Seth takes a closer look at Trump denying ever using a burner phone while House Republicans are getting asked if they’re into cocaine and orgies.
Never mind the ding counters, folks. They’re weird. Will fix tomorrow.
Speaking of the comment section, it got removed from The Hill today. There will be thousands of trolls out in the wild, I suspect.
The party that is sponsoring a bill in TN to legalize child marriage wants you to believe it’s the LGTBQ community that is a danger to your children. 🤡
— KerrBear (@MPLSKerrBear) March 30, 2022
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Never mind the ding counters, folks. They’re weird. Will fix tomorrow.
It’s anarchy.
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@KeithOlbermann Happy now clown? pic.twitter.com/TyYdE9kWgI
— EstebanTornado63 (@ETornado1963) April 1, 2022
re: #6 EstebanTornado1963
Is the site faster? Or is it just me.
You’re slower. It makes the site look faster.
U.S. Navy to name future ship after Ruth Bader Ginsburg (United Press International)
The ship will be a replenishment oiler. The sponsor will be Justice Bader-Ginsberg’s daughter Jane.
March 31 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that it will name a future ship after the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in honor of her tenure on the nation’s highest court and her work as a women’s rights activist.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro made the announcement in a statement, saying her name with adorn a future John Lewis-class replenishment oiler.
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The Navy said its name selection for the John Lewis-class vessel follows a naming convention to honor civil and human rights activists, with the first eight to be named after Lewis, U.S. politician Harvey Milk, former California Gov. Earl Warren, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone, abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and now Ginsburg.
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Good way to immediately end up on your coworker’s shitlist: Respond to them telling you that they’re peeved because of all the work that you’ve left them for that night by declaring that they’ve got “plenty of hours to finish it in.” And then tell them that you came in two hours early and still didn’t manage to actually do all the work you’re supposed to but leave plenty of evidence that you had time to do things like eat dinner and text on your phone.
re: #13 Targetpractice
Good way to immediately end up on your coworker’s shitlist: Respond to them telling you that they’re peeved because of all the work that you’ve left them for that night by declaring that they’ve got “plenty of hours to finish it in.” And then tell them that you came in two hours early and still didn’t manage to actually do all the work you’re supposed to but leave plenty of evidence that you had time to do things like eat dinner and text on your phone.
Got one like that I’m taking over from right now. Can’t be arsed to do anything right.
re: #6 EstebanTornado1963
Is the site faster? Or is it just me.
Not just you. Charles apparently upgraded the warp drive.
re: #3 jaunte
‘A get out of jail free card’: GOP bill would eliminate age requirements for marriages in Tennessee (WKRN-TV)
TL;DR, the bill creates a new class of marriage (common law), and eliminates all age requirements. (Any child no matter how young could be married.)
Democrats charge if this bill, HB-233 passes, it will be used to cover up child rape and sexual assault.
The bill’s sponsor, Tom Leatherwood (R-Arlington) said the law being considered would add a new marriage option for Tennesseans. “So, all this bill does is give an alternative form of marriage for those pastors and other individuals who have a conscientious objection to the current pathway to marriage in our law.”
But missing from the bill are age requirements, opening the door for possible child marriages. Something the bill sponsor acknowledged during a Children and Family Affairs subcommittee. “There is not an explicit age limit,” Leatherwood said.
From last thread. I was apparently “CL’ing”:
re: #202 austin_blue
I am a graduate of Woodson High School, and a proud Cavalier. When we moved there in 1965 and paid $30,000 for a 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath, brand new 2,000 sq ft colonial with an additional 1,000 sq ft unfinished basement, my parents thought they were torpedoing their future paying that much for a house.
It was just outside the Beltway and the rest of Fairfax County to the South and West was basically dirt, dairy farms, and Civil War battlefield parks. Centerville had three thousand people. Chantilly didn’t exist, Reston was still in design phase, and Burke Station was literally a Post Office and a general store.
We sold the house after our parents deaths in 2012 for $785,000.
Yup, Fairfax is pretty much paved over.
Including a bunch of Civil War sites. The spot where General Phil Kearney was killed is a bus stop.Where the 28th Massachusetts was surprised and shot up is an office park. Where the 51st New York got lost in a swamp is now a mall parking lot.
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
‘A get out of jail free card’: GOP bill would eliminate age requirements for marriages in Tennessee (WKRN-TV)
TL;DR, the bill creates a new class of marriage (common law), and eliminates all age requirements. (Any child no matter how young could be married.)
Democrats charge if this bill, HB-233 passes, it will be used to cover up child rape and sexual assault.
Matt Gaetz moves to Tennessee in 3…2…1…
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Does that mean that children will now be able to make legal decisions? That should keep a lot of attorneys very busy.
Welcome to legal CalvinBall.
Isn’t this one of the things they complain about Muslim life and Shariah law?
— Roman (@roughtradeX) March 31, 2022
The problem isn’t child marriage, the problems are “not white” and “Muslim.” It’s okay when white Christians do it.
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I hope someone is watching Leatherwood closely.
re: #22 ckkatz
Does that mean that children will now be able to make legal decisions? That should keep a lot of attorneys very busy.
Welcome to legal CalvinBall.
Of course they won’t.
What it will do is invoke “spousal privilege” in cases of rape or domestic assault.
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
‘A get out of jail free card’: GOP bill would eliminate age requirements for marriages in Tennessee (WKRN-TV)
TL;DR, the bill creates a new class of marriage (common law), and eliminates all age requirements. (Any child no matter how young could be married.)
Democrats charge if this bill, HB-233 passes, it will be used to cover up child rape and sexual assault.
A law that would have had no chance whatsoever passing before Obergefell, if only because of the worry that “Teh Gays” would use it to bypass religious objections to their unions.
re: #26 Targetpractice
A law that would have had no chance whatsoever passing before Obergefell, if only because of the worry that “Teh Gays” would use it to bypass religious objections to their unions.
The law is written in such a way to bypass that legal decision. The secondary goal is if someone challenges the law under equal treatment, the solution would be to strike down Obergefell.
So that part about not being confirmed: https://t.co/IJEtU80VO6
— Beau of The Fifth Column (@BeauTFC) April 1, 2022
“The fire at the oil depot in Belgorod started as a result of an air strike by two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which entered the territory of Russia at a low altitude, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.”
Insane. The fire at the oil facility in Belgorod was reportedly a result of an attack by two Ukrainian helicopters apparently firing S-8 rockets. https://t.co/kx5wDfJ88C pic.twitter.com/HhHkirNJWk
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 1, 2022
re: #15 William Lewis
Got one like that I’m taking over from right now. Can’t be arsed to do anything right.
Yeah, this one is especially frustrating because she apparently got hired for no other reason than she worked at another hotel under our brand and thus they could just toss her on the desk with no familiarization training whatsoever. Except whatever place she last worked at apparently didn’t include laundry among the front desk’s duties, because she finds any excuse she can not to do any. And when I went so far as to document the levels of bullshit that I was dealing with, our AGM blew me off and the GM’s first response was not “I’ll look into this” but instead “Have you tried talking to her?”
For folks who aren’t in the service industry, while the big story is how many of our colleagues are noping the fuck out the door, the story not being told is about how many of us are dealing with the assholes who remain. The ranks of people who give a damn about their jobs are thinning out, while the goldbrickers are not only sticking around but getting more brazen about it because the need for warm bodies serves as a massive incentive for management to look the other way.
re: #31 Targetpractice
Yeah, this one is especially frustrating because she apparently got hired for no other reason than she worked at another hotel under our brand and thus they could just toss her on the desk with no familiarization training whatsoever. Except whatever place she last worked at apparently didn’t include laundry among the front desk’s duties, because she finds any excuse she can not to do any. And when I went so far as to document the levels of bullshit that I was dealing with, our AGM blew me off and the GM’s first response was not “I’ll look into this” but instead “Have you tried talking to her?”
For folks who aren’t in the service industry, while the big story is how many of our colleagues are noping the fuck out the door, the story not being told is about how many of us are dealing with the assholes who remain. The ranks of people who give a damn about their jobs are thinning out, while the goldbrickers are not only sticking around but getting more brazen about it because the need for warm bodies serves as a massive incentive for management to look the other way.
Yeah, I hear you. We have a very difficult time hiring because the unemployment rate is a historic low and they won’t raise the pay.
Laundry is a big deal with this one. She loves to over stuff the washers so that they aren’t able to tumble the wash leading to them to not be washed properly and she apparently doesn’t know and refuses to learn how to change the chemical pump settings. The other night I arrive a bit early and found she had one of the washers full to the perfect level with towels so I started the load. She came back with the towels from the pool area (lots since she never checks them during the shift like she’s supposed to) and squealed how she was going to run them in the full washer. I tried, once again, to explain it and she got all huffy. Got me mildly rebuked by the GM for coming in early but I know the AGM is getting tired of her crap. We’re training another overnight person from a different local hotel and when she’s fully on the schedule the problem child will be told “learn or go”.
re: #30 jaunte
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I would still like to see confirmation from the Ukrainian government, instead of it being another staged attempt by Russia to accuse Ukraine of something it didn’t do.
re: #28 jaunte
Lots of people in that thread saying this will give Vladimir Putin an excuse for escalation.
Since when did he need an excuse at all?
re: #33 Belafon
I would still like to see confirmation from the Ukrainian government, instead of it being another staged attempt by Russia to accuse Ukraine of something it didn’t do.
Awfully expensive false flag attack if it’s that. Moreover, based on the map that would appear to be the supply point for the offensive in Kharkiv.
re: #32 William Lewis
Yeah, I hear you. We have a very difficult time hiring because the unemployment rate is a historic low and they won’t raise the pay.
Laundry is a big deal with this one. She loves to over stuff the washers so that they aren’t able to tumble the wash leading to them to not be washed properly and she apparently doesn’t know and refuses to learn how to change the chemical pump settings. The other night I arrive a bit early and found she had one of the washers full to the perfect level with towels so I started the load. She came back with the towels from the pool area (lots since she never checks them during the shift like she’s supposed to) and squealed how she was going to run them in the full washer. I tried, once again, to explain it and she got all huffy. Got me mildly rebuked by the GM for coming in early but I know the AGM is getting tired of her crap. We’re training another overnight person from a different local hotel and when she’s fully on the schedule the problem child will be told “learn or go”.
Yeah, this special child does the same shit, constantly cramming the machines full even though she was explicitly told not to do so by other staff. But because all the training is done by the AGM (who is about as useless as a marzipan dildo*), she continues just stuffing them like Christmas turkeys because she’s not actually going to fold much of what comes out. She also does not pay any attention whatsoever to the settings on the machines (again, our AGM’s training at work), so I end up putting anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 of every load in our reclaim bin or just straight into the trash. That’s after I’ve had to redry it because nobody here knows how to separate laundry, washes everything on the towel setting, but insist on drying the whole thing on the sheet setting. But I’ve come to expect nothing more from her because management is very obviously trying to avoid disciplining or firing her for fear that they won’t be able to find a replacement.
*h/t Malcolm Tucker
re: #33 Belafon
I would still like to see confirmation from the Ukrainian government, instead of it being another staged attempt by Russia to accuse Ukraine of something it didn’t do.
I’m pretty willing to believe that this is Ukraine’s handiwork, largely because the Russian offensive is already fucked enough without staging “false flags” that further hurt their efforts. Attacking a hospital, a church, or a school would have made more sense if they wanted to accuse Ukraine of engaging in war crimes.
There may be an answer to where Lauren Handy got the fetuses, per this tweet:
Admitting publicly and in-writing to multiple crimes… I’d feel horrible too. pic.twitter.com/hjg2sn09SF
— لی لی Lily Bolourian (@LilyBolourian) March 31, 2022
🚲Hop on, ready steady go! The first 100 #AfricroozEs have arrived in #Uganda. After final assembly on site, the #ebikes were handed over in a festive ceremony. The project of @FABIOUGANDA #Eurist & @Hero_Cycles is supported by DEG and @BMZ_Bund. pic.twitter.com/O4z1575bAi
— deginvest_int (@deginvest_int) March 30, 2022
#BETD22: many bilateral talks at the BMZ with 🇰🇪🇹🇳🇲🇦🇨🇲🇮🇩🇩🇿🇮🇳
Germany🇩🇪 actively supports partners with their #justenergytransition. Renewable energies free developing countries from fossil dependencies and ensure a secure and affordable energy supply, especially in remote areas. pic.twitter.com/gD5LTTcluu— Bundesentwicklungsministerium (@BMZ_Bund) March 30, 2022
wordles today
another one with several options — took 5
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a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in bacon and sauteed - come try the new appetizers at Chili’s
— Nating in Captivity (@perlhack) March 30, 2022
More bullshit from the domestic terrorists:
This sounds like CYA. You should watch the WUSA report, Lauren Handy said people were going to freak out about what was in the house. Oh, and btw, you probably don’t know about “chain of custody.” Those fetuses, absent a chain of custody, show nothing except that 1/
— Dee Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) April 1, 2022
3/ You people look disgusting and horrible. You claim these are “preborn babies” but Lauren Handy had them stashed in a cooler or freezer. Even medical waste at the clinics are treated better than that. But I guess common decency doesn’t matter when fighting the “pro-aborts,” eh?
— Dee Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) April 1, 2022
Kira is 12. Her mother died when she was little, her dad was killed in #Mariupol. She tried to escape but was captured by #russians and taken to occupied territory of Donbas.
She must be so scared she is right now!
My heart is breaking for all those kids abducted by #russians. pic.twitter.com/pyxp247EQr— Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun) March 31, 2022
Where’s the outrage from Qanon? The Pizzagate crowd? Oh yeah, that’s right, they’re Pro-Putin.
re: #43 mmmirele
So my FB Trumpster “friend” was applauding today your governor for signing the new AZ voting suppression legislation, praising its requirement for voter ID’s. My impression is that the legislation, like all GOP voting legislation, is designed to suppress minority votes. Do you know which provisions have that specific objective?
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
wordles today
another one with several options — took 5
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One last thought and thence to bed. G’Night Lizards!
i own some semi-arid grassland out west and this seasonal change has really put a spring in my steppe
— Lane Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) March 29, 2022
re: #30 jaunte
Maybe some farmers used a confiscated Russian attack chopper. :))))
re: #45 Hecuba’s daughter
So my FB Trumpster “friend” was applauding today your governor for signing the new AZ voting suppression legislation, praising its requirement for voter ID’s. My impression is that the legislation, like all GOP voting legislation, is designed to suppress minority votes. Do you know which provisions have that specific objective?
I don’t have friends who oppose democracy.
Voter ID itself is a voter suppression method. Many African-Americans born during the era of Jim Crow do not have birth certificates, because Dixie states refused to issue them to Black people.
Another bill requires poll watchers (intimidators) at over seven hundred polling places, but appropriates no money (which requires local precincts to put up the money instead to pay for their own intimidation).
Another bill eliminates emergency voting centres (a place to cast a ballot if you will be out-of-town on election day).
Another bill subverts the non-partisan election administration of the state.
One bill bans drop boxes.
Let’s see, the January 6th committee wants to chat with [Mark] Meadows. Plus, both Meadows and his wife have a lock-and-key case against them for voter fraud.So it’s kinda hard to speculate exactly why they are spending a hunks of bucks ($158,800 so far) at a DeeCee law firm that specializes in political messes.
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The PAC is run by Mark Meadows’s wife.
Seems Like A Pretty Good Idea (Goes to Juanita Jeans, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon)
The Arizona Republicans also passed a bill changing the number of signatures required to put a referendum on the ballot. It now requires 60% of all registered voters. (A referendum passes with 50%+1 vote.)
The point of that was to prevent overturning their new voter suppression laws.
Anti-vax bully (he bullied people in Bernardsville, NJ getting the Covid-19 vaccine) has died of Covid-19.
re: #43 mmmirele
More bullshit from the domestic terrorists:
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So she’s decided that B&E and theft weren’t bad enough on a rap sheet, she wants to add multiple counts of evidence tampering to it as well.
Glorious….
#BREAKING: Belgorod Regional Governor confirms Ukrainian helicopter attack inside Russia https://t.co/GEO91Z9ucv
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) April 1, 2022
I can imagine that helo must’ve run low on fuel, what with having to carry the weight of that pilot’s massive cojones.
Confirmation:
⚡️Пожар на нефтебазе в Белгороде начался в результате авиаудара двух вертолетов ВС Украины, которые зашли на территорию России на низкой высоте, сообщил губернатор региона Вячеслав Гладков.
— РБК (@ru_rbc) April 1, 2022
Translation: “The fire at the oil depot in Belgorod started as a result of an air strike by two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which entered Russia at a low altitude, said the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.”
re: #45 Hecuba’s daughter
So my FB Trumpster “friend” was applauding today your governor for signing the new AZ voting suppression legislation, praising its requirement for voter ID’s. My impression is that the legislation, like all GOP voting legislation, is designed to suppress minority votes. Do you know which provisions have that specific objective?
Your ID must have a street address; most people who live on the reservation have either a P.O. Box or their mail is general delivery. There’s no streets, no mailboxes, etc. It’s impossible, literally legally impossible, for them to have an ID with a street address.
I think the more plausible explanation for Handy’s actions are that she’d learned that the cops were investigating the theft of research materials from the university’s freezer(s) and were closing in on her. And being a dumb criminal, she thought she could save her own ass by accusing the university of greater crimes than hers. Somehow, I don’t think she ran any of that by a lawyer before she went ahead with it.
190 Republicans voted against lower insulin costs, she said, because of “freedom” https://t.co/E13LQhSc3m
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 1, 2022
That big double-blind study on ivermectin is in.
The crux:
“Volunteers who took ivermectin in the first three days after a positive coronavirus test turned out to have worse outcomes than did those in the placebo group.”https://t.co/3JJe85Fg8d— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 31, 2022
re: #59 Dread Pirate Ron
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More than half of Congress has a net worth of $1m or more, so fark this “average” horseshit. You’re a bunch of rich assholes who would turn away a man dying of untreated diabetes because you’ve got a lunch date with a pharmaceutical exec for a “campaign donation.”
Looks like someone might’ve caught some cellphone footage of the Ukrainian choppers bugging out after the raid:
Очевидцы сняли пролет на предельно малой высоте вертолетов ВС Украины, которые разбомбили нефтебазу в Белгороде pic.twitter.com/UYTKpjRmr5
— НТВ (@ntvru) April 1, 2022
Translation: “Eyewitnesses filmed a flight at extremely low altitude of helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which bombed an oil depot in Belgorod”
Flying at pretty much treetop level and hauling ass. That’s most likely how they got through Russian air defense.
Russia “denazifies” a country with the lowest level of antisemitism in Central Europe. In Russia it’s 3x higher.
The Pew Research Center survey was published in 2018. The next year Ukrainians elected with 73% of votes a president of Jewish origin - Volodymyr Zelenskyi. pic.twitter.com/maTJq2xyi9— Danylo Mokryk (@DMokryk) March 31, 2022
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
Looks like someone might’ve caught some cellphone footage of the Ukrainian choppers bugging out after the raid:
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Translation: “Eyewitnesses filmed a flight at extremely low altitude of helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which bombed an oil depot in Belgorod”
Flying at pretty much treetop level and hauling ass. That’s most likely how they got through Russian air defense.
On the one hand, there’s a serious temptation to run this story in the Russian press as “proof” that Ukraine planned to invade Russia and are going to do so if they’re not defeated. On the other, admitting that Ukrainian attack helicopters penetrated Russian airspace and avoided Russian AA long enough to inflict damage on vital infrastructure is gonna be hard to spin as a morale booster.
I’m seeing thus far unconfirmed reports that Ukrainian Army has liberated Ivankiv in the Kyiv region.
If this is in fact true, this would be a disaster for the invading Russians.
Good.
re: #64 Targetpractice
On the one hand, there’s a serious temptation to run this story in the Russian press as “proof” that Ukraine planned to invade Russia and are going to do so if they’re not defeated. On the other, admitting that Ukrainian attack helicopters penetrated Russian airspace and avoided Russian AA long enough to inflict damage on vital infrastructure is gonna be hard to spin as a morale booster.
Well, in any event, I’m sure that Russian Defense Minister Shoigu is gonna be sweating bullets during his next meeting with Putin. I wonder how many heart attacks that poor devil has had by now?
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
Well, in any event, I’m sure that Russian Defense Minister Shoigu is gonna be sweating bullets during his next meeting with Putin. I wonder how many heart attacks that poor devil has had by now?
Can’t be doing anything good for his digestion. I can’t think of any really good ways to tell Vlad that this wouldn’t have happened if he’d just taken the Donbas and called it a day.
There are first reports coming in that the UA has liberated Ivankiv, a strategically very important town northwest of Kyiv.
If true this would mean that all RU troops south of it are without supply routes and in danger of being encircled.#Ukraine #Ivankiv #Kiev pic.twitter.com/3xzQYPEwpz— 🇺🇦 Gönndalf (@drallcome) April 1, 2022
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
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If true, then what are Russia’s options? Dig in and wait to be pounded to a pulp by shells and rockets? Unass to a town they still control in the hope their escape routes aren’t all blocked? Or surrender knowing that Vlad will have their asses sent to Siberia the moment they return?
re: #69 Targetpractice
If true, then what are Russia’s options? Dig in and wait to be pounded to a pulp by shells and rockets? Unass to a town they still control in the hope their escape routes aren’t all blocked? Or surrender knowing that Vlad will have their asses sent to Siberia the moment they return?
If true (like I said, it’s unconfirmed so far), there really are no good options for the Russians. Maybe just retreat and try to make it back over the border to Belarus - but like with any retreat/strategic withdrawal, if it’s not organized properly, it simply turns into a rout, with Russian forces running away in a blind panic.
At that point, it becomes more of a debacle than a “strategic withdrawal”.
re: #70 Dr Lizardo
If true (like I said, it’s unconfirmed so far), there really are no good options for the Russians. Maybe just retreat and try to make it back over the border to Belarus - but like with any retreat/strategic withdrawal, if it’s not organized properly, it simply turns into a rout, with Russian forces running away in a blind panic.
At that point, it becomes more of a debacle than a “strategic withdrawal”.
This even assumes they have the fuel to make a withdrawal at this point. We might end up seeing stories in the next 48-72 hours that hundreds/thousands of Russian troops were forced to surrender or killed attempting to retreat across the border.
This is also unconfirmed, but it looks like Dymer, also in the Kyiv region, has been liberated as well.
Дымер освобождён от орков!
Слава ВСУ!— ⚡️Спутник News АТО 🇺🇦 (@SputnikATO) April 1, 2022
Translation: “Dymer freed from the orcs! Glory to the APU!”
JFC, this is looking like a good old-fashioned rout might be taking place. Maybe the Russians really have run away 😲
It looks like that Russian western front around Kyiv is just….disintegrating:
Окупанти пішли з Броварського району під Києвом, - міськрада - https://t.co/eOiA4Ged2s pic.twitter.com/ifi8yIsy4N
— Новинарня (@Novynarnia) April 1, 2022
Translation: “The occupiers left the Brovary district near Kyiv, - the City Council -“
Drone footage showing extensive damage at fuel / oil storage in Belgorod, Russia. pic.twitter.com/cRL8W77YKe
— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@tinso_ww) April 1, 2022
Meanwhile, here in Czech Republic:
(via machine translation)
Police detained several people on Friday due to suspicion of fraud in public procurement at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Detectives from the National Center against Organized Crime launched an intervention on Friday due to possibly fraudulent IT contracts at the Ministry of Agriculture.
In this context, police investigators are interested in the leading officials of the ministry and also in former Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Toman. Some suspects have already been detained in this regard.
Detectives are working with the finding that the awarding of contracts worth tens of millions of crowns were accompanied by corruption. At the same time, they also have wiretaps at their disposal, where the suspects in the alleged bribery case were making jokes and wisecracking.
Raids at suspect’s homes have been taking place since the pre-dawn hours. Jaroslav Ibehej, a spokesman for the department, confirmed that the National Center’s detectives were working on the case against those suspected. However, he has declined to give specific details.
Source, in Czech: seznamzpravy.cz
Miroslav Toman, the former Agriculture Minister, was deeply connected to former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš - who himself is an agriculture oligarch, the owner of a near-monopoly here called Agrofert. An interesting development, to say the least.
re: #70 Dr Lizardo
If true (like I said, it’s unconfirmed so far), there really are no good options for the Russians. Maybe just retreat and try to make it back over the border to Belarus - but like with any retreat/strategic withdrawal, if it’s not organized properly, it simply turns into a rout, with Russian forces running away in a blind panic.
At that point, it becomes more of a debacle than a “strategic withdrawal”.
I am curious as to how things would play out in Belarus with the puppet government supporting Putin but the people (not all, of course) supporting Ukraine.
re: #73 Dr Lizardo
This is also unconfirmed, but it looks like Dymer, also in the Kyiv region, has been liberated as well.
Translation: “Dymer freed from the orcs! Glory to the APU!”
JFC, this is looking like a good old-fashioned rout might be taking place. Maybe the Russians really have run away 😲
The way things have been playing out with Ukraine taking tons of Russian assets, running away is literally on foot running away.
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
Notice how that was extremely strategic and the only thing burning is the facility. Ukrainians are limiting collateral damage, something Russia doesn’t GAF about.
re: #77 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I am curious as to how things would play out in Belarus with the puppet government supporting Putin but the people (not all, of course) supporting Ukraine.
Lukashenko is on thin ice as it is. The only reason he’s still breathing air is because Russia militarily supports his regime; if, for whatever reason, that support collapsed, Lukashenko would likely find himself getting a Nicolae Ceaușescu-style “retirement party” in short order.
re: #78 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The way things have been playing out with Ukraine taking tons of Russian assets, running away is literally on foot running away.
We present live video of the Russian Army:
On this day in 1968 my father was killed in the Vietnam War. If he was alive today he would be eighty-three.
re: #84 John Hughes
This day last week it was 21C in my garden.
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Looks like around here (Wisconsin :) Where in France do you live again?
re: #84 John Hughes
Yeah, we got a light dusting of snow here in my part of Czech Republic as well. And only a couple days ago, it was around 20 C.
re: #85 William Lewis
Champigny sur Marne, in the outskirts of Paris.
A veto override vote is scheduled Tuesday in the Unicameral, after Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a bill which would force him to accept rental assistance for the pandemic.
The US Treasury Department says money from both rounds will likely go to Omaha and Lincoln (and their counties) for related programmes.
Housing advocates say that the rural counties are the ones most hurt by Gov. Ricketts’s actions, mostly because the state did not promote the programme so landlords and renters did not know it existed.
re: #87 John Hughes
Champigny sur Marne, in the outskirts of Paris.
About what I thought I remembered. But we’ve only gotten to 10 degrees C so far this spring. I imagine the rest of your snow will go quickly :)
The cherry tree was probably going to blossom next week. Wonder if I’ll get any cherries this year. :(
re: #90 John Hughes
The cherry tree was probably going to blossom next week. Wonder if I’ll get any cherries this year. :(
Maybe it will make them sweeter, like ice wine.
re: #91 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Maybe it will make them sweeter, like ice wine.
Alas that happens when the grapes are frozen in the fall. The blossoms freezing usually means no crop. Michigan took a late freeze a couple of years ago and it caused a big shortage of cherries.
Something that shouldn’t be required in the wealthiest country in history with a military budget the size of a small moon:
House lawmakers call for wider access to military basic needs allowance to combat food insecurity (Stars & Stripes, March 31, 2022)
In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Democratic lawmakers this week asked for housing stipends to be excluded from eligibility calculations “to the greatest extent possible” and recommended eligible families automatically receive the stipend unless they specifically opt out of it.
“We look forward to working with the [Defense] Department to ensure that no one who serves our country has to worry about putting food on their table,” wrote Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., David Scott, D-Ga., and Jahana Hayes, D-Conn.
An estimated 160,000 active-duty service members, particularly those in junior ranks, struggle to feed themselves and their families, according to a 2021 estimate by the nonprofit organization Feeding America. Low pay, high rates of unemployment for military spouses, and high costs of living all contribute to food insecurity, the organization said.
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I went out to see if I could see the aurora (no).
However, it sounds like the town is surrounded by a hundred or more coyotes.
Morning Lizardim. How go things amongst the lizardfolk on this frosty cold spring morning?
(CNN Business)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park.
It’s the latest fallout in the feud between DeSantis, a Republican widely seen as a potential 2024 presidential contender, and Disney (DIS), Florida’s largest private employer, over a measure that bans schools from teaching young children about sexual orientation or gender identity.
After DeSantis signed the bill into law earlier Monday, the Walt Disney Company wrote in a statement that its “goal” was to get the law repealed or defeated in the courts.DeSantis previously said Disney “crossed the line” with that statement. On Thursday, DeSantis went further, suggesting Disney’s “special privileges” could be lifted.
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Starting this month, passport applications will include an X for gender option, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Process of elimination wins again, but the trend of 4’s and 5’s is alarming, to say the least.
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We’ll soon hear official reports that Russian troops retreated from Bucha and Hostomel.
Here’s a video by @Babylon13UA of the Hostomel Airport after Russia had left. Everything is destroyed. pic.twitter.com/69EkQunMZE— Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa) April 1, 2022
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Kind of hilarious since Disney had to be cajoled and shamed into making a weak statement against the law. Republicans will not suffer criticism. They lash out ferociously and then cry “free speech”.
re: #96 Dopamine Fish
Morning Lizardim. How go things amongst the lizardfolk on this frosty cold spring morning?
Great! I got my second booster Wednesday, and today Ukraine destroyed a Russian oil depot 40 KM inside of Russia!
Eight fuel tanks are on fire at the oil depot in Belgorod, there is a threat of the fire spreading to eight more - RIA Novosti
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 1, 2022
re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Kind of hilarious since Disney had to be cajoled and shamed into making a weak statement against the law. Republicans will not suffer criticism. They lash out ferociously and then cry “free speech”.
I’m sure there’s an explanation for why a legislature retaliating against a company for criticizing a law isn’t cancel culture. https://t.co/F0wMddmdCI
— NOHat (@Popehat) March 31, 2022
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
It was only April of last year the Florida GOP passed legislation to give Disney special status in its “anti-tech” law.
Both houses of Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature have passed new legislation banning social media companies from deplatforming political candidates or censoring large journalistic organizations. Gov. Ron DeSantis has expressed support for the bill and is expected to sign it into law.
Tech companies could be fined as much as $250,000 per day if they deplatform a statewide political candidate in the state. Critics argue that the bill is likely to be struck down as unconstitutional. That seems especially likely because the bill is broad and vaguely worded.
But at least one company won’t have to worry about the legislation: Disney. A last-minute amendment to the bill provides that it doesn’t apply to a “company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex”—like Disney World.
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Disney gets special “theme park” exception to Florida’s anti-tech bill (Ars Technica, April 30, 2021)
AAANNNDDD just because the front desk and laundry isn’t enough fun, the breakfast guy called in sick and I just had to jump through the hoops of starting the breakfast beyond the usual setup and coffees. The GM is here now to finish but it’s really not my idea of fun at the end of the night.
Plus I just got a call from a room saying the earlier gal mischarged some market items.
Thrill!
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
How much does Disneyworld bring into Florida in annual revenue?
Be a real goddamn shame if Disney just said, “Go fuck yourselves” and closed it down.
re: #59 Dread Pirate Ron
Republicans fighting for your freedom to die from Diabetes! Don’t let the Democrats enslave you with cheap insulin; die a free American!
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It was only April of last year the Florida GOP passed legislation to give Disney special status in its “anti-tech” law.
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Disney gets special “theme park” exception to Florida’s anti-tech bill (Ars Technica, April 30, 2021)
Ah, the fickle minds of the reactionary right. This just goes to show that you can’t trust Republican state administrations, and companies should leave their states as soon as possible.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
How much does Disneyworld bring into Florida in annual revenue?
Be a real goddamn shame if Disney just said, “Go fuck yourselves” and closed it down.
Disney is the #1 private employer in the state. Disney IS Florida. If they piss Disney off enough, they’ll pack up and head back to California, and it will absolutely torpedo Florida’s economy. Both DeathSantis and the House of Mouse know this, so it’s basically coming down to a game of chicken at this point.
Via machine translation….
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) has approved a further delivery of weapons to the Ukrainian army, as reported by WELT AM SONNTAG. This involves 58 infantry fighting vehicles originally from the stocks of the National People’s Army of the GDR. The “PbV-501” armored fighting vehicles (known as BMP-1 in GDR times) are equipped with cannons and machine guns and were part of the standard equipment of the Warsaw Pact armies.
Original, in German: welt.de
The BMP-1: en.wikipedia.org
I’d imagine these machines are likely pretty old, and maybe not in tip-top, ready-to-go battlefield condition; they’ll probably need some serious refurbishing. But…better than nothing.
This is a masterpiece pic.twitter.com/hXSiwKcqjV
— Kevin Dalton (@KevinForBOS) March 31, 2022
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
Via machine translation….
Original, in German: welt.de
The BMP-1: en.wikipedia.org
I’d imagine these machines are likely pretty old, and maybe not in tip-top, ready-to-go battlefield condition; they’ll probably need some serious refurbishing. But…better than nothing.
Knowing the Germans, this equipment is probably in better shape than Russia’s old inventory.
re: #109 Dopamine Fish
Personally, if I were running Disney, I’d pack up and leave and tell DeSantis to blow it out his ass. We’ll come back when the environment is more tolerant.
A large campaign donation from Big Pharma https://t.co/upLxdblCfa
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) April 1, 2022
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
Via machine translation….
Original, in German: welt.de
The BMP-1: en.wikipedia.org
I’d imagine these machines are likely pretty old, and maybe not in tip-top, ready-to-go battlefield condition; they’ll probably need some serious refurbishing. But…better than nothing.
BMP-1? They’re only good as hard targets these days, really. And that’s assuming the Germans have kept up the maintenance (well, it is Germany, so it’s a reasonable bet) but even as a battle taxi they were never very good. The BMP-2 & BMP-3 were pretty drastic upgrades to the machine.
re: #114 No Malarkey!
“BUT, BUT GODLESS COMMUNISM!!” or something to that effect.
re: #113 Dr Lizardo
Personally, if I were running Disney, I’d pack up and leave and tell DeSantis to blow it out his ass. We’ll come back when the environment is more tolerant.
We will send Disney all the Javelins we don’t use
— Free Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@Ukrainolution) March 31, 2022
re: #113 Dr Lizardo
Personally, if I were running Disney, I’d pack up and leave and tell DeSantis to blow it out his ass. We’ll come back when the environment is more tolerant.
I agree, but I am sure the situation is more complicated than that. Realize that Disney World undoubtedly makes Disney approximately all the money; the cost to relocate it would be extravagant; and turning it from a highly profitable venture into a money sink by closing it (but keeping it maintained) would eat into a large chunk of Disney’s profitability. And leaving it unmaintained would be unthinkable, given the investment they’ve put into the place and the cost to bring it back if DeathSantis eventually caves, or is voted out. The economic considerations on Disney’s side are formidable. There would also be a significant loss of goodwill among a sizable portion of the American population, though with their public statement, it seems they’re already well on their way to burning that bridge, so someone high up in corporate has probably already done that math.
Speaking of Disney World, my kids are headed out on their band trip there today. They missed out on the band trip to New York two years ago when the pandemic hit, so I’m glad my daughter is getting to go on a band trip her senior year.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
How much does Disneyworld bring into Florida in annual revenue?
Be a real goddamn shame if Disney just said, “Go fuck yourselves” and closed it down.
Not sure if you’ve ever been near Orlando, but Disney is pretty much not moving.
Looks like that target of the chopper attack in Belgorod is still burning….
RuAF Mi-17 on fire fighting mission, Belgorod, Russia pic.twitter.com/lInUNZwGIp
— Aleph א 🇺🇦 (@no_itsmyturn) April 1, 2022
re: #120 JC1
Disney owns about 30k acres in FL. About 1100 of those are developed. They also have a zoo operation there that would be impossible to move in a hurry. Walt Disney created a bunch of shell corporations to buy the land back in the 60s. Some of those corporations are now names of storefronts on Disney’s Main Street in Orlando. They would lose a shitload of money if they had to shut down and move all that. But they could use their power to fight that shit in the state legislature, time will tell if they do or don’t. I never depend on corporations to do the right thing unless it will help them hoard more wealth.
re: #124 A Mom Anon
Disney owns about 30k acres in FL. About 1100 of those are developed. They also have a zoo operation there that would be impossible to move in a hurry. Walt Disney created a bunch of shell corporations to buy the land back in the 60s. Some of those corporations are now names of storefronts on Disney’s Main Street in Orlando. They would lose a shitload of money if they had to shut down and move all that. But they could use their power to fight that shit in the state legislature, time will tell if they do or don’t. I never depend on corporations to do the right thing unless it will help them hoard more wealth.
Yeah, it’s way cheaper for them to buy a few politicians. Hopefully they sour on the GOP in Florida for a few election cycles.
Babylon Bee, March 30, 2022
Under Florida Law Bengay Forced To Rebrand As Benstraight
TALLAHASSEE, FL—The popular topical pain-relieving cream Bengay is undergoing a name change in order to stay compliant with Florida law. Starting next month, the sore muscle medication will be sold under the new name “Benstraight.”
“Due to Ron DeSantis’s new legislation, the word ‘gay’ is now completely forbidden in the state of Florida. At least—that’s what it said in all my favorite left-wing media sources,” said J&J Vice President Damien Creemstank. “This rebranding effort will make our product legal again, and should increase our sales in the homophobic bigot community.”
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re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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The problem isn’t child marriage, the problems are “not white” and “Muslim.” It’s okay when white Christians do it.
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re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Kind of hilarious since Disney had to be cajoled and shamed into making a weak statement against the law. Republicans will not suffer criticism. They lash out ferociously and then cry “free speech”.
I would love to see Disney say they are moving their gazillion jobs elsewhere but you can’t just pull up billions of dollars in land, rides, hotel complexes, etc.
re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Biblical Marriage
It bears reminding that the Gospel of White American Jesus necessarily implies that all Jews, and therefore all early Christians, are white.
431,000 jobs created in March, and the January and February reports were revised upward by a total of 95,000.
re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Awfully expensive false flag attack if it’s that. Moreover, based on the map that would appear to be the supply point for the offensive in Kharkiv.
How dare Ukraine attack targets inside Russia?!? Deliberate escalation!!!
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How dare Ukraine attack targets inside Russia?!? Deliberate escalation!!!
There’s a part of me that’s a bit nervous about this development, but I mean, they’re already in an actual shooting war with Russia. At this point, it’s not like anything they do is going to antagonize Russia any more than they already are. As long as they’re sticking to military targets and not retaliating with war crimes of their own, I don’t imagine this will be a problem for them.
re: #118 Dopamine Fish
I agree, but I am sure the situation is more complicated than that. Realize that Disney World undoubtedly makes Disney approximately all the money; the cost to relocate it would be extravagant; and turning it from a highly profitable venture into a money sink by closing it (but keeping it maintained) would eat into a large chunk of Disney’s profitability. And leaving it unmaintained would be unthinkable, given the investment they’ve put into the place and the cost to bring it back if DeathSantis eventually caves, or is voted out. The economic considerations on Disney’s side are formidable. There would also be a significant loss of goodwill among a sizable portion of the American population, though with their public statement, it seems they’re already well on their way to burning that bridge, so someone high up in corporate has probably already done that math.
Not to mention that Disney bought land over decades (through shell companies, IIRC, so no one saw the massive land grab) at virtually dirt cheap prices (because Orlando was a nothing little burg until Disney came to be). They cannot easily replicate that.
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re: #133 Dopamine Fish
There’s a part of me that’s a bit nervous about this development, but I mean, they’re already in an actual shooting war with Russia. At this point, it’s not like anything they do is going to antagonize Russia any more than they already are. As long as they’re sticking to military targets and not retaliating with war crimes of their own, I don’t imagine this will be a problem for them.
I am glad they are going on the offensive. Take out the things that will help prolong this shit.
re: #126 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Babylon Bee, March 30, 2022
Under Florida Law Bengay Forced To Rebrand As Benstraight
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The lyrics to Deck the Halls will have to be changed to “Don we now our straight apparel…”
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The lyrics to Deck the Halls will have to be changed to “Don we now our straight apparel…”
I’m pretty sure I’ve actually heard conservatives complain about the original West Side Story’s song “I Feel Pretty”.
re: #139 Dopamine Fish
I’m pretty sure I’ve actually heard conservatives complain about the original West Side Story’s song “I Feel Pretty”.
Marvin Joyful
re: #131 No Malarkey!
431,000 jobs created in March, and the January and February reports were revised upward by a total of 95,000.
Booming economy. Inflation isn’t putting a brake on job growth. People are coming back into the workforce. GOP caterwauling to distract by trying to focus on inflation. They think Biden has control over global oil prices. They think inflation is specific to the US (it isn’t). Inflation is hitting records all over the world, and much of it is due to renewed/pent up demand, and tight supply thanks to supply chain issues and high oil prices due to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The US is better insulated from high oil prices frankly due to record/near record US domestic oil production, and the high gas prices are not tracking with the actual price per barrel - it’s price gouging by oil companies that are refusing to further increase production coupled with seasonal changeover to summer blend. The oil companies are making record profits regardless of the price of oil at this point.
Yeah, no one is quitting Disney. Not when nearly every corner of media and entertainment is owned or distributed by Disney and its subsidiaries.
That includes Marvel, Star Wars, and dozens of tv channels. https://t.co/xre0pBz5ki— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) April 1, 2022
re: #142 lawhawk
“Bidenflation is caused by the government cutting all those unemployment and benefits checks for people too lazy to work! Gas prices are high because they cancelled Keystone and restricted drilling!”
re: #143 lawhawk
I don’t know, my scaly friend. Conservatives just might be stupid enough to try to boycott Disney. Of course, it’s not going to work, for the reasons you noted, but that might not stop them from trying, and making themselves look like fools and further deepening their unpopularity in the process.
About that fuel depot in Russia. I haven’t heard anyone consider it could even be Russian pilots that either A) mistook it for Ukrainian territory, or B) Russians pissed off about the war.
You can see the helos briefly in the video I saw at CNN, and it’s probably impossible even for an expert to tell what kind they are.
re: #142 lawhawk
Booming economy. Inflation isn’t putting a brake on job growth. People are coming back into the workforce. GOP caterwauling to distract by trying to focus on inflation. They think Biden has control over global oil prices. They think inflation is specific to the US (it isn’t). Inflation is hitting records all over the world, and much of it is due to renewed/pent up demand, and tight supply thanks to supply chain issues and high oil prices due to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The US is better insulated from high oil prices frankly due to record/near record US domestic oil production, and the high gas prices are not tracking with the actual price per barrel - it’s price gouging by oil companies that are refusing to further increase production coupled with seasonal changeover to summer blend. The oil companies are making record profits regardless of the price of oil at this point.
U-6 unemployment has now dropped to 6.9%, its pre-pandemic level.
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If confirmed, it shows Russia is quite susceptible to counterattacks against key military facilities that are waypoints for Putin’s war against Ukraine. https://t.co/tkAoLgTvwz
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) April 1, 2022
If that was a false flag, that’s one heck of a costly false flag that hamstrings operations elsewhere in Ukraine. If it was a legit confirmed Ukrainian attack on the base, it shows that Russian defenses are porous and not as tight as one would expect - they weren’t expecting Ukraine to attack inside Russia, instead limiting their response to forces inside Ukraine (which is a tactical/strategic blunder by Russian generals to not consider that Ukraine might attack bases where the forces are getting their supplies from).
re: #148 lawhawk
If that was a false flag, that’s one heck of a costly false flag that hamstrings operations elsewhere in Ukraine. If it was a legit confirmed Ukrainian attack on the base, it shows that Russian defenses are porous and not as tight as one would expect - they weren’t expecting Ukraine to attack inside Russia, instead limiting their response to forces inside Ukraine (which is a tactical/strategic blunder by Russian generals to not consider that Ukraine might attack bases where the forces are getting their supplies from).
It also opens the door to Ukraine running SEAD missions against the SAM sites inside Russia that prevent them from establishing a no-fly zone and air supremacy over their country.
re: #146 GlutenFreeJesus
About that fuel depot in Russia. I haven’t heard anyone consider it could even be Russian pilots that either A) mistook it for Ukrainian territory, or B) Russians pissed off about the war.
You can see the helos briefly in the video I saw at CNN, and it’s probably impossible even for an expert to tell what kind they are.
That would be even worse for Russia than if its a Ukrainian strike. Any way you look at it, this war is going disastrously bad for Russia. But how it all plays out, I don’t know.
re: #143 lawhawk
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
re: #146 GlutenFreeJesus
About that fuel depot in Russia. I haven’t heard anyone consider it could even be Russian pilots that either A) mistook it for Ukrainian territory, or B) Russians pissed off about the war.
You can see the helos briefly in the video I saw at CNN, and it’s probably impossible even for an expert to tell what kind they are.
Kind? Mi-24 Hind with rocket pods for S-8 81mm rockets. But no telling who’s _Hind_ from that footage.
re: #151 Dangerman
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
It’s targeting an audience, the white suburban soccer mom that makes up the vast majority of Faux News’s female viewer base. The idea being that if you can persuade the woman of the household, she will bend the husband to her will, and then both parents will enforce that decision on their kids.
re: #142 lawhawk
The oil and gas industry has nearly 9,000 unused permits for drilling on federal lands.
I’m calling for a “use it or lose it” policy.
Congress should make companies pay fees on idle wells on federal leases and on public lands they’re hoarding without producing.— President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2022
re: #151 Dangerman
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
Part and parcel of the Faux Propaganda schtick.
Yet another Massie Tweet I’ve reported to Twitter, but they never do anything.
I’ve taken my fourth jab, and I’ve never had covid, so I’m calling it a vaccine.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) April 1, 2022
Today, I am issuing a directive to strengthen our clean energy economy. To use the Defense Production Act to secure American supply chains for the critical materials that go into batteries for electric vehicles and storage of renewable energy.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2022
Memorandum on Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (Goes to the White House Website)
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration that ensuring a robust, resilient, sustainable, and environmentally responsible domestic industrial base to meet the requirements of the clean energy economy, such as the production of large-capacity batteries, is essential to our national security and the development and preservation of domestic critical infrastructure.
The United States depends on unreliable foreign sources for many of the strategic and critical materials necessary for the clean energy transition — such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese for large-capacity batteries. Demand for such materials is projected to increase exponentially as the world transitions to a clean energy economy.
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re: #151 Dangerman
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
It’s tugging at the heartstrings…. value signaling.
LOL
The People’s Convoy left Hagerstown yesterday morning with 14 diesel trucks, and so far, their voyage out west isn’t going great — as late last night, an urgent call was sent out for a mechanic.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) April 1, 2022
re: #155 William Lewis
Part and parcel of the Faux Propaganda schtick.
“Mom” is whinging about the movie “Turning Red.”
re: #158 lawhawk
It’s tugging at the heartstrings…. value signaling.
Upon watching its newest movie with Pixar entitled “Turning Red,” it’s clear that the clock has finally struck midnight for Disney’s era of whimsical fairy tales with moral lessons. Gone are the innocent days of “bibbity-bobbity-boo;” Disney has now transformed into a political propaganda machine that grooms children for abortions and sexual promiscuity—and nothing showcases their regression into a progressive pumpkin better than their new movie.
She really misses “Song of the South,” doesn’t she?
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She really misses “Song of the South,” doesn’t she?
“grooms children for abortions and sexual promiscuity”? With a movie that is dealing with menstruation and also talking about how to handle negative emotions? What the fuck?
re: #163 Dopamine Fish
The abortion lobby gets in on the action in the very end when Mei goes out with her panda tail and ears on display. When her mother disapproves, Mei apes the abortion lobby’s signature and sinister catchphrase as she says, “My panda, my choice.”
I thought that was the RWNJ antivaxxer catchphrase.
re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I thought that was the RWNJ antivaxxer catchphrase.
The stupid, it burns. Oh my God, I can’t believe this is an actual article that someone actually wrote. “Sinister catchphrase,” these people are seriously broken.
re: #165 Dopamine Fish
The stupid, it burns. Oh my God, I can’t believe this is an actual article that someone actually wrote. “Sinister catchphrase,” these people are seriously broken.
Kristan Hawkins is president of Students for Life of America, with more than 1,250 groups on college, university and high school campuses in all 50 states. Follow her @KristanHawkins or subscribe to her podcast, Explicitly Pro-Life.
re: #166 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She writes for FOX every couple weeks. “Just a mom,” though.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Yeah, Disney has been pushing in new directions for 20+ years now…
The Incredibles - questioning conformity and norms. (2004)
Wall-E - environmentalism. (2008)
Brave - feminism and not needing a male hero to help the female protagonist find her way (2012)
It’s hard to think of anything more alienating in America than “let’s hate football fans and work to stop kids from watching Frozen,” but that’s where the far-right has been laser-focused in the last month.
They’re trying to take down sports and Disney, mostly due to homophobia.— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 31, 2022
I just don’t understand the culture of hate that the rabid right wing has developed over the last 60 years. Maybe I’ve grown out of it, or maybe being isolated from having it as a daily influence has allowed my humanity to flourish in its absence. Either way, I just. Don’t. Get. It. It’s pointless, save from a purely selfish perspective of not wanting to confront one’s uncomfortable biases and preconceptions. Literally the only reason they hate is because they don’t want to have to change. It’s so stupid, and it frustrates me that they can’t see that because they are so laser focused on keeping things the way they’ve been comfortable for decades and not allowing change.
The Adventures of Bill the Wall pic.twitter.com/giY1RNunXM
— bill seasickstein (@InstrumentBlunt) March 31, 2022
re: #73 Dr Lizardo
This is also unconfirmed, but it looks like Dymer, also in the Kyiv region, has been liberated as well.
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Translation: “Dymer freed from the orcs! Glory to the APU!”
JFC, this is looking like a good old-fashioned rout might be taking place. Maybe the Russians really have run away 😲
I’m assuming that if this is true, Ukraine will suddenly have a ton of freed up forces that can be used in the south or east. I guess my goal would be, recover, repair airports so that possibly NATO could be convinced to replenish aircraft, move in the south to recapture mariupol. Replenish supplies, go after reclaiming the eastern provinces. Crimea can wait.
Ron DeSantis and his supporters reminded me of my bullies growing up, and so I decided to write about it. https://t.co/It3M4UAHFT
— Daniel Summers, MD (@WFKARS) March 31, 2022
re: #170 Dopamine Fish
Literally the only reason they hate is because they don’t want to have to change.
That’s it…right there. They deplore being forced to recognize that humanity is moving on without them. I have a hard time separating the current crop of right-wing asshats from the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
re: #168 lawhawk
Yeah, Disney has been pushing in new directions for 20+ years now…
The Incredibles - questioning conformity and norms. (2004)
Wall-E - environmentalism. (2008)
Brave - feminism and not needing a male hero to help the female protagonist find her way (2012)
The entire Star Wars universe — anti-fascism.
Breakfast of champions: Reed’s Craft Ginger Beer (Jamaican import) and rum.
re: #174 coin operated
That’s it…right there. They deplore being forced to have to recognize that humanity is moving on without them. I have a hard time separating the current crop of right-wing asshats from the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
It also explains their response to COVID. They don’t want to acknowledge that a highly contagious and relatively deadly virus has altered the landscape of life and defined a “new normal”. They want to stick their heads in the sand, pretend it’s not that bad, and can we please just go back to the way things were before late February/early March 2020? Nothing to see here, move along?
re: #176 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Breakfast of champions: Reed’s Craft Ginger Beer (Jamaican import) and rum.
Goslings…both the ginger beer and the rum. Dark n’ Stormy for the win!!!
Yesterday’s wordle - got the elusive WW all correct places! But shitty ending!
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Today’s
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re: #170 Dopamine Fish
I just don’t understand the culture of hate that the rabid right wing has developed over the last 60 years. Maybe I’ve grown out of it, or maybe being isolated from having it as a daily influence has allowed my humanity to flourish in its absence. Either way, I just. Don’t. Get. It. It’s pointless, save from a purely selfish perspective of not wanting to confront one’s uncomfortable biases and preconceptions. Literally the only reason they hate is because they don’t want to have to change. It’s so stupid, and it frustrates me that they can’t see that because they are so laser focused on keeping things the way they’ve been comfortable for decades and not allowing change.
There is a reason Fox News and the GOP pushes hatred of minority groups. The GOP exists for one purpose: redistributing wealth from the people to their big donors. Notice that whenever the GOP gains power, the one thing it does legislatively is to pass a massive tax cut for the wealthy. “Tax cuts for billionaires” isn’t exactly an issue that is going to drive a lot of people to the polls to vote, but they can’t promise to do anything for non-billionaire voters that costs money, because that money is earmarked to go to billionaires in the form of tax cuts or large defense contracts. So how are they going to motivate the masses to vote? By giving them an enemy to hate and fear. In 2004, it was gays and their evil plan to destroy marriage by getting married. Now its the transgendered and their evil plan to let men dominate women’s sports, among other things like CRT and immigrants, because racism is always an easy button to push.
Re: #174 above. Our conservative forefathers:
I can’t play Heardle today.
Oh no! Seems like today’s track is unavailable on SoundCloud in your location.
2/6 on the wordle, 5/6/7/8 on the quordle. Not a bad start to April.
re: #180 No Malarkey!
And they’re bringing gay people back into the conversation with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the continuation of the disgusting slander that gay people recruit new gays by grooming kids.
My two cents on a couple of recent news stories.
First up, Chris Rock vs. Will Smith. The winner, toxic masculinity. A man feels entitled to make a joke about a woman’s appearance. A second man resorts to violence to “defend” the woman targeted by the comment. The story becomes about the men not our society’s toxic masculinity problem and how women have to put up with this shit all the time.
Madison Cawthorn vs. the coke-fueled orgies. The winner, Democrats. We dodged a bullet when young Madison used the phrase “people he admired,” leaving no doubt he was talking about Republicans. McCarthy is pissed that Cawthorn was so specific in his comments making it next to impossible to claim that Democrats are the ones throwing coke-fueled orgies. Otherwise, they’d have to admit a Republican can admire a Democrat (the ultimate Republican sin).
re: #179 HRH Stanley Sea
Yesterday’s wordle - got the elusive WW all correct places! But shitty ending!
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Yesterday’s wordle….first three words were fairly positive, but I realized I was going in the wrong direction…
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
Lukashenko is on thin ice as it is. The only reason he’s still breathing air is because Russia militarily supports his regime; if, for whatever reason, that support collapsed, Lukashenko would likely find himself getting a Nicolae Ceaușescu-style “retirement party” in short order.
Of course, for all his many sins, Ceaușescu, unlike Lukashenko, was not aligned with the Soviet Union but followed an independent path.
re: #184 Dopamine Fish
And they’re bringing gay people back into the conversation with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the continuation of the disgusting slander that gay people recruit new gays by grooming kids.
You know, for a self-proclaimed “silent” “majority” you shitheads never seem to shut the fuck up.
— Catherine Slaughter (@CatieSlaughts) March 31, 2022
Russian forces around Kyiv are retreating en masse, leaving behind wrecked armour and possibly trapped pockets of troops as the Ukrainian army advances.
This map shows settlements confirmed recaptured today (blue) and yesterday (yellow).
The siege of Chernihiv is also lifted. pic.twitter.com/eINXgPpyJr— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) April 1, 2022
re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The actual silent majority just sit on their hands, refusing to vote, because neither party is able to deliver their chosen purity pony. (Let’s leave aside voter suppression; this mainly only affects the ones that are already motivated to vote.) And thus, we continue to be in danger of fascism taking over America, all because some people refuse to acknowledge that sometimes, you really do have to choose the lesser of two evils, when the greater evil is literally threatening to destroy democracy.
re: #184 Dopamine Fish
And they’re bringing gay people back into the conversation with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the continuation of the disgusting slander that gay people recruit new gays by grooming kids.
Always projection.
If any grooming is going on, it’s recruiting children to be straight and Christian.
The old “gays recruit” trope is literal about religion.
re: #189 No Malarkey!
Looks like they may have taken Sumy…hoping that proves not to be the case. I’ve enjoyed watching Ukraine’s winning streak on the battlefield.
re: #184 Dopamine Fish
And they’re bringing gay people back into the conversation with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the continuation of the disgusting slander that gay people recruit new gays by grooming kids.
QAnon with its wild claims about elite pedophiles has become mainstream GOP thought.
re: #190 Dopamine Fish
I call them “radical centrists,” the ones who say “a pox on both their houses” about the two major political parties.
Various minority groups cannot afford to be above it all. It threatens their rights, and sometimes their lives.
One takeaway here is that elites get things wrong, but anti-elites often get things wronger. Science is a hard scramble out of ignorance, and if you’re guided by the belief that elites are always wrong, you’re gonna end up swallowing a lot of shitpills. https://t.co/qxAwFF5jY3
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) March 31, 2022
re: #151 Dangerman
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
It’s Fox protecting and projecting republican propaganda. Just another day at Fox.
re: #99 Dopamine Fish
Process of elimination wins again, but the trend of 4’s and 5’s is alarming, to say the least.
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re: #196 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s Fox protecting and projecting republican propaganda. Just another day at Fox.
The writer is a right-wing activist who writes for FOX every couple weeks.
re: #195 Belafon
Why assume the elites got things wrong? There was a testable hypothesis - does ivermectin work to treat covid19.
There was a single report out of India (where parasitic infections are common) that ivermectin somehow helps. Right wing media took this out of context, ignored the background, and claimed that this is the solution, not the vaccines, that actually do work to prevent illness, reduce hospitalizations and reduce death rates.
After a bunch of studies, the answer is unequivocally no - ivermectin doesn’t do shit (except cause people all kinds of shitty outcomes).
Nebraska senator retracts claim of litter boxes for students who identify as cats (KLKN-TV, ABC)
Yes, he made this claim on the Unicameral floor.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker apologized on Monday after he publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats.
Sen. Bruce Bostelman, a Republican, repeated the false claim during debate on a bill intended to help school children who have behavioral problems.
His comments quickly went viral, with one Twitter video garnering more than 500,000 views as of Monday night, and drew an onslaught of online criticism and ridicule.
(more)
The claim was about furries. The video on Twitter is a showcase of conservative nonsense.
re: #199 lawhawk
After a bunch of studies, the answer is unequivocally no - ivermectin doesn’t do shit (except cause people all kinds of shitty outcomes).
I think the main thing that came out of the India report was that ivermectin helps in areas where parasitic worms are widespread, because reducing people’s other problems helps them deal with COVID better.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
How much does Disneyworld bring into Florida in annual revenue?
Be a real goddamn shame if Disney just said, “Go fuck yourselves” and closed it down.
Not feasible at all. It’s not just closing down a factory and relocating to a different state, though there are plenty who would welcome them. Cannot imagine the logistics involved.
re: #163 Dopamine Fish
“grooms children for abortions and sexual promiscuity”? With a movie that is dealing with menstruation and also talking about how to handle negative emotions? What the fuck?
The adults at Disney create a storyline for the young main character and her fictional friends around their attraction of an older boy dangerously close to being a legal adult at seventeen.
It’s even more appalling when Mei begins to draw this boy in what a “Turning Red” YouTube account calls “dirty drawings.” Her drawings include half-naked sketches of him, and, at one point, she crawls under her bed to get all hot and sweaty with her sketchbook of semi-nude scribbles. It would be hard to explain this scene as anything other than masturbation.
I. Just. Can’t.
“Protect Nebraska Children” is part of a group called “Family Watch International,” a fundamentalist Christian lobbying group. SPLC lists them as a hate group because they claim same-sex attraction is a mental disorder.
I found the PNC post from last month, I blacked out the school name so they wouldn’t get unwanted attention…After hundreds of comments, it appeared the school secretary said this was not true….no litter boxes were requested. pic.twitter.com/e5CQiv8rVG
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) March 28, 2022
re: #156 No Malarkey!
Yet another Massie Tweet I’ve reported to Twitter, but they never do anything.
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Smallpox 95% effective
Polio 99%
Flu 40-60%
Measles 97
Ad infinito
Asshat
re: #159 No Malarkey!
LOL
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Gurty McCann could fix it in no time
But he died on the ice road so hes not available
The People’s Convoy left Hagerstown yesterday morning with 14 diesel trucks, and so far, their voyage out west isn’t going great — as late last night, an urgent call was sent out for a mechanic.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) April 1, 2022
Sure is nice to have LGF back up and running.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She really misses “Song of the South,” doesn’t she?
“Why aren’t girls being told to die and wait for their prince to come save them?”
re: #170 Dopamine Fish
I just don’t understand the culture of hate that the rabid right wing has developed over the last 60 years. Maybe I’ve grown out of it, or maybe being isolated from having it as a daily influence has allowed my humanity to flourish in its absence. Either way, I just. Don’t. Get. It. It’s pointless, save from a purely selfish perspective of not wanting to confront one’s uncomfortable biases and preconceptions. Literally the only reason they hate is because they don’t want to have to change. It’s so stupid, and it frustrates me that they can’t see that because they are so laser focused on keeping things the way they’ve been comfortable for decades and not allowing change.
Hate is easy and effortless
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The writer is a right-wing activist who writes for FOX every couple weeks.
Which is why I don’t play in hard mode. Because assume you have this…
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re: #180 No Malarkey!
There is a reason Fox News and the GOP pushes hatred of minority groups. The GOP exists for one purpose: redistributing wealth from the people to their big donors. Notice that whenever the GOP gains power, the one thing it does legislatively is to pass a massive tax cut for the wealthy. “Tax cuts for billionaires” isn’t exactly an issue that is going to drive a lot of people to the polls to vote, but they can’t promise to do anything for non-billionaire voters that costs money, because that money is earmarked to go to billionaires in the form of tax cuts or large defense contracts. So how are they going to motivate the masses to vote? By giving them an enemy to hate and fear. In 2004, it was gays and their evil plan to destroy marriage by getting married. Now its the transgendered and their evil plan to let men dominate women’s sports, among other things like CRT and immigrants, because racism is always an easy button to push.
re: #209 Rightwingconspirator
Sure is nice to have LGF back up and running.
I love that New Database smell
Just Wordle stuff. Keep scrolling.
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I hate white people:
This study speaks to why it’s politically wise in the US to frame social programs, or initiatives like canceling student debt, in universalist terms, rather than emphasizing their benefits to specific groups. https://t.co/jtFbgxKIhI
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) March 31, 2022
re: #217 Belafon
I hate white people:
If it makes you feel better, these shitty white people are killing themselves.
It may not make you feel better, but I am pretty ok with it.
We all know why John Fetterman isn’t coming to the debate on Sunday.
He doesn’t want to talk about the fact that he chased down an unarmed Black man and held him at gunpoint.
That’s the elephant in the room. And we have to talk about it. pic.twitter.com/eiGx1Yoqz8— Conor Lamb (@ConorLambPA) March 31, 2022
re: #211 Dangerman
Hate is easy and effortless
Cambridge Analytics wrote an algorithm for it.
Oh, good morning, where’s everybody been?
re: #221 lizardofid
Cambridge Analytics wrote an algorithm for it.
Oh, good morning, where’s everybody been?
My Internet and long distance telephone services were out for two days.
re: #222 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My Internet and long distance telephone services were out for two days.
So you missed the Great LGF Crash of 2022 entirely, then.
re: #213 Belafon
Conservatives forget what they were like as kids.
I’m not sure they’ve forgotten, just taught they should feel shame about it, So they suppress.
either an awful lot of ratings activity cause everyone is glad to be back
or we’re all just on a hot streak
re: #225 Dangerman
either an awful lot of ratings activity cause everyone is glad to be back
or we’re all just on a hot streak
There’s a bug. Most likely related to the fact that we lost several days’ worth of comments during the database rebuild.
re: #221 lizardofid
Cambridge Analytics wrote an algorithm for it.
Oh, good morning, where’s everybody been?
clicking ‘refresh’ for two days
re: #223 Dopamine Fish
So you missed the Great LGF Crash of 2022 entirely, then.
I did. I only read about it afterwards.
I just called the county hospital to try to arrange booster Covid-19 vaccines for my wife and me.
I am not surprised to learn they are not available for anyone here.
re: #185 Teddy’s Person
My two cents on a couple of recent news stories.
First up, Chris Rock vs. Will Smith. The winner, toxic masculinity. A man feels entitled to make a joke about a woman’s appearance. A second man resorts to violence to “defend” the woman targeted by the comment. The story becomes about the men not our society’s toxic masculinity problem and how women have to put up with this shit all the time.
Madison Cawthorn vs. the coke-fueled orgies. The winner, Democrats. We dodged a bullet when young Madison used the phrase “people he admired,” leaving no doubt he was talking about Republicans. McCarthy is pissed that Cawthorn was so specific in his comments making it next to impossible to claim that Democrats are the ones throwing coke-fueled orgies. Otherwise, they’d have to admit a Republican can admire a Democrat (the ultimate Republican sin).
That is a great point about the Will Smith Chris Rock incident.
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I did. I only read about it afterwards.
I just called the county hospital to try to arrange booster Covid-19 vaccines for my wife and me.
I am not surprised to learn they are not available for anyone here.
I remember my shock when I got my Wordle done on Tuesday, after returning from fish country, and I headed to LGF to acknowledge my return and post my spoiler pic, only to be greeted with the maintenance screen and a short Twitter thread from Charles stating that he was rebuilding the database. It was a longer wait than I anticipated.
re: #226 Dopamine Fish
There’s a bug. Most likely related to the fact that we lost several days’ worth of comments during the database rebuild.
you mean no one’s glad to be back and we’re not on a massive hot streak ?? //s
my first sarcastic remark. time for a smoke
The state has forced Panhandle Public Health District to stop reporting cases by county again. Cases are now only reported for the entire Panhandle + Grant County. There is no finer breakdown.
The positivity rate is down to 2%. I’m not sure how much of that is fewer cases and how much of that is you can’t get a test here unless you are referred by a doctor.
The vaccination rate sits a a stubborn 44%, due to both lack of vaccines and a lack of places to administer them, along with right-wing propaganda.
re: #199 lawhawk
Why assume the elites got things wrong? There was a testable hypothesis - does ivermectin work to treat covid19.
There was a single report out of India (where parasitic infections are common) that ivermectin somehow helps. Right wing media took this out of context, ignored the background, and claimed that this is the solution, not the vaccines, that actually do work to prevent illness, reduce hospitalizations and reduce death rates.
After a bunch of studies, the answer is unequivocally no - ivermectin doesn’t do shit (except cause people all kinds of shitty outcomes).
Ivermectin works as intended; putting money into the pockets of antivaccine grifters.
re: #151 Dangerman
what the eff does being ‘a mom’ have to do with anything?
She has kids to take to Disney World.
re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Groups with the least number of cases: 0-9, then 80+.
Groups with the most number of cases: 20-29, then 30-39.
re: #233 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
If you buy that chicken you have to buy the naan bread BECAUSE RULES
re: #187 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, for all his many sins, Ceaușescu, unlike Lukashenko, was not aligned with the Soviet Union but followed an independent path.
Oddly admired Kim Il-Sung as a model of totalitarian rule.
Putin’s pal has turned on him.
Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor’s Putin criticism (BBC News)
Because Republicans count wins in the number of deaths:
Key Senate lawmakers said they had agreed on a framework to continue funding coronavirus vaccines, antiviral treatments and other supplies for Americans, but that would drastically cut plans to help vaccinate millions of people around the world. https://t.co/k2RRQww4ae
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 31, 2022
re: #237 BigPapa
If you buy that chicken you have to buy the naan bread BECAUSE RULES
That’s what Robyn said. Thinking some saffron rice as well.
re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The state has forced Panhandle Public Health District to stop reporting cases by county again. Cases are now only reported for the entire Panhandle + Grant County. There is no finer breakdown.
The positivity rate is down to 2%. I’m not sure how much of that is fewer cases and how much of that is you can’t get a test here unless you are referred by a doctor.
The vaccination rate sits a a stubborn 44%, due to both lack of vaccines and a lack of places to administer them, along with right-wing propaganda.
I would think that if you could only get a test by being referred by a doctor, the positivity rate would be a lot higher.
re: #240 Belafon
Because Republicans count wins in the number of deaths:
Well that is both cruel and very stupid. Less vaccinations around the world means more opportunity for variants to emerge and cause new surges here.
re: #233 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
When you get back to AZ, check out an Indian restaurant called “The Dhaba” on Apache between Rural and McClintock. Best Indian place in the state, something for everyone, and very authentic.
re: #243 No Malarkey!
Well that is both cruel and very stupid. Less vaccinations around the world means more opportunity for variants to emerge and cause new surges here.
The cruelty is the point.
re: #45 Hecuba’s daughter
So my FB Trumpster “friend” was applauding today your governor for signing the new AZ voting suppression legislation, praising its requirement for voter ID’s. My impression is that the legislation, like all GOP voting legislation, is designed to suppress minority votes. Do you know which provisions have that specific objective?
In signing House Bill 2492, Ducey disputed testimony from local officials and voting rights advocates who say an unknown number of voters — predominantly older, longtime Arizona residents — will be purged from the state’s voter rolls because the last time they registered to vote, there was no requirement to provide proof of citizenship. Critics say those voters would then need to register again.
In 2004, Arizona voters approved a ballot measure to add proof of citizenship as a requirement for voter registration. The measure included language that grandfathered in voters who were already registered prior to 2005, when the law took effect.
Marilyn Rodriguez, a lobbyist for the ACLU of Arizona, said HB 2492 supersedes the old law and would now apply the citizenship requirement retroactively.
If this is true, then me, my mother and my brother are going to have to reregister. I hope Marc Elias comes here QUICK…it’s not that I can’t prove my citizenship, but I shouldn’t have to.
The Omicron surge in Kentucky has finally ended.
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) April 1, 2022
re: #112 No Malarkey!
Knowing the Germans, this equipment is probably in better shape than Russia’s old inventory.
uh, Germany, country of disintegrating autobahns, failed infrastructure projects and underfunded armed forces? This isn’t your dad’s Germany, this is the diesel powered Germany in an electric powered world of today. The Ukrainians will be lucky if the Germans haven’t converted these BMPs to run on lignite.
re: #58 Targetpractice
I think the more plausible explanation for Handy’s actions are that she’d learned that the cops were investigating the theft of research materials from the university’s freezer(s) and were closing in on her. And being a dumb criminal, she thought she could save her own ass by accusing the university of greater crimes than hers. Somehow, I don’t think she ran any of that by a lawyer before she went ahead with it.
No, even the lawyer is stupid. “Chain of custody,” anyone?
I told you they were going to try to spin this. Lol “we did you a favor, FBI” isn’t how this works. pic.twitter.com/LQtIh98tq4
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 1, 2022
Lauren Hardy has been quoted as saying that people would freak out when they found out what was in her house. That was on the day the house was raided (Wednesday). She knew what she was doing was wrong.
ETA: The attorney apparently represents David Daleiden and the bogus “Center for Medical Progress”. Oh, and he was LA County District Attorney back in the ’00s.
re: #185 Teddy’s Person
First up, Chris Rock vs. Will Smith. The winner, toxic masculinity. A man feels entitled to make a joke about a woman’s appearance. A second man resorts to violence to “defend” the woman targeted by the comment. The story becomes about the men not our society’s toxic masculinity problem and how women have to put up with this shit all the time.
While having a joke made at your expense can suck I think calling it toxic masculinity is a stretch. If I go pull up clips of female comedians joking about how a man looks, height, weight, hair loss, penis size, etc. is that toxic femininity? It may be a little mean spirited but it is a staple of comedy.
Another January 6 terrorist sentenced to do some serious time.
FLASH: Lonnie Coffman, 72-year-old Alabama man who brought cache of weapons, Molotov Cocktails, machete, ammo” to DC on Jan 6 in a pickup truck & parked across from Capitol at 920am.. is sentenced to 46 months prison
Judge decries lack of explanation for his actions, plan https://t.co/U12V4KlJiI— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 1, 2022
re: #135 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Good morning! I need the recipe for that, please. Pretty please!
My recipe varies with ingredients on hand, go here and look over the several offered recipes and pick and choose. Worked for me!
And lest my co-blogger give me the side eye, look here: whats4dinnersolutions.com
The hospital just called me back. My wife and I can get our second booster on April 7.
re: #146 GlutenFreeJesus
You can see the helos briefly in the video I saw at CNN, and it’s probably impossible even for an expert to tell what kind they are.
They are clearly mi-24s.
Of course both the Russians and the Ukrainians fly mi-24s.
re: #244 Egregious Philbin
When you get back to AZ, check out an Indian restaurant called “The Dhaba” on Apache between Rural and McClintock. Best Indian place in the state, something for everyone, and very authentic.
Idaho. I’ll be (sadly) going back to Idaho.
re: #174 coin operated
I have a hard time separating the current crop of right-wing asshats from the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
the difference is clear. The apes were learning and looking to the sky.
re: #256 Punish Domestic Terrorists
White House press secretary Jen Psaki will leave for an on-air role at MSNBC (CNBC via MSN)
Which, I mean, we knew she wasn’t staying on as the press secretary. Just sucks to see the actual timeline coming into view. We’ll miss her.
re: #258 Dopamine Fish
Now what’s Doocy going to do when he needs a hard-on and there isn’t an attractive redhead press secretary to beat his ass down?
re: #258 Dopamine Fish
Which, I mean, we knew she wasn’t staying on as the press secretary. Just sucks to see the actual timeline coming into view. We’ll miss her.
Yep. I doubt that her replacement will be as skilled as she is.
Byron York reminds everyone he’s truly a hack - making excuses that don’t pass the smell test:
Excuses that don’t pass the smell test. Everything Trumpworld did was corrupt, criminal, and ignored procedures and protocols. There were logs that were statutorily required. They illegally modified them. There was knowing intent involved. https://t.co/uFTLuv54Uo
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) April 1, 2022
re: #258 Dopamine Fish
Which, I mean, we knew she wasn’t staying on as the press secretary. Just sucks to see the actual timeline coming into view. We’ll miss her.
I wonder if she’s taking Rachel’s time slot, or maybe a Sunday show.
re: #260 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Yep. I doubt that her replacement will be as skilled as she is.
I’m not sure, I think the bench is pretty deep. We may not lose much. We’ll see who they announce.
I learned from the best. Get back here soon, @PressSec, we miss you! https://t.co/N8Y8EiMsKH
— Kate Bedingfield (@WHCommsDir) March 29, 2022
re: #233 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Morning Lizards. This is what happens when you let me wandered around unattended. I buy new and interesting food that we have never tried before
Yay for tandori chicken! Second best to British national dish, chicken tikka masala.
Bad Legal Takes on April Fool’s Day:
— Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) April 1, 2022
re: #245 Dopamine Fish
The cruelty is the point.
In their heads.
The cruelty and the stupidity are what everyone else sees.
re: #145 Dopamine Fish
I don’t know, my scaly friend. Conservatives just might be stupid enough to try to boycott Disney. Of course, it’s not going to work, for the reasons you noted, but that might not stop them from trying, and making themselves look like fools and further deepening their unpopularity in the process.
They might try, but it’s like boycotting Nestle. As an example, I hope homegirl that is writing the opinion doesn’t like sports, otherwise she has to cut out ESPN too.
Yes, the Ukrainian military are just kicking anti-tank landmines.
It’s called the Ukrainian curling on the Warsaw Highway close to Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/9xAxRjFdYL— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 1, 2022
This is completely irresponsible, Maggie. She wasn’t in the morning where calls were logged either. For someone who thinks they get a bad rap for protecting a monster you sure like to protect a monster.
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) April 1, 2022
Says it all, doesn’t it?
re: #269 Citizen K
The Trump Whisperer is offering deflection. It doesn’t matter if his main outer office assistant was out of the office. Someone else would have been there and subject to the same federal record-keeping laws.
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re: #269 Citizen K
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Says it all, doesn’t it?
C’mon. It’s Friday morning. I can’t run out of “evens” this quickly.
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
For a second, I actually took that headline seriously. Don’t do that to me.
re: #268 Dave In Austin
Yeah, as long as there’s no anti-handling devices that’s not really a big deal. Certainly no worse than handling the WP rounds on the tank. If you dropped one it’d probably crack open and the air would set it off like that.
re: #273 Mike Lamb
C’mon. It’s Friday morning. I can’t run out of “evens” this quickly.
I haven’t had any ‘evens’ to run out of since the week started. Shit’s just too much lately.
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re: #274 Dopamine Fish
For a second, I actually took that headline seriously. Don’t do that to me.
After the Trump administration, COVID, and the complete insanity that accompanied it all, can we just toss April Fools Day in the shitter and get on with our lives. Every day is Fools Day, for fuck’s sake.
re: #250 danarchy
While having a joke made at your expense can suck I think calling it toxic masculinity is a stretch. If I go pull up clips of female comedians joking about how a man looks, height, weight, hair loss, penis size, etc. is that toxic femininity? It may be a little mean spirited but it is a staple of comedy.
Here’s the thing. Historically, women’s value has often been linked to their appearance. When describing a women, the first thing a lot of people say is that she’s pretty, and if they don’t, the implication is that she is not attractive. Think of how Rush Limbaugh attacked feminists based on their appearance and any female criticizing Trump is called ugly.
So yes, perpetuating that stereotype is toxic.
re: #268 Dave In Austin
Yes, the Ukrainian military are just kicking anti-tank landmines.
It’s called the Ukrainian curling on the Warsaw Highway close to Kyiv.
Honey Badger is Ukrainian.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
How much does Disneyworld bring into Florida in annual revenue?
Be a real goddamn shame if Disney just said, “Go fuck yourselves” and closed it down.
Too much money invested in real estate and such there to do that. Since any sort of exit would involve selling off a lot of property for pennies on the dollar invested plus giving up their usual massive income stream from running those properties.
The place is supposedly a low-level employee hell from the stories I’ve heard from a streamer I occasionally watch. He and his wife both worked there at one time and he has a good assortment of “war stories” of dealing with customers, bad managers, and The Mouse’s rules in general.
re: #281 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Too much money invested in real estate and such there to do that. Since any sort of exit would involve selling off a lot of property for pennies on the dollar invested plus giving up their usual massive income stream from running those properties.
The place is supposedly a low-level employee hell from the stories I’ve heard from a streamer I occasionally watch. He and his wife both worked there at one time and he has a good assortment of “war stories” of dealing with customers, bad managers, and The Mouse’s rules in general.
I remember hearing stories of employees living in by-the-week hotels and in their cars a few years ago. Not sure if that has improved.
re: #274 Dopamine Fish
I saw rickroll in the URL and knew better.
The media’s penchant for creating dramatic wartime narratives has melded with their “Here’s why it’s bad news for Joe Biden” bias and the result is an inaccurate mess. https://t.co/y5Prwmq2p3
— Magdi Semrau (@magi_jay) April 1, 2022
Just make it make some goddamned sense.
The press is addicted to ‘This is bad for Joe Biden’ and ‘Dems fail once again, why don’t you hate them enough yet?’ takes. And of course, talking out the other side of their fucking mouth with ‘We have to hire GOP figures because the GOP is gonna win the midterms, so we need access’.
It’s a neat scam they’re running as always, deciding what gets to be news, then getting to pretend that they’re beholden by what the public sees as ‘news’. And thus the narrative persists as if it was handed down by God him-fucking-self.
EDIT: typos, as always
re: #258 Dopamine Fish
Which, I mean, we knew she wasn’t staying on as the press secretary. Just sucks to see the actual timeline coming into view. We’ll miss her.
Hopefully her replacement is just as effective at handing Doocys ass to him on a daily basis.
re: #283 Captain Magic
I saw rickroll in the URL and knew better.
Normally I wouldn’t do that to you folks, but it IS April Fools Day. ;)
re: #174 coin operated
That’s it…right there. They deplore being forced to recognize that humanity is moving on without them. I have a hard time separating the current crop of right-wing asshats from the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
They look at Hungary and Russia and see those nations as a model for the future: white nationalist Christian regimes. They know that if the vote were restricted to whites, Trump would have won in a landslide and the GOP would be in the majority in all states. That is their ideal
Annnnd, Lauren Handy’s landlord is an attorney at Jones Day and a member of the Federalist Society.
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 1, 2022
Lauren Handy rented the basement apartment of 409 6th Street SE in DC. Its where they removed the remains. This man owns the property.
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 1, 2022
re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg
Normally I wouldn’t do that to you folks, but it IS April Fools Day. ;)
The best version to rick roll with is this one…
re: #279 Teddy’s Person
Here’s the thing. Historically, women’s value has often been linked to their appearance. When describing a women, the first thing a lot of people say is that she’s pretty, and if they don’t, the implication is that she is not attractive. Think of how Rush Limbaugh attacked feminists based on their appearance and any female criticizing Trump is called ugly.
Historically short people earn a lot less than tall people, but it doesn’t prevent people from making short jokes. I am not saying what Rock did was a good thing, but blaming everything on toxic masculinity is what makes people roll their eyes when you call out real toxic masculinity.
re: #283 Captain Magic
I saw rickroll in the URL and knew better.
Oh, same here. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night. The headline was what I was reacting to.
re: #282 Barefoot Grin
I remember hearing stories of employees living in by-the-week hotels and in their cars a few years ago. Not sure if that has improved.
Willem Dafoe starred in a movie called “The Florida Project”. It’s not specifically about Disney World, but it’s set in that area and kind of reflects some of the desperation people have.
A few years ago, I was using Google Maps and Street View to look at the area around Honda Stadium in Anaheim, there was a street that had dozens and dozens of tents lined on it. I can’t find it now, but that may be due to Anaheim cracking down on homeless and putting them in older motels the city has bought.
re: #176 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Breakfast of champions: Reed’s Craft Ginger Beer (Jamaican import) and rum.
I wasn’t paying attention when I got home Tuesday from a 2-day dash from Pittsburgh-Philly and back to move a last carload of stuff to the new apartment.
Ended up mixing a gin* and Ginger beer. Which was perfectly fine though not quite what my taste buds were initially expecting to encounter.
* - The gin was a brand called “Devil’s Bathtub” which was aged in an oak barrel. Sadly, the distillery that made it is out of business so my two and a bit bottles of it I have left is all I got.
re: #194 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I call them “radical centrists,” the ones who say “a pox on both their houses” about the two major political parties.
Various minority groups cannot afford to be above it all. It threatens their rights, and sometimes their lives.
The ones pushing the “pox on both their houses” narrative are those antagonistic to Democrats and are using that to discourage others from voting; many of these spouting that story may be Russian trolls or Americans owned by Russia, such as Jill Stein or Greenwald.
re: #292 mmmirele
Willem Dafoe starred in a movie called “The Florida Project”. It’s not specifically about Disney World, but it’s set in that area and kind of reflects some of the desperation people have.
A few years ago, I was using Google Maps and Street View to look at the area around Honda Stadium in Anaheim, there was a street that had dozens and dozens of tents lined on it. I can’t find it now, but that may be due to Anaheim cracking down on homeless and putting them in older motels the city has bought.
I read once, a while back, that Uncle Walt was always quite pissed that Anaheim was able to grow up around Disneyland; he hated it that anyone (besides him) might make money off the Disney brand. Supposedly, the impetus for putting Disney World in Florida was that it was one place where they would be able to buy up enough otherwise unused/unwanted swampland to keep any non-Disney-controlled development well at bay
I do hope that dude survives and writes a memoir.
For some reason my son thought it would be hilarious for me to go into battle with “The tickler” written on my Kevlar. So here you go Cole! pic.twitter.com/j58QonCRHn
— James Vasquez (@jmvasquez1974) April 1, 2022
re: #287 Hecuba’s daughter
They look at Hungary and Russia and see those nations as a model for the future: white nationalist homophobic Christian regimes. They know that if the vote were restricted to whites, Trump would have won in a landslide and the GOP would be in the majority in all states. That is their ideal
Can’t forget the sex-obsessions……
re: #194 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I call them “radical centrists,” the ones who say “a pox on both their houses” about the two major political parties.
Various minority groups cannot afford to be above it all. It threatens their rights, and sometimes their lives.
Radical centrism as you call it is also a convenient justification for people to throw up their hands and simply not vote since “it doesn’t matter”. And try to ignore politics until it batters in their front door in directly affecting them.*
* - I include in this people who only look at “local” politics. Those might be more obvious in what is directly affecting them, but the state and national stuff is going to affect things as well, though perhaps in a more indirect manner. (And still mildly pissed at one of these people I know who still voted for Christie in New Jersey since the Democrats were saying how bad he was going to be when he started running for national stuff. Bad character is bad character. And GOP lockstep is GOP lockstep - any local politician who runs saying they’re going to act counter to that has to my experience been beaten into line or quickly lined up at the trough like all the others.**)
** - Santorum as a freshmen rep was all about how they were going to reform the swamp. Gingrich got them lined up behind the GOP machine pretty damn quickly.
So there’s this homeless woman who lives under a tarp next to the harbor - smack dab in the middle of weekend tourist central…HMB Brewery on one side of her and Barbara’s Fish Trap on the other. I avoid walking by her with the dogs because she’s often out of her head and shouts profanities at them.
Today I’m walking back from the beach and we’re across the road from her. She shouts at me, “Hey, buy me a cup of coffee…I have five bucks. I just need you to go get it.” I try explaining that I’ve got the dogs and she shouts, “I have the money! I just need a cup of coffee!” So I turn and walk back about three blocks to a new coffee trailer the local distillery added to their property to generate some morning revenue - it’s quite popular and doing well. I threw in a banana, croissant and a bottle of water and returned with her coffee. She thanked me, then looked at my dogs and said, “What sweet dogs!” (Merle didn’t so much as lift a lip at her in protest…and Milo didn’t try to jump into her arms…they just stood and waited).
Then she tried to give me $3.50…I refused of course, but then she kept getting louder saying it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take the money so I took it. Going to put it in a care package and drop it by her tarp later when she’s crawled back under.
local gift shop
Big friendly Boxer steaming up the window there.
My idiot congresscritter.
This guy needs to get high once in a while. Could help a lot. https://t.co/dKAZtpgqco
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 1, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize, overcoming odds to become the company’s first US facility to organize.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 1, 2022
Not an April Fool’s
re: #257 John Hughes
the difference is clear. The apes were learning and looking to the sky.
And apparently thinking about how to put antelope thighbones up in the sky as a future weapon to threaten other tribes with.
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re: #288 mmmirele
Annnnd, Lauren Handy’s landlord is an attorney at Jones Day and a member of the Federalist Society.
Is it at this juncture we should exclaim things about apples, trees, etc. ? 🤔
re: #262 No Malarkey!
I wonder if she’s taking Rachel’s time slot, or maybe a Sunday show.
If she does an interview program I hope she has a lot of control over her guest list and can avoid constantly having to deal with fools.
Fox News/Business mentions, Monday through Thursday morning:
Hunter Biden: 143
Ginni Thomas: 6
Trump asking Putin for political dirt: 3https://t.co/uQ74GOyHxE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 1, 2022
re: #249 mmmirele
No, even the lawyer is stupid. “Chain of custody,” anyone?
Lauren Hardy has been quoted as saying that people would freak out when they found out what was in her house. That was on the day the house was raided (Wednesday). She knew what she was doing was wrong.
ETA: The attorney apparently represents David Daleiden and the bogus “Center for Medical Progress”. Oh, and he was LA County District Attorney back in the ’00s.
Lauren Handy’s other hobby is playing dressup at clinic protests:
They also used to cosplay as a nun to harass patients. https://t.co/rpbQUcGeBq pic.twitter.com/88XDcNVb22
— Nicole Adrienne (@nicoleintrovert) March 31, 2022
re: #269 Citizen K
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ok I’ll play:
maggie: Another possible explanation for the gap in phone records on Jan 6 is the absence that day of Trump’s main outer Oval Office assistant. She was not in.
why was she not in?
intentional?
told not to come in?
further, are you actually saying that everyone in the WH with a critical job doesnt have a trained replacement for when they’re unavailable?
what happens to the log when she’s at lunch?
or after 5pm?
asshat
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lauren Hardy’s other hobby is playing dressup at clinic protests:
That’s not nun drag—that’s Medieval Leper.
re: #308 Decatur Deb
That’s not nun drag—that’s Medieval Leper.
I think she’s trying to imitate either the Poor Clares or the Carmelites, and failed.
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lauren Hardy’s other hobby is playing dressup at clinic protests:
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Her next hobby will be counting days in a prison cell. Fuck that whacko. Wait until the other women in prison learn she kept a freezer full of fetuses.
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
She does seem to realize she may have crossed a legal line in that bottom pic - not the medieval outfit, but sitting on the curb.
re: #311 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Nope. I know what day of the calendar it is.
Mouseover is your friend.
re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg
Hopefully her replacement is just as effective at handing Doocys ass to him on a daily basis.
I’d prefer that the replacement simply not take questions from Doocy at all since he has a history of being a buffoon.
Nothing to lose since Fox is going to twist everything as anti-Biden anyways. Don’t have to announce a policy about it. Simply treat Fox’s “reporter” like they are not there at all.
re: #314 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’d prefer that the replacement simply not take questions from Doocy at all since he has a history of being a buffoon.
Nothing to lose since Fox is going to twist everything as anti-Biden anyways. Don’t have to announce a policy about it. Simply treat Fox’s “reporter” like they are not there at all.
That gets the rest of the press corps bent out of shape.
re: #294 Hecuba’s daughter
The ones pushing the “pox on both their houses” narrative are those antagonistic to Democrats and are using that to discourage others from voting; many of these spouting that story may be Russian trolls or Americans owned by Russia, such as Jill Stein or Greenwald.
Unfortunately, we seem to be getting ‘both sides same thing (except Democrats are clearly eviler and more responsible for it all’ from both ends, from the lefter-than-thous and supposed ‘Independents’ who tend to act like shamed would-be Republicans. But the media is getting the message clear: Everyone hates the Dems and their failure is inevitable, lets shitkick them even more, because who fucking cares about the GOP?
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
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And it should be no surprise that ‘real’ news outlets let themselves be lead around by the nose by this shit because everything coming from the conservosphere must be taken as legitimate grievance at face value.
The Times (via Ken Vogel of course), WaPo, and CNN all ran stories about Hunter Biden that would leave the casual reader with the impression of ‘oh shit, there was something there, Hunter Biden is a crook and Joe Biden helped!’, burying the lede in each of their stories that the impression of impropriety was just that, a surface concern that failed under actual scrutiny. But no matter, Hunter Biden is now the story and Joe Biden is seen as mega-corrupt and must be taken down now, now now, now, now, now.
re: #315 Belafon
That gets the rest of the press corps bent out of shape.
Screw them. If they don’t police their own then an external force eventually will.
The media has an anti-Biden bias as it is. Molly-coddling their little tantrums isn’t going to improve things. And I wonder how long it will take the others to notice that Doocy is not getting called on to spout his attempted “gotcha” BS.
Plus the WH press pool shouldn’t be moaning at all after the four years of being pissed on, yelled at, constantly lied to, and blamed for things by the previous administration. That they failed then to make any sort of meaningful reaction says a lot. In addition to their refusal to call lies “lies” as well. Poor journalism and less spine than Pence and Cruz put together.
By the way, glad to see LGF back up. Didn’t realize how much time I spent using it to catch up on things and exchange comments with the Lizards until it wasn’t there.
re: #317 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Screw them. If they don’t police their own then an external force eventually will.
The media has an anti-Biden bias as it is. Molly-coddling their little tantrums isn’t going to improve things. And I wonder how long it will take the others to notice that Doocy is not getting called on to spout his attempted “gotcha” BS.
Plus the WH press pool shouldn’t be moaning at all after the four years of being pissed on, yelled at, constantly lied to, and blamed for things by the previous administration. That they failed then to make any sort of meaningful reaction says a lot. In addition to their refusal to call lies “lies” as well. Poor journalism and less spine than Pence and Cruz put together.
They’ll notice it immediately and lift it up as proof of being ‘canceled’ and the Biden admin suppressing freedom of press. Because that’s exactly what happened to Obama. Meanwhile, Trump can literally incite violence against reporters and it’s brushed off because they need ‘access’.
re: #318 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
By the way, glad to see LGF back up. Didn’t realize how much time I spent using it to catch up on things and exchange comments with the Lizards until it wasn’t there.
On wednesday my wife asked if I had heard about something and I realized I would have heard about it here.
OK, the comment karma numbers should be correct from this comment forward.
The problem was that the rating table was keyed by comment IDs that no longer exist. So as new comments were posted that had the same IDs as the deleted ones, they were added to the ratings for those deleted comments. That’s why they seemed all wacky.
Cringe factor: off the scale. https://t.co/ehthm0K8aa
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 1, 2022
re: #251 No Malarkey!
Another January 6 terrorist sentenced to do some serious time.
Four years is hardly serious, IMHO. Not anywhere serious enough.
re: #321 Charles Johnson
OK, the comment karma numbers should be correct from this comment forward.
The problem was that the rating table was keyed by comment IDs that no longer exist. So as new comments were posted that had the same IDs as the deleted ones, they were added to the ratings for those deleted comments. That’s why they seemed all wacky.
Aha! I was right! Also, hope you got some rest, boss.
re: #322 Charles Johnson
Licking the bottom of the barrel.
Dammit. Lynyrd Skynyrd just left my playlist.
Well, Lynyrd Skynyrd has just left my playlist. Blargh.
— Dee Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) April 1, 2022
Unlike, say, Donald Trump’s violent insurrection and coup attempt. https://t.co/e9V2vb7aw6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 1, 2022
re: #327 Charles Johnson
I saw a random Twitter thread somewhere that said the reason for this is that Cawthorn’s comments implicate fellow Republicans in the debauchery, which has apparently prompted concern from spouses and friends of the lawmakers in question.
re: #318 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
By the way, glad to see LGF back up. Didn’t realize how much time I spent using it to catch up on things and exchange comments with the Lizards until it wasn’t there.
INORITE?
re: #319 Citizen K
They’ll notice it immediately and lift it up as proof of being ‘canceled’ and the Biden admin suppressing freedom of press. Because that’s exactly what happened to Obama. Meanwhile, Trump can literally incite violence against reporters and it’s brushed off because they need ‘access’.
To overstate the obvious
Freedom of the press means you can mostly write what you want
Doesn’t mean anyone has to call on you, let alone talk to you at all
No ones got to help you be a dick
I’ve been seeing a number of stories recently about how the Russian Ruble has come back to nearly it’s pre-invasion values.
What some of these stories don’t mention, or at best put at the bottom is that Russia is artificially propping up the value in various ways. Russia is:
- charging a fee of 30% for trading in foreign exchange (reportedly now down to 10-15%)
reuters.com
- limiting forex withdrawals by ordinary Russians.
- has blackmarkets popping up with Rubles sold for much lower than the “official” price. (Effectively, Russia has multiple exchange rates for the Ruble, with the official rates only for those Russian entities favored by the government.
- has started forcing exporters to sell 80% of their Foreign currency receipts for Rubles.
markets.businessinsider.com
- forcing “unfriendly” countries to buy for gas in rubles
And of course, gas exports don’t seem to be touched very much by the sanctions, most of which are going to the EU, at least for now.
re: #199 lawhawk
Why assume the elites got things wrong? There was a testable hypothesis - does ivermectin work to treat covid19.
After a bunch of studies, the answer is unequivocally no - ivermectin doesn’t do shit (except cause people all kinds of shitty outcomes).
They wanted to find a homey, horse-doctor, common-sense solution that would show up all the Faucis and Big Pharma “elitists” out there.
re: #322 Charles Johnson
Couldn’t listen for more than three lines.
re: #321 Charles Johnson
OK, the comment karma numbers should be correct from this comment forward.
The problem was that the rating table was keyed by comment IDs that no longer exist. So as new comments were posted that had the same IDs as the deleted ones, they were added to the ratings for those deleted comments. That’s why they seemed all wacky.
So you all don’t really like me?
re: #332 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They wanted to find a homey, horse-doctor, common-sense solution that would show up all the Faucis and Big Pharma “elitists” out there.
That and they wanted to pretend to do the right thing while being entirely incapable of doing so thanks to far-right propagandists like Tucker Carlson who wanted a high body count.
re: #328 Dopamine Fish
I saw a random Twitter thread somewhere that said the reason for this is that Cawthorn’s comments implicate fellow Republicans in the debauchery, which has apparently prompted concern from spouses and friends of the lawmakers in question.
Its either true or he lied.
There is no third way
re: #210 Belafon
“Why aren’t girls being told to die and wait for their prince to come save them?”
Because a Prince giving an unsolicited kiss is no longer acceptable behavior.
The woke must remain unawakened.
re: #248 John Hughes
uh, Germany, country of disintegrating autobahns, failed infrastructure projects and underfunded armed forces? This isn’t your dad’s Germany, this is the diesel powered Germany in an electric powered world of today. The Ukrainians will be lucky if the Germans haven’t converted these BMPs to run on lignite.
Germany always had a problem with defense spending: for the simple fact that doing it properly tended to look like militarism, which was not a politically popular thing.
That attitude has changed almost overnight. Only the most radial anti-militarists have a problem with increased military spending.
re: #326 mmmirele
Dammit. Lynyrd Skynyrd just left my playlist.
In Jacksonville they love the Governor
We all said what we should say
It don’t matter bout those words anyhow
as long as none of them are “gay”
Shit hole Ron DeSantis
Turns red states blue
Shit Hole Ron DeSantis
Please accept this fat “Fuck you!”
re: #323 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Four years is hardly serious, IMHO. Not anywhere serious enough.
He is 72, has COPD and is unvaccinated; it might be a life sentence.
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
wordles today
another one with several options — took 5
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re: #341 Eventual Carrion
Was a 4/6 wordle day for me
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I got my 33rd 3 in a way that seems to prove it’s mostly luck.
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re: #299 darthstar
So there’s this homeless woman who lives under a tarp next to the harbor - smack dab in the middle of weekend tourist central…HMB Brewery on one side of her and Barbara’s Fish Trap on the other. I avoid walking by her with the dogs because she’s often out of her head and shouts profanities at them.
Today I’m walking back from the beach and we’re across the road from her. She shouts at me, “Hey, buy me a cup of coffee…I have five bucks. I just need you to go get it.” I try explaining that I’ve got the dogs and she shouts, “I have the money! I just need a cup of coffee!” So I turn and walk back about three blocks to a new coffee trailer the local distillery added to their property to generate some morning revenue - it’s quite popular and doing well. I threw in a banana, croissant and a bottle of water and returned with her coffee. She thanked me, then looked at my dogs and said, “What sweet dogs!” (Merle didn’t so much as lift a lip at her in protest…and Milo didn’t try to jump into her arms…they just stood and waited).
Then she tried to give me $3.50…I refused of course, but then she kept getting louder saying it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take the money so I took it. Going to put it in a care package and drop it by her tarp later when she’s crawled back under.
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i just…don’t deal with crazy, and for some reason I attract them like iron to a magnet. I can be in a store with 300 other people, standing in line, and I’ll get the reincarnation of Jesus who believes I seem like a nice guy who would like to chat. If you tell someone who thinks he’s Jesus that you’re reasonably certain they’re actually Albrecht Durer, it doesn’t improve things at all.
re: #119 No Malarkey!
Speaking of Disney World, my kids are headed out on their band trip there today. They missed out on the band trip to New York two years ago when the pandemic hit, so I’m glad my daughter is getting to go on a band trip her senior year.
Cool. My HS marching band played Disney World back in 1976. The place was pretty much brand new still. A lot of fun.
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