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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 30, 2023 • 5:10:02pm

re: #5 Patricia Kayden

Arghhhh

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Without conscious intent, I referred to him as “speaker of the cross” a little earlier.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 5:10:58pm

re: #6 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

That is a good name for him.

Hecuba's daughter Oct 30, 2023 • 5:12:34pm

Used Google to answer my question of downstairs — the word assimilate does not appear in the Torah or the Christian Bible. So is there anywhere the Books refer to a concept equivalent to requiring the stranger to be assimilated? Didn’t think that the Borg made an appearance in our Holy Scriptures.

The GOP is a Terrorist Organization Oct 30, 2023 • 5:21:17pm

Call Elon and set up a fertility circle jerk.

— Gym Jordan’s Yellow Tie 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@JamesWGarrett1) October 31, 2023

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 5:22:29pm

I hate commenting on this ugly war, precisely because my point of view is not represented much of anywhere, but here goes.

It’s disgusting that Hamas committed these atrocities, and people on the Left are giving them a pass, or worse, openly rooting for them. These were civilians living their lives. They didn’t deserve violence. Anyone who can’t admit this basic truth is morally bankrupt.

That said, the Israeli government has not worked for peace in good faith for at least 30 years. Netanyahu is a corrupt and violent thug who is using this attack to murder other innocent people. These victims cannot flee; they have nowhere to run. They are starving, they have no medical care, and their homes are being demolished by bombs and bullets. This too is disgusting.

I wish this horrific carnage would end. I wish people would use this moment to force through a peace deal. And I wish people would stop using it as a way to justify bigotry.

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 5:23:35pm

re: #9 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

He’s been married since 2021 and only has one daughter. He should get off social media and get to work.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 5:24:33pm

re: #9 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

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So stupid people who can’t find a condom make up the majority of Trump cultists? Checks out.

wrenchwench Oct 30, 2023 • 5:27:54pm

re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter

Used Google to answer my question of downstairs — the word assimilate does not appear in the Torah or the Christian Bible. So is there anywhere the Books refer to a concept equivalent to requiring the stranger to be assimilated? Didn’t think that the Borg made an appearance in our Holy Scriptures.

Resistance is futile.

Decatur Deb Oct 30, 2023 • 5:31:24pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

Resistance is futile.

Reactionaries are fertile.

darthstar Oct 30, 2023 • 5:31:34pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

Resistance is futile.

Gotta admit, the Borg is a fairly effective fisher of men.

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 5:34:38pm

re: #9 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

That’s not fertility, that is fecundity. It’s a bulkshit graph regardless of the words, though.

wrenchwench Oct 30, 2023 • 5:37:34pm

Nojay UK Oct 30, 2023 • 5:38:52pm

re: #16 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

That’s not fertility, that is fecundity. It’s a bulkshit graph regardless of the words, though.

It would benefit from some log-antilog chart paper.

Patricia Kayden Oct 30, 2023 • 5:40:34pm

Dave In Austin Oct 30, 2023 • 5:41:13pm

And the Rangers are on the board.

goddamnedfrank Oct 30, 2023 • 5:42:25pm

Super cool. Just the coolest. Just the most responsible kind of levelheaded thank-god-there’s-an-adult-in-charge scenario type shit you really want to hear an Israeli PM saying right now:

Invoking the name of the biblical enemy of the Jews, Netanyahu added, “We will not allow it… We will never forget and always stand guard,” reasserting the right of the Jewish people to self-defense amid increasing concern over the Iranian threat.

“Remember what Amalek did to you,” cautioned Netanyahu, quoting a passage from Deuteronomy.

Context:

17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. 18When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. 19When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget! -Deuterotomy 25, 17-19

1Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy a all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ” -1 Samuel 15, 1-3

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 5:47:06pm

re: #21 goddamnedfrank

I’ve been looking for the deleted Bibi tweet from last night. Cannot find.

The article is from 2010, but understand he brought it up again last night?

Vicious Babushka Oct 30, 2023 • 5:48:48pm

re: #10 Unabogie

That said, the Israeli government has not worked for peace in good faith for at least 30 years.

JFC Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2005 and they HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE except to steal their resources, hoard food, fuel & water, & cannibalize their infrastructure to build fabulous underground bunkers for themselves.

As for the peace process, Arafat trashed the last 3 attempts.

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 5:50:17pm

Netanyahu’s far right policies have alienated many people.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 5:51:53pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Are you honestly satisfied with the way Israel has acted over the last 30 years?

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 5:53:37pm

Including hundreds of thousands of people in Israel, who protested against his “reforms” earlier this year. There’s no question that Netanyahu has moved the government in a bad right wing direction.

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 5:55:10pm

Hamas will never do anything for the Palestinian people. This has been known for 20 yrs. It’s a status quo that served no one but Hamas.

Vicious Babushka Oct 30, 2023 • 5:56:59pm

re: #25 Unabogie

Are you honestly satisfied with the way Israel has acted over the last 30 years?

Compared to what? Israel is not perfect but it is 1000 times better than Hamas.

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 5:59:22pm

Hamas is a monstrous, malignant force in the region. It’s a textbook example of religion gone bad, metastasized into a perverse sort of government that provides social services while enabling horrific atrocities.

goddamnedfrank Oct 30, 2023 • 6:00:36pm

re: #22 HRH Stanley Sea

I’ve been looking for the deleted Bibi tweet from last night. Cannot find.

The article is from 2010, but understand he brought it up again last night?

It’s in this video, starting at 1min 51 sec.

Vicious Babushka Oct 30, 2023 • 6:04:42pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Hamas is a monstrous, malignant force in the region. It’s a textbook example of religion gone bad, metastasized into a perverse sort of government that provides social services while enabling horrific atrocities.

Just because they build their bunkers under hospitals and kindergartens does not mean Hamas provides those services.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 6:05:56pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Compared to what? Israel is not perfect but it is 1000 times better than Hamas.

So it’s not possible to consider both Hamas and Netanyahu to be bad actors? Could I also not condemn Bush and Saddam? Stalin and Hitler? Do I need to score them all in order to assign precise levels of condemnation?

Belafon Oct 30, 2023 • 6:06:40pm

re: #28 Vicious Babushka

Compared to what? Israel is not perfect but it is 1000 times better than Hamas.

Compared to the Israel that didn’t have Netanyahu encouraging support of Hamas to prevent a two state solution. Compared to the Israel that isn’t trying to reform the judiciary to give Netanyahu way too much power.

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 6:09:38pm

re: #31 Vicious Babushka

Just because they build their bunkers under hospitals and kindergartens does not mean Hamas provides those services.

Exactly my point. The social services come with a very dark side.

Decatur Deb Oct 30, 2023 • 6:10:39pm

Discussion of the Middle East always provides vast opportunity to say something stupid.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 6:10:54pm

And this is why I hate even discussing Israel. I said my piece. I’m out.

Belafon Oct 30, 2023 • 6:10:55pm

Hamas need to be destroyed and Netanyahu needs to leave office. I don’t trust him to do either.

Dave In Austin Oct 30, 2023 • 6:12:55pm

re: #37 Belafon

Hamas need to be destroyed and Netanyahu needs to leave office. I don’t trust him to do either.

$.02. This right here is the high level 👆👆👆👆

Vicious Babushka Oct 30, 2023 • 6:13:51pm

re: #32 Unabogie

So it’s not possible to consider both Hamas and Netanyahu to be bad actors? Could I also not condemn Bush and Sadam? Stalin and Hitler? Do I need to score them all in order to assign precise levels of condemnation?

How many babies did Bibi throw into a pile and set on fire? How many women did he rape? Yes he fucked up on intel but he did not commit those atrocities. You do need to score them all in order, because this thing is not like that thing.

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 6:14:21pm

Nonetheless, when people need health care and food for their families, they’re vulnerable to being exploited by a group like Hamas if it’s the only option they have.

Charles Johnson Oct 30, 2023 • 6:15:44pm

re: #37 Belafon

Hamas need to be destroyed and Netanyahu needs to leave office. I don’t trust him to do either.

Agree.

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 6:16:03pm

Hamas are terrorists. They have been left to fester for too long. The 10/7 massacre reminded us how much.

How was isis *defeated* (I’m not sure….but the carnage pretty much stopped/paused)

I just think it wasn’t a priority or they couldn’t figure out how…..

Status quo until they acted.

IngisKahn Oct 30, 2023 • 6:16:34pm

re: #37 Belafon

Hamas need to be destroyed…

I don’t see how that is possible morally.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 6:21:23pm

re: #39 Vicious Babushka

How many babies did Bibi throw into a pile and set on fire? How many women did he rape? Yes he fucked up on intel but he did not commit those atrocities. You do need to score them all in order, because this thing is not like that thing.

So the method of killing babies changes that much for you? Bombs don’t burn? Bullets don’t maim? How come I’m not allowed to grieve for all the babies and not just ones I share a religion with?

Vicious Babushka Oct 30, 2023 • 6:25:54pm

re: #44 Unabogie

So the method of killing babies changes that much for you? Bombs don’t burn? Bullets don’t maim? How come I’m not allowed to grieve for all the babies and not just ones I share a religion with?

Tell me please how Israel is supposed to respond to the people who committed the 10/7 massacre. They can’t drop bombs and they can’t send their army into Gaza, or interfere in any way with their power, water, electricity & internet access. So what are they supposed to do get their hostages back? Just pay whatever ransom is demanded?

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Oct 30, 2023 • 6:25:55pm

20 years old, AR-15, semi-auto pistol, collection of explosive devices (on his perso & in his vehicle) mix of real and fake.
No signs of bomb making at family home
Entered park while closed. Body found in women’s restroom when maintenance crew arrived Sat morning

Spidey sense has me thinking someone coaxed him along

Police say heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out attack at Colorado amusement park https://t.co/d7HB2U6Shx

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2023

Nerdy Fish Oct 30, 2023 • 6:26:28pm

Jesus H. Christ, people. Take a breath. Think long and hard about what you’re saying.

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 6:27:27pm

I follow Josh Marshall’s list for Israel. This is from said list

Live update: Gantz appeals to Arab citizens amid wartime ethnic tensions, says they’re integral part of country https://t.co/HbDgoBG8tk . Click to read ⬇️

— TOI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) October 31, 2023

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 6:29:04pm

@nora.zone

i just want to be clear that i also think antisemitism is bad, i think the way that jewish people get conflated with and expected to answer for israel is bad

teleskiguy Oct 30, 2023 • 6:31:20pm

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 6:31:24pm

re: #45 Vicious Babushka

Tell me please how Israel is supposed to respond to the people who committed the 10/7 massacre. They can’t drop bombs and they can’t send their army into Gaza, or interfere in any way with their power, water, electricity & internet access. So what are they supposed to do get their hostages back? Just pay whatever ransom is demanded?

I actually wish they would. Send the prisoners back. Get the hostages home. Simplistic yeah. But the hostages are being forgotten. Bring them home.

Charmingly Persistent Oct 30, 2023 • 6:32:19pm

Former gifted child costume

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 6:39:00pm

re: #9 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 6:40:27pm

re: #53 jaunte

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And Republicans want to bring us back to the days of unregulated child labor.

Nerdy Fish Oct 30, 2023 • 6:41:37pm

re: #54 Joe Bacon ✅

And Republicans want to bring us back to the days of unregulated child labor.

Those good old-fashioned 18th-century values the Weaker of the House values so much.

Patricia Kayden Oct 30, 2023 • 6:43:02pm

re: #53 jaunte

Yet red states are bringing back child labor. Smh

Belafon Oct 30, 2023 • 6:44:20pm

re: #43 IngisKahn

I don’t see how that is possible morally.

I know. Like there wasn’t a moral way to end the Nazis, or to end slavery in the South.

Patricia Kayden Oct 30, 2023 • 6:49:07pm

re: #43 IngisKahn

I’m hoping that Palestinians turn against Hamas once and for all. What did Hamas think would come of its attacks on Israel?

IngisKahn Oct 30, 2023 • 6:54:09pm

re: #57 Belafon

I know. Like there wasn’t a moral way to end the Nazis, or to end slavery in the South.

I don’t see how you can compare justified wars (albeit with a smattering of war criming) with the wholesale imprisonment, starvation, torture, and murder of a people.

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 6:55:45pm

re: #58 Patricia Kayden

They likely were well aware of what the reaction would be. They’re willing to sacrifice Palestinian civilians if they can gain anything for it.

HRH Stanley Sea Oct 30, 2023 • 6:56:23pm

re: #58 Patricia Kayden

I’m hoping that Palestinians turn against Hamas once and for all. What did Hamas think would come of its attacks on Israel?

They wont. Been 20 (17) years. There’s a deadly status quo. No winners except for the continued conflict people.

Nerdy Fish Oct 30, 2023 • 6:56:54pm

re: #60 jaunte

They likely were well aware of what the reaction would be. They’re willing to sacrifice Palestinian civilians if they can gain anything for it.

We are, after all, talking about the guys who literally built a headquarters in a fucking hospital, just to dare the Israelis to bomb it.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Oct 30, 2023 • 6:58:36pm

re: #53 jaunte

Non-colorized from Library of Congress
Maggioni Oyster Company is still in South Carolina

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 7:02:34pm

The dentist looked at my latest x-ray and said…you got a real problem here…

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 7:03:25pm

re: #63 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

In their history page, they skip over the child labor part.
maggionioysters.com

Decatur Deb Oct 30, 2023 • 7:06:08pm

re: #65 jaunte

It wasn’t remarkable.

Romantic Heretic Oct 30, 2023 • 7:13:26pm

re: #47 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Christ, people. Take a breath. Think long and hard about what you’re saying.

Sorry. I’m too busy enjoying the high my fear and loathing give me. //

coin operated Oct 30, 2023 • 7:14:17pm

re: #64 Joe Bacon ✅

I’ve been in implant studies for a missing tooth (or two), but none of them have offered this option. I feel cheated….

goddamnedfrank Oct 30, 2023 • 7:16:25pm

re: #39 Vicious Babushka

How many babies did Bibi throw into a pile and set on fire? How many women did he rape? Yes he fucked up on intel but he did not commit those atrocities. You do need to score them all in order, because this thing is not like that thing.

Cool but he’s quoting Deuteronomy, “Remember what Amalek did to you,” about a foundational myth in which Biblical Israel was commanded by God to perform a total genocidal curettage of an enemy tribal land, to destroy everything that lived. He’s doing that in the context of a war where the IDF has now likely dropped 15 Kilotons and counting worth of ordnance on an incredibly dense city, targeting that ordnance with the same intel capabilities you just admitted “he fucked up on.”

I don’t know how anybody looks at that and thinks he’s not very deliberately committing crimes against humanity.

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 7:20:27pm

Dave In Austin Oct 30, 2023 • 7:24:05pm

2nd base seems to as far as the AZ boys can get tonight.

TX-3
AZ-0

jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 7:24:10pm

Dave In Austin Oct 30, 2023 • 7:25:20pm

AZ just got on the board… Finally.

ipsos Oct 30, 2023 • 7:27:27pm

I have no idea how to fix anything in the Middle East.

I think I know how not to fix it, though, and that’s to keep spilling blood for blood for blood.

As an American Jew, I look at what Hamas did to the kibbutzniks (my wife spent time at Nir Oz in the 80s) and shudder and weep at the suffering - but as an American Reform Jew, I also look at the suffering of the Gazans and weep for them.

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 7:30:39pm

85 years ago tonight Dad was in a CCC camp in Culpepper Virginia listening to Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy on the radio when a bunch of boys burst in to say that we were being invaded by Martians and they landed in New Jersey…

TarHellion Oct 30, 2023 • 7:33:02pm

re: #71 Dave In Austin

So the Diamondbacks are pulling a Ben Shapiro?

IngisKahn Oct 30, 2023 • 7:35:49pm

re: #71 Dave In Austin

2nd base seems to as far as the AZ boys can get tonight.

TX-3
AZ-0

Been there

coin operated Oct 30, 2023 • 7:37:18pm

re: #69 goddamnedfrank

Cool but he’s quoting Deuteronomy, “Remember what Amalek did to you,” about a foundational myth in which Biblical Israel was commanded by God to perform a total genocidal curettage of an enemy tribal land, to destroy everything that lived.
…snip…
I don’t know how anybody looks at that and thinks he’s not very deliberately committing crimes against humanity.

Some QFT here…I’m a run-o-the-mill atheist and *anyone* quoting sectarian tracts to justify harming $OTHER are fucking psychopaths. That includes Hamas, but this tract from Bibi quoting Deuteronomy is particularly vile.

Side note…a little bit later in the OT, the ‘eye for an eye’ mentioned in Exodus is meant to *reduce* the collateral damage of tribe-on-tribe violence. Seems like modern $DIETYWORSHIP tends to miss that one.

Minor edit for clarity.

My $.02

darthstar Oct 30, 2023 • 7:44:53pm

re: #50 teleskiguy

He’s an accomplished ‘snake’ handler I’m sure…but he prayed that away.

goddamnedfrank Oct 30, 2023 • 7:44:57pm

“Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.”
-Gray’s Law

Here’s my problem, I’m not conspiracy minded enough to think Netanyahu’s government let the October 7th attack happen on purpose in order to get a war they wanted. But I also don’t think the situation would look very different or be any less in line with their long term desires if it had played out that way. They deliberately funded and bolstered Hamas as a foil to Fatah, to divide Palestinians politically and make peace impossible, to destroy any chance of a two state solution. Bibi is on record stating this was Likud’s policy. Then he focused on expanding the illegal settlements in the West Bank to further make it clear he had no interest in peace and only promised further encroachment and de facto annexation of Palestinian land.

Along the way he got indicted for a bunch of flagrant corruption and got his coalition to basically overthrow Israel’s entire legal system with a judicial reform package that was so unpopular it resulted in the largest civil protests in modern Israeli history. He was warned repeatedly by the IDF that his reforms were doing so much damage to morale that it was endangering national security. Did he listen? No, he flipped the script and accused the IDF of playing politics.

Then he turned Israel’s back on Gaza and Hamas attacked, succeeding beyond all expectations and catching Israel completely off guard because the IDF’s predictions proved true.

So again, I don’t think this is what Netanyahu wanted, but what’s genuinely disturbing is would it look any different if it was his plan all along? And since it wasn’t why is he being rewarded politically for his failure? Are we supposed to believe that a man prone to dropping biblical quotes about Amalek is truly at his core incapable of sacrificing some of his own people’s lives to secure his long term demographic eliminationist goals? And does it actually matter if he is or isn’t that cynical of a person when he’s being rewarded as if he is with an opportunity to enact his stated long term vision?

darthstar Oct 30, 2023 • 7:45:33pm

re: #70 jaunte

Aw, Roddy…my favorite wrestler of the early 80s.

teleskiguy Oct 30, 2023 • 7:47:15pm

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Thanos Oct 30, 2023 • 7:49:42pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

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A Three Hour Tour Oct 30, 2023 • 7:49:54pm

re: #75 Joe Bacon ✅

85 years ago tonight Dad was in a CCC camp in Culpepper Virginia listening to Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy on the radio when a bunch of boys burst in to say that we were being invaded by Martians and they landed in New Jersey…

The city in Virginia is spelled Culpeper, but pronounced the same way as the conventional spelling. Yeah, I know, weird, right? My eighth grade US history teacher’s last name was also spelled that unusual way.

teleskiguy Oct 30, 2023 • 7:51:09pm

I went skiing today. Worked like a charm. I very briefly forgot about my life and just skied and ate food under an azure blue sky.

TarHellion Oct 30, 2023 • 7:52:25pm

re: #81 darthstar

Remember when Roddy came to Mid-Atlantic under Jim Crockett Promotions during the early 80s. He was a breath of fresh air. He didn’t last long because Vince McMahon came calling.

Unabogie Oct 30, 2023 • 7:52:45pm

re: #74 ipsos

I have no idea how to fix anything in the Middle East.

I think I know how not to fix it, though, and that’s to keep spilling blood for blood for blood.

As an American Jew, I look at what Hamas did to the kibbutzniks (my wife spent time at Nir Oz in the 80s) and shudder and weep at the suffering - but as an American Reform Jew, I also look at the suffering of the Gazans and weep for them.

Yeah, basically this.

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 7:55:11pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Oct 30, 2023 • 7:56:52pm

Monday is apparently not a “Snake” day

darthstar Oct 30, 2023 • 7:57:06pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

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Captain Ron Oct 30, 2023 • 7:57:54pm

Tarantula causes vehicle crash in California’s Death Valley https://t.co/6AZ1phFEmc

— BBC North America (@BBCNorthAmerica) October 30, 2023

Belafon Oct 30, 2023 • 7:59:52pm

Hey Speaker Johnson and the House Republicans… pic.twitter.com/otqPmN0MMd

— Michael F Ozaki MD (@brontyman) October 26, 2023

sizzzzlerz Oct 30, 2023 • 8:00:55pm

re: #53 jaunte

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Torn from today’s front pages, er, web site landing page, of every red state’s leading news aggregator.

Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 8:01:33pm

There are times that I wish this really did work!

A Three Hour Tour Oct 30, 2023 • 8:02:32pm

re: #86 TarHellion

Remember when Roddy came to Mid-Atlantic under Jim Crockett Promotions during the early 80s. He was a breath of fresh air. He didn’t last long because Vince McMahon came calling.

“Greetings, wrestling fans. Bob Caudle and Davy Crockett here welcoming you to NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling …”

A Three Hour Tour Oct 30, 2023 • 8:05:02pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

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I’m sorry, ‘skiguy. Do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself during this trying time.

ipsos Oct 30, 2023 • 8:08:37pm

Sending all the comforting thoughts to ‘ski and mmmirele and other lizards dealing with grief, past, current, or impending.

It’s been a little over a year since we lost my dad, and even though I had a long decline to try to get myself ready somehow, there’s still really nothing you can do when it happens. A year has made it a little less raw, but the edges are still very sharp at unexpected moments.

We’re all here to listen and offer virtual hugs.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Oct 30, 2023 • 8:09:17pm

New: Some GOP senators weren’t sold on House GOP bill cutting IRS $ to cover Israel aid

Romney: “It’d be nice if all spending was offset, but it’s not. I personally don’t think that reducing our tax collections by shrinking the IRS is the way to do that”https://t.co/rhuKDCs9fF

— Joseph Zeballos-Roig (@josephzeballos) October 31, 2023

TarHellion Oct 30, 2023 • 8:12:15pm

re: #95 A Three Hour Tour

MrsTarH’s dad would work the fields on Saturdays - then enjoy his cut-up hot dogs and wrestling. You did not disturb him while the wrestling was on.

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wrenchwench Oct 30, 2023 • 8:17:52pm

Birb.

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 30, 2023 • 8:28:24pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

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Markm1960 Oct 30, 2023 • 8:28:47pm

re: #94 Joe Bacon ✅

There are times that I wish this really did work!

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Always enjoyed Time Tunnel as a kid. Damn I was 5-6 when that was on.

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Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Oct 30, 2023 • 8:47:52pm

Your Next Wordle failed to let me shine.

Dean Phillips Runs Against Biden’s Age

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austin_blue Oct 30, 2023 • 8:53:39pm

re: #10 Unabogie

I hate commenting on this ugly war, precisely because my point of view is not represented much of anywhere, but here goes.

It’s disgusting that Hamas committed these atrocities, and people on the Left are giving them a pass, or worse, openly rooting for them. These were civilians living their lives. They didn’t deserve violence. Anyone who can’t admit this basic truth is morally bankrupt.

That said, the Israeli government has not worked for peace in good faith for at least 30 years. Netanyahu is a corrupt and violent thug who is using this attack to murder other innocent people. These victims cannot flee; they have nowhere to run. They are starving, they have no medical care, and their homes are being demolished by bombs and bullets. This too is disgusting.

I wish this horrific carnage would end. I wish people would use this moment to force through a peace deal. And I wish people would stop using it as a way to justify bigotry.

I think you will find that most Lizards agree with you. This is a wanking contest between Hamas and Bibi.

Nobody can win this fight. It’s impossible to wipe out Hamas, others will step up to fill available posts.

So Israel must…

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William Lewis Oct 30, 2023 • 8:54:13pm

re: #102 Markm1960

Always enjoyed Time Tunnel as a kid. Damn I was 5-6 when that was on.

We didn’t have ABC around here till I was in high school so I never even heard of shows like that.

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Dangerman Oct 30, 2023 • 8:58:06pm

I just announced: I’m asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to grant me authorization to issue subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II – the next step in our Supreme Court ethics investigation. pic.twitter.com/FSWcKVN3wS

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) October 30, 2023

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jaunte Oct 30, 2023 • 9:06:48pm

@xkcd.com

Breaker Box

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 9:22:04pm

re: #105 William Lewis

We didn’t have ABC around here till I was in high school so I never even heard of shows like that.

Originally Pittsburgh had only on VHF station WDTV Channel 3 and it was the DuMont Network. there was a UHF station in the 50s that carried CBS shows but it didn’t last long. DuMont sold their station to Westinghouse and renamed it KDKA and shifted it to channel 2 in 1955 on the CBS Network. WIIC Channel 11 came on the air in 1956 and was an NBC affiliate. WTAE 4 came on the air in 1959 and it carried ABC. There were stations in Wheeling and Youngstown that carried both CBS and ABC shows.

TV was a lot more fun when there were only 2 or 3 stations you could get.

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William Lewis Oct 30, 2023 • 9:40:34pm

re: #108 Joe Bacon ✅

Originally Pittsburgh had only on VHF station WDTV Channel 3 and it was the DuMont Network. there was a UHF station in the 50s that carried CBS shows but it didn’t last long. DuMont sold their station to Westinghouse and renamed it KDKA and shifted it to channel 2 in 1955 on the CBS Network. WIIC Channel 11 came on the air in 1956 and was an NBC affiliate. WTAE 4 came on the air in 1959 and it carried ABC. There were stations in Wheeling and Youngstown that carried both CBS and ABC shows.

TV was a lot more fun when there were only 2 or 3 stations you could get.

There was the local NBC affiliate - WEAU 13. As long as the weather wasn’t vile, we were located in a good position for our antenna to pick up WKBT 8 - CBS - out of La Crosse, WI. And then in the late 60’s PBS started on UHF 28. The reception was always poor but Sesame Street in the mornings and later, Dr Who & Blakes 7 at night made putting up with the occasional snow storm worth it. WQOW -18 didn’t come in until 1980.

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EPR-radar Oct 30, 2023 • 9:42:21pm

re: #104 austin_blue

I think you will find that most Lizards agree with you. This is a wanking contest between Hamas and Bibi.

Nobody can win this fight. It’s impossible to wipe out Hamas, others will step up to fill available posts.

So Israel must…

Regrettably, the simple truth is that if either side in a conflict truly wants war, there can be no peace, unless one side is basically wiped out. That’s obviously the long term plan of the Israeli hard right, and Hamas et al. play along because they need endless conflict for their own political purposes.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 30, 2023 • 9:49:01pm

re: #108 Joe Bacon ✅

Originally Pittsburgh had only on VHF station WDTV Channel 3 and it was the DuMont Network. there was a UHF station in the 50s that carried CBS shows but it didn’t last long. DuMont sold their station to Westinghouse and renamed it KDKA and shifted it to channel 2 in 1955 on the CBS Network. WIIC Channel 11 came on the air in 1956 and was an NBC affiliate. WTAE 4 came on the air in 1959 and it carried ABC. There were stations in Wheeling and Youngstown that carried both CBS and ABC shows.

TV was a lot more fun when there were only 2 or 3 stations you could get.

In the 1950s TV in central FL was broadcast by 2 then 3 Tampa stations. From time to time a station would lose their network feed or maybe the network would lose their source, and “please stand by”.
Suddenly you’re watching some guy wearing a turban playing an organ, or playing an organ with one hand, and a piano with the other hand. Three D Danny in the afternoon. . .

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Captain Ron Oct 30, 2023 • 10:35:15pm

YouTube

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 30, 2023 • 10:45:43pm

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 30, 2023 • 10:52:01pm

Sigh. I do miss Anymouse’s contributions here. And I just don’t hang out that much at Bluesky.

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Semper Fi Oct 30, 2023 • 11:00:29pm

re: #114 Hecuba’s daughter

Sigh. I do miss Anymouse’s contributions here. And I just don’t hang out that much at Bluesky.

Yes! Me too.

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Captain Ron Oct 30, 2023 • 11:02:36pm

YouTube

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EPR-radar Oct 30, 2023 • 11:16:30pm

re: #114 Hecuba’s daughter

Sigh. I do miss Anymouse’s contributions here. And I just don’t hang out that much at Bluesky.

Did he leave us?

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 30, 2023 • 11:22:09pm

re: #117 EPR-radar

Did he leave us?

He’s been gone for several weeks; he was not happy about an exchange he was having here, and has taken an apparent leave; not sure when or if he will be returning.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 12:25:15am

re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter

He’s been gone for several weeks; he was not happy about an exchange he was having here, and has taken an apparent leave; not sure when or if he will be returning.

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silverdolphin Oct 31, 2023 • 12:37:47am

Wow. Three days after announcing, and his strategy comes out. Complain about Biden’s age and make up shit about it. No real policy differences detailed yet. Just the Biden is old. Asshat.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 12:43:18am

re: #120 silverdolphin

Dean Phillips Runs Against Biden’s Age

Wow. Three days after announcing, and his strategy comes out. Complain about Biden’s age and make up shit about it. No real policy differences detailed yet. Just the Biden is old. Asshat.

Follow the money. I’m sure it would be … enlightening.

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IngisKahn Oct 31, 2023 • 12:48:22am

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mmmirele Oct 31, 2023 • 12:52:43am

re: #16 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

That’s not fertility, that is fecundity. It’s a bulkshit graph regardless of the words, though.

Yeah, it’s lovely how these guys have absolutely zero problem in commandeering women’s bodies for their schemes without bothering to get our consent or simply insisting they know best. They’re not the only ones.

Just after I got to Boston last Wednesday, I took a cab over to MIT because the person I was visiting was going to a talk there regarding “longtermism,” which is a part of the cluster of ideas / ideologies around “effective altruism” (which, if you heard about it, probably came from Sam Bankman-Fried claiming to be an adherent). To be honest, these ideologies are *very* complex, and I don’t even begin to fully understand it, but it’s part of a utilitarian “greatest good for the greatest number.” But what got me is that when you boil down the arguments, it works out in part to a “we need more people” belief. And, as I told the speaker during the Q&A period, “yet again women are being told that our bodies are being volunteered—without our consent—because the only way human beings get here today is through bodily birth.” He didn’t disagree.

All these people—guys mostly—with their high and mighty ideas about the future that involve commandeering the bodies of women and girls. Yay, patriarchy!

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IngisKahn Oct 31, 2023 • 1:01:22am

re: #123 mmmirele

I was reading a bit on Effective Altruism, and it’s pretty repugnant. The textbook example is a man in a very expensive suit sees a baby drowning; according to EA, the only moral action for him to take is to let the baby drown then sell his suit and donate the money to charity. It’s all about maximizing short term suffering with the vague intent to minimize long term suffering.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 1:10:23am

What little I’ve looked at about EA has me thinking of it as Objectivism Mk II: Lipstick and the Smiley Face button from Watchmen (the one with the bullet hole) on a picture of Ayn Rand. The metaphor is as ugly as the philosophy. I’ll stick to my Michael Harrington influenced Democratic Socialism, thankyewverymuch.

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ericblair Oct 31, 2023 • 1:14:02am

Joe Biden referred to the Webb Telescope—deployed almost two years ago—in his comments on AI today.

Fox News dedicated a segment to attacking him, thinking he meant the Hubble telescope, because Fox News DOES NOT KNOW THE WEBB TELESCOPE EXISTS https://t.co/lKwrVYMSJG

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 31, 2023

They are so fucking pig ignorant, and it’s not like the Webb telescope wasn’t a huge media event when it was launched in 2021.

I also remember the same bunch of morons ridiculing Biden for “making up” the term Bosniaks in a foreign policy debate. Yes, that’s their name, he was central to Balkan diplomacy in the 90s.

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IngisKahn Oct 31, 2023 • 1:22:35am

re: #125 William Lewis

What little I’ve looked at about EA has me thinking of it as Objectivism Mk II: Lipstick and the Smiley Face button from Watchmen (the one with the bullet hole) on a picture of Ayn Rand. The metaphor is as ugly as the philosophy. I’ll stick to my Michael Harrington influenced Democratic Socialism, thankyewverymuch.

Ya, seems like an excuse to amass as much wealth as you can, since you can always donate (a portion of) it later.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:28:24am

re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter

Used Google to answer my question of downstairs — the word assimilate does not appear in the Torah or the Christian Bible. So is there anywhere the Books refer to a concept equivalent to requiring the stranger to be assimilated? Didn’t think that the Borg made an appearance in our Holy Scriptures.

A guest in your house can be asked to obey the rules of your house (that means adapting, not assimilating) but the main thing is that the Bible wants us to welcome strangers.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:31:46am

re: #32 Unabogie

So it’s not possible to consider both Hamas and Netanyahu to be bad actors? Could I also not condemn Bush and Saddam? Stalin and Hitler? Do I need to score them all in order to assign precise levels of condemnation?

Yes, because in the shouting match to which the level of public discourse has devolved, there is no room for nuance, context or anything but right (my position) or wrong (anyone else who differs with me)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:36:44am

re: #54 Joe Bacon ✅

And Republicans want to bring us back to the days of unregulated ~~child labor~~ everything.

(except abortion)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:39:55am

re: #102 Markm1960

Always enjoyed Time Tunnel as a kid. Damn I was 5-6 when that was on.

one of my favorite shows as a kid as well

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:43:05am

re: #125 William Lewis

What little I’ve looked at about EA has me thinking of it as Objectivism Mk II: Lipstick and the Smiley Face button from Watchmen (the one with the bullet hole) on a picture of Ayn Rand. The metaphor is as ugly as the philosophy. I’ll stick to my Michael Harrington influenced Democratic Socialism, thankyewverymuch.

three words:

enlightened self interest

with the emphasis on the latter two…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 1:44:41am

Hey people, I thanks again, I have cracked 249K karmas and can see my lifetime goal of 250K…I will be commenting away like mad until I reach it then I can calm down.

(I live for random accomplisments like this)

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 1:48:38am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Hey people, I thanks again, I have cracked 249K karmas and can see my goal of 250K…I will be commenting away like mad until I reach it then I can calm down.

(I live for random accomplishemnts like this)

Just to give you a couple along the way 😉

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IngisKahn Oct 31, 2023 • 1:56:05am

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 31, 2023 • 2:33:35am

re: #123 mmmirele

Sabine Hossenfelder, in some of her videos, have warned about the longtermism guys.

Musk is at the head of the list.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 31, 2023 • 2:37:24am

Never like this time of year… so dry (humidity is quite low), which makes me feel cold:

NWS San Diego - Weekly Weather Briefing - October 30, 2023

..

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TarHellion Oct 31, 2023 • 2:38:28am

No tricks, just a treat, with this Birbie.

Got to load up on caffeine and get into character. Portraying SNL’s motivational speaker Matt Foley for the office Halloween party. Though it’s tough to take a shower WHEN YOU’RE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!

Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys and Bad Guys

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 2:42:47am

re: #138 TarHellion

No tricks, just a treat, with this Birbie.

Got to load up on caffeine and get into character. Portraying SNL’s motivational speaker Matt Foley for the office Halloween party. Though it’s tough to take a shower WHEN YOU’RE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!

Get fired up by listening to some Camper Van Beethoven

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 31, 2023 • 2:55:59am

Apparently the Apple Event disappointed some people who were hoping Apple was going to no longer price their products as they do.

Anyway, a brief summary of what was introduced:

Scary Fast Apple Event - Everything Announced and Missed

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TarHellion Oct 31, 2023 • 3:02:25am

re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Apple reports earnings after the bell on Thursday in what could exacerbate the recent overall market decline or give it a jolt upwards. The stock is down more than 12 percent from its summer high.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 3:02:38am

re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Find one of the last generation machines that others are tossing aside? Might be a cheaper alternative for you.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 31, 2023 • 3:13:57am

re: #82 teleskiguy

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 31, 2023 • 3:14:12am

re: #141 TarHellion

The entire personal computing sector has seen sluggish sales in 2023, compared to the “pandemic era”.

Apple has been doing better than some other makers. And the iPhone 15 sales are strong, supposedly.

Mostly, this event yesterday was about bragging rights. Apple is the first company to bring a “3nm” chip to the user.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 31, 2023 • 3:16:58am

re: #120 silverdolphin

Trump is just three years younger than Biden and yet his party rallies around his racist, criminal, decrepit behind. President Biden has my vote.

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EPR-radar Oct 31, 2023 • 3:18:18am

re: #145 Patricia Kayden

Trump is just three years younger than Biden and yet his party rallies around his racist, criminal, decrepit behind. President Biden has my vote.

Any Democrat has my vote in any general election. But Biden has done well enough with the cards he’s been dealt that I’ll do so enthusiastically in 2024.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 3:18:46am

Whatever his shortcomings, Biden is still the best candidate any party has presented so far, and I will vote for the best candidate among those presented.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Oct 31, 2023 • 3:32:09am

Three Songs, Op. 42: No. 3, Darthulas Grabesgesang

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 3:35:42am

Obligatory drive time music

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 3:40:30am

MJ was from my hometown of Gary, Indiana, and only a half-year older than me.

He grew up only five miles away from me but on the other side of the Interstate and the Calumet River.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 3:40:30am

That’s about right for that word.
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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 3:41:28am

Beautiful crisp Halloween morning, walked to my office from my car with the waning moon overhead and a hoot owl in the distance. I turned off the tv so I can hear the owl. A good day to be alive.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 3:42:28am

re: #152 Shropshire Slasher

Beautiful crisp Halloween morning, walked to my office from my car with the waning moon overhead and a hoot owl in the distance. I turned off the tv so I can hear the owl. A good day to be alive.

we are having a dry day, a nice break from the showery but warm weather we have been experiencing all week.

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 3:43:52am

Since it is two for Tuesday, and since I make the rules (it has to be two related songs on my drive into work, until the rules change). I hope you would enjoy some loaf, Meatloaf that is.
Updated with a better quality video, I really should practice more due diligence.

Youtube Video

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 3:50:57am

re: #154 Shropshire Slasher

Updated with a different video. I am really glad I saw that in the theater while I was attending college.

Finally turned the heat on yesterday, but I won’t start heating with wood until it gets colder, and I still have to sweep the chimney.

Looking forward to all the candy corn sales tomorrow.

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Nerdy Fish Oct 31, 2023 • 3:57:35am

re: #155 Shropshire Slasher

It snowed late last night here. Current air temperature is a fairly moderate 28 °F (-2.2 C).

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 4:02:16am

re: #156 Nerdy Fish

It snowed late last night here. Current air temperature is a fairly moderate 28 °F (-2.2 C).

Snowing lightly here. Nothing sticking to the pavement or sidewalks, thankfully since maintenance has hidden the shovels on me.

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Nerdy Fish Oct 31, 2023 • 4:04:42am

re: #157 William Lewis

Snowing lightly here. Nothing sticking to the pavement or sidewalks, thankfully since maintenance has hidden the shovels on me.

I had to shovel, because my north-facing driveway has cooled enough to let it accumulate. It’s around an inch or so in the grass.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 4:11:08am

From bsky:
Gamera Obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social
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4h
I just saw a heartwarming bank commercial in which an earnest young man talks about how easy it was to get a personal loan.

To pay for his cancer treatment.

And even though I have never lived anywhere else but here, I am fucking thunderstruck by the brokenness of this country.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 4:13:40am

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Teukka Oct 31, 2023 • 4:17:31am

Pro-Palestine activists release rats at a McDonald’s in Britain. Needless to say terrorising minimum wage workers and members of the public does nothing for Palestine pic.twitter.com/KZTkLko5UW

— Drew Pavlou 柏乐志 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) October 30, 2023

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 4:23:37am

re: #161 Teukka

Assholes and amateurs. They couldn’t find any Palestinian honey badgers?

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 4:25:44am

Those three little kids in the vestibule thought they were going to die.

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William Lewis Oct 31, 2023 • 4:28:31am

re: #161 Teukka

Fookin’ idjits.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 4:36:06am

re: #161 Teukka

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“A demonstration is to turn people on, not turn people off.”
—Phil Ochs

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Nerdy Fish Oct 31, 2023 • 4:50:31am

Well, that was a word on a snowy morning.

THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING - 1964 Science Fiction Movie

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sagehen Oct 31, 2023 • 4:55:21am

re: #123 mmmirele

Just after I got to Boston last Wednesday, I took a cab over to MIT because the person I was visiting was going to a talk there regarding “longtermism,” which is a part of the cluster of ideas / ideologies around “effective altruism” (which, if you heard about it, probably came from Sam Bankman-Fried claiming to be an adherent). To be honest, these ideologies are *very* complex, and I don’t even begin to fully understand it, but it’s part of a utilitarian “greatest good for the greatest number.”

My understanding of it is…

The plague killed about half of Europe. Terrible horrible suffering for a couple of generations, would have been a miserable thing to be there then. But it set the stage for the Renaissance and all the progress that happened after.

From our perspective in our time, we can see very clearly that 100 years after, Europe was definitely better off for it having happened. “Longtermism” is if somebody the year before the plague started, advocated for it because of how it would work out eventually.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 4:59:25am

re: #167 sagehen

From our perspective in our time, we can see very clearly that 100 years after, Europe was definitely better off for it having happened. “Longtermism” is if somebody the year before the plague started, advocated for it because of how it would work out eventually.

The Rich see themselves as Prince Prospero, being able to retire in isolation to a castle in the hills and leading a life of debauchery until the Red Death finds its way in (probably through the servants’ entrance)

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Dr Lizardo Oct 31, 2023 • 5:00:58am

For your Halloween viewing pleasure, today we have The Earth Dies Screaming, a 1964 British sci-fi/horror film, starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price. Screenplay by Harry Spalding (using his occasional nom de plume of “Henry Cross” ) and directed by Terence Fisher.

Professor Peter Dendle of Penn State Mont Alto once cited this film as “an obvious precursor to Night of the Living Dead”.

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Mike Lamb Oct 31, 2023 • 5:01:08am

re: #119 William Lewis

[Embedded content]

Perhaps I shouldn’t say this, but I always found him to be an asshole on the regular, who would quickly pivot to portraying himself as a victim before having his semi-annual flounce. It was VERY off putting.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 5:06:04am

re: #167 sagehen

My understanding of it is…

The plague killed about half of Europe. Terrible horrible suffering for a couple of generations, would have been a miserable thing to be there then. But it set the stage for the Renaissance and all the progress that happened after.

From our perspective in our time, we can see very clearly that 100 years after, Europe was definitely better off for it having happened. “Longtermism” is if somebody the year before the plague started, advocated for it because of how it would work out eventually.

It starts with Stewart Brand & the Long Now foundation. (Yes, the Whole Earth Catalog guy) longnow.org
He’s not trying to be Harry Seldon. but…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:06:33am

It has been Horror Week all week, last night was the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (I only knew the 70’s remake).

The other night was Blood Quantum, about a zombie plague that spares Native Americans and leaves them with the quandry of whether they should take in uninfected white stragglers, even though there is a security risk that a zombie could get into their compound and turn all the white refugees.

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 5:06:49am

re: #170 Mike Lamb

Perhaps I shouldn’t say this, but I always found him to be an asshole on the regular, who would quickly pivot to portraying himself as a victim before having his semi-annual flounce. It was VERY off putting.

I think he is an atheist…

///

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:09:39am

re: #173 Shropshire Slasher

I think he is an atheist…

///

He has a big chip on his shoulder, but for that he has had some very negative experiences with fundamentalism. And being the only atheist in a small town in Nebraska is also going lead to feelings of alienation and isolation.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 5:09:53am

re: #171 Thanos

It starts with Stewart Brand & the Long Now foundation. (Yes, the Whole Earth Catalog guy) longnow.org
He’s not trying to be Harry Seldon. but…

Here’s a page I wrote about some of the concepts a few years back.
noblesseoblige.org

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Patricia Kayden Oct 31, 2023 • 5:21:09am

re: #114 Hecuba’s daughter

Hopefully he will mosey on back over here. He had good posts.

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A Three Hour Tour Oct 31, 2023 • 5:22:52am

re: #173 Shropshire Slasher

I think he is an atheist…

///

So am I. Got a problem with it?

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Patricia Kayden Oct 31, 2023 • 5:24:15am

re: #161 Teukka

How is releasing rats anywhere a protest for Palestinians? What the actual hell?!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:26:21am

re: #178 Patricia Kayden

How is releasing rats anywhere a protest for Palestinians? What the actual hell?!!!

I smell a rat here. There is just too much disinformation and grandstanding and do not forget that the world is full of people who live just to get a rise out of others and will find any controversy as an excuse for their shenanigans.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Oct 31, 2023 • 5:33:17am

Morning Lizards. May you all have a bountiful Samhain tonight.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 5:34:37am

re: #180 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Armed and ready for tonight. Scotchmallows are GO!

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 5:35:34am

re: #177 A Three Hour Tour

So am I. Got a problem with it?

That was sarcasm, and I don’t care what your belief system is. I do know that Atheists will not be getting us into WW3 right now as well.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 5:42:05am

They’re back.

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 5:45:16am

I think I have found God.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:47:35am

re: #182 Shropshire Slasher

That was sarcasm, and I don’t care what your belief system is. I do know that Atheists will not be getting us into WW3 right now as well.

Atheists don’t hypcritically claim to support Israel when all they want is to see their End Times prophecies fulfilled so they can kick-start Armageddon and bring about the Second Coming of the Messiah who will cast the unbelievers (including the Jews) into the Lake of Fire.

Time to recognize this fucking death cult for what it is.

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 5:47:48am

What do vegetarian zombies eat?!

GRAINS!

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 5:50:23am

re: #179 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I smell a rat here. There is just too much disinformation and grandstanding and do not forget that the world is full of people who live just to get a rise out of others and will find any controversy as an excuse for their shenanigans.

We used to call them “assholes”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:51:06am

re: #186 Shropshire Slasher

What do vegetarian zombies eat?!

GRAINS!

If a zombie eats gummy bears, does he become a gumby?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 5:51:21am

re: #187 Decatur Deb

We used to call them “assholes”.

Now they are Internet Edgelords

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 5:54:41am

re: #178 Patricia Kayden

How is releasing rats anywhere a protest for Palestinians? What the actual hell?!!!

Hey! You left the toilet seat up again!
FOR PALESTINE!

I ignore clickbait tweets like that. There are plenty of things to get riled up about without looking for them.

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 6:01:14am

Do Zombies Poop?

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 6:02:24am

Shhhh! Everyone’s thinking.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:02:35am

re: #191 Dave In Austin

Do Zombies Poop?

Some people have shit for brains, zombies, on the other hand have…

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 6:02:58am

re: #191 Dave In Austin

Do Zombies Poop?

amazon.com

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lawhawk Oct 31, 2023 • 6:07:16am

re: #191 Dave In Austin

Do Zombies Poop?

Why else would they need to go to the bathroom, and we need Rule #3: Beware of Bathrooms - Don’t let them catch you with your pants down.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 6:09:47am

‘DeSantis is wearing lifts — there is no doubt’

Gosh is he also sticking a sock in his jock?

Is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trying to make himself artificially look taller by wearing height-boosting boots?

Intrepid Politico reporter Derek Guy this week talked with three footwear experts and they all agreed that DeSantis is wearing lifts.

Graham Ebner, an Austin, Texas-based cowboy bootmaker, tells Politico that he spots three giveaways in determining that DeSantis is likely wearing lifts: “The instep, the toe spring and where the ball of his foot is sitting in the boots.”Ebner argues that the instep on DeSantis’ boots appears particularly steep, and he says that “instead of the leather hugging the inside arch of his foot, as it should, it looks like his foot is being lifted up and stretching out the leather.”

Zephan Parker, the bootmaker at the Houston, Texas-based Parker Boot Company, bluntly tells Politico that “[DeSantis] is wearing lifts; there’s no doubt.”

Parker points to the size of the heels on DeSantis’ boots as a dead giveaway that the Florida governor is wearing boosters.

Additionally, Parker sees something off with the boots’ tops.

“Cowboy boots are made to fit snugly,” explains Guy. “But such a snug fit leaves little room for a wedge-shaped lift, so people who wear lifts often have to size up in width. This increases all the other measurements in tandem, including the circumference of the tops.”

The DeSantis campaign fired back at its reporting on the governor’s footwear and said that “the governor doesn’t pad his boots, but if he ever needed anything to line a pet cage or fold up and wedge under a table leg, that would be the highest and best use for Politico Magazine.”

politico.com

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:15:48am

re: #108 Joe Bacon ✅

Originally Pittsburgh had only on VHF station WDTV Channel 3 and it was the DuMont Network. there was a UHF station in the 50s that carried CBS shows but it didn’t last long. DuMont sold their station to Westinghouse and renamed it KDKA and shifted it to channel 2 in 1955 on the CBS Network. WIIC Channel 11 came on the air in 1956 and was an NBC affiliate. WTAE 4 came on the air in 1959 and it carried ABC. There were stations in Wheeling and Youngstown that carried both CBS and ABC shows.

TV was a lot more fun when there were only 2 or 3 stations you could get.

You may have seen my brother and I on TV in the 1950s, Joe: “Randy & Terry, Brothers in Balance.” We were on national TV about 20 times between 1954 and 1960 doing acrobatics.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 6:20:05am

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 6:21:27am

Kidfluencers are today’s version of chimney sweeps

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 6:21:52am

re: #197 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

You may have seen my brother and I on TV in the 1950s, Joe: “Randy & Terry, Brothers in Balance.” We were on national TV about 20 times between 1954 and 1960 doing acrobatics.

Maybe I did see you!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:22:08am

I have been on Moscow TV (an economics show that featured our company’s joint ventures in 1992) and in Germany (a charity gig for the homeless on Christmas Eve 2014) but never as far as I recall in the USofA.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 6:28:39am

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 6:41:23am

re: #201 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have been on Moscow TV (an economics show that fetured our company’s joint ventures in 1992) and in Germany (a charity gig for the homeless on Christmas Eve 2014) but never as far as I recall in the USofA.

My father was a clown, no, really… my father was a clown. I was on the local news one time as an indentured and unwilling child clown during the 4th of July parade one year in Steinbeck’s old stomping grounds.
monterey.org

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 6:48:24am

Interesting - Marketing and other agitprop agents are out there using kids to influence kids. I’m sure there are a few “Joe Rogan mold” parents out there too…

Enter the state of Illinois, where a recently passed law gives successful child social media stars a right to some percentage of the earnings they generate, to be held in a trust in their name until they turn 18. Such legislation has precedent. In the early days of Hollywood, California passed the Coogan Law, which gives child actors a right to a certain percentage of earnings, which employers have to place in trust accounts. New York has passed similar legislation.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 6:49:09am

re: #196 Joe Bacon ✅

‘DeSantis is wearing lifts — there is no doubt’

Gosh is he also sticking a sock in his jock?

Is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trying to make himself artificially look taller by wearing height-boosting boots?

Intrepid Politico reporter Derek Guy this week talked with three footwear experts and they all agreed that DeSantis is wearing lifts.

Graham Ebner, an Austin, Texas-based cowboy bootmaker, tells Politico that he spots three giveaways in determining that DeSantis is likely wearing lifts: “The instep, the toe spring and where the ball of his foot is sitting in the boots.”Ebner argues that the instep on DeSantis’ boots appears particularly steep, and he says that “instead of the leather hugging the inside arch of his foot, as it should, it looks like his foot is being lifted up and stretching out the leather.”

Zephan Parker, the bootmaker at the Houston, Texas-based Parker Boot Company, bluntly tells Politico that “[DeSantis] is wearing lifts; there’s no doubt.”

Parker points to the size of the heels on DeSantis’ boots as a dead giveaway that the Florida governor is wearing boosters.

Additionally, Parker sees something off with the boots’ tops.

“Cowboy boots are made to fit snugly,” explains Guy. “But such a snug fit leaves little room for a wedge-shaped lift, so people who wear lifts often have to size up in width. This increases all the other measurements in tandem, including the circumference of the tops.”

The DeSantis campaign fired back at its reporting on the governor’s footwear and said that “the governor doesn’t pad his boots, but if he ever needed anything to line a pet cage or fold up and wedge under a table leg, that would be the highest and best use for Politico Magazine.”

politico.com

Anything to avoid talking about his wretched governorship

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:50:58am

re: #205 Dangerman

Anything to avoid talking about his wretched governorship

His candidacy for President is irrelevant unless Trump drops out or is forced out of the race.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 6:53:08am

re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

His candidacy for President is irrelevant unless Trump drops out or is forced out of the race.

He’s running for president?
Huh.

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jeffreyw Oct 31, 2023 • 6:56:19am

Good morning!

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(((Archangel1))) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:57:00am

I believe the order is in fact Nope-adile, Nope-man, and lastly Nope-igator.

Crocodile, caiman and alligator. Can you tell which is which? pic.twitter.com/j2hXgEKna8

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 31, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 6:59:16am

re: #207 Dangerman

He’s running for president?
Huh.

all the GOP candidates are irrelevant as long as DJT is still in play

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:17:03am

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:18:15am

re: #199 Thanos

Ivanka’s testimony got moved from news dump Friday to next Wednesday so that should get more attention. Failsons 1 & 2 testify this week. Daddy is supposed to be called Monday but he probably won’t show.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:18:16am

…

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:18:55am

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:24:56am

re: #212 darthstar
Count on hoopla then!

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:27:27am

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:28:43am

re: #215 Thanos

Count on hoopla then!

She’s got the best lawyers in the family - and the most money. I expect her testimony to be somewhat disappointing. Hopefully Don Jr is getting coached by skreech Guilfoyle…and Eric is leaning on Giuliani for advice.

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BigPapa Oct 31, 2023 • 7:28:56am

re: #216 Thanos

The day he assumes room temperature will be a new era of peace and harmony for the world.

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 7:29:48am

re: #214 Thanos

Do you have the actual WAPO link. I discontinued my Bluesky engagement.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:30:44am

re: #216 Thanos

[Embedded content]

bsky.app

Please tell me Trump took that picture himself.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:32:32am

re: #219 Dave In Austin

Do you have the actual WAPO link. I discontinued my Bluesky engagement.

Sure thing:
washingtonpost.com

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:33:08am

re: #219 Dave In Austin

Do you have the actual WAPO link. I discontinued my Bluesky engagement.

Por que? I just visited for maybe the fifth time since I signed up. Last time was two weeks ago when a friend posted on FB he had a bluesky account so I pinged him there to follow. I’m pretty much a mastoman now.
Masto, mastoman
I wanna be
on mastodon.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:34:29am

Speaking of trials…looks like Trump’s rantings are bearing fruit.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:34:35am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 7:35:49am

re: #224 darthstar

Speaking of trials…looks like Trump’s rantings are bearing fruit.

Stochfantastic

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 7:36:19am

re: #222 darthstar

Por que? I just visited for maybe the fifth time since I signed up. Last time was two weeks ago when a friend posted on FB he had a bluesky account so I pinged him there to follow. I’m pretty much a mastoman now.
Masto, mastoman
I wanna be
on mastodon.

I bailed there as well. Too convoluted for my patience.

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 7:36:37am

re: #221 Thanos

Thank you

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 7:37:10am

re: #226 Dave In Austin

I bailed there as well. Too convoluted for my patience.

I cannot make much sense of Mastodon either.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:37:39am

re: #227 Dave In Austin

Yw!

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BigPapa Oct 31, 2023 • 7:38:45am

re: #225 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Stochifantastic

Stochastic Cletusism

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 7:39:25am

re: #228 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot make much sense of Mastodon either.

The lack of advertising took getting used to. But after about a year on the platform I’ve built up a decent community of accounts I engage with, others I follow for info, and hashtags of interest.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 7:44:09am

re: #231 darthstar

The lack of advertising took getting used to. But after about a year on the platform I’ve built up a decent community of accounts I engage with, others I follow for info, and hashtags of interest.

Personally I like it fine, it’s just old style - you have to cut and paste to share, it’s not frictionless.

Indeed, the only reason ex-twitter still has any traffic at all is due to Old Twitter’s ubiquitous & frictionless sharing API that Elon has destroyed.

Without that “easy-squeezy” lazy man’s bird button on every site you visit, & every website under the sun accommodating their embeds, they would have less traffic than myspace…

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Sherlock Hound Oct 31, 2023 • 7:45:39am

How antisemitism in France went worldwide 12 years later:
tabletmag.com

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A Cranky One Oct 31, 2023 • 7:45:59am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 7:49:32am

re: #231 darthstar

The lack of advertising took getting used to. But after about a year on the platform I’ve built up a decent community of accounts I engage with, others I follow for info, and hashtags of interest.

I have never put any time or effort into building up such a network

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 7:50:25am

Another Republican does the Boys In The Hoods & Bedsheets thing and gets caught.

GOP chief who said Black people belonged in Wakanda and women should make sandwiches quits

The executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party has resigned after less than two weeks on the job following controversy over a series of social media posts denigrating women and Black people, reported KFYR TV on Tuesday.

“I believe the best path forward for the NDGOP is for me to take a different path,” said Dave Roetman in a brief statement announcing his resignation. “I wish them all the best.”

This comes after extensive reporting at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead documenting Roetman’s controversial escapades on X.

According to reporter Rob Port, Roetman made “dozens and dozens of ignorant social media posts,” including comments leering at scantily clad or undressed women; jokes about women making sandwiches; and a suggestion that Black people should get out of America and move to Wakanda, the fictional East African kingdom that was the setting for Black Panther.

When the original story broke, Roetman refused to apologize, telling Port, “I am a man who stands by his words.”

Generally, state party chairs are content to work behind the scenes out of sight, but are sometimes the focus of colorful scandals. In 2021, former Minnesota GOP director Jennifer Carnahan stepped down amid allegations the organization was full of sexual harassment and bullying, including one of her close associates and party donors being arrested for sex trafficking.

rawstory.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 7:51:36am

re: #236 Joe Bacon ✅

Regardless, this is just another step in mainstreaming outright fascism and white supremacism.

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Unabogie Oct 31, 2023 • 7:56:21am

re: #236 Joe Bacon ✅

In what world is it best to stand by your words when you say something stupid, mean, sexist, or racist?

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Vicious Babushka Oct 31, 2023 • 7:56:43am

re: #233 Sherlock Hound

How antisemitism in France went worldwide 12 years later:
tabletmag.com

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wrenchwench Oct 31, 2023 • 7:57:28am

re: #237 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Regardless, this is just another step in mainstreaming outright fascism and white supremacism.

Way to dismiss it. Good job.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 7:58:52am

re: #238 Unabogie

In what world is it best to stand by your words when you say something stupid, mean, sexist, or racist?

a world in which being mean, sexist and racist is seen as simply occupying a place in the aceepted spectrum of politics

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Markm1960 Oct 31, 2023 • 7:58:56am

re: #217 darthstar

She’s got the best lawyers in the family - and the most money. I expect her testimony to be somewhat disappointing. Hopefully Don Jr is getting coached by skreech Guilfoyle…and Eric is leaning on Giuliani for advice.

She’s probably getting real legal advice, tweedle dum and tweedle dummer are probably being coached by daddy.

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Vicious Babushka Oct 31, 2023 • 7:59:17am

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 31, 2023 • 7:59:27am

55 years old, and acting like a troubled teenager. We see too much of that.

Main Street Fountain Destroyed In Late Night Hit And Run (Nantucket Current)

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jeffreyw Oct 31, 2023 • 8:01:34am

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A Cranky One Oct 31, 2023 • 8:05:25am

This is why you carry more than one camera.

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2024 Blue Wisconsin Oct 31, 2023 • 8:07:42am

re: #157 William Lewis

Snowing lightly here. Nothing sticking to the pavement or sidewalks, thankfully since maintenance has hidden the shovels on me.

The Appleton area of Wisconsin right now:

I suppose this means I should probably take the air conditioners out of the windows now…

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wrenchwench Oct 31, 2023 • 8:09:58am

re: #246 A Cranky One

This is why you carry more than one camera.

[Embedded content]

‘Let me take your picture(s).’

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wrenchwench Oct 31, 2023 • 8:11:39am

Fiver without yellows. Wordle 864 5/6*

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dr Lizardo Oct 31, 2023 • 8:14:35am

re: #239 Vicious Babushka

That’s not “daubed”. That’s clearly a stencil someone’s using and spray paint.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 8:14:57am

re: #246 A Cranky One

The lion has good taste in cameras.

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 31, 2023 • 8:16:55am

re: #249 wrenchwench

Fiver without yellows. Wordle 864 5/6*

[Embedded content]

Fiver here too.

Lake Street Dive - “Don’t Let Me Down” [The Beatles cover]

Wordle 864 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group: 5,5,5

5 all around — though waiting for the 4th person to chime in. Did not fare as well as the Grunthos family!

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 8:17:35am

More from the realm of Zombie Poop….

Where did Noah stow the termites on his wooden dingy? pic.twitter.com/aORjScy4lJ

— CuriousBastard (@Curious_Bastard) October 31, 2023

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mmmirele Oct 31, 2023 • 8:17:35am

re: #125 William Lewis

What little I’ve looked at about EA has me thinking of it as Objectivism Mk II: Lipstick and the Smiley Face button from Watchmen (the one with the bullet hole) on a picture of Ayn Rand. The metaphor is as ugly as the philosophy. I’ll stick to my Michael Harrington influenced Democratic Socialism, thankyewverymuch.

What I came out of the talk and discussion with (besides the observation about how womens’ and girls’ bodies are being co-opted yet again) was that I’d much rather wrestle with the ideologies that were inculcated in me over the years rather than *this*.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 8:21:18am

wchstv.com

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 8:21:39am

re: #255 Thanos

[Embedded content]

wchstv.com

Looks more like an RPG to me.

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HRH Stanley Sea Oct 31, 2023 • 8:23:40am

re: #244 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

55 years old, and acting like a troubled teenager. We see too much of that.

Main Street Fountain Destroyed In Late Night Hit And Run (Nantucket Current)

Look closely at the truck - a rolling coal exhaust??

Edit NAH

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jeffreyw Oct 31, 2023 • 8:27:42am

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 31, 2023 • 8:28:14am

Mindy is playing piano after turning the keyboard on herself. She’s not great, but I’ve heard much worse.

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Vicious Babushka Oct 31, 2023 • 8:28:34am

re: #250 Dr Lizardo

That’s not “daubed”. That’s clearly a stencil someone’s using and spray paint.

That’s what it looks like to me. They were prepared.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:29:16am

re: #256 Thanos

Looks more like an RPG to me.

Yes, though he might have “homemade” the fuzing.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 31, 2023 • 8:30:11am

re: #260 Vicious Babushka

That’s what it looks like to me. They were prepared.

You can see the overspray clearly in the second photo, and less clearly on the first.

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Dr Lizardo Oct 31, 2023 • 8:30:36am

re: #260 Vicious Babushka

That’s what it looks like to me. They were prepared.

Exactly. The perps likely cased the neighborhood so they’d know which houses to tag. With a stencil and spray paint, that could be done lickety-split.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:31:13am

re: #260 Vicious Babushka

That’s what it looks like to me. They were prepared.

I’d be damned before I’d remove such significant street art.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 8:34:33am

re: #120 silverdolphin

Dean Phillips Runs Against Biden’s Age

Wow. Three days after announcing, and his strategy comes out. Complain about Biden’s age and make up shit about it. No real policy differences detailed yet. Just the Biden is old. Asshat.

If Kamala Harris was not his VP, suspect Biden’s age would be less of a “perceived” issue among centrist voters.

Don’t think the Democratic Party apparatus has the stomach yet for a future woman presidential candidate.

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Charmingly Persistent Oct 31, 2023 • 8:35:18am

re: #264 Decatur Deb

I’d be damned before I’d remove such significant street art.

I believe the proper response is to put it on all of the houses

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 8:35:46am

re: #266 Charmingly Persistent

I believe the proper response is to put it on all of the houses

I would be prepared to do that if I lived in that neighborhood.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:36:32am

re: #266 Charmingly Persistent

I believe the proper response is to put it on all of the houses

Yep. That sounds sort of Danish.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:37:54am

re: #267 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

You might hope each owner would, to good effect.

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nines09 Oct 31, 2023 • 8:39:17am

Good day good people.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 8:42:11am

re: #142 William Lewis

Find one of the last generation machines that others are tossing aside? Might be a cheaper alternative for you.

Refurbished Macs are how I do my upgrades.

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(((Archangel1))) Oct 31, 2023 • 8:42:12am

Annoying result seeing how I went against my instincts and didn’t go with the right answer in for the 2nd. Like the end result design though…
Wordle 864 4/6

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jeffreyw Oct 31, 2023 • 8:44:57am

When “keep off of my grass” is too nuanced

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:46:24am

How to say “Grandfather lives here.”

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 8:47:21am

re: #171 Thanos

It starts with Stewart Brand & the Long Now foundation. (Yes, the Whole Earth Catalog guy) longnow.org
He’s not trying to be Harry Seldon. but…

Lazarus Long?

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 8:47:55am

re: #273 jeffreyw

One of my former chat buddies on AOL had a good one: Prayer is a good way to meet the Lord: Trespass is quicker.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 8:49:41am

re: #265 BeenHereAwhile

If Kamala Harris was not his VP, suspect Biden’s age would be less of a “perceived” issue among centrist voters.

Don’t think the Democratic Party apparatus has the stomach yet for a future woman presidential candidate.

they elected her VP.
what did they think could happen?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 8:50:37am

re: #277 Dangerman

they elected her VP.
what did they think could happen?

//

Seemed like a good choice at the time but she has not gained any traction as a political successor to Biden.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 8:51:03am

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

Atheists don’t hypcritically claim to support Israel when all they want is to see their End Times prophecies fulfilled so they can kick-start Armageddon and bring about the Second Coming of the Messiah who will cast the unbelievers (including the Jews) into the Lake of Fire.

Time to recognize this fucking death cult for what it is.

Death cult led by carnival barkers.

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 8:51:53am

re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Seemed like a good choice at the time but she has not gained any traction as a political successor to Biden.

She has five more years to build a portfolio.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 8:52:22am

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Vicious Babushka Oct 31, 2023 • 8:55:19am

The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 8:59:10am

re: #197 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

You may have seen my brother and I on TV in the 1950s, Joe: “Randy & Terry, Brothers in Balance.” We were on national TV about 20 times between 1954 and 1960 doing acrobatics.

Sealtest Bigtop?

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Joe Bacon ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 9:01:18am

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Decatur Deb Oct 31, 2023 • 9:03:22am

re: #284 Joe Bacon ✅

FAA stuck their nose in.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:03:34am

re: #279 BeenHereAwhile

Death cult led by carnival barkers.

cynical carnival barkers who don’t believe any of the bullshit they are spewing

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 9:05:00am

re: #217 darthstar

She’s got the best lawyers in the family - and the most money. I expect her testimony to be somewhat disappointing. Hopefully Don Jr is getting coached by skreech Guilfoyle…and Eric is leaning on Giuliani for advice.

Undergoing direct & cross prep as we speak.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:05:11am

re: #284 Joe Bacon ✅

I assume that broom company had lawsuits brought against by people who jumped off rooftops with it and injured themselves

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Jay C Oct 31, 2023 • 9:05:17am

re: #286 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

cynical carnival barkers who don’t believe any of the bullshit they are spewing

Yeah, but it would probably be a lot worse if they did.

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Teukka Oct 31, 2023 • 9:07:37am

re: #282 Vicious Babushka

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Big surprise here /S

But people will find any excuse to dismiss the spox.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 9:11:46am

re: #244 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

55 years old, and acting like a troubled teenager. We see too much of that.

Main Street Fountain Destroyed In Late Night Hit And Run (Nantucket Current)

There once was a truck in Nantucket. . .

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Dr Lizardo Oct 31, 2023 • 9:14:52am

One of my students sent me this as a Halloween greeting.

Translation: “He didn’t use any animals to make this kebab”

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 9:16:02am

Ackerman with some criticisms of ADL’s last request to colleges:
*Warning this might trigger some.

My opinion: this was a bone headed move & it’s self defeating if you expect to maintain trust longer term.

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mmmirele Oct 31, 2023 • 9:18:59am

re: #204 Thanos

Interesting - Marketing and other agitprop agents are out there using kids to influence kids. I’m sure there are a few “Joe Rogan mold” parents out there too…

Kidfluencers are today’s version of chimney sweeps

This is absolutely needed as kids are being exploited. Or worse. I believe I may have mentioned the 8 Passengers YT channel, the Franke family, parents and their six kids. The channel had over 2 million subscribers at one point. The parents were very strict with their kids. Example: the oldest son told a younger brother they were going to Disneyland as a trick. (They weren’t going.) He was punished by having his bed and bedroom taken away from him for seven months. Another time, the youngest daughter, aged five or six, forgot to make and take her lunch to school, and her teacher sent a text to mom asking if she would bring lunch. Mom is on video saying she wouldn’t because daughter needed to learn to do her stuff.

More recently, the mother (Ruby Franke) and her business partner (in some sort of family “counseling” outfit) Jodi Hildebrandt, were arrested and charged with six counts of child abuse. The two youngest children were being held at Hildebrandt’s house in Ivins, UT, a few hundred miles from the family home in Springville, UT. The youngest boy, aged 12, escaped from the house and went over to a neighbor’s house (not easy, as the houses are expensive and spread apart in this area). The boy had duct tape around his wrists and ankles, rope burns and was emaciated. The man at the home the Franke boy went to all but broke down crying when talking to the 911 dispatcher about the child’s condition. The youngest daughter was found in similar condition when the police raided the home. Mom and Jodi were arrested shortly thereafter, two months ago.

abc4.com (initial article, there have been many, many since)

My *point* is that these children were exploited by their parents and likely abused for years before one of the children got to a neighbor. And YT, by allowing this stuff, and paying the parents, is complicit. Yeah, this is harsh, but this is not the only family where there has been bad results from internet fame.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 9:20:52am

re: #277 Dangerman

they elected her VP.
what did they think could happen?

//

ABT

If the smart Republican money has its way, ABT may not be an issue in 2024.

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Teukka Oct 31, 2023 • 9:21:45am

🔴The #Houthi movement in #Yemen 🇾🇪 started a military operation against #Israel 🇮🇱. #IsraelPalestineWar #Israel_under_attack #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestine #Palestine #Palestina #PalestineHolocaust #PalestineWar #Gaza #Gaza_under_attack #Yemeni #GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/heNSTlH4KW

— Daily War Updates (@dailywarupdates) October 31, 2023

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 9:22:27am

And we have a WINNER!!

Holy fuck. You are my hero. This is fucking awesome. pic.twitter.com/cHvrzZV3D8

— shelby (@thetrueshelby) October 31, 2023

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mmmirele Oct 31, 2023 • 9:23:22am

re: #214 Thanos

I have a relative who works for Cardinal Health (the apparent distributor of the eye drops). You know, if we get together any time soon, and if they bring up my evil, too big to fail employer, I can point out their employer sent out dangerous eye drops.

Why yes, I am evil, but frankly, it’s been seven years of hell.

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 9:23:35am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:24:11am

re: #292 Dr Lizardo

One of my students sent me this as a Halloween greeting.

Translation: “He didn’t use any animals to make this kebab”

took me a second

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 9:25:38am

re: #294 mmmirele

I had not heard of that, but suspected that stuff like that is going on. I remember seeing take away your child’s halloween candy as a joke videos a couple years back.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:26:21am

A lectern worthy of the leader of the Carthagenians

A Hannibal lectern!

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BeachDem Oct 31, 2023 • 9:28:52am

re: #301 Thanos

I had not heard of that, but suspected that stuff like that is going on. I remember seeing take away your child’s halloween candy as a joke videos a couple years back.

Oldie but (not so) goodie

I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It’s never to early to teach her about socialism. pic.twitter.com/3ie9C0jv2G

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 31, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:29:05am

re: #294 mmmirele

My *point* is that these children were exploited by their parents and likely abused for years before one of the children got to a neighbor. And YT, by allowing this stuff, and paying the parents, is complicit. Yeah, this is harsh, but this is not the only family where there has been bad results from internet fame.

I grew up in Gary, Indiana, hometown of Michael Jackson, poster child for parental abuse.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 9:29:22am

re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Seemed like a good choice at the time but she has not gained any traction as a political successor to Biden.

i was talking about the fact that she could be president if “something happened”

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 9:30:21am

J6 Defendant Starts Brawl At Hearing

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:37:24am

re: #303 BeachDem

I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It’s never to early to teach her about socialism.

How about you take it to a kid who was unable to go trick or treating due to illness or handicap? It’s never too early to teach her about humanity.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:39:10am

re: #305 Dangerman

i was talking about the fact that she could be president if “something happened”

Yes, and I was even assuming at least at the start that the plan was to have Biden serve only one terrm and put her up as candidate in 2024.

But that would be problematic at best, and political suicide at worst…

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 9:39:33am

re: #287 BeenHereAwhile

Undergoing direct & cross prep as we speak.

i expect it’s gonna be a lot more than taking the fifth (which would be damaging enough) and ‘i dont recall’.

that may be how some of the general questioning goes - ie were you in the room when…

it’s not gonna fly when they’re asked about the duties and responsibilities of an officer. did they accept the role voluntarily, etc.

overall though, it’s a well documented case and they’re gonna be handed…documents

is this your signature?
was this sent from your email account?
was this received by your email account?

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 9:40:05am

cuban black beans on the burner
they’ll simmer for 2 hours

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Dave In Austin Oct 31, 2023 • 9:40:50am

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Eclectic Cyborg Oct 31, 2023 • 9:42:16am

re: #238 Unabogie

In what world is it best to stand by your words when you say something stupid, mean, sexist, or racist?

A world in which those things can get you an easy interview with Fox News to play victim.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 9:42:52am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

Eh. No thanks. I am not interested.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 31, 2023 • 9:44:27am

This is an OK guy, but the photo of an eagle in front of a flag is a sign of a phony.
The framed art on the wall of a micro-office is odd as well.

With that tiny monitor and thin desk, that does not look like a real workspace. It’s a set, like Tucker Carlson’s workshop.

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 9:44:37am

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lawhawk Oct 31, 2023 • 9:45:04am

re: #199 Thanos

Trump was already found guilty of civil fraud in NY. The trial is on other counts and in determining the disgorgement/damages. Having Ivanka testify will screw Trump even further, because the only reason that she’s not on trial with Trump is that the SOL ran against her, but was tolled against him.

But just because the SOL ran doesn’t mean she can’t testify. It just means she couldn’t get tried on the charges facing Trump too.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Oct 31, 2023 • 9:45:59am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

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The Greek gods are at it again. This guy’s self image is far out of line with reality.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:46:25am

The GOP has its base (and much of the public) convinced that additional IRS agents are going to be sent out to harrass working people and churches.

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Eclectic Cyborg Oct 31, 2023 • 9:46:37am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

That’s satire…right?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 9:47:16am

re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s satire…right?

This is America, right? Althought the bit with the motel room does sound a bit over the top

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Romantic Heretic Oct 31, 2023 • 9:48:02am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

Wouldn’t ‘I’m a misogynist, patriarhical asshole’ be a more successful pickup line? As well as being for more accurate?

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 31, 2023 • 9:49:02am

re: #307 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

How about you take it to a kid who was unable to go trick or treating due to illness or handicap? It’s never too early to teach her about humanity.

The family business is grifting and ignoring the needs of others. She’s being taught the lessons that her family passes on to future generations.

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Dr Lizardo Oct 31, 2023 • 9:54:23am

re: #314 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Man, that’s an old Apple desktop he’s got there. I had one of those 20 years ago. Wonder if it’s still functional.

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A Three Hour Tour Oct 31, 2023 • 9:54:39am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

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So many fucking red flags with this creepy old man.

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Shropshire Slasher Oct 31, 2023 • 9:56:20am

re: #303 BeachDem

Oldie but (not so) goodie

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Also known as the dad tax.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 31, 2023 • 9:56:27am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

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HIs head’s on upside down.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 10:02:49am

re: #316 lawhawk

Trump was already found guilty of civil fraud in NY. The trial is on other counts and in determining the disgorgement/damages. Having Ivanka testify will screw Trump even further, because the only reason that she’s not on trial with Trump is that the SOL ran against her, but was tolled against him.

But just because the SOL ran doesn’t mean she can’t testify. It just means she couldn’t get tried on the charges facing Trump too.

forgot about that
does that affect her ability to take the fifth?

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 10:02:50am

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 10:03:47am

re: #317 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

The Greek gods are at it again. This guy’s self image is far out of line with reality.

“alpha male” relegated to trolling for women on social media
yeah. that’s how real alphas do it //

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 10:04:54am

I’m attempting dishwasher repair this a.m. and I am doing contortions to get at the wee parts inside having to do with the water flow — now muscles I haven’t used in five years are already screaming CEASE!!!!

Pro tip: doggie beds make good knee cushioning.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 10:05:21am

re: #326 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

HIs head’s on upside down.

Dude has a motel room. Men like that don’t come around every day, ladies.

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Belafon Oct 31, 2023 • 10:06:42am

I hadn’t realized this, but, according to ABC, the lawsuit to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado was brought by Republicans.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 10:06:59am

re: #331 darthstar

Dude has a motel room. Men like that don’t come around every day, ladies.

wait until you find out he owns the motel but his is the only room that is still inhabited

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 10:07:18am

re: #332 Belafon

I hadn’t realized this, but, according to ABC, the lawsuit to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado was brought by Republicans.

Jaysus!

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austin_blue Oct 31, 2023 • 10:07:29am

re: #314 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

This is an OK guy, but the photo of an eagle in front of a flag is a sign of a phony.
The framed art on the wall of a micro-office is odd as well.

With that tiny monitor and thin desk, that does not look like a real workspace. It’s a set, like Tucker Carlson’s workshop.

[Embedded content]

Shit, that’s an iMac G4 from 2002, with no keyboard or mouse.

All for show.

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darthstar Oct 31, 2023 • 10:07:53am

re: #332 Belafon

I hadn’t realized this, but, according to ABC, the lawsuit to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado was brought by Republicans.

Yep. Funny how that happens sometimes.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Oct 31, 2023 • 10:09:33am

re: #332 Belafon

I see some R’s are waking up. Hopefully this is a good sign.

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lawhawk Oct 31, 2023 • 10:10:30am

re: #327 Dangerman

forgot about that
does that affect her ability to take the fifth?

She’s still subject to criminal prosecution for those acts she has knowledge of and which relates to her own criminal malfeasance. If prosecutors ask about something for which the SOL didn’t already run, she could face criminal liability - so the 5th is a consideration for her to keep in mind.

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Dangerman Oct 31, 2023 • 10:10:35am

re: #333 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

wait until you find out he owns the motel but his is the only room that is still inhabited

recently renamed from ‘Bates’?

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Thanos Oct 31, 2023 • 10:11:30am

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Belafon Oct 31, 2023 • 10:11:57am

re: #311 Dave In Austin

Ladies, if, after that, “alpha male Christian Republican” doesn’t turn you into a lesbian or a Harry Potter fan, you might need therapy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 10:12:24am

re: #340 Thanos

what is his issue with Catholic charities? I am not about to read the post…

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Oct 31, 2023 • 10:12:28am

6 years ago today:

Saw this comment on a Battle of Britain doc at Amazon today.
“It was such a serious and definitive time for Britain that even the politicians were sincere.”
Yikes! Now that’s serious. No wonder it was their “finest hour.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Oct 31, 2023 • 10:13:46am

re: #343 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Saw this comment on a Battle of Britain doc at Amazon today.
“It was such a serious and definitive time for Britain that even the politicians were sincere.”
Yikes! Now that’s serious. No wonder it was their “finest hour.”

Only because they knew they could not get away with lying to their people

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wrenchwench Oct 31, 2023 • 10:13:59am

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 31, 2023 • 10:14:13am

re: #338 lawhawk

She’s still subject to criminal prosecution for those acts she has knowledge of and which relates to her own criminal malfeasance. If prosecutors ask about something for which the SOL didn’t already run, she could face criminal liability - so the 5th is a consideration for her to keep in mind.

As has been said here, she has good counsel and knows how to follow their advice. She may be as greedy and unethical as the rest of her family, but she’s not an idiot. She’s not out there texting all day attacking the judicial system.

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Eclectic Cyborg Oct 31, 2023 • 10:15:29am

re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s satire…right?

Okay so I looked it up and in this case, I was right. That post WAS from a satire account.

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BeenHereAwhile Oct 31, 2023 • 10:15:49am

re: #309 Dangerman

i expect it’s gonna be a lot more than taking the fifth (which would be damaging enough) and ‘i dont recall’.

that may be how some of the general questioning goes - ie were you in the room when…

it’s not gonna fly when they’re asked about the duties and responsibilities of an officer. did they accept the role voluntarily, etc.

overall though, it’s a well documented case and they’re gonna be handed…documents

is this your signature?
was this sent from your email account?
was this received by your email account?

If Trump’s and her attorneys their job, that will be covered in the direct & cross prep.

It’s important that in front of the ~~jury~~ judge your witness not freeze or hesitate before answering a “smoking gun question.”

It’s better for her to expect such a question and a prepared answer without hesitation.

It’s true as a prosecution witness she can only be asked yes or no questions.

Under cross she can elaborate how her yes or no answer might not be so black or white.

It will be interesting how this plays out.

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Eclectic Cyborg Oct 31, 2023 • 10:18:35am

re: #342 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

what is his issue with Catholic charities? I am not about to read the post…

He’s upset they provide food and housing assistance to poor migrants.

Yes, REALLY.

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jaunte Oct 31, 2023 • 10:18:39am

Ivanka Trump isn’t just a fraud witness, she was a fraud participant.

“…With that, the two Trumps were tag-teaming a pitch about how much the golf resort was worth. Forbes had valued it at $225 million before debt, which the Trumps deemed far too low. “We’ll make $75 million this year,” Donald Trump said, even though the property would actually earn $14 million that year.

“150,000 square feet of meeting space,” added Ivanka, opting to use a bigger figure than the ones listed in the Trump Organization’s own materials (which said the property included “over 90,000 square feet of meeting space”) and her not-yet-published book (which claimed “a hundred thousand square feet of meeting space”).
forbes.com

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dat_said Oct 31, 2023 • 10:19:02am

re: #236 Joe Bacon ✅

[…]

This comes after extensive reporting at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead documenting Roetman’s controversial escapades on X.

According to reporter Rob Port, Roetman made “dozens and dozens of ignorant social media posts,” including comments leering at scantily clad or undressed women; jokes about women making sandwiches; and a suggestion that Black people should get out of America and move to Wakanda, the fictional East African kingdom that was the setting for Black Panther.

rawstory.com

Wow, oh, wow - the NDGOP must absolutely hate the Fargo Forum. I’m surprised they haven’t made it a crime to be named “Rob Port”. He’s been a part of the team that brought forward stories about former NDGOP state senator Ray Holmberg
(sex crimes) and NDGOP state rep Brandon Prichard (serial liar and bigot).

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jaunte Oct 31, 2023 • 10:21:39am