024 • 11:08:42am

re: #378 PhillyPretzel ✅

Are you sure that DT is going to get back in? I am one of those folks who will be GOTV for Joe. I think Joe has a good chance.

Philly I am afraid he’s gonna steal it.

BUT 46 years on the job is enough. It’s time to retire and decompress.

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sizzzzlerz Feb 29, 2024 • 11:09:20am

re: #379 Dr Lizardo

A couple of years back, I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to replace a fridge thermostat. Started at the beginning, pause the video, do the work, then continue watching, pause again, etc., etc., until I was done.

Worked great. Also replaced the fridge’s upper and lower compartment door seals using YouTube tutorials.

I’ve done that for working on my car, fixing the vacuum, taking the covers off a washing machine, and a number of other household tasks. It’s been super valuable. One thing I also learned is to take detailed and copious pictures before you begin and as you work. They come in very handy when you can’t figure out how to put things back together again and not have a spare nut or screw. Use lots of lighting to, you know, see things clearly.

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sizzzzlerz Feb 29, 2024 • 11:12:10am

re: #395 Joe Bacon ✅

Sizz—I’m planning probably later in the year or next to take Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from LA all the way to Seattle, stay a couple days and return back to LA

I did that in 2022 from San Jose to Seattle, Empire Builder to Chicago, and then the California Zephyr to Emeryville, then BART back home. Its a great trip. Just don’t expect to arrive anywhere at the scheduled time.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 29, 2024 • 1:26:42pm

re: #390 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Maybe that’s hourly vs daily.

In Chicago:

I’m not sure how many are public in Chicago because when I was there last, some years ago, $20 was the cheapest for downtown.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 29, 2024 • 1:27:55pm

Wow am I behind the times here! Going upstairs.

Spy Auto

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