Video: James Cameron Reacts to the Sub Implosion: 'I'm Struck by the Similarity of the Titanic Disaster Itself'

Video: James Cameron Reacts to the Sub Implosion: ‘I’m Struck by the Similarity of the Titanic Disaster Itself’

US NewsJune 2023 • Views: 17,716

“Titanic” director James Cameron, who has explored the ship’s wreckage site himself, called the implosion of a submersible that vanished on a Titanic tour Sunday “quite surreal.”

All passengers are believed to be dead after a desperate dayslong search for the Titan, a 21-foot deep-sea vessel operated by OceanGate Expeditions. Coast Guard officials said during a news conference Thursday said debris found during the search for the vessel is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. #titanic #jamescameron
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teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 5:23:15pm

A remarkable remark Mr. Cameron made was that there had been accidents, yes, in this very niche diving world, but no one ever died. Until last Sunday. He was close friends with Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who was onboard Titan, having known the man for 25 years.

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:24:19pm

Wow, right at the end he says the sub had dropped its ascent weights and they were trying to come up to the surface.

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 5:24:20pm

The CEO of the company brought his fate onto himself, and two of the other passengers were experienced adventurers would probably take some level of grim satisfaction of going out this way. My heart primarily goes out to these two, especially the kid. https://t.co/VDu8hehoAC

— Damion Schubert - @ZenOfDesign.com on bsky (@ZenOfDesign) June 22, 2023

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:24:59pm

They had a warning system that the hull was starting to deteriorate.

Barefoot Grin Jun 22, 2023 • 5:27:28pm

I really mourn the 19yo who didn’t want to go, but did to support his father. On Fathers Day.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 22, 2023 • 5:27:38pm

Heavy-hitter libertarian dudebros are still at it.

Your inability to understand the vast body of scientific literature here is embarrassing https://t.co/jdNN2RRLdE

— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) June 22, 2023

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 5:27:56pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Wow, right at the end he says the sub had dropped its ascent weights and they were trying to come up to the surface.

Might not have been as instantaneous as we’d hoped. :(

Nerdy Fish Jun 22, 2023 • 5:28:43pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Oh God. Can you imagine the terror they must have gone through in those final moments? An alarm sounding in your ear, perhaps some signs of physical distress - creaking or groaning metal, the pulse of an approaching pressure wave? The captain trying to scramble while keeping calm for his customers, blowing the tanks, dropping the weights, giving the ascent everything he had in the vain hope that a miracle might happen?

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:31:34pm

re: #7 teleskiguy

Might not have been as instantaneous as we’d hoped. :(

It’s the first time I’ve heard this, it may be a rumor. But coming from Cameron, probably not?

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:34:57pm

The ascent weights are special weights attached to the sub that they can detach to increase their buoyancy in an emergency. Apparently it was too late.

BigPapa Jun 22, 2023 • 5:36:51pm

Carbon fiber. When it goes, it really goes.

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 5:39:22pm

Ensign Atomwaffen McPisswatcher chiming in https://t.co/2n5X88JjKm

— zeddy (@Zeddary) June 23, 2023

Nerdy Fish Jun 22, 2023 • 5:40:30pm

There’s a Wikipedia article. While I can imagine it’s going to evolve quickly, one thing caught my eye: Previous dives took around 2 hours to get down to the wreck. Those poor people were near the sea floor, probably around 10,500 feet down, when everything suddenly went to hell. They never had a prayer of making it back up in time.

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:41:08pm

The families can’t sue this company because they all signed waivers, but this will probably put OceanGate Expeditions out of business. Which it should.

Semper Fi Jun 22, 2023 • 5:48:16pm

Thinking out loud.
Could it be that water began entering the sub and weights were dropped to ascend. Then, water flow increased quickly causing the air to pressurize sufficiently to explode the sub thus resulting in the debris field.

Charles Johnson Jun 22, 2023 • 5:50:19pm

The Navy says they detected the possible sound of an explosion shortly after the sub lost contact.

Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 5:51:52pm

How painful it must be to put “Honorable” in front of Gym’s name.

— Michael Conklin (@C_Michael_C) June 23, 2023

Dave In Austin Jun 22, 2023 • 5:51:56pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

The Navy says they detected the possible sound of an explosion shortly after the sub lost contact.

“Biden’s Navy!” Never forget that part.

Mattand Jun 22, 2023 • 5:54:13pm

From the previous thread:

re: #72 cat-tikvah

We tried last night. They never took the tarp off the field and waited over 2 hours to finally call a rainout…..

I made a mistake earlier; we saw the Phils at Fenway two years ago. This’ll be my first Citizens Bank Park game in about three years, weather permitting.

I was debating about taking the trains over, but if we go what you went through, it might be slightly easier to get home if we drive. Since they’re playing the Mets, the Broad Street Subway might be even more packed than usual.

JC1 Jun 22, 2023 • 5:55:26pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Wow, right at the end he says the sub had dropped its ascent weights and they were trying to come up to the surface.

Informative interview. Amazing that the company wasn’t shunned more for their recklessness, and that the experienced French explorer risked going onboard.

Mattand Jun 22, 2023 • 5:55:42pm

re: #18 Dave In Austin

“Biden’s Navy!” Never forget that part.

You mean “Dark Brandon’s Navy.”

wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 5:56:40pm

In extremely local news, the nicest veterinarian anywhere made a house call to escort Presta over the rainbow bridge. It was time for him to go, he was not a happy cat. The vet will send him to college. A new vet will learn from Presta.

Mattand Jun 22, 2023 • 5:57:17pm

Jesus Christ, you’d think after three decades of working in graphic arts and printing, I’d be a better proofreader. Ugh.

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 5:57:26pm

re: #11 BigPapa

Carbon fiber. When it goes, it really goes.

The Völkl ski company had a carbon fiber ski called Werks. It skied nice ‘n’ strong, like a good Völkl ski should, but I saw catastrophic failures too, skis breaking right in half, cracks forming from tip to tail. I’ve never seen more skis go back to a company for warranty. I soured on carbon fiber skis after those few seasons selling them in Beaver Creek.

Mattand Jun 22, 2023 • 5:57:56pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

In extremely local news, the nicest veterinarian anywhere made a house call to escort Presta over the rainbow bridge. It was time for him to go, he was not a happy cat. The vet will send him to college. A new vet will learn from Presta.

Ugh, condolences. Sorry to hear that.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 22, 2023 • 5:57:58pm

This storm smacked Scottsbluff with tennis ball size hail. It missed us, travelling northeast. In Wyoming it produced a tornado.

A special weather statement has been issued for Box Butte County, NE until 7:15 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/ZFYigwnCOv

— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) June 23, 2023

Barefoot Grin Jun 22, 2023 • 5:58:37pm

re: #11 BigPapa

Carbon fiber. When it goes, it really goes.

Probably not apropos, but I remember having these discussions 30 years ago with Kestrel bike douchebros who looked down on my Bianchi Giro Steel frame.

dat_said Jun 22, 2023 • 5:58:46pm

Northwest North Dakota commission directs co-op to cut power to crypto data center

When the $1.9-billion Atlas Power data center project was announced in January of 2022 , North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was among those marking its debut .

This is really going to put a damper on Gov Burgum’s chances in the GOP presidential primary.

(Obligatory; Who?)

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:00:02pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

It’s the first time I’ve heard this, it may be a rumor. But coming from Cameron, probably not?

Cameron knows everybody in this field, they may be making educated guess, but they are educated.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:00:26pm

The Ocean Gate co-founder and CEO talking about how he wants to be remembered by the rules he broke: pic.twitter.com/pv1vg3JbxZ

— QENNY #FREEJEFFREY (@AKBrews) June 22, 2023

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:00:47pm

re: #17 Captain Ron

CNN’s credulous coverage of this buries that important fact in the TWENTIETH paragraph of their story.https://t.co/1MqcTrlqam pic.twitter.com/Kdqz7iVLSd

— ClearingTheFog (@clearing_fog) June 22, 2023

Dave In Austin Jun 22, 2023 • 6:01:30pm

re: #21 Mattand

The WSJ did NOT report this. The article never mentioned Biden. It says they thought maybe it was the Titan but they weren’t sure. The Coast Guard didn’t release the info because they weren’t sure and they didn’t want to discourage search & rescue efforts. pic.twitter.com/qKe365ebnf

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 23, 2023

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:02:46pm

re: #24 teleskiguy

They’ve probably improved the design greatly since I sold them, ‘cause Völkl still sells the V-Werks. That’s an expensive ski.

wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 6:04:38pm

re: #27 Barefoot Grin

Probably not apropos, but I remember having these discussions 30 years ago with Kestral bike douchebros who looked down on my Bianchi Giro Steel frame.

It’s everywhere on bikes now. Rims had a few explosions until they made them a little heavier. It works best for racing teams, where they replace everything more than once a year.

TedStriker Jun 22, 2023 • 6:04:43pm

re: #15 Semper Fi

Thinking out loud.
Could it be that water began entering the sub and weights were dropped to ascend. Then, water flow increased quickly causing the air to pressurize sufficiently to explode the sub thus resulting in the debris field.

At the depth they were reportedly at when contact ceased (roughly two miles down), the water pressure would be about 300 atmospheres or over 4000 psi; a failure of the pressure vessel at that depth would compact everything to the volume of a baseball, while superheating the air inside to a temperature hotter than the surface of the sun, before shredding and scattering what didn’t burn to a crisp or get turned into Jell-O into the debris field that was found.

Something else may have happened to get them to abort and attempt an ascent, we’ll never know, but one thing’s certain: once the pressure vessel failed within a fraction of a second from still intact to completely destroyed, it’s most likely Rush and his passengers never felt a thing before being turned into burnt jam.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:06:49pm

I’m going to trundle off to bed.

In extremely local news, I have an emergency dental appointment at the Cheyenne VA first thing Monday morning (will probably stay overnight in a motel Sunday) for an extremely painful bicuspid on the upper right jaw. The gum is extraordinarily swollen. I’ve been trying to nurse this for a couple weeks but it has only gotten worse.

That’s the last tooth on that side on top; I hope they can save it. I haven’t been able to eat much in solid food over the last couple days.

Axolotl Jun 22, 2023 • 6:06:54pm

re: #8 Nerdy Fish

Oh God. Can you imagine the terror they must have gone through in those final moments? An alarm sounding in your ear, perhaps some signs of physical distress - creaking or groaning metal, the pulse of an approaching pressure wave? The captain trying to scramble while keeping calm for his customers, blowing the tanks, dropping the weights, giving the ascent everything he had in the vain hope that a miracle might happen?

And the dad knew he was responsible not only for his own death but his son’s. That would make my last few minutes unbeatable.

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 22, 2023 • 6:13:37pm

re: #30 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

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The Ocean Gate co-founder and CEO talking about how he wants to be remembered by the rules he broke: pic.twitter.com/pv1vg3JbxZ

— QENNY #FREEJEFFREY (@AKBrews) June 22, 2023

He went to great depths to achieve his goal.

— Goggles Pisano (@MarkOnorato66) June 22, 2023

BigPapa Jun 22, 2023 • 6:14:47pm

re: #38 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

You deserve a down ding. However, one will not surface from me.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:16:53pm

Bob Ballard reacts to ‘catastrophic implosion’ of Titanic submersible

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:17:25pm

eww

he came back five hours later to add on that second tweet pic.twitter.com/YKlpwSdp2S

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) June 23, 2023

Nerdy Fish Jun 22, 2023 • 6:18:31pm

re: #37 Axolotl

And the dad knew he was responsible not only for his own death but his son’s. That would make my last few minutes unbeatable.

Mrs. Fish asked if there was any kind of a distress signal, which we know there wasn’t. That raises the thought that maybe all the captain had time to do was attempt an ascent. So “last minutes,” probably not - it still seems like things went to pot pretty quick.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:19:16pm

The scene is unsettling: hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are sprawled across the beaches in Southern California, either dead or sick and exhibiting abnormal behavior. https://t.co/DU1UwJCACM

— CNN International (@cnni) June 23, 2023

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 22, 2023 • 6:25:15pm

re: #40 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

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Bob Ballard is now 81 years old, yet he is at sea right now on a research project. What a fantastic life.

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 6:25:46pm

re: #43 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The orcas know who to blame.

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:29:29pm

Mastodon

BigPapa Jun 22, 2023 • 6:31:43pm

I have a white hot hate boner for Cisco. They make it so hard to spend lots of $ with them. It’s not enough that it’s expensive: it must be hard. So very damn hard.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 6:34:15pm

Trump in high heels Amanda Chase alleges voter fraud causing her to lose her Virginia State Senate seat…then she backs off…just a tad…

‘We don’t know’: Notorious Virginia election fraud conspiracist not sure there was actual election fraud

A day after putting out a press release claiming there were hundreds of “illegal votes” cast in Chesterfield County, Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, acknowledged she’s not sure if any election fraud actually happened.

One of the most prominent spreaders of election conspiracy theories in Virginia politics, Chase appeared to lose a close three-way GOP primary to former Republican senator Glen Sturtevant. She is not conceding defeat and says she’s talking to lawyers and raising money for a possible legal challenge.

The basis for a potential lawsuit, Chase said in an interview Thursday, is that her campaign wasn’t present when Chesterfield ballot scanning machines used for early voting were tested for accuracy and certified.

“We weren’t there to witness it,” Chase said. “So was there fraud? We don’t know. We don’t know because we weren’t there.”

virginiamercury.com

DodgerFan1988 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:35:31pm

You’ve also spent a lot of time in Cancun. That’s pretty south, right? https://t.co/MfkkZhLNCs

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 23, 2023

jeffreyw Jun 22, 2023 • 6:35:32pm

Mastodon

TedStriker Jun 22, 2023 • 6:35:48pm

re: #41 teleskiguy

eww

wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 6:37:15pm

re: #50 jeffreyw

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Bird brain AI?

retired cynic Jun 22, 2023 • 6:38:34pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

I know you had been dreading this. Am glad Presta made it clear what he wanted. Hope you and his brother adjust to the change without too much trouble. Hugs!

BigPapa Jun 22, 2023 • 6:40:56pm

Oh wow

New logo dropped! pic.twitter.com/hS4rnjQ64a

— 🏳️‍🌈💛⚖️ PETTY RUBBLE IS NOT GIVING FASCISM $8 (@HillaryzMyHmgrl) June 23, 2023

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:42:27pm

My ski poles are made of carbon fiber. I’ve had them for 25 years. Goode Composite baby! (probably only darthstar knows this reference)

CleverToad Jun 22, 2023 • 6:44:41pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

In extremely local news, the nicest veterinarian anywhere made a house call to escort Presta over the rainbow bridge. It was time for him to go, he was not a happy cat. The vet will send him to college. A new vet will learn from Presta.

{{{wrench wench}}}
never easy, even when it’s time. a really good vet helps.

Lilah Jun 22, 2023 • 6:45:36pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

So sorry.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 6:46:06pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

So sorry to hear! 😪

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:48:46pm

Mastodon

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 6:49:07pm

Black Hole Paradox with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Matt O’Dowd – Cosmic Queries

Belafon Jun 22, 2023 • 6:50:35pm

re: #12 jaunte

I’m not feeling nice now:

The WSJ also reported that Jack had sabotaged the sub due to jealousy over the son for the dad’s affection.

— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) June 23, 2023

silverdolphin Jun 22, 2023 • 6:51:18pm

If Aaron Sorkin was writing current affairs. My theory that would be a lot of fun in the movie.

TL:DR My theory - the DOJ has really awful material from a Bedmister search. It wpuld not like these to be known to be out in the wild. So, instead of indicting Trump they will use these as leverage to make Trump behave in the Florida trial.

The Mar-a-Lago indictment mentions transporting boxes of documents to Bedminster but does not charge them with that, even though they could. Why?

What if the FBI actually did search Bedminster? The only way we would know is if Trump told us. Why wouldn’t he? Because these were his best of the best, the ones he really knew he could sell and also know he could be in big trouble over. If he kept his mouth shut no one would realize before the DOJ indicted him in New Jersey. Maybe he could get elected and pardon himself.

So why have they not indicted him in NJ? Well, these would be really sensitive materials. Traitor stuff. The DOJ would really not like them to even be known were out there much less dealt with in an open court. even a realtively closed one. So, they are using them as levarage over Trump.

Let the Florida trial proceed without funny stiff and take the consequences. Don’t play ball and we indict you in NJ.

It would be nice. I give it about a 25% chance of being right.

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 6:59:57pm

I guess parts of metro Denver got whacked by severe weather today. Downed trees and power lines, lots of damage to property.

The Continental Divide, dude. Something else. I’m on the other side of it (about 100 miles west of Denver metro as the crow flies) and today’s weather was cloudy, breezy, now it’s tranquil calm.

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 7:01:57pm

Mastodon

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 22, 2023 • 7:03:03pm

re: #48 Joe Bacon ✅

Trump in high heels Amanda Chase alleges voter fraud causing her to lose her Virginia State Senate seat…then she backs off…just a tad…

‘We don’t know’: Notorious Virginia election fraud conspiracist not sure there was actual election fraud

A day after putting out a press release claiming there were hundreds of “illegal votes” cast in Chesterfield County, Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, acknowledged she’s not sure if any election fraud actually happened.

One of the most prominent spreaders of election conspiracy theories in Virginia politics, Chase appeared to lose a close three-way GOP primary to former Republican senator Glen Sturtevant. She is not conceding defeat and says she’s talking to lawyers and raising money for a possible legal challenge.

The basis for a potential lawsuit, Chase said in an interview Thursday, is that her campaign wasn’t present when Chesterfield ballot scanning machines used for early voting were tested for accuracy and certified.

“We weren’t there to witness it,” Chase said. “So was there fraud? We don’t know. We don’t know because we weren’t there.”

virginiamercury.com

It’s a given that from now on there’s fraud in every race.
And worse fraud if “they” lost.

rhuarc Jun 22, 2023 • 7:03:10pm

re: #63 teleskiguy

I guess parts of metro Denver got whacked by severe weather today. Downed trees and power lines, lots of damage to property.

The Continental Divide, dude. Something else. I’m on the other side of it (about 100 miles west of Denver metro as the crow flies) and today’s weather was cloudy, breezy, now it’s tranquil calm.

I’m in Fairply currently on vacation and watched the lightning last night and then listened to the thunder that was near this morning. Looked on the radar and saw the hell Denver was going through. Yikes!

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 7:05:04pm

No fiction writer has ever come up with a plot even resembling what happened in the North Atlantic this week. Truth truly is stranger than fiction.

I mean, the whole thing is REALLY FUCKED UP.

Unabogie Jun 22, 2023 • 7:05:53pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

So sorry. 😔

Hopefully Presta is enjoying new friends at the Rainbow Bridge with all the other good kitties.

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 7:07:12pm

re: #64 teleskiguy

“…With her crew, Klemp rescued over 1,000 migrants that were in risk of drowning while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. Now she has been charged in Sicily for “assisting in illegal immigration,” as part of far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s crackdown on migration.

“Italy’s fascists are using this case as a showcase to deter others from aiding migrants,” international analyst and professor Rula Jebreal said on Twitter, adding that “they would prefer to let people drown in the Mediterranean.”

Since assuming office, the far-right PM has sought to put a stop to migrant rescue ships docking on Italian shores and allowing refugees to disembark, under the banner of “Italy First.” On April 2019, he refused for another Sea Watch ship to dock in Italy, the vessel had saved 12 women, an 11-month-old girl and a 6-year-old boy among the group of migrants.

However, as the captain explains her actions and those of other rescue boats in the Mediterranean are completely legal and protected by the 1982 United Nations (U.N.) Law of the Sea.

According to its article 98, “every state shall require the master of a ship” to “render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost” and “proceed with all possible speed to the rescue of persons in distress.”
telesurenglish.net

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 7:08:57pm

Not the sea captain you might have expected!

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 22, 2023 • 7:09:02pm

re: #67 teleskiguy

No fiction writer has ever come up with a plot even resembling what happened in the North Atlantic this week. Truth truly is stranger than fiction.

I mean, the whole thing is REALLY FUCKED UP.

As wise people.have noted:
“Fiction has to make sense”

jeffreyw Jun 22, 2023 • 7:11:19pm

re: #52 🔧-wench

Bird brain AI?

I’d bet AI, one that doesn’t know feathers. It’s pretty

wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 7:13:40pm

If Sinky McSinkface hadn’t imploded on this trip, there would have been another. And another. Until it did. Business model.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 7:15:46pm

re: #52 🔧-wench

Bird brain AI?

It’s popular. Google found it on a lot of Indian websites.

Vicious Babushka Jun 22, 2023 • 7:18:33pm

re: #73 🔧-wench

If Sinky McSinkface hadn’t imploded on this trip, there would have been another. And another. Until it did. Business model.

Every time Titan went down, it created fatigue at the stress points. There was no mandated regular maintenance like there should be, like there usually is with commercial aircraft. Except that Titan was not a commercial vessel (even though it was operating as such) it was a seagoing garbage can.

GlutenFreeJesus Jun 22, 2023 • 7:18:37pm

re: #12 jaunte

Are you saying Trump lost?

— Verrified (@efuseakay) June 23, 2023

Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 7:19:03pm

This framing will somehow, some way, morph into how the USCG is “woke”.
🤦‍♂️

— DT Kieling 🇧🇷🇺🇸 🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷 (@davevehicle) June 23, 2023

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 7:20:14pm

re: #27 Barefoot Grin

Probably not apropos, but I remember having these discussions 30 years ago with Kestrel bike douchebros who looked down on my Bianchi Giro Steel frame.

You can safely ignore anyone who shits on a Bianchi frame. They are obviously brain damaged.

EPR-radar Jun 22, 2023 • 7:20:35pm

re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus

Conservatives have always been axiomatically dishonest. In the US, we’re seeing the next stage of their evolution, where “axiomatically stupid” is added to the mix.

Vicious Babushka Jun 22, 2023 • 7:20:38pm

I have questions.

Conspiracy theorist and Democratic presidential candidate RFK Jr joins Trump, DeSantis, and others at far right Moms For Liberty event in Philadelphia next weekend. pic.twitter.com/YkH4nNPrZk

— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) June 21, 2023

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 7:23:37pm

re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus

If any part of the government had prevented the dive tour, these same people would be bitching about Biden’s dictatorial overreach.

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 7:23:54pm

re: #30 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

He FedA and FO.

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 7:25:59pm

The sub imploded 1.5 hours after descent LAST SUNDAY USCG not notified for 8 hours LATER. SINCE THE LAWS OF SPACE & TIME don’t apply to MAGA, why didn’t @dancrenshaw just parachute in and dive 1000m on first notice? Did he forget about gear preps and briefings? Flight times,… https://t.co/OZem4vvG8N

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) June 23, 2023

jeffreyw Jun 22, 2023 • 7:26:30pm

Mastodon

DodgerFan1988 Jun 22, 2023 • 7:31:55pm

Finally the voice of reason weighs in to say stop the madness! pic.twitter.com/YKZYBj1oQM

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 23, 2023

Dave In Austin Jun 22, 2023 • 7:33:34pm

This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn.

Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s never seen its parents build one.. pic.twitter.com/XoySrcycSy

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 22, 2023

CleverToad Jun 22, 2023 • 7:33:52pm

re: #63 teleskiguy

I guess parts of metro Denver got whacked by severe weather today. Downed trees and power lines, lots of damage to property.

The Continental Divide, dude. Something else. I’m on the other side of it (about 100 miles west of Denver metro as the crow flies) and today’s weather was cloudy, breezy, now it’s tranquil calm.

News is saying a tornado blew a six-mile path through Highlands Ranch, south of C-470. Veered south so missed me by about three miles. All we got was heavy rain with pea-size hail (with a few beans in there), so am duly thankful. Will be watching the news for the damage reports.

Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 7:34:22pm

re: #85 DodgerFan1988

Is he running for president as a R or D?

gwangung Jun 22, 2023 • 7:34:47pm

re: #77 Captain Ron

Umm….the question is what does “equipped for deep sea rescues” actually means and what would it look like IN PRAGMATIC terms?

sagehen Jun 22, 2023 • 7:35:09pm

re: #75 Vicious Babushka

Every time Titan went down, it created fatigue at the stress points. There was no mandated regular maintenance like there should be, like there usually is with commercial aircraft. Except that Titan was not a commercial vessel (even though it was operating as such) it was a seagoing garbage can.

Private aircraft too. Even the teeniest little baby Cessna that weighs less than a Volkswagen Beetle.

For every 100 hours of operation, it needs an inch-by-inch inspection by a specialist Certified Inspector. If you’re even a few hours late with your inspection, it invalidates your airworthiness certificate.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 7:38:57pm

re: #90 sagehen

Private aircraft too. Even the teeniest little baby Cessna that weighs less than a Volkswagen Beetle.

For every 100 hours of operation, it needs an inch-by-inch inspection by a specialist Certified Inspector. If you’re even a few hours late with your inspection, it invalidates your airworthiness certificate.

You don’t have to do that when you’re a disruptor.

Unabogie Jun 22, 2023 • 7:40:10pm

re: #91 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

You don’t have to that when you’re a disruptor.

He’s been sufficiently disruptive.

No Malarkey! Jun 22, 2023 • 7:41:15pm

Kari Lake sued for defamation.

I’m suing Kari Lake.

I’d hoped the defamation would stop after the election. I waited.

I’d hoped it would stop after the first election trial. I waited.

I’d hoped it would stop after the appeal. I waited.

I’d hoped it would stop after the second trial. I waited.

I’d…

— Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) June 22, 2023

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 7:43:22pm

re: #92 Unabogie

He’s been sufficiently disruptive.

And disrupted.

It’s not at all surprising that it was a Libertarian who thought regs were the problem.

jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 7:51:54pm

We may be cleaning up after this asshole for the next 50 years.

A Chinese company that tRump lifted sanctions on as a “personal favour” is linked to a Cuba spy base, and this is all the while claiming that it’s Biden who’s in bed with china. Surprisingly Ivanka got her copyrights shortly afterwards https://t.co/fQgUbmS0S5

— Marlene Robertson (@marlene4719) June 22, 2023

“…following the May 2018 announcement by Trump that he would lift sanctions on ZTE, China announced a $500 million loan to help fund a theme park in Indonesia with a Trump-branded hotel and golf course attached.”

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 7:52:37pm

The amateur sub reminded me of the Schlitterbahn waterparks. I googled it, and see that the murder and manslaughter charges were dropped.

Kansas City, Kansas — A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016. Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns cited improper evidence in dropping second-degree murder charges against Schlitterbahn owner Jeff Henry, designer John Schooley, and general contractor Henry and Sons Construction Co.

The judge also dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against operations manager Tyler Miles, The Kansas City Star reported.

They were charged after Caleb Schwab died while riding the waterslide, which was marketed as the world’s tallest slide.

“The court has grave doubts as to whether the irregularities and improprieties improperly influenced the grand jury and ultimately bolstered its decision to indict these defendants,” Judge Robert Burns said. “Quite simply, these defendants were not afforded the due process protections and fundamental fairness Kansas law requires.”

cbsnews.com

teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 8:04:13pm

re: #70 jaunte

She went through PAIN, that tattoo of a fish on the front of her calf, that had to hurt so fucking bad.

Hecuba's daughter Jun 22, 2023 • 8:05:15pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Wow, right at the end he says the sub had dropped its ascent weights and they were trying to come up to the surface.

That is just speculation. The Titan lost communication with the surface less than 2 hours after departure and there is no way of knowing what the occupants did after that happened.

Dr Lizardo Jun 22, 2023 • 8:08:40pm

Listening to this interview with James Cameron, I had no idea that he helped design the submersible that went to the Challenger Deep.

This just confirms my earlier view that James Cameron is actually a marine explorer that just writes and directs blockbuster films as a side hustle, a little hobby of his.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 8:10:13pm

re: #98 Hecuba’s daughter

That is just speculation. The Titan lost communication with the surface less than 2 hours after departure and there is no way of knowing what the occupants did after that happened.

Maybe they can tell that the weights weren’t present at the implosion by their condition.
If so, it seems like they went through a minute of panic, then died so suddenly they couldn’t experience it.

It’s still so much better than the nightmare freezing or suffocating scenarios people had going through their heads.

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teleskiguy Jun 22, 2023 • 8:12:18pm

Mike Tyson and his face tattoo. This hurt so bad. Iron Mike cried. Over and over and over, while it was done. I think it may have saved the man. After the face tattoo he rehabilitated himself in his own weird way (this guy got convicted of a violent rape crime and did prison time). He’s famously kind to pigeons and in public is just more, shall I say, Zen.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 8:14:02pm

Virginia acquits school spokesman who was targeted by Glen Youngkin in campaign for governor

rawstory.com

A longtime spokesperson for a school district that had been attacked by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the 2021 gubernatorial campaign was acquitted today of a perjury charge brought by Virginia’s Republican attorney general at Youngkin’s request.

“The jury took only about two hours to deliberate before acquitting Loudoun County Public Schools Public Information Officer Wayde Byard on the sole perjury count lodged against him by a special grand jury,” the Associated Press reported.

“The perjury case was the first prosecution to go to trial from the special grand jury’s probe, commissioned by Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares at the request of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.”

Both Youngkin and Miyares “had blasted Loudoun County schools during their runs for office in 2021 that featured calls for more parental control over education,” the Washington Post reported.

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Rightwingconspirator Jun 22, 2023 • 8:16:28pm

re: #22 🔧-wench

In extremely local news, the nicest veterinarian anywhere made a house call to escort Presta over the rainbow bridge. It was time for him to go, he was not a happy cat. The vet will send him to college. A new vet will learn from Presta.

So sorry to see this. The last days are always devastating. Years of fun and friendship make it worthwhile and then some. IMHO anyway.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 22, 2023 • 8:19:13pm

MSNBC 06 22 2023 21 37 01

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wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 8:19:18pm

re: #103 Rightwingconspirator

So sorry to see this. The last days are always devastating. Years of fun and friendship make it worthwhile and then some. IMHO anyway.

Schrader will get some of the attention he was missing.

Thanks. {That goes to the rest of ya, too}

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 8:24:38pm

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on charges of abuse of political power and misuse of public media began in the country’s highest electoral court on Thursday in Brasilia.
The charges stem from a meeting Bolsonaro held with foreign diplomats in July 2022, in which he is accused of spreading false information about Brazil’s electoral system and bringing its credibility into question - a strategy the former president used in his reelection campaign.

If found guilty, Bolsonaro could be ruled ineligible to run for public office for up to eight years.

In Thursday’s court session, a report from Judge Benedito Gonçalves on the case was read aloud and both sides presented their arguments. The trial has now been adjourned until next week. Proceedings could be extended by months if any of the judges request more information.

Bolsonaro’s trial on abuse of political power charges begins in Brazil (CNN)

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wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 8:26:35pm

Mastodon

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 22, 2023 • 8:28:47pm

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

Listening to this interview with James Cameron, I had no idea that he helped design the submersible that went to the Challenger Deep.

This just confirms my earlier view that James Cameron is actually a marine explorer that just writes and directs blockbuster films as a side hustle, a little hobby of his.

Future Man - funny scenes - James Cameron

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Jun 22, 2023 • 8:29:09pm

What do you when an eagle grabs a fish, swallows it whole and then makes a sudden bee line for your face? You keep rolling video!! Eagles have a weird smell. I found out as it flew inches from my nose. #tooclose pic.twitter.com/27ZnNWXon0

— Mark Smith Photography (@marktakesphoto) June 22, 2023

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wrenchwench Jun 22, 2023 • 8:33:43pm

Mastodon

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DodgerFan1988 Jun 22, 2023 • 8:55:44pm

National Review with Alito and Thomas https://t.co/btlGePHnIy pic.twitter.com/BkYoQqTiqW

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 23, 2023

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jaunte Jun 22, 2023 • 8:59:27pm

re: #111 DodgerFan1988

“Whiny, wounded outrage.”

It’s such a perfect synecdoche for reactionary culture generally. Thomas definitely did the shit he was accused of but the entire trial (and his entire career since) was defined by his *titanic* sense of whiny, wounded outrage. Holding him accountable was “lynching.” 🙄

— David Roberts (@drvolts) June 23, 2023

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retired cynic Jun 22, 2023 • 9:13:46pm

Agree. I followed both the Thomas and the Kavanaugh hearings with utter disgust. It was clear to me that both men were doing outrage performance theatre. Whiny, wounded outrage is just exactly what it was, in both cases.

— retired cynic (@mowarda6) June 23, 2023

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Targetpractice Jun 22, 2023 • 9:23:26pm

re: #112 jaunte

“Whiny, wounded outrage.”

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So much of the bad faith BS was the GQP nursing grudges after they’d tried and failed to put Bork on the bench in ‘87, changing up tactics by grabbing Thomas and presenting him as the “successor” to Thurgood Marshall based on color alone. So when they found out Thomas had all sorts of issues, they turned their sales pitch into their defense: “This wouldn’t be happened if he wasn’t black! THIS IS A HIGH TECH LYNCHING!!!”

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austin_blue Jun 22, 2023 • 9:33:38pm

Thomas and Alito need to be investigated and also their decisions need to be reviewed based on bias.

It is what we do when coroners fuck the dog.

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Belafon Jun 22, 2023 • 9:41:09pm

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

Listening to this interview with James Cameron, I had no idea that he helped design the submersible that went to the Challenger Deep.

This just confirms my earlier view that James Cameron is actually a marine explorer that just writes and directs blockbuster films as a side hustle, a little hobby of his.

I personally wish Cameron had gotten hold of Transformers rather than Bay.

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Dr Lizardo Jun 22, 2023 • 9:48:00pm

re: #116 Belafon

I personally wish Cameron had gotten hold of Transformers rather than Bay.

And I wish that James Cameron had directed Alita: Battle Angel himself, but I understand he was deeply involved in his Avatar sequels at that point. Apparently, Cameron is a huge fan of the manga series and had long planned to make a live-action film out of it.

That being said, Alita: Battle Angel is still a good flick, and one of the better live-action manga/anime adaptations out there.

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Barefoot Grin Jun 22, 2023 • 9:48:07pm

re: #78 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

You can safely ignore anyone who sits on a Bianchi frame. They are obviously brain damaged.

I um hope you meant “shits.”

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austin_blue Jun 22, 2023 • 9:48:20pm

Night all. Sleep well.

I did the midnight shift last night at Denver. So I’ve got a four day layoff until I have to protect the Soros Documents (Space Lasers, Take-over of the US Banking System, Paying for the Liberal movement in the US with monthly checks).

Fortunately it’s a Sunday, a very slow news day, and I can watch frenchman get killed in a car race.

(Anyone who gets that obscure reference is an absolute Texas sports fiction reader! Well done!)

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Targetpractice Jun 22, 2023 • 10:02:14pm

re: #117 Dr Lizardo

And I wish that James Cameron had directed Alita: Battle Angel himself, but I understand he was deeply involved in his Avatar sequels at that point. Apparently, Cameron is a huge fan of the manga series and had long planned to make a live-action film out of it.

That being said, Alita: Battle Angel is still a good flick, and one of the better live-action manga/anime adaptations out there.

Yeah, I’m never going to be able to quite forgive him for that one. The final product was good, but he’d been promising fans of the manga for years that all the work he was putting into making Avatar was basically prep work because Battle Angel was his goal and he wanted to develop the tech in order to do the movie “right.” And then Avatar drops, he goes quiet for a bit because of how popular it became, then says “Oh yeah, I’m not gonna have time to do Battle Angel because I’ll be working on Avatar sequels.”

Again, I like what eventually came out, but it still feels to me like he went for the cash grab.

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Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 10:06:03pm

Both the rail and the road bridges in Chonhar hit by Storm Shadow missiles, Russian occupation head for Kherson said. This is a major logistical disruption for supplies to Russian troops in south Ukraine. See the map. https://t.co/M4dTpXQqO0 https://t.co/g1SCGcH1jh pic.twitter.com/TcqJyTanDA

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) June 22, 2023

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Dr Lizardo Jun 22, 2023 • 10:09:14pm

re: #120 Targetpractice

Yeah, I’m never going to be able to quite forgive him for that one. The final product was good, but he’d been promising fans of the manga for years that all the work he was putting into making Avatar was basically prep work because Battle Angel was his goal and he wanted to develop the tech in order to do the movie “right.” And then Avatar drops, he goes quiet for a bit because of how popular it became, then says “Oh yeah, I’m not gonna have time to do Battle Angel because I’ll be working on Avatar sequels.”

Again, I like what eventually came out, but it still feels to me like he went for the cash grab.

Yeah, Alita: Battle Angel is a decent film, and as of April this year, a sequel is currently in active development, with Rodriguez returning to direct and Rosa Salazar back as Alita (or Gally, if you prefer). I hope they can get Christoph Waltz back as Dr. Ido.

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Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 10:22:41pm

I have a sewer problem. Been smelling bad smells form the kitchen drain area, called plumber and they went under yesterday and said all the pipes are leaking and need to be replaced, there were pools of sewer that had to be cleaned up and permits required. Today they cleaned and steralized the ground. Tomorrow is day two of at least 6 days work at a cost of $19,000. Just when a good stock market starts catching up lost IRA funds something eats it all up.

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Targetpractice Jun 22, 2023 • 10:24:07pm

re: #121 Captain Ron

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Ukraine continuing the strategy that has worked well for it so far, crippling Russia’s ability to resupply its troops and thus forcing them to either shorten those supply lines or pick and choose where they want to defend with what they have available.

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retired cynic Jun 22, 2023 • 10:24:41pm

re: #123 Captain Ron

OWWW, I’m sorry!

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Targetpractice Jun 22, 2023 • 10:32:16pm

You gotta admit, it’s not often you hear about a billionaire whose efforts to cut corners to save a buck ends up getting himself killed and not a bunch of working-class stiffs who were just trying to earn a paycheck.

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Captain Ron Jun 22, 2023 • 10:32:21pm

re: #125 retired cynic

I crawled under the house 29 years ago to pull cable. It’s a tight belly crawl even for a skinny person like me. It was a lot like caving, one of my recreations in my younger days. Now at 67 I can barely squeeze and bend going through the access hole in the closet to get under. It was wet sandy adobe clay, what a mess! So that’s why I called the plumber to look.

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JC1 Jun 22, 2023 • 10:44:11pm

re: #126 Targetpractice

You gotta admit, it’s not often you hear about a billionaire whose efforts to cut corners to save a buck ends up getting himself killed and not a bunch of working-class stiffs who were just trying to earn a paycheck.

I don’t think that the CEO/pilot was a billionaire. 2 of the passengers were. The company wasn’t all that well financed.

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Targetpractice Jun 22, 2023 • 11:05:31pm

re: #128 JC1

I don’t think that the CEO/pilot was a billionaire. 2 of the passengers were. The company wasn’t all that well financed.

True, but it’s just been the spin since the news initially broke and I was going with it. This whole mess has the very strong whiff of being about money, all the bragging about dodging regulation in the name of “innovation” sounding more like excuse-making by a man desperate to cover the investment he was losing with the whole “tourism” bit. To give an example, the price per seat doubled from the $102,000 originally offered (cost of a 1st class berth aboard Titanic adjusted for inflation) to $250,000 in less than a year.

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Amory Blaine Jun 22, 2023 • 11:17:30pm

re: #105 🔧-wench

Sorry for your loss.

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Captain Ron Jun 23, 2023 • 12:07:40am

The Bakmut map has certainly changed since the last time I saw it.

The blue areas used to be orange.

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 12:09:01am

Jill Stein Is Back: Failed 2016 Green Party Candidate Running Cornel West’s 2024 Campaign https://t.co/0yN5YYyK8o

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 23, 2023

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Captain Ron Jun 23, 2023 • 12:09:07am

Oops, red. I spent a lot of money and I’m drinking a lot of rum.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 12:13:53am

re: #62 silverdolphin

TL:DR My theory - the DOJ has really awful material from a Bedmister search. It wpuld not like these to be known to be out in the wild. So, instead of indicting Trump they will use these as leverage to make Trump behave in the Florida trial.

I grow more and more convinced that DJT buried stuff with his ex-wife

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 12:16:04am

re: #79 EPR-radar

Conservatives have always been axiomatically dishonest. In the US, we’re seeing the next stage of their evolution, where “axiomatically stupid” is added to the mix.

demonstratively anti-intellectual has been part of the mix for ages

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 12:20:31am

that’s two dozen donuts plus a package of hot dog buns

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 12:24:22am

re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

32 users online

that’s two dozen donuts plus a package of hot dog buns

Mmm, donuts…

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silverdolphin Jun 23, 2023 • 1:55:20am

Harris moves into second place for most Senate tiebreaking votes in history

She needs one more to tie John C. Calhoun and 2 more to take the lead. This would make her the most impostant VP in history wrt getting the President’s agenda passed.

And she will easily break the record. Calhoun took 7 years to accumulate 31. While Harris has 30 in less than 3.

We can thank Manchin for this, who voted with the Republicans., He voted agaist a Biden nominee.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 2:17:58am

“Man is now subjected to his own inventions… he is now the victim of his own technology” - words of wisdom from 62 years ago:

1961: Aldous Huxley on the power of TECHNOLOGY! | IN CONVERSATION | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive

..

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 2:21:14am

re: #62 silverdolphin

If there is material that cannot be disclosed in a regular court of law, then the DOJ will have to use the secretive FISA court, of which we know little of the actual usage.

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Dr Lizardo Jun 23, 2023 • 2:57:27am

I reckoned that Elmo would blink first.

Twitter has agreed to comply with tough new EU laws on fake news, Russian propaganda and online crime after a team of officials from the European Commission entered its headquarters to stress test its capacity to operate legally in Europe.

The move came just weeks after Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, quit the bloc’s voluntary code of practice on disinformation.

In the first exercise of its kind, EU officials were allowed into the company’s headquarters on Thursday to carry out a mock exercise with Twitter staff to test its controls on Russian propaganda, fake news and criminal activity including child sexual exploitation.

theguardian.com

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Shropshire Slasher Jun 23, 2023 • 3:04:53am

I posted this yesterday about the Titan submersible.

re: #385 Shropshire Slasher

Unfortunate news for the families of the submersible, maybe they have a recording of the implosion if this is still operational.

The Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) was a submarine detection system based on passive sonar developed by the United States Navy to track Soviet submarines. The system’s true nature was classified with the name and acronym SOSUS themselves classified. The unclassified name Project Caesar was used to cover the installation of the system and a cover story developed regarding the shore stations, identified only as a Naval Facility (NAVFAC), being for oceanographic research. In 1985, as the fixed bottom arrays were supplemented by the mobile Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) and other new systems were coming on line, the name itself changed to Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS). The commands and personnel were covered by the “oceanographic” term until 1991 when the mission was declassified. As a result, the commands, Oceanographic System Atlantic and Oceanographic System Pacific became Undersea Surveillance Atlantic and Undersea Surveillance Pacific, and personnel were able to wear insignia reflecting the mission.

en.wikipedia.org

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Shropshire Slasher Jun 23, 2023 • 3:14:52am

New I-phone update, cue the complaints about battery life…

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No Malarkey! Jun 23, 2023 • 3:22:07am

re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I grow more and more convinced that DJT buried stuff with his ex-wife

Trump wouldn’t show such disrespect to the ex-wife he buried on his golf course./

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Shropshire Slasher Jun 23, 2023 • 3:22:53am

Looks ready to open to me!

pacast.com

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No Malarkey! Jun 23, 2023 • 3:23:48am

re: #138 silverdolphin

Harris moves into second place for most Senate tiebreaking votes in history

She needs one more to tie John C. Calhoun and 2 more to take the lead. This would make her the most impostant VP in history wrt getting the President’s agenda passed.

And she will easily break the record. Calhoun took 7 years to accumulate 31. While Harris has 30 in less than 3.

We can thank Manchin for this, who voted with the Republicans., He voted agaist a Biden nominee.

I know we hate Manchin, but if he isn’t reelected, he will be replaced by a Republican who will vote against Biden on everything.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 3:25:05am

Popcorn futures just spiked

That quote is from Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba. pic.twitter.com/lLSyHIMjoN

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 22, 2023

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Shropshire Slasher Jun 23, 2023 • 3:25:19am

Some morning drive time music!

illuminati hotties - Pool Hopping (Official Music Video)

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 3:26:43am

re: #146 No Malarkey!

I know we hate Manchin, but if he isn’t reelected, he will be replaced by a Republican who will vote against Biden on everything.

That is true

And

We can continue to point out every instance he has throttled the Ds agenda

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No Malarkey! Jun 23, 2023 • 3:28:00am

re: #147 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Popcorn futures just spiked

Odds of that happening are slim to none. Trump couldn’t even handle an interview with Brett Baier, never mind a cross examination by Jack Smith.

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 3:28:14am

re: #147 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Popcorn futures just spiked

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Because really, when your client is already on the record as confirming everything about the prosecution’s case, why not just have him commit seppuku right there in the courtroom? What’s the worst that could happen, his family get charged for the clean-up costs?

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Shropshire Slasher Jun 23, 2023 • 3:34:21am

Damn.

Crime is really heating up at this New York City store.

A shoplifter found a creative way to get past those pesky plastic security cases locking seemingly every product sold in Big Apple drug stores — by brazenly setting them ablaze, wild video shows.

The burglar fired off a blowtorch to melt the plastic of the locked cases inside a Queens Walgreens Friday before grabbing several boxes and shoving them into his bag, according to footage making the rounds on social media.

The alleged thief stole about $448 worth of skin care products from the East Elmhurst store, located at 93-12 Astoria Blvd., as other shoppers and employees stood by silently filming the wild act on their phones, according to cops and the video.

nypost.com

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 3:35:07am

re: #146 No Malarkey!

I know we hate Manchin, but if he isn’t reelected, he will be replaced by a Republican who will vote against Biden on everything.

Or, and I think we can all agree this is at least an idea to consider, we spend the money elsewhere on plausible pick-ups in purple and blue states instead of burning up valuable resources trying to salvage the campaign of a prick who’s running against a popular governor at a 22 point deficit.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 3:40:03am

re: #150 No Malarkey!

Everything Trump does in public is a stunt.

I fully expect him to try and make the trial into a showcase for stunts.

However, I remain convinced that the jury will be hung.

And I even doubt the trial will start before the 2024 election.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 3:41:06am

Trump has a lot of cards left to play.

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No Malarkey! Jun 23, 2023 • 3:45:10am

re: #153 Targetpractice

Or, and I think we can all agree this is at least an idea to consider, we spend the money elsewhere on plausible pick-ups in purple and blue states instead of burning up valuable resources trying to salvage the campaign of a prick who’s running against a popular governor at a 22 point deficit.

Manchin probably is toast, and that is not good news. Let’s hope Tester can win reelection.

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 3:46:47am

re: #156 No Malarkey!

Manchin probably is toast, and that is not good news. Let’s hope Tester can win reelection.

Manchin’s pretty much in the same boat as Sinema is at this point: Even if he runs for reelection, his popularity is in the toilet and there’s little way to advertise him to the voters other than “Vote Blue, No Matter Who!” If anything, it will actually do more damage to the party to try to boost him than it would be to just cut him loose and let him sink or swim on his own.

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No Malarkey! Jun 23, 2023 • 3:47:16am

Forced Birther Ralph Reed says he wants to give GOP candidates a “testosterone shot” on the abortion issue, exactly what you would expect from a forced birther who wants to make women and children who have been raped give birth.

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 3:49:50am

re: #158 No Malarkey!

Forced Birther Ralph Reed says he wants to give GOP candidates a “testosterone shot” on the abortion issue, exactly what you would expect a forced birther who wants to make women and children who have been raped give birth.

Former President Donald Trump, whose three nominees to the high court allowed for the reversal of nationwide abortion rights, will give the keynote address Saturday night, the anniversary of the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Many of his Republican rivals are set to speak Friday, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

MOM, GET THE CAMERA!!!

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 4:07:07am

I suspected something about today’s word, but I struggled to come up with the word itself, which is what took me to par.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 734 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 4:07:46am

re: #147 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Popcorn futures just spiked

This is how you know Alina Habba is a sycophant and a hack, and not an impartial lawyer. A good lawyer recognizes that every day is STFU Friday.

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steve_davis Jun 23, 2023 • 4:12:47am

This cat and I have arrived at a kind of understanding, where she leaves at night and then comes back in the next morning for the breaking of the fast. Then she’s out the door again until I lie down for a bit, at which point some sixth sense tells her there’s a warm body available for snuggling. She’s like a FCWB (farm cat with benefits).

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 4:13:21am

re: #162 steve_davis

This cat and I have arrived at a kind of understanding, where she leaves at night and then comes back in the next morning for the breaking of the fast. Then she’s out the door again until I lie down for a bit, at which point some sixth sense tells her there’s a warm body available for snuggling. She’s like a FCWB (farm cat with benefits).

This is the new, not-Jesse cat, yes? Or did I miss a post?

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TarHellion Jun 23, 2023 • 4:18:00am

re: #160 Nerdy Fish

Good start and eliminating second guess set up the birbie.

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steve_davis Jun 23, 2023 • 4:32:23am

re: #163 Nerdy Fish

This is the new, not-Jesse cat, yes? Or did I miss a post?

yes. sadly, I think Jesse came back once for a meal, and then I spooked her by getting up from my chair (didn’t know she was in the kitchen) and out the door she fled again. I’m trying not to take it personally. After all, she’s a cat, so she’s got a brain the size of a walnut, but it does irritate the piss out of me that the cat spent 2 1/2 years sleeping with me, and one bad experience with the deck washers has left her too shattered to repair the breech between us. It’s like being in a group with a prima donna guitarist. This is likely what the final Peter Green period was like for Fleetwood Mac. You can’t really understandy why he’s leaving, but you’re privately glad that you don’t have to work Black Magic Woman into every set list any longer.

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 5:09:47am

re: #161 Nerdy Fish

My new life goal is to consistently practice law in a manner that does not lead a federal judge to quote Alice in Wonderland at me.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 23, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:11:27am

re: #166 Nerdy Fish

My new life goal is to consistently practice law in a manner that does not lead a federal judge to quote Alice in Wonderland at me.

curiouser and curiouser

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 5:16:41am

re: #166 Nerdy Fish

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“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

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Barefoot Grin Jun 23, 2023 • 5:18:21am

re: #141 Dr Lizardo

I reckoned that Elmo would blink first.

theguardian.com

Western civilization strikes a blow against Musk’s drive to preserve Western civilization.////

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 5:18:53am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

GOP hardliners push to purge Marjorie Taylor Greene from House Freedom Caucus: reporthttps://t.co/hkMKKkrOWE

— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 23, 2023

Politico reports that two Freedom Caucus members recently pushed for the group to start purging members who are inactive or who are too cozy with Republican leadership — and that includes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been accused by some on the right of cozying up to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at the expense of her right-wing purity.

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 5:23:48am

re: #14 Charles Johnson

The families can’t sue this company because they all signed waivers, but this will probably put OceanGate Expeditions out of business. Which it should.

The families can still sue. Will they win? That’s the better question.

They might still be able to get past the initial hurdles because of gross negligence on the part of the company (using inferior materials, cobbling things together, knowing they had failures in past, and continued doing the same thing without changing process) - that they knew that they were engaging in malfeasance and continued to operate in this fashion anyways.

Think of it in the same way that you go to an amusement park and there’s a liability waiver on the ticket. If a park ride malfunctions and you’re injured, you can still sue, because the ride was within the company’s control and they failed to maintain it properly, or there was gross negligence or malfeasance involved.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:29:13am

re: #171 lawhawk

The families can still sue. Will they win? That’s the better question.

They might still be able to get past the initial hurdles because of gross negligence on the part of the company (using inferior materials, cobbling things together, knowing they had failures in past, and continued doing the same thing without changing process) - that they knew that they were engaging in malfeasance and continued to operate in this fashion anyways.

In the case of an amusement park you can investigate the ride in question, in this case, much of the evidence is lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 5:29:22am

re: #171 lawhawk

Put another way, the company can try to disclaim all the liability it likes with waivers, contracts, etc. The law, however, says that you don’t get a free pass to say, “I do what I want,” and get away with it.

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Targetpractice Jun 23, 2023 • 5:32:28am

re: #171 lawhawk

The families can still sue. Will they win? That’s the better question.

They might still be able to get past the initial hurdles because of gross negligence on the part of the company (using inferior materials, cobbling things together, knowing they had failures in past, and continued doing the same thing without changing process) - that they knew that they were engaging in malfeasance and continued to operate in this fashion anyways.

Think of it in the same way that you go to an amusement park and there’s a liability waiver on the ticket. If a park ride malfunctions and you’re injured, you can still sue, because the ride was within the company’s control and they failed to maintain it properly, or there was gross negligence or malfeasance involved.

That’s certainly an angle I could see a lawyer for one of the families trying to go for, that the company lied (even if it was a lie of omission) about the dangers involved, perhaps telling the passengers that it was “certified” to operate at the depths involved when it had not been submitted at any point in its construction to a regulatory body for such certification.

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Patricia Kayden Jun 23, 2023 • 5:36:08am

re: #158 No Malarkey!

Republicans have won the abortion issue. What more do they want?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:38:37am

re: #175 Patricia Kayden

Republicans have won the abortion issue. What more do they want?

They want a nationwide ban accompanied by mandatory examination of all childbearing-age women going abroad

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 5:40:29am

re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They want a nationwide ban accompanied by mandatory examination of all childbearing-age women going abroad

They want bathroom police checking women and children to make sure that they’re using the proper bathrooms, aren’t engaging in behaviors that would result in pregnancy, and want govt so small they fit up in the naughty bits to deny women agency over their own bodies.

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William Lewis Jun 23, 2023 • 5:46:59am

I get these ads from Ferrari for their fashion items. Some are cool, some (like this) are frankly ludicrous, and all are insaney priced because if it’s for the rich it has to be expensive right? (remind me to up the prices on my prints if I get around to making some ;) ) But I always get a kick out of seeing the ads so I keep getting them.

So, prancing pony camo in pink O_O

The top is $700 & the skirt is $1300 for a nice even $2000 for the outfit for your camouflaged boss LOL!

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:50:39am

re: #150 No Malarkey!

Odds of that happening are slim to none. Trump couldn’t even handle an interview with Brett Baier, never mind a cross examination by Jack Smith.

i’d ask Habba if she even knows Trump would be cross examined

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 5:53:03am

re: #179 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

i’d ask Habba if she even knows Trump would be cross examined

I doubt that Habba could handle a Trump direct, let alone Smith crossing Trump.

She’s a real estate lawyer out of her depth. She’s not a criminal lawyer, and she’s not a national security lawyer who knows how to deal with the Espionage Act and national security law that has specific rules in place (like the requirement to get clearances to even see the evidence that Trump claims was declassified - which undercuts his public arguments that he could just declassify anything in his possession by thinking about it).

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:53:03am

re: #155 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Trump has a lot of cards left to play.

Sir, this is a chess match //

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 5:53:25am

re: #179 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

i’d ask Habba if she even knows Trump would be cross examined

Even better, cross-examined under oath, and you know a seasoned federal prosecutor would be salivating at the prospect of getting the orange shitbag to lie on the stand, in front of God, the judge (but I repeat myself), the jury, and the entire world, and telling the judge that they’re adding perjury charges to the mix.

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jeffreyw Jun 23, 2023 • 5:55:51am

Got Soup?

Good morning!

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 5:56:14am

re: #171 lawhawk

The families can still sue. Will they win? That’s the better question.

They might still be able to get past the initial hurdles because of gross negligence on the part of the company (using inferior materials, cobbling things together, knowing they had failures in past, and continued doing the same thing without changing process) - that they knew that they were engaging in malfeasance and continued to operate in this fashion anyways.

Think of it in the same way that you go to an amusement park and there’s a liability waiver on the ticket. If a park ride malfunctions and you’re injured, you can still sue, because the ride was within the company’s control and they failed to maintain it properly, or there was gross negligence or malfeasance involved.

everyone signs a liability waiver
every estate sues anyway

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 6:18:53am

re: #184 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

everyone signs a liability waiver
every estate sues anyway

fuck ‘em. they’re millionaires

they knew the risks, they just chose to ignore them in the name of thrill-seeking

these are not average folks going on an amusement park ride or vacation getaway with modest expectations and minimal levels of risk

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Belafon Jun 23, 2023 • 6:21:49am

re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

fuck ‘em. they’re millionaires

they knew the risks, they just chose to ignore them in the name of thrill-seeking

these are not average folks going on an amusement park ride or vacation getaway with modest expectations and minimal levels of risk

Let them fight.

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Jay C Jun 23, 2023 • 6:25:55am

re: #138 silverdolphin

Harris moves into second place for most Senate tiebreaking votes in history

She needs one more to tie John C. Calhoun and 2 more to take the lead. This would make her the most impostant VP in history wrt getting the President’s agenda passed.

And she will easily break the record. Calhoun took 7 years to accumulate 31. While Harris has 30 in less than 3.

We can thank Manchin for this, who voted with the Republicans., He voted agaist a Biden nominee.

And curiously, Joe Biden is the only VP on record to serve two full terms without ever having to cast a tiebreaker. Simpler times…

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TarHellion Jun 23, 2023 • 6:34:30am

re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Airplane Movie Counter Point clip

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 6:48:07am

re: #183 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Is that butternut squash soup?

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jeffreyw Jun 23, 2023 • 6:55:14am

re: #189 Thanos

Is that butternut squash soup?

It is. I went 72 years not aware of how good it is. This old dog learned something new.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 6:57:04am

re: #173 Nerdy Fish

Put another way, the company can try to disclaim all the liability it likes with waivers, contracts, etc. The law, however, says that you don’t get a free pass to say, “I do what I want,” and get away with it.

THIS. I believe there have been numerous legal cases where waivers have been found to have less value than the paper they were printed on. You don’t get a license to do whatever you want to someone just because they signed a waiver.

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A Cranky One Jun 23, 2023 • 6:57:59am

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steve_davis Jun 23, 2023 • 7:04:19am

re: #190 jeffreyw

It is. I went 72 years not aware of how good it is. This old dog learned something new.

yes, delicious! I think Amy’s does an organic version of that which is also damned fine, to my remembrance.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 7:05:45am

re: #181 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Sir, this is a chess match //

A 5-dimensional chess match, for sure.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 7:06:02am

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A Cranky One Jun 23, 2023 • 7:08:16am

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Dave In Austin Jun 23, 2023 • 7:08:59am

😂 pic.twitter.com/ju2iwdjzDz

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 22, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 7:09:14am

re: #196 A Cranky One

Warning: do not get into dance-offs with eels

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 23, 2023 • 7:09:39am

Totally not a cult:

Why, yes, Demoncrat sheeple, he is the apple or our eye, the orange of our banana, the sweet mango sauce on the rim of our fruit….
ARRRGGGG! SOMEONE HELP ME! MY BRAIN IS MELTING!!!!

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Vicious Babushka Jun 23, 2023 • 7:13:48am

re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I grow more and more convinced that DJT buried stuff with his ex-wife

I disagree. It would be difficult to retrieve and attract too much attention.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 7:14:12am

re: #196 A Cranky One

Anyone know what that sign means for real?

Some kind of wind warning?

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darthstar Jun 23, 2023 • 7:16:43am

Okay - SCOTUS finally tells Texas to pound sand on immigration.

Mastodon

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Jun 23, 2023 • 7:17:20am

Is the Last Supper a Cannibalism fable?

What’s the worldview behind eating flesh and drinking blood?

Inquiring minds want to know.

— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) June 23, 2023

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Jay C Jun 23, 2023 • 7:17:31am

re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg

Anyone know what that sign means for real?

Some kind of wind warning?

It’s at a beach (apparently): rip tide??

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mmmirele Jun 23, 2023 • 7:17:41am

re: #14 Charles Johnson

The families can’t sue this company because they all signed waivers, but this will probably put OceanGate Expeditions out of business. Which it should.

Just because they signed waivers doesn’t mean they can’t sue. “The waiver itself was invalid.” “It was signed under duress/not given enough time to consider, etc.” To be honest, OceanGate Expeditions probably has nothing, and I doubt they had insurance on their operation, being it was inherently hazardous, but I’m sure some lawyer, somewhere will find a reason to sue.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 7:18:30am

re: #200 Vicious Babushka

I disagree. It would be difficult to retrieve and attract too much attention.

It could be done discretely at night and under the guise of “maintenance”.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 7:18:41am

re: #160 Nerdy Fish

I threw a word away because I was brain-blanking - bogle
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darthstar Jun 23, 2023 • 7:19:26am

re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg

Anyone know what that sign means for real?

Some kind of wind warning?

Slippery surface or unpredictable waves. Looks like that’s a harbor entrance (where boat wash could knock fishermen down off the wall)

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 7:19:31am

re: #202 darthstar

Okay - SCOTUS finally tells Texas to pound sand on immigration.

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“Alito dissents.” What the actual fuck. Is he complaining about “administrative state” overreach again? Or is this one of those cases argued by one of his friends who are paying him to be a corrupt motherfucker?

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 7:19:50am

This is pretty amusing.

Lauren Boebert crashes Andrew Tates new Twitter show. With guest stars Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson (👽AI Parody👽) pic.twitter.com/My0y4VhXV1

— Señor Don ˈPerədē (@scaredketchup) June 22, 2023

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 7:21:29am

Last up is a Sixth Amendment opinion by Thomas. Because it is Thomas, the decision is bad for criminal defendants.https://t.co/Ynngww3V4r

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) June 23, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 7:23:22am

I guess we have to wait until next week for the State Election decision.

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jeffreyw Jun 23, 2023 • 7:24:36am

Critter Cam

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 7:26:55am

If anyone’s looking for our most sensitive national security secrets… Donald’s in the 🚽 with 📦. #DonaldInTheJohnWithBoxes #SongParody #NewVideo pic.twitter.com/mSBr45ExCW

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) June 23, 2023

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Vicious Babushka Jun 23, 2023 • 7:27:07am

lawhawk beat me by 9 seconds!

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Jun 23, 2023 • 7:32:04am

Par for today.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Jun 23, 2023 • 7:36:22am

Here’s a late bloomer from our chilly, foggy summer ( better than roasting).

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 7:38:16am

Tennessee AG Just Needs Trans Kids’ Medical Records To Fight, Umm, ‘Billing Fraud,’ Yeah That’s It (Wonkette)

That’s also why they requested in a demand letter the queries of every E-mail sent through Vanderbilt’s clinic on questions about transgender care. And the tax records of every clinic worker. And the résumés of volunteer workers. And communications with any outside caregiver.

Billing. Fraud. Sure.

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Oblongatis Jun 23, 2023 • 7:39:47am

re: #204 Jay C

If you look at the implied path of the water I’d go with undertow.

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 7:40:36am

With the current glut of urban office space I would not be surprised to see a lot more innovation in urban vertical farming soon.

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Vicious Babushka Jun 23, 2023 • 7:40:37am

Enjoyed the rare birdie.

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wrenchwench Jun 23, 2023 • 7:44:01am

re: #203 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Transubstantiation. That’s what they said in Catechism. Great word. Needs new definitions.

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 7:44:39am

re: #218 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Tennessee AG Just Needs Trans Kids’ Medical Records To Fight, Umm, ‘Billing Fraud,’ Yeah That’s It (Wonkette)

That’s also why they requested in a demand letter the queries of every E-mail sent through Vanderbilt’s clinic on questions about transgender care. And the tax records of every clinic worker. And the résumés of volunteer workers. And communications with any outside caregiver.

Billing. Fraud. Sure.

He’s trying to follow in the footsteps of Phil Kline and Kris KKK Kobach, he’s hoping to be on Faux News soon.

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 7:47:24am

re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I grow more and more convinced that DJT buried stuff with his ex-wife

Red herring.

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 7:48:08am

… .Department of redundancy department…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 7:50:16am

Christ, now all the uneducated yanks are going to think it snows in Canada in July. https://t.co/ibTnIyG37d

— 🇨🇦Courtney Heard (she/her) (@godless_mom) June 23, 2023

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 7:50:35am

Biden to sign XO expanding access to contraception:

Klein said the order directs federal departments to consider requiring private insurers to offer expanded contraception options under the Affordable Care Act such as by covering more than one product and streamlining the process for obtaining care.

Biden’s order comes as reproductive rights advocates say rising barriers are leaving millions of women without easy access to contraception.

Contraceptives have been in focus since the Supreme Court on June 24 of last year overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to make remarks on Friday marking the one-year anniversary of the landmark decision, Klein said.

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Eventual Carrion Jun 23, 2023 • 7:52:09am

re: #160 Nerdy Fish

I suspected something about today’s word, but I struggled to come up with the word itself, which is what took me to par.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 7:53:05am

re: #225 BeenHereAwhile

Red herring.

I certainly don’t advocate digging it up unless there are are clear and irrefutable reasons to do so

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 7:53:51am

re: #153 Targetpractice

Or, and I think we can all agree this is at least an idea to consider, we spend the money elsewhere on plausible pick-ups in purple and blue states instead of burning up valuable resources trying to salvage the campaign of a prick who’s running against a popular governor at a 22 point deficit.

That explains Manchin’s vote against a Biden nomination. The Democrats are in serious trouble for the 2024 Senate. And if Biden is re-elected, not a single judicial appointment of his will be approved by the new Senate.

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wrenchwench Jun 23, 2023 • 7:53:56am

Mastodon

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 7:54:02am

If only you had standing we would probably do something…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday breathed new life into a Biden administration policy that will set immigration enforcement priorities by focusing on public safety threats.

The justices, in a 8-1 vote, overturned a Texas-based federal judge’s ruling in June of last year that blocked the policy nationwide. It had previously been in effect for less than a year.

Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority that the challengers did not have legal standing to sue over the plan, which focused on the longstanding discretion that federal officials have in enforcing laws.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:00:26am

re: #222 🔧-wench

Transubstantiation. That’s what they said in Catechism. Great word. Needs new definitions.

Cannibalism is what we say in atheism.

My understanding of ~~transmorgrification~~ transubstantiation is the bread and wine become the literal body and blood of Jesus.

If Jesus was fully human, and you eat his body and drink his blood, how can this mythology be anything but cannibalism?

The guy in Colorado in the last century who ate all the Democrats in his party went to jail; why do Catholics get a pass? /s

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:02:16am

re: #232 Thanos

If only you had standing we would probably do something…

Is that “Texas judge” that douchecanoe who tried to block abortion medication?

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Barefoot Grin Jun 23, 2023 • 8:03:10am

re: #222 🔧-wench

Transubstantiation. That’s what they said in Catechism. Great word. Needs new definitions.

Jesus used to get stuck to the roof of my mouth.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 8:04:19am

re: #235 Barefoot Grin

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 8:08:23am

The Plot Thickens…now who is the Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy who really put the $500 K up for Santos?

SANTOS: The redacted transcript of the hearing at which his dad signed the appearance bond has been released. And his dad attests that neither he nor his aunt owns any home or property that could satisfy the $500k bond. pic.twitter.com/suz1xQxoGd

— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) June 23, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:09:34am

Two hours ago (WSAW, Wausau, Wisc.)
wsaw.com
#ChristianNotOtherwiseSpecified

PLOVER, Wis. (WSAW) — The former Plover youth pastor charged with eight counts including child sexual assault is scheduled to reach a plea deal in his case, avoiding a jury trial.

Jordan Huffman, 52, was arrested last August in Florida. Court documents state the alleged victim said the crimes began in 2017 when the victim was 12 years old. Authorities were told Huffman was working as a youth pastor at Woodlands Church in Plover when he was contacted to mentor the victim. The incidents were reported by the alleged victim’s father in June. Court documents stated the assaults happened more than a dozen times over a two-year span.

The alleged victim stated that nothing sexual in nature had occurred at Woodlands Church, but that some assaults happened in Huffman’s office at his next place of employment, Forest Lakes District in Stevens Point.

A plea hearing is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. in Portage County Circuit Court.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:10:53am

re: #237 Joe Bacon ✅

SANTOS: The redacted transcript of the hearing at which his dad signed the appearance bond has been released. And his dad attests that neither he nor his aunt owns any home or property that could satisfy the $500k bond.

and to think that someone here was ready to give him the benefit of the doubt on this issue

he is a lying, scheming POS and we should expect nothing else from him

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:12:42am

re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and to think that someone here was ready to give him the benefit of the doubt on this issue

he is a lying, scheming POS and we should expect nothing else from him

Just a bit more brazen about the lying than the bog-standard conservative.

I didn’t give him any benefit of the doubt, because I apply the First Law of Conservatism: They all lie.

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wrenchwench Jun 23, 2023 • 8:13:20am

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A Cranky One Jun 23, 2023 • 8:14:21am

re: #241 🔧-wench

May the 4s be with you.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:16:25am

Dudes will do some wild mental gymnastics to blame women for everything. pic.twitter.com/oU02Je9fd2

— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) June 23, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:18:14am

re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Dudes will do some wild mental gymnastics to blame women for everything.

the same sad fucks who blame women because they cannot get dates

the fault cannot lie with them

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 8:18:57am

re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Next they’ll be complaining that women can’t play for the New York Yankees.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:24:48am

re: #237 Joe Bacon ✅

The Plot Thickens…now who is the Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy who really put the $500 K up for Santos?

Sovereign citizen weighs in to grift:

The Treasury Bonds taken out on their Birth Certificate and SSI # from the SSI Act 1933. See John B Nelson Senate Report 93-549 somewhere other than google

— DmiddleSista (@SistaDmiddle) June 23, 2023

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lawhawk Jun 23, 2023 • 8:26:54am

I’ve seen more than a few people claiming that it took a year for the DOJ to begin investigating and prosecuting for 1/6.

Well, yeah. Let’s think about the timeline. Biden had to wait months before the GOP allowed the Garland nomination to go through. The GOP then held up the DC federal attorney until the end of October, which meant that it took almost 10 months to get the two key roles filled. It took even longer as other key positions in the DOJ were held by Trump holdovers until Biden nominations could get confirmed.

That slowed things considerably.

Let’s game it out. Let’s say Garland appointed a special counsel in November of 2021. That’s when Graves was sworn in as US Attorney in DC & Olsen was sworn in as NATSEC AAG at DoJ. That’s the FIRST TIME Garland had HIS team of Biden appointees to prosecute the top of the coup 2/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) June 23, 2023

When Garland got there the next month, Sherwin OMITTED that investigative proposal when he briefed Garland. Then in November, Windom had the same idea and D’ANTUONO shot him down. So he went to the Postal Inspector. 7/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) June 23, 2023

Trump’s holdovers continued the politicization and covering for Trump, while Biden’s team was trying to ramp up the prosecutions.

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Mike Lamb Jun 23, 2023 • 8:29:18am

re: #171 lawhawk

The families can still sue. Will they win? That’s the better question.

They might still be able to get past the initial hurdles because of gross negligence on the part of the company (using inferior materials, cobbling things together, knowing they had failures in past, and continued doing the same thing without changing process) - that they knew that they were engaging in malfeasance and continued to operate in this fashion anyways.

Think of it in the same way that you go to an amusement park and there’s a liability waiver on the ticket. If a park ride malfunctions and you’re injured, you can still sue, because the ride was within the company’s control and they failed to maintain it properly, or there was gross negligence or malfeasance involved.

I think another issue would be whether the waiver was actually “knowing”. You can put all the risk language in the waiver you want, but if there was no way for passengers to know the sub was only designed for a depth of, say, 2000 meters, and that was expressly mentioned in the waiver, the waiver doesn’t mean shit.

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 8:29:36am

re: #160 Nerdy Fish

I suspected something about today’s word, but I struggled to come up with the word itself, which is what took me to par.

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Birbie

Click to Reveal

Wordle 734 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Didn’t realize there were 2 solutions after my 2nd word — and was lucky that mine was right!

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Dave In Austin Jun 23, 2023 • 8:29:51am

I think Kash has been using Tucker’s machine and it’s got him feeling frisky 😉 pic.twitter.com/wbkSzESz8o

— Chevron 🇺🇦 (@lachevron) June 23, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:30:04am

We’re going to have to change the clock of “Time since last conviction” to “hourly”:

It’s always the people you suspect https://t.co/9YJXNh6OQ3

— Emperor Norton I 👑 (Parody) (@TheNortyEmp) June 23, 2023

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A Cranky One Jun 23, 2023 • 8:30:51am

Artist Justin Bateman uses pebbles, rocks, and stones to creates temporary but amazing mosaics of people’s portraits, animals, famous paintings, and statues.

[site: https://t.co/AuhPwL5WZd]
[source: https://t.co/qyJ4X3u1D1]pic.twitter.com/viKBzjdD2g

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 20, 2023

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 8:31:20am

re: #237 Joe Bacon ✅

The Plot Thickens…now who is the Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy who really put the $500 K up for Santos?

Was the $500K bond posted thru a bail bondsman at a 10% premium, or full value posted directly to the court? Trying to figure out how many 3rd parties are involved.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 8:31:29am

re: #251 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We’re going to have to change the clock of “Time since last conviction” to “hourly”:

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The way things are going it will soon be another minute another Xtian pervert exposed…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:33:06am

[oops]

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:33:24am

re: #240 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Just a bit more brazen about the lying that the bog-standard conservative.

I didn’t give him any benefit of the doubt, because I apply the First Law of Conservatism: They all lie.

he has taken it to a different level

i havent decided if his being more blatant makes him better or worse at it than the rest

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 8:33:42am

NHL bans all special jerseys after rainbow uniform row

rawstory.com

The National Hockey League issued a ban this week on specialty jerseys—including special rainbow ones for LGBTQ Pride Nights-after some players objected to wearing them.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:34:49am

re: #253 BeenHereAwhile

Was the $500K bond posted thru a bail bondsman at a 10% premium, or full value posted directly to the court? Trying to figure out how many 3rd parties are involved.

My understanding it was a signature bond: They simply said they would keep Santos in line, but lied about their assets. They are conservatives, after all.

There are two-tiers of justice though: Republicans, and everyone else.

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Mike Lamb Jun 23, 2023 • 8:34:58am

re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Feels like a softball joke there to the effect of “Women would never be so stupid as to get in an underwater death trap.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:35:36am

re: #248 Mike Lamb

I think another issue would be whether the waiver was actually “knowing”. You can put all the risk language in the waiver you want, but if there was no way for passengers to know the sub was only designed for a depth of, say, 2000 meters, and that was expressly mentioned in the waiver, the waiver doesn’t mean shit.

Again, that is the sort of thing that it is up to the passengers to ask. This is not a holiday cruise or amusement park ride with minimal expectations or chances of risk under normal conditions. This is untested, unrated technology under extreme conditions.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:35:42am

re: #257 Joe Bacon ✅

NHL bans all special jerseys after rainbow uniform row

rawstory.com

The National Hockey League issued a ban this week on specialty jerseys—including special rainbow ones for LGBTQ Pride Nights-after some players objected to wearing them.

Caving to fascists doesn’t work, as Target found out.

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William Lewis Jun 23, 2023 • 8:37:02am

re: #203 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Just don’t ask Jesus to pass the mayo… O_O

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:37:37am

Actually more developed in Dean’s earlier book “Conservatives Without Conscience.”

— David the Builder (@KutaisiLove) June 23, 2023

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:37:52am

re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

women (or a woman) were/was on previous trips

maybe women like subs that dont implode
(too soon?)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:38:24am

re: #262 William Lewis

Just don’t ask Jesus to pass the mayo… O_O

Apparently it wasn’t Hellman’s.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:39:30am

re: #265 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Apparently it wasn’t Hellman’s.

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes Whip

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 8:39:37am

re: #258 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

My understanding it was a signature bond: They simply said they would keep Santos in line, but lied about their assets. They are conservatives, after all.

There are two-tiers of justice though: Republicans, and everyone else.

To be fair, I feel like Santos is a relatively low risk for not showing up. As a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, his whereabouts are generally known. The court may have felt comfortable taking them at their word with such a high-profile person.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:40:16am

re: #267 Nerdy Fish

To be fair, I feel like Santos is a relatively low risk for not showing up. As a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, his whereabouts are generally known. The court may have felt comfortable taking them at their word with such a high-profile person.

a high-profile lying piece of shit

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steve_davis Jun 23, 2023 • 8:40:32am

This cat is just insatiably curious. I flushed the toilet and she was immediately looking over the toilet seat to examine how all of that worked. She of course comes in to keep an eye on me when I’m sitting in there. It does make things a little stressful. It’s like trying to take a crap while security with an earpiece is outside the stall sending reports. “Olympus has dropped one. repeat, Olympus has dropped one.”

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Mike Lamb Jun 23, 2023 • 8:40:54am

re: #260 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Again, that is the sort of thing that it is up to the passengers to ask. This is not a holiday cruise or amusement park ride with minimal expectations or chances of risk under normal conditions. This is untested, unrated technology under extreme conditions.

Nah. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for these folks, but the passengers (probably) aren’t engineers. Not their job to request specs, pressure ratings, etc. Doubtful they’d know what the hell they were looking at.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:41:28am

re: #254 Joe Bacon ✅

The way things are going it will soon be another minute another Xtian pervert exposed…

Funny you should mention that:

Again: Keep your kids away from the churches. It’s scary out there. https://t.co/fV3VScsdBE

— Yayger (@_Yayger) June 23, 2023

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gocart mozart Jun 23, 2023 • 8:42:02am

Hitler was also against woke Christianity. He preferred his Christianity to be as unwoke as possible.

— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) June 23, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:42:52am

re: #270 Mike Lamb

Nah. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for these folks, but the passengers (probably) aren’t engineers. Not their job to request specs, pressure ratings, etc. Doubtful they’d know what the hell they were looking at.

Just like Libertarians want it. Caveat emptor and all that. It’s not their fault if you don’t know about everything possible.

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 8:44:52am

re: #178 William Lewis

I get these ads from Ferrari for their fashion items. Some are cool, some (like this) are frankly ludicrous, and all are insaney priced because if it’s for the rich it has to be expensive right? (remind me to up the prices on my prints if I get around to making some ;) ) But I always get a kick out of seeing the ads so I keep getting them.

So, prancing pony camo in pink O_O

[Embedded content]

The top is $700 & the skirt is $1300 for a nice even $2000 for the outfit for your camouflaged boss LOL!

That’s not so ludicrous for the right place. I am going to an art opening this Saturday and that would definitely be fine — if it cost $100.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 8:46:22am

re: #271 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I wonder if certain Synagogues, Mosques and Temples have issues with this as well or if it is primarily Christian churches?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 8:47:46am

re: #270 Mike Lamb

Nah. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for these folks, but the passengers (probably) aren’t engineers. Not their job to request specs, pressure ratings, etc. Doubtful they’d know what the hell they were looking at.

which is why there are agencies to test such things and explain the risks in layperson’s terms

they signed a waiver fully aware that this device was unrated and experimental

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:48:03am

When you look at what seems to be a spike in rapes and sexual assaults in churches of every denomination, it seems like it came out of nowhere.

This is similar to the sudden spike in left-handedness.

Some local pastor is accused of raping children, the church covers it up to protect its “reputation.” If he’s arrested, then it gets reported in local media.

This spike in child rapes coincides with the rise of the Internet, first Usenet (where they were also tracked) and now the World Wide Web.

It’s not that there’s a spike. It’s now you can learn about how it was always in every denomination (even the UU Church).

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 8:48:10am

re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

fuck ‘em. they’re millionaires

they knew the risks, they just chose to ignore them in the name of thrill-seeking

these are not average folks going on an amusement park ride or vacation getaway with modest expectations and minimal levels of risk

The only one who really deserves sympathy is the son who was there just to please his father. But I don’t think the adults understood the risks. After all the CEO certainly didn’t and he had been repeatedly warned about the dangers.

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darthstar Jun 23, 2023 • 8:50:25am

re: #237 Joe Bacon ✅

The Plot Thickens…now who is the Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy who really put the $500 K up for Santos?

I hate to say I called it but I called it. They’re just names on paper - someone else dropped a check for $50K to guarantee the bond.

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Eventual Carrion Jun 23, 2023 • 8:51:04am

re: #259 Mike Lamb

Feels like a softball joke there to the effect of “Women would never be so stupid as to get in an underwater death trap.”

That’s where my mind went when I read that drivel.

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 8:54:38am

re: #267 Nerdy Fish

To be fair, I feel like Santos is a relatively low risk for not showing up. As a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, his whereabouts are generally known. The court may have felt comfortable taking them at their word with such a high-profile person.

So it’s, “We don’t have $500K in assets, but promise to pay the court $500K if Defendant Santos doesn’t appear for trial.”

Would love to read the transcript in which the presiding court officer agreed to this arrangement.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 8:56:06am

re: #267 Nerdy Fish

To be fair, I feel like Santos is a relatively low risk for not showing up. As a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, his whereabouts are generally known. The court may have felt comfortable taking them at their word with such a high-profile person.

I would not feel comfortable taking the word of ANYONE who has anything to do with George Santos.

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 8:57:55am

re: #282 Eclectic Cyborg

I would not feel comfortable taking the word of ANYONE who has anything to do with George Santos.

I get that, but from that snippet of transcript, the judge made it crystal clear that the dad and aunt are going to be on the hook if he doesn’t show up, and that they are promising to write a check they can’t currently cash. If they’re willing to take that risk - perhaps they are counting on the wingnut welfare wagon to come through for them if he skips town - then the court has basically said, “On your own head be it.”

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gocart mozart Jun 23, 2023 • 8:58:06am

And there should definitely be oil involved :)

— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) June 22, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 8:58:08am

Speaking of the Unitarian-Universalits, they’ve also had repeated “closed door” commissions which looked into accusations of clergy rape.

Reforms Take Aim at Clergy Misconduct (UU World, Winter 2014)

The article describes all the misconduct in that church up to that point. That was not the first because they had another “closed door” commission in 2010.

UU World (now digitised) of course only went to people within the church who subscribed to it, and like other churches the UUs were concerned with their reputation, so everything went under the carpet.

Oh wait, and they reported on it again in 2018.

A Brief History of Unitarian-Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct (opens PDF, thirty-one pages)

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 9:00:28am

re: #234 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Is that “Texas judge” that douchecanoe who tried to block abortion medication?

Yes indeed, sorry for the delayed reply, I was doing my am walk, got to 1 hour briskly walking no oxygen needed.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:01:55am

re: #270 Mike Lamb

Nah. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for these folks, but the passengers (probably) aren’t engineers. Not their job to request specs, pressure ratings, etc. Doubtful they’d know what the hell they were looking at.

i agree wit hthat partially

when i was actively teaching scuba, my liability release, which I stole, was something like this:

WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility!
If you cannot accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!

i’d explain how to apply this thinking to the first water session - ie an uncertified student who is ‘only’ going to breath under 3 feet of water for the first time.

now this sub adventure was not a ride at disney and should not have been promoted as anything so innocuous

you have to (ought to) do some sort of research to know if you’re accepting an accurate risk willingly.

it’s different than being a self sufficient scuba diver because of the nature of it being a sub and you’re mostly just ‘riding along’.

do you understand what could happen, what you could be called on to do to save yourself and others, etc.

otherwise you’re just a what? guinea pig? sheep?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:02:12am

re: #285 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Speaking of the Unitarian-Universalits, they’ve also had repeated “closed door” commissions which looked into accusations of clergy rape.

Institutionalism. Protecting the reputation of the institution at the expense of the victims.

And in any organization where authority flows from the top down, responsibility must also flow to the top.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:02:29am

Prank creators continue to be among the most vile. THIS IS ALL FAKE! He made videos playing out this fake story, then shared a photoshopped NYP article that doesn’t exist. None of this happened, just another uninteresting, talentless troll begging for attention. https://t.co/CZFw4nodOF

— TizzyEnt (@TizzyEnt) June 23, 2023

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:02:40am

re: #282 Eclectic Cyborg

I would not feel comfortable taking the word of ANYONE who has anything to do with ~~George Santos~~ the Republican party.

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Barefoot Grin Jun 23, 2023 • 9:02:42am

re: #272 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

He’s all about patriarchal authoritarian Christianity.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 23, 2023 • 9:02:42am

#pedojesus pic.twitter.com/G5VJKlWLkv

— Aunt Tifa 🟧🟦🌊 (@TAWells11) June 23, 2023

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Dave In Austin Jun 23, 2023 • 9:06:25am

Nope pic.twitter.com/L31Odq81aN

— TravisBlues (@Travisblues01) June 23, 2023

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:06:46am

im gonna make a key lime pie for mrsdm’s belated birthday (yesterday)

she got stuck in denver and is due home this afternoon

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 23, 2023 • 9:07:58am

Note that there are no anti-church bills circulating in state legislatures, despite the ongoing avalanche of church pedophile exposures.
There is a lot that could be done without infringing freedom of religion, beginning with a requirement for proper vetting and reporting.

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A Cranky One Jun 23, 2023 • 9:09:32am

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:13:31am

re: #296 A Cranky One

[Embedded content]

That can’t be real.

Also known as Apollyon, Abaddon makes an appearance in the last book of the New Testament: Revelation (Revelation 9:11). The name means destruction, so you can hazard a pretty good guess as to whether this being is good or bad.

Although Satan has gone by many names, Apollyon is not one of them. Abaddon appears to be a demon who works under him who rules an Abyss full of locusts that will arrive onstage during the Final Days. The locusts will bite, sting, or cause pain to those who do not believe in Jesus Christ.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 9:15:35am

Are we surprised?

rollingstone.com

Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos

The super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that’s awash in support from backers of Donald Trump

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 9:16:00am

re: #218 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Tennessee AG Just Needs Trans Kids’ Medical Records To Fight, Umm, ‘Billing Fraud,’ Yeah That’s It (Wonkette)

That’s also why they requested in a demand letter the queries of every E-mail sent through Vanderbilt’s clinic on questions about transgender care. And the tax records of every clinic worker. And the résumés of volunteer workers. And communications with any outside caregiver.

Billing. Fraud. Sure.

One thing I do want to say — it’s not unusual for some doctors to use alternative classifications to get insurance payments if the correct one would not be reimbursed. When my nephew and I were at the Puerto Vallarta clinic for treatment for lyme disease, one of the other patients was complaining about her doctor back home being punished for his efforts to get her unauthorized treatment covered.

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 9:16:18am

re: #298 Joe Bacon ✅

Are we surprised?

rollingstone.com

Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos

The super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that’s awash in support from backers of Donald Trump

Gee, it’s almost like the whole thing is a massive ratfucking operation designed to try to split the Democratic vote.

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Dr. Matt Jun 23, 2023 • 9:16:31am

re: #293 Dave In Austin

It’s the Biden administration who should be embarrassed about not putting a stop to this clear act of espionage.

Biden’s DOJ just indicted TFG on one of the biggest espionage case in the history of our country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:18:31am

re: #295 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Note that there are no anti-church bills circulating in state legislatures, despite the ongoing avalanche of church pedophile exposures.

Nobody is born “Christian”. They can only swell their ranks by grooming and converting vulnerable young children.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:19:52am

re: #298 Joe Bacon ✅

Are we surprised?

rollingstone.com

Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos

The super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that’s awash in support from backers of Donald Trump

Bob and Marjorie sitting in a tree

R-A-T F-U-C-K-I-N-G

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 9:20:02am

rawstory.com

Blood on hands’: Kyrsten Sinema slammed for planning to slash pilot training while taking cash from airlines

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth took a swipe at Kyrsten Sinema over a proposal to reduce the the number of required in-flight training hours for pilots, saying the Independent Arizona lawmaker will have “blood on her hands” if the proposal passes.

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Dr. Matt Jun 23, 2023 • 9:24:35am

*snort* 😆

cleannnn pic.twitter.com/WInHqk38xm

— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) June 23, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:25:49am

re: #304 Joe Bacon ✅

rawstory.com

Blood on hands’: Kyrsten Sinema slammed for planning to slash pilot training while taking cash from airlines

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth took a swipe at Kyrsten Sinema over a proposal to reduce the the number of required in-flight training hours for pilots, saying the Independent Arizona lawmaker will have “blood on her hands” if the proposal passes.

who was it that was quoted as saying “safety is a waste”?

such deep thoughts, indeed

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jeffreyw Jun 23, 2023 • 9:26:28am

Mastodon

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Semper Fi Jun 23, 2023 • 9:29:30am

re: #147 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Popcorn futures just spiked

Trump has a lot of experience explaining himself.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 9:30:42am

Parody of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Parody lyrics by Randy Rainbow
Song Produced, Orchestrated, Mixed, Mastered by @MichaelJMoritz
Arrangement by Brett Boles
Vocals: Randy Rainbow
Piano, Organ, Synths: Michael J Moritz Jr
Drums: Michael… pic.twitter.com/GN7xF3Rz2w

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) June 23, 2023

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 9:30:53am

re: #259 Mike Lamb

Feels like a softball joke there to the effect of “Women would never be so stupid as to get in an underwater death trap.”

That’s pretty much how the tweeter thread is going, with a healthy dose of ‘this is why women live longer’

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Vicious Babushka Jun 23, 2023 • 9:32:42am

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

Hard to think of a better way to undermine institutional credibility than to spend days pretending that a submersible may be at the bottom of the ocean and that the entire world should hold its breath, while knowing for days the thing imploded.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 23, 2023

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Mattand Jun 23, 2023 • 9:32:59am

re: #296 A Cranky One

I have never so badly wanted to party with a group of people in my entire life.

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 9:35:23am

re: #283 Nerdy Fish

I get that, but from that snippet of transcript, the judge made it crystal clear that the dad and aunt are going to be on the hook if he doesn’t show up, and that they are promising to write a check they can’t currently cash. If they’re willing to take that risk - perhaps they are counting on the wingnut welfare wagon to come through for them if he skips town - then the court has basically said, “On your own head be it.”

And what happens if he skips? What is the penalty when those signing cannot afford the bail? Are they forced to declare bankruptcy? Or is the bail bondsman out of luck?

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 9:35:47am

re: #313 Hecuba’s daughter

And what happens if he skips? What is the penalty when those signing cannot afford the bail? Are they forced to declare bankruptcy? Or is the bail bondsman out of luck?

Basically, yes.

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 9:36:49am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

Okay, Ben of the Corn. Point me to the precise moment when the US Navy knew, for certain (or as close as is practical), that the noise they heard on their undersea microphones was the wreck of the Titan. Go on, I’ll wait.

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Mattand Jun 23, 2023 • 9:37:05am

re: #298 Joe Bacon ✅

Are we surprised?

rollingstone.com

Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos

The super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that’s awash in support from backers of Donald Trump

Does anybody really seriously think RFK is any kind of threat to Biden? I mean, I realize that reporters from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc., aren’t texting one another “Hey, let’s boost this freak for the clicks”, but goddamn; who in their right mind thinks there’s any kind of ground swell behind this dope?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:37:11am

re: #299 Hecuba’s daughter

One thing I do want to say — it’s not unusual for some doctors to use alternative classifications to get insurance payments if the correct one would not be reimbursed. When my nephew and I were at the Puerto Vallarta clinic for treatment for lyme disease, one of the other patients was complaining about her doctor back home being punished for his efforts to get her unauthorized treatment covered.

Maybe. That doesn’t explain why they wanted volunteer résumés and all E-mails sent to Vanderbilt asking about their transgender care services, and all referrals from outside to their clinic.

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Mattand Jun 23, 2023 • 9:37:55am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

Just dropping in to say I laugh every time I see Shapiro labeled “Garbage Hobbit.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:38:05am

When those who ban books and demonize “the other” quote Hitler, the reporting isn’t the problem. https://t.co/ENnB2XfxQg

— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) June 23, 2023

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Dr Lizardo Jun 23, 2023 • 9:41:45am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

That is indeed a stupid hot take. The US Navy didn’t know the Titan submersible had imploded. They found an “anomaly” consistent with an implosion - but that’s not the same thing as knowing it had imploded.

You wouldn’t know it had imploded until you found the wreckage. And of course, you have to look for that wreckage to either confirm it or rule it out.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:41:48am

re: #297 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

That can’t be real.

well he’s got a bolero

YouTube

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:42:02am

re: #316 Mattand

Does anybody really seriously think RFK is any kind of threat to Biden? I mean, I realize that reporters from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc., aren’t texting one another “Hey, let’s boost this freak for the clicks”, but goddamn; who in their right mind thinks there’s any kind of ground swell behind this dope?

no, but anything to drain vote from him benefits the GOP

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Dr. Matt Jun 23, 2023 • 9:43:11am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

[Embedded content]

And if the US Navy was the first to announce that they were dead, the QTards would have been foaming at the mouth with conspiracy theories that Biden had them killed.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 9:45:49am

re: #323 Dr. Matt

And it the US Navy was the first to announce that they were dead, the QTards would have been foaming at the mouth with conspiracy theories that Biden had them killed.

Couldn’t be that the Navy just happens to have access to some of the best deep sea tracking tech in the whole world. Nope, not at all….

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 9:45:53am

re: #313 Hecuba’s daughter

And what happens if he skips? What is the penalty when those signing cannot afford the bail? Are they forced to declare bankruptcy? Or is the bail bondsman out of luck?

Per what I’ve read so far in LGF, it’s my impression this bail is a direct transaction between the Santos family and the court.

In my experience, no bail bondsman is going to post a $500K bail without supporting assets to cover his liability.

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 9:46:24am

Lucy Can’t Dance (2003 Remaster)

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:47:58am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

i wonder if he’s ok not using the word ‘alleged’ when people are first charged with crimes

after all everyone knows DJT did it…

Hard to think of a better way to undermine institutional credibility than to pretend classified dox weren’t found at Mar-a-Grifto, while knowing for days there were boxes of stolen dox in a bathroom.

or something

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 9:49:23am

re: #316 Mattand

Does anybody really seriously think RFK is any kind of threat to Biden? I mean, I realize that reporters from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc., aren’t texting one another “Hey, let’s boost this freak for the clicks”, but goddamn; who in their right mind thinks there’s any kind of ground swell behind this dope?

The 2016 “non Republican” third party votes cost Hilary enough electoral votes necessary to win.

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 9:50:09am

Some good Mastodon filtering info here:
fedi.tips

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:50:49am

Samsung is trying to sell an “AI” vacuum cleaner.

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Jay C Jun 23, 2023 • 9:52:10am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

Is Ben Shapiro really that big of an idiot, or does he just play one on the Internet?

If I’d bother responding to his nonsense, I’d ask him a simple question: if he were in, and survived, say, a shipwreck or plane crash in a remote area, what would be his attitude towards “institutional credibility” re search and rescue operations? Or would he be OK with authorities just saying, “screw it, they’re probably dead, let’s go home“….?

Moron.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 9:52:34am

re: #330 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Samsung is trying to sell an “AI” vacuum cleaner.

[Embedded content]

my guess is it totally sucks

but maybe it’ll be picking up

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Barefoot Grin Jun 23, 2023 • 9:53:06am

re: #323 Dr. Matt

And it the US Navy was the first to announce that they were dead, the QTards would have been foaming at the mouth with conspiracy theories that Biden had them killed.

And crypto types say “no way billionaires would have boarded that thing—definitely bugged out.”

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 9:56:15am

re: #322 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

no, but anything to drain vote from him benefits the GOP

Jill Stein didn’t need that many votes to deny Hillary the Presidency.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 9:56:27am

Yes he is motherfather!

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 9:57:04am

re: #331 Jay C

Is Ben Shapiro really that big of an idiot, or does he just play one on the Internet?

If I’d bother responding to his nonsense, I’d ask him a simple question: if he were in, and survived, say, a shipwreck or plane crash in a remote area, what would be his attitude towards “institutional credibility” re search and rescue operations? Or would he be OK with authorities just saying, “screw it, they’re probably dead, let’s go home“….?

Moron.

He cultivated a large fan following by being a shithead despite having received a good education. He’s locked in at this point.

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BeenHereAwhile Jun 23, 2023 • 9:57:13am

re: #329 Thanos

Some good Mastodon filtering info here:
fedi.tips

Here’s one way to filter if Facebook/Meta enters the fediverse:

Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop
On the subject of meta federating:

If it happens I’m going to need two fediverse identities—one on an instance that is explicitly *defederated* from Zuckerberg’s empire, to use for socializing with friends, and one that I will use only to broadcast ads for my work into Facebook-controlled territory.

(Because I need to market my work, but I don’t shit where I eat.)

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Romantic Heretic Jun 23, 2023 • 10:02:12am

re: #275 Eclectic Cyborg

All are comprised of human beings so of course they are.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:05:34am

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary outfit, said in a bombshell video that Russia did not face an imminent security threat to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow Times reports.

Said Prigozhin: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to attack Russia with the NATO bloc. The Russian Defense Ministry is deceiving the public and the president.”

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 10:06:49am

re: #330 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Samsung is trying to sell an “AI” vacuum cleaner.

[Embedded content]

These things are gonna rise up and destroy all the Roombas, aren’t they?

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jaunte Jun 23, 2023 • 10:07:21am

re: #330 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Was there really guesswork? Really?

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:08:02am

re: #340 Eclectic Cyborg

These things are gonna rise up and destroy all the Roombas, aren’t they?

/

We’ll be lucky if we’re not put in charge of cleaning corners that the AI vacuum can’t reach.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 23, 2023 • 10:08:14am

Elsewhere on the not-a-drag-queen front:
Midland HS coach arrested in Lubbock, placed on leave by MISD

Hampton was one of 24 arrested in Lubbock Police Department’s human trafficking operation. According to LPD, 24 arrests were made over the course of a 2 day operation on June 19th and 20th.
Douglas was arrested for Solicitation Prostitution. More information about the operation can be found on LPD’s Facebook page.

It seems to be some kind of Texas police rule that at least one high school coach has to be included in every human trafficking roundup.

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jaunte Jun 23, 2023 • 10:08:24am

re: #342 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

That’s my job now.

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 10:08:25am

re: #328 BeenHereAwhile

The 2016 “non Republican” third party votes cost Hilary enough electoral votes necessary to win.

Important to note that Hillary Clinton had, and still has, a bit of a public perception problem. Despite the fact that she’s very clearly not guilty of any of the charges that have been leveled at her, enough people believe she is that it may have materially affected the number of people who said, “I’ll never vote for Trump, but I’m not going to vote for HER, either.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:09:14am

I’m off to the county seat. Catch y’all later.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:10:29am

re: #339 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

At some point I need to go see how all the Putinverstehers over at moonofalabama are dealing with this

having to hire mercenaries is a bad sign

having them turn on you is worse

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:11:15am

re: #341 jaunte

Was there really guesswork? Really?

Nope. Self-adjusting vacuums do not require even fake AI, and any of us can adjust a vacuum.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there are “AI” powerstrips like the “Internet ready” powerstrips marketed when the Internet was catching on.

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Romantic Heretic Jun 23, 2023 • 10:11:58am

re: #308 Semper Fi

Trump has a lot of experience ~~explaining~~ incriminating himself.

FTFY. ;)

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Hecuba's daughter Jun 23, 2023 • 10:12:23am

re: #345 Nerdy Fish

Important to note that Hillary Clinton had, and still has, a bit of a public perception problem. Despite the fact that she’s very clearly not guilty of any of the charges that have been leveled at her, enough people believe she is that it may have materially affected the number of people who said, “I’ll never vote for Trump, but I’m not going to vote for HER, either.”

The Benghazi non-investigations and the Comey dishonesty double-teamed to doom her election efforts. That’s what the GOP is hoping to repeat: fake investigations that harm Biden’s prospects for re-election.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 23, 2023 • 10:13:05am

re: #348 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Nope. Self-adjusting vacuums do not require even fake AI, and any of us can adjust a vacuum.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there are “AI” powerstrips like the “Internet ready” powerstrips marketed when the Internet was catching on.

It’s not AI, but…

amazon.com

Personally, I prefer to have as few devices as possible connected to the internet.

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 10:14:56am

New from Smooth Brain

Smooth Brain - On My Shoulder (Official Music Video)

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:15:15am

re: #351 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s not AI, but…

amazon.com

Personally, I prefer to have as few devices as possible connected to the internet.

The power monitoring is nice, but that could work with a local server rather than being on the Internet. Business drives the design of these things, rather than being the best that the engineers could design.

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JC1 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:16:16am

re: #339 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Sounds like he’s giving Putin a way out and scapegoating the oligarchs and military.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:16:49am

re: #352 Thanos

New from Smooth Brain

[Embedded content]

Video

Some bands look like they have a lot of fun. That is not one of them.

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Mike Lamb Jun 23, 2023 • 10:18:06am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

Garbage Hobbit has a Hot Take. It is a very stupid Hot Take.

[Embedded content]

Some of the responses are…something. Of course, had the gov’t immediately announced it had imploded and effectively called off the search, the same assholes would be saying the same thing “How can you trust the institutions? They could still be alive!”

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Romantic Heretic Jun 23, 2023 • 10:19:23am

re: #331 Jay C

He probably thinks the ‘free market’ would rescue him, as he regards himself as important enough, and probably thinks himself rich enough, that there would be private operation to rescue him.

He’ll die wondering why he was abandoned.

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Dr Lizardo Jun 23, 2023 • 10:20:10am

re: #356 Mike Lamb

Some of the responses are…something. Of course, had the gov’t immediately announced it had imploded and effectively called off the search, the same assholes would be saying the same thing “How can you trust the institutions? They could still be alive!”

A few days back, there was a gas explosion in Paris, which caused a building to collapse. To hear Ben tell it, the authorities should’ve simply responded with, “Oh well, fuck those guys, guess they’re all dead. Hey, let’s go get lunch!”

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Romantic Heretic Jun 23, 2023 • 10:21:16am

re: #336 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

He cultivated a large fan following by being a shithead despite having received a good education. He’s locked in at this point.

The only thing a degree certifies is that the person has sat for a long time. - Peter F. Drucker

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jeffreyw Jun 23, 2023 • 10:22:52am

Mastodon

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Jun 23, 2023 • 10:23:07am

Crush your eclairs
See them eaten before you
And hear the lamentation
Of their pastries.

— The Beeblebrox Gambit (@NotZaphod79) June 23, 2023

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Vicious Babushka Jun 23, 2023 • 10:24:59am

You can see it is already looking raggedy.

This submersible takes passengers to The Titanic wreck. Climb in!

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Romantic Heretic Jun 23, 2023 • 10:25:22am

re: #347 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Having mercenaries turn on their employers is a staple of history,

Employers killing their mercenaries because that’s cheaper than paying them is another staple.

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jaunte Jun 23, 2023 • 10:26:35am

bsky.app

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 10:27:15am

re: #355 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Some bands look like they have a lot of fun. That is not one of them.

One of the best guitarists I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing still hides his head behind the bose speaker and stands with his back to the crowd when soloing most days. It takes nerve to perform, different people handle it different ways.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:28:45am

re: #363 Romantic Heretic

Having mercenaries turn on their employers is a staple of history,

Employers killing their mercenaries because that’s cheaper than paying them is another staple.

soldiers are a drag because you have to pay for their invalid pensions

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:30:21am

re: #365 Thanos

One of the best guitarists I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing still hides his head behind the bose speaker and stands with his back to the crowd when soloing most days. It takes nerve to perform, different people handle it different ways.

I just recall that I am getting paid to do what I like and smile like an idiot

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Teukka Jun 23, 2023 • 10:32:06am

*tehee*

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DodgerFan1988 Jun 23, 2023 • 10:33:01am

Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter starts coughing together to interrupt a moment of silence for Holocaust victims pic.twitter.com/FuYGYpb8c7

— Marjorie Gaylor Queen 🏳️‍🌈 (@Tim_Tweeted) June 23, 2023

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 10:34:29am

re: #369 DodgerFan1988

Forget it folks, it’s Indiana where the KKK had full political control back in the 1920s.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jun 23, 2023 • 10:35:59am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:36:18am

re: #370 Joe Bacon ✅

Forget it folks, it’s Indiana where the KKK had full political control back in the 1920s.

Pence is too liberal for these folks anymore

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Thanos Jun 23, 2023 • 10:37:54am

re: #367 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I just recall that I am getting paid to do what I like and smile like an idiot

Not everyone can be David Lee Roth or Mick Jagger. Even renowned performers like Bowie preferred adopting personas to appear onstage, just happy he did not stick with “thin white duke.”

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 10:37:57am

re: #372 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Pence is too liberal for these folks anymore

I mean, if you recall from 2016, they were about to vote his ass out before he jumped on the Trump gravy train. He was NOT popular in Indiana after everything he did to them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:41:06am

re: #373 Thanos

Not everyone can be David Lee Roth or Mick Jagger. Even renowned performers like Bowie preferred adopting personas to appear onstage, just happy he did not stick with “thin white duke.”

yes, that is my persona, The Smiling Idiot

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Captain Ron Jun 23, 2023 • 10:42:57am

This is the surest sign yet that RJK Jr does NOT know what he is talking about.#BadEndorsement

— Jim Routhier 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇱🇺🇸 (@RouthierJim) June 23, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Jun 23, 2023 • 10:44:22am

Nobody likes Pence. NOBODY.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jun 23, 2023 • 10:46:03am

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) is demanding a special counsel be appointed to oversee the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, Punchbowl News reports.

someone needs to explain to jim what a plea deal is

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William Lewis Jun 23, 2023 • 10:52:11am

re: #345 Nerdy Fish

Important to note that Hillary Clinton had, and still has, a bit of a public perception problem. Despite the fact that she’s very clearly not guilty of any of the charges that have been leveled at her, enough people believe she is that it may have materially affected the number of people who said, “I’ll never vote for Trump, but I’m not going to vote for HER, either.”

I can tell you a lot of Dems in Wisconsin, especially women said, I hate Trump but hate Hillary even more. They really figured that no matter how bad he was, he’d be better than her.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jun 23, 2023 • 11:43:01am

re: #269 steve_davis

This cat is just insatiably curious. I flushed the toilet and she was immediately looking over the toilet seat to examine how all of that worked. She of course comes in to keep an eye on me when I’m sitting in there. It does make things a little stressful. It’s like trying to take a crap while security with an earpiece is outside the stall sending reports. “Olympus has dropped one. repeat, Olympus has dropped one.”

Better than my one cat who’d wait until I was sitting there and then would come and put one of her own into the litter box right there. And then just walk out without doing the usual cat thing of at least trying to bury it.

Chat Noir, on the other hand, would spend 5-10 minutes attempting to scrape litter into place from even outside of the litter box.

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