GOP Nominates Woman Who Called for Executing Obama and Biden Live on TV to Lead North Carolina School System

Michele Morrow not only publicly called for Presidents Obama and Biden to be executed live on pay TV, she believes the public school system should be abolished.

So of course the Republican Party has nominated her to lead the North Carolina school system.

CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz breaks down his interaction with Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who won the GOP nomination to lead North Carolina’s public school system, whose tweets between 2019 and 2021 called for the execution of prominent Democrats and referenced QAnon. #CNN #News

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Scottish Dragon Mar 21, 2024 • 11:28:10am

Can’t wait to see what she has planned for GLBT school employees like me

Charles Mar 21, 2024 • 11:30:21am

Of course CNN puts on a “Republican strategist” to say both parties are equally guilty of this kind of disgusting shit.

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 21, 2024 • 11:33:47am

Fuck that lady and fuck the GOP and CNN for normalizing this shit.

Oh look. Optical storage may be making a comeback.

Bring on the petabits.

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 11:33:56am

Wasn’t even deny, deny, deny. Just babble on about other states being cesspools.

Charles Mar 21, 2024 • 11:34:58am

America’s problem is not “polarization.”

America’s problem is that the Republican Party has gone criminally insane.

Nerdy Fish Mar 21, 2024 • 11:35:00am

re: #2 Charles

Of course CNN puts on a “Republican strategist” to say both parties are equally guilty of this kind of disgusting shit.

“Both sides are bad because ‘woke’ makes us feel guilty.”

darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 11:36:10am

Meanwhile back on the loony farm…

Mastodon

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 11:37:43am

re: #2 Charles

Of course CNN puts on a “Republican strategist” to say both parties are equally guilty of this kind of disgusting shit.

if both parties are equally guilty, then examples.

i want examples

darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 11:38:07am

North Carolina has a lot of intelligent people living there now. I hope there’s a strong Democrat to run against her.

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 11:39:36am

re: #7 darthstar

Meanwhile back on the loony farm…

[Embedded content]BREAKING: The right-wing House Freedom Caucus has issued a statement ripping Mike Johnson over the budget minibus, and has called a press conference tomorrow morning to denounce him.

who put johnson in his seat?

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 11:41:11am

and biden keeps chipping away at student loans

just forgave nearly $6 billion in federal student debt for almost 78,000 Americans working in public service

retired cynic Mar 21, 2024 • 11:41:35am

re: #10 Dangerman

who put johnson in his seat?

doesn’t matter; they want what they want, when they want it

retired cynic Mar 21, 2024 • 11:43:25am

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 11:43:25am

Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed as “absurd” the idea that he should have edited or withheld a special counsel report slamming President Joe Biden’s memory, Politico reports.
Said Garland: “The idea that an attorney general would edit or redact or censor the special counsel’s explanation for why the special counsel reached the decision the special counsel did — that’s absurd.”

that’s quite a bit of sophisticated shade, regardless

ckkatz Mar 21, 2024 • 11:43:33am

re: #2 Charles

Of course CNN puts on a “Republican strategist” to say both parties are equally guilty of this kind of disgusting shit.

The usual ‘post-truth’ GOP argument:
“Sure, tfg is an insane criminal, but everybody is. So what’s the difference?”

Standard Russian technique as well.

Mike Lamb Mar 21, 2024 • 11:43:46am

re: #7 darthstar

Meanwhile back on the loony farm…

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Freedom Caucus needs to touch grass. They are so high on their own supply—so deep in their echo chamber—that they can’t possibly conceive of how shitty they come across to most reasonably normal people. It was like DeSantis thinking he could tour the country saying “Where woke goes to die” and that would be a winning strategy/message.

It is impossible for them to conceptualize, even for a nanosecond, that they don’t represent anything even approaching mainstream views.

Charles Mar 21, 2024 • 11:49:23am

re: #14 Dangerman

Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed as “absurd” the idea that he should have edited or withheld a special counsel report slamming President Joe Biden’s memory, Politico reports.

Said Garland: “The idea that an attorney general would edit or redact or censor the special counsel’s explanation for why the special counsel reached the decision the special counsel did — that’s absurd.”

Of course there’s A LOT Garland could have done without “editing or redacting or censoring” the report. He could have sent it back with the obvious criticism that it was politically slanted, and told Hur to rewrite it.

I’m so sick of Merrick Garland. He’s been as bad as William Barr. Maybe worse in a passive aggressive way.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 11:50:51am

“The House GOP Study Committee (largest House GOP bloc) released a budget endorsing the Life at Conception Act, which would provide 14th amendment legal protections at every stage of life,” explained Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Semafor’s domestic policy and politics reporter. “Amounts to near-total ban on abortions with no IVF exceptions.”

So if they do that it would mean everyone could get Social Security benefits 9 months earlier…at the same time that they want to raise the retirement age by linking it to actuarial tables.

Me? I worked 46 years with the agency. I’ve done my time and I damn well want my full pension!

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 11:52:14am

re: #16 Mike Lamb

Freedom Caucus needs to touch grass. They are so high on their own supply—so deep in their echo chamber—that they can’t possibly conceive of how shitty they come across to most reasonably normal people. It was like DeSantis thinking he could tour the country saying “Where woke goes to die” and that would be a winning strategy/message.

It is impossible for them to conceptualize, even for a nanosecond, that they don’t represent anything even approaching mainstream views.

shhhhh!

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 11:58:17am

re: #3 GlutenFreeJesus

Fuck that lady and fuck the GOP and CNN for normalizing this shit.

Oh look. Optical storage may be making a comeback.

Bring on the petabits.

“Men in Black” White Album joke

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 12:01:10pm

re: #16 Mike Lamb

It’s a spiral where they’re getting weirder because they axiomatically despise other people as their inferior and thus have no interest in any epistemology that includes consensus and thus cannot function in a democracy, but as their weirdness becomes normalized by their hug box it magnifies their assurance that other people are immoral and degenerate and therefore democracy can only be valuable if it excludes the Wrong Kinds of People.

If the tapeworm’s head is the ideas from a hundred years ago—rugged individualism, eugenics, , conspiracy as episteme to obfuscate the consequences of capital, a gnostic religion in which money is virtue—then the Freedom Caucus is the fiftieth yard of looping parasite.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 12:03:59pm

Just gaming out that scenario if the GOP passed that Life Begins At Conception Act and how Social Security will have to recompute the benefit amounts for every person because they have to add 9 months age to every person on the rolls to recompute their benefit amounts. Massive underpayments to millions of beneficiaries.

Oh and Medicare will have to go back as well and ask people if they still have Dr bills 9 months before they got their Medicare. Even MORE massive underpayments.

Oh and the IRS will have to go back and recompute tax refunds for seniors. Another massive underpayment to millions.

Gee one would think the Republican Study Group gamed that out…aw shit no…

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 12:11:53pm

interesting rando disqus comment.

CNN’s Harry Enten Warns: Biden on Track for Worst Dem Performance With Hispanics ‘Since We Started Polling the Gosh Darn Thing’

The problem here is that Harry Enten along with Nate silver and several other political pundits are caught in an echo chamber of specious reasoning if not outright sophistry.

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WHICH IS MORE LIKELY?? that they are suddenly going to embrace Trump and favor him more than Biden by several points …. . OR that the polling is flawed ??

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 12:13:43pm

Awwww I was hoping DARK BRANDON would challenge Comer Pyle to a battle of wits!

White House on Republican plan for Biden to testify on impeachment: ‘LOL’

Spokesperson tells rightwing congressman leading effort to impeach president over Hunter Biden claims to ‘call it a day, pal’

theguardian.com

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 12:17:26pm

re: #22 Joe Bacon ✅

Except they won’t do any of that because their “pro-life” position is directly tied to their “no, nobody gets fucking anything for free because life must show value to persist.”

As we’re watching with their IVF-related gaffes, their policy can’t be coherent because their legislative alliance isn’t so complete that the term “pro-life” has a single definition: anti-abortionists include both a (invented words incoming):

eugenicist antiabortionism in which IVF is as unnatural as abortion because reproduction is a privilege granted…by God or by social privilege…such that inability to have kids means unworthiness to reproduce;

and a

pronatalist antiabortionism in which IVF is good because the object is more babies for both the high caste…that will continue the ruling class…and the low caste…who there need to be a lot of because they’re dispoable labor units.

These sides are willing to compromise because their shared premises—people are not equal, therefore reproduction is subordinate to the needs of the superior caste—and feel very little friction when the resulting outputs fail to protect “life” because “life” only has value as capital.

The reality is…they don’t care about kids; they dont’ care about most people, beyond use value and the laws they create simply will never mesh with existing laws (or jurisprudence, or paradigms of rights) because…it is contrary to their objectives to reinforce an inherent equality of human life.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 21, 2024 • 12:21:11pm

re: #22 Joe Bacon ✅

Just gaming out that scenario if the GOP passed that Life Begins At Conception Act and how Social Security will have to recompute the benefit amounts for every person because they have to add 9 months age to every person on the rolls to recompute their benefit amounts. Massive underpayments to millions of beneficiaries.

Oh and Medicare will have to go back as well and ask people if they still have Dr bills 9 months before they got their Medicare. Even MORE massive underpayments.

Oh and the IRS will have to go back and recompute tax refunds for seniors. Another massive underpayment to millions.

Gee one would think the Republican Study Group gamed that out…aw shit no…

Not the way it will work. Your age will still be the age from birth, not conception. Birth is a clearly defined and known event.

Dr Lizardo Mar 21, 2024 • 12:21:50pm

Well, I get the feeling this might create something of a pickle for Trump….

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump’s company Thursday to tell a court-appointed financial watchdog about any future efforts to obtain bonds to secure a $454 million civil fraud judgment against the former president. Judge Arthur Engoron’s order came as Trump tries to avoid paying that judgment as he appeals the business fraud verdict in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Trump’s lawyers on Monday told an appeals court panel that it was “impossible” for him to bond that would prevent New York Attorney General Letitia James from collecting the judgment during his appeal. The attorneys said more than 30 surety companies rejected Trump’s request for an appeal bond.

James can begin seizing Trump’s properties next Monday to collect the judgment unless the appeals court grants him a waiver, or unless he manages to secure a bond or puts up real estate as collateral for the court. In his order Thursday, Engoron told the Trump Organization it must tell its financial overseer, Barbara Jones, “in advance, of any efforts to secure surety bonds.”

The company must tell Jones about any claims the Trump Organization makes to obtain the bonds, any personal guarantees by Trump or other defendants, and any condition imposed on the company.

cnbc.com

KGxvi Mar 21, 2024 • 12:24:26pm

re: #16 Mike Lamb

Freedom Caucus needs to touch grass. They are so high on their own supply—so deep in their echo chamber—that they can’t possibly conceive of how shitty they come across to most reasonably normal people. It was like DeSantis thinking he could tour the country saying “Where woke goes to die” and that would be a winning strategy/message.

It is impossible for them to conceptualize, even for a nanosecond, that they don’t represent anything even approaching mainstream views.

personally, I think they should have a press conference every day between now and election day so that they can air all their grievances.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 21, 2024 • 12:28:41pm

It’s always hard to get a sense of scale from some images due to lenses and distance.

As I posted last night, the young cones are much larger than at first one might presume.

Now a lava wall is progressing southward again and it is not small:

Reykjanes volcano 21 Mar 2024

The lava is piling up against some berms and workers are trying to make adjustments:

Reykjanes volcano 21 Mar 2024

Man against nature…

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 12:31:12pm

re: #28 KGxvi

personally, I think they should have a press conference every day between now and election day so that they can air all their grievances.

Festivus the whole year ‘round!!!

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 12:31:43pm

re: #23 Dangerman

interesting rando disqus comment.

CNN’s Harry Enten Warns: Biden on Track for Worst Dem Performance With Hispanics ‘Since We Started Polling the Gosh Darn Thing’

The problem here is that Harry Enten along with Nate silver and several other political pundits are caught in an echo chamber of specious reasoning if not outright sophistry.

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WHICH IS MORE LIKELY?? that they are suddenly going to embrace Trump and favor him more than Biden by several points …. . OR that the polling is flawed ??

In the running theme that this year is just a repeat of 2012, we’ve got bad polling atop bad polling as the media pundits try desperately to assure us that Biden is toast based upon said polling. I still remember those days, when you had pundits scratching their heads over how polling that showed Obama losing this demographic or that one to Romney yet maintaining a lead in the polls through the summer and into the fall. All the ink and pixels expended telling us that the “fundamentals” told them that Romney secretly had a lead and it would appear in dramatic fashion after the conventions and he’d carry it forward to Election Night.

And then Romney lost, granted by a thinner margin than 2008, and the pundits were left blaming the polling companies for why they’d been so far off the mark for most of the year.

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 21, 2024 • 12:32:15pm

re: #29 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Man always loses.

Belafon Mar 21, 2024 • 12:32:22pm

re: #5 Charles

America’s problem is not “polarization.”

America’s problem is that the Republican Party has gone criminally insane.

Europe’s problem in 1939 is that both sides couldn’t agree on a good middle ground.

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 21, 2024 • 12:36:07pm

re: #23 Dangerman

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 12:39:36pm

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William Lewis Mar 21, 2024 • 12:41:19pm

re: #35 Dangerman

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Mmmm… Hungry… 😉

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 12:41:30pm

re: #35 Dangerman

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Looks really good, but I’m half-way through a stiff 40 hour fast.

calochortus Mar 21, 2024 • 12:43:01pm

re: #32 GlutenFreeJesus

Man always loses.

They did manage to break even in the 1973 Heimaey eruption where they saved the harbor (even improved it a bit) and dug out a fair bit of the town.

Jay C Mar 21, 2024 • 12:44:27pm

re: #33 Belafon

Europe’s problem in 1939 is that both sides couldn’t agree on a good middle ground.

Beg to differ: in 1939, both sides DID find a “middle ground”.

Unfortunately, it was Poland.

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 12:45:04pm

My email informs me that the Illinois Soybean Association has launched a Soy Innovation Center.

Dr. Matt Mar 21, 2024 • 12:45:22pm

‘Fire sale’ value of Trump properties revealed by CNN analyst

Donald Trump suggested he may be forced into a “fire sale” of his business empire as he struggles to come up with a $454 million bond due on Monday after his fraud conviction — and an expert looked into how much cash that could bring in.

CNN’s investigative reporter Jonathan Greenberg, who has covered Trump’s properties and wealth for years, reported that his calculations show the ex-president would be forced to sell seven of his properties at fire sale prices if he was to raise the cash he needs.

Greenberg explained Trump would need to sell 1290 Ave of the Americas in New York City for $172 million, Trump Park Ave. for $80 million, 6 East 57th St. for $80 million, 40 Wall Street for $48 million, Trump Tower for $34 million, the Trump Tower penthouse for $33 million, and TrumpParc for $22 million. That would bring in $469 million.

Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 12:47:35pm

re: #8 Dangerman

Kathy Griffin once went to far with a joke.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 21, 2024 • 12:47:56pm

re: #23 Dangerman

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darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 12:48:08pm

Mastodon

Belafon Mar 21, 2024 • 12:48:35pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

A study of over 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted eating schedule, a type of intermittent fasting, had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

People with heart disease or cancer also had an increased risk of cardiovascular death.

Compared with a standard schedule of eating across 12-16 hours per day, limiting food intake to less than 8 hours per day was not associated with living longer.

newsroom.heart.org

Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 12:48:39pm

re: #35 Dangerman

I love pineapple but this is going way too far!! 🤢

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 12:51:45pm

re: #45 Belafon

Warned Son2 about that. Mine is temporary, so the doc can look up my ass and see my tonsils.

darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 12:52:22pm

re: #23 Dangerman

I’ll take a Univision poll of Hispanic people over Nate any day.

Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 12:52:38pm

re: #23 Dangerman

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Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2024 • 12:53:05pm

re: #10 Dangerman

who put johnson in his seat?

Who runs BarterTown?

Axolotl Mar 21, 2024 • 12:56:17pm

re: #41 Dr. Matt

‘Fire sale’ value of Trump properties revealed by CNN analyst

Wouldn’t this assume he hasn’t already leveraged these properties?

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 12:57:10pm

re: #41 Dr. Matt

‘Fire sale’ value of Trump properties revealed by CNN analyst

i checked the article
those numbers are net of the mortgages
so that’s accurate

he’d need 1-7 (or more) buyers all lined up and ready to go, with their financing in place, etc.

but no way, no way the trump org could close on 7 buildings in the span of just a few days

it takes a while just to get one agreement down on paper.
and like he’d agree to any first draft? hah.
now do it multiple times at once

and the buyers are in no hurry.
any one with a brain would not make trump’s timetable their problem.

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 12:58:32pm

re: #44 darthstar

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I’m cynical enough to believe that the appeals court will grant his request for a stay, possibly as early as tomorrow, if only so he’ll stop pouting about how “mean” they’ve been to him. Of course, he won’t be happy and insist they should just void the ruling altogether and punish everybody who was involved, but for at least a few days it might lower the risk of firebombs outside their houses.

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 12:58:53pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

Warned Son2 about that. Mine is temporary, so the doc can look up my ass and see my tonsils.

um…i’m told there’s a shorter route

Hecuba's daughter Mar 21, 2024 • 12:59:19pm

re: #52 Dangerman

i checked the article
those numbers are net of the mortgages
so that’s accurate

he’d need 1-7 (or more) buyers all lined up and ready to go, with their financing in place, etc.

but no way, no way the trump org could close on 7 buildings in the span of just a few days

it takes a while just to get one agreement down on paper.
and like he’d agree to any first draft? hah.
now do it multiple times at once

and the buyers are in no hurry.
any one with a brain would not make trump’s timetable their problem.

How possible is it that there are other liens on properties that have not been disclosed in official records? That the CNN expert would not know about?

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 12:59:41pm

re: #54 Dangerman

um…i’m told there’s a shorter route

It’s all a matter of perspective.

lawhawk Mar 21, 2024 • 1:01:35pm

re: #52 Dangerman

i checked the article
those numbers are net of the mortgages
so that’s accurate

he’d need 1-7 (or more) buyers all lined up and ready to go, with their financing in place, etc.

but no way, no way the trump org could close on 7 buildings in the span of just a few days

it takes a while just to get one agreement down on paper.
and like he’d agree to any first draft? hah.
now do it multiple times at once

and the buyers are in no hurry.
any one with a brain would not make trump’s timetable their problem.

One possible way of “keeping it in the family” Kushner’s real estate company rides in like a white knight. Problem there is that Kushner’s real estate businesses have their own limits and cash on hand, plus it would involve properties outside their normal portfolio.

As you say, the ability to close on sales takes lots of time, including underwriting, attorney review, etc., so closing would likely have had to have started a month ago to have a chance of closing in time.

Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2024 • 1:02:08pm

re: #54 Dangerman

um…i’m told there’s a shorter route

It’s the journey, not the destination.

Dr. Matt Mar 21, 2024 • 1:03:45pm

See inside Trump Force One, the ex-president’s prized $100 million Boeing 757 private jet he shows off at presidential rallies

Seizing Diaper Donnie’s jet would likely trigger that overdue stroke. Make it happen, Letitia!!!! There’s $100 million waiting!!! 😂😂😂😂

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 1:04:04pm

re: #53 Targetpractice

I’m cynical enough to believe that the appeals court will grant his request for a stay, possibly as early as tomorrow, if only so he’ll stop pouting about how “mean” they’ve been to him. Of course, he won’t be happy and insist they should just void the ruling altogether and punish everybody who was involved, but for at least a few days it might lower the risk of firebombs outside their houses.

*he* always knew his financial situation so none of this should be new to him

what he could have done (imo) is inform the court right after the verdict that regardless of how he testified a year ago (i got $450mil in cash) he’s not liquid now and this judgment is more than he expected. he would try his best, but if after 20-25 days, his good faith efforts werent successful, maybe you could help a guy out just a little…..

oh who am i kidding

darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 1:04:47pm

Mastodon

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 1:05:15pm

re: #33 Belafon

Europe’s problem in 1939 is that both sides couldn’t agree on a good middle ground.

Europe’s middle ground policy in 1939 was

1. point your machine guns and high explosives at brown people.

2. no backsies on colonized holdings.

During the 1930s ramp-up of the Nazis there pretty much was a Eumerican “centrist” belief that Nazism couldn’t get too far out of control precisely because “conservatives” would act as a check…and you have to hand it to the Nazis they don’t like communists. This combined with the assumption that being the pre-eminent world powers, with militaries honed on burning mud brick villages and gunning down people with muskets and spears, meant that German militarism couldn’t really damage the important countries, resulted in a kind of 1939 version of “I never thought the methed-up leopards could cross through Belgium and eat my face.”

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 1:08:30pm

re: #55 Hecuba’s daughter

How possible is it that there are other liens on properties that have not been disclosed in official records? That the CNN expert would not know about?

liens should be easy to find in NY. like most anywhere. they’re public record.

no legit lender loaned him any money without securing the collateral property in the state, so i’d say it’s probably accurate.

or put it another way, anyone who loaned him money and didnt/couldnt record a lien is screwed. (ETTD)

Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 1:09:49pm

re: #58 Romantic Heretic

It’s the journey, not the destination.

just say ‘ahhhhh’

TedStriker Mar 21, 2024 • 1:10:07pm

re: #40 Decatur Deb

My email informs me that the Illinois Soybean Association has launched a Soy Innovation Center.

Staffed by soy boys.

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 1:10:09pm

re: #59 Dr. Matt

See inside Trump Force One, the ex-president’s prized $100 million Boeing 757 private jet he shows off at presidential rallies

Seizing Diaper Donnie’s jet would likely trigger that overdue stroke. Make it happen, Letitia!!!! 😂😂😂😂

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make him fly commercial / coach (as if)

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 1:10:10pm

re: #60 Dangerman

*he* always knew his financial situation so none of this should be new to him

what he could have done (imo) is inform the court right after the verdict that regardless of how he testified a year ago (i got $450mil in cash) he’s not liquid now and this judgment is more than he expected. he would try his best, but if after 20-25 days, his good faith efforts werent successful, maybe you could help a guy out just a little…..

oh who am i kidding

Because it’s always the same BS: He delays taking action until the last minute, then makes up some excuse about why he couldn’t act sooner and how the court needs to cut him a break because if they treat him like any other defendant then they’re prejudiced against him and it’s totally going to hurt them when he appeals their ruling. He’s had weeks to line up a bond or at the very least started the paperwork on transferring one or more properties to the city to hold until the appeals process was complete. Instead, he waited until the week before the deadline, then whined to the court that nobody will bail his ass out so they need to do so because otherwise it’s gonna hurt his portfolio and they’ll be at fault.

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 1:11:44pm

re: #64 Dangerman

just say ‘arrrghhhhh’

Dr. Matt Mar 21, 2024 • 1:16:32pm

re: #66 Dangerman

make him fly commercial / coach (as if)

And in the middle seat.

sizzzzlerz Mar 21, 2024 • 1:19:15pm

re: #5 Charles

America’s problem is not “polarization.”

America’s problem is that the Republican Party has gone criminally insane.

Not just criminally insane, clinically insane. These people are certifiably, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, late night talk radio insane. From the lowest opiate-addicted MAGAt to the obese, orange, syphilitic convicted rapist at the top. If this were the movies, we’d be trying to beat the brain-eating zombie out-patients with flame throwers. All we have is the ballot box. We better make that work or else.

TedStriker Mar 21, 2024 • 1:19:48pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

Warned Son2 about that. Mine is temporary, so the doc can look up my ass and see my tonsils.

re: #54 Dangerman

um…i’m told there’s a shorter route

re: #58 Romantic Heretic

It’s the journey, not the destination.

re: #64 Dangerman

just say ‘ahhhhh’

re: #68 Decatur Deb

We’re just complicated meat donuts.

It’d be funny if, while you were getting scoped from “below”, you open your mouth and the wind howls and whistles through you, like the old western trope…

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 1:22:09pm

re: #71 TedStriker

We’re just complicated meat donuts.

It’d be funny if, while you were getting scoped from “below”, you open your mouth and the wind whistles through you…

/

I shall be napping quietly, on the assumption that the doc is familiar with my material.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 21, 2024 • 1:27:14pm

Drone shot looking east towards the eruption:

Reykjanes volcano 21 Mar 2024

In the foreground you can see a wall of lava heading westward.

The depression around which vehicles are parked looks to be some sort of open-pit mine, likely to dig up fill material for construction.

The lava made it there… and just decided to gloop on in:

Reykjanes volcano 21 Mar 2024

The lava sort of flows like that caramel inside of Easter eggs… except a lot hotter.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 1:29:11pm

re: #73 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Except I rather have the caramel inside the Easter egg.

sizzzzlerz Mar 21, 2024 • 1:32:46pm

re: #71 TedStriker

We’re just complicated meat donuts.

It’d be funny if, while you were getting scoped from “below”, you open your mouth and the wind whistles through you…

/

Not quite the image of warm, gentle winds blowing through the palm tree tops on some tropical island but you go with what you got, I guess.

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 1:33:20pm

Based upon a journal over at DK, there’s another possibility: The appeals court chooses not to grant a stay, but instead lowers the bond to something more achievable (ex: the $100m Trump has begged for) on the grounds of “Stop Being Mean to the Rich Guy.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been some backroom back and forth between the court and Trump’s lawyers about what he can get banks or bond companies to cover by Monday so they have an idea of how low to drop the bar without the face-palming measure of just staying the whole ruling.

Mike Lamb Mar 21, 2024 • 1:39:10pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Based upon a journal over at DK, there’s another possibility: The appeals court chooses not to grant a stay, but instead lowers the bond to something more achievable (ex: the $100m Trump has begged for) on the grounds of “Stop Being Mean to the Rich Guy.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been some backroom back and forth between the court and Trump’s lawyers about what he can get banks or bond companies to cover by Monday so they have an idea of how low to drop the bar without the face-palming measure of just staying the whole ruling.

That would be colossally stupid if the appellate court did that. The entire point of the bond is to offer security for the entire judgment amount pending results on appeal.

Teukka Mar 21, 2024 • 1:41:48pm

Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 1:42:13pm

re: #5 Charles

America’s problem is not “polarization.”

America’s problem is that the Republican Party has gone criminally insane.

Try telling that to our precious ‘independent’ voters.

I’ve tried. It’s not fun.

Nerdy Fish Mar 21, 2024 • 1:42:24pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Based upon a journal over at DK, there’s another possibility: The appeals court chooses not to grant a stay, but instead lowers the bond to something more achievable (ex: the $100m Trump has begged for) on the grounds of “Stop Being Mean to the Rich Guy.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been some backroom back and forth between the court and Trump’s lawyers about what he can get banks or bond companies to cover by Monday so they have an idea of how low to drop the bar without the face-palming measure of just staying the whole ruling.

They’re not going to do that. I still lean toward them giving him a stay, but I think the betting money is that come Monday, the State of New York will begin filing liens against his properties.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 1:43:42pm

re: #78 Teukka

That is one pissed off pussy cat.

Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 1:44:32pm

re: #62 The Ghost of a Flea

Christ, imagine living in a world where you had to label who Hitler was in a cartoon because not everyone knew who he was.

Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 1:50:43pm

What are the odds Trump’s ambulance chasers appeal to SCOTUS saying the NY trial bond violates his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment?

I hesitated writing that because of some irrational fear of feeding it to the universe, but if I came up with that just now, odds are Trump’s law-talking guys already have.

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 1:52:28pm

re: #77 Mike Lamb

That would be colossally stupid if the appellate court did that. The entire point of the bond is to offer security for the entire judgment amount pending results on appeal.

It’ll be sold as that happy “middle ground” we’re always told that we should aspire towards: It avoids letting him entirely off the hook by granting a stay, but also allows them to wag their finger at James for imposing “hardship” on Trump by insisting he cover the entire ruling with either a bond or cash before they’ve had a chance to weigh in on said ruling. Why? Because he’s a rich guy and there’s all sorts of people who depend upon him keeping the doors open and the lights on, so the city should be a little more understanding when he says that his only option to get the money is to sell his properties unless the court intercedes.

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 1:53:49pm

re: #70 sizzzzlerz

Not just criminally insane, clinically insane. There people are certifiably, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, late night talk radio insane. From the lowest opiate-addicted MAGAt to obese, orange, syphilitic convicted rapist at the top. If this were the movies, we’d be trying to beat the brain-eating zombie out-patients with flame throwers. All we have is the ballot box. We better make that work or else.

I’m sorry but this narrative is a way of othering MAGA, but it is a natural extension of American political norms with a clear geneaology.

MAGA contains a very simple, not-insane proposition: what if we did inside of America what we consistently did to “The Bad Guys” outside of America?

Every piece of MAGA is syncretic with previous eras of conservative justification of unchecked violence in the name of unchecked expansion of the interests of capital holders. We don’t kill people because we’re full of crazy people, we kill people because they’re scary to the people with enough money that their money makes money.

Trump himself mangles together endless anecdotes of “great American moments’ that amount to: back when we did terrible things to brown people and it received no commentary because that was right and normal, stealing land and labor is good. This resonates with an audience that sees The War on Terror as a failure not because it was poorly planned or the underlying objectives were based on false premises (liberating a country through the agility of private market actors) but because the US failed to follow through with Toby Keith’s vision of glassed cities and pissing on corpses.

His current day stories—like the detailed descriptions of murdered women killed by immigrants—are part of a long tradition of justifying racial violence…the stuff of “Birth of a Nation.” The audience like guns because expedite the lynching process; they like cops and troops because they view them as trained lynch mobs. The problem with modern America is nobody’s doing graveside executions with pork-blood coated bullets.

The core premise of your average MAGA is in turn entirely coherent with the messages of conservative luminaries who have told them that all economical decline is the product of malefactors elevated above their natural status: the economy is not broken because of entirely-visible conservative policies that wiped out manufacturing and subsidize predatory industries, but because a malign alien elites—all of whom are actually communists—have corrupted the system to prevent The Real Winners from Winning.

They are owed everything; the real problem is not enough redemptive violence against people that obviously do not deserve rights; social and economic policy are the same entity because government exists only for the superior kinds. You can draw a somewhat messy diagram of every precedent they’re citing: not just people that said shit, but actual things implemented as policy. The spectrum is:

Your merely-voting-for-Trump conservative believes this to the extent that we should freely kill foreigners, shovel money to existing capital holders, and not care very much when cops kill people…as long as they get a tax cut. Your entirely-engaged-by-Trump fascist believes the same thing but is very excited by the idea of collective punishment and corpse desecration as visceral demonstrations of power.

If this is “insanity” then the pathogenesis is capitalism and imperialism and we should immediately limit people’s exposure to these things before we get as fucking brainrotted as the modern Tories, who are literally letting the final remainder of their state be sent to the knacker’s because the alternative is admitting that Britain can’t function because it can’t steal shit from it’s imperial holdings, not because sometimes boys want to become girls.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 21, 2024 • 1:57:41pm

re: #82 Mattand

Christ, imagine living in a world where you had to label who Hitler was in a cartoon because not everyone knew who he was.

Yep. That was a 1933 cartoon. So way before most Americans would have heard of him.

re: #83 Mattand

What are the odds Trump’s ambulance chasers appleal to SCOTUS saying NY trial bond violates his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment?

I hesitated writing that because of some irrational fear of feeding it to the universe, but if I came up with that just now, odds are Trump’s law-talking guys already have.

Cruel and unusual only because he has pretended to be uberwealthy for decades and the wealthy escape penalties for financial wrongdoing most of their life. For those of modest means, analogous penalties happen on a regular basis, leaving them homeless and with essentially nothing.

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 2:01:12pm

re: #82 Mattand

Christ, imagine living in a world where you had to label who Hitler was in a cartoon because not everyone knew who he was.

Weird, right?

A century before there was a moment when people would have been like, “who’s this Corsican chap?”

Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 2:04:08pm

re: #86 Hecuba’s daughter

Cruel and unusual only because he has pretended to be uberwealthy for decades and the wealthy escape penalties for financial wrongdoing most of their life. For those of modest means, analogous penalties happen on a regular basis, leaving them homeless and with essentially nothing.

I could see the conservatives on SCOTUS ruling that way, though. Full on, “Even though he’s a rich* old white guy, this is way too mean, this could happen to you” MAGAt bullshit.

Fuck, given Sotomayor’s and Barret’s “We’re Just Gal Pals at Heart” 2024 tour, I’m not sure the ‘liberals’ on SCOTUS wouldn’t rule that way.

*Assuming facts not in evidence

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 2:06:41pm

re: #87 The Ghost of a Flea

No cartoonist got close enough to Genghis Khan and survived.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 2:06:42pm

::: picking out a movie to watch :::
::: putting dinner in the oven :::

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Mar 21, 2024 • 2:11:47pm

Dr. Matt Mar 21, 2024 • 2:13:55pm

re: #91 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

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Sad, but true.

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2024 • 2:15:11pm

re: #90 PhillyPretzel ✅

::: picking out a movie to watch :::
::: putting dinner in the oven :::

what movie are you going to watch?

read the other day there’s talk of one more Downton Abby movie

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 2:16:41pm

re: #93 Teddy’s Person

Tonight’s pick is: Hello Dolly.
As for another Downton Abbey movie, I certainly hope so.

Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 2:17:59pm

re: #85 The Ghost of a Flea

New polling dropped in UK politics today that is just amazing at first glance: If the election happened today, the Tories would be reduced to 34 seats and would not even be considered the official opposition as that title would instead go to the Lib Dems. More than one commentator has pointed out the bleedin’ obvious: If current laws did not require an election held no later than Jan 2025, then the Tories would never allow one to be called.

But having failed to learn their lesson from trying to fight off UKIP by adopting Brexit, the Tories are now trying to fight off challenges from Reform UK at a time when they need to be reaching out to moderate voters. UK voters want to know how they’re going to feed their families and roofs over their heads…and the Tories are telling them that the biggest priority is (wait for it) keeping “foreigners” out and attacking out groups (trans folks, Muslims, “woke” supporters, etc).

Dr. Matt Mar 21, 2024 • 2:18:40pm

This is 100% on point: Leprosy Is Spreading in Florida

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2024 • 2:19:42pm

re: #94 PhillyPretzel ✅

Tonight’s pick is: Hello Dolly.
As for another Downton Abbey movie, I certainly hope so.

I’ve been into musicals lately. Watched Cabaret and Chicago. I’m planning on watching Sound of Music soon.

Now I’m singing…

🎵Well Hello Dolly🎵

… in my best Louie Armstrong voice.

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 2:23:47pm

re: #85 The Ghost of a Flea

America’s internal history of “who gets rights” is invariably tied to labor and property, and MAGA is returning to a position that America has applied opportunistically: hey, what if these people can go fuck themselves because we need their land and labor to generate surplus value that I can turn into treats.

America gets racist when it needs cheap labor.
America gets really into “the civilizing process” when it needs to annex land.
America gets really into political intervention when a foreign government doesn’t want to do business on American terms.
American gets anti-communist when laborers assert their rights.
America gets all of the above when there’s oil involved.

Every one of these modalities includes a cost in blood, so you have to make a culture that dehumanizes targets, but you also have to make a culture that fetishizes the task of administering violence to targets.

MAGA is just the latest innovation on this formula: what if we create an even more explicit internal colony where all the various shades of people that can go fuck themselves are labelled properly and the government just does the shit we did to the Hawaiians and the Filipinos and the Iraqis, etc. if they object?

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 2:24:16pm

re: #97 Teddy’s Person

Hmm. Not yet. but getting there.

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danarchy Mar 21, 2024 • 2:32:13pm

re: #83 Mattand

What are the odds Trump’s ambulance chasers appeal to SCOTUS saying the NY trial bond violates his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment?

I hesitated writing that because of some irrational fear of feeding it to the universe, but if I came up with that just now, odds are Trump’s law-talking guys already have.

I’ve already heard his lawyers talk of appealing based on the excessive fines part of the 8th not so much the cruel and unusual part.

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Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2024 • 2:32:46pm

re: #61 darthstar

They’ve done worse.

Youtube Video

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 21, 2024 • 2:33:50pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

A Tory collapse of that magnitude will be something to behold.

If it does happen then the fallout could be much wider than the UK.

If only the GOP here would collapse under it’s weight of throwback idiocy.

Trump’s appeal to the lowest form of populism is never going to result in a workable government.

Governance is hard, and unless continuously watched it is prone to corruption.

I only hope that this November that we will get a surprising number of (R) losses in the Senate and House.

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KGxvi Mar 21, 2024 • 2:34:03pm

re: #59 Dr. Matt

See inside Trump Force One, the ex-president’s prized $100 million Boeing 757 private jet he shows off at presidential rallies

Seizing Diaper Donnie’s jet would likely trigger that overdue stroke. Make it happen, Letitia!!!! There’s $100 million waiting!!! 😂😂😂😂

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even if it doesn’t trigger a stroke, it would effectively kill his ability to campaign. the reason presidential campaigns end up leasing planes is because there’s too many people (including secret service) going to too many places to fly commercial

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darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 2:36:03pm

Removing because it’s just empty speculation. There are plenty of reasons to think Cannon is a shitty judge. Clerks leaving early doesn’t change that.

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ipsos Mar 21, 2024 • 2:36:16pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

Warned Son2 about that. Mine is temporary, so the doc can look up my ass and see my tonsils.

Mine’s next Tuesday, in the afternoon, so I can’t eat from Monday morning onward.

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retired cynic Mar 21, 2024 • 2:36:24pm

re: #102 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

A Tory collapse of that magnitude will be something to behold.

If it does happen then the fallout could be much wider than the UK.

If only the GOP here would collapse under it’s weight of throwback idiocy.

Trump’s appeal to the lowest form of populism is never going to result in a workable government.

Governance is hard, and unless continuously watched it is prone to corruption.

I only hope that this November that we will get a surprising number of (R) losses in the Senate and House.

Brexit was a lead-in to DJT. Maybe this would be similar. Hope so!

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Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2024 • 2:37:18pm

re: #62 The Ghost of a Flea

Here’s an interesting article about a book all concerning the conservatives that tried to work with Hitler.

And their sad, deserved ends.

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retired cynic Mar 21, 2024 • 2:38:50pm

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Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 2:40:09pm

re: #105 ipsos

Mine’s next Tuesday, in the afternoon, so I can’t eat from Monday morning onward.

Had to stop last night for tomorrow’s poke. Getting through today on broth and Sprite. (And the delicious mix I put in the fridge an hour ago.)

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 2:40:10pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

UK voters want to know how they’re going to feed their families and roofs over their heads…and the Tories are telling them that the biggest priority is (wait for it) keeping “foreigners” out and attacking out groups (trans folks, Muslims, “woke” supporters, etc).

Sunak and the Tories are through policy trying to loot as much as possible on the way out. They have to create scapegoats not just to conceal their theft, but to create a bridging explanatory structure in which their theft doesn’t create continuing problems that persist regardless of who’s in office. Part of the wager is that their opponents are still trapped within the boundaries of what is possible under capitalism, and every bit of value moved from the commonwealth to private holdings makes implementing pro-social policy harder and harder.

Basically…conservatives and reactionaries “win” if the power is held by existing capital interests, regardless of what label the government is, because privatized power is nonetheless power.

Same applies to everything privatized in the US; your health insurance company governs you as much as your state does.

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darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 2:41:19pm

President Biden doesn’t pull punches.

Donald, I’m glad you asked. pic.twitter.com/janV4f4L3p

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 21, 2024

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Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 2:41:56pm

re: #96 Dr. Matt

This is 100% on point: Leprosy Is Spreading in Florida

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I’ve been watching Bugs do that on both TV and in meme form for probably over 50 years, and only just now noticed that once he’s done, he raises his arms in triumph.

It’s really tiny but once you see it, you can’t miss it.

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Mike Lamb Mar 21, 2024 • 2:42:57pm

re: #84 Targetpractice

It’ll be sold as that happy “middle ground” we’re always told that we should aspire towards: It avoids letting him entirely off the hook by granting a stay, but also allows them to wag their finger at James for imposing “hardship” on Trump by insisting he cover the entire ruling with either a bond or cash before they’ve had a chance to weigh in on said ruling. Why? Because he’s a rich guy and there’s all sorts of people who depend upon him keeping the doors open and the lights on, so the city should be a little more understanding when he says that his only option to get the money is to sell his properties unless the court intercedes.

I’d be shocked if that line of thinking prevailed.

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Jay C Mar 21, 2024 • 2:43:17pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

New polling dropped in UK politics today that is just amazing at first glance: If the election happened today, the Tories would be reduced to 34 seats and would not even be considered the official opposition as that title would instead go to the Lib Dems. More than one commentator has pointed out the bleedin’ obvious: If current laws did not require an election held no later than Jan 2025, then the Tories would never allow one to be called.

But having failed to learn their lesson from trying to fight off UKIP by adopting Brexit, the Tories are now trying to fight off challenges from Reform UK at a time when they need to be reaching out to moderate voters. UK voters want to know how they’re going to feed their families and roofs over their heads…and the Tories are telling them that the biggest priority is (wait for it) keeping “foreigners” out and attacking out groups (trans folks, Muslims, “woke” supporters, etc).

Yeah, the Tories can’t be a happy bunch right now: a poll I glanced at correlating support to projected seats in Parliament gave them just 23% to Labour’s 44%; with Reform UK - basically a re-branded UKIP/Brexit party - at 12%. And the other parties making up the difference seem likely to side with Labour if it comes down to forming a Government (even without a Majority). No surprise they are going to cling to power right to last possible minute: even the BBC coverage couldn’t paper it over that the term “disaster” seemed to be the most common assessment of the Tories’ chances. An opinion mainly proffered by Tories.

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steve_davis Mar 21, 2024 • 2:43:53pm

re: #41 Dr. Matt

‘Fire sale’ value of Trump properties revealed by CNN analyst

would it? or are they all deeply leveraged, as any responsible real estate tycoon would make them, because that’s how real estate empires work.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 2:44:24pm

re: #107 Romantic Heretic

One of the dirtiest myths of the Nazis is that they rose through populism. Like many other fascisms, the clincher on their power was old money and militarists who thought they could be leashed.

I feel like it’s important to observe other fascisms, though, where the dictator played ball with the existing structure—like Iberian ones—because it’s not inevitable that the thing will fall apart.

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Mattand Mar 21, 2024 • 2:45:17pm

re: #112 Mattand

I’ve been watching Bugs do that on both TV and in meme form for probably over 50 years, and only just now noticed that once he’s done, he raises his arms in triumph.

It’s really tiny but once you see it, you can’t miss it.

Part 2:

Now that I’m looking really close, his arms bob up and down a little bit.

Goddamn, the Warners animators were geniuses.

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darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 2:45:50pm

Mastodon

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Charles Mar 21, 2024 • 2:47:33pm

Whitest Kids You Know - Moon Bears

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ericblair Mar 21, 2024 • 2:47:34pm

re: #59 Dr. Matt

See inside Trump Force One, the ex-president’s prized $100 million Boeing 757 private jet he shows off at presidential rallies

Seizing Diaper Donnie’s jet would likely trigger that overdue stroke. Make it happen, Letitia!!!! There’s $100 million waiting!!! 😂😂😂😂

It’s not worth $100 million. It’s an old 757, probably due for some serious heavy maintenance. The salvage floor for it is maybe $1.5 million, and personally I doubt it’s worth a lot more than that. Old aircraft are surprisingly cheap to purchase and amazingly expensive to operate and maintain.

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DodgerFan1988 Mar 21, 2024 • 2:48:28pm

this is the shit @elonmusk supports. conservatives calling on border patrol to open fire and slaughter migrants.

if they were white i guarantee you they wouldn’t.

i’m fucking sick of this garbage. they aren’t even dogwhistling anymore. pic.twitter.com/LxiovGCiLr

— hiero 🌌 (@Gourgeist) March 21, 2024

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 21, 2024 • 2:50:44pm

re: #114 Jay C

One of the good things about a Tory collapse is that it would take away the power of the atavists in Northern Ireland and other smaller parties that cling to the Tories to get their own agendas into Tory priorities.

The Brexiters are not going to resurge in popularity. Every year brings more people to agree that Brexit was a mistake.

Mostly post-Brexit UK has been held up by an international financial system that favors centralized finance/banking.

In the case of the UK that is London’s primary source for economic health.

But it’s a kind of economic foundation that is not permanent - it really only serves to continue the current global finance market.

And that market will change in the coming years as it is clear that a China-centric world is going to do business out of Hong Kong or Shanghai first.

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steve_davis Mar 21, 2024 • 2:50:47pm

re: #84 Targetpractice

It’ll be sold as that happy “middle ground” we’re always told that we should aspire towards: It avoids letting him entirely off the hook by granting a stay, but also allows them to wag their finger at James for imposing “hardship” on Trump by insisting he cover the entire ruling with either a bond or cash before they’ve had a chance to weigh in on said ruling. Why? Because he’s a rich guy and there’s all sorts of people who depend upon him keeping the doors open and the lights on, so the city should be a little more understanding when he says that his only option to get the money is to sell his properties unless the court intercedes.

they aren’t doing that. there are zero technical grounds for the appellate court to do any favors for Trump. I am not a lawyer, but on ex ante grounds, it would be suicidal for the appellate court to provide Trump relief. They would be opening the door to have every single judgement appealed on the grounds that paying what a jury says to pay is creating a hardship on the defendant. Of course it’s creating a hardship on the defendant. So is being sent to prison for 20 years, but ordinarily you don’t get to appeal on the grounds that doing 20 years seems like a hardship, unless something happened in the trial or the judgement that suggests something went badly wrong, and that didn’t happen here.

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 3:06:41pm

re: #83 Mattand

What are the odds Trump’s ambulance chasers appeal to SCOTUS saying the NY trial bond violates his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment?

I hesitated writing that because of some irrational fear of feeding it to the universe, but if I came up with that just now, odds are Trump’s law-talking guys already have.

as usual, ianal
a civil verdict is not punishment
it’s a remedy/restitution
the amount is not determined by the govt nor does the govt ‘inflict’ it.
the state has somewhat limited power to ‘enforce’ it - as compared to custody and jail in a criminal case.
it’s the plaintiff that has to do the actual identifying of assets and collecting of you don’t fork it over voluntarily.

and let’s remember, the bond is neither the judgment nor the remedy.
it’s to ensure the plaintiff gets paid in the event you choose to delay paying by filing an appeal, and in this case, lose.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 21, 2024 • 3:10:18pm

These Gun-Shooting Robot Vehicles Are the Future of Urban War

So…what are the parameters of a war in which ones side is deploying robots but the robots are entering an urban area to fire at humans hiding in buildings?

How do we imagine accountability will be applied if those robots fire on civilians?

Do existing accountability structures for impersonal munitions deployment—aerial bombardment, drones strikes—tell us anything about the likely ethics of such military automation?

Because what I’m seeing is a future where people that can afford robots need to shoot insurgents while insisting’t that the AI’s algorithm had “good intel” that everyone hit was involved in the fight.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 21, 2024 • 3:12:06pm

re: #124 Dangerman

In short, bonds were created for people like Trump, who you know would use up all the potential value of his assets in a heartbeat during the appeals process if it meant he could deny that value to the state.

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Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 3:12:12pm

re: #110 The Ghost of a Flea

Sunak and the Tories are through policy trying to loot as much as possible on the way out. They have to create scapegoats not just to conceal their theft, but to create a bridging explanatory structure in which their theft doesn’t create continuing problems that persist regardless of who’s in office. Part of the wager is that their opponents are still trapped within the boundaries of what is possible under capitalism, and every bit of value moved from the commonwealth to private holdings makes implementing pro-social policy harder and harder.

Basically…conservatives and reactionaries “win” if the power is held by existing capital interests, regardless of what label the government is, because privatized power is nonetheless power.

Same applies to everything privatized in the US; your health insurance company governs you as much as your state does.

The Tory strategy for much of the past year was to keep throwing sweeties at the public with one hand and offer anti-immigrant/anti-woke claptrap with the other in the hopes that one of those would eat enough into Labour’s lead in the polls to save the party’s majority. Then they seemed to realize that wasn’t a reality so it instead became about saving as many seats as possible in order to be a constant thorn in Starmer’s side for the next 10 years. Now, it seems they’ve given up on even that and are simply trying to run out the clock in order to keep exploiting their offices as long as possible. The general consensus at this point is that the only thing on Sunak’s mind is getting the India trade deal signed so his wife can become even more ridiculously wealthy, after which he’ll either resign or call elections and then disappear to one of his overseas homes to sleep on a bed of money.

And yes, sadly, it’s looking more and more like Labour is fitting themselves for the usual straight jacket we’ve seen “liberal” governments adopt in recent decades, choosing to play by the rules as the capitalists have written them in order to avoid being slagged as “tax and spend.” They’ve back off on their own promises of massive investments in sustainable businesses and they’re now downplaying increasing spending overall in favor of the usual “Well, we can’t raise taxes because…” It’s no wonder the Lib Dems are starting to look like the future opposition party in the polls, because whatever appeal Labour had as the liberal alternative is being replaced with the usual “middle ground” realpolitiks.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 3:14:09pm

::: Dolly makes her entrance. :::

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Mar 21, 2024 • 3:15:34pm

facebook.com

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silverdolphin Mar 21, 2024 • 3:17:53pm

One point I want to make about the Apple lawsuit - very little of this concerns any monopoly (ie only 1 seller) Apple might have that harms its customers. This is all about a monopsony (ie only 1 buyer) that it might have that affect the developers. They are the ones complaining. Even though iPhones do not hold a monopoly position, they do hold a monopsony one as almost all the profits are there, not at Android. If a developer wants to make money, they have to use Apple. And give Apple something for the IP that Apple creates allowing them to sell their goods at all.

So none of this is about helping the customer. It is about helping big, greedy developers, even if it destroys the value of Apple to the customers (Smaller developers actually do not pay Apple much of anything. This is about Epic, Spotify, MS, etc.). Many of the big developers make their money off of selling the user’s data, something Apple does not now allow them to do. The lawsuit would remove the ability of the customers to choose a safe, security focussed environment where privacy is top of the list. Customers would have to rely on the abilities of companies that have shown they do not care about the customer

But we really hve no laws against monopsonies so they are havig to twist the anti0trust laws into something horrendous.

The developers want to sell their goods for the iPhone without having to pay Apple anything for the IP needed to create those same goods. No comissions. No fees. All the effort Apple has done, and continues to do, that allows the developers to make any money is now supposed to be done for free. Our system does not work that way.

(A hypothetical. What happens if my bank decides it wants to provide its online app exclusively through the Epic store, because Epic gave them a wad of cash? Who vets that app and who protects the data security/privacy of the customer? I’d actually have less choice and security, with a worry that whoever developed the app for my bank did not put in a backdoor. Or that Epic is hacked because security is not their main focus, money is)

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 3:19:14pm

re: #126 Nerdy Fish

In short, bonds were created for people like Trump, who you know would use up all the potential value of his assets in a heartbeat during the appeals process if it meant he could deny that value to the state.

winner of the first part
it’s almost like they wrote this law knowing they’d have to use it on him some day in the future. and that future has arrived.

the second part is what everyone in business learns:
- it’s not about the contract, or the clauses, or the negotiations, or ‘the agreement’
- it’s not about being right or having the facts on your side
- it’s that whoever controls the money controls the deal. every deal.

after losing the appeal he’d continue to delay and delay and delay by any means necessary. and then delay some more.

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 3:19:28pm

re: #128 PhillyPretzel ✅

::: Dolly makes her entrance. :::

Hello.

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JC1 Mar 21, 2024 • 3:19:33pm

re: #45 Belafon

Garbage study.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 21, 2024 • 3:19:57pm

::: Louis Armstrong cameo :::

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JC1 Mar 21, 2024 • 3:22:30pm

re: #59 Dr. Matt

See inside Trump Force One, the ex-president’s prized $100 million Boeing 757 private jet he shows off at presidential rallies

Seizing Diaper Donnie’s jet would likely trigger that overdue stroke. Make it happen, Letitia!!!! There’s $100 million waiting!!! 😂😂😂😂

[Embedded content]

No way that 30 year old 757 is worth 100 million.
Here’s one for sale for 12 million.
controller.com

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Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2024 • 3:24:02pm

re: #135 JC1

No way that 30 year old 757 is worth 100 million.
Here’s one for sale for 12 million.
controller.com

You don’t use Trump’s property assessor.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 3:24:49pm

re: #11 Dangerman

I hope President Biden and other Democrats are highlighting these actions. The problem I’m seeing is that too many people aren’t seeing how President Biden is helping working class Americans. Our side needs to toot the horn much more loudly.

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 3:24:53pm

re: #135 JC1

No way that 30 year old 757 is worth 100 million.
Here’s one for sale for 12 million.
controller.com

di*lem*ma
/dəˈlemə,dīˈlemə/
noun

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.

- lease a campaign plane
- pay the lawyers

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 3:28:18pm

re: #127 Targetpractice

Can Labour return the NHS to its original form? I’ve read that Conservatives have destroyed it and that private healthcare is being pushed on the British public.

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Targetpractice Mar 21, 2024 • 3:28:39pm

re: #123 steve_davis

they aren’t doing that. there are zero technical grounds for the appellate court to do any favors for Trump. I am not a lawyer, but on ex ante grounds, it would be suicidal for the appellate court to provide Trump relief. They would be opening the door to have every single judgement appealed on the grounds that paying what a jury says to pay is creating a hardship on the defendant. Of course it’s creating a hardship on the defendant. So is being sent to prison for 20 years, but ordinarily you don’t get to appeal on the grounds that doing 20 years seems like a hardship, unless something happened in the trial or the judgement that suggests something went badly wrong, and that didn’t happen here.

Yet I think we all know that there are always two sets of law and justice: One for the rich and one for The Help. It’s that bit about how if you owe $10,000 and can’t pay then it’s your problem, but if you owe $10 billion and can’t pay then it’s the bank’s problem. If you or I got hit with a fine equivalent to that levied against Trump then the courts would laugh if we begged for mercy because our ending up on the streets is a statistic. But the same court is gonna twist themselves into knots worrying about how Trump being forced to sell or lose properties is gonna hurt him as a “job creator.”

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Dangerman Mar 21, 2024 • 3:28:45pm

re: #137 Patricia Kayden

I hope President Biden and other Democrats are highlighting these actions. The problem I’m seeing is that too many people aren’t seeing how President Biden is helping working class Americans. Our side needs to toot the horn much more loudly.

look at this from this AM
Why Aren’t Voters Outraged by Trump’s Behavior?

it’s a quick read and explains when people start paying attention

i am confident biden’s team knows exactly what they are doing.
they are a bunch of seasoned, successful pros.
they know the best time to start promoting specific topics, and where. (ie tv advertising doesnt do a whole lot of mind-changing like it used to)

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2024 • 3:33:00pm

re: #121 DodgerFan1988

If Republicans were serious about the migrant “crisis”, they would have supported the bipartisan bill that was passed in the Senate and focus on hiring more Immigration Judges to expedite asylum claims. This isn’t rocket science.

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BeenHereAwhile Mar 21, 2024 • 3:46:26pm

re: #97 Teddy’s Person

I’ve been into musicals lately. Watched Cabaret and Chicago. I’m planning on watching Sound of Music soon.

Now I’m singing…

🎵Well Hello Dolly🎵

… in my best Louie Armstrong voice.

South Pacific

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darthstar Mar 21, 2024 • 3:52:54pm

re: #138 Dangerman

He leases his plane to himself and then pays a premium for its use… probably even charges for a full tank of fuel no matter how short the flight. Campaign funds are fungible.

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Vicious Babushka Mar 21, 2024 • 3:59:47pm

re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter

Not the way it will work. Your age will still be the age from birth, not conception. Birth is a clearly defined and known event.

Life begins at Birth. How difficult of a concept is that to comprehend?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Mar 21, 2024 • 8:00:05pm

re: #67 Targetpractice

Because it’s always the same BS: He delays taking action until the last minute, then makes up some excuse about why he couldn’t act sooner and how the court needs to cut him a break because if they treat him like any other defendant then they’re prejudiced against him and it’s totally going to hurt them when he appeals their ruling. He’s had weeks to line up a bond or at the very least started the paperwork on transferring one or more properties to the city to hold until the appeals process was complete. Instead, he waited until the week before the deadline, then whined to the court that nobody will bail his ass out so they need to do so because otherwise it’s gonna hurt his portfolio and they’ll be at fault.

And it has continued to work for him again and again and again. I’m getting tired waiting for a court to simply stop coddling him and actually treat him like any other defendant.

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The GOP is a Terrorist Organization Mar 21, 2024 • 8:38:56pm

re: #2 Charles

Of course CNN puts on a “Republican strategist” to say both parties are equally guilty of this kind of disgusting shit.

CNN is useless.

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