John Oliver: The Problems With State Medical Boards
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They are Unions. They just sound fancier because it is a professional union and not a labor union.
Say it loud, Speaker Jesusbot!
Speaker Johnson Takes Stand Against IVF Protection: Report
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson will not be putting any bills on the House floor to protect the right of Americans to access a decades-old assisted reproduction process known as in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. Recently, at least two Senate Republicans have also blocked legislation to protect IVF after Democrats put up bills to support the procedure. Millions of babies have been born via IVF.
Speaking at the GOP retreat in West Virginia Thursday, Johnson said “he does not think Congress has a role to play when it comes to IVF, as some members have been pushing for in wake of Alabama ruling. But [he] says all Republicans support access to IVF,” according to CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona.
re: #2 Joe Bacon ✅
3% of babies born in the US are through the efforts of IVF. Fuck these Christian fascists.
They keep infringing on our 1A rights by imposing their “values” on everyone else through force of law.
re: #2 Joe Bacon ✅
Speaking at the GOP retreat in West Virginia Thursday, Johnson said “he does not think Congress has a role to play when it comes to IVF, as some members have been pushing for in wake of Alabama ruling. But [he] says all Republicans support access to IVF,”
IOW: “We’re all in favor of protecting IVF access, however we’re not actually going to DO anything about it”.
How very Republican…
I recall when Dubya Bush weighed in and banned stem cell research because it “killed potential babies”
Christian ideology run rampant.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It’s no different with the state bar / court oversight of lawyers. They’re more than willing to slow roll discipline against lawyers engaging in bad acts. The one that will almost always result in disbarment is comingling client funds. Even then, it takes far longer than it should to see bad lawyers disbarred.
re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I recall when Dubya Bush weighed in and banned stem cell research because it “killed potential babies”
Christian ideology run rampant.
REALLY helped people like me suffering from RA. Just another reason I hate every f’n subatomic particle in Dumbya’s body…
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are Unions. They just sound fancier because it is a professional union and not a labor union.
Nothing like a labor union. Different thing entirely.
re: #12 wrenchwench
Nothing like a labor union. Different thing entirely.
Different, granted, but they exist for same principle: to protect the interests of the profession.
How Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconverted
The hot new thing in proselytizing is an app that allows Christian conservatives to collect data on whole neighborhoods of potential converts.
In other words Big Brother Jesus Is Watching YOU!
The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived. An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed by some of the biggest names in evangelical circles, is mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals through their neighborhoods.
The app boasts influential supporters, including the former leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, Jim Henry, and controversial Christian data-harvesting firm Gloo. It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household.
Published by nonprofit missionary group Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth, the Bless Every Home app describes itself in its own promotional video as a “harvest tool to reach souls for Christ.” Its core function is to produce neighborhood maps and detailed tables of data about people from non-Anglo-European backgrounds, drawn from commercial sources typically used by marketing and data-harvesting firms.
It’s all fairly innocuous on the surface, but training videos produced by users show the extent to which evangelical groups are using sophisticated ways to target non-Christian communities, with questionable safeguards around security and privacy.
re: #13 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Different, granted, but they exist for same principle: to protect the interests of the profession.
Nope.
re: #14 Joe Bacon ✅
How Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconverted
best way to shut this down is to get the Satanists or the Muslims to adopt it.
re: #17 No Malarkey!
I’d counter Jo’s assertion by indicating how long until Todd is himself indicted on felony misconduct arising out of his attorney-client criminal representation?
re: #19 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Please explain the key distinctions
Doctors on a Medical Board are able to CYA. Might be the main function.
Labor unions work for liveable wages and working conditions for their members.
re: #136 Hecuba’s daughter
The guy who produced The Accountant would not do that. He’s a capitalist with no morals or ethics, not an ideologue or RW conspiracist. A man more akin to Zuck than Elon. It’s the bottomline that attracts him. Now, that might not be true of his investors, but we will have to see.
I know you didn’t mean this 38 minute Oscar winning short, but this with Walton Goggins and Ray McKinnon. is my favorite. “The Accountant”.
re: #17 No Malarkey!
Judge Cannon is not swallowing Team Trump’s nonsense.
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“begins to falter,” Your Honor? With all due respect, this argument is DOA, or it would be, if you had any integrity. I understand you have to entertain all this nonsense because simply laughing it out of your courtroom would result in a motion for a bad trial thingy, but there are ways to end this nonsense without unnecessarily delaying the proceedings. Oh, I forgot - that’s literally the reason you have your job.
Matt Gaetz is going to be going through some stuff…
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was subpoenaed to sit for a deposition in a civil lawsuit that involves allegations he had sex with a 17-year old-girl, sources tell @ABC News. https://t.co/q6P7UkmITH pic.twitter.com/r8SNeOoSZB
— ABC News (@ABC) March 14, 2024
re: #21 wrenchwench
Doctors on a Medical Board are able to CYA. Might be the main function.
Labor unions work for liveable wages and working conditions for their members.
I mostly agree with this summation, with one major exception: Police unions are very much in the same vein as Medical boards, and on a much larger scale.
re: #25 Orange Impostor
I mostly agree with this summation, with one major exception: Police unions are very much in the same vein as Medical boards, and on a much larger scale.
Memories of sitting in an MA class at U of Chicago hearing Milton Friedman say that the most effective labor union in the US is the AMA.
re: #14 Joe Bacon ✅
“mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals through their neighborhoods.”
So they’re literally targeting the very groups that they hate and rail against every Sunday? So cynical.
re: #7 Jay C
IOW: “We’re all in favor of protecting IVF access, however we’re not actually going to DO anything about it”.
How very Republican…
+1
re: #27 Patricia Kayden
“mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals through their neighborhoods.”
So they’re literally targeting the very groups that they hate and rail against every Sunday? So cynical.
They need the $$$$ to pay of the Pulpit Pimp’s Palace.
re: #27 Patricia Kayden
“mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals through their neighborhoods.”
So they’re literally targeting the very groups that they hate and rail against every Sunday? So cynical.
It’s so funny. Evangelical Christians allegedly want to convert everyone to Christianity, but this requires them to actually interact with the people they actively express hatred toward. How do you think that’s going to go, assholes?
re: #25 Orange Impostor
I mostly agree with this summation, with one major exception: Police unions are very much in the same vein as Medical boards, and on a much larger scale.
Police unions get their own category. I agree about the similarities with Medical Boards.
re: #9 lawhawk
It’s no different with the state bar / court oversight of lawyers. They’re more than willing to slow roll discipline against lawyers engaging in bad acts. The one that will almost always result in disbarment is comingling client funds. Even then, it takes far longer than it should to see bad lawyers disbarred.
No entity should be solely policing it’s own.
A while back, cpas were forced to institute quality control plans.
And that wasn’t all. The qc plan has to be audited by a specially trained (read expensive) auditor every third year.
What Virginia Woolf Got Wrong About Lady Anne Clifford
Ramie Targoff on the Hidden History of Women Writers of the English Renaissance
Progress in Canada.
Bill C-63, the online harms bill, was introduced last month and would usher in measures to combat hate online, allowing people to complain to Canada’s Human Rights Commission about hateful posts.
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A clause in the bill would allow a judge to impose a peace bond with restrictions on liberty, including house arrest and an electronic tag, on someone “feared” to be about to post hate propaganda online or carry out a hate crime, even if they have not yet done so.
The new power, which would require the approval of both the attorney-general and a judge, could be used to restrain someone deemed to pose a threat. The restrictions could apply for up to a year - two years if the person subject to the peace bond has a previous conviction for hate propaganda or a hate crime.
re: #32 Dangerman
And we’re just “bean counters”
re: #36 Randall Gross
Hmm. I do not think that is what they mean by “green.”
re: #22 BeenHereAwhile
I know you didn’t mean this 38 minute Oscar winning short, but this with Walton Goggins and Ray McKinnon. is my favorite. “The Accountant”.
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Action movies are my thing — at least some of them. So yep — the Ben Affleck film for me.
6 juveniles charged following alleged racial bullying in Southwick MA
Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced Thursday that criminal charges have been filed against several students at Southwick Regional School in connection with alleged racial bullying, which included an online slave auction that reportedly targeted Black students.
Gulluni said that six eighth graders have been formally charged for hate speech and racially-based bullying. He said he immediately opened an investigation once he learned of the nature of the allegations and detailed the charges against the six juveniles, who are 13 and 14 years old.
re: #10 No Malarkey!
Womp, womp, Navarro is going to jail.
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Has he disappeared yet?
re: #26 Joe Bacon ✅
Memories of sitting in an MA class at U of Chicago hearing Milton Friedman say that the most effective labor union in the US is the AMA.
Not today:
Police & Correction Guard unions. Lotta power at local & state level. And there’s more of them than medical doctors.
The girl critically injured in a fight seen by millions of people online remains in the hospital with traumatic brain injuries, her family confirmed.The girl, who family members identified as 16-year-old Kaylee Gain, remains in the hospital with brain bleeding and swelling, according to two GoFundMe pages started to help the family with medical costs. She remains in critical condition.
Personally, the easiest way I know to get fundies to leave my door is that when they show up with their kids in tow to “ask me if I’ve heard the word…?” I lean down to their kids and say, in a very compassionate voice, “One day, you don’t have to be involved in this and you can be free to choose your own life, away from this insanity. They don’t control you.”
For some reason they seem eager to end the conversation after that.
re: #43 Unabogie
Personally, the easiest way I know to get fundies to leave my door is that when they show up with their kids in tow to “ask me if I’ve heard the word…?” I lean down to their kids and say, in a very compassionate voice, “One day, you don’t have to be involved in this and you can be free to choose your own life, away from this insanity. They don’t control you.”
For some reason they seem eager to end the conversation after that.
The bird is the word.
re: #44 Unabogie
I’m not going to click on your link but I suspect it’s some wingnut cause du jour that Fox News is frothing over this week?
Ignorance is bliss.
re: #2 Joe Bacon ✅
Say it loud, Speaker Jesusbot!
Speaker Johnson Takes Stand Against IVF Protection: Report
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson will not be putting any bills on the House floor to protect the right of Americans to access a decades-old assisted reproduction process known as in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. Recently, at least two Senate Republicans have also blocked legislation to protect IVF after Democrats put up bills to support the procedure. Millions of babies have been born via IVF.
Speaking at the GOP retreat in West Virginia Thursday, Johnson said “he does not think Congress has a role to play when it comes to IVF, as some members have been pushing for in wake of Alabama ruling. But [he] says all Republicans support access to IVF,” according to CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona.
Dear Speaker Idiot, that it actually a role of Congress, to protect people’s rights against overactive courts..
re: #34 Shropshire Slasher
Progress in Canada.
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That’s a terrible bill. Holy shit. Look, I’m not advocating for hate speech or online stochastic terrorism a la Chaya Raichik here. You all know me well enough to know I’m very against that. But giving the state full Minority Report powers is just asking for it to be abused.
re: #46 Shropshire Slasher
Ignorance is bliss.
I guessed correctly? Who could have guessed you’d be spreading more nonsense!
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
best way to shut this down is to have the Satanists or the Muslims to adopt it.
I will give five bucks to new Muslim Shaun King if he will announce he’s using it.
re: #49 Unabogie
I guessed correctly? Who could have guessed you’d be spreading more nonsense!
It’s what he does.
re: #25 Orange Impostor
I mostly agree with this summation, with one major exception: Police unions are very much in the same vein as Medical boards, and on a much larger scale.
and much more concerned with protecting the reputation of the profession to the point of turning a blind eye or merely doling out a slap on the wrist
re: #43 Unabogie
Personally, the easiest way I know to get fundies to leave my door is that when they show up with their kids in tow to “ask me if I’ve heard the word…?” I lean down to their kids and say, in a very compassionate voice, “One day, you don’t have to be involved in this and you can be free to choose your own life, away from this insanity. They don’t control you.”
For some reason they seem eager to end the conversation after that.
You mean people actually open their doors when they aren’t expecting someone? Most of the time I treat visitors like phone calls from unknown numbers.
re: #44 Unabogie
re: #42 Shropshire Slasher
I’m not going to click on your link but I suspect it’s some wingnut cause du jour that Fox News is frothing over this week?
OK, I braved the link and found it was a piece about the aforementioned 16-year-old who was severely injured in a beating incident near a high school in/around St. Louis.
It’s awful, but the only notable thing about the incident is that, like so many others in these days, it was captured on video, and said video went viral. And that Kaylee Gain’s family (or someone) had (?) immediately set up a GoFundMe to help with the attendant medical expenses.
A terrible story to be sure, but relevance…????
re: #54 wrenchwench
If Elon left it up we would have never known about cannibalism in Haiti!
re: #56 Hecuba’s daughter
You mean people actually open their doors when they aren’t expecting someone? Most of the time I treat visitors like phone calls from unknown numbers.
We used to telephone Jehovah’s Witness alerts throughout the neighborhood when they were out canvassing
But they and the Mormons generally leave us alone here in the winemaking villages on the Rhine, they know that they will never make any converts here and direct their efforts elsewhere.
re: #58 Shropshire Slasher
If Elon left it up we would have never known about cannibalism in Haiti!
Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his brother on the trail?
re: #57 Jay C
OK, I braved the link and found it was a piece about the aforementioned 16-year-old who was severely injured in a beating incident near a high school in/around St. Louis.
It’s awful, but the only notable thing about the incident is that, like so many others in these days, it was captured on video, and said video went viral. And that Kaylee Gain’s family (or someone) had (?) immediately set up a GoFundMe to help with the attendant medical expenses.
A terrible story to be sure, but relevance…????
To enlighten, and it is old news.
Has gorilla hail always been a thing? I don’t think I’ve heard the term before today.
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Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri (AP)
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his brother on the trail?
No, but don’t eat the clown, it tastes funny.
re: #58 Shropshire Slasher
If Elon left it up we would have never known about cannibalism in Haiti!
Some people just want to stir the shit of other people. Takes attention from their own shit.
If you’re looking for things to donate to, balloon-juice.com has a link to a GOTV fundraiser for Maricopa County, hopefully continuing the trend of Arizona becoming more blue.
re: #63 Shropshire Slasher
No, but don’t eat the clown, it tastes funny.
don’t be giving me cannibal lectures!
re: #62 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Has gorilla hail always been a thing? I don’t think I’ve heard the term before today.
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I googled. It’s a term created by a storm chaser, but the Weather Service will never pick it up unless hail actually starts coming down the size of gorillas. It’s baseball sized hail.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The small island nation relies heavily on imported food, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are filling their stomachs with dirt. Cookies made of clay, butter and salt are a traditional remedy for hunger, and are even considered to have health benefits — the clay contains minerals such as calcium. But it can also contain germs and toxins, and depending on these dirt cookies for sustenance can lead to malnutrition.
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his brother on the trail?
Did you hear the one about the cannibal restaurant?
Two cannibals come and take a table. The waiter comes over and says, “Today, for our daily special, we have an explorer from New York City, an Instagram model from Los Angeles, and an archeologist from Prague”.
The cannibals talk it over for a few seconds, then one of them says, “We’ll split the Czech”.
re: #67 Belafon
I googled. It’s a term created by a storm chaser, but the Weather Service will never pick it up unless hail actually starts coming down the size of gorillas. It’s baseball sized hail.
MSNBC uses the term. That’s where I heard it for the 1st time today.
Seems like it should be guerrilla hail. It strikes, wrecks everything, then disappears.
FYI, we are watching Cardinal on Hulu & finding out it’s pretty good. The production values are higher than the usual Canadian thriller/whodunnits and the show will keep you guessing.
Warning: if you didn’t like Criminal Minds because of the occasional implied torture and mayhem, this is a bit more gruesome.
re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Followed by top US scientists leaving the country because they couldn’t work in America anymore.
re: #72 Randall Gross
FYI, we are watching Cardinal on Hulu & finding out it’s pretty good. The production values are higher than the usual Canadian thriller/whodunnits and the show will keep you guessing.
Warning: if you didn’t like Criminal Minds because of the occasional implied torture and mayhem, this is a bit more gruesome.
Excellent books! Great series, too.
re: #74 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Excellent books! Great series, too.
We were wondering about the books, we’ll try one out on your recommendation.
re: #75 Targetpractice
Please be good. Please be good. Please be good.
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re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Some years back, I remember talking to two young Mormon ladies who were on their mission in my neighborhood. They came up to me and started talking while I was out doing yardwork. So they kind of had me trapped. They appeared kind of bored since it seemed that none of my neighbors had exhibited much interest in engaging them in conversation about religion.
Being the kindly old gentleman I decided to engage them in conversation.
So, once we had introduced ourselves, I started talking about the local problem with large numbers of mosquitos we had been experiencing at the time. The new invasive mosquito species that attack at different times of day. And all the mosquito borne diseases that Fairfax County Health Department had recently identified in the county.
At this point they seemed rather distracted. And they suddenly excused themselves.
I didn’t even get to talk about the invasive tropical mosquito borne diseases expected up here over the next few years.
And, had there been time, I had planned to talk about the larger local fauna, such as the venomous copperheads that had been found down the road. And the number of rabid raccoons that had been recently found by the county.
I did offer them some of my Deet spray.
re: #78 ckkatz
Some years back, I remember talking to two young Mormon ladies who were on their mission in my neighborhood. They came up to me and started talking while I was out doing yardwork. So they kind of had me trapped. They appeared kind of bored since it seemed that none of my neighbors had exhibited much interest in engaging them in conversation about religion.
Being the kindly old gentleman I decided to engage them in conversation.
So, once we had introduced ourselves, I started talking about the local problem with large numbers of mosquitos we had been experiencing at the time. The new invasive mosquito species that attack at different times of day. And all the mosquito borne diseases that Fairfax County Health Department had recently identified in the county.
At this point they seemed rather distracted. And they suddenly excused themselves.
I didn’t even get to talk about the invasive tropical mosquito borne diseases expected up here over the next few years.
And, had there been time, I had planned to talk about the local larger fauna, such as the venomous copperheads had been found down the road. And the number of rabid raccoons that had been recently found by the county.
Kindly old men can be SO informative!
re: #77 Randall Gross
It’s looking good to me, I can’t wait.
I mean it’s got Walt Goggins and the creepy guy from Lost!
re: #84 No Malarkey!
I do believe the Ukrainian response to this should be:
Go fuck yourself Putin. Go defenestrate yourself off the biggest building you can find.
Slava Ukraini
re: #84 No Malarkey!
Not asking for much, are they?
But seriously, Russia knows that Ukraine will never actually agree to these terms. This is just a fig leaf to say, “Hey, they wanted to know our terms, here they are,” to give cover for all the Putinistas in the Republican Party.
re: #84 No Malarkey!
Here’s what Putin said Wednesday. And I have no doubt that the SoH Johnson knows exactly what he is doing.
re: #17 No Malarkey!
Judge Cannon is not swallowing Team Trump’s nonsense.
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“Poor Todd Blanche…”
Man, it is so on brand for Trump to have a lawyer whose last name is “White”.
re: #89 Dr Lizardo
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Apparently, this latest incursion by anti-Putin Russian forces operating out of Ukraine seems to be a little more heavy duty than just the type of raiding activity we’ve seen in the past.
Acaseof NIMBY?
re: #87 Nerdy Fish
Not asking for much, are they?
But seriously, Russia knows that Ukraine will never actually agree to these terms. This is just a fig leaf to say, “Hey, they wanted to know our terms, here they are,” to give cover for all the Putinistas in the Republican Party.
SRSLY. Pro-Ukrainian advocates in (or out of) government ought to publicize these Russian “conditions” as widely as possible; and make every Congressional Rep/Senator go on record as to whether they support them or not. And then go on open record as to why they believe the “solution” to the Russian-Ukrainian war is - basically - complete and unconditional by one side (Ukraine).
re: #2 Joe Bacon ✅
But [he] says all Republicans support access to IVF,” according to CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona.
This word, speaker johnson, “support”. I do not think that it means what you think it means.
re: #92 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Acaseof NIMBY?
These forces have been operating for the last year or more, making sporadic raids into the Russian side of the Russian/Ukrainian border and harassing Russian forces stationed there. This time, it looks like these groups have gone raiding with considerably heavier firepower than they’ve brought to the battlefield before.
re: #90 ckkatz
Here’s what Putin said Wednesday. And I have no doubt that the SoH Johnson knows exactly what he is doing.
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Putin’s looking puffy.
re: #84 No Malarkey!
“Ukraine should negotiate peace!” Russian peace terms:
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“Government liquidated.”
Couldn’t make that sound more ominous if they tried.
re: #82 Randall Gross
… and the creepy guy from Lost!
You need to be just a wee bit more specific here.
re: #94 sizzzzlerz
This word, speaker johnson, “support”. I do not think that it means what you think it means.
Republicans have no objection to IVF as long as you bring all embryos to term.
Workplace follies.
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I think I need to take a day off tomorrow.
re: #100 mmmirele
Workplace follies.
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re: #83 wrenchwench
Heck, let’s reelect one!
I, for one, would be so thrilled to spend the next four years hearing mostly about chocolate chip ice cream and Trans Ams.
re: #84 No Malarkey!
“Ukraine should negotiate peace!” Russian peace terms:
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When asked for a comment, Speaker Moses was heard to declare “PEACE IN OUR TIME!”
re: #101 KingKenrod
Michael Emerson
i figured as much but almost that entire cast could be considered as having more than just a little bit of creepiness.
re: #96 wrenchwench
Putin’s looking puffy.
Maybe he needs some fresh air. Take him up to the observation deck.
re: #103 ipsos
I, for one, would be so thrilled to spend the next four years hearing mostly about chocolate chip ice cream and Trans AMs.
And invasive tropical mosquitos!
re: #98 sizzzzlerz
You need to be just a wee bit more specific here.
He’s referring to the super-genius who built The Machine from Person of Interest.
re: #104 jaunte
Ow.
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Afternoon Lizards. Responding to a question asked a couple of threads back
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re: #23 ckkatz
From downstairs:
Might I ask which vacuum pack machine you use? And if you would recommend it?
I have been looking at getting one.
As a single person, it seems it would be convenient to be able to purchase in bulk, as well as to cook up larger than a few single portions and then repack and freeze.
Sorry for the delay. I have a Food Saver FM2000-015. I buy my bags in bulk from foodvacbags.com And yes, I would recommend it.
If anyone needs more Michael Emerson creepiness, he was ultra-creepy in Evil.
re: #108 KingKenrod
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re: #111 sagehen
He’s referring to the super-genius who built The Machine from Person of Interest.
Good show, with a great cast, other than Jim Caviezel.
Popular adult streaming site Pornhub is currently blocking users in Texas following a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the site’s age-verification practices.
Viewers who attempt to visit pornhub.com are met with a lengthy statement from the site’s owners, Aylo Global Entertainment, explaining the block. Redtube, another site owned by Aylo, is also blocked.
Now the perverted GQP Nazi voters get to see firsthand at what it’s like to vote against our own best interests. Bravo, fucktards!
re: #113 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Should I get a microwave oven? Had one for a little while in NM. Only miss it about twice a month.
re: #100 gocart mozart
The whole Bankston thread to Aaron Rodgers was a stitch, so here it is, behind panels because of length. He takes after his mom, Juanita Jean!
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re: #117 Dr. Matt
Now the perverted GQP Nazi voters get to see firsthand at what it’s like to vote against our own best interests. Bravo, fucktards!
Same shit here in VA. Nothing a VPN won’t cure.
re: #119 Patricia Kayden
Happy pi day
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Everything, to them, is a zero-sum game. ‘Others’ having rights means that their right to hate ‘others’ is diminished; and obviously, as the holders of The Only Valid Viewpoint In Existence, their rights are more important. ‘Others’ making more money means that their ability to be richer than ‘others’ is diminished; that this is, actually, a desirable outcome for both groups never even crosses their minds.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Should I get a microwave oven? Had one for a little while in NM. Only miss it about twice a month.
I have one. My sister uses it more than I do. About the only time I use it is when I’m being too lazy to cook and have picked up a frozen dinner to nuke. As well as the occasional corn dog snack.
re: #109 wrenchwench
And invasive tropical mosquitos!
“Listen, Jack, you can’t believe how big the mosquitos were in the summer of ‘61 when I was a lifeguard at the pool in Scranton…”
re: #108 KingKenrod
I saw something similar yesterday, something like:
the King of England is sick, the Princess of Wales has disappeared, and the spare heir is in exile - historically this is when France would have invaded.
re: #124 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I have one. My sister uses it more than I do. About the only time I use it is when I’m being too lazy to cook and have picked up a frozen dinner to nuke. As well as the occasional corn dog snack.
I think I’ll get one. But first, I have to get a smart phone. If I were looking forward to that, it would have happened already.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Should I get a microwave oven? Had one for a little while in NM. Only miss it about twice a month.
I kinda miss mine, only because I tend to cook on Sundays and have enough left over to last me until Wednesday or Thursday most weeks and a microwave is the easiest way to heat up left overs, depending on what it is.
re: #126 KGxvi
I saw something similar yesterday, something like:
the King of England is sick, the Princess of Wales has disappeared, and the spare heir is in exile - historically this is when France would have invaded.
Based upon public polling, the people of England would probably welcome a French invasion at this point.
re: #129 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
The fabled Venn Mandarin.
re: #113 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
re: #26 darthstar
re: #44 GlutenFreeJesus
re: #70 coin operated
I would like to thank everyone who shared their expertise, experience and observations on vacuum sealers! I really appreciate your help.
Based upon the feedback I meandered over to CostCo earlier today (closer to me than the Walmart) and purchased a FoodSaver 2900. I was unable to find out the difference betwixt the 2000 and the 2900, beyond the 2000 being the standard model featured on the FoodSaver product page.
Next step is to rtfm. And then on to the ‘bagging’…
So it is dark outside… I hear a few over-sized drops of rain hit the pavement… I hear the rumble of thunder…
And I go to look at the RADAR page and… there’s nothing.
At least not here in SoCal.
Odd.
re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Did you check more than one forecast?
re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I do not know where in S Cal you are but there are a few green specks on one of the forecast sites I go to.
re: #138 Joe Bacon ✅
“Just don’t go look up anything I said.”
re: #138 Joe Bacon ✅
Smells like someone’s lawyer has been screaming at him 😈
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re: #138 Joe Bacon ✅
Sure, Aaron. Tell us another whopper!
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Isn’t his claim that it’s a false flag operation — that it happened but the government did it?
re: #138 Joe Bacon ✅
Sure it happened. You just think it was staged. Asshole.
re: #140 William Lewis
Smells like someone’s lawyer has been screaming at him 😈
Naaah, it’s Aaron Rodgers: it just smells….
re: #141 nines09
Cooper! Has his summer haircut and is waiting for summer to finally arrive.
Awesome, they’re not just content with looting the joint.
All of these idiots completely forget that this anti-mail-in ballot push was just an opportunistic swipe at the Dems during COVID lockdown, who took distancing seriously, and historically the goopers have benefited from mail-ins. But now it’s an article of wingnut faith and therefore slipped the bonds of sanity.
Rodgers also reportedly told someone he believed there were no real children at Sandy Hook - they were all “actors.”
I never understand why people who are on record with things like this don’t just say, “Yes, I said those things, but I was wrong and I regret it.” Instead they try to act like it never fucking happened and come off as complete dirtbags.
re: #95 Dr Lizardo
These forces have been operating for the last year or more, making sporadic raids into the Russian side of the Russian/Ukrainian border and harassing Russian forces stationed there. This time, it looks like these groups have gone raiding with considerably heavier firepower than they’ve brought to the battlefield before.
Good. Destroy a few of their towns and villages like Russia did to them. The assholes.
re: #150 Charles
Rodgers also reportedly told someone he believed there were no real children at Sandy Hook - they were all “actors.”
I never understand why people who are on record with things like this don’t just say, “Yes, I said those things, but I was wrong and I regret it.” Instead they just try to act like it never fucking happened and come off as complete dirtbags.
Ego. Sheer fucking ego. That “If I start apologizing, I’ll never stop” mentality that says the only option is to dig in and attack anybody that points out you were wrong. So instead of taking the “L” and moving on, the poor bastards instead exchange the shovel for a backhoe and tunnel to the center of the Earth.
Critical Role is launching their own RPG, Daggerheart: businessinsider.com
Announcement from the company publishing the game: darringtonpress.com
re: #136 PhillyPretzel ✅
The NWS and Accuweather showed nothing, but weather.com showed blobs over my head.
re: #113 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Afternoon Lizards. Responding to a question asked a couple of threads back
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re: #23 ckkatz
From downstairs:
Might I ask which vacuum pack machine you use? And if you would recommend it?
I have been looking at getting one.
As a single person, it seems it would be convenient to be able to purchase in bulk, as well as to cook up larger than a few single portions and then repack and freeze.
Sorry for the delay. I have a Food Saver FM2000-015. I buy my bags in bulk from foodvacbags.com And yes, I would recommend it.
I can also recommend the food saver, I’ve had on for ten years and it’s still chugging away. Another handy item is a paper trimmer like this one. I buy rolls of bag material and use the trimmer to cut exactly what I need.
re: #155 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Santa Ana winds have been whipping up here in Los Angeles. Weather Channel sent an alert that gusts up to 70+MPH have been recorded in the San Fernando Valley.
re: #155 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I know. It has happened to me quite a few times when I was working for the PPA. That is why I have 4 weather apps and I have the NWS as a favorite on my Safari list. Most of the time the NWS has the best weather. And sometimes they mess up like everybody else.
re: #127 wrenchwench
I think I’ll get one. But first, I have to get a smart phone. If I were looking forward to that, it would have happened already.
Trust me, a smart phone won’t heat up anything worth a damn.
re: #159 sizzzzlerz
Trust me, a smart phone won’t heat up anything worth a damn.
If you run the right/wrong app, it will heat things up really well.
It is the middle of March and Mr Softee is on my street. And tomorrow’s high is supposed to be 66.
re: #142 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t his claim that it’s a false flag operation — that it happened but the government did it?
That’s TOTES DIFFERENT!
re: #130 Targetpractice
Based upon public polling, the people of England would probably welcome a French invasion at this point.
England perhaps… Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland may have different opinions on the French
I just realized my puppy is four years old and I’m very sad. She’s growing up way too fast.
re: #159 sizzzzlerz
Trust me, a smart phone won’t heat up anything worth a damn.
Communication with a microwave: also unproductive.
re: #157 Joe Bacon ✅
Santa Ana winds have been whipping up here in Los Angeles. Weather Channel sent an alert that gusts up to 70+MPH have been recorded in the San Fernando Valley.
We’re getting some gusty winds up here in the bay area as well. Nothing like Santa Ana’s, though (praise be to the god of winds)
re: #148 ericblair
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Awesome, they’re not just content with looting the joint.
All of these idiots completely forget that this anti-mail-in ballot push was just an opportunistic swipe at the Dems during COVID lockdown, who took distancing seriously, and historically the goopers have benefited from mail-ins. But now it’s an article of wingnut faith and therefore slipped the bonds of sanity.
squeeze every dime you can out of the place in the short term, file for bankruptcy when bills come due, walk away and claim you’re a genius for making so much money that you don’t actually have… it’s the Trump business model
re: #132 ckkatz
I would like to thank everyone who shared their expertise, experience and observations on vacuum sealers! I really appreciate your help.
Based upon the feedback I meandered over to CostCo earlier today (closer to me than the Walmart) and purchased a FoodSaver 2900. I was unable to find out the difference betwixt the 2000 and the 2900, beyond the 2000 being the standard model featured on the FoodSaver product page.
Next step is to rtfm. And then to on to the ‘bagging’…
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One of the things I have found out with mine is that with high moister content meats is that it helps to put the bags in the freezer for a couple of hours before sealing. Too much liquid at the point of sealing will cause a bad seal and loss of vacuum. You may want to also think about picking up a set of these for vacuum sealing sealing mason jars. I’ll use a jar on items like fresh berries that will be crushed if sealed in a bag. Also works great on bulk shelled nuts to keep them from going stale. Another use for jars is anything liquid (like gravy mixes) that your going to freeze.
re: #132 ckkatz
I would like to thank everyone who shared their expertise, experience and observations on vacuum sealers! I really appreciate your help.
Based upon the feedback I meandered over to CostCo earlier today (closer to me than the Walmart) and purchased a FoodSaver 2900. I was unable to find out the difference betwixt the 2000 and the 2900, beyond the 2000 being the standard model featured on the FoodSaver product page.
Next step is to rtfm. And then on to the ‘bagging’…
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If you are vacuum sealing meat, make sure it is patted dry. You don’t want the vacuum to aspirate any liquids.
Edited to add - Michele’s method guarantees that won’t happen!
re: #147 GlutenFreeJesus
Air fryer. 😎😎😎
They have their uses. And yes, I have one. Hell, I even have a Frydaddy deep fat fryer for making deep fried mushrooms. YUM! YUM!
re: #170 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
They have their uses. And yes, I have one. Hell, I even have a Frydaddy deep fat fryer for making deep fried mushrooms. YUM! YUM!
I have a cast iron sauce pan with a well-fitted, long handled basket, with a thermometer on it.
Theoretically prepared. Also have oil. And some mushrooms. Just not mentally prepared. Time to fry my brain. (fetches vape thingy, the new one is not a ‘pen’. It’s rectangular.)
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re: #172 No Malarkey!
Cannon denies Trump’s motion to dismiss without prejudice, which means he can raise the issues again.
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He can, but my understanding is that unless he brings new evidence or legal arguments to support the position, she can just deny them out of hand.
re: #99 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Republicans have no objection to IVF as long as you bring all embryos to term.
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All the “octomom” kids are teenagers now:
BTW this photo is from People magazines so no privacy issue.
re: #175 Shropshire Slasher
OMG What a mess.
re: #157 Joe Bacon ✅
Santa Ana winds have been whipping up here in Los Angeles. Weather Channel sent an alert that gusts up to 70+MPH have been recorded in the San Fernando Valley.
Big storm inland, we in SoCal are on the back side of it.
We are not getting any of the Santa Ana winds down here, just the peripatetic thunderstorms.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Should I get a microwave oven? Had one for a little while in NM. Only miss it about twice a month.
Get one of these happy ones:
re: #171 wrenchwench
I have a cast iron sauce pan with a well-fitted, long handled basket, with a thermometer on it.
Theoretically prepared. Also have oil. And some mushrooms. Just not mentally prepared. Time to fry my brain. (fetches vape thingy, the new one is not a ‘pen’. It’s rectangular.)
Making a run down south to the dispensary this weekend myself.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Should I get a microwave oven? Had one for a little while in NM. Only miss it about twice a month.
I use mine all the time. Very handy for warming up cookies or turnovers quickly.
re: #150 Charles
Rodgers also reportedly told someone he believed there were no real children at Sandy Hook - they were all “actors.”
I never understand why people who are on record with things like this don’t just say, “Yes, I said those things, but I was wrong and I regret it.” Instead they try to act like it never fucking happened and come off as complete dirtbags.
They were very good actors. Had body parts blown off, bled out, screamed cried for mom and dad, and died. Then they played dead as they were autopsied and buried.
I want to see Aaron Rogers get a disease that is incurable and painful, and let him act through that.
My words would get me in trouble. My actions would be worse. But I do not give a rats ass about him or his.
re: #130 Targetpractice
Based upon public polling, the people of England would probably welcome a French invasion at this point.
especially if it would give an easy back in to the EU…
re: #175 Shropshire Slasher
And then we wonder why vendors have to put “do not swallow” on those little packets of dessicants.
Oh God. I just read the Loose Cannon decision denying Trump’s “I can do what I want” defense re: the stolen documents. It’s bad:
Although the Motion raises various arguments warranting serious consideration, the Court ultimately determines, following lengthy oral argument, that resolution of the overall question presented depends too greatly on contested instructional questions about still-fluctuating definitions of statutory terms/phrases as charged, along with at least some disputed factual issues as raised in the Motion. For that reason, rather than prematurely decide now whether application of 18 U.S.C. § 793(e) in these circumstances yields unsalvageable vagueness despite the asserted judicial glosses, the Court elects to deny the Motion without prejudice, to be raised as appropriate in connection with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions.
Translated from legalese: “He makes a good argument, but now isn’t the time to resolve it because it depends on other things that haven’t yet been proven.” In other words: Delay, delay, delay. Fuck this, fuck everything, this system is broken.
re: #185 Nerdy Fish
Oh God. I just read the Loose Cannon decision denying Trump’s “I can do what I want” defense re: the stolen documents. It’s bad:
Translated from legalese: “He makes a good argument, but now isn’t the time to resolve it because it depends on other things that haven’t yet been proven.” In other words: Delay, delay, delay. Fuck this, fuck everything, this system is broken.
Terrible judge and there are more where she came from — if Trump is re-elected.
re: #156 jeffreyw
I can also recommend the food saver, I’ve had on for ten years and it’s still chugging away. Another handy item is a paper trimmer like this one. I buy rolls of bag material and use the trimmer to cut exactly what I need.
Both of our FoodSavers died, as did two of our PowerXL Nutrisealers. We now have 2 PowerXLs and alternate using them when doing mega sealing so they don’t overheat or otherwise get pissy and go on strike.
We use our vacuum sealers A LOT.
re: #148 ericblair
Meanwhile our media continues to pretend the RNC is something other than Trump’s new piggybank.
Some GOP minority-focused centers stay open, but development axed
“…A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that Trump’s team did not like the community centers, believing the money spent on “brick and mortar” operations could be better used elsewhere.* There were discussions until recently of shuttering them all, the source added, and in any case, plans to open a total of 40 have been shelved.
It was not immediately clear how many centers the party once had, but the once much-touted facilities have taken a backseat in the party’s strategy. Now-defunct news site The Messenger in January reported the RNC had closed almost all of 20 Hispanic community centers opened in 2022.”
*On legal fees.
re: #186 Hecuba’s daughter
Terrible judge and there are more where she came from — if Trump is re-elected.
Most egregious, to me, was her suggestion to “come back when it’s time to do motions on jury instructions (i.e. after jeopardy has attached).” She literally gave him a roadmap to getting, not just a dismissal, but an acquittal. Fuck. I’m already in a bad place, but this…
re: #188 darthstar
Jeremy could have gotten all the way to SXSW.
66 degrees on the coast…the heat has found us. Headed up to Sonoma where it will be in the mid 70s…need to dust off the shorts.
re: #191 jaunte
Jeremy could have gotten all the way to SXSW.
Yeah, but apparently he was busy, er, uhh, getting busy. So I don’t think he needed the extra mobility for that.
re: #111 sagehen
He’s referring to the super-genius who built The Machine from Person of Interest.
I am but a simple soul. I see someone mention Person of Interest, one of my personal all-time favorites, I upvote.
Between Jonathan Nolan writing and directing and Michael Emerson acting I’m likely going to break my “Await a Second Season Confirmation Before Starting a Show” rule for this show. Hope it’s worth it.
re: #193 Nerdy Fish
In the Spring a young tortoise’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of getting busy.
re: #175 Shropshire Slasher
Couldn’t find seafoam for his engine, so he used spray foam…
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Want to bet he was one of those who used horse paste for actual, you know, medicine.
re: #14 Joe Bacon ✅
How Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconverted
The hot new thing in proselytizing is an app that allows Christian conservatives to collect data on whole neighborhoods of potential converts.
Who are they going to target first, Teh Juice or the Muslims?
Ukraine aid may be enacted in the House using the “suspension calendar,” something I have not heard of before. No indication of when this might happen.
re: #199 No Malarkey!
Ukraine aid may be enacted in the House using the “suspension calendar,” something I have not heard of before. No indication of when this might happen.
We’re all in suspense.
Got back from my VA appointments, ate the sushi (tuna & salmon) I picked up on the way home & finished that first episode of Lucifer.
Oh, boy. Going to enjoy watching this one I think.
re: #201 William Lewis
Got back from my VA appointments, ate the sushi (tuna & salmon) I picked up on the way home & finished that first episode of Lucifer.
Oh, boy. Going to enjoy watching this one I think.
It’s a good series. I’m always a sucker for supernatural-type (and Supernatural-type) series, and this was one of the better ones.
re: #203 steve_davis
part of the reason that Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere—a large part of the reason—is that when they won their freedom from France, France demanded they pay back the slaveholders for the value those slaveholders had lost in property.
And the United States backed up France in this demand.
Haiti did eventually pay the whole amount. It took about 100 years or thereabouts.
re: #205 sagehen
And the United States backed up France in this demand.
Haiti did eventually pay the whole amount. It took about 100 years or thereabouts.
And now Republicans are demanding we do the same for the descendants of white slaveowners here in the US, all because some Black people have made the (very sensible) claim that Blacks are owed reparations for slavery.
re: #124 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I have one. My sister uses it more than I do. About the only time I use it is when I’m being too lazy to cook and have picked up a frozen dinner to nuke. As well as the occasional corn dog snack.
I’m doing without one at the moment. It’s not unbearable.
re: #184 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
And then we wonder why vendors have to put “do not swallow” on those little packets of dessicants.
“Do not operate hair dryer while in bathtub.”
re: #201 William Lewis
Got back from my VA appointments, ate the sushi (tuna & salmon) I picked up on the way home & finished that first episode of Lucifer.
Oh, boy. Going to enjoy watching this one I think.
others noted Lucifer and Amenadiel as favorites .
Much as I loved Amenadiel, Maze and Linda were my faves.
Must be a girlie thang…
re: #195 jaunte
In the Spring a young tortoise’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of getting busy.
Memories of THE ROMP’s Those Fucking Animals…
re: #206 Nerdy Fish
And now Republicans are demanding we do the same for the descendants of white slaveowners here in the US, all because some Black people have made the (very sensible) claim that Blacks are owed reparations for slavery.
Slaveholders in the non-seceding States (Kentucky and Delaware, I think? Can’t swear to it) did receive financial compensation from the federal government when the 13th Amendment freed them.
The other States? Fuck you, pal, it’s war booty. We don’t have to pay for that, any more than we’d pay Mexico for the big chunk of land we won from them in 1848.
That said, I wouldn’t support reparations for slavery. But I would support reparations for violations of the 13th/14th/15th Amendments, which covers pretty much everything that happened during Jim Crow, when the southern states instituted and enforced all kinds of shit and the federal government looked away and pretended not to notice.
re: #62 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Has gorilla hail always been a thing? I don’t think I’ve heard the term before today.
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Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri (AP)
A stormchaser coined the term several years ago. NWS describes hail by its size, not by “lemur, gibbon, chimp, gorilla”.
Gorilla Hail only exists in stupid journalism. It’s like “Conservative Humor”.
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