The Bob Cesca Podcast: Dunning-Kruger Idiot Strength

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

Dunning-Kruger Idiot Strength — Jesse Watters doxed Juror #2. Trump re-trothed a Jesse Watters quote violating Trump’s gag order. Judge Merchan had to tell Trump to put away his cellphone. The Senate dismissed the impeachment case against Secretary Mayorkas. Arizona Republicans blocked a repeal of the 1864 abortion law for a second time. IMF declares the U.S. economy is growing at twice the rate of all other G7 nations. Sleepy Don confuses Jimmy Kimmel and Al Pacino. Let’s play: Who tweeted this? Stephen Miller on Trump’s sense of style. Erick Erickson vs Community Notes. With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by Powder Pink and Sweet, Daffo, and more!

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110 comments

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:19:53pm

Jesse Watters has the face of a Nazi. You know what Nazi faces are good for?

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:24:05pm

Mastodon

jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 3:24:44pm

re: #1 darthstar

Melting.

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 3:26:18pm

re: #2 darthstar

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I really want to believe MAGA Mike isn’t going to throw some monkey wrench into this at the last minute to stop it. Ukraine desperately needs this aid.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 18, 2024 • 3:34:46pm

re: #4 No Malarkey!

I really want to believe MAGA Mike isn’t going to throw some monkey wrench into this at the last minute to stop it. Ukraine desperately needs this aid.

I am pretty confident he will. This sounds almost too good be true.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:35:04pm

re: #3 jaunte

Melting.

+1 for the Raiders reference.

Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!) Apr 18, 2024 • 3:36:21pm

re: #2 darthstar

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My worry is that this is too little, too late. The best we can hope for is that releasing massive stocks of artillery and HIMAARS might stall the Russian advances that have been relentlessly pushing Ukrainians back on all fronts.

Ukraine needs men, not just weapons. There *is* however evidence that increasing numbers of foreign nationals are being found on the front lines. I’m too old, or I’d be there, in whatever the modern equivalent of the Lincoln Brigade is.

JC1 Apr 18, 2024 • 3:38:56pm

re: #7 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)

My worry is that this is too little, too late. The best we can hope for is that releasing massive stocks of artillery and HIMAARS might stall the Russian advances that have been relentlessly pushing Ukrainians back on all fronts.

Ukraine needs men, not just weapons. There *is* however evidence that increasing numbers of foreign nationals are being found on the front lines. I’m too old, or I’d be there, in whatever the modern equivalent of the Lincoln Brigade is.

I don’t understand why they don’t issue a general mobilization. They’re facing an existential threat. Zelensky and the Rada balked at drafting 500k when they should be drafting double that.

steve_davis Apr 18, 2024 • 3:39:14pm

they aren’t 7 any more. they’ve got a full dozen now. Should be child’s play tomorrow to get 6 alternates.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:40:47pm

re: #7 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)

My worry is that this is too little, too late. The best we can hope for is that releasing massive stocks of artillery and HIMAARS might stall the Russian advances that have been relentlessly pushing Ukrainians back on all fronts.

Ukraine needs men, not just weapons. There *is* however evidence that increasing numbers of foreign nationals are being found on the front lines. I’m too old, or I’d be there, in whatever the modern equivalent of the Lincoln Brigade is.

I don’t think it’s too little, too late…it would have been better to approve this aid 6 months ago (we’d probably still have about 45 billion left - it’s a shit ton of money). And with a renewed effort (assuming the smarter minds in the country have been lining up shipments in advance of funding), Ukraine will regain some control over key points on the front.

Then, assuming Democrats take the house and hold the Senate and WH, another 120 billion in aid will sail through next January which will enable a spring/summer offensive to retake Crimea. I think the GOP has set the Ukraine defense effort back about a year with this garbage.

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 3:41:46pm

re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg

I am pretty confident he will. This sounds almost too good be true.

Putin’s minions in the House will definitely privilege a motion to vacate if he brings up a clean bill, but I think enough Democrats will vote for him in return for a clean Ukraine Bill to keep him in the Chair. He may feel he has no choice but bring it because Republicans who aren’t on Putin’s payroll are saying they will sign a discharge petition if he doesn’t.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:42:09pm

re: #9 steve_davis

they aren’t 7 any more. they’ve got a full dozen now. Should be child’s play tomorrow to get 6 alternates.

No more peremptory strikes, so unless the prospective alternates self-disqualify with their answers or give enough reason to be dismissed for cause, they’ll have the last 5 before the end of the day.

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 3:42:52pm

re: #8 JC1

I don’t understand why they don’t issue a general mobilization. They’re facing an existential threat. Zelensky and the Rada balked at drafting 500k when they should be drafting double that.

No point in drafting men you can’t arm. You can’t send them to the front lines holding their dicks.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:45:17pm

re: #11 No Malarkey!

If they MTV and Democrats save Mike’s ass, then we could see an actual GOP revolt of the non-whackos and some serious negotiation on bipartisan activity. Committees will still be fucked up as they’re stacked with whackos, but Republicans looking to get reelected in competitive districts have an opportunity to save their skins now that most of their primaries are over.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:45:47pm

re: #13 No Malarkey!

No point in drafting men you can’t arm. You can’t send them to the front lines holding their dicks.

Putin does.

Dangerman Apr 18, 2024 • 3:46:02pm

re: #12 darthstar

No more peremptory strikes, so unless the prospective alternates self-disqualify with their answers or give enough reason to be dismissed for cause, they’ll have the last 5 before the end of the day.

Rando:

That was done with lighting speed, especially after various so-called experts assured us that the jury would not be picked for weeks or more. Which just goes to show that none of us should take what these experts write all that seriously, any more than we take March Presidential election polls all that seriously.

jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 3:46:24pm

re: #15 darthstar

“Follow this guy, pick up his rifle when he gets shot.”

steve_davis Apr 18, 2024 • 3:47:40pm

re: #8 JC1

I don’t understand why they don’t issue a general mobilization. They’re facing an existential threat. Zelensky and the Rada balked at drafting 500k when they should be drafting double that.

I have a suspicion that the reason they haven’t done it is because logistically, they can’t handle that many troops. can’t keep them fed. can’t keep them in ammunition. can’t train them. Otherwise, I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t be cranking out division after division of men. I mean, if for no other reason, modern armies require gobs of soldiers who don’t even fight but just sit in the rear keeping materiel moving to the front lines. The U.S. army presumably uses what? Maybe 3 fighters to 7 folks in the back making sure MASH units are staffed, helicopters get their hydraulics flushed on the proper schedule, etc.

Jay C Apr 18, 2024 • 3:48:36pm

re: #13 No Malarkey!

No point in drafting men you can’t arm. You can’t send them to the front lines holding their dicks.

True.
They’re not Republican Representatives…..

Dangerman Apr 18, 2024 • 3:49:05pm

Unfortunately, it is very likely that right-wingers will identify, dox and harass these jurors. It’s what they do. I just hope that the people who have been chosen are able to block out all the noise. It will backfire though, because harassing jurors is only going to hurt Trump.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 18, 2024

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 3:50:42pm

re: #14 darthstar

If they MTV and Democrats save Mike’s ass, then we could see an actual GOP revolt of the non-whackos and some serious negotiation on bipartisan activity. Committees will still be fucked up as they’re stacked with whackos, but Republicans looking to get reelected in competitive districts have an opportunity to save their skins now that most of their primaries are over.

Can’t you just hear the cries of impotent rage when Ukraine aid is passed, and a motion to vacate fails thanks to Democrats? MAGA Mike is about to become RINO Mike across the intertubes.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:53:09pm

re: #21 No Malarkey!

Can’t you just hear the cries of impotent rage when Ukraine aid is passed, and a motion to vacate fails thanks to Democrats? MAGA Mike is about to become RINO Mike across the intertubes.

They should all resign in protest.

JC1 Apr 18, 2024 • 3:54:38pm

Argentina asks to join NATO? Am I hearing this correctly?

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:54:49pm

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:55:14pm

re: #23 JC1

Argentina asks to join NATO? Am I hearing this correctly?

What part of North and Atlantic do they not understand?

jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 3:56:10pm

re: #23 JC1

“…The request came as NATO’s Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri.

Geoana said he welcomed Argentina’s bid to become an accredited partner in the alliance — a valued role short of “ally” for nations that are not in NATO’s geographical area and not required to take part in collective military actions.”
apnews.com

A Cranky One Apr 18, 2024 • 3:56:36pm

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 3:57:16pm

re: #22 darthstar

They should all resign in protest.

A sample of the reaction by Freepers:

Mike Johnson is one of 4 things.

1. A democrat sleeper who has been activated
2. Being black mailed in a big way
3. MK ultraed
4. He has just been possessed by the devil.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 3:58:35pm

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 4:00:26pm

Stochastic terrorist Kari Lake tells Trump supporters to “strap on a Glock.”

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 4:02:09pm

re: #26 jaunte

“…The request came as NATO’s Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri.

Geoana said he welcomed Argentina’s bid to become an accredited partner in the alliance — a valued role short of “ally” for nations that are not in NATO’s geographical area and not required to take part in collective military actions.”
apnews.com

Pleasant surprise as this guy was supposed to be Argentina’s Trump.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Apr 18, 2024 • 4:05:22pm

re: #25 darthstar

What part of North and Atlantic do they not understand?

Nuestro Atlantic Treaty Organization

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 4:05:49pm

Jay C Apr 18, 2024 • 4:05:54pm

re: #11 No Malarkey!

Putin’s minions in the House will definitely privilege a motion to vacate if he brings up a clean bill, but I think enough Democrats will vote for him in return for a clean Ukraine Bill to keep him in the Chair. He may feel he has no choice but bring it because Republicans who aren’t on Putin’s payroll are saying they will sign a discharge petition if he doesn’t.

Yeah: I dunno about that Discharge Petition: that it has gotten all but 20 or so Dems to sign was a good thing, but AFAICR, only one Republican did (Ken Buck, as a parting “FU”), and those 20 D holdouts are - to best of my knowledge - the leftmost caucus, and unwilling to push the Senate bill over the aid to Israel in it. Also, it doesn’t seem like too many, if any, House GOPers are truly willing to buck the Party Line (viz. the Mayorkas impeachment embarrassment), especially in an election year.
I sincerely hope to be be proved wrong.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 4:07:11pm

re: #25 darthstar

What part of North and Atlantic do they not understand?

Well, technically they are Atlantic I suppose.

gocart mozart Apr 18, 2024 • 4:07:56pm

I’m not naming names because I don’t want a particular kind of attention but there is a major film shoot happening outside my apartment. My block has been transformed into 1969 Greenwich Village. This pic will bio a legendary musician. pic.twitter.com/veTuZgHOUV

— (((Roberta #SaveOFMD Lipp💋))) (@RobertaLipp) April 18, 2024

A Cranky One Apr 18, 2024 • 4:10:16pm

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 4:11:22pm

re: #37 A Cranky One

It doesn’t sound so crazy when Linus says it.

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 4:12:49pm

re: #36 gocart mozart

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I heard DiNiro is filiming close to the Manhattan Courthouse this week.

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 4:14:56pm

re: #34 Jay C

Yeah: I dunno about that Discharge Petition: that it has gotten all but 20 or so Dems to sign was a good thing, but AFAICR, only one Republican did (Ken Buck, as a parting “FU”), and those 20 D holdouts are - to best of my knowledge - the leftmost caucus, and unwilling to push the Senate bill over the aid to Israel in it. Also, it doesn’t seem like too many, if any, House GOPers are truly willing to buck the Party Line (viz. the Mayorkas impeachment embarrassment), especially in an election year.
I sincerely hope to be be proved wrong.

I hope a clean bill passes Saturday and there won’t be a need for a discharge petition.

gocart mozart Apr 18, 2024 • 4:25:49pm

This has to be one of the Coldest hustles I’ve ever seen! Some ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ type shit…. Wow. Smh. pic.twitter.com/pzgT4S7dL6

— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 18, 2024

No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 4:28:10pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 4:42:11pm

And another Radical Republican Pal of Charlie Jerk quits—after they determine a bunch of forged signatures on his re-election petition!

Charlie Kirk-linked GOP lawmaker ends re-election bid after complaint he forged signatures

Far-right Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith is ending his re-election bid after being caught forging petition signatures to qualify for the ballot.

According to Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Washington Post, “State Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at Turning Point Action, the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused by a Democratic activist of submitting petition sheets with rows of voter names, addresses and signatures that ‘bear a striking resemblance’ to Smith’s handwriting, according to a complaint. Smith ‘personally circulated multiple petition sheets bearing what appear to be forged voter signatures,’ the complaint said.”

After the complaint was submitted to the Arizona secretary of state and attorney general, “Smith submitted his resignation to Turning Point Action on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it publicly. Smith also publicly ended his reelection campaign,” according to the report.

rawstory.com

Another FU to Charlie Jerk!

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 4:44:16pm

re: #20 Dangerman

“They obviously only convicted me because I wanted them killed. How could they actually be impartial?”

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 4:45:33pm

re: #27 A Cranky One

My middle son, in his last two years, started selling macaroons at $1 each and the teachers would try to beat his classmates to him.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 4:50:42pm

OH NO HE DIDN’T!

OH YES HE DID!

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Crashes the Trump Trial Circus

The iconic dog puppet confronted the “who’s who of who’s off their meds” outside the Manhattan courthouse on the first day of Trump’s criminal trial.

Triumph Reports From Trump’s Hush Money Trial

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 4:51:09pm

re: #25 darthstar

What part of North and Atlantic do they not understand?

Hungary touches the Atlantic?

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 4:51:49pm

Mastodon

Ace Rothstein Apr 18, 2024 • 4:59:23pm

re: #1 darthstar

Jesse Watters has the face of a Nazi. You know what Nazi faces are good for?

Shitting on.

Hecuba's daughter Apr 18, 2024 • 5:01:02pm

re: #31 No Malarkey!

Pleasant surprise as this guy was supposed to be Argentina’s Trump.

President Milei is certifiable. He is a trained economist and a fan of Ayn Rand. Unlike Trump, he loves dogs and cloned his beloved Conan after he died in 2017. He also considers his dogs his children (as do many people). At least on foreign policy, he isn’t following Trump’s lead.

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 5:03:12pm

What happens when you give OK Go a car:

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No Malarkey! Apr 18, 2024 • 5:03:32pm

re: #48 Backwoods Sleuth

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Hunger is a powerful motivator for hard work. /

mmmirele Apr 18, 2024 • 5:03:54pm

re: #1 darthstar

Jesse Watters has the face of a Nazi. You know what Nazi faces are good for?

Punching. Nazi faces are good for punching. However, I would not be punching anyone because I was once a lawyer and I know that as satisfying as it would be to punch a Nazi, that would give the excuse to the Nazi to have me arrested or sue me for assault/battery.

But I can wish that Captain America existed so he could punch Nazis!

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Apr 18, 2024 • 5:05:42pm

re: #117 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Underground depth

Thanks, that’s a really elegant visualisation.

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 18, 2024 • 5:07:20pm

re: #52 No Malarkey!

Hunger is a powerful motivator for hard work. /

I honestly wonder how much of this is (1) making space for what’s already happening with underage immigrants in workplaces, (2) looking forward to a future in which precarity has been increased to the point that children working is normal again.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 5:09:16pm

re: #48 Backwoods Sleuth

And we have yet another state joining Christopher Rufo’s Children’s Crusade to repeal child labor laws so kids can replace all those “illegals” that Reichführer Steven Miller will round up and deport from Gawd’s USA.

mmmirele Apr 18, 2024 • 5:11:30pm

re: #43 Joe Bacon ✅

And another Radical Republican Pal of Charlie Jerk quits—after they determine a bunch of forged signatures on his re-election petition!

Charlie Kirk-linked GOP lawmaker ends re-election bid after complaint he forged signatures

Far-right Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith is ending his re-election bid after being caught forging petition signatures to qualify for the ballot.

According to Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Washington Post, “State Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at Turning Point Action, the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused by a Democratic activist of submitting petition sheets with rows of voter names, addresses and signatures that ‘bear a striking resemblance’ to Smith’s handwriting, according to a complaint. Smith ‘personally circulated multiple petition sheets bearing what appear to be forged voter signatures,’ the complaint said.”

After the complaint was submitted to the Arizona secretary of state and attorney general, “Smith submitted his resignation to Turning Point Action on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it publicly. Smith also publicly ended his reelection campaign,” according to the report.

rawstory.com

Another FU to Charlie Jerk!

Nice work. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez used to be a politics reporter on the local fishwrap, so she knew this guy. I just love seeing him busted.

Here’s a gift link to her article in the WaPo: wapo.st

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 5:12:21pm

There are forces in the United States that are just drooling at the thought of a fascist America ruled by a brutal yet malleable strongman.

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 5:13:31pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

And there are plenty of us against it.

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 5:17:26pm

re: #48 Backwoods Sleuth

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Mastodon

well, that’s different…

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Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 5:19:40pm

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 5:20:52pm

I remember when I was a “young adult” who had been working since I was 13, I never wanted a job where there wasn’t a lunch break if I was there long enough (say 4 hours) to need a lunch break and expected to keep working.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 18, 2024 • 5:21:09pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

I’m still waiting to be proven wrong: that this will be a mistrial because of the jury.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 5:22:14pm

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 5:22:27pm

re: #63 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Is that sort of like waiting for material from the ISS to hit you?

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 5:23:41pm

Need some Arroz con Pollo tonight!

Arroz con Pollo Recipe | Easy Chicken and Rice | Chef Zee Cooks

Unabogie Apr 18, 2024 • 5:23:59pm

re: #60 Backwoods Sleuth

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well, that’s different…

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I wish I believed in hell because these creeps sure deserve to go there. This, from the party of “pro-life.”

/// hurl ///

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 18, 2024 • 5:24:24pm

The Real Reason Your Rent Is So Damn High

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 5:24:26pm

Wow!

Senator My Boo went all the way in on DeJoy

When he started off with his, “Did you get my letter?,” line of questioning I knew, and DeJoy knew, it was going to be fire and flames 🔥 pic.twitter.com/BZ3KX7XYAK

— Qondi (@QondiNtini) April 16, 2024

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 5:24:32pm

Mastodon

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 5:25:31pm

re: #68 The Ghost of a Flea

All the more reason to hate rentiers.

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 5:40:37pm

Mastodon

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 18, 2024 • 5:41:07pm

Hoomans at the base of a pool of molten rock:

Scale of Erupting Iceland Volcano size revealed with people nearby (Apr 18, 2024)

..

What could possibly go wrong?

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 5:42:17pm

re: #72 Backwoods Sleuth

The owl is a killin’ bird.

austin_blue Apr 18, 2024 • 5:43:05pm

re: #47 Belafon

Hungary touches the Atlantic?

Hungry does indeed touch the Atlantic. Just ask the Irish during the Potato Famine.

Hi kids! We are back from the UK, just having flown in today, non-stop, from Heathrow.

And just to avoid the obvious jaded, oh, so very jaded, responses to that:

Yes, our arms *are* tired. Ta-boom Tssss.

And I am jet-lagged to hell and gone.

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 18, 2024 • 5:47:38pm

Mastodon

jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 5:51:09pm

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social

Indiana’s AG says that women’s abortion data should be publicly available in the same way death certificates are.

jessica.substack.com

I hope enough swing state voters get it into their heads in time that the GOP is a gang of misogynist terrorists.

JC1 Apr 18, 2024 • 5:54:50pm

F*ck, major explosions reported in Iran.

mmmirele Apr 18, 2024 • 5:55:55pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

There are forces in the United States that are just drooling at the thought of a fascist America ruled by a brutal yet malleable strongman.

Time for people to read “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis again, if you haven’t read it before. The first president of the fascist regime resembles DJT, but notice I said *first*. Basically, the country becomes very unstable in Lewis’ version of a totalitarian dictatorship.

I could see a similar instability in a DJT presidency, because the guy is old and not in great health.

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 5:57:22pm

re: #77 jaunte

It’s just unreal how far they’re pushing this nightmarish agenda.

austin_blue Apr 18, 2024 • 5:58:40pm

re: #76 Backwoods Sleuth

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Well, see, the problem with that graphic is just that it’s just not very funny, given the poster’s intro.

It’s a statement of philosophy:

“If I don’t turn it into a joke, it will destroy me.”

Well dude, you didn’t turn it into a joke, and you destroyed yourself because it wasn’t funny.

This should be the calling card of Internet Trolls everywhere. You are nowhere near as funny or as clever as you think you are.

Get this tattooed on your forehead so we can see you coming. This allows us to become very interested in songbirds in the bushes.

Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 6:00:46pm

re: #81 austin_blue

I was thinking general gallows humor myself, but I haven’t read any of his other posts.

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 6:00:53pm

How many alternate jurors do they need? 6?

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 6:01:35pm

So this shit is movin’ fast. Cool.

Charles Johnson Apr 18, 2024 • 6:04:37pm

Fox News helping a corrupt ex-president threaten his jury members.

Fucking unreal.

darthstar Apr 18, 2024 • 6:05:47pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

How many alternate jurors do they need? 6?

re: #84 Charles Johnson

So this shit is movin’ fast. Cool.

Yeah, they started the day going from 7 to 5 with one quitting and one getting booted, then picked up 8 more. The fact that Trump’s team is out of peremptory strikes helps…of the next half dozen or so prospects, only those who exhibit strong bias one way or the other will get rejected. It’s entirely possible that the first five will get seated and we’ll be done selecting alternates before lunch. Honestly, with the tampering we can expect from Trump’s extended team (including Fox News), they should have 18 alternates.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 18, 2024 • 6:10:34pm

Léon Frey with another good day at the volcano with the drone:

New Drone Shots from Grindavik Volcano – April 18

William Lewis Apr 18, 2024 • 6:12:51pm

William Lewis Apr 18, 2024 • 6:13:09pm

Hecuba's daughter Apr 18, 2024 • 6:13:14pm

re: #73 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Hoomans at the base of a pool of molten rock:

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Video

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What could possibly go wrong?

Over 30 years ago my husband and I traveled to Hawaii and took a helicopter ride over Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park that gave us a spectacular view of the active volcano. There were signs all around the area barring visitors from hiking anywhere nearby — but we saw about 4 (?) people standing right near the crater. According to the pilot they were geologists working at the park and knew exactly what they were doing. The helicopter offered a much better view than the small planes for tourists — but let’s just say that after about 20 minutes I realized that this was not a ride I would ever take again courtesy of the attendant motion sickness.

William Lewis Apr 18, 2024 • 6:13:24pm

austin_blue Apr 18, 2024 • 6:13:29pm

re: #88 William Lewis

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Moody. Nice.

William Lewis Apr 18, 2024 • 6:14:27pm

William Lewis Apr 18, 2024 • 6:15:46pm

Targetpractice Apr 18, 2024 • 6:20:46pm

re: #91 William Lewis

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Hey, I’ve seen this film before. Where’s all the zombies?

jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 6:22:21pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

BEHIND Y— too late.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 18, 2024 • 6:25:22pm

House Republican cites threats and swatting of family as reasons for quitting
Mike Gallagher has suggested that he is resigning from his seat in Congress because of death threats and swatting targeted at his family.

The Republican US representative for Wisconsin shared more insight into his decision to vacate his seat while talking with reporters on Tuesday, the NBC affiliate WLUK reported.

Gallagher, 40, said: “This is more just me wanting to prioritize being with my family … I signed up for the death threats and the late-night swatting, but they did not. And for a young family, I would say this job is really hard.”

theguardian.com

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 6:26:18pm

????

Rudy Giuliani Admitted to Owning a Hard Drive with Child Pornography

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani recently spoke at Sheridan Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During his interview with Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, who is also the founder of Pastors for Trump, Rudy revealed he has a hard drive filled with child pornography while retelling a story about the FBI seizing his technology.

meidastouch.com

Targetpractice Apr 18, 2024 • 6:26:32pm

re: #96 jaunte

BEHIND Y— too late.

The Simpsons - BRAINS!

100

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 18, 2024 • 6:30:22pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

101

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Apr 18, 2024 • 6:36:26pm

Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran, Syria, Iraq

An Israeli missile strike targeted a site in Iran early Friday morning, according to ABC News.

The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning.

Reports of strikes on sites belonging to Syrian army
Syrian reports indicated airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the Syrian Army in the As-Suwayda and Daraa Governorates of southern Syria.

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ericblair Apr 18, 2024 • 6:37:04pm

re: #26 jaunte

“…The request came as NATO’s Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri.

Geoana said he welcomed Argentina’s bid to become an accredited partner in the alliance — a valued role short of “ally” for nations that are not in NATO’s geographical area and not required to take part in collective military actions.”
apnews.com

NATO Nations, by the North Atlantic Treaty, have to be in North America, Europe, Turkey, or in the Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer. NATO Partners can be anywhere, but they can’t vote or trigger Article 5 or any of the other privileges. It’s helpful, though, since the partners work with NATO Nations to interoperate their forces and cooperate on various security programs.

Some of the active partners are Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, who are obviously nowhere near the North Atlantic but want to be involved, mainly because China is a threat. Sweden and Finland were partners, so were already most of the way there in terms of integration once they became NATO Allies.

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jaunte Apr 18, 2024 • 6:46:23pm

ستایشگر خیبر شکن @pastures.bsky.social

Pentagon reporter Matt Seyler for ABC news tweeted that Martha Raddatz confirms from US sources that Israeli missiles have hit Iran.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 18, 2024 • 6:47:25pm

re: #101 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran, Syria, Iraq

Well, fuck. I seriously underestimated Bibi’s bloodthirstiness. I guess we’re in for another full-on war in the Middle East. The more things change, etc., etc.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 18, 2024 • 6:48:18pm

re: #101 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Oh crap. He went ahead and did it…

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Belafon Apr 18, 2024 • 6:49:01pm

re: #101 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran, Syria, Iraq

See how seriously Bibi wants Putin to win.

I’m not actually sure this is a joke.

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Ace Rothstein Apr 18, 2024 • 6:50:15pm

re: #105 Joe Bacon ✅

Oh crap. He went ahead and did it…

Don’t worry, Trump is on it.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 18, 2024 • 6:50:23pm

re: #105 Joe Bacon ✅

Netanyahu will gladly drag us into a wider war. I am convinced that he and his inner circle and his coalition in their Parliament are hell bent on something that will only end badly.

Hopefully the good people of Israel will force a change, and soon.

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silverdolphin Apr 18, 2024 • 7:26:52pm

I wish Juror #2 had an opportunity to cold cock Jesse Watters, much like this:

Die Hard (1988) - Holly punches Thornburg

Which also demonstrates that there have always been scummy reporters.

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Eventual Carrion Apr 19, 2024 • 4:40:59am

re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅

OH NO HE DIDN’T!

OH YES HE DID!

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Crashes the Trump Trial Circus

The iconic dog puppet confronted the “who’s who of who’s off their meds” outside the Manhattan courthouse on the first day of Trump’s criminal trial.

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“Dogs for Michael Vick”, I liked that.

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