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Corner of My Eye (2:20)
If You and I Are Not Wise (5:43)MUSICIANS
Brian D’Addario: vocals & guitar
Michael D’Addario: vocals & guitarLive at Lake Effect Team:
Executive Producers: Audrey Nowakowski & Trapper Schoepp
Audio Engineering: Jason Rieve
Location: Lake Effect Surf Shop in Milwaukee
Production Company: Visionary Studios
Camera Op: Kieran Walter Sundaram, Kelly Pudroski & Jessica Wolff
the latest fec filing
Biden way ahead of tfg
Biden’s comms director: “If Donald Trump put up these kinds of numbers on The Apprentice, he’d fire himself.”
Whew!!! So here I was thinking my unfortunate accident of yesterday (Recommendation: do not spill a glass of water on your laptop keyboard) did permanent damage to my computer. Everything I clicked opened up a new tab (or multiple tabs).
But a reboot magically eliminated the problems (for now anyway). Yay!!!
Today’s weather in Philly is wet. Very wet.
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And their new fact-checker pic.twitter.com/V2cKPAN16X
— Rich 🌻 💉🅾️ (@rich_buckeye) March 23, 2024
Does this mean they also have elite frogs? A hierarchy of amphibianity?
re: #7 wrenchwench
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Does this mean they also have elite frogs? A hierarchy of amphibianity?
If he impresses the establishment he’ll eventually be raised to the Swamp of Lords.
re: #7 wrenchwench
Does this mean they also have elite frogs? A hierarchy of amphibianity?
all relative to the size of the pond and how generous the local princess is with her kisses
Expression of the day tiem: Illusory Truth Effect.
Kate Winslet coaching an 11yr old on her first interview ever.
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re: #12 Teukka
Expression of the day tiem: Illusory Truth Effect.
By the time of the 2028 election cycle AI will make the ITE into the determining factor: America will simply split into various realities, each based on our preconceived notions of what things should look like.
I really don’t know how we are going to govern ourselves after that…
re: #12 Teukka
Expression of the day tiem: Illusory Truth Effect.
From that wiki:
The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure.
I like ‘reiteration effect’ as a more clear name for it. Truth is not in there.
I haven’t forgotten that Joe Scarborough was a large factor in the normalizing and promotion of Donald Trump before his election, long past the point where his extremism and bigotry were right in your face.
This is why you may have noticed I almost never show clips from his show. He’s a major symptom of the rot in much of the US media; and now MSNBC is hiring Ronna McDaniel, fresh from her job shilling shamelessly for Donald Trump, to give her “expert opinions.”
Regarding people who believe that Trump is being treated unfairly by the courts, The Atlantic has a relevant article Why Trump Won’t Stop Suing the Media and Losing:
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Filing these suits has been costly for Trump—or rather, for donors to his campaign and affiliated political action committees, who have footed millions of dollars in legal fees. Not one of Trump’s media lawsuits has ever succeeded, nor is one ever likely to, given both the underlying facts and the towering bar a president or former president faces in proving defamation. […]
In particular:
So why does he keep doing it? On a basic level, this appears to be just Trump being Trump—peevish, headstrong, and narcissistic. For decades, his love-hate relationship with reporters has tended to flare into legal action, as it did in 2006 when he sued the writer Tim O’Brien over a few pages in a book that questioned Trump’s personal wealth. As Trump told me in an interview in 2016, he knew he couldn’t win that suit (he didn’t) but brought it anyway to score a few points. “I spent a couple of bucks on legal fees, and [O’Brien’s publisher] spent a whole lot more,” he said then. “I did it to make his life miserable, which I’m happy about.”
So why shouldn’t we also be happy about making Trump’s life miserable?
re: #17 wrenchwench
From that wiki:
I like ‘reiteration effect’ as a more clear name for it. Truth is not in there.
Or “repeated falsehood effect”? 🤔
re: #20 garzooma
This is the purpose of anti-SLAPP legislation, because that perfectly describes what these are: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. As long as jurisdictions will let people sue for defamation, cost the defendant tens of thousands in legal fees, and then withdraw for a fraction of the cost, people like Trump will take advantage of it to punish their critics.
re: #19 Charles
This is why you may have noticed I almost never show clips from his show. He’s a major symptom of the rot in much of the US media; and now MSNBC is hiring Ronna McDaniel, fresh from her job shilling shamelessly for Donald Trump, to give her “expert opinions.”
Joe was part of the Gingrich contract on America, and he became bitter and disillusioned but still wingnut afterwards. He got into the media rounds while he was pimping his book about his bitter debacle as a congress critter (to give him some credit he did quit congress as promised in his campaign pledges unlike others in that class).
They loved him at MSNBC because he was willing to speak ill of the “professional pol” wing of the GOP, sniping at them as a continuance of his book’s theme, and was part of tearing the “business moderates” out from their roots. He was especially angry at Bush over Katrina, so …
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All signs point to you being a Kremlin stooge.
— James William Garrett 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@JamesWGarrett1) March 23, 2024
On the ground in Puerto Vallarta…. I’ll be a little scarce for the next week or so.
X is where groypers go to play. pic.twitter.com/nbRhsMlttg
— James William Garrett 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@JamesWGarrett1) March 23, 2024
I’ve watched many truckloads of cars get unloaded across the street. Today, a first occurred: The driver had to jump a car (using a little portable thing) to get it off the trailer.
re: #28 darthstar
On the ground in Puerto Vallarta…. I’ll be a little scarce for the next week or so.
Flan y mezcal magnifico
Client asked me to take a few 28” monitors to the dumps… thank you.
re: #28 darthstar
On the ground in Puerto Vallarta…. I’ll be a little scarce for the next week or so.
Jalisco State! Birthplace of Mariachi and Tequila.
re: #33 BigPapa
Client asked me to take a few 28” monitors to the dumps… thank you.
I thought they seemed larger, they are 30’s and it would be a shame to take them to the recycler. Just a shame.
re: #30 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization
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Says the drug-addled racist who keeps sharing conspiracy theories.
re: #34 ckkatz
Jalisco State! Birthplace of Mariachi and Tequila.
Whatever will I drink when I’m down here? Had a breakfast Patron at SFO on the way out.
re: #37 darthstar
Whatever will I drink when I’m down here? Had a breakfast Patron at SFO on the way out.
Hah!
In some quarters, the term ‘jalisco’ used to be slang for ‘plastered’ or ‘stoned’. Not sure about these days.
The deep state hired ANTIFA crisis actors to pretend to be ISIS and draw attention away from the Ukrainians who actually did the shooting, all to try and make Putin look bad in the US media because he called the US Embassy warning about possible attacks “obvious blackmail.”
— James William Garrett 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@JamesWGarrett1) March 23, 2024
Just STOP it, FAUX!
FAUX now attacking…Joe Biden wearing…”Special Shoes”
Oh my! What are these motherfathers demanding? Impeaching Joe over HIS F’N SHOES?
SMDH over this fucking insanity!
re: #41 Joe Bacon ✅
Just STOP it, FAUX!
FAUX now attacking…Joe Biden wearing…”Special Shoes”
Oh my! What are these motherfathers demanding? Impeaching Joe over HIS F’N SHOES?
SMDH over this fucking insanity!
If tRump can wear a diaper then Biden can wear his special shoes.
re: #28 darthstar
On the ground in Puerto Vallarta…. I’ll be a little scarce for the next week or so.
Have fun and happy birthday!
Impeachment Witness Demands Fox News Retraction and Apology
Fox News has dismissed a legal threat over an anchor’s statements on Biden impeachment witness Tony Bobulinski, Mediaite reports. On Thursday, Fox host Jessica Tarlov issued a clarification after she said that Bobulinski’s legal fees had been paid for by a Trump super PAC. “What was actually said during the hearing was that the law firm representing Mr. Bobulinski was paid by a Trump PAC,” she said in her correction. “I have seen no indication those payments were made in connection with Mr. Bobulinski’s legal fees and he denies that they were.” Tarlov was immediately hit with a request from Bobulinski’s lawyers, dissatisfied with the host’s clarification. “We demand a complete retraction and apology by Ms. Tarlov AT THE TOP OF TODAY’S SHOW,” the letter read. It included apologies for Tarlov to repeat “without the petulant innuendo or further attempted mental gymnastics.” In a letter obtained by Mediaite, Fox shrugged off the request, and said that Tarlov’s statement accurately portrayed that she did not know of any connection, and that they would not be issuing a retraction or an apology.
Joe Biden is now eking out a lead over Donald Trump
IN less than 1 month. It will get better in another month.
Temp dropped 10F … showers came through.
Was a lovely warm day yesterday, but it seems winter is not done with us yet even though we are officially in Spring.
re: #41 Joe Bacon ✅
Just STOP it, FAUX!
FAUX now attacking…Joe Biden wearing…”Special Shoes”
Oh my! What are these motherfathers demanding? Impeaching Joe over HIS F’N SHOES?
SMDH over this fucking insanity!
“We’ll be right back after this sponsored message from Trump sneakers”.
With ‘Tommy’ Revival, Pete Townshend Is Talking to a New Generation
He’s also still working through his childhood trauma. Considering his musical’s legacy, he sees a story about how “we prevail ultimately, by turning toward the light.”
… Bullying, sexual abuse — these were topics that prevailed in my peer group after the war. In London, there were still buildings that were smashed by German bombs. Adults were very damaged by the war, and the damage led to damaged children…
… It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die. I don’t get much of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money. My idea of an ordinary lifestyle is pretty elevated…
…I’ve got about 500 titles I might release online, mostly unfinished stuff. We’re not making Coca-Cola, where every can has to taste the same. And it’s turned out, surprise, surprise, that rock ‘n’ roll is really good at dealing with the difficulties of aging. Watching Keith Richards onstage, trying to do what he used to do — it’s disturbing, heart-rending, but also delightful…
…It’s different when you’re in a band. I used to watch Roger knock people out if he didn’t like what they said. It feels like a gang. We did a show for fans at Christmas one year, and I said, “You’re a bunch of [expletive].” And they all went, “Yay, Pete!” They like me to hate them…
Q: Do you envy Tommy?
“Envy a creature I’ve created? I don’t think of Tommy as anything more than a coat hanger on which to hang a whole series of ideas.”
(No Paywall)
Biden Hopes to Put Florida in Play
Biden lost Florida by a little over 3%. That means that if about 190K votes out of 11 million cast switched from Trump to Biden, he would have won the state. And the Dem advantage in special elections since Dobbs averages almost 10%. Also, the excess death rate from Covid amongst registered Republicans in Florida could remove several tens of thousands from the 2024 votes.
If Trump loses Florida, he cannot win.
re: #55 silverdolphin
Wife and I are at the border, with time on our hands.
re: #55 silverdolphin
Biden Hopes to Put Florida in Play
Biden lost Florida by a little over 3%. That means that if about 190K votes out of 11 million cast switched from Trump to Biden, he would have won the state. And the Dem advantage in special elections since Dobbs averages almost 10%. Also, the excess death rate from Covid amongst registered Republicans in Florida could remove several tens of thousands from the 2024 votes.
If Trump loses Florida, he cannot win.
Sounds good! Let’s send Decatur Deb!
/let’s wish him well as he sends himself!
re: #55 silverdolphin
I wonder how far Ron Desantis will go to stop that from happening?
re: #58 Eclectic Cyborg
He did sign legislation to release the grand jury testimony about James Epstein ;-)
Quote of the Day
Mar 23, 2024 at 10:58 AM
“And after all of that delay — how different ultimately was the outcome?”
— Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), quoted by Politico, noting the final spending bill was no different than ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) could have negotiated.
My Senator - now most powerful woman in the Senate. What she says is absolutely true. The GOP may have gone through 2 speakers to pass a bill that is really little change.
re: #53 BeenHereAwhile
I remember when The Who were touring in 2019 and Townshend gave a series of interviews where he was like “I’m glad and Entwhistle and Moon are dead because they were hard to play with“, and everybody ran for the nearest fainting couch.
I’m like if you’ve followed Pete Townsend for a minimum of five minutes, this is just business as usual, lol. Dude is never at a loss for words or a great/controversial quote.
So, them Kremlin trolls are out in force…
My thoughts and prayers to the innocent victims in the horrendous Moscow attack.
This has the fingerprints of Zionists, Ukrainian Nazis and western imperialists.
ISIS = Israeli Secret Intelligence Service
God bless Russia. Long live the resistance. 🇨🇳🇮🇷🇮🇶🇱🇧🇵🇸🇷🇺🇸🇾🇾🇪— ABC (@Ohitskaykay23) March 23, 2024
re: #55 silverdolphin
Biden Hopes to Put Florida in Play
Biden lost Florida by a little over 3%. That means that if about 190K votes out of 11 million cast switched from Trump to Biden, he would have won the state. And the Dem advantage in special elections since Dobbs averages almost 10%. Also, the excess death rate from Covid amongst registered Republicans in Florida could remove several tens of thousands from the 2024 votes.
If Trump loses Florida, he cannot win.
Of that 190K, half of them probably killed themselves by refusing Covid vaccines and following pandemic protocol, so a lot of the work is probably already done.
re: #53 BeenHereAwhile
With ‘Tommy’ Revival, Pete Townshend Is Talking to a New Generation
He’s also still working through his childhood trauma. Considering his musical’s legacy, he sees a story about how “we prevail ultimately, by turning toward the light.”
I’m hardly a new generation; I’ve listened to that album well over 100 times, I’ve seen the movie 3 times, and on Tuesday I’m going to the Broadway show (supposedly still in previews, it opens officially on the 28th, but I’m sure it’s much the same).
I’ll let you know if it’s as good as I’m expecting; it got great reviews in Chicago before coming here to NYC.
re: #60 silverdolphin
Quote of the Day
Mar 23, 2024 at 10:58 AMMy Senator - now most powerful woman in the Senate. What she says is absolutely true. The GOP may have gone through 2 speakers to pass a bill that is really little change.
It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey. To keep the marks spending their nickels, you have to keep them entertained. The show must go on.
re: #63 Mattand
Of that 190K, half of them probably killed themselves by refusing Covid vaccines and following pandemic protocol, so a lot of the work is probably already done.
Probably 1 in 6 have family that are LGBT, 1 in 4 visit Disney on state resident discounts with their grandkids.
re: #63 Mattand
Of that 190K, half of them probably killed themselves by refusing Covid vaccines and following pandemic protocol, so a lot of the work is probably already done.
Unfortunately, more keep migrating in every day.
re: #67 Cheechako
Unfortunately, more keep migrating in every day.
They are avoidable, because they congregate in Assisted Living Lagers like The Villages. A real loss is that FL has made 3rd-person voter registration much harder since the Obama and Hilary campaigns.
re: #66 Decatur Deb
Probably 1 in 6 have family that are LGBT, 1 in 4 visit Disney on state resident discounts with their grandkids.
Also, Rick Scott only won by 0.2% (10,000 votes out of 8 million). If Biden is able to win Florida it is also like we pick up a Senator. At the moment, the Democrat (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ) and Scott are tied in the polls.
Finally, about 380,000 Venezuelan-Americans live in Florida. They have college educations at almost twice the rate of America as a whole and tend to be doing well financially. Biden has made special effors to help Venezuelans fleeing repression If he can leverage this group, they could really have a huge effect.
I think Biden is going to make a real play for Florida. Not only would it kill the GOP as a national party it holds hope for picking up a Senate seat. Biden surely has th money to try.
re: #67 Cheechako
Unfortunately, more keep migrating in every day.
I have two neighbors who’ve moved there. The first one was a hardcore leftist who was (probably still is) a “Hillary stole the primary from Bernie” truther. He was big on talking about moving back to Canada because as he put it, he was sold a bag of lies about America. I can only imagine the amount of mental trauma he’s gone through since FL has been slowly morphing into Gilead.
The other is currently moving now. They should do fine. They’ve had some financial problems for a while related to housing and are big on blaming poor people taking mortgages for causing the 2008 crash. Pointing out that banks had no business giving anyone with a pulse mortgages in the first place falls on deaf ears.
Plus, the husband was big on “Just between us white guys” conversations. They’ll fit in fine.
re: #69 silverdolphin
The critical thing is to have a serious well-funded campaign ORGANIZATION. Obama II was beautiful, Hilary’s was infuriating. .
MSNBC is pleased to announce that they have hired a new DEI Director. pic.twitter.com/nXpyS4e9OH
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 23, 2024
re: #71 Decatur Deb
The critical thing is to have a serious well-funded campaign ORGANIZATION. Obama II was beautiful, Hilary’s was infuriating. .
Well, so far, the Biden-Harris crew seem to be doing quite the creditable job on the national scale (even at this early stage in the campaign), but isn’t it going to depend more on how the STATE organization(s) do?
re: #42 wrenchwench
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It’s nice that one of our worst ex mayors could be sued for telling lies about the election because he slandered a company.There is recourse for individuals & companies.
But “immigrants” can’t do anything about the damaging lies about them being violent.
Jewish people can’t do anything about the lies about them plotting to… end the west IDK I don’t even get that one.
Black people can’t do anything about being called cogently terrible plane pilots.
But the lies still cause harm.
Glad to see someone pointing out the discrepancy in how we handle lies that hurt people vs. lies that hurt profits.
Maybe we’ll see some attention paid to how abusing power in order to make money is illegal but abusing power to keep power (e.g. BridgeGate, strongarming Ukraine) isn’t. If Chris Christie’s minions had caused the traffic jams to get the Democratic mayors to make payments to them, they’d have been put in jail. Since they only wanted a political favor in the form of endorsements, there are no laws that apply. Similarly, if Trump had demanded that Zelensky put money in his Swiss bank account to get his weapons, Trump would have faced prosecution. But since he only wanted a political favor in the form of an investigation, there are no statutes.
re: #74 Jay C
Well, so far, the Biden-Harris crew seem to be doing quite the creditable job on the national scale (even at this early stage in the campaign), but isn’t it going to depend more on how the STATE organization(s) do?
Yes—to a point. In a state as balkanized as FL, State, Local, and Campaign will also trip over each other if they are not coordinated. Volunteering for Obama worked so well because the O campaign actually had paid workers in Alabama to train, certify, and direct border-crossers. (AlObama for Florida—still have the bumper sticker.) They made sure we were up to the tasks, and plugged us into local campaigns in Tampa, Gainesville, Panama City, and the Northern Tier counties.
re: #61 Mattand
I remember when The Who were touring in 2019 and Townshend gave a series of interviews where he was like “I’m glad and Entwhistle and Moon are dead because they were hard to play with”, and everybody ran for the nearest fainting couch.
I’m like if you’ve followed Pete Townsend for a minimum of five minutes, this is just business as usual, lol. Dude is never at a loss for words or a great/controversial quote.
Since the 1960s, The Who has always been my maximum Rock and Roll band. As mich as i like their catalog starting with Live At Leeds , my favorite album is Quadrophenia, in which each member of the band is characterized in song display of Townsends talent.
re: #64 sagehen
I’m hardly a new generation; I’ve listened to that album well over 100 times, I’ve seen the movie 3 times, and on Tuesday I’m going to the Broadway show (supposedly still in previews, it opens officially on the 28th, but I’m sure it’s much the same).
I’ll let you know if it’s as good as I’m expecting; it got great reviews in Chicago before coming here to NYC.
I had read of Tommy’s release, but not heard any cuts as commercial FM radio had not yet discovered money in Rock and Roll.
So as I was driving back to college, i picked up the U of F station broadcasting Tommy while driving thru the Gainesville, FL area.
It was glorious.
(The music, not Gainesville)
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