Watch Live: 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner, Feat. President Joe Biden
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There is sure to be a beating of the press by that Harvard educated, cocooned, corporate troughed millionaire who vacations at the same places as them all Jost.
Can’t make the Hamptons awkward.
So when did we reach a place where anyone who doesn’t polish Israels knob is labeled an antisemite or Hamas supporter?
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
So when did we reach a place where anyone who doesn’t polish Israels knob is labeled an antisemite or Hamas supporter?
And that if you’re not completely denouncing Israel you’re totally in their pocket?
I’m missing Svengoolie for this?!
Is Ronna Romney McDaniel there, she’s still a member of the press now, right?
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
So when did we reach a place where anyone who doesn’t polish Israels knob is labeled an antisemite or Hamas supporter?
That sounds like something a Hamas supporter would ask.
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re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
So when did we reach a place where anyone who doesn’t polish Israels knob is labeled an antisemite or Hamas supporter?
It’s where Trump, Booby Nincompoopo and the rest of the Republican Party now is at.
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
“You’re either with us or with the terrorists.”
I like Joe Biden. What he has done with international politics, allies and foes alike has been remarkable. The economy could have run off of a cliff after Covid and he saved it, we are doing better than any other major country by far. We were in unchartered territory and his folks got us through it better than any other country on the planet.
The US is in better shape across the world than it has been in a long time, our country is stronger. Look at the numbers. The press has a job to do and they shouldn’t act like there is a level playing field between Biden and Trump.
re: #13 teleskiguy
That was a beautiful picture Doug Mills took.
What picture are you talking about? Mills is at a whole another level in photojournalism.
re: #15 Ace Rothstein
What picture are you talking about? Mills is at a whole another level in photojournalism.
He was given an award at the WHCD tonight of a photo he took of Biden boarding Air Force One in Warsaw after he visited Ukraine.
re: #12 Ace Rothstein
“You’re either with us or with the terrorists.”
GRRRRR…right up there with the “support the troops” full court press during the Iraq fiasco.
re: #16 teleskiguy
He was given an award at the WHCD tonight of a photo he took of Biden boarding Air Force One in Warsaw after he visited Ukraine.
It’s nice having a President that not only can locate Poland and Ukraine on a map, but understands each country’s histories too.
re: #20 b.d.
Who is the guy in blue wearing a Star Fleet uniform?
Oh dear God. He is the incoming WHCA President and he works for Politico.
I’m sure he’s a great guy.
I hope Dark Brandon puts a zinger in that he’s not falling asleep during the dinner…and he’s not farting either…
re: #25 Broad With Sass
New WHCA president
Bet Politico treats the Ferengi better than they treat Biden.
re: #28 b.d.
Bet Politico treats the Ferengi better than they treat Biden.
They don’t call it Tiger Beat On The Potomac for nothin’!
Matt Friend told at least two tasteless jokes. Good on you, dude.
So far, the White House Correspondents Dinner is just as irritating as the White House Correspondents.
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-04-28T01:32:22.000Z
The last great WHCD comedian performance was Michelle Wolf. She fucken killed it.
“Free Press” as long as it helps the overall ratings, subscriptions.
re: #33 b.d.
“Free Press” as long as it helps the overall ratings, subscriptions.
Something Michelle Wolf told them right to their faces back in 2018.
How hard is it to set up a one day access to a news website, to sell “one paper?”
re: #34 teleskiguy
And then they tried to destroy her career.
re: #28 b.d.
Bet Politico treats the Ferengi better than they treat Biden.
They’re pro-business and won’t tax Politico’s latinum, unlike Joe Biden.
And this just popped up on Raw Story
‘You were in charge’: Jim Jordan gets shredded by MAGA after latest Trump case statement
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) may be one of Donald Trump’s top elected allies, but the former president’s supporters appear to be holding a grudge against the conservative lawmaker, based on their response to his last statement.
Jordan, who has been called out for “hypocritical” comments in the past, took to social media on Saturday to support Trump in his efforts to battle the legal system in several criminal cases.
“Indicting former chiefs of staff and lawyers for President Trump is banana republic craziness,” Jordan said, likely referencing a recent indictment in Arizona.
He then asked, “What happened to our country?”
Jordan got the typical insults from the left, but he also got a dose from Trump supporters and self-proclaimed conservatives.
@GuntherEagleman, a MAGA political commentator, said, “Our [House GOP] has no f——— b—— whatsoever is what happened.”
@DogRightGirl, who describes herself as “America First,” also chimed in:
“Imagine if you were in a position of power to do anything about it….. Keep posting on X. That seems to be working.”
Ohio lawyer Tom Renz, who has accused Hunter Biden of creating COVID-19, also had words for Jordan.
“Our elected officials sold out instead of standing for us. Instead of standing for good legislation they compromised with the dems and refused to hold the sellouts accountable. Instead of taking actions they held hearings,” he said on Saturday. “Instead of telling truth they lie for lobbyists. And worst, instead of listening to the people they are supposed to represent they stand for big money that puts its own interests ahead of those of the American people. Any other questions?”
Trump-supporting MAGA activist Cynthia Holt also weighed in.
“Thankfully we got another sternly written tweet from Jim. I’ll sleep much better tonight,” she said.
Jack Grodeska, a former TV host and conservative independent, said the GOP operatives charged “committed crimes.”
“You’re up next, Insurrectionist,” he then added. “Remember, Donald never gave you your preemptive pardon. If SCOTUS agrees to Trump’s presidential immunity grift, that means Joe Biden sends you to a black ops site with all of your Congressional insurrectionist co-conspirators. Have a great weekend.”
“Sleepy Don. I like that. I may use it again.”
Go Dark Brandon, Go!
“My Vice President actually endorses me.”
Then.
“Stormy weather”.
It’s good that Biden is reminding them to their faces what danger Trump represents.
Joe said what needed to be said and he said it to their faces and with a smile.
He is good.
re: #48 b.d.
Joe said what needed to be said and he said it to their faces and with a smile.
He is good.
Couldn’t agree more.
re: #9 b.d.
I’m missing Svengoolie for this?!
Is Ronna Romney McDaniel there, she’s still a member of the press now, right?
Never choose anything over Trilogy of Terror.
re: #48 b.d.
Joe said what needed to be said and he said it to their faces and with a smile.
He is good.
Won’t stop Pinch Jr. and the New York Times from whining and bitching though, I’ll bet you.
re: #48 b.d.
Joe said what needed to be said and he said it to their faces and with a smile.
He is good.
DAMN RIGHT!
re: #51 TedStriker
Won’t stop Pinch Jr. and the New York Times from whining and bitching though, I’ll bet you.
Of course not. Steamin’ SulzBONER will double down on his Trump asskissing.
the NYT will rerun a synopsis of the entire Hunter Biden investigation and claim that there are still unanswered questions….
This is the nerd-prom-y-est Nerd Prom comedian ever. Lots of name drops and regional hype (Staten Island!). boring
Biden: “Look, being here is a reminder that folks think what is going on in Congress is political theater. That is not true. If congress were theater, they would have thrown out Lauren Boebert a long time ago.”
re: #61 Ace Rothstein
That was a good one, Ace. 😂
Colin Jost hit it home. Praised Biden to no end. And I’ll say it, he made me REALLY laugh a few times.
re: #65 teleskiguy
I had to laugh at the one about thinking he saw Matt Gaetz, but it was his own reflection in a spoon.
re: #66 jaunte
I had to laugh at the one about thinking he saw Matt Gaetz, but it was his own reflection in a spoon.
What you typed is hilarious. And I’ve watched SNL enough to know how he delivered it.
The press didn’t get a fingerwagging scolding tonight but they did get an easy and honest talking to about how they are f*cking up.
Hope they listened, the media’s HR people should clue them in that this is the first warning before they are fired.
Jost did good. He didn’t burn any bridges but he did good. He stood up more for America and democracy a lot more than he stood up for Biden but the right will roast him anyways.
Yeah, I agree with the comments above, a great presentation. Somehow I stumbled onto the live stream. 👍🏼
brianstelter
Biden officially endorsed
@jayrosen_nyc ‘s “not the stakes, but the odds” mantra: “Move past the horse race numbers and the gotcha moments and the distractions, the sideshows, that have come come to dominate and sensationalize our politics. And focus on what’s actually at stake.”
Biden directly appealed to the hundreds of journalists in attendance: “I think in your hearts you know what’s at stake. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Every single one of us has a role to play, a serious role to play, in making sure democracy endures.”
There may be nothing lamer on the planet than CNN’s post WHCA Dinner commentary.
Shame on me for watching it. Jost made a funny line about single people watching the WHCA Dinner live on CSPAN on a Saturday night being found days later with their cats already eating them. (lol, too close to home)
Having your corpse eaten by your loved pet is still preferable to watching CNN’s post dinner coverage. They have a republican guy on the panel who is trolling the discussions and the panelists are following right along.
Your periodic reminder: Trump stole Nuclear Secrets and U.S. War Plans.
The account was relayed to FBI agents by an unidentified aide to Trump
“…A coat hanger or “very tiny screwdriver” could be used to unlock the Mar-a-Lago storage room where former President Donald Trump stored highly classified documents for more than a year, according to a witness in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation.”
abcnews.go.com
So when it was announced the other day that the technician had finished installing new security cameras both in and outside the building, I sarcastically responded that it wasn’t going to really make a difference. It would make guests feel “safe,” but as soon as somebody’s car got broken into and the cops told us they couldn’t make use of the blurry camera footage, we’d be back where we started.
Then yesterday, I learned that some asswipe had busted the lock on the maintenance shed out back and stolen our pressure washer, I reiterated my belief that we might never catch the prick.
So I get in tonight…to find out the cops caught his ass this afternoon. Bonus points, he and his friends were staying here under false names. AND they had additional reservations in the system under different names.
Why yes, I am deciding how I want that plate of crow cooked, why do you ask?/////
“…The transcript of the interview was released as part of an ongoing effort by Trump and his co-defendants to make additional evidence gathered by Special Counsel Smith public.”
Oh my! The Montana Soap Opera continues!
Busted: GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy reportedly hired staffer who promoted racist posts
Republican businessman Tim Sheehy, who is running for U.S. Senate in Montana, reportedly hired a staffer whose social media account liked and shared racist posts.
The Daily Beast on Saturday published an exclusive piece alleging that the candidate “hired a campaign staffer with social media accounts and public statements emblematic of the fringe far right.”
“At first glance, Caleb Oriet’s social media accounts look typical of a young member of the fringe, online right, featuring likes and reposts of far-right influencers and white nationalists expressing incendiary and bigoted views about racial and religious minorities,” the report states, noting that Oriet is a self-proclaimed “Anglo-Saxon Protestant” as well as a “menace to society.”
The account belonging to the 21-year-old Montanan and self-proclaimed “Anglo-Saxon Protestant” and “menace to society” liked, for instance, a tweet that refers to Black Americans as “the most criminal, dependent, and socially destructive part of the population” and attacks GOP efforts to connect with Black voters.
But Oriet isn’t just a denizen of the far-right fringes of social media. He’s also a staffer for one of the Republican Party’s top candidates to flip control of the U.S. Senate this year.
ccording to Federal Election Commission filings, Oriet is being paid by the campaign of Tim Sheehy, who is running against Sen. Jon Tester (D) in Montana. Since January, he has collected five paychecks, totaling $8,313.
Sheehy—a charismatic former Navy SEAL turned wealthy businessman—is preparing for a bruising face-off against Tester in what’s gearing up to be one of the most competitive Senate elections in the country. As Republicans try to retake the Senate majority, top GOP campaign brass is throwing their weight behind Sheehy as their best shot to defeat an incumbent Democrat.
Oriet’s apparent views clearly undercut that mission. Beyond his social media activity, he espoused hard-right, Christian Nationalist views during public presentations, a media interview, and an effusive comment on a book written by a Nazi-supporting Italian fascist thinker.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, for instance, Oriet took aim at the fact that “20.5 percent of Gen-Z says they’re gay” in an interview with a local Montana newspaper, given in his capacity as the leader of Montana’s chapter of the American Populist Union. (The APU is a group founded by Gen Z conservatives that is openly supportive of the neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes.)
“The political implications of this are disastrous,” Oriet told The Great Falls Tribune of the statistic. “As people my age start taking power, it’s just not going to be a good thing.”
Oriet may be emblematic of a new breed of very online, very young conservatives who are seeking to push the GOP toward their extreme views by embracing trollish tactics and provocation.
But mainstream Republicans have taken pains to reject that movement and its figures, like Fuentes, who they see as politically toxic. Sheehy has run so far as a mainstream, Trump-allied conservative who is trying to defeat a well-liked, moderate Democrat in a politically idiosyncratic state.
Within an hour of The Daily Beast reaching out to Oriet and Sheehy’s campaign for comment on Friday, every post on Oriet’s X account had been deleted. His X and Instagram biographies were also wiped.
re: #73 jaunte
I suspect the nuclear codes get changed periodically anyway.
Earlier, like within the hour, they had tornado warnings in Southern Oklahoma. My son at OU had to shelter for a bit.
re: #73 jaunte
“…A coat hanger or “very tiny screwdriver” could be used to unlock the Mar-a-Lago storage room where former President Donald Trump stored highly classified documents for more than a year, according to a witness in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation.”
abcnews.go.com
It’s like that scene from Red where Bruce Willis’ character bypasses a high-security locked door with an unbreakable code that’s changed every day…by punching out the wall next to the door and opening it from the other side.
So, for those keeping notes at home, some of our nation’s most sensitive secrets were stored at a golf resort in:
- A (gaudy AF) bathroom
- Atop a stage in a ballroom that anyone could enter
- An unlocked desk drawer in Trump’s private office
- And a storage room whose door could be defeated by a bobby-pin
But it’s all good because he left “standing orders” that nobody knew about and nobody can find a copy of saying that anything he took with him to MAL was automatically “declasssified.” And even if you don’t believe that, you can’t charge him with anything because “TOTAL IMMUNITY!!!”
re: #81 Targetpractice
These people are not amused.
Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
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My wife said there about five current tornado warnings in OK, with debris flying up in the air about 25k feet. One tornado has been on the ground for 20 minutes. The weather people think it will probably be categorized as an f3.
In the 6th century, a sailor threw a bottle at a whale off the coast of Constantinople.
In response,the whale spent the next 50 years sinking so many ships off the Byzantine coast it was named Porphyrios after the giant who attacked Olympus & the Emperor unsuccessfully dedicated his reign against it— Shiv Ramdas (@nameshiv.bsky.social) 2024-04-28T03:17:42.335Z
re: #59 Ace Rothstein
Biden: “Look, being here is a reminder that folks think what is going on in Congress is political theater. That is not true. If congress were theater, they would have thrown out Lauren Boebert a long time ago.”
Don’t know why
Trump is farting all the time
Stormy weather
Ten Big Macs stuck in his colon forever
Keeps him farting all the time
Haha, no. From The Incredible Hulk #256. https://t.co/KBh6UQHNsN pic.twitter.com/mo1mlnRVon
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— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) 2024-04-27T01:17:57.455Z
re: #77 Belafon
I suspect the nuclear codes get changed periodically anyway.
It’s not about the codes, it’s about the strategy. What are they aimed at, which target goes first and under exactly what circumstances…
My sister found my Instagram, had to block her. It’s complicated but my sister hates me and I hate her right back. Families are fun!
BIG NEWS: We officially won the Democratic nomination with 92% of the vote!
I’m honored to be moving into the general election to share with Utahns my message of protecting our families, our freedom, and our future.
Let’s do this! pic.twitter.com/Vp7gGFdJSM— Caroline Gleich (@carolinegleich) April 27, 2024
If you got spare scratch donate to Caroline! This is a weird wonderful Senate race that we maybe can give to a consummate pro skier…
re: #93 sagehen
It’s not about the codes, it’s about the strategy. What are they aimed at, which target goes first and under exactly what circumstances…
This podcast goes into a lot of detail about MAD plans and sequence of events. Pretty chilling.
[Lex Fridman Podcast] #420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy #lexFridmanPodcast
podcastaddict.com via @PodcastAddict
For tonight’s Seder one of our friends stopped at a Russian store in the Sunset and brought a gefilte fish that had been shaped into a log and wrapped in the fish skin…holy fuck that shit was good…I cut it into half inch thick slices and put a couple of sliced carrots on top and then we ate it with the horseradish she grated herself…and boy let me tell you, horseradish done right has some kick. It’s always fun watching the younger people react to the sudden clearing of all airways including ones they didn’t know they had behind their brain. I probably ate a half cup of that - the straight white stuff and the slightly sweeter beet juice mixed (which had more heat this year)…
Also, my chopped chicken liver got full approval from all of the authentic Jews…there was none left at the end of the night…and my matzo ball soup also got a good review…everyone loved feasting on my balls!
Kept it simple as there were so many dishes from others…just broth, carrot and matzo ball with a garnish of fresh sorrel for bitterness. My friend Charles made the homemade matzo for the seder…it fuckin’ rocks.
And yes, the 2009 Motrachet is still fuckin’ one of the best wines you can drink…if you can find it…our host bought several cases a few years back.
Local business in Kentucky selling woo (healing crystals and the like) accused by pastor of practicing satanic witchcraft.
Christians in Kentucky are trying to harass a New Age business out-of-business. The shop owner alleges she is being harassed and regular customers are afraid to come in.
(3:13)
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[image or embed]— Anymouse (@anymouse.bsky.social) Apr 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
re: #101 No Malarkey!
Local business in Kentucky selling woo (healing crystals and the like) accused by pastor of practicing satanic witchcraft.
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Can they both lose?
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re: #102 Targetpractice
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Can they both lose?
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I get the point but fewer problems are caused by the woo seller than by the hate pusher.
re: #103 William Lewis
I get the point but fewer problems are caused by the woo seller than by the hate pusher.
It’s more a joke than anything else, because I ain’t never had someone who believes in woo try to convert me. Can’t say the same about Christians.
Always love when I start answering phone calls with “Good morning” at around 3-4am…and still get “Do you have any rooms for tonight?”
re: #105 Targetpractice
Always love when I start answering phone calls with “Good morning” at around 3-4am…and still get “Do you have any rooms for tonight?”
It’s marathon weekend. We’ve been sold out for weeks. Got a sign on the door - BIG SIGN - saying “SOLD OUT” but I still get idiots stopping and asking how much for a room for tonight. Sheesh.
I really really wish we had one of the old time neon “no vacancy” signs at the parking lot entrance on days like today.
OTOH I’ll get a full house bonus for tonight 👍
A Tesla owner has been charged with vehicular homicide after his car—traveling in autopilot mode—slammed into a motorcyclist when he got distracted looking at his cellphone, according to Washington court records.Police say that Carl Hunter, 56, was driving his 2022 Model S last Friday afternoon when the vehicle rear-ended a motorcycle on State Route 522 near Snohomish, a city 35 miles north of Seattle.
The collision killed Jeffrey Nissen, a 28-year-old construction worker who was on his way home. When cops arrived at the crash scene, the Tesla sedan was atop the motorcycle “with a male rider laying next to the Tesla’s driver rear side.”
A GoPro camera that had been attached to Nissen’s helmet was seized by police.
During questioning, Hunter said he was driving home and “looked down at his cell phone while the vehicle was rolling forward on auto pilot.” Adding that he was “distracted by his phone,” Hunter said that “the next thing he knew there was a bang and the vehicle lurched forward as it accelerated and collided with the motorcycle in front of him.”
“The Tesla became lodged on top of the motorcycle and was unable to be removed in time,” a Washington State Patrol trooper noted.
re: #106 William Lewis
It’s marathon weekend. We’ve been sold out for weeks. Got a sign on the door - BIG SIGN - saying “SOLD OUT” but I still get idiots stopping and asking how much for a room for tonight. Sheesh.
I really really wish we had one of the old time neon “no vacancy” signs at the parking lot entrance on days like today.
OTOH I’ll get a full house bonus for tonight 👍
Last place I worked actually did have a “No Vacancy” sign outside, though there were still plenty of people who’d turn up at o’dark thirty and ask me if there was any chance that we might have a room available. And when I answered in the negative beg me to take down their info “just in-case someone cancels.”
Of course, the GM was so money-hungry that he actually started telling us to keep the sign turned off on sold-out nights until everybody checked in because there might be a last minute cancellation and he didn’t want to lose out. So instead of one or two people an hour in the middle of the summer, we were getting half a dozen in an hour plus the phone ringing every five minutes only to tell every one of them that we had no rooms available.
re: #106 William Lewis
It’s marathon weekend. We’ve been sold out for weeks.
I only found out a few days ago that the big stadium about a kilometre from my front door is playing three nights in early June with some pop performer, I think her name is Taylor Swift or something? anyway, I’m thinking of booking it for the weekend and going elsewhere. Anywhere. I don’t care, just… not here.
re: #109 Nojay UK
I only found out a few days ago that the big stadium about a kilometre from my front door is playing three nights in early June with some pop performer, I think her name is Taylor Swift or something? anyway, I’m thinking of booking it for the weekend and going elsewhere. Anywhere. I don’t care, just… not here.
If you do go elsewhere, AirB&B your home/apartment and pay for your vacation and probably some extra profit.
Not joking. There are nice houses in Hayward that rent during Birkebeiner Ski Race week for up to $5000/week for 2br/1bath. You probably won’t get that much from the Swifties but you’ll match the good hotels easily.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
He’d be better off taking a plea, issuing an apology, and hoping the judge takes leniency.
re: #112 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Well, I’ll be… Is this the same Hoarse Whisperer we know?
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Yes it is; he confirmed it in his substack column.
So I went almost an entire shift without realizing that the broke-ass SUV that’s been sitting in the same parking spot for literal months disappeared sometime between yesterday and today. And I can’t even say that the reason was because the spot is off to the side of the building or in the back of the lot where I normally don’t look. It’s right there, right in my line of sight, with only a pane of glass between me and it, yet I totally zoned that it’s gone until now.
Apparently 40 is the new 80, because I’m already going senile.
Republicans are telling pollsters that they don’t think what Trump did after 2020 was wrong, that they see him as upholding democracy and that they don’t think it’s important for a losing candidate to concede. This is blinking warning light.
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
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They, like us, know that Trump will not concede if he loses in November, and instead will attempt to seize power by any means necessary, including violently. Unlike us, they are down with that.
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
…and there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of peaceful sightseeing at the Capitol in the name of furthering Democratic Institutions.
TL:DR - Rewatched it tonight. The Mummy is a more perfect movie than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Prove me wrong.
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Okay, just rewatched it tonight. Who is with me that The Mummy with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo and especially Kevin O’Connor may be a more perfect movie than Raiders of the Lost Ark. (Remember the meme that Raiders of the Lost Ark would end the same way without Indy at all? No way would the Mummy have ended the same way without every one of these actors.)
It’s horrors are more horrifying (tongues being cut off; eyes being cut out;, zombie egyptions crawling along the walls; and those scarabs crawling under the skin stlll creep me out), its mass action scenes more full of cool action (the opening French Legionaire battle with the on rushing Arabs at Hamunaptra is still one of the coolest. Rick goes through about 4-5 different weapons. He is ready for it all.). It’s comedy is more fun (the one shot of Evie knocking down all the library shelves around the entire room; Evie stepping over the unconscious body of her brother to talk with Rick in prison; Beni running through all the religious symbols and original languages to stop Imhotep, until he hits on the language of the slaves, who we all saw building the city of Hamunaptra in the opening sequences), its jump scares really work (parts of undead bodies arising from the ground to continue fighting) and the CGI still works well, even while the practical effects are tremendous.
Evie, IMHO, is a better heroine than Marion. She is smart, passionate and great under pressure, even if her knowledge is mostly book-learned. Ricky is both brave and goofy, with his own intelligence and charm. He never disrespects Evie, especially in the temple where her expertise is critical. Her brother may be greedy but he always does the right thing when it matters and can handle himself well in a fight
Hell, we even have sympathy at moments for Imhotep who only loved the wrong person too deeply. His expression when Anck-su-namun is killed at the end (by some of the best zombie soldiers ever) and his own soul is taken away is pretty heart-rending. And man, the way Imhotep eventually dies in a black pool surrounded by the heads of the dead…scary, creepy and sad. “Death is only the beginning.”
In fact, watch the climax of the movie, as the two Carnahan siblings try to figure out the proper incantation to win the day, even as Rick, smartly and humorously, keeps Imhotep occupied. So much better than the end of Raiders for action, comedy, creepiness, love, fear, horror, sadness and action.
Plus, it has one of my favorite moments, at the end, one that subverts the idea of the two leads falling in love. Sure they kiss at the end, but it is a tentative kind of smooch, where they are a little uncertain.Not the passionate one of lust so often used. But then they bump noses and both smile in joy. Its going to be okay. They love, not lust. More romantic than anything in Raiders. (And as the sequels show, Indy and Marion’s relationship was fraught and kinda miserable. But Rick and Evie’s never really falters. Marion takes care of their son by herself, creating a really obnoxious person. Rick and Evie raise their son together and, while he is a little too curious, is quite an amazing young man).
Beni’s death makes the movie, IMHO. Much worse than melting faces on people we really do not know. It is still one of the most terrifying ones for any character, much less one that we have kinda, sorta gotten to like because Rick kinda, sorta does. He was mainly just trying to protect himself but his basic greediness resulted in his horrifying death. The anticipation as the torch goes out is so much worse than the torch going out with the snakes in Raiders. Flesh-eating scarabs. What a concept.
And, finally, damn are there so many good looking major characters in the movie. Not just good-looking but are played by actors who know how to use that hotness for a purpose without being obvious. Sexy without being sexual. The chemistry between them all is what holds everything together. I would imagine that everyone cis, trans, queer on inbetween has a relationship to appreciate in the Mummy.
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
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they don’t think it’s important for a losing candidate to concede.
Oh fuck off with this shit, we all know that Trump’s going to try to pull the same shit he did in 2020 and run to the podium the moment the polls show him with even a 1% lead to demand Biden concede. And then spend the rest of the night whipping his base into a froth when the polling shifts against him by screaming that it was “rigged” and the election “stolen” again.
re: #118 silverdolphin
Arnold Vosloo really sold it as Imhotep. One of my favorite screen villains.
re: #118 silverdolphin
Never watched The Mummy so you could be right. Except for the one with Shia LaBeouf, I’ve enjoyed all the Indy movies. Great action flicks with a comedic twist.
re: #122 Patricia Kayden
Never watched The Mummy so you could be right. Except for the one with Shia LaBeouf, I’ve enjoyed all the Indy movies. Great action flicks with a comedic twist.
Oh, I enjoy the Indy movies, mainly because of Ford. But, if you like action and comedy, do yourself a favor and watch the 1999 Mummy. It is a wonderful ride.
re: #116 No Malarkey!
They, like us, know that Trump will not concede if he loses in November, and instead will attempt to seize power by any means necessary, including violently. Unlike us, they are down with that.
Why do you think I keep working on my range bits? Keep up on how to get my boy to the nearest border as a refugee before I go guerilla if necessary?
_all_ enemies, foreign and domestic…
re: #121 Dr Lizardo
Arnold Vosloo really sold it as Imhotep. One of my favorite screen villains.
He is not typically Hollywood handsome but his charisma is palpable. I know several women who loved his shirtless scenes. You can understand why Anck-su-namun would be all over him. And while Patricia Velasquez does not have much in this movie, her scenes early in the movie demonstrate the deep love she and Imhotep had. She knows her death will not be permanent because he will come for her.
re: #118 silverdolphin
TL:DR - Rewatched it tonight. The Mummy is a more perfect movie than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Prove me wrong.
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Eh, nope. Good clone, comes close in several places but in the end, it’s still an almost but not quite movie. Nothing will ever match Ford sick as a dog improvising shooting the swordsman rather than dueling him with the whip.
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re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
Well, it’s difficult to find actors in India.
re: #128 darthstar
Well, it’s difficult to find actors in India.
Or maybe they did but after Indy shot the guy, his fall took twenty minutes as he broke into a choreographed dance with 200 extras before he hit the ground and they decided to re-shoot the scene using the gaffer.
re: #127 William Lewis
Eh, nope. Good clone, comes close in several places but in the end, it’s still an almost but not quite movie. Nothing will ever match Ford sick as a dog improving shooting the swordsman rather than dueling him with the whip.
I understand andI loved Raiders when it came out, but Raiders is a great movie mainly, IMHO, because of two people - Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. The scene you mention is an example. The fistfight with the huge Nazi with the plane rotating around is another. But the serial aspect of the movie, it seems to me, makes it appear like one episodic, set piece followed by another (ie how did he manage to survive on the hull of that sub?) rather than a cohesive movie. Spielberg moving chess pieces around to get the characters where he wants them. I see the hands of the genius a little too much.
YMMV. The Mummy still makes me giddy while watching (that leftover emotion is why I am still up at 4 am having these sorts of conversations. Raiders no longer does that. I appreciate it rather than love it.
re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
And each sequel seems to have made him more and more of a failure as an archeologist. The latest one has him living alone, with no one really in his life, accused of murder.
re: #130 silverdolphin
I understand andI loved Raiders when it came out, but Raiders is a great movie mainly, IMHO, because of two people - Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. The scene you mention is an example. The fistfight with the huge Nazi with the plane rotating around is another. But the serial aspect of the movie, it seems to me, makes it appear like one episodic, set piece followed by another (ie how did he manage to survive on the hull of that sub?) rather than a cohesive movie. Spielberg moving chess pieces around to get the characters where he wants them. I see the hands of the genius a little too much.
YMMV. The Mummy still makes me giddy while watching (that leftover emotion is why I am still up at 4 am having these sorts of conversations. Raiders no longer does that. I appreciate it rather than love it.
A whole sequence of the sub either didn’t get filmed or got left on the cutting room floor - a graphic novel version I saw had him tie himself to the (anachronistic) schnorkel with his whip.
Okay, it is 4 am. I have to go to bed. See you all sometime later. Hope your days are wonderful and that you can still enjoy a fun movie even as the world goes to hell. I’m looking forward to watching the Mummy Returns.
re: #129 darthstar
Or maybe they did but after Indy shot the guy, his fall took twenty minutes as he broke into a choreographed dance with 200 extras before he hit the ground and they decided to re-shoot the scene using the gaffer.
😂😂😭😭😭
re: #120 Targetpractice
Oh fuck off with this shit, we all know that Trump’s going to try to pull the same shit he did in 2020 and run to the podium the moment the polls show him with even a 1% lead to demand Biden concede. And then spend the rest of the night whipping his base into a froth when the polling shifts against him by screaming that it was “rigged” and the election “stolen” again.
And like in 2020, the GOP voters are not as likely to vote by mail-in ballot, so that will give DJT an initial lead which he will insist was undermined by ballot tampering.
It is simply the convention that write in ballots, although they come in first, are counted last because in general they were balanced between the parties and rarely affected the outcome.
re: #130 silverdolphin
I understand andI loved Raiders when it came out, but Raiders is a great movie mainly, IMHO, because of two people - Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. The scene you mention is an example. The fistfight with the huge Nazi with the plane rotating around is another. But the serial aspect of the movie, it seems to me, makes it appear like one episodic, set piece followed by another (ie how did he manage to survive on the hull of that sub?) rather than a cohesive movie. Spielberg moving chess pieces around to get the characters where he wants them. I see the hands of the genius a little too much.
YMMV. The Mummy still makes me giddy while watching (that leftover emotion is why I am still up at 4 am having these sorts of conversations. Raiders no longer does that. I appreciate it rather than love it.
Never got that giddy over Mummy. It was a fun popcorn flick but forgotten 10 minutes after it was over and I have to look up who was even in it. I loved, say, the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer far more. Like you say, YMMV.
re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
BACK FROM YET ANOTHER GLOBETROTTING ADVENTURE, INDIANA JONES CHECKS HIS MAIL AND DISCOVERS THAT HIS BID FOR TENURE HAS BEEN DENIED
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To summarize, the committee fails to recognize any indication that Dr. Jones is even remotely proficient in archaeological scholarship and practice. His aptitude as an instructor is questionable at best, his conduct while abroad is positively deplorable, and his behavior on campus is minimally better. Marshall College has a reputation to uphold. I need not say more.
re: #136 William Lewis
Never got that giddy over Mummy. It was a fun popcorn flick but forgotten 10 minutes after it was over and I have to look up who was even in it. I loved, say, the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer far more. Like you say, YMMV.
I remember fetching Pacific Rim just thinking that my son would like it: monsters vs giant robots, but it turned out to be good viewling, one that bears watching more than once. Unlike the sequel.
And even Cowboys vs Aliens, despite its strastospherically high concept, turned out to be a decent package
re: #114 Targetpractice
So I went almost an entire shift without realizing that the broke-ass SUV that’s been sitting in the same parking spot for literal months disappeared sometime between yesterday and today. And I can’t even say that the reason was because the spot is off to the side of the building or in the back of the lot where I normally don’t look. It’s right there, right in my line of sight, with only a pane of glass between me and it, yet I totally zoned that it’s gone until now.
Apparently 40 is the new 80, because I’m already going senile.
i’ve gone for months not realizing that new buildings have gone up in places I routinely drive past. I had no idea our Publix had a Holiday Inn across from it, and I’m in that store every damned day.
re: #136 William Lewis
Speed Racer is amazing. To me, it’s the Wachowskis’ best movie (wow, I’m a hot take machine tonight!)
re: #121 Dr Lizardo
Arnold Vosloo really sold it as Imhotep. One of my favorite screen villains.
the scene where the priests imprison him in the sarcophagus with the beetles is still my favorite possible future punishment for trump.
And now it’s officially Springtime in Alaska:
alaskasnewssource.com
re: #141 Lancelot Link Returns!
Speed Racer is amazing. To me, it’s the Wachowskis’ best movie (wow, I’m a hot take machine tonight!)
I actually agree with you. It’s a glorious movie that was a perfect take on the property. My son was the right age 6 (as was I - old enough to no longer GAF) when it came out and we saw it together in the theater.
re: #126 silverdolphin
He is not typically Hollywood handsome but his charisma is palpable. I know several women who loved his shirtless scenes. You can understand why Anck-su-namun would be all over him. And while Patricia Velasquez does not have much in this movie, her scenes early in the movie demonstrate the deep love she and Imhotep had. She knows her death will not be permanent because he will come for her.
he’s definitely planning on coming for her several times, as soon as he sucks in enough souls to rebuild a prostate, which for good or for bad, is kind of low on his list of priorities: “got to suck souls; got to take over the world; got to get a _good_ cup of Joe for the first time 4000 years….I wonder if that little kosher deli with the bitchin’ Kenyan blend is still open in Memphis….; anyway, definitely got to rebuild the prostate because that last time in the sarcophogus, firing blanks, I think that nearly ended me….”
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Pacific Rim was Guillermo del Toro’s love letter to anime and Japanese pop culture.
Another film I fetched just to revel in its awfulness was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which again turned out to be a decently done piece.
I’m happy to say that the KC current won again, setting their NWSL leading record to 5-0-1
video recap here
nwslsoccer.com
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Abraham Lincoln plays his strat, picture by Keith Richards
re: #127 William Lewis
Eh, nope. Good clone, comes close in several places but in the end, it’s still an almost but not quite movie. Nothing will ever match Ford sick as a dog improving shooting the swordsman rather than dueling him with the whip.
That scene was classic Harrison Ford “I don’t want to be here, but I want a paycheck” acting. It’s also an example of what makes Spielberg such a great director, that his lead actor comes and says “I’m sick as a dog, why don’t I just shoot the guy?” and instead of screaming about his “vision” or getting uptight that an actor wants to change the script right in the middle of filming, he just shrugs and says “Works for me.”
re: #149 Randall Gross
Abraham Lincoln plays his strat, picture by Keith Richards
“I took the train to Richmond that fell, it was a time I remember oh so well…”
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“I took the train to Richmond that fell, it was a time I remember oh so well…”
You win the Internet for today, sir.
re: #150 Targetpractice
[Spielberg’s] lead actor comes and says “I’m sick as a dog, why don’t I just shoot the guy?” and instead of screaming about his “vision” or getting uptight that an actor wants to change the script right in the middle of filming, he just shrugs and says “Works for me.”
and as I recall, they even referenced that scene in the follow-up film.
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another film I fetched just to revel in its awfulness was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which again turned out to be a decently done piece.
I read the novel not long after the film came out and I’d say of the two it’s a better story.
re: #158 A Cranky One
Barky Yar!!!
re: #154 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and as I recall, they even referenced that scene in the follow-up film.
They did. Thugee warriors with swords appears and Indy reaches to his holster… and the pistol isn’t there.
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another film I fetched just to revel in its awfulness was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which again turned out to be a decently done piece.
I’ve been waiting for the sequel—Grover Cleveland Vs. Frankenstein!
Aerial photos show wide devastation left by tornado in China’s Guangzhou
— Unofficial AP News (World) Bot (@apnews-world-rss.bsky.social) 2024-04-28T13:03:35.758410+00:00
It’s hard to compete with this pic.twitter.com/TVT7gqhVGf
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) April 27, 2024
I have a friend who is still playing Fallout 76 as he has from the start, Ars wrote a good article about why people stuck with the game even after a lot of negative press and game flight.
From Ars
There’s never been a better time to get into Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is good now. Actually, it’s always been good.
arstechnica.com
re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Trey, here.
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Poor guy crying at 1:05 AM. pic.twitter.com/K3vbgxqrug
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 28, 2024
So I expect it was really good
After he is gone the internet will still be haunted by a Trump Pitchbot. Someone will write a ChatGPT script to take events and convert them into Trump rants.
re: #169 Dangerman
I’m just waiting for Stormy to get on the stand and hear her smack down Trump’s stooges. And if she goes there about teeny tiny mushrooms he’s gonna lose it!
re: #171 Joe Bacon ✅
And if she goes there about teeny tiny mushrooms he’s gonna lose it!
Just waiting for Trump to whip it out and show the jury. “SHE’S LYING! LOOK!! I’M HUNG LIKE A HORSE!!”
Perryton is in the northern part of the Texas Panhandle. Note that the alleged perv is also head football coach, which makes him a major civic leader, along with the local Baptist preacher.
Perryton athletic director arrested on charge of sexual assault of a child
“The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Office says they have arrested the Perryton High School athletic director on a warrant for sexual assault of a child.
The sheriff’s office confirmed Thursday morning that athletic director and head football coach Cole Underwood was arrested.
Ochiltree County Sheriff Terry Bouchard stated in a press release that Underwood is charged with having sexual intercourse with a Perryton High School student under the age of 17.”
re: #82 jaunte
These people are not amused.
Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
vanityfair.com
I’ve been separated from the Navy (ET1/SS) for over 24 years. Even after all that time, I can still be criminally prosecuted for disclosing sensitive information.
re: #172 Joe Bacon ✅
And of course this liar goes on FAUX.
Kellyanne Conway ‘worries’ MAGA’s Obama conspiracy theory could backfire for Biden win
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Did somebody get a facelift? 🤔
It won’t last long once the Ozempic kicks in.
re: #171 Joe Bacon ✅
I’m just waiting for Stormy to get on the stand and hear her smack down Trump’s stooges. And if she goes there about teeny tiny mushrooms he’s gonna lose it!
Well she’s gonna need to bring some bona fides to establish the encounter actually happened (and hence the motive)
RFK Jr. Allies Trash Kennedy Clan as Corrupt, Dishonest
Top allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are absolutely slamming the rest of his family for disavowing his kooky anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theories and his independent presidential campaign. It’s not clear if the Camelot scion, who has downplayed the family split, approved the scathing comments to the New York Post. “RFK Jr. is a corruption fighter just like his father and uncle,” Skyhorse publishing owner Tony Lyons, a friend and aide to Kennedy, told the paper. “The family members who have stood against him when instructed to do so show their lack of integrity, backbone and honor. They have abandoned their core Kennedy values. They are part of the corruption that RFK Jr. has been fighting with all his heart for the past 40 years.” Kyle Kemper, half-brother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, called the other Kennedys “dishonest” and said RFK Jr. is “interfering with their racket.” Many family members recently endorsed President Joe Biden over RFK Jr., who could play spoiler in the race between Biden and Donald Trump.
re: #178 Joe Bacon ✅
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Have you ever wondered why we don’t have these kind of “prophets” in Judaism? Because they would get laughed at wherever they went.
re: #182 Vicious Babushka
Have you ever wondered why we don’t have these kind of “prophets” in Judaism? Because they would get laughed at wherever they went.
And here’s another “profiteering profit”!
re: #163 jeffreyw
Sqiuibel was sitting like this on my deck railing, not moving, for a really long time. Peanut food coma?
And my new Cowfish.
re: #181 Joe Bacon ✅
GOP tools happy to slam on Democrats since it’s the default.
re: #182 Vicious Babushka
Have you ever wondered why we don’t have these kind of “prophets” in Judaism? Because they would get laughed at wherever they went.
We’re taught to question.
They…aren’t
re: #182 Vicious Babushka
Have you ever wondered why we don’t have these kind of “prophets” in Judaism? Because they would get laughed at wherever they went.
Iirc, the Old Testament test for a false prophet is a single failed prophecy, with death by stoning as the prescribed penalty.
Come to think of it, getting stoned might do these yahoos a world of good./
re: #183 Joe Bacon ✅
“Dutch Sheets”? Seriously? Any relation to Dutch Oven, by any chance? 😄
re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Meh
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Oh my I am getting this word of prophecy!
It’s telling me…Go to Andre’s Restaurant today and get their marinated chicken with a side of their roasted veggies for lunch today!
I…must…obey
re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
Whatever. That scene is hilarious.
re: #184 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Sqiuibel was sitting like this on my deck railing, not moving, for a really long time. Peanut food coma?
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#cats #rescue #caturday #catsofbluesky
Whoa, Cow Kitty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Cow Kitty, bam-ba-lam
Yahoo is running a top story, that Trump still leads Biden in the “polls”.
Boggles my mind, but that is where we are at in 2024.
re: #198 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
CNN is saying the same.
re: #198 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yahoo is running a top story, that Trump still leads Biden in the “polls”.
Boggles my mind, but that is where we are at in 2024.
Completely irrelevant in April, and I would say that if Biden was up by 5.
re: #200 Nerdy Fish
If it is a horse race I rather watch the one that will be on the first Saturday in May.
I wonder if these “polls” are looking at the abortion ballot measures in Florida and Arizona and how that will affect their “polls.”
re: #203 Ace Rothstein
I wonder if these “polls” are looking at the abortion ballot measures in Florida and Arizona and how that will affect their “polls.”
It seems to have been a national poll, of some 1,400 adults, conducted online or via telephone.
Ben-Gvir is a criminal. Come get me.
re: #101 No Malarkey!
Local business in Kentucky selling woo (healing crystals and the like) accused by pastor of practicing satanic witchcraft.
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shared that yesterday from WLEX:
If 79% of self-identified Republicans say that Trump is their main source for information on Ukraine, then this country is truly fucked.
re: #207 Ace Rothstein
If 79% of self-identified Republicans say that Trump is their main source for information on Ukraine, then this country is truly fucked.
The power that man has over the collective Republican consciousness is terrifying. The thing that bothers me is that I don’t understand how. He’s ugly, he’s a complete and total failure as a businessman, he’s a court-proven con artist, a rapist, a serial adulterer, and yet people trust him to the exclusion of all others.
re: #206 Backwoods Sleuth
shared that yesterday from WLEX:
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re: #208 Nerdy Fish
Because he is them, and they are him.
re: #208 Nerdy Fish
The power that man has over the collective Republican consciousness is terrifying. The thing that bothers me is that I don’t understand how. He’s ugly, he’s a complete and total failure as a businessman, he’s a court-proven con artist, a rapist, a serial adulterer, and yet people trust him to the exclusion of all others.
Team!
I belong!
Trump supporter: “This country needs a dictator. I hate to say it, but this is the truth.”
Never Trump.
pic.twitter.com/VcDIlqFDY5— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 27, 2024
re: #212 DodgerFan1988
Why does it need a dictator? Because your ideals are so terrible nobody wants to vote for them, so you want someone to force people to accept them?
re: #212 DodgerFan1988
If it’s what the country needs, why do you hate to say it?
re: #212 DodgerFan1988
If the MAGAts need to live in a dictatorship so badly, then it’s high time they’re bluntly told to move to one. Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, etc., whichever place suits their fancy.
#wildlife #nature #snakes
Random Wildlife
Some excitement yesterday, Mrs jeffreyw found a snake going for a phoebe’s nest and convinced it to move on along.
A Mormon was seated next to an Irishman on a flight from London.After the plane was airborne drink orders were taken. The Irishman asked for a whiskey, which was promptly brought.
The flight attendant then asked the Mormon if he would like a drink. He replied in disgust, “I’d rather be savagely raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips.”
The Irishman handed his drink back to the attendant and said, “Me too, I didn’t know we had a choice.”
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re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
I love that, if you wanted to make Indy a DnD character, you would choose rogue as a class.
Has anyone read the book Blood Meridian? I saw that it’s getting a movie adaptation.
re: #112 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Well, I’ll be… Is this the same Hoarse Whisperer we know?
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Good on him and Bertinelli… I don’t think I’d be able to step into Eddie Van Halen’s shoes though.
re: #223 Belafon
Has anyone read the book Blood Meridian? I saw that it’s getting a movie adaptation.
I’ve read it several times and love the audio book narrated by Richard Poe. Seem like it would make a good limited series. There are several set pieces that would make great episodes. A movie would end up leaving a lot out.
re: #221 Belafon
I love that, if you wanted to make Indy a DnD character, you would choose rogue as a class.
Thief, more like.
Sunday birbie.
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re: #124 Lancelot Link Returns!
Did you know that the guy on the right is in blackface?
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Also, Indiana Jones is the worst archeologist ever.
Did you know that the big German guy who gets rotochopped in Raiders is the same guy who plays the Thugee mine overseer in Temple of Doom and who also had a brief cameo in Last Crusade (a longer scene where he fights Jones there was cut for time by Spielberg), making him, AFAIK, the only actor other than Harrison Ford to appear in all three original Indiana Jones movies?
I have a pound of country sausage thawed. Biscuits and gravy? Or sausage egg biscuits? Other?
re: #230 jeffreyw
I have a pound of country sausage thawed. Biscuits and gravy? Or sausage egg biscuits? Other?
Yes.
re: #233 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
That is beautiful.
re: #228 TedStriker
Did you know that the big German guy who gets rotochopped in Raiders is the same guy who plays the Thugee mine overseer in Temple of Doom and who also had a brief cameo in Last Crusade (a longer scene where he fights Jones there was cut for time by Spielberg), making him, AFAIK, the only actor other than Harrison Ford to appear in all three original Indiana Jones movies?
Shit, I forgot… Roach also played the big Sherpa that fights Jones in Marian’s bar in Nepal in Raiders.
Four roles in the first three Indiana Jones movies.
re: #230 jeffreyw
I have a pound of country sausage thawed. Biscuits and gravy? Or sausage egg biscuits? Other?
Why not both?
re: #224 TedStriker
Good on him and Bertinelli… I don’t think I’d be able to step into Eddie Van Halen’s shoes though.
I don’t think she’s dating him to hear him play guitar.
I’m not surprised at all…
Noem book describing dog killing is a donation perk at upcoming GOP fundraiser
Kristi Noem’s new book, in which the South Dakota governor and Donald Trump vice presidential aspirant describes why she killed her 14-month-old dog, has sparked widespread outrage.
But to the California Republican Party, reading about how Noem shot Cricket — her family’s wirehair pointer — is a perk.
The book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, is included with every purchase of a ticket for a lunch banquet May 18 in Burlingame, Calif., during the California GOP Convention.
The prices: $400 for preferred seating, $300 for general admission, and $575 for a photo with Noem and a general admission ticket. Just want the photo and no grub? That’s $350.
People attending can hear Noem speak, eat lunch and go home to read about the dog she “hated.”
The California GOP did not immediately answer Raw Story’s question about whether it is reconsidering the book as a perk for the lunch.
re: #239 darthstar
I don’t think she’s dating him to hear him play guitar.
True, but her and EVH were married for a long time.
re: #208 Nerdy Fish
The power that man has over the collective Republican consciousness is terrifying. The thing that bothers me is that I don’t understand how. He’s ugly, he’s a complete and total failure as a businessman, he’s a court-proven con artist, a rapist, a serial adulterer, and yet people trust him to the exclusion of all others.
If you’ve read the second volume of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, you may see a parallel. In it, the plan the scientists had created to restore a galactic civilization over a 1000 year period was destroyed because a man came along that none of their planning and theorizing had ever considered. It turned out he was a mutant who had the ability to adjust the minds of people in subtle but important ways. Trump is that mutant that the designers of our democracy could never have even fathomed. He has some way of hiding his true self to a substantial number of people. Even when presented with document evidence, they choose him and reject the evidence. It is both terrrifying and inexplicable.
re: #101 No Malarkey!
Local business in Kentucky selling woo (healing crystals and the like) accused by pastor of practicing satanic witchcraft.
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Because these people think anything that isn’t their kind of Christianity (and this would include the religious furnishings of Catholic and Episcopalian churches, for example) is satanic. I mean, seriously, folks, there are still people out there who talk about how Catholicism is satanic. I can’t even get over this.
re: #241 Joe Bacon ✅
I’m not surprised at all…
Noem book describing dog killing is a donation perk at upcoming GOP fundraiser
The book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, is included with every purchase of a ticket for a lunch banquet May 18 in Burlingame, Calif., during the California GOP Convention.
The California GOP did not immediately answer Raw Story’s question about whether it is reconsidering the book as a perk for the lunch.
They’re already dead. They just want to jiggle the corpse around a bit to give the appearance of life.
re: #226 Nojay UK
Thief, more like.
Thief doesn’t exist in 5e, it’s been replaced by rogue because most thieves were basically people who could get into small spaces and sneak attack, not steal.
re: #101 No Malarkey!
Local business in Kentucky selling woo (healing crystals and the like) accused by pastor of practicing satanic witchcraft.
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Why would it matter if she were practicing satanic witchcraft? 1st amendment protects that nonsense as well.
re: #250 JC1
Why would it matter if she were practicing satanic witchcraft? 1st amendment protects that nonsense as well.
No it doesn’t, the 1st Amendment only protects the rights of the One True Religion, everyone else has to convert or die!
re: #247 jeffreyw
Memories of Aunt Roz basting her Virginia hams in Dr. Pepper. And when anyone dared confront her about that she would say, “Religion and stomach don’t mix!”
And she insisted that Virginia hams from Edwards were kosher because, “aw those smoked hams smell and taste sooooo goooooood!”
re: #243 TedStriker
True, but her and EVH were married for a long time.
That was a long time and one other husband ago.
re: #116 No Malarkey!
They, like us, know that Trump will not concede if he loses in November, and instead will attempt to seize power by any means necessary, including violently. Unlike us, they are down with that.
Except this time around he doesn’t have the levers of government at his disposal. He’ll rage on truth or from behind bars and that’ll be the end of it.
re: #253 Joe Bacon ✅
Memories of Aunt Roz basting her Virginia hams in Dr. Pepper. And when anyone dared confront her about that she would say, “Religion and stomach don’t mix!”
Why would anyone confront her from a religious perspective. There are better basting options, sure, but is Dr. Pepper inherently satanic?
re: #254 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That was a long time and one other husband ago.
Oh bloody hell, I didn’t know she and EVH had divorced (or I forgot they did) and that she’d already remarried once…
FML lol
re: #251 jeffreyw
white wall tires at that!!!
re: #109 Nojay UK
I only found out a few days ago that the big stadium about a kilometre from my front door is playing three nights in early June with some pop performer, I think her name is Taylor Swift or something? anyway, I’m thinking of booking it for the weekend and going elsewhere. Anywhere. I don’t care, just… not here.
Yeah, I think that might be a really good idea. I’m trying to imagine something like that here. While there’s a stadium within a mile of my house, it’s for the high school and it probably seats 3,000 people. It’s still noisy when they all turn out for a high school football game. I couldn’t imagine tens of thousands of people gathering for three days. Best to find a hotel room in some other part of the country.
re: #256 sizzzzlerz
Why would anyone confront her from a religious perspective. There are better basting options, sure, but is Dr. Pepper inherently satanic?
Auntie Roz was Jewish. (now why does autocorrect continually change Roz to Ron????)
re: #210 Ace Rothstein
Because he is them, and they are him.
And they are all together, goo-goob-choob?
re: #224 TedStriker
Good on him and Bertinelli… I don’t think I’d be able to step into Eddie Van Halen’s shoes though.
This will be her second marriage after Eddie. My wife was telling me that her previous marriage ended because the guy decided he would become part of her celebrity sphere, and then he started criticizing her for her weight and other things. She decided after that that she would just be Wolfie’s mom.
re: #259 jeffreyw
I needed a good belly laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Howard Stern Biden interview was really good. Worth listening to in its entirety.
re: #250 JC1
Why would it matter if she were practicing satanic witchcraft? 1st amendment protects that nonsense as well.
The first amendment also protects the Christian’s right to convince others not to go. The question becomes how close are they getting to harrassment.
re: #263 Belafon
This will be her second marriage after Eddie. My wife was telling me that her previous marriage ended because the guy decided he would become part of her celebrity sphere, and then he started criticizing her for her weight and other things. She decided after that that she would just be Wolfie’s mom.
Speaking of Wolfgang, he’s definitely a chip off the old block… Mammoth WVH is really good (Charles has posted some of their stuff before).
Jeff has a way with words!
Times publisher AG Sulzberger is a power-mad diaper-baby
oh and the coup de grace…
the New York Times can piss up a rope
re: #269 Joe Bacon ✅
Jeff has a way with words!
Times publisher AG Sulzberger is a power-mad diaper-baby
oh and the coup de grace…
the New York Times can piss up a rope
Oh man. Memories of the former, and not to be lamented, MandyManners there.
My wife is watching video from COCO5, the news station that serves central Oklahoma. They have a copter flying around. There are places where you can tell the tornado took out trailer houses only because the dirt spot is rectangular, there are concrete blocks, and the only thing left is part of a front porch/patio. You can also see how the tornado whipped around some of the trailer homes were dragged around by the random tire tracks dug in.
There were 20 estimated tornadoes in central Oklahoma, and two deaths, including a 4 month old.
re: #272 Joe Bacon ✅
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As if McConnell doesn’t know how enormously influential he is in Republican circles. He’s not stupid; he didn’t get to where he is by being an abject moron.
re: #204 Dr Lizardo
It seems to have been a national poll, of some 1,400 adults, conducted online or via telephone.
I was at a party yesterday talking with a group of people and the discussion turned to politics.
One guy (a friend of a friend) said he didn’t like Trump much but would probably vote for him anyway because economy.
I asked if the guy was aware of all the crazy shit Trump says he’ll do if he wins and the guy was like “Oh, I don’t think any of that will happen if he wins. It’s just the media playing stuff up to scare people.”
I repeated it was TRUMP himself who had said these things. On camera.
His response: “The guy lies all the time anyway. Same as any politician. I’m telling you, it won’t be that bad if he gets re-elected.”
I removed myself from the discussion at that point.
re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
“…because economy.” That guy lost me right there. The economy is roaring right now. I have no idea where people are getting their shitty news from, but it’s getting real tiring.
The tornado went through downtown Sulpher, OK, and it damaged and destroyed a number of buildings. The news actually used Google street view to show people what the damaged buildings looked like.
re: #275 Nerdy Fish
“…because economy.” That guy lost me right there. The economy is roaring right now. I have no idea where people are getting their shitty news from, but it’s getting real tiring.
Starts with an F and ends with an X.
re: #275 Nerdy Fish
“…because economy.” That guy lost me right there. The economy is roaring right now. I have no idea where people are getting their shitty news from, but it’s getting real tiring.
“What about the economy?”
re: #277 Eclectic Cyborg
Starts with an F and ends with an X.
Nobody is using a fax machine to get the news, sheesh.
/
re: #260 mmmirele
Yeah, I think that might be a really good idea. I’m trying to imagine something like that here. While there’s a stadium within a mile of my house, it’s for the high school and it probably seats 3,000 people. It’s still noisy when they all turn out for a high school football game.
The Murrayfield stadium seats 67,000 for rugby matches. For concerts they close off the north stand to build the stage but put down flooring on the pitch for standing ticket sales so, call it 70,000 full house in that format. The stadium is located in a residential area and there is zero parking within a mile or so of the turnstiles. The route between the city centre and the stadium goes past my front door, literally. People get likkered up beforehand in the city’s bars before making their unsteady way down to the stadium mostly on foot. It’s a constant battle to keep passers-by out of our stairwell so they can’t use it as a convenient toilet as they go.
I did stewarding a couple of times for concerts there, the Rolling Stones was my last one. I don’t need the money that badly any more.
We got dumped on again this morning, starting sometime after 3am. We have gained more than .5 feet since it started.
Here’s a chart of Lake Ray Hubbard’s level since the beginning of the year:
It’s the water lake for Dallas, and can be fed by Lake Lavon if it gets low. Both lakes have dams. 435.5ft is considered full. But we have gotten so much rain that everything is running into the lakes now.
From the 25th to today, there have been 253 reported tornadoes in the US.
re: #284 Belafon
From the 25th to today, there have been 253 reported tornadoes in the US.
It’s that time of the year.
re: #224 TedStriker
Good on him and Bertinelli… I don’t think I’d be able to step into Eddie Van Halen’s shoes though.
She had a cover story in People recently; here’s what she had to say about her new love:
“It’s still so new. I’m not ready to share his name publicly. But it is unlike any connection I’ve ever felt. Mature, kind, thoughtful, patient. I’m glad it’s happening. But it’s like, what the heck is happening? It’s a seesaw of emotions. My belly is flipping-flopping. This was not supposed to happen.”
They met on Instagram, began talking on the phone earlier this year, and met in person for the first time in early March.
Getting tired of seeing the TikTok head of trust and safety ad protesting too much.
re: #174 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Perryton is in the northern part of the Texas Panhandle. Note that the alleged perv is also head football coach, which makes him a major civic leader, along with the local Baptist preacher.
…
“The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Office says they have arrested the Perryton High School athletic director on a warrant for sexual assault of a child.
There’s no Baptist preacher in the story, though.
You probably wouldn’t like it if every story about Harvey Weinstein mentioned his religion.
They’re also showing a storm south of San Antonio, around Pleasanton, that isn’t moving very fast and just dumping rain and small hail.
re: #289 Belafon
That’s probably going to slide by me later.
Yo! GRP! @garyrp.bsky.social
I was today years old when I found out that this existed!
Four Tank-Men and a Dog - A Polish television show about, oddly enough, Four Tank-Men and a dog. Three seasons of episodes set in 1944-45 where they encounter all sorts of things while riding in their T-34/85 tank.
And look! It’s on YouTube!
Subtitled, of course. A wild boar and tiger appear in the first 15 minutes.
re: #277 Eclectic Cyborg
Starts with an F and ends with an X.
With zero in the middle.
(Like their programming)
re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
I was at a party yesterday talking with a group of people and the discussion turned to politics.
One guy (a friend of a friend) said he didn’t like Trump much but would probably vote for him anyway because economy.
I asked if the guy was aware of all the crazy shit Trump says he’ll do if he wins and the guy was like “Oh, I don’t think any of that will happen if he wins. It’s just the media playing stuff up to scare people.”
I repeated it was TRUMP himself who had said these things. On camera.
His response: “The guy lies all the time anyway. Same as any politician. I’m telling you, it won’t be that bad if he gets re-elected.”
I removed myself from the discussion at that point.
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a blossoming beauty by the wayside: ornamental leeks#flowers
#wayside beauty
Translated from Deutsch using DeepL.com
That reminded me of the irises I saw yesterday. The whole plants were only about 8 inches tall. It looked like little tufts of ornamental grass, but with irises stuck in it.
re: #245 sizzzzlerz
If you’ve read the second volume of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, you may see a parallel. In it, the plan the scientists had created to restore a galactic civilization over a 1000 year period was destroyed because a man came along that none of their planning and theorizing had ever considered. It turned out he was a mutant who had the ability to adjust the minds of people in subtle but important ways. Trump is that mutant that the designers of our democracy could never have even fathomed. He has some way of hiding his true self to a substantial number of people. Even when presented with document evidence, they choose him and reject the evidence. It is both terrrifying and inexplicable.
Asimov had The Mule. Republicans have The Ass.
re: #275 Nerdy Fish
“…because economy.” That guy lost me right there. The economy is roaring right now. I have no idea where people are getting their shitty news from, but it’s getting real tiring.
Because the “free market” MAGA types can’t buy a $25k full-size new pickup truck with physical buttons and knobs and no dealer markup. ..while corporate auto CEOs get paid out multi-$ Miilions.
They’re angry that interest rates are now within historical norms. The “free market” types got used to almost free borrowing money near 0%.. with many that didn’t even have to pay it back.
The Libertarians are mad that the “free market” means that private businesses running websites could prevent them from posting Nazi and racist content on their forums as well as content that was demonstrably false and engineered to interfere with a free election in a faltering democracy.
MAGA Libertarians that love business and the “free market” are mad as hell that corporations that stock grocery store shelves are shrinking the product quantities while raising prices all the while Kraft and Frito-Lay Executives buy new mansions with all the bonuses.
Basically tons of white Americans are mad as hell because they got lied to about a theoretical and utterly false “free market” -one that doesn’t automatically reward someone with an easy retirement who has white skin. In fact , the sight of someone like LeBron James or Beyoncé enjoying the fruits of a “free market” makes them totally livid and in favor of a specific sort of dictatorship…. One variant that was tried out starting in the 1930’s in Germany.
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