Veritasium: Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein’s Math

Science • Views: 14,461

Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else? A massive thank you to Prof. Geraint F. Lewis and Prof. Juan Maldacena for their expertise and help with this video.

Use code veritasium at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/veritasium

A huge thank you to those who helped us understand this complicated topic: Dr. Suddhasattwa Brahma, Prof. Carlo Rovelli, Dr. Hal Haggard, Prof. Martin Bojowald, Dr. Francesca Vidotto, Prof. Andrew Hamilton, and Dr. Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda.

A special thanks to Alessandro Roussel from ScienceClic for his spectacular simulations and feedback on the video. Check out his channel here: https://ve42.co/ScienceClic

An excellent book on this topic and an inspiration for this video: Cox, B., & Forshaw, J. (2023). Black holes: the key to understanding the universe.

References:

Click to Reveal

▀▀▀
Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join the community to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDE

Adam Foreman, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Burt Humburg, Chris Harper, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, I. H., John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Martin, Matthias Wrobel, Max Paladino, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Stephen Wilcox, Tj Steyn, Toni , TTST, Ubiquity Ventures, wolfee

If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV

▀▀▀
References:
Thorne, K. (1995). Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy.
Relativity Playlist by ScienceClic - https://ve42.co/SCPlaylist
Hamilton, A. J. S. (2021). General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology - https://ve42.co/Hamilton2021
Black Hole Events by PBS Space Time -
Newton’s Letters via The Newton Project - https://ve42.co/NewtonMail
Einstein, A. (1915). Die feldgleichungen der gravitation. - https://ve42.co/Einstein1915
Why Time and Space Swap by ScienceClic -
Schwarzschild, K. (1916). Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie. - https://ve42.co/Schwarzschild1916
Wali, K. C. (1982). Chandrasekhar vs. Eddington—an unanticipated confrontation. - https://ve42.co/Wali1982
How to Build a Black Hole by PBS Space Time -
Oppenheimer, J. R., & Volkoff, G. M. (1939). On massive neutron cores. - https://ve42.co/TOVLimit
Oppenheimer, J. R., & Snyder, H. (1939). On continued gravitational contraction. - https://ve42.co/Oppenheimer1939
Schwarzschild Geometry by Andrew Hamilton - https://ve42.co/SchwarzGeom
Why all world maps are wrong by Vox -
Hamilton, A. J., & Lisle, J. P. (2008). The river model of black holes. - https://ve42.co/HamiltonLisle2008
Mapping The Multiverse by PBS Space Time -
Rotating black hole via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/WikiRBH
Wormhole Travel by PBS Space Time -
Morris, M. S., & Thorne, K. S. (1988). Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel. - https://ve42.co/MorrisThorne1988

Images & Video:
D3 Geo Projection Library by Mike Bostock https://ve42.co/d3geo
Interrupted Maps by Jason Davies https://ve42.co/DaviesMaps
Kazmierczak, J. et al. (2021). NASA’s NICER Tests Matter’s Limits. - https://ve42.co/NasaNICER
Bridgman, T. et al. (2024). M5.1 flare ‘Double Whammy’, at Active Regions 13559 and 13561. NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaFlare
Schnittman, J. et al. (2019). Black Hole Accretion Disk Visualization. - https://ve42.co/NasaAccrDisk
Wiessinger, S. et al. (2020). A Decade of Sun. NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaSunDecade
Skelly, C. et al. (2017). What is a Neutron Star? NASA SVS. - https://ve42.co/NasaNeutron
What would we see if we fell into a black hole by ScienceClic -
Earth texture - https://ve42.co/NASAEarth
First image of Sgr A* - https://ve42.co/EHT1
Image of M87 - https://ve42.co/EHT2
Polarized light image of Sgr A* - https://ve42.co/EHT3

▀▀▀


Directed by Casper Mebius
Written by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller and Will Wood
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Ivy Tello, Mike Radjabov, David Szakaly, Jonny Hyman, and Alessandro Roussel
Illustrated by Jakub Misiek
Filmed by Derek Muller
Additional research by Gregor Čavlović
Produced by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Will Wood, Giovanna Utichi, Rob Beasley Spence, Gregor Čavlović, and Emily Taylor

Thumbnail contributions by Jakub Misiek, Ren Hurley and Peter Sheppard
Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images, Storyblocks, and NASA SVS
Music from Epidemic Sound

Jump to bottom

325 comments
1
wrenchwench  May 5, 2024 • 6:34:04pm

Yeah, I didn’t think you meant the roadrunners.

re: #152 Joe Bacon ✅

2
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 5, 2024 • 6:37:33pm

re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter

I seem to remember something mentioned about it, perhaps on a YouTube video.

The use of “dark” by the authors is a bit off-putting ot me, since it clearly is not “dark” as in “dark matter”.

It’s just really, really dim,

Since we now know that most stars are red dwarf varieties, and their low surface brightness makes them hard to see individually, there could be several such in that galaxy.

Still, interesting discovery.

In our galaxy, the remaining gas clouds are rather small (on galactic scales.)

3
Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿  May 5, 2024 • 6:52:16pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle may inflict pain of a very familiar kind.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,052 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SibData: 4,4,5,6,X

REZ3cmRrcUxRMlcwS3JML2FUOE9VY1l4OEZ6dnBhK3JoQ1ZZUUlYUlVQNUEwbDNlSENIRWViam9jelM4TWdhOGUycXZKVGc3TWE0MGlQemxDZlRwN3B5Y2RTdlptdHlkTC9rVjYvT2hiUDRReTBvbElnNmRBZkxIWXAyZmRUMDZWdU1pVkszTnVJVklqc1h5SmYxeUIyWEkvSFBhQm5GbjdSbFUxMXU4bkF2clA3QWZQQW95d3ZpMjh2eEk5aEdab2QvRHNrSU51dHhsRU85Y1Z1Qmp3b0tHWG90dnV3MHBjcDlDaU1jUFFQTGNuWEVGcmRxVFFrMTV5VFYrMGRhNUJOcm1MYmpZS2F5ZXoyNjRxNUp4MWc9PTo6z6QuldHYs1eKmm43MDfUlQ==

4
silverdolphin  May 5, 2024 • 6:54:49pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I seem to remember something mentioned about it, perhaps on a YouTube video.

The use of “dark” by the authors is a bit off-putting ot me, since it clearly is not “dark” as in “dark matter”.

It’s just really, really dim,

Since we now know that most stars are red dwarf varieties, and their low surface brightness makes them hard to see individually, there could be several such in that galaxy.

Still, interesting discovery.

In our galaxy, the remaining gas clouds are rather small (on galactic scales.)

Here is an article about the discovery in Jan 2024. called a dark galaxy.

5
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:01:14pm

6
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:01:25pm

7
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:01:39pm

8
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:02:09pm

9
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:02:22pm

10
Ace Rothstein  May 5, 2024 • 7:03:09pm

re: #9 William Lewis

[Embedded content]

That’s the best of the batch.

11
darthstar  May 5, 2024 • 7:05:16pm

12
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:05:17pm

re: #10 Ace Rothstein

That’s the best of the batch.

I liked how this morning’s mist still clung to the hill sides despite the sunrise.

13
Ace Rothstein  May 5, 2024 • 7:06:12pm

re: #12 William Lewis

I liked how this morning’s mist still clung to the hill sides despite the sunrise.

Yes. And the composition is spot on. It’s a beautiful b&w.

14
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 7:07:37pm

If you like the video, make sure to read Black Holes and Time Warps, by Kip Thorne. It’s a great read. You will discover how much politics there was in 20th century physics.

thriftbooks.com

15
Ace Rothstein  May 5, 2024 • 7:07:39pm

Dallas Stars win game 7!

16
Dave In Austin  May 5, 2024 • 7:08:09pm
17
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:09:48pm

re: #13 Ace Rothstein

Yes. And the composition is spot on. It’s a beautiful b&w.

Thank you.

18
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 7:09:54pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I seem to remember something mentioned about it, perhaps on a YouTube video.

The use of “dark” by the authors is a bit off-putting ot me, since it clearly is not “dark” as in “dark matter”.

It’s just really, really dim,

Since we now know that most stars are red dwarf varieties, and their low surface brightness makes them hard to see individually, there could be several such in that galaxy.

Still, interesting discovery.

In our galaxy, the remaining gas clouds are rather small (on galactic scales.)

It kind of points to the idea that a galaxy can start with much less matter than the ones we normally see, like our own, which is definitely interesting.

19
William Lewis  May 5, 2024 • 7:11:34pm

re: #15 Ace Rothstein

Dallas Stars win game 7!

Just makes me feel old to hear the North Stars called that. I’m not even a hockey fan but still, even after all this time…

20
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 7:13:17pm

She got bounced by The Mouse.

Embattled ABC News Boss Kim Godwin Steps Down

Kim Godwin, the president of ABC News, is leaving her position at the network, according to an internal memo sent to staff and obtained by The Daily Beast on Sunday night.

Her decision to step down comes three years after she was hired to head the network, a rocky tenure marred by scandals, missteps, and internal strife. The first Black woman appointed to run a national broadcast news network, Godwin had previously been a longtime presence at CBS News, where she’d ascended to become executive vice president.

Godwin said in her Sunday memo that she’d decided to “retire from broadcast journalism.

thedailybeast.com

21
mmmirele  May 5, 2024 • 7:14:05pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I seem to remember something mentioned about it, perhaps on a YouTube video.

The use of “dark” by the authors is a bit off-putting ot me, since it clearly is not “dark” as in “dark matter”.

It’s just really, really dim,

Since we now know that most stars are red dwarf varieties, and their low surface brightness makes them hard to see individually, there could be several such in that galaxy.

Still, interesting discovery.

In our galaxy, the remaining gas clouds are rather small (on galactic scales.)

Celestial objects have low surface brightness, at least to human eyes, which are not designed to gather and store light like a photographic plate. The Andromeda Galaxy is pretty large, but because of its distance (2.5 million light years, more or less) its light is diffuse. Those beautiful pictures of Andromeda happen because a telescope is trained on it for hours to get all that detail. We humans don’t see that Andromeda is around 5x the size of the full moon in the sky because of the low surface brightness.

The low surface brightness galaxies are straining the ability of our currently best optical/radio instruments to “see” them. If the gas is diffuse, it’s going to be difficult. Also, if the gas is diffuse, it’s not likely to collapse into stars. At some point in that diffuse galaxy’s history, it’s going to run into another galaxy with stars and mass, probably get ripped to shreds and its gas will make up the next generation of stars in a starburst galaxy.

22
Charles Johnson  May 5, 2024 • 7:16:50pm

With Jack’s departure, we are searching for a new board member for the Bluesky public benefit company who shares our commitment to building a social network that puts people in control of their experience. More to come!

— Bluesky (@bsky.app) 2024-05-05T20:11:41.676Z

23
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 7:18:38pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

“Hy, my name is Nelo Musk and I have a great idea for what to do with it.”

24
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 7:18:39pm

Hey Charles, just posted this page and none of the websites I put in shows up as hyperlinks.

25
Charles Johnson  May 5, 2024 • 7:21:44pm

re: #24 teleskiguy

Hey Charles, just posted this page and none of the websites I put in shows up as hyperlinks.

Yeah, YouTube has been doing weird things with links in video descriptions lately.

26
wrenchwench  May 5, 2024 • 7:24:18pm

Mastodon

I don’t think we’ve reached a point of no return, but the other points are better.

27
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 7:24:34pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

So weird. I went out of my way to manually enter the websites’ URLs to specifically avoid YouTube’s weird shit with links in the description.

28
Charles Johnson  May 5, 2024 • 7:25:23pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

Yeah, YouTube has been doing weird things with links in video descriptions lately.

I don’t know if it’s a bug or intentional; they’re converting links to A tags, but putting the text outside the tag. Looks like a bug to me.

29
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 7:31:22pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

We haven’t lost yet. The fight isn’t over, and it won’t be easy, but I think after labor day, when Democrats start putting ads up, and I guarantee Biden will, a whole lot of people are going to understand how their future is threatened. The Republican party represents a threat to more than half the country, no matter what Republican women and people like Clarence Thomas want to think.

30
Captain Ron  May 5, 2024 • 7:31:39pm
31
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 7:32:16pm

re: #30 Captain Ron

Emphasis on power.

33
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 7:39:17pm

Trump threatens Biden with ‘very big price’ over DOJ’s indictment of ‘respected Democrat’

I hope Dark Brandon replies “What’s your price Poopy Pants? $1.98?”

Diaper Man posts, “”Biden just Indicted Henry Cuellar because the Respected Democrat Congressman wouldn’t play Crooked Joe’s Open Border game,” Trump said without providing evidence for his claim that the Cuellars were politically targeted by the administration, particularly over border issues”.

“He was for Border Control, so they said, ‘Let’s use the FBI and DOJ to take him out!’” he said. “This is the way they operate.”

“They’re a bunch of D.C. Thugs, and at some point they will be paying a very big price for what they have done to our Country. CROOKED JOE BIDEN IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!”

rawstory.com

34
Dangerman  May 5, 2024 • 7:39:25pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

I don’t think we’ve reached a point of no return, but the other points are better.

If they don’t like the system anymore they’re free to leave

35
BeachDem  May 5, 2024 • 7:39:35pm

So sad when one of my worthless senators is the biggest suckup on the planet.

Tim Scott Refuses To Say If He’ll Accept 2024 Election Results Regardless Of Who Wins
Scott told MSNBC he’s sure Donald Trump will emerge victorious, so why worry.

huffpost.com

Being even more disgusting than Lindsey is quite a feat. Congrats, Timmy.

36
DodgerFan1988  May 5, 2024 • 7:39:54pm


The cruelty is the point.

37
silverdolphin  May 5, 2024 • 7:40:36pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

I don’t think we’ve reached a point of no return, but the other points are better.

We also need to include the dislocation that the mortgage debacle caused to so many people. The fear from economic collapse overlapped with the fear of Obama to really send the conservatives into their cult.

But, we have gone through several periods before where we needed to reorder our society to deal with these sorts of economic, social and political dislocations (ie Revolutonary war, Civil War and WW2). The average time is about 17 years to get through these. With the mortgage scam falling in 2007, we should be much closer to the end than the beginning.

Things do seem to be headed this way but the next few months will tell.

38
Patricia Kayden  May 5, 2024 • 7:42:36pm

Mastodon

39
jaunte  May 5, 2024 • 7:43:12pm

re: #36 DodgerFan1988

If no one can afford a drug, is it really worth anything?

40
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 7:43:24pm

After Labor Day when the shit really gets set into high gear, more and more everyday women in the United States will see the existential threat the GOP really is, and act accordingly. The up and down abortion votes in Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas, etc. the ones that have already happened, along with Democrats over-performing in every special election… The GOP are on a razors edge…

41
Unabogie  May 5, 2024 • 7:43:49pm

re: #36 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

The cruelty is the point.

One of our billionaires could just cut a check. But we all know they won’t.

42
Patricia Kayden  May 5, 2024 • 7:44:47pm

re: #39 jaunte

Great question. What’s the point of a drug which costs millions of dollars? Who is it made for?

43
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 7:47:37pm

Every up-or-down vote for abortion access in every state that has such a ballot measure will pass in November 2024. Mark my words. Women, half the gotdam population, know this shit is healthcare and can sometimes be a matter of life and death.

Most unenviable job I can think of right now: higher echelon GOP strategists trying to counter these things.

44
goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2024 • 7:48:57pm

re: #42 Patricia Kayden

Great question. What’s the point of a drug which costs millions of dollars? Who is it made for?

The sons of Czars

45
jaunte  May 5, 2024 • 7:50:30pm

re: #42 Patricia Kayden

Looks like they’re selling it, even at that price:

Novartis launched its gene therapy in 2019, after a groundbreaking FDA approval. With a list price of $2.125 million, Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine in the world. Novartis has said the drug’s nature as a one-time treatment and strong data support the price, and cost watchdogs on both sides of the Atlantic have agreed. So far, more than 1,800 patients have been treated with Zolgensma globally, the company said.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/rival-merck-monopolizes-bcg-supply-immuntybio-taps-serum-institute-new-combos

No word on how many patients were treated by national health systems.

Zolgensma is owned by Novartis, whose merger components were known historically for the Tom’s River pollution scandal, and for selling LSD for MKUltra human experiments.
en.wikipedia.org

46
wrenchwench  May 5, 2024 • 7:51:24pm

re: #37 silverdolphin

[…]

Things do seem to be headed this way but the next few months will tell.

Does ‘next few months’ go out, say, 6 months, to include the US election?

47
GlutenFreeJesus  May 5, 2024 • 7:56:33pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

A two-term black president with a scary middle eastern sounding name made the right go completely apeshit.

48
goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2024 • 7:58:07pm

Listen guys, the market rewards those early investors who had the foresight and ability to put a paywall in front of staying alive.

49
silverdolphin  May 5, 2024 • 7:59:54pm

re: #46 wrenchwench

Does ‘next few months’ go out, say, 6 months, to include the US election?

I’m hoping the election will seal the deal, destroying the GOP for good. Biden is the man to accomplish this so m,y fingers are crossed.

50
DodgerFan1988  May 5, 2024 • 8:00:04pm

re: #38 Patricia Kayden

[Embedded content]

I didn’t have MAGA & Communist Cubans fighting on the same side on my bingo card.

51
Dangerman  May 5, 2024 • 8:01:05pm

re: #45 jaunte

So far, more than 1,800 patients have been treated with Zolgensma globally, the company said.

How many weren’t treated because they couldn’t afford it?

52
jaunte  May 5, 2024 • 8:05:33pm

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 out of every 10,000 people.
cdc.gov

The most severe types of SMA have a life expectancy of less than 2 years
…..
Types 0 and 1, the most severe forms, have a very short life expectancy without treatment.
Type 2 can cause significant disability, which can increase the risk of a shortened lifespan.
Types 3 and 4 do not substantially affect life expectancy, but complications can sometimes be life threatening.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/spinal-muscular-atrophy-life-expectancy

53
wrenchwench  May 5, 2024 • 8:05:33pm

re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus

A two-term black president with a scary middle eastern sounding name made the right go completely apeshit.

From the bottom to the top, or the other way, or both.

54
silverdolphin  May 5, 2024 • 8:09:25pm

re: #45 jaunte

Looks like they’re selling it, even at that price:

No word on how many patients were treated by national health systems.

Zolgensma is owned by Novartis, whose merger components were known historically for the Tom’s River pollution scandal, and for selling LSD for MKUltra human experiments.
en.wikipedia.org

Apparently only 1/3rd of US insurance companiues will even think of covering it. And many require there to be symptoms, something that often does not appear in the under two year age of many infants.

There is another drug that costs half as much that many insurance companies want to be used.But it must be tajen for a lifetime, which actually costs them more than the once dose Zolgensma. Great example of how short term concerns screw up long term goals.

Zolgensma is a single dose genetic therapy. So the lifetime cost is much lower but insurance companies do not think like that in the US.

55
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 8:45:41pm

re: #39 jaunte

If no one can afford a drug, is it really worth anything?

Why it is to the corporate beancounter who denies the claim. That denial probably wins that beancounter a week at Club Med!

56
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 8:49:00pm

re: #42 Patricia Kayden

Great question. What’s the point of a drug which costs millions of dollars? Who is it made for?

Koch, Mercer, Sleazy E, the Uihleins and their fellow billionaires.

57
Eclectic Cyborg  May 5, 2024 • 8:50:28pm

re: #36 DodgerFan1988

And in true American fashion, they started a GoFundMe to try and raise $4 Million to save their kids lives.

(It has since been paused, but still).

58
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 8:52:13pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Looks like a bug to me.

It’s occurring on much older pages of mine, websites no longer hyperlinks. Bug. Hopefully. Right?

59
Hecuba's daughter  May 5, 2024 • 8:53:06pm

re: #43 teleskiguy

Every up-or-down vote for abortion access in every state that has such a ballot measure will pass in November 2024. Mark my words. Women, half the gotdam population, know this shit is healthcare and can sometimes be a matter of life and death.

Most unenviable job I can think of right now: higher echelon GOP strategists trying to counter these things.

Voters will come out to vote for abortion access but then go right ahead and vote for legislators who will do everything in their power to overturn that access. Democrats have to do a better job persuading voters that it’s not sufficient to vote for abortion rights ; they also have to vote for candidates who support those rights; otherwise they will vanish, and vanish nationwide.

60
Vicious Babushka  May 5, 2024 • 8:56:37pm

re: #36 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

The cruelty is the point.

Zeddo has been a Humana patient for at least the last 20 years and they are giving him a hard time about his prosthetic, as in, they don’t wanna pay for a prosthetic for a 75 year old diabetic so we’re on the hook for the whole $2.5K.

61
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 8:58:19pm

re: #59 Hecuba’s daughter

This has been happening. In every up-or-down abortion vote since Dobbs. You sound too worried.

62
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 9:03:22pm

re: #60 Vicious Babushka

🤬 those CENSORED beancounters make me very very angry!

63
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 9:06:49pm

Dude, Dobbs is our Dred Scott.

Dude. That is horrible and fucked up that you’re comparing a Supreme Court decision from 1857, AMIRITE?!?!!1 Well, the political ramifications for Republicans will be be apparent. And lots of people will die.

64
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 9:14:19pm

teefury.com

65
Belafon  May 5, 2024 • 9:15:51pm

re: #63 teleskiguy

Our Dobbs decision will be here in the next couple of years when someone sues California for not letting them divert public funds to private schools.

66
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 9:30:06pm

re: #65 Belafon

It’s already a mess.

67
mmmirele  May 5, 2024 • 9:34:06pm

re: #30 Captain Ron

Um, I make a point of closing out tabs after I get to about 10 or so. And I have to wonder how this person manages Firefox upgrades?

68
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 9:40:52pm

re: #30 Captain Ron

[Embedded content]

That’s absolutely ridiculous…I stopped at 4,000 tabs.

//

69
Eclectic Cyborg  May 5, 2024 • 9:41:56pm

re: #68 Targetpractice

I’m legit curious what the max number the software can handle is.

70
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 9:45:56pm

re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m legit curious what the max number the software can handle is.

Realistically, probably depends upon what version you’re running, your OS, and how much RAM you have. These days, most browsers like Firefox save enough that you can pull up the tab and at least half a dozen steps back from the page you were on, BUT it doesn’t try to load all that until you actually select the tab.

71
goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2024 • 9:47:05pm

So I went looking and found that there’s a new most expensive drug treatment. The cost / benefit market analysis is cold enough to become superfluid and flow without friction:

Lenmeldy becomes world’s most expensive drug

So far, Lenmeldy has only generated $12.7m in product sales across Europe, meaning just a handful of children with the disease received the treatment.

…

The efficacy of the drug was assessed using data from 37 children who received Lenmeldy in two single-arm, open-label clinical trials and in an expanded access program, with the average follow-up time being 6.76 years, making this the longest follow-up for a newly approved gene therapy. Lenmeldy was found to have significant positive outcomes in the clinical trials, where 100% of PSLI MLD patients who were treated with Lenmeldy were alive at six years of age, compared to only 58% of children in the comparator data (who did not receive the treatment). At five years of age, 71% of treated children were able to walk without assistance. Groundbreakingly, 85% of the children treated had normal language and performance IQ scores.

Lenmeldy is the first curative treatment for this disease, and will significantly reduce the burden of the disease if it is adequately accessible. Family and carers of children with MLD will be significantly unburdened as children will be able to live relatively normal lives, reducing the time and money spent on care and therapy, and reliance on the healthcare system will reduce dramatically. However, patients will have to return for life-long monitoring for haematologic malignancies, including a complete blood count (with differential) every year and integration site analysis, as warranted, for at least 15 years after treatment. Additionally, one analysis by Mohajer and colleagues found that the current average yearly cost of care for a patient with MLD is over $125,000. The high price point of the drug therefore reflects the quality-adjusted life years (QALY) gained from treatment with Lenmeldy as patients will be able to live a relatively normal life, and potentially work in the future.

72
teleskiguy  May 5, 2024 • 9:49:29pm

Mastodon

That run above his head, I skied it dozens of times this winter. It’s called Look Ma.

miss my Dad

73
Hecuba's daughter  May 5, 2024 • 9:50:41pm

re: #67 mmmirele

Um, I make a point of closing out tabs after I get to about 10 or so. And I have to wonder how this person manages Firefox upgrades?

I have 16 open right now — and it’s not unusual for me to have up to 20 open but I usually do get around to reducing the number to no more than 12 or 13.

74
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 9:51:17pm

re: #71 goddamnedfrank

So I went looking and found that there’s a new most expensive drug treatment. The cost / benefit market analysis is cold enough to become superfluid and flow without friction:

It’s sort of the nature of the beast: The more advanced medical technology and pharmaceuticals become, the more children who survive long enough to become adults who pass on genetic diseases that manifest in the next generation. IOW, for every generation, there are more kids born with diseases that would previously have been vanishingly rare or would have snuffed them out too quickly for medical science to even be aware of them.

75
DodgerFan1988  May 5, 2024 • 9:57:26pm
76
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 10:02:22pm

re: #75 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

If only “Andrew” had the power to control the platform and to actually yank Nick’s leash by doing things like issuing temporary or even permanent bans for behavior that violates the platform’s Terms of Service.

*sigh* If only….

/////////

77
Joe Bacon ✅  May 5, 2024 • 10:18:06pm

78
Romantic Heretic  May 5, 2024 • 10:23:31pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

I realized that when a writer’s forum disintegrated shortly after Obama became President. A significant number of the participants literally lost their minds.

One day we might disagree. The next I was the representation of all that was evil and filthy because I thought Obama was a pretty decent guy.

79
No Malarkey!  May 5, 2024 • 10:25:03pm

re: #60 Vicious Babushka

Zeddo has been a Humana patient for at least the last 20 years and they are giving him a hard time about his prosthetic, as in, they don’t wanna pay for a prosthetic for a 75 year old diabetic so we’re on the hook for the whole $2.5K.

It’s outrageous that they can deny care on that basis!

80
Romantic Heretic  May 5, 2024 • 10:31:05pm

re: #50 DodgerFan1988

Apparently some of the Cubans are really unhappy with their Russian commanders.

81
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 10:42:38pm

The almighty YT algorithm started feeding me clip compilations from Bar Rescue recently and it just occurred to me that the same situation that’s popped up in multiple episodes is what Musk is going through: He’s the guy who bought his favorite watering hole from the owner for “cheap” on the belief that he could make it into a club exclusively for him and his buddies. He’d changed the decor, welcomed back a lot of the guys who got kicked out for “stupid” reasons, and got rid of the rules he didn’t agree with without any understanding why they’d been created in the first place. Yeah, the atmosphere in the place changed and yeah his buddies were rude to a lot of the regulars, but that’s the way they liked it and if those uptight prudes didn’t agree then they were free to leave.

Now, a year later, he’s up to his ass in bills he can’t pay, he can’t find anybody to work at the place who’ll stay for more than a few days before they either get tired of the abuse or go find something that pays better (if they get paid at all), all the old clientele left so that the only people are the same group of dirt-poor bar flies who are draining his savings with “free” drinks, and the local cops are practically camped out in the parking lot. But as much as he’d like to just set the place on fire and leave, he’s so deep in debt that even the insurance payment wouldn’t dig him out of the hole.

82
Hecuba's daughter  May 5, 2024 • 10:51:09pm

FB annoyance —- The last few days FB has sent me notifications that I’ve been tagged in a post from some strange youtube name — today it was Flippant Question 30064 OK. Does anyone know what these are? I’ve just selected the FB option to no longer receive these notifications but I’m concerned that whoever these trolls are, they are somehow able to tag me.

83
No Malarkey!  May 5, 2024 • 10:53:04pm

re: #82 Hecuba’s daughter

FB annoyance —- The last few days FB has sent me notifications that I’ve been tagged in a post from some strange youtube name — today it was Flippant Question 30064 OK. Does anyone know what these are? I’ve just selected the FB option to no longer receive these notifications but I’m concerned that whoever these trolls are, they are somehow able to tag me.

No clue, sorry.

84
goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2024 • 11:04:38pm

It is my sad duty to report that the beef continues, Drake responded and, well, it’s not good by any metric:

“Just for clarity I feel disgusted, I’m too respected, if I was fucking young girls I promise I’d have been arrested”
-Drake

Welp, case closed then I guess.

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank.bsky.social) 2024-05-06T05:47:18.257Z

85
Targetpractice  May 5, 2024 • 11:12:15pm

re: #84 goddamnedfrank

It is my sad duty to report that the beef continues, Drake responded and, well, it’s not good by any metric:

[Embedded content]

“You can’t accuse me of a crime I’ve never been arrested for” is not so much a defense as it is a guilty conscience.

86
goddamnedfrank  May 5, 2024 • 11:45:42pm

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army on Monday ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent.

The announcement complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators, including the director of the CIA, to broker a cease-fire. Hamas and Qatar, a key mediator, have warned that an invasion of Rafah could derail the talks.

Israel has described Rafah as the last significant Hamas stronghold after seven months of war, and its leaders have repeatedly said they need to carry out a ground invasion to defeat the Islamic militant group.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an army spokesman, said some 100,000 people were being ordered to move to a nearby Israel-declared humanitarian zone called Muwasi.

87
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 12:02:35am

re: #86 goddamnedfrank

Can’t have peace break out, because then Bibi would have no excuse to keep delaying his trial.

88
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 6, 2024 • 12:28:14am

Feels more like winter around here, instead of May.

Brrr…

89
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 6, 2024 • 12:51:24am

There are many streams of misinformation in modern society, and a great many special interests in this world all jockeying for dominion.

And it makes for strange bedfellows.

In the world of religion, one sector is often overlooked in our discussions of fundamentalism: African-identity quasi-Christian organizations.

These are not uncommon, can be found in large numbers online.

They mix African-centrism with non-orthodox (as defined by Catholic-Protestant common standards) Christianity or a religious belief adjacent to Monotheism but not really Christian.

Here is a video from one such channel, which according to YouTube has 1.74 million subscribers, running a video in which one of Putin’s chief propagandists, Maria Zakharova, stirs the pot:

Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Exposes British Slave Bible Given To Us So We Don’t Resist


..

Russian propaganda gets repackaged for another purpose.

Not unusual, I guess. Propaganda gets recycled all the time.

And religion eventually turns into a grift, always does. Including in the above video.

As for the topic of “editing” the Bible: if one takes a NT class one should learn very quickly that the NT was always edited. It’s not a new thing.

90
Patricia Kayden  May 6, 2024 • 1:38:51am

re: #89 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I have yet to watch the entire video but I’ve heard of the “Slave Bible” which was edited by slave owners to support slavery. Not sure how widespread such a Bible would have been in the Antebellum South given that slaves weren’t even allowed to read.
But it appears that the woman in the video is talking about the British using such a Bible on African mission trips. I don’t see how this is Russian propaganda. She’s talking about a Bible featured in a museum.

91
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 6, 2024 • 1:49:14am

re: #90 Patricia Kayden

She used a clip from Russian propaganda as a jumping-off point.

92
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 6, 2024 • 1:55:30am

33 years ago, BBC asks a question, Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? :

1991: Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? | Gloria Live | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive


..

My answer is “yes”, but I realize I am a minority (perhaps of 1) here on this topic.

93
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 2:05:05am

re: #92 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

33 years ago, BBC asks a question, Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? :

[Embedded content]

..

My answer is “yes”, but I realize I am a minority (perhaps of 1) here on this topic.

No more a risk than any other form of entertainment, whether in 1991 or now. It’s 2024 and we’re being told that the greatest threat to our children is reading a story in which one of the characters has two daddies and isn’t treated as a social pariah that others must shun lest their precious bodily fluids be tainted.

94
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 2:13:03am

re: #73 Hecuba’s daughter

I have 16 open right now — and it’s not unusual for me to have up to 20 open but I usually do get around to reducing the number to no more than 12 or 13.

I regularly have 50-60…sometimes 100 or more tabs open in Chrome. Not in one window, usually split over 4-6 or so.

95
JC1  May 6, 2024 • 2:16:28am

re: #26 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

I don’t think we’ve reached a point of no return, but the other points are better.

Agree that it’s not too late. IMHO the current situation started with Gingrich and later Carl Rove.

96
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 2:17:54am

re: #81 Targetpractice

So what happened to it/him?

Isn’t that a Gordon “I’m gonna abuse you beyond words for your own good” Ramsey show?

97
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 2:21:46am

re: #95 JC1

Agree that it’s not too late. IMHO the current situation started with Gingrich and later Carl Rove.

Or Rush Limbaugh and then Fox News. I think they pre-dated Newt and the turdblossom.

98
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 2:25:32am

re: #96 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

So what happened to it/him?

Isn’t that a Gordon “I’m gonna abuse you beyond words for your own good” Ramsey show?

Nah, the host for that show is John Taffer, but yeah it’s basically a case of coming in to a failing business (in this case bars and clubs) and promising to help return it to profitability. Same three act bit: Stake out the place before confronting the owner about what’s wrong, staging a “soft opening” a day or two later so the staff have time to sort their shit only to fail miserably, and then the renovation and relaunch that either goes swimmingly or has issues that the owner/manager sorts out so they close the night on a hopeful note.

And (unsurprisingly) it has a fairly poor batting average on number of places that remain open after Taffer’s “relaunch” because either they were already so fucked financially that even with a few profitable days/weeks they’re too far down to be salvaged or the assholes in charge return to their bad habits because they don’t like what Taffer did to “their” bar and it collapses anyway.

99
JC1  May 6, 2024 • 2:26:50am

re: #92 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

33 years ago, BBC asks a question, Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? :

[Embedded content]

..

My answer is “yes”, but I realize I am a minority (perhaps of 1) here on this topic.

They’re less of a risk now that they’re mostly downloaded digitally. When they were sold as physical copies they could have potentially been used as weapons, or a crate full could crush someone.

100
William Lewis  May 6, 2024 • 2:27:15am

re: #94 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I regularly have 50-60…sometimes 100 or more tabs open in Chrome. Not in one window, usually split over 4-6 or so.

Not that many tabs usually, but multiple windows devoted to different topics is not uncommon of late. Seems to help with resource allocation, especially with Firef*ucked.

101
JC1  May 6, 2024 • 2:28:21am

re: #97 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Or Rush Limbaugh and then Fox News. I think they pre-dated Newt and the turdblossom.

Yeah, but I look at them as entertainment. They weren’t actual politicians or political operators.

102
JC1  May 6, 2024 • 2:34:04am

5/6. Whew ..

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,052 5/6

🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

103
Lancelot Link Returns!  May 6, 2024 • 2:48:27am
Fox News Alert: Former Antifa member warns ‘professional activists’ could be instigating protests

CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT?

(sorry for shouting)

104
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 2:50:53am

re: #101 JC1

Yeah, but I look at them as entertainment. They weren’t actual politicians or political operators.

They’re were the biggest political operators of their days. Rush Limbaugh influenced every listener of AM radio in the US. He poisoned the well against democrats, social construct, and literally every positive thing the US offers. Fox continues that today.

How can you possible say that neither were political operators? Sorry but you’d have to have been living under a rock with no access to any media to believe that.

105
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 2:52:23am

re: #102 JC1

5/6. Whew ..

[Embedded content]

Me too. I had one other option so I should be happy with a 5er.

Q1NlSFBNL05LSk52N1lLaVZMSWxUNWxwOEFsaDJTZGRrMldidDBmUUJBajUzcndqS002Y09NVEFrZ0lEMkhweWpUYWpraExEaXl4LzBxWk53cU0yTU9jKzZ3NFBLL2wwUk8rcVphK1pGZmdjRk1yYlIvOVRKc0hsbHUyMndHS2J1Q3c2VFpZcm8vVUE0ODArWm1hbEdLT0xiQ1J2eGFXNEE4M00ra3ZFQldDMFhMa2h6bWtCdlF1c1lIRjBtSmZ5OjrQHGUKcb7CciUTLfYZtrOA

106
Patricia Kayden  May 6, 2024 • 3:00:13am

re: #91 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Okay. Thanks. I’ll watch it when I get a chance.

107
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 3:02:08am

re: #103 Lancelot Link Returns!

CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT?

(sorry for shouting)

What, that an asshat thinks that his protests were cool and legit, but any that might in some way inconvenience him or his are wrong and must be due to outsiders?

Oh, I’d totally believe it.

108
Lancelot Link Returns!  May 6, 2024 • 3:13:17am

re: #107 Targetpractice

No, I’m saying that nothing in that story is likely to be true in any way

109
(((Archangel1)))  May 6, 2024 • 3:27:23am

Today’s Wordle is mean.
Wordle 1,052 6/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

110
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 3:29:02am

re: #108 Lancelot Link Returns!

No, I’m saying that nothing in that story is likely to be true in any way

It’s just quicker to consider the source:

Gabriel Nadales is a conservative and libertarian activist who was, according to Nadales, formerly an Antifascist activist.[1] He is currently the National Director for the pro-American organization Our America.[2][3]

*snip*

In 2019, Nadales was, according to his autobiography, invited to the White House by the Trump administration to witness the signing of an executive order meant to promote free speech on college campuses.[7][8] Also in 2019, Nadales claimed that Antifa is “trying to hurt” and “harass” and called for the movement to be labeled a “Domestic Terrorism” threat.[9]

IOW, he’s a paid shill.

111
Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  May 6, 2024 • 3:31:59am

re: #109 (((Archangel1)))

I failed, too many options.
Wordle 1,052 X/6

Click to Reveal

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩

112
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 3:42:39am

Some lyrical award winning drive time music for your disco drive time music pleasure!

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

113
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 3:42:44am

re: #110 Targetpractice

“pro-American organization”

And this is Wikipedia. For shame.

114
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 3:46:21am
At Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department.

Of the 112 people arrested at Columbia, 32 (or 29%) were not affiliated with the university, according to an NYPD official. At The City College of New York, 170 people were arrested and 102 (or 60%) of them were not affiliated with the college.

At Columbia, dozens of protesters entered the university’s Hamilton Hall on Tuesday and barricaded themselves inside before the university asked for the NYPD’s assistance.

cnn.com

115
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 3:49:03am

Oh, man. I just started on the Wordle, and I immediately see why people had so much trouble. There are a lot of possibilities here.

116
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 3:50:35am

And there it is. I’ll take it.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,052 5/6*

🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

117
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 3:52:41am

So the way I’m understanding it is if you show up to show support for a protest, to actively take part in it, or are just the Domino’s delivery guy who got jumped by a cop delivering a stack of pies to the protestors, then you’re an “outside agitator” and proof that the whole thing is a fabrication by “professional activists.”

FFS, apparently I fell asleep in 2024 and woke up in the 1960s.

118
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 3:54:11am

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

When James Carlson was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, he was already under investigation for snatching an Israeli flag out of a man’s hand near campus and setting it on fire.

That wasn’t the first time Carlson, who has no affiliation with Columbia, had run afoul of the law. He was arrested in San Francisco in 2005 during a violent protest organized by an anarchist group, according to a senior law enforcement official.

The 40-year-old animal rights lawyer is among the group of “professional outsiders” cast by the New York City police department and mayor as having a significant role in the takeover of Hamilton Hall.

nbcnews.com

119
William Lewis  May 6, 2024 • 3:55:39am

re: #114 Shropshire Slasher

cnn.com

I find it rather difficult to believe. Sorry but given the Mayor and the reality that ACAB, I expect this, already lowered percentage (down from the over 50% they first screamed yesterday) to be equally BS.

120
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 3:59:31am

re: #119 William Lewis

I find it rather difficult to believe. Sorry but given the Mayor and the reality that ACAB, I expect this, already lowered percentage (down from the over 50% they first screamed yesterday) to be equally BS.

I don’t want to just dismiss out the evidence presented out of hand, but we know the police literally just make shit up and the media uncritically reports it as gospel truth.

121
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 4:02:40am

Good luck with that.

Columbia Law Review Asks To Cancel Exams Amid Administrative Grading Confusion, General Absolute Chaos

abovethelaw.com

122
Belafon  May 6, 2024 • 4:16:44am

Meaning there was some Democratic support.

123
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 4:21:22am

re: #122 Belafon

Meaning there was some Democratic support.

[Embedded content]

There is one area in which the “both sides” rhetoric holds true, and that is when it comes to big corporate interests. Don’t get me wrong, Democrats are so much better than Republicans in every way, but they still fall victim to protecting corporate interests at the expense of the little people.

124
Dave In Austin  May 6, 2024 • 4:26:03am

re: #92 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

33 years ago, BBC asks a question, Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? :

[Embedded content]

..

My answer is “yes”, but I realize I am a minority (perhaps of 1) here on this topic.

I’m with you lockstep on this one.
American Downfall started with MTV and the inception of home video games.

Our children zombiefied and quit playing outside with each other at this point.

125
Belafon  May 6, 2024 • 4:31:23am
126
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 4:35:08am

American Downfall hasn’t happened and probably will not happen. Four years after Americans “lost their minds” over a Black president, we elected his VP to replace an asshole. All that happened is that we learned the progress made since the 1950s was shallower than we thought. The old racist anti-progressive bullshit was more instilled than we let ourselves hope.

127
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 4:37:07am

on this firefox and 7000 tabs business, it’s probably because of my personality:

i autostart chrome with 4 tabs: gmail, calendar, gdrive and LGF

I open things as i need them and then clean up / close them down when im done with the task.
i tend to bounce around tasks all day so im opening and closing the same tabs a lot.
i’d be confused if i had lots of tabs open at once related to many different things and projects.

i use bookmarks cause i can hit them with the keyboard and not the mouse. though more often i just start typing in the address bar because i go to the same places a lot.

either way is very fast and i dont have to look or hand/eye coordinate with the mouse.

if i kept all the tabs open then i’d have to figure out how to sift through them all. (chrome has a tab grouping function)

most of the websites i use timeout anyway so i dont see the value in keeping them open. each time i start fresh i know exactly where i am and where the cursor is supposed to be. the sequence is the same and, again i dont have to look, hunt around or guess.

over the course of a day i might open and log into the same website 20 times and yes, get the 6 digit code 20 times. and that would happen if i left the tab open so…

though i havent ‘proved’ it, it feels certain that reopening and starting clean each time doesnt take even a second more than leaving timed out tabs open.

if im working on a thing i could have several gdocs and a google sheet or two and some websites open at the same time.

I’ve never had 20 tabs open at the same time. could be my personality or the nature of my work and how i do it.

searching for gdocs is pretty fast and very similar to the chrome address bar - again way faster than mousing through folders. and with the new ‘Home’ feature, the most recent stuff is usually right there. i hardly ever use the starred/favorites anymore (again needing the mouse to get there). so no need to keep unrelated stuff open all the time. it’s right there.

i have never been a mouse fan. I’m just bad at it. when i had the epiphany and switch from traditional two button right hand to a left handed track ball, well that worked wonders. but still…

my computer desktop is blank.
i press the linux super key (windows start) then type the first 2 characters and find a file, folder or an app with my eyes closed. always predictable and consistent like the command line. with icons you need to first find it with your eye or know where it is, then point and shoot.

thanks for listening to my danger rant

128
Belafon  May 6, 2024 • 4:37:57am
129
Belafon  May 6, 2024 • 4:40:45am
130
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 4:43:28am

re: #89 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

As for the topic of “editing” the Bible: if one takes a NT class one should learn very quickly that the NT was always edited. It’s not a new thing.

reading Misquoting Jesus was quite an eye opener

131
William Lewis  May 6, 2024 • 4:57:01am

re: #89 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

As for the topic of “editing” the Bible: if one takes a NT class one should learn very quickly that the NT was always edited. It’s not a new thing.

Being aware of it’s origins helps tremendously too.

This remains one of the most valuable books I’ve ever read: The Jewish Annotated New Testament 2nd Edition
by Amy-Jill Levine

132
2024 Blue Wisconsin  May 6, 2024 • 5:01:56am

Hate it when it comes down to a race to find that last letter. But I got it so not as bad as it could have been.

WVZZbGsycW4zMWpyR29zcWVzZkd0SWVSNG1FbElqbk9IeSt4MmpuU2YrOXJTMGN0OHNIazlISVY3OTUxNklYNGlaM00yNytOSjY0bTBhazVubnhEYzBCMVcxZG40V1dzNG94T2o2dFhXR0tVOWNQbWUyTU5xT3YzR01oV2YwWk1IWTl1SHA5cFdKdWRrR1NDMDlOM1U0cU9QTldoeWlrL002YlJvd2Z1RjM4PTo68k17bg4zVWqNSGbrCgS55A==

133
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 5:05:35am
Warren Buffett said he expects the U.S. government to increase taxes to tackle widening fiscal deficits rather than reduce spending.
“I think higher taxes are likely,” he said on Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha.
“They may decide that some day they don’t want the fiscal deficit to be this large because that has some important consequences. So they may not want to decrease spending and they may decide they’ll take a larger percentage of what we own, and we’ll pay it,” he said.

reuters.com

134
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 5:08:12am

re: #133 Shropshire Slasher

reuters.com

If by “we” he means the rich, then I’m all for it. After all, they’re the ones screaming the loudest about the federal deficit, it’s time they put a little more in the plate.

135
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 5:10:00am

re: #43 teleskiguy

Every up-or-down vote for abortion access in every state that has such a ballot measure will pass in November 2024. Mark my words. Women, half the gotdam population, know this shit is healthcare and can sometimes be a matter of life and death.

Most unenviable job I can think of right now: higher echelon GOP strategists trying to counter these things.

Those higher echelon GOP strategists have a plan.

It’s called disenfranchising as many people as possible. It’s to make voting as difficult as possible for as many as possible. If you can’t vote, or if enough hurdles are placed on voting, the GOP thinks they benefit from those who remain.

It’s a flawed strategy to be sure, but they are still going to do it in significant numbers to deny as many as possible their right to vote, which means all the other rights are under assault.

136
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 5:10:22am

More on the astroturfing.

President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.

The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.

Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and was previously supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change.

politico.com

137
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 5:11:27am

re: #134 Targetpractice

If by “we” he means the rich, then I’m all for it. After all, they’re the ones screaming the loudest about the federal deficit, it’s time they put a little more in the plate.

Here’s my take: As society progresses, government needs to progress along with it. We’re introducing new variables into our lives every day, with ever-evolving technology, higher amounts of education and learning, new understandings of social dynamics and human physiology/psychology. Governments need to keep pace with these developments, which means more spending to study the changes and implement appropriate policies to manage them. “That government is best which governs least” is a poor philosophy to exist in a modern world where life-changing discoveries are made every day.

138
Dave In Austin  May 6, 2024 • 5:12:23am

“JP Staples is Kavanaugh 40 years ago”

139
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 5:15:24am

Who is more obnoxious and entitled than a BMW driver? Tesla drivers have entered the chat.

The first Tesla Cybertruck to visit Nantucket rolled off the Steamship Authority ferry Thursday afternoon. It didn’t take long to make an impression.

The vehicle with Connecticut plates was first spotted by people on Main Street, where it was parked directly on a crosswalk in front of Congdon & Coleman. But that was just the beginning.

A few hours later the truck reappeared, and this time it was stuck in the sand at Eel Point. The spectacle drew a small crowd before the $80,000 (starting price) vehicle was pulled out by the new “I Pull Out Beach Towing” service.

The operator - whose identity is unknown - was described as “super nice…Just a first-timer who made the standard mistakes.”

Tesla was recently forced to recall nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks this week due to a defect with the accelerator causing it to get stuck when pressed, increasing the risk of crash. That covered all the Tesla Cybertrucks sold since the model went on sale last year, according to USA Today.

Could the truck’s bizarre appearance Thursday on Nantucket been a planned stunt of some kind? Time will tell, and the Current plans to investigate. Stay tuned…

nantucketcurrent.com

140
🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  May 6, 2024 • 5:20:41am

re: #139 Shropshire Slasher

Who is more obnoxious and entitled than a BMW driver? Tesla drivers have entered the chat.

nantucketcurrent.com

How did you get “obnoxious and entitled” out of “super-nice?”

141
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 5:21:08am

Bears bears bears bears bears bears (who remembers that ditty from the Catskill Game Farm (I think?)?)

If you were alone in the woods, would you rather encounter a bear or a man? Answers to that hypothetical question have sparked a debate about why the vast majority say they would feel more comfortable choosing a bear.

The topic has been hotly discussed for weeks as men and women chimed in with their thoughts all over social media.

Screenshot HQ, a TikTok account, started the conversation, asking a group of women whether they would rather run into a man they didn’t know or a bear in the forest. Out of the seven women interviewed for the piece, only one picked a man.

“Bear. Man is scary,” one of the women responds.

usatoday.com

142
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 5:38:01am

We gotta have way more than 500 butterflies here right now

143
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 5:48:41am

re: #141 Shropshire Slasher

Bears bears bears bears bears bears (who remembers that ditty from the Catskill Game Farm (I think?)?)

Screenshot HQ, a TikTok account, started the conversation, asking a group of women whether they would rather run into a man they didn’t know or a bear in the forest. ..

Lots of memories at the game farm
A nice summers day ride from LI.
Great second motorcycle date/ride. If they stayed after the first

144
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 5:50:05am

re: #141 Shropshire Slasher

More or less by accident, the 24/7 flood of media has taught a couple generations Stranger Danger. It works for those who profit when we fear each other.

(It’s also part of why kids don’t run the streets with the freedom my generation enjoyed.)

145
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 5:50:24am

Didn’t pour out, thought I had to shake it up more, tasted ok!

146
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 6:04:15am

You’re gonna have to take my word there are hundreds around the arch

147
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 6:07:35am

re: #144 Decatur Deb

More or less by accident, the 24/7 flood of media has taught a couple generations Stranger Danger. It works for those who profit when we fear each other.

(It’s also part of why kids don’t run the streets with the freedom my generation enjoyed.)

But strangers have the best candy!

148
danarchy  May 6, 2024 • 6:07:41am

re: #140 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

How did you get “obnoxious and entitled” out of “super-nice?”

My guess would be the “parked in a crosswalk” bit. Not a whole lot to make a blanket judgement but it is pretty obnoxious.

149
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 6:09:35am

re: #146 Dangerman

[Embedded content]

You’re gonna have to take my word there are hundreds around the arch

Here’s 4

150
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 6:15:39am

re: #147 Shropshire Slasher

But strangers have the best candy!

I’m sure they did then, too. Real and fictional stories about it didn’t assault our parents all day, every day.

151
mmmirele  May 6, 2024 • 6:27:58am

re: #121 Shropshire Slasher

Good luck with that.

abovethelaw.com

I find it interesting this is coming from the students on the Columbia Law Review. These are the creme de la creme of law school.

152
A Cranky One  May 6, 2024 • 6:29:45am

153
jeffreyw  May 6, 2024 • 6:36:46am

Good morning!

154
🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈  May 6, 2024 • 6:37:30am

re: #152 A Cranky One

[Embedded content]

He understands. Pretending to be a victim rather than a perpetrator has worked very well for him so far, thanks to the right’s eagerness to do the same.

155
garzooma  May 6, 2024 • 6:38:57am

re: #33 Joe Bacon ✅

[…]

Diaper Man posts, “”Biden just Indicted Henry Cuellar because the Respected Democrat Congressman wouldn’t play Crooked Joe’s Open Border game,” Trump said without providing evidence for his claim that the Cuellars were politically targeted by the administration, particularly over border issues”.

[…]

Here’s what Cuellar was actually indicted for from NYT:

Charges Against a Congressman Lay Bare Foreign Government Influence Attempts
Federal prosecutors say Representative Henry Cuellar tried to shape policy for Azerbaijan in exchange for bribes. The country has spent millions in the past decade lobbying Washington.

As tensions flared over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan’s squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists scrambled to pin the blame on neighboring Armenia and highlight its connections to Russia.

Unbeknown to members of Congress, Azerbaijan had an inside man who was working closely with the Azerbaijani ambassador to Washington at the time on a parallel line of attack, according to text messages released by federal prosecutors.

Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat now charged with accepting bribes and acting as a foreign agent in a yearslong scheme, indicated in a text that he planned a legislative maneuver to try to strip funding from Armenia because it hosted Russian military bases.

Azerbaijan’s ambassador responded enthusiastically.

“Your amendment is more timely than ever,” the ambassador, Elin Suleymanov, wrote to Mr. Cuellar. “It is all about Russian presence there,” added Mr. Suleymanov, who referred to the congressman as “Boss.”
[…]

Trump is the one favoring open borders for cash from dictators.

156
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 6:42:29am

All rise, the matter of People of NY v. Trump is now in session. First order of business? Trump held in contempt for a 10th time with another $1k fine. Next time will be jail:

Inner City Press
@innercitypress
Justice Merchan: Before the court is the People’s motion for contempt. Mr. Trump, in a moment I will hand down my ruling finding you in criminal contempt for the tenth time. Going forward, the Court will have a consider jail.

Inner City Press
@innercitypress
Justice Merchan: I am concerned about the ramifications of putting you in jail. But I have a job to do, to compel respect for the dignity of the court. Your behavior constitutes a direct attack on the rule. If I need to, I will.

157
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 6:43:33am

re: #156 lawhawk

158
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 6:44:54am

Oh my first the slap on the wrist and now a Sternly Worded Warning…

Judge in Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial finds him in contempt on more gag order violations, warns former president of jail time

“I find you in criminal contempt for the tenth time,” said New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who said he is concerned Donald Trump has not apparently taken heed from his prior findings. “Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sentence. The last thing I want to do is put you in jail.”

washingtonpost.com

159
Randall Gross  May 6, 2024 • 6:47:20am

re: #152 A Cranky One

[Embedded content]

In Trump’s mind he is always the gagger, and never the gagged.

160
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 6:51:48am

re: #158 Joe Bacon ✅

To be clear, the state law has a maximum fine that can be assessed of $1k per violation. Jail is the last resort, and Trump’s reached that point where another violation will result in jail.

The calculation for Trump is whether he’s willing to go to jail to spew his nonsensical ramblings to his know nothing base, given that his base has disappeared from outside the courthouse and couldn’t care to be there for Trump in his time of need (much like the majority of Trump’s family).

161
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 6:53:46am

Trump says GOP is the ‘party of fertilization’ — seems unaware of MI abortion amendment

“fertilization”…as in…BULLSHIT??????

alternet.org

162
A Cranky One  May 6, 2024 • 6:54:18am

re: #159 Randall Gross

In Trump’s mind he is always the gagger, and never the gagged.

So true. I gag every time I see or hear him.

163
A Cranky One  May 6, 2024 • 6:55:14am

164
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 6:56:28am

re: #163 A Cranky One

He still needs a spell checker.

165
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 6:56:44am

re: #160 lawhawk

To be clear, the state law has a maximum fine that can be assessed of $1k per violation. Jail is the last resort, and Trump’s reached that point where another violation will result in jail.

The calculation for Trump is whether he’s willing to go to jail to spew his nonsensical ramblings to his know nothing base, given that his base has disappeared from outside the courthouse and couldn’t care to be there for Trump in his time of need (much like the majority of Trump’s family).

Im guessing he doesn’t really want to go to jail overnight
Too inconvenient and uncomfortable
And *i* don’t think he’ll become the martyr he’d hope for. Not over this.

He will be a tad more careful
And he will push the limit again..can’t help it
there will be the arguments and the judge will rule not a violation
It’ll probably end there

166
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 6:57:46am

re: #160 lawhawk

To be clear, the state law has a maximum fine that can be assessed of $1k per violation. Jail is the last resort, and Trump’s reached that point where another violation will result in jail.

The calculation for Trump is whether he’s willing to go to jail to spew his nonsensical ramblings to his know nothing base, given that his base has disappeared from outside the courthouse and couldn’t care to be there for Trump in his time of need (much like the majority of Trump’s family).

That motherfather WANTS to be jailed. He WANTS to play the martyr card for all its’ worth. His Pulpit Pimp Posse will dial the bullshit up to 11 the Sunday after he’s in a New York B&B. Thousands of Pulpit Pimps will rise to his defense along with Hate Radio, FAUX, OANN & Newsmax. He wants to whip up another mob to storm the Bastille.

167
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 6:58:50am

168
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 6:58:52am

re: #166 Joe Bacon ✅

That motherfather WANTS to be jailed. He WANTS to play the martyr card for all its’ worth. His Pulpit Pimp Posse will dial the bullshit up to 11 the Sunday after he’s in a New York B&B. Thousands of Pulpit Pimps will rise to his defense along with Hate Radio, FAUX, OANN & Newsmax. He wants to whip up another mob to storm the Bastille.

Let’s give it a shot anyway.

169
darthstar  May 6, 2024 • 7:00:17am

Looks like it’s a documents day in court…First thing guy(former controller) says is “Trump is the boss” and that he makes all the decisions. Then explains that there are two entities, Trump Org and Trump Org LLC…apparently 20 docs to introduce, and the defense has to object individually as they are so this will be long, slow, boring for the defendant. But it should be quite riveting for the jury as each document will have its own importance.

170
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:00:26am

re: #166 Joe Bacon ✅

That motherfather WANTS to be jailed. He WANTS to play the martyr card for all its’ worth. His Pulpit Pimp Posse will dial the bullshit up to 11 the Sunday after he’s in a New York B&B. Thousands of Pulpit Pimps will rise to his defense along with Hate Radio, FAUX, OANN & Newsmax. He wants to whip up another mob to storm the Bastille.

He wants to be jailed, but his fragile ego has to recognize at some level of subconscious that his base isn’t going to do any of that, and he’s going to jail. And that’s fucking with him even more.

171
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 7:02:12am

re: #158 Joe Bacon ✅

Oh my first the slap on the wrist and now a Sternly Worded Warning…

Judge in Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial finds him in contempt on more gag order violations, warns former president of jail time

“I find you in criminal contempt for the tenth time,” said New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who said he is concerned Donald Trump has not apparently taken heed from his prior findings. “Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sentence. The last thing I want to do is put you in jail.”

Why is that, Judge Merchan? Is it that you’re afraid of giving him the martyrdom card? Or are you afraid that his revolting base is going to do something to you if you do? You should realize, at this point, that saying you don’t want to jail him isn’t going to make him stop attacking you.

172
GlutenFreeJesus  May 6, 2024 • 7:02:31am

Most MAGA, even the “ultra” ones, are too scared of a city like NYC to ever step foot in there. He’s alone.

173
darthstar  May 6, 2024 • 7:02:52am

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Let’s give it a shot anyway.

I’m okay with this. Imagine how hurt he’ll be if he gets 48 hours of jail time on the next offense and only a few dozen people show up with signs asking “LET MY FUHRER GO!”

174
dat_said  May 6, 2024 • 7:03:18am

Politico: There’s vote-buying going on at a scale like we have never seen before - ND Gov and failed Republican Presidential candidate Doug Burgum

He’s referring to President Biden’s efforts to forgive some student loan debt and not to his (Burgum’s) own scheme to give $20 gift cards to any donor of $1 or more so that he could meet the threshold to get on the debate stage. Self-awareness didn’t get past the “that’s different” rationale.

Helping out people is buying votes except when it comes to tax cuts for the wealthy.

175
darthstar  May 6, 2024 • 7:05:05am

re: #171 Nerdy Fish

Why is that, Judge Merchan? Is it that you’re afraid of giving him the martyrdom card? Or are you afraid that his revolting base is going to do something to you if you do? You should realize, at this point, that saying you don’t want to jail him isn’t going to make him stop attacking you.

Nope, but it is giving the media plenty of advance notice that Trump’s had his three strikes, then four, then five, then a fine for nine, and a fine for ten…and he’s about to have his bat taken away and be put into the penalty box (to mix sports metaphors).

176
darthstar  May 6, 2024 • 7:07:04am

177
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 7:17:05am

Maybe another possibility

The judge “jails” him for several hours only. Like a wednesday afternoon

178
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 7:17:50am

re: #177 Dangerman

Maybe another possibility

The judge “jails” him for several hours only. Like a wednesday afternoon

Orange is the new Orange

179
Florida Panhandler  May 6, 2024 • 7:18:17am

re: #154 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

He understands. Pretending to be a victim rather than a perpetrator has worked very well for him so far, thanks to the right’s eagerness to do the same.

People who feel entitled to everything always cry foul when treated like everyone else.

180
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:25:57am

Trump’s lawyers are complaining about how much notice they had to prepare for the witnesses this morning, except that Merchan ruled about this previously - that due to Trump’s sanctionable conduct in threatening witnesses, the defense had less time to know about who was testifying and when. They have the full list of all the witnesses as per state law, just not the time of when each could be called to testify.

That’s to protect the witnesses. As it stands, current witness is being represented by a lawyer paid by Trumpworld. He’s already showing that invoices go through Trump personally and directly. That goes especially for those payments that have to come from Trump personally.

181
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 7:26:18am

re: #179 Florida Panhandler

People who feel entitled to everything always cry foul when treated like everyone else.

Remember them complaining about the horrific conditions in jails when the January 6 protesters started showing up there in droves?

182
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:27:44am

re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yeah, those folks suddenly got concerned with prison conditions and that judges were sending these predominantly white seditious treasonweasels to jails where they didn’t have great food, good sleeping conditions, etc. You know - jail.

183
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 7:30:48am

184
steve_davis  May 6, 2024 • 7:33:14am

oh, son of a…..okay, tried to embed a link, but nope that’s not working. And now I’ve taken out the previous stuff which means I can’t put it back in the edit. Well, good while it lasted!

185
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 7:36:28am

re: #180 lawhawk

Trump’s lawyers are complaining about how much notice they had to prepare for the witnesses this morning, except that Merchan ruled about this previously - that due to Trump’s sanctionable conduct in threatening witnesses, the defense had less time to know about who was testifying and when. They have the full list of all the witnesses as per state law, just not the time of when each could be called to testify.

That’s to protect the witnesses. As it stands, current witness is being represented by a lawyer paid by Trumpworld. He’s already showing that invoices go through Trump personally and directly. That goes especially for those payments that have to come from Trump personally.

What I said last week
Tfg would never approve repeated/multiple payments to the same lawyer without knowing exactly what he was paying for

186
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:40:36am

re: #185 Dangerman

Prosecutors continue to make their case in chief, which is drawing the line from how business is done in Trump Org, to Trump being central figure who signs off on bills and checks (he is a signatory to almost everything that flows through the business) and the payments to Daniels and others to catch/kill and silence those involved in his affairs to try and keep the news out of headlines until well after the election.

The baffling thing is that had Trump done none of this (the payments, not the adultery), he wouldn’t be on trial now. That he thought he needed to do this was why he ended up in the docket.

187
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 7:40:45am

re: #184 steve_davis

[Embedded content]

The Blues Brothers Band - Can’t play the blues ( in an air-conditioned room )

188
Dr. Matt  May 6, 2024 • 7:42:22am

My first thought is humans….but that would leave too many subhuman MAGA filth to rape and pillage the planet.

189
Unabogie  May 6, 2024 • 7:44:23am

re: #186 lawhawk

Prosecutors continue to make their case in chief, which is drawing the line from how business is done in Trump Org, to Trump being central figure who signs off on bills and checks (he is a signatory to almost everything that flows through the business) and the payments to Daniels and others to catch/kill and silence those involved in his affairs to try and keep the news out of headlines until well after the election.

The baffling thing is that had Trump done none of this (the payments, not the adultery), he wouldn’t be on trial now. That he thought he needed to do this was why he ended up in the docket.

Wouldn’t it have been legal to just pay Stormy with cash from his own account? Isn’t the crime the fact that he falsified business records?

190
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 7:44:25am

re: #188 Dr. Matt

One thing to be deleted from earth should be DT.

191
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 7:44:33am

re: #186 lawhawk

Prosecutors continue to make their case in chief, which is drawing the line from how business is done in Trump Org, to Trump being central figure who signs off on bills and checks (he is a signatory to almost everything that flows through the business) and the payments to Daniels and others to catch/kill and silence those involved in his affairs to try and keep the news out of headlines until well after the election.

The baffling thing is that had Trump done none of this (the payments, not the adultery), he wouldn’t be on trial now. That he thought he needed to do this was why he ended up in the docket.

If he had opened his personal wallet with a crowbar for this couch-cushion change he wouldn’t be here either.

In fact if he/they merely didn’t tax deduct it, the election interference angle might not have been enough on its own

192
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 7:45:30am

re: #189 Unabogie

Wouldn’t it have been legal to just pay Stormy with cash from his own account? Isn’t the crime the fact that he falsified business records?

I thought that the crime involved him trying to write the hush money payment off as a campaign expense

193
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:46:16am

re: #189 Unabogie

re: #191 Dangerman

Correctamundo on both counts. The underlying facts wouldn’t support prosecution on either grounds if Trump follows your respective fact patterns.

194
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 7:47:23am

re: #188 Dr. Matt

I’m not cool with calling people subhuman. Dehumanizing one’s enemies is the kind of tactics we see from Nazis and other assorted baddies. I don’t want to stoop to their level. To answer the question, though, I’d be totally okay with deleting white supremacy from Earth. There’s a lot of things wrong with the world, but I feel like if we actually took racism out of it, a lot of the rest would just fix itself over time.

195
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 7:48:19am

re: #194 Nerdy Fish

Yes. That would work very well.

196
A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 6, 2024 • 7:49:06am

re: #102 JC1

5/6. Whew ..

[Embedded content]

Likewise.

YVZWbkhxaHlPanM1dHM2cXE2ZVl4eEFYZXFhcDN3Y21nNEFpL0k2VUxoWkl2TEVlTzBvNXQ5L1B0ZGdwTStHR2JYNWEyeGxuM2NCUkg0K2gyRnBaMW8rVzFXVFI2aTl3Y1Q4RlIzMkd6MGVNU2RSYnhyTjFkNG8xTm9EQWZRVGNDeGd2MEFENGNzV0VQWkNwdlhoR3NiSElOajE5UmQ2OFZZMEo3aEhmVnpsMFI4TVJ2WTV5ekk0bnBEMkU2NSt5OjrYQLffthpfDQtndOB4RBgE

197
Dr. Matt  May 6, 2024 • 7:53:03am

re: #190 PhillyPretzel ✅

One thing to be deleted from earth should be DT.

If there is a/are greater being/deity/deities, why hasn’t he stroked out or his chest exploded? ⌚

198
Vicious Babushka  May 6, 2024 • 7:53:19am

re: #188 Dr. Matt

[Embedded content]

My first thought is humans….but that would leave too many subhuman MAGA filth to rape and pillage the planet.

Billionaires.

199
GlutenFreeJesus  May 6, 2024 • 7:54:08am
Click to Reveal

there’s this house in the neighborhood. The parents passed away quite awhile ago and the spawn have had this RV parked there for a few years. The garage is full of trash and the house isn’t any better. Unfortunately there’s nothing anyone can do. It’s even been brought up in village meetings.

200
Dr. Matt  May 6, 2024 • 7:56:21am

re: #194 Nerdy Fish

I’m not cool with calling people subhuman. .

I completely fine with it and will continue to do so for the remaining of my days. This isn’t about Left vs. Right….this about morality, decency, ethics, and being on the right side of history. They don’t belong in a civilized society. They are evil. They are subhuman filth and they can fuck off from here to eternity.

201
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 7:56:40am

Juicy Audio Leaks of Trump Talking Possible VP Picks: Report

[Donald Trump](thedailybeast.com) is no closer to choosing a potential running mate for his 2024 bid. At least that’s according to an audio recording from a recent [Mar-a-Lago](thedailybeast.com) event obtained by Axios Sunday in which the former president speaks about a number of people vying for the position—all of whom he seems to hold a very high opinion of. Some of those featured on the list include Sen. [Tim Scott](thedailybeast.com) (R-SC), (“As a candidate he did a good job, but as a surrogate he’s unbelievable”), Rep. [Elise Stefanik](thedailybeast.com) (R-NY), (“A very smart person. She was in upstate New York when I met her … little did we realize she would be such a big factor”), Rep. [Byron Donalds](thedailybeast.com)(R-FL), (“Somebody who’s created something very special politically…I like diversity. Diversité as you would say. I like diversité”), and Sen. [Marco Rubio](thedailybeast.com) (R-FL) (“His name is coming up a lot for vice president!”), among others. Also included in the list was South Dakota Gov. [Kristi Noem](thedailybeast.com), who had seemingly fallen out of favor amid a [series of bizarre scandals](thedailybeast.com) surrounding her soon-to-be-released memoir, in which she admitted to shooting her 14-month-old hunting dog dead over its poor behavior and reportedly claimed falsely to have met North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un. None of that seemed to bother Trump this weekend, however. The former president said Noem was “somebody that I love,” while adding: “She’s been with me, a supporter of mine and I’ve been a supporter of hers for a long time.”

thedailybeast.com

202
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 7:56:45am

Par for wordle and Great for Connections.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,052 4/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Group: 4,4,5,6

Connections
Puzzle #330
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

203
sizzzzlerz  May 6, 2024 • 7:57:08am

I knew I was going to need to be very lucky among the number of possible words.

I wasn’t.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,052 5/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

204
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 7:57:13am

re: #194 Nerdy Fish

I’m not cool with calling people subhuman. Dehumanizing one’s enemies is the kind of tactics we see from Nazis and other assorted baddies. I don’t want to stoop to their level. To answer the question, though, I’d be totally okay with deleting white supremacy from Earth. There’s a lot of things wrong with the world, but I feel like if we actually took racism out of it, a lot of the rest would just fix itself over time.

Racism/classism.

205
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 7:58:22am

re: #201 Joe Bacon ✅

He’s continuing to treat all of this like a new version of the Apprentice. He has no idea what he’s going to do, or even cares about qualifications beyond their ability to suck up to Trump and do exactly as he says without care for the rule of law, the Constitution, or oath of office. He wants a sycophantic suckup, and whoever presents the best suckup will be his pick.

206
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 7:58:54am

re: #204 wrenchwench

Racism/classism.

“When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?”
en.wikipedia.org

207
coin operated  May 6, 2024 • 7:59:39am

re: #188 Dr. Matt

Religion. Time for us to evolve past superstition.

208
BeenHereAwhile  May 6, 2024 • 7:59:54am

re: #184 steve_davis

[Embedded content]

Sorry. Wouldn’t let me share, so I just had to screenshot it, and that may mean you having to do some pinch and pull on it to get it sized up a bit. There’s a lot of truth here!

“You don’t have the right to sing the blues if you have a pension fund.”

* * * *

“Woke up this morning
and both cars were gone
I got so upset -
I threw my keys across the lawn.”
-Martin Mull playing slide ukulele with a glass baby bottle-

209
A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 6, 2024 • 8:02:24am

re: #120 Nerdy Fish

I don’t want to just dismiss out the evidence presented out of hand, but we know the police literally just make shit up and the media uncritically reports it as gospel truth.

In Berkeley there are some people with no affiliation who come out for protests with no plans but to break stuff, and they’ve disrupted more than one otherwise peaceful protest. It would not surprise me, in a place as big as New York, if they also had some of those.

And of course the opponents of whatever is happening use them to discredit the rest.

(If ALL the media uncritically reported it as gospel truth, how did you hear about anything else? Maybe you should concentrate on the parts of “the media” who aren’t taking this at face value.)

210
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 8:02:47am

re: #206 Decatur Deb

“When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?”

I had to look it up. My English is limited.

211
dat_said  May 6, 2024 • 8:04:32am

I like this time of year because I get a kick out of saying “that’s a sora”.

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

212
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 8:04:43am

Fleeing U.S. a hot topic as Trump threat creates ‘grim mood’ in D.C.

Michael Cohen — Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer and one of the prosecution’s star witnesses in Trump’s hush money trial — warned the UK’s ITV in November that he will “absolutely” seek political asylum in another country if his ex-boss returns to the White House in January 2025.

Cohen warned that Trump “will exact revenge” on anyone he thinks “has done him wrong,” telling the network, “I fear for my safety. I fear for my life.”

rawstory.com

213
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 8:06:54am

re: #210 wrenchwench

Added a wiki:
en.wikipedia.org

214
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 6, 2024 • 8:08:15am

re: #160 lawhawk

To be clear, the state law has a maximum fine that can be assessed of $1k per violation. Jail is the last resort, and Trump’s reached that point where another violation will result in jail.

The calculation for Trump is whether he’s willing to go to jail to spew his nonsensical ramblings to his know nothing base, given that his base has disappeared from outside the courthouse and couldn’t care to be there for Trump in his time of need (much like the majority of Trump’s family).

At the point with the US judges that I will believe it when a judge actually does it. Much like the GOP there seems to be a lot of talk without meaningful legal action when the vote or decision counts.

215
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 6, 2024 • 8:09:57am

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Let’s give it a shot anyway.

Given that one definition of insanity is constantly making the same decision while expecting the results to change I think this is worth the risk. And I’m willing to let this storm break now rather than in October as the election is nigh.

216
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 8:10:22am

re: #214 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

At the point with the US judges that I will believe it when a judge actually does it. Much like the GOP there seems to be a lot of talk without meaningful legal action when the vote or decision counts.

I want to see him eat one jailhouse lunch. After that he can shuffle off to obscurity.

217
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 8:10:32am

Steve Lenin goes on the warpath. Says “We have to go on offense”.

rawstory.com

218
Jay C  May 6, 2024 • 8:11:45am

And I seem to have had the same trouble as everyone else today:

Wordle 1,052 6/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

219
A Cranky One  May 6, 2024 • 8:13:48am

Although there is talk that TFG wants to be jailed so he can act the martyr, I believe he’ll avoid it at all costs if it involves a night in jail.

Without access to orange makeup and with no hairspray to feed to the weasel on his head, there is no way he’d want to be photographed by the press gaggle after his release.

220
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 8:14:23am

re: #218 Jay C

And I seem to have had the same trouble as everyone else today:

Wordle 1,052 6/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I got the emu, too. Wordle 1,052 6/6*

Click to Reveal

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

221
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 6, 2024 • 8:16:01am

re: #219 A Cranky One

Although there is talk that TFG wants to be jailed so he can act the martyr, I believe he’ll avoid it at all costs if it involves a night in jail.

Without access to orange makeup and with no hairspray to feed to the weasel on his head, there is no way he’d want to be photographed by the press gaggle after his release.

There’s also the processing he’ll go through to be checked in as well. Though I half-expect they’ll waive that and just lock him in a room.*

* - Though if he then strokes out there the Epstein conspiracies will look very small in comparison.

222
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 8:16:54am

re: #216 Decatur Deb

I want to see him eat one jailhouse lunch. After that he can shuffle off to obscurity.

I want to hear about a subsequent use of the stainless steel feature that lacks a door.

223
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 8:18:18am

re: #214 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

At the point with the US judges that I will believe it when a judge actually does it. Much like the GOP there seems to be a lot of talk without meaningful legal action when the vote or decision counts.

Until proven otherwise, I’m of the opinion that every judge assigned to a Trump case will do everything within their power to show the defendant exceedingly favorable treatment if only to avoid their homes being firebombed.

224
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 8:19:04am

re: #222 wrenchwench

I want to hear about a subsequent use of the stainless steel feature that lacks a door.

A Boeing 737? I think they’re aluminium.

225
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 8:20:02am

re: #224 Decatur Deb

A Boeing 737? I think they’re aluminium.

lol

226
jeffreyw  May 6, 2024 • 8:21:12am

Mastodon

227
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 8:23:39am

re: #226 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

These days, GPU should be “Computes cryptocurrency.”

228
Eclectic Cyborg  May 6, 2024 • 8:25:18am

I just want to see TFG in a cell.

Even if only for a couple of days.

He’s fucking earned it 100 times over.

229
BeenHereAwhile  May 6, 2024 • 8:25:22am

re: #221 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

There’s also the processing he’ll go through to be checked in as well. Though I half-expect they’ll waive that and just lock him in a room.*

* - Though if he then strokes out there the Epstein conspiracies will look very small in comparison.

“No lift your bat & balls, and subsequent finger wave?”

230
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 8:25:56am

re: #227 Targetpractice

I know a CPU is a central processing unit. But GPU?

231
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 8:27:23am

re: #230 PhillyPretzel ✅

I know a CPU is a central processing unit. But GPU?

Graphics Processing Unit.

232
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 8:27:53am

re: #231 Nerdy Fish

Okay. Thanks.

233
calochortus  May 6, 2024 • 8:28:29am

re: #210 wrenchwench

I had to look it up. My English is limited.

Because I’m odd, I have wondered for decades if there is an intended double meaning there. Adam delved: dug in the dirt/farmed. Eve span: archaic form of spun/created textiles. They were workers. Or, you can use the terms to be sexual euphemisms, saying everyone does the same thing, comes from the same act. (Except, of course, Adam and Eve themselves.)

234
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 8:31:12am

re: #207 coin operated

Religion. Time for us to evolve past superstition.

Time to learn where religion ends and science begins, and vice-versa.

Time to learn where church ends and state begins and vice versa

I really believe that the decline in basic standards of education over recent years has left people clueless as to these key distinctions.

235
Eventual Carrion  May 6, 2024 • 8:34:04am

re: #105 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Me too. I had one other option so I should be happy with a 5er.

[Embedded content]

4/6 here

QlRuNitsRThCdDdkSkVrbGxjN2dHZmxLaEJWMnhGdzgzcDF2Z2o0Qk1zZzkvdytRMWFja010UmoySFg3Y2dZMFdsWlpYY1cxRytnTHRVVnhPUHJhaml4QTVobitpRG9PZ0tPdnMvclRicmlqVUx6WEhycW9XOHlkLy9SSmJENFFvWU0yUkkyQ25pNnFZWFc1RXhVNVMvVUo4VkMwMjViSDIrWno2WVNjSTdFPTo6kmAE7jMN+jeJx5hTjcjk9g==

236
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 8:37:55am

re: #208 BeenHereAwhile

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

237
Decatur Deb  May 6, 2024 • 8:38:26am

re: #233 calochortus

You’ll still find a current usage of “delved”, as someone digging into a book.

238
KGxvi  May 6, 2024 • 8:39:01am

re: #11 darthstar

problem is, when driving it looks like the Apple Spinning Pinwheel of Death

239
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 8:40:50am

re: #237 Decatur Deb

You’ll still find a current usage of “delved”, as someone digging into a book.

“eleven, twelve, dig and delve” (not a lot else rhymes with “twelve”)

240
danarchy  May 6, 2024 • 8:42:13am

re: #124 Dave In Austin

I’m with you lockstep on this one.
American Downfall started with MTV and the inception of home video games.

Our children zombiefied and quit playing outside with each other at this point.

I was 7 or 8 when we got both mtv and an atari, and we still spent a ton of time outside. We were latchkey kids, literally we would go out for hours, could ride our bikes halfway around the city, and get in to all sorts of “trouble”. Our parents had no idea where we were or what we were doing and it was fun, and they wouldn’t start worrying until it got dark out.

The problem started when somehow society decided that kids outside on there own without supervision was cause to call child protective services. And since no parent can watch a kid all the time it was easier to just let them play video games etc.

241
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 8:43:41am

Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs Sues Again!

Kennedy PAC Plans to Sue Meta: It ‘Brazenly’ Censored Our Campaign Doc

Meta said Kennedy is overplaying his claims and that his campaign documentary was “mistakenly blocked” for just a few hours after the issue was flagged.

A super PAC backing [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](thedailybeast.com) plans to sue [Meta](thedailybeast.com) this week, alleging that the parent company to [Instagram](thedailybeast.com) and [Facebook](thedailybeast.com) “brazenly” censored a documentary about the candidate.

Meta insists that American Values 2024 is being melodramatic. In a statement to The Daily Beast, a spokesperson said the film was “mistakenly blocked” and that the problem was “quickly resolved” after it was flagged. The company previously told [ *The New York Times* ](nytimes.com) that the resolution took at most a few hours.

According to a press release issued by American Values on Monday, many Facebook and Instagram users were unable to share the 30-minute, [Woody Harrelson](thedailybeast.com)-narrated documentary about the candidate, *Who Is Bobby Kennedy?*

“They were notified that there was a problem with the link, which isn’t the case; later, they were informed that the link was removed because it goes against Instagram’s ‘Community Guidelines,’” due to alleged violations related to “spam,” “support or praise of terrorism, organized crime or hate groups,” “solicitation of sexual services,” or the “sale of firearms and drugs,” the statement said.

The film was produced by Jay Carson, who also created *The Morning Show* on Apple TV+. Carson added in the statement that “political infomercials for presidential candidates have a rich and effective history in American politics” and that his team “set out to make a modern version of that format.”

thedailybeast.com

242
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 8:44:42am

re: #110 Targetpractice

It’s just quicker to consider the source:

*snip*

IOW, he’s a paid shill.

He’s a fake Antifa. Wonder if he was among those marching in Charlottesville.

243
wrenchwench  May 6, 2024 • 8:45:17am

Yesterday I emptied half a dozen 3 ring binders that had research and records from Mr. w’s cast iron business. A ream of paper went in the recycling, but there is nothing to do with the binders. Every thrift store in town has them available for free.

I saved a small binder of souvenirs.

in my bike shop
244
KGxvi  May 6, 2024 • 8:47:17am

re: #214 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

At the point with the US judges that I will believe it when a judge actually does it. Much like the GOP there seems to be a lot of talk without meaningful legal action when the vote or decision counts.

it’s also worth noting that the prosecutors have not sought a jail sentence yet, either. It is incredibly rare for a judge to go beyond what a moving party asks for in a motion. If the prosecutors say “we are not seeking incarceration at this time” (as they have done in the motions to date), the judge isn’t going to be like “you know what, fuck it, lock him up”.

The legal system is very conservative (note the small-c) - not in the ideological sense, but in the temperament/approach sense. Good judges, and good lawyers, don’t go out of their way to try and break the system.

245
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 8:49:30am

re: #116 Nerdy Fish

And there it is. I’ll take it.

[Embedded content]

Click to Reveal

This is why I don’t play hard mode. My 2nd guess was used to eliminate possibilities since there are too many choices.

246
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 8:51:17am

re: #117 Targetpractice

So the way I’m understanding it is if you show up to show support for a protest, to actively take part in it, or are just the Domino’s delivery guy who got jumped by a cop delivering a stack of pies to the protestors, then you’re an “outside agitator” and proof that the whole thing is a fabrication by “professional activists.”

FFS, apparently I fell asleep in 2024 and woke up in the 1960s.

Or if you are part of a violent counter-protest. It’s possible that the arrests included some of those too.

247
Vicious Babushka  May 6, 2024 • 8:52:47am

Mastodon

248
BeenHereAwhile  May 6, 2024 • 8:56:23am

re: #184 steve_davis

[Embedded content]

Sorry. Wouldn’t let me share, so I just had to screenshot it, and that may mean you having to do some pinch and pull on it to get it sized up a bit. There’s a lot of truth here!

Spirit of the Pine
(Next to cotton and rice, turpentine became one of the South’s greatest exports)

University of GA documentary of turpentine camps shot on Super 8 film in the 1970s.

“Well - Life was pretty rough in those days, myself”
We used to swap 2 barrels for a gallon of whiskey
That’s what I’d do - swap 2 empty barrels for a gallon of whiskey.
I’d keep the whiskey in the cab - I was about 17 years old”
****
“Monday was burying day”

Spirits of the Pines

249
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 8:57:34am
250
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 9:00:54am

re: #249 lawhawk

Not to mention in addition to hanky-panky there is also the mirror twin of panky-hanky.

251
goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2024 • 9:04:34am

Today’s Rooster dispatch, by special correspondent Max Littman, is free for all.

It covers the disasterclass of a commencement speech yesterday by Ohio State alumnus Chris Pan, whom one university official called the worst person they’ve ever worked with.

www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state…

— The Rooster (@rooster.substack.com) 2024-05-06T12:48:58.652Z

252
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:05:17am

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
One of the longest corrections I’ve ever seen. Whoops!

253
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:06:35am

re: #219 A Cranky One

Although there is talk that TFG wants to be jailed so he can act the martyr, I believe he’ll avoid it at all costs if it involves a night in jail.

Without access to orange makeup and with no hairspray to feed to the weasel on his head, there is no way he’d want to be photographed by the press gaggle after his release.

that’s why i think the judge will go for something that’s not an overnight

and if necessary, it wont be instantaneous / bailiff take him
it’ll be ‘report on mm/dd/yy’

254
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:07:55am

re: #253 Dangerman

I hope the judge won’t give him time to try to assemble a crowd of protestors.

255
Targetpractice  May 6, 2024 • 9:10:36am

re: #252 jaunte

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
One of the longest corrections I’ve ever seen. Whoops!

[Embedded content]

Translation: A lawyer from the Gates Foundation had a…”chat” with a counterpart in the Politico legal department that did not go well.

256
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:14:28am

re: #249 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

calculations and hanky-panky to account for taxes.

quaint technical accounting lingo

257
No Malarkey!  May 6, 2024 • 9:14:39am

From the Between Two Wars series, an episode about four years ago provides a definition of fascism that absolutely nails MAGA, beginning at 3 minutes 28 seconds in. The only element MAGA doesn’t include is expansionism (though Trump did want to buy Greenland). Rise of Evil - From Populism to Fascism | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1932 Part 4 of 4

258
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:16:33am

I’m getting sick of this leftist habit of bragging about making yourself irrelevant in the upcoming struggle to keep a dictator from destroying the country.

259
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:17:24am

re: #257 No Malarkey!

(though Trump did want to buy Greenland). [Embedded content]

And invade Mexico.

260
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:18:17am

re: #254 jaunte

I hope the judge won’t give him time to try to assemble a crowd of protestors.

by then it’ll be all symbolic and it wont matter
plus everyone will already know how long he’s gonna cool his heels

who of the faithful is gonna brave lower manhattan to protest a 6 hour jail stint?

i know none of this is gonna happen - just my fantasy thinking

261
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:20:11am

re: #260 Dangerman

Yes, it’s pretty unlikely. I just like the idea of everyone settling in for a day of trial, and Judge Merchan announcing Trump will be spending the day in jail. Surprise!

262
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:20:49am

No accordion hands time for you, straight to the cell.

263
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 9:21:18am

re: #258 jaunte

I’m getting sick of this leftist habit of bragging about making yourself irrelevant in the upcoming struggle to keep a dictator from destroying the country.

[Embedded content]

I am mostly convinced that most of the people who are doing this performative outrage nonsense are people who wrote in Bernie or voted for one of the irrelevant other third parties in 2020.

264
jeffreyw  May 6, 2024 • 9:21:44am

I think Trump will refuse to go to jail. Dare the bailiff to use force.
I’m looking forward to the “Trump Tasered” headlines, myself.

265
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:24:45am

re: #263 Nerdy Fish

Seeing them hold their own feelings superior to the actual lives of those who would be most negatively affected (all women, most people of color, Muslims) is disgusting.

266
No Malarkey!  May 6, 2024 • 9:24:54am

A genocide is on the verge of happening, but no one in America knows about it, so there are no protests here. globaldispatches.org

267
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 9:27:50am

re: #265 jaunte

Seeing them hold their own feelings superior to the actual lives of those who would be most negatively affected (all women, most people of color, Muslims) is disgusting.

“I’m not getting my purity pony, so I’m just going to take my ball and go home” has been a thing for decades. It gave us Trump, in 2016, when people were disillusioned with Hillary and mad that Bernie didn’t win the primary. It could give us Trump again. I don’t blame Biden for this; nothing he did, or does, will make these people happy. We just have to motivate every sane and rational voter we can reach and convince them of the looming danger, and hope it’s enough.

268
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:27:52am

re: #255 Targetpractice

Translation: A lawyer from the Gates Foundation had a…”chat” with a counterpart in the Politico legal department that did not go well.

i had a situation about 20 years ago
someone tried to sue me four or five times
remember: ianal

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

never heard from anyone ever again

269
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:34:26am

re: #257 No Malarkey!

From the Between Two Wars series, an episode about four years ago provides a definition of fascism that absolutely nails MAGA, beginning at 3 minutes 28 seconds in. The only element MAGA doesn’t include is expansionism (though Trump did want to buy Greenland). [Embedded content]

Video

electoral-vote.com this past saturday

Abridged question: So I’m hoping you can help me out. What is the best way to recognize real fascism?

(V) & (Z) answer: There is no agreed upon definition of fascism, because every fascist regime is different. When (Z) is asked to explain to students what fascism is, his answer is: “A government where one person assumes virtually all political power is authoritarian. And when that power is used to elevate one race and/or one religion and/or one set of ideals, then it is fascism.”

Britt’s list is decent, but you know what is also decent (for the second time in as many answers)? The first paragraph of the Wikipedia article on fascism:

“Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and/or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.”

Again, this has the benefit of having been polished by literally thousands of people.

In any event, whether you use Britt’s definition, or (Z)’s definition, or the Wikipedia definition, the sort of administration envisioned by Trump and by Project 2025 pretty clearly fits. And you know what they say about if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…

and here we are discussing this as possible in the United States in 2024

270
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:37:40am

A fun craft follow on Bsky:

The Pocket Forge @thepocketforge.bsky.social

A tiny Venetian Falchion! Great for doing small elegant chops. What would you chop with this?

271
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:38:40am

re: #258 jaunte

I’m getting sick of this leftist habit of bragging about making yourself irrelevant in the upcoming struggle to keep a dictator from destroying the country.

[Embedded content]

thinking that if you dont vote you dont affect an election is…misguided

misunderstanding that voting for a third party is voting against (for better or worse) the lesser of your two perceived two evils is…misguided

ignoring that, like it or not, one of the two ‘evils’ will be the next president is brainless

272
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 9:39:22am

re: #203 sizzzzlerz

I knew I was going to need to be very lucky among the number of possible words.

I wasn’t.

[Embedded content]

But you solved!! Many failed today, because too many choices.

273
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 9:41:19am

re: #245 Hecuba’s daughter

[Embedded content]

I use hard mode as my guide (I try to always play that way) but it’s not set for the reason you gave. Sometimes you have to eliminate letters.

274
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 9:43:55am

re: #267 Nerdy Fish

“I’m not getting my purity pony, so I’m just going to take my ball and go home” has been a thing for decades. I.

Ratfvckers know how to play idealists for idiots in cases like this.

275
Dave In Austin  May 6, 2024 • 9:45:23am

Don’t forget “Me Too!”
“Ex-Dem Tulsi Gabbard gives Joe Rogan a dire prediction on what could happen in November if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are reelected.”

driftglass.blogspot.com

276
Vicious Babushka  May 6, 2024 • 9:45:54am

Here is a handy chart for determining if a world leader is doing genocide or simply war crimes.

277
Vicious Babushka  May 6, 2024 • 9:48:40am

Mastodon

278
coin operated  May 6, 2024 • 9:49:31am

re: #234 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Time to learn enforce where religion ends and science begins, and vice-versa.

Time to learn enforce where church ends and state begins and vice versa

I really believe that the decline in basic standards of education over recent years has left people clueless as to these key distinctions.

Fixed it for you. Religion is the all-time champion of moving the goalposts when science defeats the current dogma. That’s willful ignorance in action, and you cannot fix that with more education. I used to think the courts would be that restraining force but, with the direction the seditious six are taking at SCOTUS, I don’t know what we can use to enforce that separation any longer.

279
Nerdy Fish  May 6, 2024 • 9:50:07am

re: #276 Vicious Babushka

Here is a handy chart for determining if a world leader is doing genocide or simply war crimes.

[Embedded content]

The Ottomans were some real assholes, it looks like.

280
KGxvi  May 6, 2024 • 9:51:36am

re: #264 jeffreyw

I think Trump will refuse to go to jail. Dare the bailiff to use force.
I’m looking forward to the “Trump Tasered” headlines, myself.

I think what is really going to break his feeble lizard brain is when the Secret Service helps the bailiff take him into custody. These ain’t private bodyguards, they’re federal law enforcement.

281
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 9:52:14am

re: #277 Vicious Babushka

And the AP is reporting this:
apnews.com

Just keeping up with the news can be confusing.

282
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 9:52:31am

re: #278 coin operated

True dat: if, for esample, granting gay marriage licenses offends your faith, then resign or find someone else to do it in your place. Your Freedom of Religion does not entail denying someone else’s rights.

283
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 6, 2024 • 9:52:32am

re: #275 Dave In Austin

Don’t forget “Me Too!”
“Ex-Dem Tulsi Gabbard gives Joe Rogan a dire prediction on what could happen in November if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are reelected.”

driftglass.blogspot.com

Uhm…

Gabbard, 43, appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast Wednesday to promote her new book, ‘For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind’ to outline her now frequent criticisms of liberals.

Yeah. Whatever.

284
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 9:55:22am

ynet.co.il

285
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 9:56:01am

re: #283 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

TOOLSI would be a perfect fit as Trump’s Veep.

286
goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2024 • 9:57:25am

CAIRO, May 6 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar.

The Islamist faction said in a statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence chief of its acceptance of their proposal.

There were no immediate details over what the agreement entailed.

287
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 9:59:25am

this guy is neck and neck in the polls

Donald Trump called the Republican party the “party of fertlization because we are for the women” when talking about abortion rights in an interview with Fox Detroit.

He also took credit for overturning Roe v. Wade: “I say what the people decide, and whatever it is, it’s within the state and what the people decide, and it’s working out. For many, many years, people have said we’ve gotta bring this back to the states to decide, and that’s now working.”

288
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 10:00:40am

there’s one

289
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 10:01:35am

re: #288 Dangerman

290
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 6, 2024 • 10:01:39am

re: #287 Dangerman

Donald Trump called the Republican party the “party of fertlization because we are for the women” when talking about abortion rights in an interview with Fox Detroit.

That sums up what he sees women as useful for.

291
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 10:01:44am

Egyptian proposal outlines return of all hostages and phased end to Gaza war
i24news.tv

292
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 10:02:12am

re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“We are for the livestock.”

293
BeachDem  May 6, 2024 • 10:02:28am

re: #251 goddamnedfrank

[Embedded content]

After reading that whole thing, all I can say is Go Bucks?? (Just another “misstep” at my woebegone alma mater—see Jordan, Gym; Smith, Zach; Meyer, Urban et al)

294
sagehen  May 6, 2024 • 10:04:04am

re: #265 jaunte

Seeing them hold their own feelings superior to the actual lives of those who would be most negatively affected (all women, most people of color, Muslims) is disgusting.

295
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 10:04:51am

re: #289 Dangerman

remember 3 justices are

296
Dr Lizardo  May 6, 2024 • 10:05:10am

re: #277 Vicious Babushka

But wait!

“The mujahid brother Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas movement’s political bureau, had a phone call with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and with the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence, Abbas Kamel, and informed them of the Hamas movement’s approval of their proposal regarding the ceasefire agreement.”

aljazeera.com

However, do take note of exactly who it was that said, “Yeah, we’re cool with it!” It certainly wasn’t Yahya Sinwar - it was Ismail Haniyeh, the head of HAMAS’ political bureau.

So…is Haniyeh overriding Sinwar for reasons best known only to himself? Is he trying to force Sinwar’s hand?

297
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 10:06:34am

re: #295 Dangerman

And remember that it’s Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema who stand in the way of killing the filibuster.

The good news is that both of them are out of the Senate come 1/3/25.

298
goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2024 • 10:07:06am

re: #266 No Malarkey!

A genocide is on the verge of happening, but no one in America knows about it, so there are no protests here. globaldispatches.org

Protests kind of hinge on a plausible perception of ability to influence an outcome. It’s easy for protesters in the US to draw a line between what their government actively supports and their own responsibility as citizen stakeholders.

299
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 10:08:52am

re: #295 Dangerman

finally: i am not for ‘eliminate’

i’m for ‘alter’: a return to standing and talking

300
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 10:11:10am

NBC now says Hamas now accepts Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire.

301
Dr Lizardo  May 6, 2024 • 10:12:28am

re: #300 PhillyPretzel ✅

NBC now says Hamas now accepts Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire.

If that is indeed the case, looks like the ball is now in Netanyahu’s court.

302
Vicious Babushka  May 6, 2024 • 10:14:51am

Mastodon

303
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 10:15:12am

re: #301 Dr Lizardo

If that is indeed the case, looks like the ball is now in Netanyahu’s court.

And Israel is already sending out smoke signals that this is a ruse/trap designed to make Israel look bad because the terms are unacceptable to Israel.

Netanyahu is awful. Hamas is worse. The Israelis’ leadership in this war has been awful.

304
PhillyPretzel ✅  May 6, 2024 • 10:15:41am

re: #302 Vicious Babushka

That is a beautiful beret.

305
Hecuba's daughter  May 6, 2024 • 10:20:48am

re: #258 jaunte

I’m getting sick of this leftist habit of bragging about making yourself irrelevant in the upcoming struggle to keep a dictator from destroying the country.

[Embedded content]

They are not irrelevant. They are actively working to put Trump in power and destroy our future. They are the Bernie supporters who gave us Dobbs.

306
Dr Lizardo  May 6, 2024 • 10:22:39am

re: #303 lawhawk

And Israel is already sending out smoke signals that this is a ruse/trap designed to make Israel look bad because the terms are unacceptable to Israel.

Netanyahu is awful. Hamas is worse. The Israelis’ leadership in this war has been awful.

Seems like Haniyeh may have played a blinder. If Netanyahu accepts, it all but guarantees the collapse of the current Israeli government as Ben Gvir and or Smotrich resign.

307
lawhawk  May 6, 2024 • 10:24:07am

re: #306 Dr Lizardo

Seems like Haniyeh may have played a blinder. If Netanyahu accepts, it almost guarantees the collapse of the current Israeli government as Ben Gvir and or Smotrich resign.

Well, the coalition govt was going to collapse after this conflict ended as the Israeli unity government should disband, which means Bibi should face new elections (and prosecution, frankly) for his malfeasance that led to the war.

308
Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  May 6, 2024 • 10:28:13am

re: #270 jaunte

A fun craft follow on Bsky:

The Pocket Forge @thepocketforge.bsky.social

A tiny Venetian Falchion! Great for doing small elegant chops. What would you chop with this?

[Embedded content]

A certain orange mushroom?

310
Patricia Kayden  May 6, 2024 • 10:35:25am

311
austin_blue  May 6, 2024 • 10:48:25am

re: #309 Vicious Babushka

Officials: Hamas appears to have okayed ceasefire terms that Israel did not approve

“Verrry interestink!”

312
jaunte  May 6, 2024 • 10:48:26am

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social

RFK Jr. gets coveted endorsement

313
jeffreyw  May 6, 2024 • 10:51:11am

Mastodon

314
Lancelot Link Returns!  May 6, 2024 • 10:55:00am

re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Lebensborn”

315
Dangerman  May 6, 2024 • 10:55:24am
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) writes in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that Republicans should vote for President Biden.

“Yes, elections are a binary choice. Yes, serious questions linger about President Biden’s ability to serve until the age of 86. His progressive policies aren’t to conservatives’ liking.”

“But the GOP will never rebuild until we move on from the Trump era,

There’s more

316
darthstar  May 6, 2024 • 10:55:42am

re: #301 Dr Lizardo

If that is indeed the case, looks like the ball is now in Netanyahu’s court.

Watch him stab the ball with a knife.

317
goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2024 • 10:58:05am

“What has struck me about the backlash to the campus protests of the war on Gaza that have swept the country is that it waves the flag of adultness without exhibiting any of the qualities that make being an adult something worthy of admiration.” open.substack.com/pub/howthing…

— (@staceynycdc.bsky.social) 2024-05-06T14:43:07.630Z

318
Mattand  May 6, 2024 • 10:58:20am

re: #316 darthstar

Watch him stab the ball with a knife.

Or mistake it for a WKC convoy and call in an airstrike.

319
jeffreyw  May 6, 2024 • 11:00:07am

Mastodon

320
Shropshire Slasher  May 6, 2024 • 11:04:21am

Columbia surrendered.

Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college’s campus, but it will still hold smaller, school-based events.
“Security concerns were one of the main reasons for our decision on whether to hold a large commencement ceremony,” a university official, who declined to be identified, said. Graduation had been scheduled for May 15.

reuters.com

321
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 11:05:13am

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) said Monday that he will vote for President Joe Biden this year because Donald Trump has “disqualified himself.”

rawstory.com

322
Joe Bacon ✅  May 6, 2024 • 11:06:27am

‘Eating each other alive’: MAGA infighting roils local GOP in crucial swing states

But will The New York Times notice that?????

alternet.org

323
sagehen  May 6, 2024 • 11:18:47am

re: #315 Dangerman

There’s more

“Unlike Trump, I’ve belonged to the GOP my entire life. This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass.”

324
BeenHereAwhile  May 6, 2024 • 12:03:06pm

re: #305 Hecuba’s daughter

They are not irrelevant. They are actively working to put Trump in power and destroy our future. They are the Bernie supporters who gave us Dobbs.

They are the Bernie supporters who gave us Trump!
(And Bernie Sanders gave them favor)

325
Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  May 6, 2024 • 12:27:36pm

re: #322 Joe Bacon ✅

‘Eating each other alive’: MAGA infighting roils local GOP in crucial swing states

But will The New York Times notice that?????

alternet.org


This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.

Jump to top

Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds

Help support Little Green Footballs!

Subscribe now for ad-free access!Register and sign in to a free LGF account before subscribing, and your ad-free access will be automatically enabled.

Donate with
PayPal Cash.app
Recent PagesClick to refresh
A Water War Is Brewing Between the U.S. And Mexico. Here’s Why A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely on the Rio Grande. Their leaders are now demanding the Mexican government either share water or face ...
Cheechako
Yesterday
Views: 87 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 0
Harper’s Magazine: Slippery Slope - How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town …Big Sky stands apart for other reasons. The obvious distinction is the Yellowstone Club, a private resort hidden in the mountains above the community that Justin Farrell, a professor of sociology at Yale and the author of Billionaire Wilderness, ...
teleskiguy
2 days ago
Views: 296 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 2