Gary Brooker’s in excellent voice, and Matthew Fisher’s organ solo in this performance is a significant departure (in a good way) from the version we’ve all heard a million times.
November 30, 1973
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re: #115 goddamnedfrank
Normalcy bias causes people to become so used to watching the inferno burn others up that they will perceive its absence as a threat to themselves, and then desperately try to relight the fire when it goes out.
The elevator pitch: what if Omelas had two tormented children that could not be offered comfort?
Why Are GOP State Lawmakers Introducing Bills Based on Claims by Fringe Conspiracy Theorists?
SB 2691, sponsored by Sen. Steve Southerland (R-Morristown), never specifically mentions the dubious claims made by conspiracy theorists about the dangers of so-called “chemtrails,” however, when speaking about the bill, Southerland directly mentioned “chemtrails.”
“If you look at a thousand planes, you won’t see one (chemtrail). But then all of a sudden you see one,” Southerland told the Tennessee Lookout. “So we’re just asking the question: Are they putting anything in the air that could be toxic?”
Are they putting anything in the air that could be toxic?
Don’t breathe out too much CO2 in Tennessee.
Yep…there was a beauitful mulberry hiding behind it.
re: #2 Charles
Why Are GOP State Lawmakers Introducing Bills Based on Claims by Fringe Conspiracy Theorists?
I’d point out that we’re decades and decades into the US right wing asserting that nothing bad can happen without it having some kind of causal component. All bad events are indicative of a General Badness, whether that arises from spiritual forces or human forces, and the correct solution to all problems is identifying the malefactor and punishing them.
If you want to fix the world, just give them control. And more control. And more control.
Nothing will work if you don’t give them, the people that deserve all the power, all the power.
Conspiracist baking is just the embarrassing edge of this phenomenon, the point where the need to assert control intersects with things beyond control and just pushes through the consensual understanding of “what is real” to find the secret, hidden way that the thing in question is attacking the conspiracist.
Chemtrails are better understand as an outgrowth of narcissism and overconfidence than as an explanatory structure, a bit of episteme: the conspiracist sees something in the sky they can’t explain and assumes it must be there because of them, and it follows since the thing is uncomfortable that it must be sinister. Once you start down this set of assumptions it’s not too long before various versions of “it’s strange, therefore it is attacking me” syncretize…in this case, geoengineering and chemtrails being twisted into a single thing, and that braid in turn likely being linked up to conspiracy tropes so repeated that they’re practically motifs—WEF, Klaus Schwab, the UN, etc—because the bigger the opponent the more important the believer.
There’s a sadder version of this same thing—desperate people cling to beliefs that allow them to feel control, so anxiety and depression afflicted people, as well as people with cognitive disorder or decline, are very vulnerable to conspiracy because they need structure and stability even if it’s illusory…conspiracies un-complicate the world…but I doubt those are the people lobbying and writing laws.
One of the victims of the Brenham truck assault has died at the hospital.
re: #7 jaunte
One of the victims of the Brenham truck assault has died at the hospital.
Well, the perp just may have caught himself a capital murder charge… in Texas.
In any case, the only way dude’s getting out of prison after his imminent conviction is being carried by six.
re: #4 darthstar
Nice ?Camelia?
Yes, the new battery powered chainsaws are excellent!
They are starting to match the power of 2-cycle (ice) chainsaws; Are quieter; Make far less of a mess; Eliminate most of the maintenance hassle due to no ice; Start more easily; And are probably safer as the chain stops more quickly than in a 2-cycle.
Three things I personally have learned about chainsaws in general are:
1. Get a sharpening kit and learn how to sharpen the chain
2. Get a set of plastic felling wedges
3. For those with no experience on chainsaws, it is really worthwhile to take a course in chainsaw use.
re: #10 ckkatz
4. When cutting up a fallen tree trunk with old vines on it, you may be spraying yourself with poison ivy dust.
‘Who did Jesus prefer?’ Trump skewered online for posting portrait with divine figure
Donald Trump Friday was ridiculed on social media after he posted an image showing himself with Jesus standing behind him.
Trump earlier in the day posted the picture, which features the former president sitting down with Jesus draped behind him, touching the ex-president’s shoulders. The text says, “Strengthen him, Lord. Send legions of angels to protect him, father.”
Trump didn’t include any words of his own with the post, but Africa Today’s (and GOP Stenographer) Simon Ateba wrote that Trump had called “on Jesus Christ to strengthen him ahead of trial in New York and various other attacks from the left.”
The internet, however, was not as forgiving in its descriptions of the post.
Responding to Ateba, one commenter wrote, “Did anyone hear Trump call on Jesus Christ to strengthen him ahead of his trial associated with cheating on his wife while paying off pornstars & hiding the payoff illegal from campaign finances? Could a purported Christian like Simon be a liar?”
Separately, independent journalist Aaron Rupar sarcastically wrote with the image, “having a normal one.”
Media legal analyst Jeffrey Evan Gold added, “He looks pretty worried. But he’ll do fine in prison with the help of Jesus.”
Political and legal commentator Allison Gill, better known as “Mueller, She Wrote,” also flagged the post from Trump.
“It’s been a while since I was in Catholic school, but who did Jesus prefer: Mary Magdalene, or the wealthy real estate developer who hoarded his riches?” she asked. She then added, “[Trial] starts Monday.”
Popular political social media account The Shallow State also chimed in on the Trump post.
“[That’s] Satan, dressing up like Jesus again, you gotta love his humor.”
@vampire_skwid wrote in response to Gill’s post, “Why is Kenny Loggins giving Trump a shoulder massage?”
re: #10 ckkatz
There’s a Reddit sub named /r/idiotsfellingtrees. Perhaps read the subreddit and watch the videos to learn what not to do!
//
Disgusting.
Louisiana High Court: It’s Priests’ “Right” Not to Be Sued for Abuse
The state Supreme Court ruled that priests have a “property right” not to be sued for sexually abusing children.
F THAT CORRUPTED COURT.
re: #10 ckkatz
Nice ?Camelia?
Yes, the new battery powered chainsaws are excellent!
They are starting to match the power of 2-cycle (ice) chainsaws; Are quieter; Make far less of a mess; Eliminate most of the maintenance hassle due to no ice; Start more easily; And are probably safer as the chain stops more quickly than in a 2-cycle.
Three things I personally have learned about chainsaws in general are:
1. Get a sharpening kit and learn how to sharpen the chain
2. Get a set of plastic felling wedges
3. For those with no experience on chainsaws, it is really worthwhile to take a course in chainsaw use.
I haven’t slung a chainsaw since I carried a 32” Stihl when I was fighting fires with the Forest Service in 1988. Don’t need wedges for the size stuff I’m taking out, and I’m working top down, not trying to drop it as a piece.
As for safety, the chain stops when you let go of the trigger, and it’s a two button combo to start it again so you can’t accidentally pull the trigger and fire it up next to your leg.
Need to get some safety glasses - should have grabbed a pair when I was getting chain lube….probably tomorrow. Sharpening kit is next on my list. I’ve hand sharpened enough blades.
And yes, I was surprised at how well it cut through ripe green Oleander…like butter.
re: #10 ckkatz
Oh, and yeah, the missus likes the big Camelia bush/tree. It’s been trained up instead of out. I like that.
re: #8 TedStriker
Well, the perp just may have caught himself a capital murder charge… in Texas.
In any case, the only way dude’s getting out of prison after his imminent conviction is being carried by six.
odds on his conviction before any of tfg’s?
re: #11 jaunte
4. When cutting up a fallen tree trunk with old vines on it, you may be spraying yourself with poison ivy dust.
5. Don’t install a chain backwards
Funny…”I don’t think a man who doesn’t even want to sleep in a hotel bed wants to go to jail.”
re: #21 darthstar
Funny…”I don’t think a man who doesn’t even want to sleep in a hotel bed wants to go to jail.”
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ffs, the man’s afraid of germs
“Republican candidates in close races across the country who once fervently backed severe abortion restrictions are shifting how they talk about the issue,” CNN reports.“On social media, in public comments and in talking points on their websites, candidates are shying away from past hard-line positions and softening their stances. In some cases, the changes have been overt, with candidates reversing course on supporting outright bans on abortion or even denying they ever opposed it.”
“But in others, the shift has been more subtle and nuanced, with candidates altering or deleting previous statements, or de-emphasizing stances that had been more central to their platform just a few years ago.”
none of us ever said any of that stuff.
honest.
re: #22 Dangerman
damn!
There will be no fellin’ of trees in my immediate future. Cleaning storm debris going down our path to the river and ripping out a few things that need ripping is about all I plan to do. And the 3-5” branches and trunks I’ll cut into lengths to repair the fence along the path that looks like it was made from the same over the years.
more panic
Donald Trump on Friday urged Arizona lawmakers to act “as fast as possible” to adjust the state’s abortion policy after a state Supreme Court ruling upheld an 1864 law and made performing the procedure a felony, The Hill reports.
wont work donnie
you should just embrace it and say it. everyone knows
re: #21 darthstar
Funny…”I don’t think a man who doesn’t even want to sleep in a hotel bed wants to go to jail.”
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Rex Huppke’s prediction about the orange thing’s arrival at court Monday:
At this rate I expect he’ll show up to court Monday in a WHAAAAAAAAmbulance then get carried in on a stretcher, moaning about how the deep state gave him typhoid fever
re: #25 darthstar
Did you have to take any precautions taking out that oleander?
IIRC, everything in an oleander is significantly poisonous — it just isn’t a contact poison like poison ivy.
re: #28 EPR-radar
Years ago I decided to take out some Oleander bushes that the prior owner of my property planted.
Electric (plug in) chainsaw struggled. And then I was left with stumps that took me days to dig out by hand.
I did not take any special precautions, but I always wore gloves, long sleeves, and eye protection.
Every part of the Oleander is poisonous, but AFAIK one has to ingest it to be poisoned.
It’s not like the Urushiol oil found in Poison Ivy and relatives.
Just saw a really good short horror film at the tube. Pro quality on every level. Will post later.
re: #28 EPR-radar
Did you have to take any precautions taking out that oleander?
IIRC, everything in an oleander is significantly poisonous — it just isn’t a contact poison like poison ivy.
I just went and scrubbed my hands again - the smell of oleander dominates right now.
I need to look up their root system and figure out how wide I need to dig to get the stump out. Don’t want to upset all the rhizomes I have out there.
re: #28 EPR-radar
Did you have to take any precautions taking out that oleander?
IIRC, everything in an oleander is significantly poisonous — it just isn’t a contact poison like poison ivy.
Don’t eat it.
Earlier this morning I posted some video examples I made with Udio.
Udio is getting a lot of attention this week.
Many think it quite a step up from Suno.
My experience so far is that one can get sound from Udio that fits into the parameters of “pop” music quite well.
If all you want to do is tap your toes then Udio can pump out that sound.
But if you look for a more meaningful experience with music then I find Udio suffers from the usual AI vapidity.
But pop music lovers may not care.
re: #10 ckkatz
Nice ?Camelia?
Yes, the new battery powered chainsaws are excellent!
They are starting to match the power of 2-cycle (ice) chainsaws; Are quieter; Make far less of a mess; Eliminate most of the maintenance hassle due to no ice; Start more easily; And are probably safer as the chain stops more quickly than in a 2-cycle.
Three things I personally have learned about chainsaws in general are:
1. Get a sharpening kit and learn how to sharpen the chain
2. Get a set of plastic felling wedges
3. For those with no experience on chainsaws, it is really worthwhile to take a course in chainsaw use.
(this is pulpwood chainsaw SOP)
Get a couple of round files & handles of the proper size to sharpen your chain. If running an ICE chainsaw - get yellow foam ear plugs.
Stop cutting every 15 minutes and “strike” (sharpen) your chain. If you strike your chain before it gets really dull, it’ll take far less time to maintain sharpness and give you a break every 15 minutes from the exertion of running a chain saw.
You’ll get more work done at what appears to be a slower pace, and accomplish more in less time.
re: #35 Joe Bacon ✅
Today’s episode of Stupid Trek
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It’s literally insane that these people look at this slovenly rich guy, who raped women, cheated at business, and displays every vile character flaw you’d scold your kids for, is “close to Jesus” just because he mouths words at you.
I bet Trump laughs his ass off over how stupid is cult is.
re: #38 Unabogie
It’s literally insane that these people look at this slovenly rich guy, who raped women, cheated at business, and displays every vile character flaw you’d scold your kids for, is “close to Jesus” just because he mouths words at you.
It’s not that. It’s because their pastor told them to vote for Trump because he hates abortion, and God hates abortion, and Trump’s gonna make Christianity the national religion and then we’ll be one nation under God again, and no more kneeling for the national anthem or disrespecting the police or any of those un-patriotic things.
re: #39 Nerdy Fish
It’s not that. It’s because their pastor told them to vote for Trump because he hates abortion, and God hates abortion, and Trump’s gonna make Christianity the national religion and then we’ll be one nation under God again, and no more kneeling for the national anthem or disrespecting the police or any of those un-patriotic things.
But Trump clearly does not hate abortion and has obviously paid for many of them. This is why I’m not part of organized religion. It’s too transparently dishonest.
re: #40 Unabogie
But Trump clearly does not hate abortion and has obviously paid for many of them. This is why I’m not part of organized religion. It’s too transparently dishonest.
Trump doesn’t care directly about abortion except insofar as taking a position gets him closer to power. But the pastor will absolutely lie about it because Republicans are the Party of God, don’t you see, and electing Republicans is the only way to get the country closer to Jesus.
re: #41 Nerdy Fish
Trump doesn’t care directly about abortion except insofar as taking a position gets him closer to power. But the pastor will absolutely lie about it because Republicans are the Party of God, don’t you see, and electing Republicans is the only way to get the country closer to Jesus.
There are many teachings of Jesus I could get behind. Republican pastors reject every last one of his actual words.
re: #42 Unabogie
There are many teachings of Jesus I could get behind. Republican pastors reject every last one of his actual words.
On both of these points, we agree.
re: #42 Unabogie
When Trump’s wind has finally blown itself out, we are going to find that he destroyed a lot of things that needed destroying.
re: #44 Decatur Deb
When Trump’s wind has finally blown itself out, we are going to find that he destroyed a lot of things that needed destroying.
I hope so, but it’s also possible that by then the things that needed to be destroyed were instead made impervious.
re: #45 Unabogie
I’m running on 1 ha’pint of Guinness optimism.
back in the days when the organist needed a dedicated roadie or bandmates who really liked him to lug around a hundred pounds of organ.
re: #46 Decatur Deb
I’m running on 1 ha’pint of Guinness optimism.
I’m on my second Codigo Rosa and it’s lovely…oh, and I turned my wife into a tequila drinker on our trip to Mexico last month…she liked how she felt no residual effects in the mornings…so it doesn’t last as long as it used to.
Off to dinner after a little more bluegrass…
re: #47 steve_davis
back in the days when the organist needed a dedicated roadie or bandmates who really liked him to lug around a hundred pounds of organ.
I have been in a band like this. I like to think it was worth it.
re: #50 Charles
I have been in a band like this. I like to think it was worth it.
My brother-in-law builds his own organs and sometimes (rarely these days) travels with them. It was on one of these custom organs that he used to have weekend jam sessions with Prince’s bass player.
Whiter Shade of Pale is so evocative of the 60’s not only because of the organ and the melody but. like the 60s, we were all trying to figure out what it was about. In an ultra competitive field, it’s in the top 5 for those years and it’s still a favorite of mine.
Appropriate of nothing in particular…
In Washington, DC there is a neighborhood called Adams Morgan. In its entertainment district is restaurant/bar/blues and dancing establishment called “Madam’s Organ”.
It’s slogan is “Where The Beautiful People Go To Get Ugly”.
re: #51 teleskiguy
I’m glad to hear Conan made amends with the water buffalo. At last.
Cl’ed from downstairs
em>re: #59 BeenHereAwhile
Since we downsized to a smaller house and yard, I’ve replaced all my ICE yard tools (mower, edger, weed eater, leaf blower, & chain saws) with battery power. Going into my 3rd year using the original batteries.
That’s what I am doing as well, I’m hoping many more are headed this direction soon.
re: #58 ckkatz
What the in the actual GOP hell??
re: #58 ckkatz
This is why the rest of the world is now laughing at us.
Piyush Jindal said that the Republican Party has to stop being the Stupid Party
It has.
And now it is the Asshole Party.
re: #61 ckkatz
Probably on us.
If that’s real, it’s accidental self-parody. I thought the list is a snide comedian’s product.
re: #58 ckkatz
As I understand it, the last bill, “The Fourth Amendment is not for sale” appears to be a bipartisan bill to prevent Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies from flat out buying data from data brokers.
As for the rest of the bills… well… I suspect that they illustrate the lack of seriousness a group of our Federal Legislators view of their own work and of the future of our country.
re: #62 Eclectic Cyborg
What the in the actual GOP hell??
Sounds to me like Mr. Speaker Mike (“Mickey Mouse Moses”) Johnson is trying to put off having to deal with anything substantive (like the Ukraine aid bill) as long as possible: hence cluttering up the calendar with imbecilic “Laundry Liberation” bills* while pretending to “negotiate” with the WH over serious matters…
* TBH, I have no idea what’s in that GOP (literal, for once) laundry list of bills, but I’m guessing it’s mostly just their reflexive anti-environmental/anti-consumerist bullshit - pissed off because they can’t mandate clothes dryers be fueled by coal - and “imbecilic” because, well, Republican…
re: #55 Charles
He’s shown himself to be a gracious fellow.
re: #64 Decatur Deb
If that’s real, it’s accidental self-parody. I thought the list is a snide comedian’s product.
As far as I can tell, the website is House(dot)gov. Which, as I understand it, is the official website of the House of Representatives.
If I am wrong, _please_ _please_ _please_ correct!
No need to click the link. The picture is the blog post.
re: #68 ckkatz
As far as I can tell, the website is House(dot)gov. Which, as I understand it, is the official website of the House of Representatives.
If I am wrong, _please_ _please_ _please_ correct!
Here’s hoping a bunch of underage House pages got into some chairman’s liquor stash.
Oh my. Selfish Narcissistic Nincompoop is upset…
Caitlyn Jenner: Stop Comparing My Car Crash to O.J. Case
“Remember…OJ said something to the effect of…I could kill her (Nicole) and get away with it,” Jenner wrote on X on Friday.
On Thursday, when O.J. Simpson’s family announced that he had passed away after battling cancer, Caitlyn Jenner wasted no time in making her feelings known on the matter.
“Good Riddance #OJSimpson,” Jenner, who was entangled with Simpson via the Kardashians and who, like Simpson, was an elite athlete, posted on X on Friday. This prompted several commenters to point out that Jenner herself isn’t exactly morally spotless.
“I’m sure the family of that person you ran over can’t WAIT to say the same about you,” one person commented. “Didn’t you kill somebody with your car,” another wrote.
In 2017, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Jenner by the stepchildren of Kim Howe, who was killed in 2015 when Jenner rear-ended her, sending Howe careening into a fatal crash with an approaching Hummer.
In the lawsuit, Howe’s stepchildren described Jenner as “careless, negligent and reckless.”
Seems it hurt that fool’s fee fees!
“I know you all think it’s cute to compare a fatal car accident (with multiple vehicles involved) to a BRUTAL MURDER…,” Jenner wrote on X on Friday, “But Remember…OJ said something to the effect of…I could kill her (Nicole) and get away with it bc I’m “#OJSimpson.”
Jenner previously made the same claim in 2021, when she alleged on a podcast that Simpson had once told Nicole Brown Simpson that he would end her life and get away with it. “Obviously he did it, and he got away with it, and at one point he even told Nicole, ‘I’ll kill you and get away with it, ‘cause I’m O.J. Simpson,’” Jenner told the podcast host.
…but you did kill an innocent person, Caitlyn!
“Ukraine of today may be east Asia of tomorrow” Japan Prime Minister in the Congress of the USA
Note how Moscow Mike doesn’t applaud…pic.twitter.com/i29TPwpL8c— Rodrigo Figueredo🇻🇪🇺🇦 (@GeorgeArtwell) April 11, 2024
Pelosi and Hoyer making impassioned pitches in Dem whips, encouraging members to sign Ukraine discharge petition even if they don’t support Israel $$
— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 11, 2024
So far 193 Democrats (out of 213) have signed onto the petition
— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 11, 2024
Trump plans a trial tactic that ‘did not go well for him’ last time
Trump says he is ready to sing again under oath.
Let me suggest what that crook should sing!
Thank you thedopefishlives, for my 240,000th karma thingy.
re: #74 Joe Bacon ✅
Trump plans a trial tactic that ‘did not go well for him’ last time
Trump says he is ready to sing again under oath.
Let me suggest what that crook should sing!
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Did you sign this?
Prosecution rests.
re: #77 teleskiguy
Thank you thedopefishlives, for my 240,000th karma thingy.
I live to serve, my scaly friend.
re: #79 Nerdy Fish
I live to serve, my scaly friend.
It should be said that I knew you were the 240,000th karma because members have access to LGF Spy. J. Edgar would cream in his jeans.
re: #80 teleskiguy
It should be said that I knew you were the 240,000th karma because members have access to LGF Spy. J. Edgar would cream in his jeans.
Big Brother is always watching.
re: #76 ckkatz
I am a standard unaffordable dish washer and they’ll never stop me.
re: #76 ckkatz
I’m surprised they don’t have a Mandatory Single-Flush Toilet Act.
re: #81 Nerdy Fish
Big Brother is always watching.
At the very least be aware that what you post on the internet can and will be read by anyone. That’s my basic rule.
I have an issue. Because of all the rain and a few events, my back yard has really grown tall, most of it being weeds. So I’m trying to mow it. It’s tall enough that I took my weedeater out to cut it down to a level the lawnmower can manage.
That was the plan. The problem is that I found some movement in the weeds and found a small burrow with really young rabbits (like aren’t able to leave the hole young), and then I found a couple large enough to hop around but still a lot smaller than mom. I was trying to get them out of the weeds and one kept doing “I’m not here” even when I tried poking it with the end of a pole.”
I’m going to leave the stuff around the burrow, but I need to be able to cut down the rest of it and get my yard under control.
Edit: it explains why one of the big rabbits wasn’t running away like they normally would.
re: #83 jaunte
I’m surprised they don’t have a Mandatory Single-Flush Toilet Act.
Unrestrict Our Showerheads Act.
re: #85 Belafon
I have one of these, which is very handy for cutting down tall grass, and quieter than the weedeater:
machetespecialists.com
re: #88 jaunte
I have one of these, which is very handy for cutting down tall grass, and quieter than the weedeater:
machetespecialists.com
Thanks. I need to find a way to scare the bigger ones a little because I need to mow the rest of the yard, some of which they are in.
re: #89 Belafon
And, of course, there is AnyMouse’s scythe.
One plus is that if you wear all black while wielding that scythe, you might become the talk of the neighborhood.
Tom Arnold mocks Roseanne after unhinged Mar-a-Lago rant
Earlier this week, comedian-turned-MAGA acolyte Roseanne Barr recorded a rambling video at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Actor Tom Arnold had a few choice words for his ex-wife after watching it.
Barr went viral after attending a fundraiser last week for Arizona US Senate candidate Kari Lake, in which she recorded a video urging young Americans to not attend college, saying they “don’t teach you nothing good.” She also dismissed American university professors as “devil-worshipping, baby blood-drinking, Democrat donors.” The video, which was originally posted to Barr’s Instagram, has since been viewed more than two million times.
During a recent episode of his new Really Political podcast for Really American media, Barr’s ex-husband, Tom Arnold, quipped that Barr’s son filming the video amounted to “elder abuse,” and remarked on the “dumb—- picture of Trump” in the background. He also wondered aloud if she was “in the s——er with all the documents” while speaking to the camera, referencing the DOJ’s photos of classified government documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom.
“She’s so far down the rabbit hole,” Arnold said, in reference to Barr’s belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory, in which Trump supporters believe the former president spent his time in the White House battling a secret cabal of pedophiles who inhabited the highest echelons of the Democratic Party.
“She believes in a lot of things. She believes the Boston Marathon [bombing] was a false flag, she emailed every member of Congress saying that John McCain was a traitor,” he continued. “She had multiple personality disorder, which is a real thing. She had 27 different personalities, and only two of them liked me.”
Barr’s video also drew mockery from late night host Jimmy Kimmel. In response to her conspiracy claims, Kimmel sarcastically remarked that it “seems like she’s doing great.”
“I remember a time when Roseanne was a big Democrat donor. She campaigned for Bill Clinton, she gave lots of money… Of course, I remember a time when Donald Trump was a Democrat, too,” Kimmel said.
re: #90 ckkatz
And, of course, there is AnyMouse’s scythe.
One plus is that if you wear all black while wielding that scythe, you might become the talk of the neighborhood.
Speaking of whom, for all our Bluesky lizards, he has finally resurfaced after two months in Texas. Woe betide us all.///
re: #89 Belafon
Thanks. I need to find a way to scare the bigger ones a little because I need to mow the rest of the yard, some of which they are in.
We would get rabbit nesting burrows in the dog yard at our previous house in Nashville. It was no-man land for the occasional coyote.
I did what you did - mow around the burrow.
The older rabbits would hop away from the mower, and the German Shepherds - when they were in the dog yard ignored the rabbits, and concentrated on squirrel exercise modules.
re: #92 Nerdy Fish
Speaking of whom, for all our Bluesky lizards, he has finally resurfaced after two months in Texas. Woe betide us all.///
Glad to see him back and it was good to hear his BIL is doing well
Anymouse is doing stuff on Bluesky right now. Typical righteous social media stuff, I suppose…
He’s around…
re: #93 BeenHereAwhile
We would get rabbit nesting burrows in the dog yard at our previous house in Nashville. It was no-man land for the occasional coyote.
I did what you did - mow around the burrow.
The older rabbits would hop away from the mower, and the German Shepherds - when they were in the dog yard ignored the rabbits, and concentrated on squirrel exercise modules.
My adorable, sweet, little, cute, French bulldog is a bunny slayer. I can only hope and pray we don’t have another in the yard. It was gruesome.
She also goes after skunks. I think we had a family last year. She got skunked four times in a month. I hope they don’t return either. It was unpleasant to say the least.
re: #98 So Cal Greek Hippie
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Aircraft experts, take it away
Kinda looks like a Waco of some kind. I’ll look more later tonight.
I love how, as I clock in for the LGF overnight shift, I read at the start of the thread about MAGAts trying to outlaw “chemtrails,” then towards the end seeing the GQP House Caucus prepping a series of “WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OWN SMOG-BELCHING, COAL-ROLLING APPLIANCES BECAUSE IT’S OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT!!!!” bills for next week.
These are people who will tell you that there’s a secret cabal of government and business leaders who are dumping chemicals into your drinking water meant to turn your kids trans, BUT would respond to announcements that the same government wishes to ban cigarettes which are proven to cause cancer by taking hits off the tail pipe of a F-350 turbodiesel while screaming that it’s perfectly healthy to do so.
I posted a couple of weeks ago about some company taking it’s open source developed project and deciding to change the license. Another company has also tried it, and this time, the Linux Foundation has stepped into the fray. The application is Terraform, from a company named HashiCorp. Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code application.
In August, HashiCorp decided to change their license from Mozilla to a semi-proprietary license called the Business Source License. The community wasn’t happy about that, and created a fork called OpenTF, which the Linux Foundation picked up and renamed OpenTofu. The rest is kind of hilarious:
As Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation’s executive director, said at the time: “OpenTofu embodies our collective dedication to genuine open collaboration in infrastructure as code. It stands as a testament to our shared goal of delivering dependable, accessible tools for the tech world. OpenTofu’s dedication to open source principles underscores our shared vision of providing accessible, reliable tools that empower the tech community.”
HashiCorp was ticked off. CEO Dave McJannet snapped back: “Open source foundations are just a way for big companies to protect themselves from innovation.”
He added: “What does it say for the future of open source if foundations will just take it and give it a home? That is tragic for open source innovation. I will tell you, if that were to happen, there’ll be no more open source companies in Silicon Valley.”
re: #1 The Ghost of a Flea
The elevator pitch: what if Omelas had two tormented children that could not be offered comfort?
Omelas needs redundancy was the key recommendation of the RAND Corporation FMEA report, backed by McKinsey & Company.
Always fun to deal with the people used to dealing with lazy ass coworkers, because they whine the loudest about how “mean” or “rude” I’m being when I expect them to comply with basic hotel policy and won’t let them slide because I’m tired of getting lumped in with said coworkers for lectures from management.
Media Matters has won its lawsuit against Texas AG Ken Paxton.
Paxton (at Elon Musk’s encouragement) launched an investigation into Media Matters.
We sued asking court to bar him from proceeding. We were just granted our injunction.
Big win for us and free speech!
Details tk— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) April 12, 2024
re: #107 Targetpractice
Always fun to deal with the people used to dealing with lazy ass coworkers, because they whine the loudest about how “mean” or “rude” I’m being when I expect them to comply with basic hotel policy and won’t let them slide because I’m tired of getting lumped in with said coworkers for lectures from management.
Been there. It’s especially noticeable when I’m the pool Nazi enforcing the rules on the big ass sign ON THE FRIGGING WALL!
Been a while since I posted a recipe
Lemon Marinated Twice Fried Chicken—it ain’t KFC…
Ingredients
1 whole chicken (about 4 pounds), cut into 8 pieces (legs split into drumsticks and thighs, breast halves and wings split), backbones reserved for stock (see notes)
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon fresh juice from 3 lemons
2 medium cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for seasoning
Freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Vegetable, peanut, canola, or olive oil, for frying
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs, beaten
Lemon wedges, for serving
Directions
In a 1-gallon zipper-lock bag, combine chicken, lemon juice, garlic, salt, a generous grating of pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Seal and shake to combine thoroughly. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
When ready to fry chicken, fill a wok, Dutch oven, or large cast iron skillet with about 1 1/2 inches of oil and heat oil until it registers 375°F on an instant-read thermometer. Fill a wide bowl with flour and another with egg.
Drain chicken. Working in batches if necessary, dredge each piece of chicken in flour, shaking off excess, then dip in egg to coat. Let excess egg drizzle off, then add to hot oil; the oil temperature will drop. Fry chicken, turning occasionally and maintaining an oil temperature between 325°F and 350°F, until chicken is golden brown outside and registers an internal temperature of 145°F for breasts and 155°F for drumsticks and thighs, about 15 minutes.
Transfer fried chicken to paper towels to drain, then transfer to a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt. Allow chicken to rest for a full 3 minutes after breast core temperature rises to 150°F. Allow to cool to room temperature, then re-fry in hot oil just before serving.
Serve right away with lemon wedges.
re: #109 William Lewis
Been there. It’s especially noticeable when I’m the pool Nazi enforcing the rules on the big ass sign ON THE FRIGGING WALL!
This case is the usual bit I’ve become used to: The guy who “stays here all the time” (trans: stayed here once several months ago) who is totally confused that I won’t just take cash for the security deposit because my coworker (probably on GM’s orders) did so last time since the broke-ass showed up with empty credit cards but a fat wad of bills.
re: #108 DodgerFan1988
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Predictably, there’s still no response from Paxton or his office, not even a defiant pledge to keep pushing forward with the “investigation.” Probably waiting for Elmo’s check to clear before he decides if this shitshow is worth pushing forward or not.
re: #112 Targetpractice
This case is the usual bit I’ve become used to: The guy who “stays here all the time” (trans: stayed here once several months ago) who is totally confused that I won’t just take cash for the security deposit because my coworker (probably on GM’s orders) did so last time since the broke-ass showed up with empty credit cards but a fat wad of bills.
With me it’s being hard ass about food, glass & closing times. Had a group put towels over the security cams one time and they were shocked when I walked in 10 minutes later with 2 Hayward PD officers and asked them to either go to their rooms for the night or be escorted off the property. GM was pissed but I wasn’t especially apologetic for it.
re: #114 William Lewis
With me it’s being hard ass about food, glass & closing times. Had a group put towels over the security cams one time and they were shocked when I walked in 10 minutes later with 2 Hayward PD officers and asked them to either go to their rooms for the night or be escorted off the property. GM was pissed but I wasn’t especially apologetic for it.
As I’ve told folks before, things in the hospitality industry were already ridiculous as far as hotel policy vs guest demands before COVID, but since COVID they’ve become outright comical. It doesn’t shock me anymore that hotels have so much trouble finding employees even 3 years after the pandemic with the way they’ve dumped more and more stress on the ones they have just to avoid angering a single cheapskate.
re: #105 ckkatz
What a craven little toady
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Something for Speaker Moses to chew on: Even when Trump is gone, the rot will remain. He is the culmination of decades of moral degradation and enforced ignorance in your party, not some oddity that popped up one day and hypnotized the faithful into following him. He’s not the sort of fellow who will gracefully ride into the sunset, he’s the kind of vengeful bastard who will blow up the entire party from his deathbed just to go to Hell assured that no one can ever replace him.
re: #122 Targetpractice
He (Trump) is the culmination of decades of moral degradation and enforced ignorance in your party, not some oddity that popped up one day and hypnotized the faithful into following him.
And that bolded part is exactly how the GOP will try to explain away the Trump era. An anomaly, an outlandish peculiarity that somehow bamboozled them, but don’t worry…we’re feeling much better now.
re: #123 Dr Lizardo
And that bolded part is exactly how the GOP will try to explain away the Trump era. An anomaly, an outlandish peculiarity that somehow bamboozled them, but don’t worry…we’re feeling much better now.
The only way that that could possibly work is if Trump not only loses in November, but he takes all the bootlickers with him on the way out. So long as asshats like Gaetz and MTG still occupy seats in Congress, then Trumpism will be alive and well in American politics. The push when he’s gone will not be to bury his memory, but instead a fight over who is the true “heir” to his brand of politics.
re: #124 Targetpractice
The only way that that could possibly work is if Trump not only loses in November, but he takes all the bootlickers with him on the way out. So long as asshats like Gaetz and MTG still occupy seats in Congress, then Trumpism will be alive and well in American politics. The push when he’s gone will not be to bury his memory, but instead a fight over who is the true “heir” to his brand of politics.
Oh, definitely. When Trump is out of the picture once and for all, I expect a battle royale to claim his throne. Hell, I think Donnie, Jr. will even be in the mix, laying claim to being the one true heir to MAGA.
re: #126 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿
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OMG! 5 of a kind!
Congrats to the group.
re: #125 Dr Lizardo
Oh, definitely. When Trump is out of the picture once and for all, I expect a battle royale to claim his throne. Hell, I think Donnie, Jr. will even be in the mix, laying claim to being the one true heir to MAGA.
I don’t think even the MAGAt media really believe in the whole idea of a “Trump Dynasty” anymore, certainly not with the fervor they had back in 2017 when there was endless talk about one or all of Ivana’s brood riding Donny’s coattails to political office and (one day) the presidency. Hell, these days, the only person they might still think has a future in politics besides court jester is Barron, and that’s only because he’s avoided most of the shitshow by keeping his head down.
Experimental:
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Above the tides (the tides)
Where the skies are vast and clear
Angles’ voices, resonate far and near
Harmonies of heaven, in the air they weave
In the choir of clouds, where they softly breatheIn the deep blue (deep blue)
Where the giants call and sing
Their haunting tunes, across the waves, they swingMysteries of the ocean, whispered by the sea
In the dance of whales, where they roam freeAs the end draws near (draws near)
Silent wings take flight, disappearSolemn is the earth, as it starts to grieve
For the songs that fade, in the dusk they leaveIn their final bow (last bow)
Creatures great and small, take their leave
I like it.
But maybe I’m weird… I’m probably the only person using Udio to generate clips about the existential crises of whales.
re: #129 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
One of the current bugs of Udio is that the actual clip does not include all the lyrics that were generated for the clip. For some reason words are skipped, perhaps to fit the time.
Watched the whole first season of the Fallout TV series and I am happy with the result. I have issues with a few changes made here and there (including one big one as part of the backstory), but overall I feel like this was as faithful a translation of the games to film as they can get these days.
re: #132 Targetpractice
Watched the whole first season of the Fallout TV series and I am happy with the result. I have issues with a few changes made here and there (including one big one as part of the backstory), but overall I feel like this was as faithful a translation of the games to film as they can get these days.
I’m glad to hear that - so many ways it could have gone very very wrong.
I expect I’ll check it out once I finish the last two seasons of Lucifer. That’s got my rather undivided attention as far as TV is concerned - I haven’t watched this much in (literally) years. That fourth season finale earlier today was quite powerful.
Just so everyone knows, there’s an autoplay vid embedded at the link below.
Five people have been killed and an attacker has been shot dead after multiple people were stabbed at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney’s east.
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke said the man walked into the centre at about 3.10pm and returned 10 minutes later at 3.20pm.
“As he moved through the centre, he engaged with about nine people,” Cooke said.
“It is clear that during that engagement he caused harm to those people, we believe, by stabbing them with a weapon he was carrying.
The perp is the fellow wearing the rugby shirt and clearly holding what looks to be a knife in his hand.
re: #133 William Lewis
I’m glad to hear that - so many ways it could have gone very very wrong.
I expect I’ll check it out once I finish the last two seasons of Lucifer. That’s got my rather undivided attention as far as TV is concerned - I haven’t watched this much in (literally) years. That fourth season finale earlier today was quite powerful.
The major drag is the season is only 8 episodes long and there’s been no confirmation from Amazon yet on whether or not there will be another season or when we can expect it to release. So fans might as well start taking bets on which will come out first: Season 2 or Fallout 5*.
*(My money’s on Half-Life: Episode 3)
re: #2 Charles
Why Are GOP State Lawmakers Introducing Bills Based on Claims by Fringe Conspiracy Theorists?
State Legislatures are the Meth Labs of Democracy.
I would have been happy to finally hear them include the “missing verses” that got dropped from the single. Seems that they used to often get sung live.
The go a long way to describing what the song might be about:
She said, ‘I’m home on shore leave,’
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, ‘You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.’
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed
re: #27 BeachDem
Rex Huppke’s prediction about the orange thing’s arrival at court Monday:
At this rate I expect he’ll show up to court Monday in a WHAAAAAAAAmbulance then get carried in on a stretcher, moaning about how the deep state gave him typhoid fever
If his health collapses he will blame Biden for persecuting him into the ground.
re: #40 Unabogie
But Trump clearly does not hate abortion and has obviously paid for many of them. This is why I’m not part of organized religion. It’s too transparently dishonest.
And people like MTG feel all martyred because they see us as mocking Christians and Christianity. We are simply calling out people for their sanctimonious hypocrisy.
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If his health collapses he will blame Biden for persecuting him into the ground.
If Trump strokes out sometime in the next few weeks, I can guarandamntee you that his MAGA cultists will be screaming that Biden is directly responsible.
I’ll be surprised if we go from beginning to end of this trial without Donny trying to assert his dominance by showing up an hour late and expecting everybody to await his arrival with breathless anticipation. I’ll be more surprised if the judge doesn’t immediately slam his dick in a drawer for it with a warning that next time he’ll issue a bench warrant for the sentient turd’s arrest.
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And people like MTG feel all martyred because they see us mocking Christians and Christianity. We are simply calling out people for their sanctimonious hypocrisy.
And the answer to that is, “No, Marge. We’re just mocking you.”
re: #141 Targetpractice
I’ll be surprised if we go from beginning to end of this trial without Donny trying to assert his dominance by showing up an hour late and expecting everybody to await his arrival with breathless anticipation. I’ll be more surprised if the judge doesn’t immediately slam his dick in a drawer for it with a warning that next time he’ll issue a bench warrant for the sentient turd’s arrest.
Best thing to do is straight-up tell Trump that if he pulls that shit again, his bail will be revoked and he’ll end up cooling his heels in Rikers Island for the duration of the trial. You know, just to make sure he’s in court on time.
And if he does do it again, then it’s straight to a cell. No ifs, ands or buts.
re: #60 Decatur Deb
Is that an elaborate joke?
It is over-the-top grandstanding and virtue signalling. “First they came for the gas stoves, but I own an electric range and so I did nothing…”
re: #83 jaunte
I’m surprised they don’t have a Mandatory Single-Flush Toilet Act.
and no mention of gas stoves?
Iranian forces took over the Portuguese ship “MCS ARIES” in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to Israeli media. The ship is currently sailing through the Persian Gulf, according to ship tracking site, Marine Traffic.The MSC Aries is associated with Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime Shipping Company, Reuters reported.
There were 20 Filipinos on board the ship.
The Saudi (news channel) Al-Hadath confirmed Iran’s seizure.
re: #146 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Par today.
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Cardinal’s back
Still trying to fly through the glass of the sliding door
And now has begun an assault on the kitchen window
Have the Gun Nuts been gloating about the mass knife attack in Sydney? As in “Whaaa! Let’s ban knives, they’re just as deadly!”
Just imagine if those bastards had access to assault-style weaponry.
According to GMA, there was a mass stabbing at a mall in Sidney, Australia. The police shot and killed the suspect.
Six killed by the suspect.
Reports in Israeli media just now confirming that a search party has found the body of 14-year-old Binyamin Ahimeir, who went missing near yesterday Jerusalem, with evidence pointing to his apparent abduction and murder. IDF and Shabak forces are currently in pursuit of suspects.
re: #152 Belafon
According to GMA, there was a mass stabbing at a mall in Sidney, Australia. The police shot and killed the suspect.
Six killed by the suspect.
From what I’m seeing, the suspect/perpetrator was a 40-year-old male, and “known to police”, which indicates to me that he’s had run-ins with the law before.
RawStory: “Not going to be able to sleep tonight’: Truth Social boosters panicking as stock plummets
With the value of stock in Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) continuing its unceasing slide downward since the technology company went public, supporters of Donald Trump who profess to have invested in the company are increasingly expressing dismay about the collapse on the former president’s Truth Social platform.
According to a report from the Daily Beast’s Noah Kirsch, faith in the troubled company that was reported to have lost millions last year right after the public offering, is in short supply at the same time the former president was telling supporters at Mar-a-Lago that all is well, stating: “We have over $200 million dollars in cash, which is very liquid.”
Those not in attendance at the Mar-a-Lago gathering appear to be less than assured. On Truth Social, the main product of TMTG, commenters are commiserating with each other as they watch the stock spiral downward, losing over half its value in just several weeks.
re: #120 teleskiguy
Another 90’s/early 2000a band lthough oretty big in the Uk never made it here.
I guess Foo Fighters took this type of sound and ran with it. Feeder was formed before Foo Fighters btw.
re: #97 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
One of my dogs is an accomplished varmint killer. A couple of times a summer he’ll trot up to the backdoor proudly displaying a piece of some critter. Told the wife I was going to start stamping his food dish with icons of rabbits and squirrels like a WW2 fighter.
Last weeks Panthers UFL game article in the Detroit News says they’re going to play the Houston Rednecks. Yep, you read that right…
Times up, I have to bite the bullet and do my taxes. Two days until jury selection in Manhattan!
Started raining about midnight last night and has been falling pretty steady since. Hourly forecast has us getting about 1” today. Good thing I did my cutting yesterday. River will bump up about 1.8 feet. Water is just getting clear enough to see shadows of objects under the surface…will muddy up for a few days but that won’t last.
re: #159 No Malarkey!
Times up, I have to bite the bullet and do my taxes. Two days until jury selection in Manhattan!
Started on mine Thursday - will get the missus to pull her W-2 today and enter that…then revisit on Monday when it’s too late to do anything else.
Looking forward to getting to the evidence part of this trial…all the hype is annoying as fuck and anxiety producing.
re: #162 darthstar
I certainly hope so. I want to see him convicted and jailed.
re: #162 darthstar
Yesterday, Trump said he’d take the stand in his upcoming trial. Which made me LOL because:
1) I can’t imagine his lawyers would be dumb enough to let him actually do that
2) He’d commit perjury under cross examination in less than 90 seconds
So…yeah, he’s not gonna do that. But honest to god, I really hope he does!!
re: #157 Oblongatis
One of my dogs is an accomplished varmint killer. A couple of times a summer he’ll trot up to the backdoor proudly displaying a piece of some critter. Told the wife I was going to start stamping his food dish with icons of rabbits and squirrels like a WW2 fighter.
Mine brought us the head. Thankfully, the spouse saw it and dealt with it. I’d have keeled over.
She’s such a snuggly cute little thing, my Lily, until she sees a varmint on tv or outside. Then she turns into Cujo. She’d take on a lion without hesitation.
President Biden has nearly erased Donald Trump’s early polling advantage, amid signs that the Democratic base has begun to coalesce behind the president
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Yesterday, Trump said he’d take the stand in his upcoming trial. Which made me LOL because:
1) I can’t imagine his lawyers would be dumb enough to let him actually do that
2) He’d commit perjury under cross examination in less than 90 seconds
So…yeah, he’s not gonna do that. But honest to god, I really hope he does!!
re: #78 Dangerman
Did you sign this?
Prosecution rests.
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
I don’t know. To convict him of perjury they would have to prove he doesn’t actually believe what he’s saying. I believe Trump’s reality is a manifestation of his wants, need and desires.
Be fun to watch that debate. “I can’t be held accountable for perjury because I’m delusional”.
re: #169 Oblongatis
I don’t know. To convict him of perjury they would have to prove he doesn’t actually believe what he’s saying. I believe Trump’s reality is a manifestation of his wants, need and desires.
Be fun to watch that debate. “I can’t be held accountable for perjury because I’m delusional”.
There ya go….Trump needs to take an insanity plea, or plead diminished mental capacity.
Gah…the purple jumped out at me so I had hoped to put yellow on the bottom but both the green and yellow were a coin flip.
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re: #170 Dr Lizardo
There ya go….Trump needs to take an insanity plea, or plead diminished mental capacity.
He won’t do that; it would completely undermine his presidential campaign.
re: #157 Oblongatis
One of my dogs is an accomplished varmint killer. A couple of times a summer he’ll trot up to the backdoor proudly displaying a piece of some critter. Told the wife I was going to start stamping his food dish with icons of rabbits and squirrels like a WW2 fighter.
My ex-wife’s cairn terrier was like that, I heard he has even attacked deer.
re: #172 No Malarkey!
He won’t do that; it would completely undermine his presidential campaign.
His colossal ego would never allow it. Nor would he roll into court like Harvey Weinstein did, on a walker and using a nasal cannula.
re: #173 Dangerman
Could you share some pics of the whole pond? I was telling the spare how beautiful it is and would like to show it to him.
re: #172 No Malarkey!
He won’t do that; it would completely undermine his presidential campaign.
no it wouldn’t. not to his base. they would find a rhetorical work-around. They already believe that he is both a successful billionaire but also badly in need of every penny they can send him.
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Could you share some pics of the whole pond? I was telling the spare how beautiful it is and would like to show it to him.
here’s a few
a few years back
marlon the green heron perched on the pot in the center
an iris bloom about 3 weeks ago
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Trump said he was going to sing if he gets on the stand. He’s signaling to some rich people that they had better find a way to end the trial.
re: #178 Dangerman
So beautiful! I feel the serenity through the screen. It’s divine! Thank you!
Update on my rabbit situation: it looks like mom has moved her babies.
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Yesterday, Trump said he’d take the stand in his upcoming trial. Which made me LOL because:
1) I can’t imagine his lawyers would be dumb enough to let him actually do that
2) He’d commit perjury under cross examination in less than 90 seconds
So…yeah, he’s not gonna do that. But honest to god, I really hope he does!!
I think Trump should do more than testify…he should be allowed to get up and cross examine the witnesses…it would be a brilliant courtroom strategy…more so if it were televised…”Ms. Hicks, you ungrateful bastard…after all I did for you this is how you thank me? No more questions, your honor.”
re: #172 No Malarkey!
He won’t do that; it would completely undermine his presidential campaign.
He may not, but if he blows a gasket, the court may rule him unfit for trial.
re: #180 Belafon
Trump said he was going to sing if he gets on the stand. He’s signaling to some rich people that they had better find a way to end the trial.
He’s all bluster and bullshit. The best thing to do with asshats like that is call their bluff and smack ‘em down.
re: #121 JC1
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re: Trump and perjury: It’s very possible that Trump will perjure himself on the stand, but it’s very rare that prosecutors actually pursue charges for perjury on the stand. Rather, they want to catch defense witnesses in lies, so they can discredit their whole testimony with, “Well, were you lying in your deposition, or are you lying now?” Convincing a jury they can’t believe either version of a witness’s story is the end goal. They would only hold the threat of perjury over Trump’s head if they needed him to say something specific to bolster their case, but that would be more likely for one of their own witnesses, not a witness for the defense.
re: #189 Nerdy Fish
I can’t imagine Trump’s lawyers would let him take the stand, because he’d discredit himself in short order and the prosecutors would use that to great effect with the jury.
But then again…Trump might overrule his lawyer’s advice and insist on taking the stand, because he genuinely believes himself to be the smartest guy in the room.
With Trump being such an abject moron, it’s entirely possible that him testifying could blow apart his entire defense by discrediting all of his more intelligent co-conspirators, accusing them of lying in order to make himself look good on the stand. That, more than anything else, is the reason why his lawyers will never let him take the stand, if they can avoid it.
re: #191 Nerdy Fish
With Trump being such an abject moron, it’s entirely possible that him testifying could blow apart his entire defense by discrediting all of his more intelligent co-conspirators, accusing them of lying in order to make himself look good on the stand. That, more than anything else, is the reason why his lawyers will never let him take the stand, if they can avoid it.
He took the stand in his civil trial and it was a disaster. He just kept attacking the court and the process in his answers…I don’t even think he listened to the questions he was asked.
In a criminal trial, he’d try to do the same, and the jury would be so turned off by his behavior that any possible allies he had on the jury would be ready to abandon him.
Here’s an instant Golden Oldie. From a couple of years ago.
re: #194 darthstar
He took the stand in his civil trial and it was a disaster. He just kept attacking the court and the process in his answers…I don’t even think he listened to the questions he was asked.
In a criminal trial, he’d try to do the same, and the jury would be so turned off by his behavior that any possible allies he had on the jury would be ready to abandon him.
I just can’t wait to see him getting continually yelled at by the judge for muttering things just loud enough for prosecutors to hear while they present their case. That was the galling thing to me about his civil trials, how he had the balls to just sit there and run his mouth in the face of normal courtroom decorum. In a criminal trial, that could get him tossed in the drunk tank for a while to cool his heels until he can behave himself.
re: #195 jeffreyw
Here’s an instant Golden Oldie. From a couple of years ago.
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re: #196 Nerdy Fish
Counsel, control your client.
Trump’s lawyers would be wise to have him do pre-trial prep with some of the most famous mobsters behind bars. “Look. Keep your fuckin’ mouth shut or you’ll be in here with me…and then where will I find a pardon?”
re: #198 darthstar
Counsel, control your client.
Trump’s lawyers would be wise to have him do pre-trial prep with some of the most famous mobsters behind bars. “Look. Keep your fuckin’ mouth shut or you’ll be in here with me…and then where will I find a pardon?”
Because Alina Habba is well known for her wisdom./
On that topic, who are his criminal defense lawyers? I saw Evan Corcoran NOPEd out, which I assume is related to the fact that he could be called as a witness in the documents case. That leaves, IIRC, Chris Kise, who is (from all Lawsky accounts) fairly competent, and…?
re: #197 darthstar
The hawk got started and realized people are right…turkey tastes like cardboard.
Yeah. He would have trouble coming up with some cranberry sauce, anyway.
re: #178 Dangerman
Does Marlon have a sidekick for their secret war on crime?
Well the house is pretty much back to normal now. Over the last 2 weeks the 2 youngest kids were back in town. So one or both have been hanging out during that time. We spread some of my wife’s ashes at the lake where we would take our corgi to run and act out in the water. We did that last Sunday which would have been my wife’s 62nd birthday. Daughter headed back to Denver Monday, and early this morning I dropped the youngest off at Amtrak in Pittsburgh for his ride back to DC. Deflated the queen size inflatable mattress in my music/game room and stored it back in its place in the closet. Got the living room back in order.
Yesterday I also got all the tax/title/license squared away for the motorcycle, so I am now officially the owner of the bike. Just need to get inspection and all will be good to go. Too bad it is looking like cool/cold rainy weather for at least the next 4 or 5 days (as it has been the last 3 days also). Lot of flooding going on in the area.
re: #201 BeachDem
New York will be ‘mostly Stormy’ for the foreseeable future.
re: #121 JC1
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re: #205 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #107 Targetpractice
Always fun to deal with the people used to dealing with lazy ass coworkers, because they whine the loudest about how “mean” or “rude” I’m being when I expect them to comply with basic hotel policy and won’t let them slide because I’m tired of getting lumped in with said coworkers for lectures from management.
Guess who would have been 100 years old today!
Did you guess…Jack Chick????
Yes the man who drew all those comics about YOU going to hell unless you accept JC as your personal Savior would have been 100 today!
And what better way to celebrate his birthday than ROTFLYAO as this Chick Parody when Jack dies and goes to…oh you got to read it to believe it!
re: #208 goddamnedfrank
I fucking hate micro transactions. I stay away from all that “live service game” crap and most just play retro stuff.
re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg
I fucking hate micro transactions. I stay away from all that “live service game” crap and most just play retro stuff.
I don’t mind them, as long as they’re not intrusive. Pay-to-win games bother me. But if it’s for purely cosmetic stuff, and if those cosmetics are done well, I’ll pay a little money into the revenue stream. Several of the main games I play are live service games that are really enjoyable to me, so I expect to put up with a certain level of microtransactions.
re: #209 Joe Bacon ✅
I don’t know enough about Jack Chick to be able to determine whether he was a scammer in the mould of a Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen or Jimmy Swaggart, or just a well-intentioned but terribly misguided person with limited education and views.
I used to enjoy collecting and reading his comics back in the 70’s though…
re: #213 darthstar
Conway via Threads embed so a screenshot is all you get…still a funny comment by some Xian asshole…
DJT let this genie out of the bottle. And the Christian Fundies went wild, rolling on the floor and and speaking in tongues. Literally. There will be backtracking or relativizing the fact that they will not stop until they have turned the clock back to the 19th Century.
re: #214 darthstar
That album was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.
re: #159 No Malarkey!
Times up, I have to bite the bullet and do my taxes. Two days until jury selection in Manhattan!
In the old days — pre Covid — I would often start on April 15. But I have reformed — for now.
Trump’s trial will ‘turn off’ Christian voters regardless of verdict: ex-GOP lawmaker
Former Colorado congressman Ken Buck made clear that former President Donald Trump could be badly bruised once trial gets going and unsavory details go public in the case accusing him of fudging his business records to block from public view payments to prevent alleged affairs with porn star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal from going public weeks before the 2016 election.
“The key to me is the essence of this case has to do with Donald Trump having an extramarital affair; they are paying a woman to have that affair and then paying that woman to not talk about the affair during the campaign for president in 2016,” the now-citizen Buck said during an appearance on CNN.
uh…I hate to break it to Ken but that ain’t gonna happen.
What WILL happen is that Trump’s Megachurch Pulpit Pimp Posse will double down on backing Gawd’s Anointed King citing the first trial as absolute truth that Trump is under attack from the Demonic forces of THE DEEP STATE and they will whip up the marks in a frenzy to show support for Trump.
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Yesterday, Trump said he’d take the stand in his upcoming trial. Which made me LOL because:
1) I can’t imagine his lawyers would be dumb enough to let him actually do that
2) He’d commit perjury under cross examination in less than 90 seconds
So…yeah, he’s not gonna do that. But honest to god, I really hope he does!!
Won’t every answer to the prosecution be “I take the Fifth” or “I don’t recall”?
re: #220 Hecuba’s daughter
Won’t every answer to the prosecution be “I take the Fifth” or “I don’t recall”?
Nope. I fully expect The Doughty Pantload to flip out and start talking about Hunter Biden stole the strawberries…and he stole Trump’s Pee Pee Pump as well…
re: #220 Hecuba’s daughter
Won’t every answer to the prosecution be “I take the Fifth” or “I don’t recall”?
Yeah, most likely. But he can be unpredictable, especially when he’s under pressure.
re: #221 Joe Bacon ✅
Nope. I fully expect The Doughty Pantload to flip out and start talking about Hunter Biden stole the strawberries…and he stole Trump’s Pee Pee Pump as well…
I expect Trump to just whip it out in front of the entire court when his little mushroom pecker is discussed, LOL.
re: #209 Joe Bacon ✅
Guess who would have been 100 years old today!
Did you guess…Jack Chick????
Yes the man who drew all those comics about YOU going to hell unless you accept JC as your personal Savior would have been 100 today!
And what better way to celebrate his birthday than ROTFLYAO as this Chick Parody when Jack dies and goes to…oh you got to read it to believe it!
When I was in grad school at Texas Tech, some busybody learned that I was a heathen (actually Unitarian, same thing to them) and started leaving Chick tracts under the windshield wiper on my car. This went on almost every weekday for almost a year. I actually started looking forward to each new episode in the Neverending Story of Delusional Bullshit. I amassed quite a collection of them and still have most of it.
re: #171 darthstar
Gah…the purple jumped out at me so I had hoped to put yellow on the bottom but both the green and yellow were a coin flip.
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re: #190 Dr Lizardo
I can’t imagine Trump’s lawyers would let him take the stand, because he’d discredit himself in short order and the prosecutors would use that to great effect with the jury.
But then again…Trump might overrule his lawyer’s advice and insist on taking the stand, because he genuinely believes himself to be the smartest guy in the room.
He has repeatedly followed the lawyers’ advice before, including taking the 5th. No reason to think he won’t be silent this time and be a good boy in the courtroom.
re: #226 Hecuba’s daughter
My guitar instructor taught me that song…Drop D tuning - fun one to play.
Gettchya programs here!!!
A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order
politifact.com
re: #208 goddamnedfrank
The way our society is deliberately creating broken addicts is moderately terrifying:
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I’m addicted to games — and the cost is harmful — mainly lack of sleep, nothing financial. Like waking up at 3 and instead of going back to sleep, spending the next hour playing Bee.
Senate Republicans plan to overturn the new Biden rule capping bank junk fees.
And guess who is leading the charge in the Senate to overturn that rule?
Senate Republicans are preparing to go on the record in favor of gouging Americans with sky-high “junk fees,” just months before a major presidential election where the economy will play a deciding role.
In a recent report in the American Prospect, reporter David Dayen delved into the GOP’s response to a new rule from President Joe Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) capping credit card junk fees at $8, helmed by Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina). Scott — the Senate Banking Committee ranking member who is thought to be on the short list of potential running mates for former President Donald Trump — is leading the charge on a bill to scrap the rule. His one-page bill deems that the CFPB rule limiting junk fees “shall have no force or effect.”
Please do that Republicans. Keep shooting yourselves in the foot!
re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg
I fucking hate micro transactions. I stay away from all that “live service game” crap and most just play retro stuff.
I wont play a pay to win game, don’t have a problem with a company using that model if it works for them, after all their job is to make money, but there are an awful lot of games out there and I don’t have to play it. Now companies that add pay to win style microtransactions sometime after launch can bite me and pretty much guarantees I won’t buy one of their games again.
I don’t have a philosophical issue with pay to win but you have to let people know that shit up front. If you work 60 hours a week and decide it is worth dropping $20 on a game to avoid an annoying 3 hour grind to get to more interesting parts of the game, more power to you.
re: #228 Hecuba’s daughter
He has repeatedly followed the lawyers’ advice before, including taking the 5th. No reason to think he won’t be silent this time and be a good boy in the courtroom.
Yet he’s also made noises during trials that required the judge to warn the lawyers and he’s gotten on the stand and had to be told to answer the questions because he’s tried to derail the proceedings.
re: #233 Joe Bacon ✅
Senate Republicans plan to overturn the new Biden rule capping bank junk fees.
And guess who is leading the charge in the Senate to overturn that rule?
Senate Republicans are preparing to go on the record in favor of gouging Americans with sky-high “junk fees,” just months before a major presidential election where the economy will play a deciding role.
They are seilling this to us as a “Personal Freedom” issue. As if an individual depositor is in a position to negotiate with a bank holding millions/billions in assets on even terms.
re: #233 Joe Bacon ✅
Senate Republicans plan to overturn the new Biden rule capping bank junk fees.
And guess who is leading the charge in the Senate to overturn that rule?
Senate Republicans are preparing to go on the record in favor of gouging Americans with sky-high “junk fees,” just months before a major presidential election where the economy will play a deciding role.
In a recent report in the American Prospect, reporter David Dayen delved into the GOP’s response to a new rule from President Joe Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) capping credit card junk fees at $8, helmed by Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina). Scott — the Senate Banking Committee ranking member who is thought to be on the short list of potential running mates for former President Donald Trump — is leading the charge on a bill to scrap the rule. His one-page bill deems that the CFPB rule limiting junk fees “shall have no force or effect.”
Please do that Republicans. Keep shooting yourselves in the foot!
I continue to be shocked at how poor white people in red states will vote to make their lives objectively worse.
re: #238 wrenchwench
David Bowie sings 1984 in 1973, and kept me up past my bedtime. Midnight Special was great.
Now I have to watch the rest of them to see if this was indeed the best one.
Izzat the one about the time that Pinups came out?
re: #239 Unabogie
I continue to be shocked at how poor white people in red states will vote to make their lives objectively worse.
Because harming minorities is more important to them. Making sure that they are not on the bottom of the totem pole and others rank beneath them is more valuable than improving their own lives.
As Johnson said many years ago: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
re: #232 nines09
That’s gotta be mom sitting on the riser in back. She’s barely on beat, watching the kids and rolling her eyes a little bit at someone off camera after the boy’s solo.
re: #241 Hecuba’s daughter
Because harming minorities is more important to them. Making sure that they are not on the bottom of the totem pole and others rank beneath them is more valuable than improving their own lives.
‘cause if those people have more, it means there’s less left for us
re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Izzat the one about the time that Pinups came out?
Less than a month apart.
re: #244 wrenchwench
Less than a month apart.
Then I recall it and althogh I was a big big Bowie fan at the time, I found parts of it pretty cringeworthy. He was really whacked on coke.
re: #189 Nerdy Fish
re: Trump and perjury: It’s very possible that Trump will perjure himself on the stand, but it’s very rare that prosecutors actually pursue charges for perjury on the stand. Rather, they want to catch defense witnesses in lies, so they can discredit their whole testimony with, “Well, were you lying in your deposition, or are you lying now?” Convincing a jury they can’t believe either version of a witness’s story is the end goal. They would only hold the threat of perjury over Trump’s head if they needed him to say something specific to bolster their case, but that would be more likely for one of their own witnesses, not a witness for the defense.
The smack down for perjury on the stand comes when the judge sentences the convicted defendant. The judge will add a few more years, increase the fine, and lengthen post incarceration probation.
re: #241 Hecuba’s daughter
Because harming minorities is more important to them. Making sure that they are not on the bottom of the totem pole and others rank beneath them is more valuable than improving their own lives.
As Johnson said many years ago: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Was that Lyndon Johnson? Good lord, how prophetic!
re: #245 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Then I recall it and althogh I was a big big Bowie fan at the time, I found parts of it pretty cringeworthy. He was really whacked on coke.
Marianne Faithfull seems to be more whacked. I don’t know the chemistry, though.
re: #249 wrenchwench
Marianne Faithfull seems to be more whacked. I don’t know the chemistry, though.
Quaaludes were still big back then…
re: #247 sizzzzlerz
Was that Lyndon Johnson? Good lord, how prophetic!
Yep!! He was a Texan who knew his community and the South.
When he signed the CRA, he said to Bill Moyers: ‘Well, I think we may have lost the south for your lifetime - and mine.’ See theguardian.com
It is clear that it has been lost for even longer because of the vile efforts by the modern GOP to revert to the “good old days”, with Republicans playing the role of the Dixiecrats, but infecting the entire nation, not just the South.
re: #239 Unabogie
I continue to be shocked at how poor white people in red states will vote to make their lives objectively worse.
if you could listen to the callers I deal with at Social Security hearing them scream about “N” words on welfare getting all that welfare money living high off the hog and having 10 kids and a Cadillac…and they’re screaming about how they “had to work for their measly Social Security check”.
The worst ones are on Supplemental Security Disability (which just happens to be a welfare program for those who didn’t pay enough into the system to receive an adequate Social Security check) and they double down on how “N” words get everything and they get nothing.
In most cases while these bigots are screaming into the phone you hear FAUX News in the background or Jesus radio, Hate Radio or other right wing shit.
I’ll admit I’m burned out from hearing their racist shit over and over again. That’s why I’m retiring on 6/30/24. I’ve dealt with these B-holes for 46 years and I’ve had it.
re: #253 jaunte
pssst…Michael Cohen is Trump People. Enjoy the ride, mofo.
re: #253 jaunte
Forecast: Witness tampering all weekend!
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Heh. He’ll really be freaking out by tomorrow. It’ll be a Troof shitstorm.
And we’re here for it.
re: #253 jaunte
Forecast: Witness tampering all weekend!
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He should really be placed into a cell for the duration of the trial.
re: #255 Dr Lizardo
No one can do this right but him; my recommendation is that he keep troofing rather than sleep until the trial is over.
Here’s something I need, a game to teach me how to use git: ohmygit.org
re: #253 jaunte
And here goes Goldenfart getting ready to shoot his mouth off in Pennsylvania
‘A dark day for our country’: Trump flips out and points fingers as felony trial looms
Just prior to holding a rally in the political hotbed of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania late Saturday afternoon, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to snarl and complain and point fingers over his impending 34-felony count trial set to commence in Manhattan on Monday morning.
The former president, who has been busily endorsing Republican candidates on social media, started off slowly and then built into a full-fledged meltdown over his most pressing legal problem at the
On Truth Social, he first began with, “Heading to Philadelphia and then to a BIG Rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania,” before launching his diatribe.
“There is NO WAY I can be given a Fair (Biden) Trial on Monday with Judge Juan Merchan, who is totally conflicted and corrupt, presiding. Soros backed Alvin Bragg, the ‘District Attorney’ who has, along with his sidekick Leticia James, let violent crime flourish in New York, never wanted to bring this case because it is a sham and mockery of our legal system. He brought it anyway for purposes of saving the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”
And it appears that Pinocchio Puss is making Pennsylvania his #1 target
Former President Trump is turbocharging his efforts to win back Pennsylvania with visits set in critical swing areas of the state on Saturday.
It’s part of an aggressive push by the former president to make inroads in the battleground area, which is seen as President Biden’s home turf.
Pennsylvania is the biggest swing state on the map, boasting 19 Electoral College votes. If Trump can capture it in November, it could severely narrow Biden’s path to victory.
Trump will hold a rally in the Lehigh Valley region on Saturday after attending a fundraiser in Bucks County outside of Philadelphia.
“This is going to be one of many, many visits,” said David Urban, who was a senior adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign and played a role in the campaign’s efforts to flip the state that same year.
“If you look at ‘16 and ‘20 and how many visits were made, there are going to be equally as many plus more,” he added.
re: #257 jaunte
No one can do this right but him; my recommendation is that he keep troofing rather than sleep until the trial is over.
I figure by that tomorrow afternoon, he’s gonna be nonstop shitposting on that broke-ass social media site of his.
re: #254 Decatur Deb
pssst…Michael Cohen is Trump People. Enjoy the ride, mofo.
Also: doesn’t that “felon” part kinda indicate that Cohen has, indeed been “prosecuted”…?
Dipshit.
— John Cole (@Johngcole) April 13, 2024
re: #261 Jay C
Also: doesn’t that “felon” part kinda indicate that Cohen has, indeed been “prosecuted”…?
Dipshit.
went to prison and everything.
Interesting artist found on Bluesky; great color and line. Buy some art!
@chloecumming.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who shares the posts promoting my work, they make me feel a bit yucky but I need to do it. I do have some exciting real world exhibiting opportunities coming up I hope which could alter the equation a bit. it’s the end of the school holidays and I’m fairly stressed and burnt out.for me my art is about doing it and feeling it’s alive and being in the flow of it and tuning into it. It’s like hair or something… Alive at the roots, but selling it can feel like selling some dead hair in a bag. Buy my art hahah hair in a bag. Which may appreciate in value. And looks nice
Uniformed Marines at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser last night. pic.twitter.com/2ijQGCGWdw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 13, 2024
Marine Corps Color Guard posing with hookers at Mar-A-Lago
re: #266 Captain Ron
Those must be some of the VIP lot-lizards I’ve heard about. The ones that hang out at upscale truck stops.
re: #264 Joe Bacon ✅
As if TFG could even stand up wearing that armor.
re: #266 Captain Ron
hmmmm. I thought that Marine Color Guards weren’t allowed to attend functions of former Presidents…
re: #266 Captain Ron
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re: #264 Joe Bacon ✅
Yet another Ghostbusters movie?
re: #272 Joe Bacon ✅
they’ve gone to the well too many times…
It’s Timmy’s fault. If he’d just stop falling in the well, this problem wouldn’t exist.
The famine has been caused by the siege Israel imposed just after the 7 October attacks. At the time the Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said: “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed.
“We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly.”
Israel was forced by international pressure to allow in limited supplies of aid. But over six months it has not been anything like enough. Israel argued, inaccurately, that hunger in Gaza was caused by Hamas stealing and stockpiling aid and the UN’s failure to distribute what was left.
Close supporters of Prime Minister Netanyahu continue to deny there is a famine. One of them, an MP called Boaz Bismuth, told me at Israel’s parliament that there was no famine in Gaza and allegations that Israel was starving civilians were based on antisemitism. The evidence of famine, however, is overwhelming.
The Erez crossing, despite the prime minister’s promise to Joe Biden, is still closed. I managed to get close enough to look down on the Erez terminal. Nothing was moving. I couldn’t see people, let alone trucks. Reports in Israel say the government is talking about opening another crossing, less easily accessible to Israeli demonstrators who do not want any food or medical aid to enter Gaza while the hostages are still there and have been blocking some convoys.
Heh.
bmaz says:
April 12, 2024 at 12:07 pm
Welp, I was right that it is completely open season at Emptywheel now. This is absurd, and not how th blog came to prominence, indeed the antithesis of it.
[Moderator’s note: you have been warned several times that comments complaining about this site’s moderation will be binned. At least two comments you’ve made in this thread have now been removed. Furthermore, you have claimed to be a First Amendment absolutist and yet you attack other commenters here who are doing nothing more than sharing opinion in relation to the subject of the post above. Give it a rest. /~Rayne 2:58 p.m. ET ]
Yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/wkwED1Lvfp
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 13, 2024
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re: #254 Decatur Deb
pssst…Michael Cohen is Trump People. Enjoy the ride, mofo.
Attempts to impeach Cohen will be futile.
How long has Trump been consistently losing with juries at this point?
re: #259 Joe Bacon ✅
My mother-in-law lives in Schnecksville. Land of churches and now McMansions
Thankfully she is sane and has transformed from a non- voter to an always voter.
Susan Wild is her US representative.
re: #275 A Cranky One
This asshole claims free speech, but yet doesn’t know where it applies, and complains about it on a private website, which has nothing to do with government. I thought he was supposed to be a genius lawyer (according to him, of course)
re: #281 cat-tikvah
That reminds me I got a text from DT’s campaign. I blocked the number and sent it on its way to Verizon to report it as junk.
re: #283 PhillyPretzel ✅
That reminds me I got a text from DT’s campaign. I blocked the number and sent it on its way to Verizon to report it as junk.
Ugh.
re: #283 PhillyPretzel ✅
That reminds me I got a text from DT’s campaign. I blocked the number and sent it on its way to Verizon to report it as junk.
Make Spam Filters Great Again.
re: #280 jaunte
How long has Trump been consistently losing with juries at this point?
All of them, katie
re: #276 Eclectic Cyborg
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re: #287 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
OMG I am not going to ask how it got there or why they have it. Just get that &^%$ thing to a bomb disposal unit.
This you? https://t.co/Eunev6EXID pic.twitter.com/o0ncoOnBxT
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 11, 2024
re: #276 Eclectic Cyborg
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Duck lips ✅
Fake boobs ✅
No taste in clothes ✅
Too much makeup ✅
Zero class ✅✅
Another 3 Body Problem question — only for those who read the books and have seen the Netlix series:
Was Evans’ conversation with his Lord as stupid in the book as in the series? Or was that another fail from the D&D duo who ruined the last 2 (maybe 3?) seasons of GOT?
In any case, it seems strange that intelligent life could evolve on their home world at all.
re: #289 PhillyPretzel ✅
OMG I am not going to ask how it got there or why they have it. Just get that &^%$ thing to a bomb disposal unit.
I was involved in an incident like this while I was home on leave from the army in the early 70s. I was outside working on my parents’ lawn. A neighbor had come to visit with my stepmother. They called me into the house. The neighbor explained that she had been going through some of her late husband’s belongings and was wondering if I could identify an object he had brought home from the war. She set a box down on our kitchen table, opened it, and lifted out what appeared to be a 75mm artillery round, complete with casing and fuse. I suppressed a squeal and told her to set it down very gently on a folded towel that happened to be handy. Then I told them to run, not walk, to a house across the street.
We called the fire department. I mentioned that military ordnance was suspected so they also sent the nearby Air Force base’s crash rescue department, of which my father happened to be chief. He arrived first with his big O-11a crash trucks, followed by a small fleet of civilian fire apparatus. He found us huddling with the other neighbors behind a concrete wall at the end of the block. His first words were “OK, what have you done now?” I explained. He sent most of the fire equipment away and helped the cops evacuate the neighborhood. The Air Force explosive ordnance types (eg “bomb squad”) arrived and took the shell away to be blown up with C-4 at their bomb range. They told us later that it had in fact been inert, no explosive, in spite of the live fuse. The ATF investigated and quickly closed the case.
re: #276 Eclectic Cyborg
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They run up against the make-up and pose stylistic edge of drag queens. Maybe that’s why RWingers hate drag queens - they get thrills from them?
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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