What’s it like to be stuck on Team Autocracy as we barrel toward WW3? Well, according to Hungarian opposition MEP Katalin Cseh, it sounds… eerily similar to living in America, Team Democracy’s star player.
#TheProblemWithJonStewart #ww3 #europe
From Downstairs:
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet, but twitter seems to be removing images of tweets that shows transphobes expressing views condoning murder
What the fuck is happening man pic.twitter.com/fIf4N5Q21t
— j aubrey 🤠 (@jaubreyYT) April 26, 2023
What was so amazing about @TuckerCarlson is he said what others were thinking but afraid to say. https://t.co/ahxOmQSodS
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 25, 2023
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell defended the “high ethical standards” already observed by the Supreme Court in the face of a report that Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed luxury trips paid for by a prominent GOP donor. https://t.co/rb0h0WZ0ab
— Chris Cioffi (@ReporterCioffi) April 26, 2023
recovered from below:
re: #297 Captain Ron
[Re Idiot Speaker McCarthy’s proposal to cut DHS’ budget by 22%]
So for all the hysterical blabberings Republicans love to spout about “border security” and “out-of-control smuggling”, etc. (all of which they lay, personally at Joe Biden’s and Alejandro Mayorkas’ feet), one of Weaker McCarthy’s “budget proposals” - i.e. blackmail demands for raising the national debt ceiling - is to slash the budget of the agencies charged with patrolling/securing the border(s)??? And risk causing layoffs (or at least adding to the already-huge workload) of those very LEOs they purport to “honor” so much??
SRSLY WTF….???
re: #1 Teukka
From Downstairs:
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet, but twitter seems to be removing images of tweets that shows transphobes expressing views condoning murder[Embedded content]
I can’t get the image to show, even at twitter. ‘Error, try again later.’
RONNA McDANIEL: President Trump never shies away from a debate
BRIAN KILMEADE: Yes he does. He skipped ours in 2016.
McDANIEL: He did. He skipped one. pic.twitter.com/tyFNbRhtM4— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2023
re: #3 DodgerFan1988
Well, old Sen. McTurtle is kinda/sorta right about thing: the Supreme Court likely does have “high ethical standards”.
It’s the fact that several of the Justices on that Court seemingly see no personal (or legal) reason to live up to them that’s the problem….
re: #7 Jay C
Why bother with standards when there’s no one to hold you accountable for not living up to them?
re: #6 Dangerman
She changed her name to please the narcissistic sociopath who went on to prove that Republicans are the enemy of democracy and rule of law. She’s locked into corruption now. There’s no honest path forward for Ronna.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 26, 2023
re: #6 Dangerman
So Ronna is either a lying sac of shit or a moron. Neither is a good look.
Ah the Tree Of Liberty got more blood to feed on…
Illinois man shoots leaf-blowing neighbor in the head during argument
Ettore Lacchei, 79, allegedly approached William Martys, 59, as he cleaned his yard the evening of April 12 with a leaf blower, and the two men got into an argument before the older man took out a gun and shot his neighbor in the head, reported the Lake & McHenry County Scanner.
“Once again, easy access to firearms has turned a dispute into a deadly crime,” said Lake County state’s attorney Eric Rinehart. “We will support the victims and seek justice in the court rooms.”
Paramedics found Martys lying in the driveway of his Antioch home and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, and police found a handgun believed to have been used in the killing near Lacchei’s property line.
My surprised face, etc. etc.
Elon Musk Has a Second Alt Twitter Account That He Stole From Another User https://t.co/nfbpjyn6rd pic.twitter.com/BctcXvJ2J8
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) April 26, 2023
Come for @MarinaPurkiss expertly exposing the emptiness of the “woke” hysteria, stay for the kicker at the end of this clip pic.twitter.com/TcmoZLXdSi
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 26, 2023
re: #11 Joe Bacon
Notice the vast majority of shooters are white guys?
New: Former Steve Bannon associate Brian Kolfage sentenced to more than four years in prison for conspiring to defraud donors over the “We Build the Wall” that pledged to privately underwrite the construction of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 26, 2023
re: #11 Joe Bacon
Ah the Tree Of Liberty got more blood to feed on…
Illinois man shoots leaf-blowing neighbor in the head during argument
Ettore Lacchei, 79, allegedly approached William Martys, 59, as he cleaned his yard the evening of April 12 with a leaf blower, and the two men got into an argument before the older man took out a gun and shot his neighbor in the head, reported the Lake & McHenry County Scanner.
“Once again, easy access to firearms has turned a dispute into a deadly crime,” said Lake County state’s attorney Eric Rinehart. “We will support the victims and seek justice in the court rooms.”
Paramedics found Martys lying in the driveway of his Antioch home and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, and police found a handgun believed to have been used in the killing near Lacchei’s property line.
I don’t condone it, but I do understand. Leaf blowers are awful. Add dementia and a gun, and you get this.
re: #16 Crush White Nationalism
I don’t condone it, but I do understand. Leaf blowers are awful. Add dementia and a gun, and you get this.
Oregon is paying part for folks to switch to electric. I wish they’d pay them double for a rake.
re: #16 Crush White Nationalism
I don’t condone it, but I do understand. Leaf blowers are awful. Add dementia and a gun, and you get this.
This is the critical part. Take it out and you only have one annoyed man yelling at another. Maybe a few punches are thrown at worst. But nobody dies.
I have about 50 more Steam games than I had yesterday. I’d been ignoring my Humble Bundle subscription for a couple of years, so even just picking the games that look like I might enjoy them, about 10%, I have a lot of games to try.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Notice the vast majority of shooters are * white guys?
* self described aggrieved…
re: #15 jaunte
But for Trump’s chicanery and pardon, Bannon would have been in jail for earlier crimes and not to commit the later crimes against other MAGAidiots who bought into this grift.
Bannon belongs in jail and Trump covered up Bannon’s crimes, because they too would have implicated Trump directly.
re: #16 Crush White Nationalism
I don’t condone it, but I do understand. Leaf blowers are awful. Add dementia and a gun, and you get this.
Ettore Lacchei, 79, had “various perceived grievances” with Martys, Covelli said.
re: #22 Dangerman
Ettore Lacchei, 79, had “various perceived grievances” with Martys, Covelli said.
Still not a justification for shooting him.
re: #22 Dangerman
Ettore Lacchei, 79, had “various perceived grievances” with Martys, Covelli said.
A lot of people have crazy nightmare neighbors. Most do not expect that neighbor to murder them. I’ll bet more of them get reported to the cops when people read about this incident and think about their own risk.
re: #16 Crush White Nationalism
I don’t condone it, but I do understand. Leaf blowers are awful. Add dementia and a gun, and you get this.
To somebody with a firearm, every petty annoyance is a target.
re: #26 sizzzzlerz
American multitool, solves every problem until you get killed or arrested.
Truth is stranger than fiction. Because fiction has to make sense…
Reading of Crusader Knights in the Holy Land.
Of the demise of Count Henry of Champagne (1166-1197) & later King of Jerusalem, this leapt out at me.
“Henry was reviewing German Crusaders at his palace in Acre when, distracted by his dwarf, he stepped backwards out of a window”.— Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine (@militaryhistori) April 25, 2023
re: #26 sizzzzlerz
To somebody with a firearm, every petty annoyance is a target.
Only if you add something wrong in their head. Shooting your neighbor fucks up your peaceful quiet morning a lot worse than hearing a leaf blower does.
This is really very well done. https://t.co/DXJl0OR8Hd
— Michael D. Weiss (@michaeldweiss) April 26, 2023
re: #22 Dangerman
Ettore Lacchei, 79, had “various perceived grievances” with Martys, Covelli said.
Sounds like situation for a righteous shooting
So, apple music just threw in Neil Young’s Rocikin’ in the free world. Video
And it is still it poignant.
re: #34 Crush White Nationalism
I refuse to click that video.
re: #28 ckkatz
Henry was reviewing German Crusaders at his palace in Acre when, distracted by his dwarf, he stepped backwards out of a window
Can’t begin to tell you how often that happens.
re: #37 sizzzzlerz
Can’t begin to tell you how often that happens.
Hah!
Although, apparently not quite as popular as in Putin’s Russia, but from further down the replies-
But in absence of the dwarf, if I recall
— Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine (@militaryhistori) April 25, 2023
re: #36 Dave In Austin
I thought that deathsatan was really —- I lost the snark — her is not an evolved pokemon
Thread
Eminent Oxford professor, to nervous kid being interviewed for college admission: “So you’re interested in King Lear. What do you think of the switch in behavior of Goneril and Regan between Acts I and II?”
Nervous kid, after much hesitation: “I’m afraid I only read Act I.”— Dr Emily Wilson (@EmilyRCWilson) April 25, 2023
re: #28 ckkatz
Truth is stranger than fiction. Because fiction has to make sense…
And from a follow-up comment:
Replying to
@militaryhistori
Wikipedia says the dwarf fell out the window too and landed on him: “Some accounts suggest that Henry might have survived if his servant had not landed on top of him.” Is it wrong for me to howl with laughter? 😂😂😂
Strange how I keep hearing that Saudi Arabia and Israel are besieged by Iran, whose defense budget is 7% of theirs. https://t.co/Rhb2Gg99Ug
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) April 25, 2023
And then there’s Little Bighead.
You can’t make this stuff up! The tyrannical vaccine and lockdown loving former PM of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has accepted a job at…HARVARD!
College is a scam.— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2023
re: #47 Dave In Austin
Show the math on how you got from Charlie lying about a good leader to Harvard being “clearly fully totalitarian.” They are right wing, but they’re not totalitarian MAGAts.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 26, 2023
re: #2 gocart mozart
I think Rand confused the word “amazing” with the word Vomitous in his tweet about Tucker Carlson.
It doesn’t get much more meta than this. https://t.co/X52dfXsWAo
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) April 26, 2023
I’m hearing - from Turkish students of mine - that Turkish President Erdogan is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack yesterday during a TV broadcast.
Haven’t seen it picked up by mainstream, reliable English-language sources.
re: #50 darthstar
From Downstairs:
Sounds like Elon’s due for some significant lawsuits.
You don’t say?
re: #48 Crush White Nationalism
The San Junipero episode from Season 3 remains one of my favorite TV episodes of all time. Along with Season 2’s Be Right Back with an amazing performance by Hayley Atwell, not to mention Domhnall Gleeson.
re: #47 Dave In Austin
Charlie Jerk says College is a scam…I need to remind Charlie Jerk that college lead me to steady employment for 45 years and counting…
re: #10 Eventual Carrion
So Ronna is either a lying sac of shit or a moron. Neither is a good look.
She’s not a moron; just a lying POS, with no principles.
re: #49 Crush White Nationalism
These people have completely reversed ideas about the definition of totalitarian.
re: #58 Hecuba’s daughter
She’s not a moron; just a lying POS, with no principles.
She could very likely be both.
Missouri:
Transgender case remanded back to state court. @AGAndrewBailey loses.
— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) April 26, 2023
That was a legal shellacking. @AGAndrewBailey seeks to remove @aclu_mo lawsuit against transgender health care ban to federal court, gets lectured by federal judge appointed to bench by Republican about the law, the case, and his lack of preparation, and loses.
— Tony Messenger (@tonymess)
Federal judge: “Cases involving state law are not within the jurisdiction of federal courts. No matter how much we may hope and pray it is, it just isn’t. That’s the law.” He says the AG’s petition is “struggling and grappling for jurisdiction.”
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) April 26, 2023
Just saw this…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack on April 26, 2023.
According to the statement issued by the presidency, Erdogan was taken to the hospital in critical condition and received treatment for myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack.The President’s office also announced that all of Erdogan’s pre-election speeches and public events have been cancelled until May 3rd, two weeks before the election. The announcement has caused uncertainty in the political sphere, as Erdogan’s re-election campaign was already facing significant opposition from other political parties.
One more “States Rights” Republican showing his total absence of principles.
re: #54 Dr Lizardo
Already seeing online reports - unconfirmed - that he has died.
re: #66 TarHellion
Already seeing online reports - unconfirmed - that he has died.
Seriously?! Damn, and I won’t talk to my Turkish students again until Friday! If - and that’s a mighty big “if” - he’s died, then the upcoming elections really are anyone’s guess.
re: #66 TarHellion
Already seeing online reports - unconfirmed - that he has died.
Does this radically destabilize Turkey? My understanding is that Edrogan was democratically elected, but went full Trump and basically turned himself into a dictator. He didn’t seem like the kind of guy worried about the welfare of the country after he checked out permanently.
re: #68 Mattand
Does this radically destabilize Turkey? My understanding is that Edrogan was democratically elected, but went full Trump and basically turned himself into a dictator. He didn’t seem like the kind of guy worried about the welfare of the country after he checked out permanently.
Well, there was that whole coup attempt… As much as I didn’t like the guy, that crossed some lines.
jesus christ the pics and vids in here https://t.co/12uAxBb2zX
— ice abolisher (@lib_crusher) April 26, 2023
“…U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, said she is eager for new law. A fire chief in her district, which covers parts of the Houston area, told her the department has had to detour 3,200 times since 2019 because of blocked crossings. She and other congressional Democrats introduced the Don’t Block Our Communities Act in early March, but it has not yet gained bipartisan traction. The proposed law would prohibit rail companies from blocking crossings for more than 10 minutes and would allow the rail administration to fine companies for repeated violations.”
I remember when this video came out almost six years ago and was dismissed by many as “typical leftist overreaction.” Anyway, for those who’ve been paying attention, there’s not much new to say about Tucker and why white nationalists love him. https://t.co/DCskSLoqJD
— Seth Cotlar, mostly now at the other places (@SethCotlar) April 26, 2023
re: #67 Dr Lizardo
Until something official is announced, take a skeptical view. Rumors of Erdogan dying have been rampant over the years. It seems as if something DID happen during an interview.
re: #72 TarHellion
Until something official is announced, take a skeptical view. Rumors of Erdogan dying have been rampant over the years. It seems as if something DID happen during an interview.
Yeah, I recall there was a big incident about that in 2019. Apparently, rumors spread like wildfire on Turkish social media that Erdogan had died, then that got picked up by Western media.
re: #73 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I recall there was a big incident about that in 2019. Apparently, rumors spread like wildfire on Turkish social media that Erdogan had died, then that got picked up by Western media.
That explains why CNN doesn’t have word one about this yet.
re: #47 Dave In Austin
Pretty sour grapes there from Mr Not-Good-Enough-for-West-Point
Re: Erdie
Al-Monitor: Turkey’s Erdogan downplays health scare on hectic campaign trail
Despite earlier claims that the president’s televised health scare was “a mild inconvenience,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the day off from active campaigning and will attend a high-profile ceremony at Turkey’s new power plant through a video link on Thursday.
Re: Putie
🐵Russian channels report that the bunker grandfather “urgently arrived in the Kremlin”
Fingers crossed and we are waiting for “Swan Lake” 🤞
Channel 24 pic.twitter.com/86Ppl6UlsR— Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) April 26, 2023
Montana Republicans Vote to Stop Their First Trans Colleague from Speaking, Ever
Montana’s Republican-controlled legislature is punishing the state’s first trans representative for speaking out about proposed anti-trans legislation by refusing to recognize her to speak on any bills moving forward.
On Thursday, State Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) pointed out she wasn’t being called on at all during a debate about defining sex in state law as not including trans people. “No amount of silencing tactics will deter me from standing up for the rights of the transgender community. This year, I have lost friends to suicide, and I have listened to the heart-wrenching stories of families dealing with suicide attempts, trans youth fleeing the state, and people being attacked on the side of the road—all due to legislation like this,” Zephyr said in a statement. “I will not apologize for speaking with clarity and precision about the harm these bills cause.”
A rules committee decided that the leader of the State House can opt to not recognize individuals without giving an explanation, Zephyr said. “This decision is a direct assault on the principles of our democracy and serves to silence the voice of my community, as well as the 11,000 constituents I represent.”
re: #35 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I refuse to click that video.
It’s a VR game made by Australians. I think they’re making fun of my fine nation.
Jeffries: How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility when the record shows that Democrats are the party of job creation and reducing deficits and Republicans are the party of tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well connected and exploding the deficit. pic.twitter.com/3ohYCRfEeX
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 26, 2023
re: #78 Joe Bacon
Wish I could say I was surprised.
re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus
Wish I could say I was surprised.
What surprised me least was the Montana “Free-DUMB” Caucus calling for her expulsion.
Holy Shaving Cream! They won’t stop!
Judge warns Donald Trump ‘now sailing in harm’s way’ after Eric Trump flouts rape trial rules
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Donald Trump, that his client was in “harm’s way” after Eric Trump tweeted about E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations despite instructions from the judge.
During a Wednesday court hearing in New York City, Kaplan scolded the former president after he claimed on social media that the trial was a “scam.”
The judge observed Trump was “tampering with a new source of potential liability” and said Tacopina should advise his client not to speak about the trial on social media.
Following a lunch break, attorneys for Carroll complained that Eric Trump had posted complaints about the case on Wednesday despite the judge’s warning.
Judge Kaplan refers to Donald Trump as “now sailing in harm’s way with his son”.
— JOSH RUSSELL (@jruss_jruss) April 26, 2023
Put them in contempt of court!
re: #85 Joe Bacon
Trumps just don’t know how to shut up.
re: #85 Joe Bacon
Holy Shaving Cream! They won’t stop!
Judge warns Donald Trump ‘now sailing in harm’s way’ after Eric Trump flouts rape trial rules
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Donald Trump, that his client was in “harm’s way” after Eric Trump tweeted about E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations despite instructions from the judge.
During a Wednesday court hearing in New York City, Kaplan scolded the former president after he claimed on social media that the trial was a “scam.”
The judge observed Trump was “tampering with a new source of potential liability” and said Tacopina should advise his client not to speak about the trial on social media.
Following a lunch break, attorneys for Carroll complained that Eric Trump had posted complaints about the case on Wednesday despite the judge’s warning.
Put them in contempt of court!
All of these warning to Trump are meaningless unless someone physically detains him.
Trump knows this. Eric Trump, considered the dumbest of the Trump kids, knows this. Anyone with the barest, dimmest awareness of Trump’s history knows this.
Unless he sees the inside of a jail cell, Trump will do what he wants, because there’s generally no consequences to his actions. I’m not even going to except the last few months, because his Alvin Bragg trials will, at worst, resolve with a wrist slap.
Ex-federal prosecutor @JoyceWhiteVance unpacks the “relevant United States statutes” a federal judge may have had in mind in reference to Trump’s out-of-court swipes at E. Jean Carroll on social media before her testimony. https://t.co/IexMVrMMug
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 26, 2023
Ow. Out and about running errands as it’s a nice day and tomorrow it’s supposed to rain. Turned wrong, twisted my knee and fell. Have a nice bruise near my left eye like I got into a fight with the ground - it would seem that the ground won… 😞
re: #25 Crush White Nationalism
A lot of people have crazy nightmare neighbors. Most do not expect that neighbor to murder them. I’ll bet more of them get reported to the cops when people read about this incident and think about their own risk.
I guess Rand Paul should be glad his neighbor wasn’t carrying and demented.
re: #87 Mattand
All of these warning to Trump are meaningless unless someone physically detains him.
Trump knows this. Eric Trump, considered the dumbest of the Trump kids, knows this. Anyone with the barest, dimmest awareness of Trump’s history knows this.
Unless he sees the inside of a jail cell, Trump will do what he wants, because there’s generally no consequences to his actions. I’m not even going to except the last few months, because his Alvin Bragg trials will, at worst, resolve with a wrist slap.
Absolutely true. Put him in jail now or he will prove he has absolute immunity. After all, there are so many surrogates he can use to spread his lies and attacks. If he isn’t jailed, you will confirm his position, like most of the GOP, as being above the law.
re: #36 Dave In Austin
I’m already seeing fricking ads for DeathSantis’ presidential run. Argggggggghhhhhhh!!! Dang it!!
re: #87 Mattand
Exactly. Trump needs to be brought to heel. Warnings are useless. Put him in prison for contempt when (not if) he continues this outrageous behavior. Take off the kid gloves!!
re: #94 Patricia Kayden
Exactly. Trump needs to be brought to heel. Warnings are useless. Put him in prison for contempt when (not if) he continues this outrageous behavior. Take off the kid gloves!!
Incarcerate his children first. They’ll flip on him.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Notice the vast majority of shooters are white guys?
For too many murder is the only way they believe they can impact the world now.
Case in point, the reason you wear that beanie. pic.twitter.com/wQcFMAypbv
— James William Garrett 🇺🇲🇺🇦 #HighHeeledBoots (@JamesWGarrett1) April 26, 2023
re: #36 Dave In Austin
Except Disney is this kind of Maus.
Come for @MarinaPurkiss expertly exposing the emptiness of the “woke” hysteria, stay for the kicker at the end of this clip pic.twitter.com/TcmoZLXdSi
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 26, 2023
JRM: “Speech is under attack!” Cites two examples:
1. Owner of copyright changes some
language in new edition of old novel.
2. Town changes name of street.
Marina: “What about laws curbing political
protests?”
JRM: “Free speech has limits!”🤡— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) April 26, 2023
Chinese state TV has corrected its own fake tweet on Erdogan’s health thanks to a TRT World report https://t.co/vx1IomM9L7
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) April 26, 2023
Looks like the Chinese propaganda apparatus jumped the gun.
re: #99 gocart mozart
thanks to Tracey Ullman, I cannot see Jacob Rees-Mogg as anything other than how she portrays him. His voice translates to her version, I keep looking for Nanny…
(same for Nicola Sturgeon, Jerry Hall and Camilla, but at least some of those are semi-flattering)
re: #97 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization
The real question is why you keep trying to block young people from being who they are, rather than who you think they should be because of how you want to see them.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) April 26, 2023
BTW, Musk replied to his tweet.
So this dude Tim Pool apparently gets to decide who young people want to be now?
/
re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg
So this dude Tim Pool apparently gets to decide who young people want to be now?
/
“Grow up to be whatever you want to be” is apparently a lie. You’re born a serf, you stay a serf, the rest of your life.
Big blow to Florida unions just now.
Republicans passed a bill banning paycheck dues deduction for most public-sector unions and requiring they maintain 60% membership or face decertification.
They excluded cop unions.
Bill now goes to DeSantis’ desk. https://t.co/4pG9iRwWBw— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) April 26, 2023
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know it’s entirely possible the next Florida governor is going to be WORSE than Desantis?
re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg
You know it’s entirely possible the next Florida governor is going to be WORSE than Desantis?
And there is that problem creeping up on Florida that Il Duce ignores…
re: #107 Joe Bacon
And there is that problem creeping up on Florida that Il Duce ignores…
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Unfortunately, it’s the blue parts of Florida that will disappear.
Has a poet laureate appointment ever been used before in an attack ad? #kygov https://t.co/i4NfP6x5vz
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) April 26, 2023
Good news: Automakers are finally realizing that car touchscreens are a disaster.
Drivers hate them, and they’re also dangerously distracting. Buttons and knobs are poised for a comeback.
Me, in @Slatehttps://t.co/iCrf2Hzioc— David Zipper (@DavidZipper) April 26, 2023
Breaking News: Pope Francis will allow women to vote for the first time at a Vatican meeting of bishops, an important step toward giving them more say in church affairs. https://t.co/rTYY9aqRVD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 26, 2023
re: #108 darthstar
And the economy/appeal of the state.
re: #110 ckkatz
Another thing I like about the Kia. We have knobs and steering wheel controls so we don’t have to use the touch screen all the time, though when at a full stop the touch screen is somewhat useful.
re: #110 ckkatz
I use voice control when I’m moving.
re: #114 IngisKahn
I use voice control when I’m moving.
That too. Especially for phone calls and navigation.
re: #111 ckkatz
Man, if the RWNJs didn’t already hate the Pope…
re: #115 darthstar
So McCarthy got a big win here. It doesn’t matter if it’s 1 vote or 20 — his caucus held together and they will continue to hold together to bring our nation down.
re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg
You know it’s entirely possible the next Florida governor is going to be WORSE than Desantis?
The law excludes police unions, of course.
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
When would the debt default happen? Around July 1st IIRC?
re: #113 darthstar
Another thing I like about the Kia. We have knobs and steering wheel controls so we don’t have to use the touch screen all the time, though when at a full stop the touch screen is somewhat useful.
One of the issues I see with computers in general is that interfaces are not fully standardized. So the knowledge of one interface does not always transfer to another.
I would suspect that in a busy environment, like driving in heavy traffic, this could add more complexity. And the risk of really bad results is increased.
It seems to me that over the past century, the manual controls on cars have been slowly converging towards a more uniform standard. This makes them much easier to use. Particularly in a busy/distracting environment.
Republicans “are attacking banks, money managers & companies for trying to hasten the transition to renewable energy…companies are starting to push back” given that “#climate change is a “real & growing threat to business.” - @markgongloff https://t.co/vClrxIcYTg #ESG
— Chris Fox (@ChristopherNFox) April 25, 2023
re: #119 JC1
The law excludes police unions, of course.
Odd they didn’t also put firefighters in the excluded group. Usually, cops and firefighters get the same special exemptions.
Hakeem Jeffries gives a master class on the Republican snake oil: massive tax cuts for the wealthy, well off, & well connected, while driving up deficits. We know the GOP playbook.
HOW DARE REPUBLICANS LECTURE US ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY? pic.twitter.com/81OYNlHfa0— HawaiiDelilah™ 🟦 (@HawaiiDelilah) April 26, 2023
Last year, X Corp—which includes Space X & Tesla—got $2.8 billion in govt subsidies, loans & contracts, not counting hundreds of millions in incentives, labor & support from NASA & the FAA
6 days ago,Twitter became part of X Corp
This website is government-funded.
Good morning— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) April 24, 2023
… “if you use decorum to silence people who hold you accountable, then all you’re doing is using decorum as a tool of oppression.”
watch @zoandbehold’s full speech just before the @mtgop voted to bar her from the house chamber for the remainder of the legislative session. pic.twitter.com/Ckz55VsIXJ— fake nick ramsey (@nick_ramsey) April 26, 2023
re: #126 jaunte
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I guess I need to stop and ponder just how bad do I think it is that people can ‘ban’ their opponents from serving in the office to which they were elected, because suddenly it seems very appropriate to do it to the mtgop.
re: #127 wrenchwench
I guess I need to stop and ponder just how bad do I think it is that people can ‘ban’ their opponents from serving in the office to which they were elected, because suddenly it seems very appropriate to do it to the mtgop.
Not just in MT, as the Tennessee Three definitely preceded them.
re: #127 wrenchwench
I say let the GOP keep doing this and shooting themselves in the damn foot. I’m sure plenty of these MT GOP folks have skeletons in their closets.
Watch the Tennessee & Montana antics spread to other Red states…
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) April 26, 2023
Lol. Dealbreaker.
Tucker Carlson’s influence apparently goes beyond Republican politics, and into Rupert Murdoch’s love life.
The Fox News media mogul recently got engaged to Ann Lesley Smith only to break things off less than three weeks later.
Sources initially told Vanity Fair that the relationship soured because of Smith’s outspoken evangelical views, but a new story by the publication provides some delicious details.
Apparently her “outspoken evangelical views” extended toward Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, a source told Vanity Fair.
“She said Tucker Carlson is a messenger from God, and he said nope,” the source said.
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re: #70 jaunte
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That occurs in a neighboring small town here in Illinois. The school and the town have tried everything to get the railroad to not block the roads to school for hours. Except lawsuit. And they need to do that, IMO. Or get our local Representative involved. It’s sickening. I have not seen kids crawling under the train, thank god!
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
So McCarthy got a big win here. It doesn’t matter if it’s 1 vote or 20 — his caucus held together and they will continue to hold together to bring our nation down.
CNN (I know) explaining how this strengthens his negotiating position with Biden. Not really seeing it. Everything in the bill is immensely unpopular.
Question: Why did Biggs vote against against McCarthy’s bill? Did he think it wasn’t sufficiently vile and harmful to our nation?
SpaceTesla ignites huge fire. Very on brand. https://t.co/hNWtvhPJyQ
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 26, 2023
I will suffer horrible pain for the rest of my life because of my military service and republicans just passed a bill to cut funding for my healthcare and the healthcare of millions of other vets.
A vote for republicans is a vote against vets, period.— Eric Garcia (@EricG1247) April 26, 2023
re: #135 Hecuba’s daughter
Question: Why did Biggs vote against against McCarthy’s bill? Did he think it wasn’t sufficiently vile and harmful to our nation?
That sounds about right.
re: #126 jaunte
Why do you insist on commenting, sir?
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) April 26, 2023
re: #78 Joe Bacon
Montana Republicans Vote to Stop Their First Trans Colleague from Speaking, Ever
Montana’s Republican-controlled legislature is punishing the state’s first trans representative for speaking out about proposed anti-trans legislation by refusing to recognize her to speak on any bills moving forward.
On Thursday, State Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) pointed out she wasn’t being called on at all during a debate about defining sex in state law as not including trans people. “No amount of silencing tactics will deter me from standing up for the rights of the transgender community. This year, I have lost friends to suicide, and I have listened to the heart-wrenching stories of families dealing with suicide attempts, trans youth fleeing the state, and people being attacked on the side of the road—all due to legislation like this,” Zephyr said in a statement. “I will not apologize for speaking with clarity and precision about the harm these bills cause.”
A rules committee decided that the leader of the State House can opt to not recognize individuals without giving an explanation, Zephyr said. “This decision is a direct assault on the principles of our democracy and serves to silence the voice of my community, as well as the 11,000 constituents I represent.”
This silencing of representatives is just a mere taste of what Republicans have in store for democracy should they gain the White House at any point in our future.
re: #130 Joe Bacon
Watch the Tennessee & Montana antics spread to other Red states…
The antics that are getting Tennessee Republicans in trouble?
I’ve been saying for years that Fox News was losing money on Tucker’s show.
The Murdochs were losing money on Tucker because he served other purposes. It’s a breach of their fidiciary responsibilities, especially since they lied to shareholders about it. https://t.co/qMOQQ1I6ZW— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) April 26, 2023
My daughter and son-in-law are both disabled veterans who have to drive all the way over to Killeen to get medical treatment in anything like a reasonable timeframe. The McCarthy plan will completely screw that up.
❌ House Republicans’ plan to cut funds to the VA will cut more than 6,000 staff, increasing the already clogged disability claims backlog by an estimated 134,000 claims.
We say no — and stand with Veterans telling Kevin McCarthy to #ProtectVeteransHealthCare. pic.twitter.com/WkeJdNP0K9— McKenzie ❤️s Implementation Wilson (@McKenzieAWilson) April 26, 2023
re: #136 ckkatz
If you think the lack of any sort of regulations on Elon is bad, just wait until Texas secedes and how Texas residents deal with open air nuclear weapons testing resuming once again.
re: #142 Nerdy Fish
Are they, though?
Yep. Doesn’t matter what vile provisions are in any legislation or how Republicans trample over democracy and voting rights; the GOP voters are fine with that because they are all racist, misogynist, homophobes, and pro-Putin. They do not want us to spend a cent protecting democracies elsewhere — they will blather about how the money should be spent here — and spend on what? Why more tax cuts for the wealthy!
re: #137 jaunte
and border security. and train safety inspections. and whatever the hell they’ll be whining next week the Biden admin doesn’t do enough of.
re: #142 Nerdy Fish
Are they, though?
Oh yeah! They would have flown under the radar as unknown-outside-of-Tennessee bumpkins before but not no more. I’m giving the Speaker a couple weeks at best before he’s gone. The feds are investigating him due to PopularInfo’s reporting for bulking the taxpayers for travel and per diem and living where he doesn’t represent (against TN law), something that never would have happened had they not pulled their stunt.
The sex with an intern guy just resigned (not sure if it’s due to the sun shining on their little stunt or not) but these guys made the big time and being republicans, they’re crooks, so yeah, they are. And it’s fucking glorious.
The final image taken by one of my 80D workhorses, having survived 50+ launches at multiple launch pads over the years. Terrifying.
This remote 📸 placed approximately .25 miles from the pad for the historic first test flight of Starship. pic.twitter.com/c7l3avpCjd— Adam Bernstein (@ABernNYC) April 26, 2023
re: #145 Barefoot Grin
I want vent windows!
A friend of mine wrote a song about that, but it didn’t make it to YouTube, this one of his will have to do.
DeSantis extends his war on education:
Unions are furious. The teachers union feels this is aimed at them as part of DeSantis’ “anti-woke” education agenda.
And of course the carveout for police, firefighter and corrections unions — that is, the unions that lean conservative — really gives away the game here.— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) April 26, 2023
re: #149 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Oh yeah! They would have flown under the radar as unknown-outside-of-Tennessee bumpkins before but not no more. I’m giving the Speaker a couple weeks at best before he’s gone. The feds are investigating him due to PopularInfo’s reporting for bulking the taxpayers for travel and per diem and living where he doesn’t represent (against TN law), something that never would have happened had they not pulled their stunt.
The sex with an intern guy just resigned (not sure if it’s due to the sun shining on their little stunt or not) but these guys made the big time and being republicans, they’re crooks, so yeah, they are. And it’s fucking glorious.
I mean, I see what you’re saying, but there’s no direct consequences for their actions. Nobody’s saying they want to vote these fuckers out. There are no calls for resignations from outraged constituents. The only thing we’re seeing is scandalous backstories being dragged up by investigative journalists who suddenly have an interest in controversial figures. There’s no real “there” there.
re: #123 sagehen
Odd they didn’t also put firefighters in the excluded group. Usually, cops and firefighters get the same special exemptions.
Firefighters don’t have guns and if they do they aren’t as likely to get away with using them.
re: #153 jaunte
It is a good thing that I do to live in FL. My union dues are deducted from my paycheck. As a matter of fact I believe that is how most people have their union dues taken care of.
re: #157 PhillyPretzel
It is a good thing that I do to live in FL. My union dues are deducted from my paycheck. As a matter of fact I believe that is how most people have their union dues taken care of.
You would be correct, and that’s why this is such a big deal. Suddenly having to switch it over to be manually paid after the fact is a big logistical headache, especially with needing to ensure at least 60% of members get switched over immediately or the union gets decertified. And you know full well the state won’t recertify any union that has been decertified, under any circumstances.
re: #154 Nerdy Fish
I mean, I see what you’re saying, but there’s no direct consequences for their actions. Nobody’s saying they want to vote these fuckers out. There are no calls for resignations from outraged constituents. The only thing we’re seeing is scandalous backstories being dragged up by investigative journalists who suddenly have an interest in controversial figures. There’s no real “there” there.
I actually think that is happening in places like Memphis but because it’s still a heavily GOP state it’s not deafening. Change is slow. But it’s coming.
re: #158 Nerdy Fish
Union busting by no paycheck deduction. If I recall correctly union dues are tax deductible on the 1040.
re: #155 Barefoot Grin
That’s cool. What it is the artist’s name?
Steve Reynolds. He lived near Flagstaff, would drive over to NM about once a month, play a gig Friday night, go for a heck of a bike ride Saturday, then play a gig Sat. night, and go home Sunday. I was his bike mechanic. He had a couple of really good friends in town. Cancer got him about 20 years ago.
re: #161 wrenchwench
Steve Reynolds. He lived near Flagstaff, would drive over to NM about once a month, play a gig Friday night, go for a heck of a bike ride Saturday, then play a gig Sat. night, and go home Sunday. I was his bike mechanic. He had a couple of really good friends in town. Cancer got him about 20 years ago.
I’m sorry to hear about the cancer. He was a real talent.
re: #162 Barefoot Grin
I’m sorry to hear about the cancer. He was a real talent.
I found another one!
There’s some Canadian Steve reynolds making things difficult (he even has one called ‘Mistaken Identity’), but I think there’s one more from the cyclist.
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