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Looks like the NY Times Pitchbot has been busy.
re: #1 Vicious Babushka
No one’s ever accused voters of being smart.
I do worry the media is going to fuck us all in November.
I hope I’m wrong.
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
I do worry the media is going to fuck us all in November.
I hope I’m wrong.
Even a lot of those will look at Trump at the end and go “WTF, nope.”
Plus, every poll is still getting the numbers wrong.
re: #4 Belafon
Even a lot of those will look at Trump at the end and go “WTF, nope.”
What was it that just happened in South Carolina? He got only 60% of the Republican primary votes or something? Everybody knows he’s going to be the Republican nominee because the deck is intentionally stacked against Nikki Haley, and yet rather than vote for the eventual winner, a whole bunch of people showed up just to vote “fuck you”. That gives me a lot of hope.
Regarding the self-immolation: If you’re going to attempt that, bring enough fuel to make sure you die from it. Living the rest of your life with that kind of mutilation would be the stuff of nightmares.
Yikes.
re: #2 IngisKahn
No one’s ever accused voters of being smart.
South Carolina ranks 43rd for healthcare, 42nd in education, 10th poorest, top 10 for violent crimes etc. etc. But the burning issue for yesterday’s voters was immigration.
Apparently, Google AI is identifying Jim Jordan and Catturd as pedophiles. pic.twitter.com/pZX2lSRKCr
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 26, 2024
re: #9 Dave In Austin
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If he thinks you can sue over the choices of an algorithm, he should Google “Santorum.”
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
I do worry the media is going to fuck us all in November.
I hope I’m wrong.
They fucked us all going back to 1980 when they had a bromance with Pruneface Reagan.
re: #8 BeachDem
South Carolina ranks 43rd for healthcare, 42nd in education, 10th poorest, top 10 for violent crimes etc. etc. But the burning issue for yesterday’s voters was immigration.
Not the ones who voted for Biden. Every red state has a cohort of progressives who are waiting for a MAGA screwup, and this looks like the year.
And now…the end is near…it’s time to face…the final curtain…
Koch Network Cuts Off Spending to Nikki Haley’s Campaign: Report
Less than a day after suffering a crushing defeat in her home state’s primary, Nikki Haley was dished another blow Sunday when the powerful conservative group Americans For Prosperity Action reportedly said it’d no longer bankroll her long-shot campaign. The super PAC, which is backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, said it’d instead focus its attention—and checkbook—on more competitive races in the House and Senate, POLITICO reported, citing an email sent to staff by Emily Seidel, the group’s CEO. Seidel said they’ll still be cheering for Haley to defeat Donald Trump, but said they’ll no longer dish out dough on campaign advertisements and events for Haley. “She has made it clear that she will continue to fight and we wholeheartedly support her in this effort,” Seidel wrote, according to POLITICO. “But given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory.” Haley, who has been soundly defeated in each of the four primaries she’s faced Trump in, did not immediately comment on the PAC scaling back its financial support.
re: #12 Decatur Deb
Not the ones who voted for Biden. Every red state has a cohort of progressives who are waiting for a MAGA screwup, and this looks like the year.
Oh, you’re right. I should have specified that was from exit polls yesterday during the Republican Primary.
And now…this…
‘Not a slip’: Trump-loving Byron Donalds slammed after saying IVF ‘breeds great families’
Donalds was confronted on NBC on Sunday over his defense of Donald Trump’s “racist” speech, with NBC host Kristen Welker actually disagreeing with him over some comments the former president provided to a group of Black conservatives. In that same interview, he said something else that struck a nerve on social media.
According to Business Insider, Donalds “took to NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ where he stated that he fully supports IVF, which helps people “create great families, which is what our country desperately needs.”
Rachel Vindman, a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment, highlighted the word “breed.”
“Sounds like a great ad to run for suburban women,” she added on Sunday.
Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman picked up on Vindman’s comments and added, “Oh wow…that’s….not a slip.”
MSNBC legal analyst and host Katie Phang also noticed the line “breed great families.” She shared the video on social media, including only a straight-line-faced emoji without any further comments.
Former federal and state prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said in his reply, “We really should rename Mother’s Day to Breeder’s Day.”
Self-described political junkie Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) also chimed in:
“Sounds like Congressman Byron Donalds is comparing IVF treatment to horse mating,” he wrote. “Republicans get weird talking about this stuff. Good time to remind people that Donalds has a sketchy background. Bank fraud, for starters.”
He also linked to an article reporting on allegations related to Donalds’ purported criminal history.
re: #14 BeachDem
Oh, you’re right. I should have specified that was from exit polls yesterday during the Republican Primary.
The Alabama Supreme Court gave us Roy Moore, and they just gave us the Sex Police. We’re the gift that keeps on derping.
re: #16 Decatur Deb
The Alabama Supreme Court gave us Roy Moore, and they just gave us the Sex Police. We’re the gift that keeps on derping.
You must be incredibly proud.///
re: #16 Decatur Deb
The Alabama Supreme Court gave us Roy Moore, and they just gave us the Sex Police. We’re the gift that keeps on derping.
And who can forget that bastion of clear, intelligent thought, Tommy the tube? (My sympathies, except we have Lindsey, Tim and Nikki, so we’re derping right alongside)
re: #18 Decatur Deb
We’re very consistent.
I wish I could just, like, evacuate you and all our other red-state-bound lizards here. It’s so nice to live in a place where we give kids school meals, pass strong LGBTQ+ protections, legalize cannabis, and do a whole bunch of other progressive things.
re: #12 Decatur Deb
Not the ones who voted for Biden. Every red state has a cohort of progressives who are waiting for a MAGA screwup, and this looks like the year.
Keep holding Trump’s feet to the fire in the courts.
I’m getting a lot of satisfaction looking at the Trump Debt Calculator and seeing that debt increase by 2 and a fraction dollars every second.
The miracle of compound interest!
Not a huge fan of self-immolation as a form of protest.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, must it be so brave?
re: #5 Belafon
Plus, every poll is still getting the numbers wrong.
Their sampling methods are bullshit. These are push polls, with the questions loaded to elicit a particular answer.
But think about it. We are overloaded with polls and surveys. Every time you buy something or receive a service TAKE THIS SURVEY!!! I am surveyed out even though I used to work in analyzing all these survey results that would go into an employee’s performance review so I give all 5’s, all the time.
But back to polls. How do these polling orgs collect their samples? RANDOM PHONE CALLS. Which is bullshit. “Ya wanna take a survey” 99% of the time gets a hang up & 87% of the hangups don’t even say “Fuck you!”
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Not a huge fan of self-immolation as a form of protest.
Not a single Palestinian was freed as a result of this stunt.
re: #26 Vicious Babushka
Their sampling methods are bullshit. These are push polls, with the questions loaded to elicit a particular answer.
But think about it. We are overloaded with polls and surveys. Every time you buy something or receive a service TAKE THIS SURVEY!!! I am surveyed out even though I used to work in analyzing all these survey results that would go into an employee’s performance review so I give all 5’s, all the time.
But back to polls. How do these polling orgs collect their samples? RANDOM PHONE CALLS. Which is bullshit. “Ya wanna take a survey” 99% of the time gets a hang up & 87% of the hangups don’t even say “Fuck you!”
90% of people don’t even answer the phone.
PSA: Please make sure your loved ones are looked after if something happens to you and GET LIFE INSURANCE.
A good friend of mine lost her mom unexpectedly last week and is currently struggling to raise thousands of dollars to give the woman a proper memorial.
re: #26 Vicious Babushka
getting to the point where the lack of transparency and the framing of the questions renders nothing but the desired results. I mean Howard University, c’mon man.
All of this polling is simply noise, I prefer to look at how people voted, that really gives us an indication on where we’re at as a nation and from what we’ve seen after the Dobbs ruling is the GOP should be fucking scared and instead, they’re going for broke. Each time post Dobbs they’ve gotten their collective asses beat and this continued bullshit with IVF and Trans-panic is just illustration that these people are fucking nuts.
I do wish Biden would get the FTC and whatever else to go after the companies for price gouging. Maybe have the DOJ start making noises about filing antitrust. But, a lot of people think the economy is doing bad because middle and uppermiddle class salaries aren’t rising as fast as inflation. They’re not getting the benefits that the lower class is seeing. The problem right now is that if you did raise middle class salaries that fast, inflation would actually take off.
I’m not worried about November other than the gerrymandering in Republican states. But they don’t have an answer for abortion because everything they else they have won’t change women dying or suffering. So vote, get your friends and family to vote, and tell them to do the same.
re: #31 Vicious Babushka
Funny, but CEOs are generally unable to do any of the actual work.
re: #33 Belafon
Funny, but CEOs are generally unable to do any of the actual work.
Also the thought that Satya Nadella would give Musk much in the way of special treatment is amusing.
re: #19 BeachDem
Isn’t Tommy Tubatown Florida’s Alabama Senator or is it Alabama’s Florida Man Senator?
re: #35 Vicious Babushka
But Trump broke from the teleprompter into a series of bizarre riffs. One was a convoluted story about flying into Iraq in darkness: “I sat with the pilots … the best-looking human beings I’ve ever seen. Not my thing … But they are handsome. Central casting. Better looking than Tom Cruise. And taller.”
Fighter pilots generally aren’t very tall from what I remember.
re: #38 darthstar
We have two big camelias. Also a large oleander, which we’ll yank out this spring and replace with a fruit tree. There’s a bounteous lemon on the opposite side of the driveway so we’re good on citrus. Roof is flat and has a circle of planters with a timered drip irrigation set up (some lettuce and parsley volunteers popping up.) Going to plant some weed up there as it gets lots of sun.
re: #39 Belafon
Fighter pilots generally aren’t very tall from what I remember.
Handsome pilots, best looking I’d ever seen…so I’m cupping his balls and he says, “Sir”…with tears in his eyes…”Sir…this is a Wendy’s”
re: #13 Joe Bacon ✅
What this means is the Koch realize Trump is going to win the nomination and they hope by giving him money Trump will not kill them if he wins the election.
They should ask Putin’s enemies about how that works out.
re: #42 Romantic Heretic
What this means is the Koch realize Trump is going to win the nomination and they hope by giving him money Trump will not kill them if he wins the election.
They should ask Putin’s enemies about how that works out.
Oh I think Koch is now gonna go all in to install Trump as Hitler and get the Republicans back in control of both houses of Congress. It’s what Koch has lusted for ever since he and his brother created the Libertarian Party in 1971.
re: #37 Vicious Babushka
GOP Deep Pockets don’t want to waste money. I still believe they have Haley in their back pocket for when Trump gets convicted.
re: #43 Joe Bacon ✅
Oh I think Koch is now gonna go all in to install Trump as Hitler and get the Republicans back in control of both houses of Congress. It’s what Koch has lusted for ever since he and his brother created the Libertarian Party in 1971.
His brother’s dead. He should spend more time with him.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
GOP Deep Pockets don’t want to waste money. I still believe they have Haley in their back pocket for when Trump gets convicted.
Not gonna be Haley. The billionaires will select another stooge in a smoke-filled room.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
GOP Deep Pockets don’t want to waste money. I still believe they have Haley in their back pocket for when Trump gets convicted.
Mid to late April when the evidence in the NY Election Interference case has been presented for all of America to see…that’s when the walls come down.
re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅
Not gonna be Haley. The billionaires will select another stooge in a smoke-filled room.
It’ll be someone like that asshole from Virginia or the asshole from North Dakota…they’ll sell themselves as ‘moderates bringing the country together’ except they’ll have the same extremist bullshit policies that Trump’s handlers wrote for him. And the media will suck it up because President Biden looks old.
re: #48 darthstar
It’ll be someone like that asshole from Virginia or the asshole from North Dakota…they’ll sell themselves as ‘moderates bringing the country together’ except they’ll have the same extremist bullshit policies that Trump’s handlers wrote for him. And the media will suck it up because President Biden looks old.
My Spidey sense has a hunch it’s gonna be the asshole from Virginia who will be “drafted” if Tangerine Face goes down.
re: #43 Joe Bacon ✅
I’m listening to the ghost of Ernst Rohm. He says, “People like Hitler, and Trump, never share power and never, ever forgive opposing them.”
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Not a huge fan of self-immolation as a form of protest.
Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
T. Pratchett
re: #48 darthstar
It’ll be someone like that asshole from Virginia or the asshole from North Dakota…they’ll sell themselves as ‘moderates bringing the country together’ except they’ll have the same extremist bullshit policies that Trump’s handlers wrote for him. And the media will suck it up because President Biden looks old.
The media will suck it up because Biden is a Democrat. The media does not want a Democrat in office and they will do whatever they can to help whoever is the GOP nominee.
re: #53 Hecuba’s daughter
The media will suck it up because Biden is a Democrat. The media does not want a Democrat in office and they will do whatever they can to help whoever is the GOP nominee.
The Pre$$titute$ will go all in on Bumpkin Youngkin proclaiming his “moderate” stand for a 15 week ban on abortion.
re: #32 Belafon
I do wish Biden would get the FTC and whatever else to go after the companies for price gouging. Maybe have the DOJ start making noises about filing antitrust. But, a lot of people think the economy is doing bad because middle and uppermiddle class salaries aren’t rising as fast as inflation. They’re not getting the benefits that the lower class is seeing. The problem right now is that if you did raise middle class salaries that fast, inflation would actually take off.
I’m not worried about November other than the gerrymandering in Republican states. But they don’t have an answer for abortion because everything they else they have won’t change women dying or suffering. So vote, get your friends and family to vote, and tell them to do the same.
Biden planning to hit food ‘shrinkflation,’ corporate greed in SOTU
Apparently Biden does not have a lot of direct arrows in his quiver. He is pushoing for legislation to give him more power. But there was this, buried at the very end:
“The Federal Trade Commission is widely expected to challenge a merger between grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons as soon as next week, a decision Biden is likely to tout as a populist victory ahead of his State of the Union address.”
The companies are worried and have actiated their lobbyists. So he is working the levers he has.
re: #55 silverdolphin
He also needs to go after the Discover-Capital One merger.
re: #56 Belafon
He also needs to go after the Discover-Capital One merger.
And this is important to know: The Capital One-Discover deal is an audacious bet on a second Trump term
This deal will not be approved if Biden is president. Ever. Interestingly, Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican Senator, also wants Biden to nix the deal.
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re: #59 Joe Bacon ✅
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My guess is that a lot of shit is going to come down. The FBI likely has the phone records of Rep. Scott Perry. It likely has the phones of Smirnov. It does have several phones fro Guiliani.
Anyone on their call list may be in real trouble. I think they are now going to slowly tighten the noose.
re: #61 silverdolphin
My guess is that a lot of shit is going to come down. The FBI likely has the phone records of Rep. Scott Perry. It likely has the phones of Smirnov. It does have several phones fro Guiliani.
Anyone on their call list may be in real trouble. I think they are now going to slowly tighten the noose.
I also want to see some announcements of punishments for the FBI agents that helped Republicans.
re: #61 silverdolphin
My guess is that a lot of shit is going to come down. The FBI likely has the phone records of Rep. Scott Perry. It likely has the phones of Smirnov. It does have several phones fro Guiliani.
Anyone on their call list may be in real trouble. I think they are now going to slowly tighten the noose.
After our experience with Mueller and our speculation about all the info we thought he had — none of which turned out to be true —, I’m waiting for official information from the DOJ.
re: #63 Belafon
I also want to see some announcements of punishments for the FBI agents that helped Republicans.
Starting with those agents in the New York Office conspiring with Screwdy Giuliani in 2016 to pressure Comey to open that sham investigation at the last minute.
re: #49 Backwoods Sleuth
I avoid all entertainers who are pro-Trump do thanks for the warning.
So a FB friend posted a smartnews.com link describing a NY Post article, which had the headline “Majority of Jews to vote for Trump in Presidential election (poll)”. I expressed my skepticism. Does anyone know anything about this?
re: #67 Hecuba’s daughter
So a FB friend posted a smartnews.com link describing a NY Post article, which had the headline “Majority of Jews to vote for Trump in Presidential election (poll)”. I expressed my skepticism. Does anyone know anything about this?
Based on 65 Jews (or “chosen people” as the article calls them)
nypost.com
re: #68 jaunte
I don’t know much about polling but 8% is doing a lot of lifting to get a headline like that.
With a well designed sample, that would be valid inference. However, I don’t believe that modern polling works because it’s not possible to get such random sample representative of the population. What matters is not the size of the sample but how it was selected.
re: #61 silverdolphin
My guess is that a lot of shit is going to come down. The FBI likely has the phone records of Rep. Scott Perry. It likely has the phones of Smirnov. It does have several phones fro Guiliani.
Anyone on their call list may be in real trouble. I think they are now going to slowly tighten the noose.
My expectation when that happens is that the Republicans* I sort of keep an eye on via Facebook will simply clam up about politics through the election. That seems to be their standard behavior pattern. Quick to yap about any Democratic scandal or error, and silent when the GOP speaks about what they want to do.
And come November they will vote for the Republicans anyways. Even if they hate Trump.
* - These people are Republican outright or Republican adjacent “independents”. They like the GOP “policies” since they appear to fall into a category of being the hateful racists that survive on their own bile. The mild alternative (if I am feeling charitable) is that they are non-empathic and selfish pseudo-libertarians who hate anything that causes them inconvenience. Almost uniformly white of course. And the Democrats (especially around Covid) caused them more inconvenience than most and have over time since part of it is showing some consideration of others.**
** - What I find is that there are issues where they people break against the conservative norms due to personal interests. One has some consideration towards various environmental issues since he likes to kayak and fish. And has expressed that it is difficult to find GOP candidates who are not in the pocket of industrial interests and thus against environmental regulation. However, when some state parks were closed due to Covid and he could not kayak there he ranted repeatedly.
re: #70 Hecuba’s daughter
With a well designed sample, that would be valid inference. However, I don’t believe that modern polling works because it’s not possible to get such random sample representative of the population. What matters is not the size of the sample but how it was selected.
The problem as I see it with polls is that no polling sample is random anymore. They know this. Whether it is landline warping the responses or simply that only conservatives answer a poll. So all polls now use models to massage the data to what are the expected demogtaphic numbers based on the model input. That is, if their poll only finds 28% are Republican but their model says it should be 32%, they adjust.
I expect the problem arises from not properly validating the models against the current political climate. What I would love is to see some new models based on the actual election responses the last 2 years. Maybe they would be more accurate.
Wow, talk about being disappointed in someone. I supported Joe Cunningham big time when he ran for the House and when he ran for governor. Now he’s with No Labels and touting Nikki Haley. Can’t believe he changed so drastically.
Tired, off for the rack and it’s Spring Fundraising For PBS!
Please, spare me. We already give them a monthly stipend and I still have to watch these grinning ghouls flogging a Yorkshire Dales special so I can see where All Creatures Great And Small is shot? Really, spare me.
Night all. Sweet dreams.
re: #73 BeachDem
Follow the money.
re: #33 Belafon
Funny, but CEOs are generally unable to do any of the actual work.
Nor the execs directly underneath them. I have expressed my opinion recently that our exec does not understand the pressures we are under, they have never taken a call or worked an issue, and when they bitch and moan about communications, all it does is piss me off even more.
re: #72 silverdolphin
I am convinced that a great deal of “polling” today is social engineering.
The people who make these polls are intending for the polls to do work.
The polls just don’t exist, like you local garden cobble.
Polls are intended to have effects.
And this is all very problematic.
We write about Idiocracy and I am afraid we are almost there. The amount of thinking people will have to do to sort mis-information from reality is now too large. It is far beyond what a person can do simply by using a few basic fact-checking techniques.
The hyper-personalization of marketing - see all those trackers your web browser has - means that each person is served what someone thinks will sell the best.
This happens when I open the Yahoo home page.
If I sign in (to check mail), the Yahoo landing page is full of stories about things I have looked for elsewhere and from perspectives that I may agree with.
If I don’t log into Yahoo, and clear out all the Yahoo and ATT cookies, the Yahoo landing page is full of stories that are very tabloid Trumpy, competing with Weekly World News.
So polls are whatever some marketer thinks will sell.
Now, I’m not suggesting that polls are necessarily naked lies. (Some may be that, found on the most dodgy of outlets.)
Rather, the entire process of polling is selecting a sample that only will respond to polling.
Thus the polling process is not gauging what those who avoid polling may do or believe.
re: #75 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Follow the money.
I followed my money right into his pocket, and now he’s dumped the Dems to join the creepy no labels gang.
Google has not let me access Wikipedia all night, claiming some sort of HTS problem.
These internet protocols are becoming quite troublesome.
re: #80 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Google has not let me access Wikipedia all night, claiming some sort of HTS problem.
These internet protocols are becoming quite troublesome.
Do you mean Chrome? I got in directly on Chrome and googling it. Do you know what HTS stands for?
re: #82 Belafon
Yes, I meant Chrome. Won’t let me load Wikipedia. It throws up the usual security warning.
re: #82 Belafon
E.g.:
en.wikipedia.org normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Chrome tried to connect to en.wikipedia.org this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be en.wikipedia.org, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Chrome stopped the connection before any data was exchanged.
You cannot visit en.wikipedia.org right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.
Meanwhile in Wisconsin…
Assembly leaders concede Michael Gableman violated records laws during fruitless 2020 election review
Assembly officials have admitted former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman violated public records laws while taxpayers paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars to probe the 2020 election — an investigation that did not turn up any evidence to question President Joe Biden’s victory.
The acknowledgment by Assembly leaders was part of an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed against the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel when Gableman occupied the office. It was filed by liberal watchdog American Oversight after Gableman testified he routinely deleted records during a hearing in another lawsuit over Gableman’s record keeping.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hired Gableman to review the 2020 election and has since said he regrets doing so. Gableman accrued more than $2.5 million in costs to taxpayers and a steady drumbeat of explosive court hearings and rulings in lawsuits over Gableman’s desire to jail election officials and mayors who refused to be interviewed behind closed doors, and his decision to ignore requests from the public for records related to his probe.
Gableman also turned against Vos during the probe as Trump stepped up pressure on Vos to decertify the 2020 election result, which is impossible and illegal.
“We are pleased the Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel has finally acknowledged it is subject to the state’s records retention law, and more importantly, that it has stopped destroying records that should have been preserved,” Chioma Chukwu, Deputy Executive Director of American Oversight, said in a statement.
According to American Oversight, Assembly leaders acknowledged violating the law and pledged to comply with the law going forward.
More:Wisconsin Ethics Commission alleges illegal scheme by Trump fundraising committee and Rep. Janel Brandtjen
Now will Robin Vos be held responsible?
re: #84 silverdolphin
What I love about this is Swift singing along while Natalie is singing. Without the mike. Just like the crowd. Just like a fan of the song.
She has guests appear at most of her shows; some of them might surprise you.
re: #86 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
E.g.:
Either your security settings on Chrome are weird or something is in between. I do not see that. That is really confusing.
re: #59 Joe Bacon ✅
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The only question now is whether Gym is a victim of direct blackmail or a beneficiary of indirect blackmail, insider trading information
from a compromised pedo-broker, for example.
Clarence Thomas hires…YOU GUESSED IT…another racist clerk
Crystal Clanton, a 2022 graduate from the Antonin Scalia Law School (OF COURSE!), was the subject of a 2017 feature by The New Yorker which revealed that while she was working as a field director at Turning Point USA in 2015, she allegedly sent a text message to a fellow employee reading, “I hate black people. Like f**k them all … I hate blacks. End of story.” And while at the time of the feature being written she claimed to “have no recollection of these messages,” telling the publication in a statement that “they do not reflect what I believe or who I am and the same was true when I was a teenager,” it makes her a worrisome choice none the less.
re: #89 Belafon
I usually wonder if my ISP is throwing in something to mess up the connection.
re: #74 austin_blue
Tired, off for the rack and it’s Spring Fundraising For PBS!
Please, spare me. We already give them a monthly stipend and I still have to watch these grinning ghouls flogging a Yorkshire Dales special so I can see where All Creatures Great And Small is shot? Really, spare me.
Night all. Sweet dreams.
Just had to skip listening to my local Classical Music radio public radio station for a week for the same reason. Ugh.
re: #97 William Lewis
Just had to skip listening to my local Classical Music radio public radio station for a week for the same reason. Ugh.
You either get commercials all the time or you get periodic fundraisers until we convince everyone that listens to pay for it. Kxt (kxt.org), the local DFW music station that is donation based, estimates that only about five percent of listeners actually pay. Though, during their winter membership campaign, they did get donations from a listener in Spain.
So I need a vacuum cleaner… and I go to Amazon to see what is on offer, and my eyes glaze over.
There used to be a vacuum cleaner shop not too far from me, so I walked by it the other day and … they’re gone. The store is now something else. That vacuum cleaner store (it was a repair shop and an accessories shop) had been there for many years.
I suppose there will be no local stores left soon. Everything will be either big-box store or online.
Anyway, seems like on Amazon the highest rated machines are either Shark or Bissell. They all look rather similar. I guess the concept of a “vacuum cleaner” has sort of settled into a standard type.
re: #100 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I need a vacuum cleaner… and I go to Amazon to see what is on offer, and my eyes glaze over.
There used to be a vacuum cleaner shop not too far from me, so I walked by it the other day and … they’re gone. The store is now something else. That vacuum cleaner store (it was a repair shop and an accessories shop) had been there for many years.
I suppose there will be no local stores left soon. Everything will be either big-box store or online.
Anyway, seems like on Amazon the highest rated machines are either Shark or Bissell. They all look rather similar. I guess the concept of a “vacuum cleaner” has sort of settled into a standard type.
And then everybody will wonder why it takes so long to get basic goods and why they have to pay outrageous delivery fees when they could just drive over and pick it up themselves.
re: #92 Joe Bacon ✅
Clarence Thomas hires…YOU GUESSED IT…another racist clerk
Crystal Clanton, a 2022 graduate from the Antonin Scalia Law School (OF COURSE!), was the subject of a 2017 feature by The New Yorker which revealed that while she was working as a field director at Turning Point USA in 2015, she allegedly sent a text message to a fellow employee reading, “I hate black people. Like f**k them all … I hate blacks. End of story.” And while at the time of the feature being written she claimed to “have no recollection of these messages,” telling the publication in a statement that “they do not reflect what I believe or who I am and the same was true when I was a teenager,” it makes her a worrisome choice none the less.
OK, she’s minimum 25 years old in 2024. (Undergrad by 22, three years of law school.*) Take seven away from that, and she was 18 years old. I’m not giving her a pass, not in the least.
* This assumes you didn’t slack two years between undergrad or law school, or take 6 years to get that BA.
re: #100 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Consumer reports likes the Miele if you want to spend $1000-$2000. After that, the Shark vacs seem to have caught their fancy. Below that Bissell and Dyson.
For some unfathomable reason, they also like Kenmores, which I find to be nonsense.
re: #103 mmmirele
Heh, George Masons’ Antonin Scalia Law School. I much preferred the original name “Antonin Scalia School of Law” (ASSoL).
Major donors in the 2016 renaming for Scalia were Charles Koch and ‘Anonymous’ [probably Barre Seid].
By the way, ABA gave public notice in Fall of 2023 that the school was out of compliance in terms of ABA standards for financial resources. I think that they have a year to fix that.
re: #88 sagehen
She has guests appear at most of her shows; some of them might surprise you.
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Yes and often with a real look to honoring older rockers. She has had James Taylor, whom she was named after (singing Fire and Rain) as well as Carly Simon (singing You’re so Vain). Both of which could have made nice Swift songs. I’d imagine half the fun of going to a concert is to see who she might have invited. No one is going to say no ;-)
re: #88 sagehen
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If it were Dani Filth, I’d be surprised.
re: #90 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
The only question now is whether Gym is a victim of direct blackmail or a beneficiary of indirect blackmail, insider trading information
from a compromised pedo-broker, for example.
It is looking more and more to me that there was a regular Russian ‘book club’ in DC. And Jordan may well be involved. Same with Comer. I hope they are rolling up the hierarchy as they do with mafia bosses. If so, anyone supporting Russia will be damaged, whether part of the book club or not.
re: #107 silverdolphin
Yes and often with a real look to honoring older rockers. She has had James Taylor, whom she was named after (singing Fire and Rain) as well as Carly Simon (singing You’re so Vain). Both of which could have made nice Swift songs. I’d imagine half the fun of going to a concert is to see who she might have invited. No one is going to say no ;-)
I’d love to see her and Dave Grohl (perhaps bring Violet along too 😉) … That could be most excellent.
re: #110 William Lewis
I’d love to see her and Dave Grohl (perhaps bring Violet along too 😉) … That could be most excellent.
That would be really great. Especially since she was aware enough to save his butt at a party fo Paul McCartney. She plays piano, he does not.
re: #104 ckkatz
Thanks. I’m looking at Shark and Bissell on Amazon.
I’ve been using a Eureka vacuum my mother bought for me as a house warming present 40 years ago. That was back when Eureka was still a company that was concerned with making good products.
The deconstruction of companies that happened in the last two decades of the 20th century still bites us.
Kenmore is an example. I still have a Kenmore microwave I bought years ago. But “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” The Sears brands were raped by vulture capitalists.
My main fun tonight has been that the local big theater has a major production this week and all the stagehands are supposed to stay here. That’s cool. They set up a block of rooms. Negotiated a rate. But didn’t make _any_ reservations.
So today they all come wandering in one or two at a time going “Hi, I’m X and I have a room here” and we get to do the whole walk in routine into a room into the block. 20 of our 47 rooms in house tonight. Total Charley Foxtrot. They’ve all been understanding and patient but I’d like to smack the idjit at the Pablo Center who dropped the ball on this one.
re: #104 ckkatz
Kenmore vacuum cleaners are recharged Panasonic’s.
re: #115 William Lewis
My main fun tonight has been that the local big theater has a major production this week and all the stagehands are supposed to stay here. That’s cool. They set up a block of rooms. Negotiated a rate. But didn’t make _any_ reservations.
So today they all come wandering in one or two at a time going “Hi, I’m X and I have a room here” and we get to do the whole walk in routine into a room into the block. 20 of our 47 rooms in house tonight. Total Charley Foxtrot. They’ve all been understanding and patient but I’d like to smack the idjit at the Pablo Center who dropped the ball on this one.
That is honestly one of the reasons why I hate group reservations, because rarely is there there sort of organization needed to make the process streamlined. Instead, they just get us to set aside a block of rooms, then tell everybody in the group “Just show up and they’ll check you in.”
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re: #117 Targetpractice
That is honestly one of the reasons why I hate group reservations, because rarely is there there sort of organization needed to make the process streamlined. Instead, they just get us to set aside a block of rooms, then tell everybody in the group “Just show up and they’ll check you in.”
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re: #8 BeachDem
South Carolina ranks 43rd for healthcare, 42nd in education, 10th poorest, top 10 for violent crimes etc. etc. But the burning issue for yesterday’s voters was immigration.
10th poorest? who possibly beats us other than mississippi?
re: #121 steve_davis
10th poorest? who possibly beats us other than mississippi?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the national poverty rate was 12.4% in 2022, up from 11.2% in 2021. These states have the highest percentages of poverty in the country: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, and New York.
Supposed to get to 65 degrees today.
Snow on Wednesday.
My knees hate this winter.
re: #120 William Lewis
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re: #102 Joe Bacon ✅
Watching this stupidity fired my stomach up!
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jesus knows how to use a freakin’ apostrophe, grifter!
re: #125 steve_davis
It’s all about keeping the concept of “Biden Crime Family” alive in the media.
That was not the direction I was expecting to take.
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re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It’s all about keeping the concept of “Biden Crime Family” alive in the media.
Speaking of that nothingburger, apparently they’re finally conducting Hunter’s closed door deposition this week. Though you’d be forgiven for not knowing that it’s happening this week because the press seem to have lost all interest after the revelation that the entire boondoggle is (yet another) Russian psy-op.
re: #129 Targetpractice
Speaking of that nothingburger, apparently they’re finally conducting Hunter’s closed door deposition this week. Though you’d be forgiven for not knowing that it’s happening this week because the press seem to have lost all interest after the revelation that the entire boondoggle is (yet another) Russian psy-op.
They will something that they can spin as “criminal”.
She looks so cute and towers over her dad!
Lucy DeVito is pregnant!
The 40-year-old daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman is set to welcome her first bundle of joy with her fiancé this summer, a rep for the star confirmed to People.
The “Melissa & Joey” alum hit the red carpet alongside her famous mom at the 2024 SAG Awards on Saturday.
re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will something that they can spin as “criminal”.
And all of this relates to the President… how? It’s Russian disinformation. They know it. They’ve known it from the beginning. You know I’m not one that is given to believing in conspiracy theories, but ever since several prominent Republicans spent the Fourth of July in Moscow a few years back, I’ve had a growing feeling that many of the top Republican leadership are actual paid Russian operatives. Yes, Hanlon’s Razor applies, and they could just be so fucking stupid that they will grasp on to any straw that confirms their preconceived beliefs. But it’s getting harder and harder to continue believing that.
re: #132 Nerdy Fish
And all of this relates to the President… how? It’s Russian disinformation. They know it. They’ve known it from the beginning. You know I’m not one that is given to believing in conspiracy theories, but ever since several prominent Republicans spent the Fourth of July in Moscow a few years back, I’ve had a growing feeling that many of the top Republican leadership are actual paid Russian operatives. Yes, Hanlon’s Razor applies, and they could just be so fucking stupid that they will grasp on to any straw that confirms their preconceived beliefs. But it’s getting harder and harder to continue believing that.
Just remember that the IRS contractor who released Trump’s tax returns is going to prison. The 2 IRS agents who have released Hunter’s tax returns are working with the Oversight committee. Talk about selective prosecution.
re: #132 Nerdy Fish
It is all about keeping certain buzzwords alive in the media. Of course it helps when the major news outlets are willing to go along in the name of “balance” and maintaining a horserace.
re: #6 Nerdy Fish
What was it that just happened in South Carolina? He got only 60% of the Republican primary votes or something? Everybody knows he’s going to be the Republican nominee because the deck is intentionally stacked against Nikki Haley, and yet rather than vote for the eventual winner, a whole bunch of people showed up just to vote “fuck you”. That gives me a lot of hope.
Logged in this am just to upvote this
re: #135 Dangerman
The deck is not stacked against Nikki Haley, the simple fact is that DJT still has the support of a majority of GOP voters no matter what he says or does, the outcome of his court cases notwithstanding.
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The deck is not stacked, DJT still has the support of a majority of GOP voters no matter what he says or does, the outcome of his court cases notwithstanding.
It is stacked in that Republican primaries are, for the most part, “all or nothing” affairs. If they awarded delegates proportionally, then there is (or was) a realistic chance that someone could challenge him.
re: #32 Belafon
I do wish Biden would get the FTC and whatever else to go after the companies for price gouging. Maybe have the DOJ start making noises about filing antitrust. But, a lot of people think the economy is doing bad because middle and uppermiddle class salaries aren’t rising as fast as inflation. They’re not getting the benefits that the lower class is seeing. The problem right now is that if you did raise middle class salaries that fast, inflation would actually take off.
I’m not worried about November other than the gerrymandering in Republican states. But they don’t have an answer for abortion because everything they else they have won’t change women dying or suffering. So vote, get your friends and family to vote, and tell them to do the same.
We should get serious about enforcing anti-monopoly regs. Price gouging shouldn’t be possible most of the time in a functioning capitalist system.
re: #137 Nerdy Fish
It is stacked in that Republican primaries are, for the most part, “all or nothing” affairs. If they awarded delegates proportionally, then there is (or was) a realistic chance that someone could challenge him.
His challengers all dropped out long ago and none of them was polling beyond single digits.
They were only in it for reasons of profiling and positioning for future candidacies. And Nikki is at this point also in it to raise her profile for 2028.
re: #138 JC1
We should get serious about enforcing anti-monopoly regs. Price gouging shouldn’t be possible most of the time in a functioning capitalist system.
Price gouging is SOP in a fully functioning postcapitalist mercantilist oligarchic system.
Which is what all the Small Government Free Marketeers are working hard to create.
re: #37 Vicious Babushka
I get a weird vibe whenever I see stuff from Aure Free Press because they don’t provide any information about who they are. I know they get traction because they’re one of the few news aggregators on Mastodon, and they seem to be pretty straight down the middle so far - but something just gives me pause when any “news” source is opaque about who’s running it and why.
re: #114 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Thanks. I’m looking at Shark and Bissell on Amazon.
I’ve been using a Eureka vacuum my mother bought for me as a house warming present 40 years ago. That was back when Eureka was still a company that was concerned with making good products.
The deconstruction of companies that happened in the last two decades of the 20th century still bites us.
Kenmore is an example. I still have a Kenmore microwave I bought years ago. But “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” The Sears brands were raped by vulture capitalists.
Get one at Costco. Essentially a lifetime warranty.
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
His challengers all dropped out long ago and none of them was polling beyond single digits.
They were only in it for reasons of profiling and positioning for future candidacies. And Nikki is at this point also in it to raise her profile for 2028.
We’re circling back around to my main point, which was: He’s not winning his primaries by as big of a margin as he should be. If the Republican primaries awarded proportional delegates, Nikki Haley would still realistically be in the race. But she’s not; by this point, everyone knows that Donald J. Trump will be the next Republican nominee, come hell or high water. And yet, 40% of the voters in the South Carolina Republican primary voted for her anyway. Even knowing that it was a foregone conclusion, that no matter how they voted, Trump would still be the nominee because Republican Party nomination rules are set to heavily favor the “leading candidate,” they voted for her because fuck that guy.
re: #122 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the national poverty rate was 12.4% in 2022, up from 11.2% in 2021. These states have the highest percentages of poverty in the country: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, and New York.
There is a whole stretch of Appalachia through New York State. Plus a lot of areas did not recover in a meaningful way from the 2008 recession. Beyond the local farming most of the other industry and large-scale employment simply went away and never came back.
Lumber and forestry in the Adirondacks much less than it used to be. And places like Massena used to have ALCOA, Reynolds, and GM plants. All gone now (though in that case it’s been a thing going on since the 1990s.)
re: #144 Nerdy Fish
We’re circling back around to my main point, which was: He’s not winning his primaries by as big of a margin as he should be. If the Republican primaries awarded proportional delegates, Nikki Haley would still realistically be in the race.
I get that point, she would realistically still be in the race but still losing and no, she is never going to become the GOP candidate.
Even if DJT is forced out of the race against his will, the party will nominate domeone who is neither female nor dark-skinned.
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re: #56 Belafon
He also needs to go after the Discover-Capital One merger.
I remember a lot of credit card companies work out of Delaware.
Biden is summoning congressional leaders to the White House to talk Ukraine and government funding https://t.co/AMztUECTLq
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 26, 2024
Former GOP Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry is not happy with Mike Johnson killing the border bill, aid for Ukraine, and failing to pass a budget: “We need the Speaker to be better.”https://t.co/qAsOv6a3GX
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 26, 2024
re: #152 Belafon
Yap yap yap. But then vote for the next incompetent and further obstruction anyways.
re: #121 steve_davis
10th poorest? who possibly beats us other than mississippi?
Over here! There is a reason we say “Thank God for Mississippi” and not “Thank God for South Carolina”.
re: #114 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Thanks. I’m looking at Shark and Bissell on Amazon.
I’ve been using a Eureka vacuum my mother bought for me as a house warming present 40 years ago. That was back when Eureka was still a company that was concerned with making good products.
The deconstruction of companies that happened in the last two decades of the 20th century still bites us.
Kenmore is an example. I still have a Kenmore microwave I bought years ago. But “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” The Sears brands were raped by vulture capitalists.
Last time I purchased a vacuum cleaner I went to Lowes and bought whatever was on clearance.
DJT can summon plenty of volunteers to come protect him and his properties.
Their Motto:
Mar-a-Logon Labe
re: #100 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Consumer Reports:
consumerreports.org
Even Nick Fuentes admits my writing ruins groypers lives. 🥰🥰🥰 https://t.co/0UFhSz30xN pic.twitter.com/7pNhAuYwz2
— amanda 🐢 (@noturtlesoup17) February 26, 2024
Sean Feucht threatens Spokane officials for condemning mayor’s appearance at prayer event
Former mayor Nadine Woodward was pilloried for sharing a stage with the Christian Nationalist. Sean Feucht is now retaliating.
Gee I wonder what they would do to Xtian thug Sean Feucht if he was Muslim?
re: #162 Joe Bacon ✅
Sean Feucht threatens Spokane officials for condemning mayor’s appearance at prayer event
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”
re: #162 Joe Bacon ✅
Sean Feucht threatens Spokane officials for condemning mayor’s appearance at prayer event
Former mayor Nadine Woodward was pilloried for sharing a stage with the Christian Nationalist. Sean Feucht is now retaliating.
Gee I wonder what they would do to Xtian thug Sean Feucht if he was Muslim?
Isn’t that the same guy that was allegedly banging one of the Terrible Twosome Republican Congresswomen? I can’t remember which one was allegedly his girlfriend.
re: #142 ipsos
I get a weird vibe whenever I see stuff from Aure Free Press because they don’t provide any information about who they are. I know they get traction because they’re one of the few news aggregators on Mastodon, and they seem to be pretty straight down the middle so far - but something just gives me pause when any “news” source is opaque about who’s running it and why.
It’s an individual I believe. They went off one time when Republicans were blocking Ukraine aid and I replied that I appreciated their news but they need to remember not to let emotion take over, and that the headlines speak for themselves when people are evil - get a personal account for that kind of editorializing - and they replied rather quickly thanking me for the advice and seem to have moderated their content to be more objective since.
Jonathan Turley couldn’t convince anyone to indict Joe Biden so he built a time machine to take the GOP back to the 19th century to indict Joe’s great great granddaddy. https://t.co/zanwcFv6Rn
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) February 25, 2024
Maybe Mike Johnson will call Congress back into session early so they can impeach Joe Biden’s great great grandfather.
— Kid Phantasm (@cbbruuno) February 25, 2024
Ex-Trump officials plot out sweeping abortion restrictions for return to office
Anti-abortion groups and former Trump administration officials are drawing up plans for sweeping abortion restrictions if Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025.
The former president is reportedly telling advisers and associates in private that he supports a ban on abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy.
But the conservative groups and other allies recognize that they need policies that can be enacted without Congress, because even if Trump were to publicly endorse specific limits, there is little chance such a national ban could become law.
The plans being drawn up would go far beyond a 16-week ban, which would impact only a small number of abortions.
re: #121 steve_davis
10th poorest? who possibly beats us other than mississippi?
Sorry for late reply:
The ten poorest states, by poverty rate, are :
1. Mississippi - 18.70%
2. Louisiana - 17.80%
3. New Mexico - 16.80%
4. West Virginia - 15.80%
5. Arkansas - 15.20%
6. Alabama - 14.90%
7. Kentucky - 14.90%
8. Oklahoma - 14%
9. Georgia - 14.00%
10. South Carolina - 13.80%
Holy sh*t. Gov. Gavin Newsom just launched this ad & it’s now airing across Tennessee—exposing Republicans’ effort to criminalize abortion & the impacts on young women. Very powerful ad. Thank you, Gov. Newsom. Take a minute to watch & share. This is good. pic.twitter.com/qAdPiRQOEc
— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) February 25, 2024
re: #172 Unabogie
I saw his apology: “I am sorry if you were upset and I was wrong”
“I am sorry if the Truth offends you and I was wrong to say it out loud where it could go viral!”
re: #166 Belafon
So, Trump’s granddad was an illegal alien who unlawfully entered the US and engaged in likely criminal conduct including prostitution and alcohol running. His dad was born in the US, making him a US citizen of a kind that Trump now wants to make illegal. He and his dad engaged in rampant race discrimination in housing across his apartment building holdings during the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in a federal consent decree.
Wanna impeach someone because of their family history? Trump’s is far more relevant and ongoing.
re: #175 lawhawk
So, Trump’s granddad was an illegal alien who unlawfully entered the US and engaged in likely criminal conduct including prostitution and alcohol running. His dad was born in the US, making him a US citizen of a kind that Trump now wants to make illegal. He and his dad engaged in rampant race discrimination in housing across his apartment building holdings during the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in a federal consent decree.
Wanna impeach someone because of their family history? Trump’s is far more relevant and ongoing.
I know this was a bit of a rehash, but I did like the time machine part.
re: #172 Unabogie
Sorry to start your day this way, but most people don’t realize the absolutely fucked up things people are being taught in American churches.
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Pulpit Pimp had to backtrack on his asinine remarks.
After saying women who wear shorts deserve to be raped, pastor admits “I was wrong”
Pastor Bobby Leonard made the despicable comments in a resurfaced sermon from 2023
President Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as averting a looming government shutdown next month, the AP reports.
re: #178 Dangerman
Get ready for the shutdown.
Trump and his Master Putin want the government shut down until Biden surrenders Ukraine to Russia.
re: #178 Dangerman
It doesn’t matter what Mike Johnson agrees to. He can’t deliver.
re: #177 Joe Bacon ✅
Pulpit Pimp had to backtrack on his asinine remarks.
After saying women who wear shorts deserve to be raped, pastor admits “I was wrong”
Pastor Bobby Leonard made the despicable comments in a resurfaced sermon from 2023
Imagine having to be shamed into walking back your boasts that if a woman is raped while wearing shorts, you’d vote to acquit the rapist?
And theists routinely ask how atheists can have morality without a god?
re: #180 Decatur Deb
He does not have the same backing that the previous speaker had.
re: #180 Decatur Deb
It doesn’t matter what Mike Johnson agrees to. He can’t deliver.
Speaker Jesusbot won’t even take a whizz without getting permission from Chairman Trump.
The GFM set up to relieve Trump’s poverty is approaching 1.25M, (22K donors), but is slowing rapidly. the last quarter of a million took 3 days. Time to harvest the suckers.
re: #166 Belafon
President Biden’s great-great grandfather would have been born around the time of the Civil War.
re: #181 Unabogie
Imagine having to be shamed into walking back your boasts that if a woman is raped while wearing shorts, you’d vote to acquit the rapist?
And theists routinely ask how atheists can have morality without a god?
I wonder if Pulpit Pimp Bobby feels the same way about a male bodybuilder who is wearing a Speedo?
Less than 20 years ago (2006 election results). Don’t know what to say. Coincides with demise of local newspaper, radio and TV and rise of Internet and cable news propaganda outfits. It will take a bit of effort to reverse and there seems little at the national level to support low population state Democratic parties.
re: #103 mmmirele
OK, she’s minimum 25 years old in 2024. (Undergrad by 22, three years of law school.*) Take seven away from that, and she was 18 years old. I’m not giving her a pass, not in the least.
* This assumes you didn’t slack two years between undergrad or law school, or take 6 years to get that BA.
It would be take 9 from that for 2015— But I suspect she was likely 18, as you suggest in 2015.
re: #181 Unabogie
Imagine having to be shamed into walking back your boasts that if a woman is raped while wearing shorts, you’d vote to acquit the rapist?
And theists routinely ask how atheists can have morality without a god?
This is not a man you want at Bible Camp.
re: #183 darthstar
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Pretty remarkable that MSNBC fixtures like Nicole and Joe were once on the right to far right, but Diaper Don has moved them (and so many others) to left of center.
re: #188 dat_said
Whatever you’re talkin about also coincides with the election of a black president.
re: #92 Joe Bacon ✅
Clarence Thomas hires…YOU GUESSED IT…another racist clerk
Crystal Clanton, a 2022 graduate from the Antonin Scalia Law School (OF COURSE!), was the subject of a 2017 feature by The New Yorker which revealed that while she was working as a field director at Turning Point USA in 2015, she allegedly sent a text message to a fellow employee reading, “I hate black people. Like f**k them all … I hate blacks. End of story.” And while at the time of the feature being written she claimed to “have no recollection of these messages,” telling the publication in a statement that “they do not reflect what I believe or who I am and the same was true when I was a teenager,” it makes her a worrisome choice none the less.
And before she worked for Clarence (and AFTER she made the racist comments) she worked for Ginni. Keeping it in the family?
From 2018:
Conservative activist Crystal Clanton, who was forced to leave the right-wing student group Turning Point USA last year after her racist comments were revealed, was hired by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Mediaite has learned.
re: #192 Belafon
Whatever you’re talkin about also coincides with the election of a black president.
and about the time that the second generation of graduates of a gutted and underfunded public education system began voting and participating in politics.
Best call from a ref:
“You’re not gonna like it but the call on the ice was correct, no goal” 😭
WHAT A CALL FROM REFEREE GARRETT RANK 🔊 pic.twitter.com/btv8W3EElG— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) February 23, 2024
re: #119 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿
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re: #195 Joe Bacon ✅
He DOOD it!
Trump appeals $454M New York fraud ruling
Did his Russian and/or Saudi BFFs front the cash?
re: #196 Dr. Matt
As long as the Islanders were losing.
Signed,
In no way from a person who remembers the Flyers losing Game 6 of the Cup to the Islanders because of a blown offsides call and is still salty about it nearly 44 years later.
re: #195 Joe Bacon ✅
Trump appeals $454M New York fraud ruling
But one still has to post a bond while the appeal is being considered.
From the AP: Hungary’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO accession: clearing final obstacle to membership.
re: #168 William Lewis
Did they attack?
re: #132 Nerdy Fish
And all of this relates to the President… how? It’s Russian disinformation. They know it. They’ve known it from the beginning. You know I’m not one that is given to believing in conspiracy theories, but ever since several prominent Republicans spent the Fourth of July in Moscow a few years back, I’ve had a growing feeling that many of the top Republican leadership are actual paid Russian operatives. Yes, Hanlon’s Razor applies, and they could just be so fucking stupid that they will grasp on to any straw that confirms their preconceived beliefs. But it’s getting harder and harder to continue believing that.
My impression is that Trump was the only real asset (him and maybe Ron Paul) — and the rest just fell in line with Trump because he seemed to have such a hold on the GOP base. But maybe not. Steve Bannon and Rudy and Mike Flynn also seemed fond of the Russians.
re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But one still has to post a bond while the appeal is being considered.
It doesn’t sound like he has posted a bond yet, so I guess you can file without doing so, but the case won’t be considered until you do?
I’d post a link to an AP article, but it doesn’t seem to want to work. Nowhere in a quick search of other news sources did I see mention of any money being put up.
re: #204 calochortus
It doesn’t sound like he has posted a bond yet, so I guess you can file without doing so, but the case won’t be considered until you do?
It buys him some more time
re: #138 JC1
We should get serious about enforcing anti-monopoly regs. Price gouging shouldn’t be possible most of the time in a functioning capitalist system.
Depends on your definition of functioning. In an unregulated system, capitalism is predatory and tends to monopolies. It’s only in a tightly regulated system that it functions the way you would prefer.
re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It buys him some more time
I thought once the 30 days started ticking down, that was it. Does filing a motion somehow reset that clock?
re: #208 calochortus
I thought once the 30 days started ticking down, that was it. Does filing a motion somehow reset that clock?
DJT does not want to have to liquidate anything
re: #204 calochortus
It doesn’t sound like he has posted a bond yet, so I guess you can file without doing so, but the case won’t be considered until you do?
I’d post a link to an AP article, but it doesn’t seem to want to work. Nowhere in a quick search of other news sources did I see mention of any money being put up.
We talked about this previously. In New York, you have two options for appealing a civil judgment with financial penalties:
1) Front the bond, which is the amount plus 20%. This money is kept by the state, and is returned with interest if you win on the appeal. The plaintiff can’t collect until the appeals process is fully complete and the judgment is final.
2) File the appeal without paying the bond. The judgment timer doesn’t stop ticking, and if things aren’t resolved by the time the stay of judgment is lifted (particularly, if the appeals court doesn’t grant its own stay), the plaintiff can collect.
re: #211 Nerdy Fish
That’s what I thought. Thanks.
Someone asked about what happens if the stay is lifted, the plaintiff collects, the defendant wins the appeal but the plaintiff no longer has the money to return. I would imagine the court would direct a judgment against the plaintiff to repay the defendant what is owed plus reasonable interest.
re: #211 Nerdy Fish
We talked about this previously. In New York, you have two options for appealing a civil judgment with financial penalties:
1) Front the bond, which is the amount plus 20%. This money is kept by the state, and is returned with interest if you win on the appeal.
2) File the appeal without paying the bond. The judgment timer doesn’t stop ticking, and if things aren’t resolved by the time the stay of judgment is lifted (particularly, if the appeals court doesn’t grant its own stay), the plaintiff can collect.
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
At this point, with this defendant, that’s a damn good question. I wouldn’t be caught dead taking Trump’s word on anything right now.
Even with appeals pending and Trump’s notorious delaying tactics, the judgements as they exist should have considerable monetary value to Carroll.
Can’t they be sold off for a still very sizeable sum?
re: #215 Nerdy Fish
At this point, with this defendant, that’s a damn good question. I wouldn’t be caught dead taking Trump’s word on anything right now.
You’d have to assume that Trump is accurately valuing any collateral he offers (which has been proven to be fraudulent in court) and that he doesn’t have any secret debts or would attempt to shift his money to other states, countries, or financial entities as way to avoid payment (which has also been proven in court)
re: #217 mmmirele
In this case I do not think it matters. I think that Biden guy has a chance.
re: #216 Decatur Deb
Even with appeals pending and Trump’s notorious delaying tactics, the judgements as they exist should have considerable monetary value to Carroll.
Can’t they be sold off for a still very sizeable sum?
I don’t think the judgements can be sold off until they’re final. No one wants to take a chance of a reversal on appeal, even if it seems like a sure thing.
re: #220 Nerdy Fish
I don’t think the judgements can be sold off until they’re final. No one wants to take a chance of a reversal on appeal, even if it seems like a sure thing.
Hell, an Irish Sweepstakes ticket has value long before the race is run. She’s over 80, and Trump intends to see her dead before he pays.
re: #222 Decatur Deb
Hell, an Irish Sweepstakes ticket has value long before the race is run. She’s over 80, and Trump intends to see her dead before he pays.
Heirs?
re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But one still has to post a bond while the appeal is being considered.
Not correct. He’d have to post a supersedeas bond (typically in the range of 1.5x the judgment) to prevent execution on the judgment while the appeal is pending. Appeal will still be considered without posting a bond, but the state can execute. They’d just have to disgorge any amounts collected in the event the appeal is successful.
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
Bond companies typically require the party to offer security for the bond.
re: #217 mmmirele
Looky what I got in the mail!
I have no idea who half of these people are.
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re: #227 Mike Lamb
Bond companies typically require the party to offer security for the bond.
Which may explain a few things regarding the timing of the appeal. He may have tried to find a bond company that would cover it, but because his properties are all leveraged to hell and back, they said, “No fucking way, loser.”
re: #229 Nerdy Fish
Which may explain a few things regarding the timing of the appeal. He may have tried to find a bond company that would cover it, but because his properties are all leveraged to hell and back, they said, “No fucking way, loser.”
a pretty good explainer
today’s electoral-vote.com
re: #231 Decatur Deb
No mention in wiki.
Time for some dedicated estate planning. And wishing her a long life.
re: #217 mmmirele
Looky what I got in the mail!
I have no idea who half of these people are.
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We have more to choose from here in sunny CA. Including one “President R. Bodde” who is apparently a religious nutcase. I believe he hails from Georgia, but who knows.
re: #232 wrenchwench
Time for some dedicated estate planning. And wishing her a long life.
She could sell it to the Massuccis for 0.05 on the dollar.
Drudge and some media outlets are starting to realize that Trump’s a lunatic with a microphone whose brain is scrambled and is clearly showing signs of incapacity. He can’t remember his wife’s name. He can’t remember basic facts, names, places, etc.
The latest gaffe/blunder occurred at CPAC where his supporters tried covering this up by saying he was referring to Mercedes Schlapp. Yeah, look at that Mercedes.
Who the fuck talks about women like that? Oh right - misogynistic know nothings who can’t remember their wife’s name, or who commit adultery with adult film stars while his wife was recovering from a pregnancy.
In 1917, a plane, flying in a thick fog, struck a 350 foot tower, 300 feet above the ground and was held there by it’s propeller. Three navy men, who were painting the tower, witnessed this. One climbed up the center of the tower to the plane, climbed into the cockpit, and held the unconscious pilot until the other two could climb up with a rope. They tied the rope to the man and lowered him safely to the ground. All three sailors were awarded medals for their heroism.
re: #209 No Malarkey!
That is good news!
I suspect that Orban is hoping that the talk of expelling Hungary from the EU will die down now.
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
re: #240 jeffreyw
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I had heard bail bondsman and other companies like to do names like that. “AA” something so they would show up in the first couple listings in the yellow pages.
re: #241 Eventual Carrion
I had heard bail bondsman and other companies like to do names like that. “AA” something so they would show up in the first couple listings in the yellow pages.
I’ll bet there’s more than one “AAA Bail Bonds” to be found in every state in the union.
re: #152 Belafon
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re: #241 Eventual Carrion
I had heard bail bondsman and other companies like to do names like that. “AA” something so they would show up in the first couple listings in the yellow pages.
My father-in-law’s business did this for this exact reason.
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
According to this website, the bond has to be fully securitized. So it’s not that much of a bet. My guess is that Trump doesn’t have the assets to securitize the bond
re: #238 sizzzzlerz
In 1917, a plane, flying in a thick fog, struck a 350 foot tower, 300 feet above the ground and was held there by it’s propeller. Three navy men, who were painting the tower, witnessed this. One climbed up the center of the tower to the plane, climbed into the cockpit, and held the unconscious pilot until the other two could climb up with a rope. They tied the rope to the man and lowered him safely to the ground. All three sailors were awarded medals for their heroism.
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I’m guessing this is one of the reasons we have flashing lights on tall objects now?
re: #241 Eventual Carrion
I had heard bail bondsman and other companies like to do names like that. “AA” something so they would show up in the first couple listings in the yellow pages.
And then there are those shameless hussies that blatantly misuse the letter ‘Z’ so as to place them at the very end of the listings.
re: #247 sizzzzlerz
And then there are those shameless hussies that blatantly misuse the letter ‘Z’ so as to place them at the very end of the listings.
Your ‘shameless hussies’ are my sleep therapists.
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re: #232 wrenchwench
Time for some dedicated estate planning. And wishing her a long life.
Estate bequeathed to the Obama Foundation.
From the AP: US sues to block merger of Kroger and Albertsons saying it will lead to higher prices.
re: #239 ckkatz
That is good news!
I suspect that Orban is hoping that the talk of expelling Hungary from the EU will die down now.
More like talk of them losing their €14bn in annual subsidies.
re: #244 Nerdy Fish
My father-in-law’s business did this for this exact reason.
Back before Google Searches there was AO = Alphabet Optimization
re: #250 PhillyPretzel ✅
From the AP: US sues to block merger of Kroger and Albertsons saying it will lead to higher prices.
Kroger has been promoting it as an almost done deal with their employees. And others, no doubt.
For those interested, here are a couple of articles on how the Houthi/IRGC attacks on Red Sea shipping are affecting worldwide shipping. This is part of the stuff that the White House has to manage which the political press ignores so that it can talk about Biden’s age instead.
Cited article: Shortage Of Oil Tankers At Hand As Red Sea Attacks Divert Trade
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Cited article: Red Sea attacks: What trade experts are saying about the shipping disruptions
re: #253 wrenchwench
I know. My favorite cashier who retired recently mentioned it a few times.
re: #209 No Malarkey!
Putin remains a master strategist.
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If someone had told me at the end of 2021 that Sweden and Finland would join NATO, I would have laughed in your face. So much winning!
I can’t help it. Can’t stop laughing at “Trump In Bondage”
And for added jollies, love looking at that fine going up up up every second!
re: #254 ckkatz
Biden should attach funding for responding to this to the Ukraine aid package and talk about how Republicans are driving up gas prices.
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
More like talk of
themOrbán losingtheirhis €14bninannualsubsidiesslush fund.
FTFY.
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re: #261 jeffreyw
That sounds like a good idea.
Uh Oh Chesebro. Fucker misled investigators because he had a “secret” twitter account that he withheld from investigators in Michigan.
Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.
Chesebro denied using Twitter, now known as the platform X, or having any “alternate IDs” when directly asked by Michigan investigators last year during his cooperation session, according to recordings of his interview obtained by CNN.
But CNN linked Chesebro to the secret account based on numerous matching details — including biographical information regarding his work, family, travels and investments. The anonymous account, BadgerPundit, also showed a keen interest in the Electoral College process and lined up with Chesebro’s private activities at the time.
The Twitter posts reveal that even before the 2020 election, and then just two days after polls closed, Chesebro promoted a far more aggressive election subversion strategy than he later let on in his Michigan interview.
All of this should also call into question his deal with prosecutors in Georgia and whether that deal should be reviewed based on this new information.
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
More like talk of them losing their €14bn in annual subsidies.
Funny you should mention that. :)
But Orban won a great victory:
He forced Sweden to allow Hungary to buy 6 more Swedish fighter jets. And even forced the Swedes to allow Hungary to buy an extended maintenance contract on the Swedish manufactured planes that Hungary already has.
It occurs to me there is now a whole generation of young people who don’t really know what a stable, functioning U.S. government looks like.
re: #254 ckkatz
For those interested, here are a couple of articles on how the Houthi/IRGC attacks on Red Sea shipping are affecting worldwide shipping. This is part of the stuff that the White House has to manage which the political press ignores so that it can talk about Biden’s age instead.
and blame price increases on Bidenomics
re: #260 Dr Lizardo
FTFY.
Yes, Orban can buy himself a lot of power with that EU funding and without it he would be just another tinhorn dictator. And it’s not like Putin is in much of a position to buy him off, either…
re: #266 Eclectic Cyborg
It occurs to me there is now a whole generation of young people who don’t really know what a stable, functioning U.S. government looks like.
That’s OK. I can think of multiple generations that believe the phrase “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” is meant to be derogatory.
re: #265 ckkatz
But Orban won a great victory:
He forced Sweden to allow Hungary to buy 6 more Swedish fighter jets. And even forced the Swedes to allow Hungary to buy an extended maintenance contract on the Swedish manufactured planes that Hungary already has.
“Excuse me, Mr Orbán, there is a chef on the line who wants to talk about your extended warranty…”
re: #261 jeffreyw
That ax fits right in with today!
I was going to mention this tomorrow, but figured that not all might appreciate the humor.
Today is National Carpe Diem Day.
February 26 - Carpe Diem Day
Opposing viewpoint:
re: #262 Dr. Matt
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How convenient that his supporters went right to work to attach a real woman to the alternate name. Then it’s not just a mental issue….
FYI: AT&T to give $5 credits to customers affected by widespread service outage
Don’t spend it all in one place.
There is another name for this, but it is escaping me at the moment.
Wendy’s is preparing to test an “Uber-style” surge-pricing model where prices will fluctuate throughout the day based on demand — meaning a Dave’s burger will cost more during the lunchtime rush.
Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner — who rose to the chief role earlier this month — announced the new system on a call with investors, noting that the pricing menu will begin testing in 2025, Daily Mail earlier reported.
With the dynamic pricing model, the chain’s iconic Dave’s Single could increase by as much as $1 at lunchtime and drop down by the same amount after the lunch rush.
With constant pricing shifts, Wendy’s will rely on “digital menu boards,” Tanner said.
re: #264 lawhawk
Uh Oh Chesebro. Fucker misled investigators because he had a “secret” twitter account that he withheld from investigators in Michigan.
All of this should also call into question his deal with prosecutors in Georgia and whether that deal should be reviewed based on this new information.
Giving false statements to a federal Investigator is a common trait for MAGA. Lock him up.
re: #272 ckkatz
The best days are the ones you can just ease into and take at your own personal pace. Some days I am up for being active and adventurous but lately I like to just keep things down to a low hum.
re: #275 Shropshire Slasher
There is another name for this, but it is escaping me at the moment.
Oh, wow, no one is showing up for lunch.
re: #214 Unabogie
The bond part is really befuddling to me. A bond company would pay out something like 80% of that $450 million, and Trump would pay the rest. In the event Trump loses his appeal (which he will, because he did it) then the bond company would lose all that money and would then ask Trump to pay them back on the assumption that Trump has that kind of money and wouldn’t stiff them.
So who would take that bet?
Someone who secured it with sufficient property, or another techbro billionaire out there to stir up the shit.
re: #279 Belafon
Oh, wow, no one is showing up for lunch.
Lunch menu should be cheaper because there is more volume and more turnover
God I love late-stage capitalism and the ideas that the modern Captains of Industry come up with
re: #280 Randall Gross
Someone who secured it with sufficient property, or another techbro billionaire out there to stir up the shit.
As was mentioned, there is no guarantee that any property he might offer up as security is not already attached somewhere else.
Not to mention that one cannot trust his valuations of anything
re: #275 Shropshire Slasher
There is another name for this, but it is escaping me at the moment.
Local Asian buffet’s around here already do that. Dinner buffet is more expensive than lunch. One I kind of understand since they do shrimp at dinner but not at lunch. But the other has the same stuff lunch or dinner.
re: #271 jeffreyw
U.S. airman dies after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy
Spencer Ackerman on that:
re: #281 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Lunch menu should be cheaper because there is more volume and more turnover
God I love late-stage capitalism and the ideas that the modern Captains of Industry come up with
I know. It’s the exact opposite of what a lot of non-fast food restaurants do with a lunch special menu.
re: #283 Eventual Carrion
Local Asian buffet’s around here already do that. Dinner buffet is more expensive than lunch. One I kind of understand since they do shrimp at dinner but not at lunch. But the other has the same stuff lunch or dinner.
Back when I lived in the States, I’d go to those Chinese all-you-can-eat buffets every so often and the lunch buffet was invariably cheaper than the dinner buffet.
re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The best days are the ones you can just ease into and take at your own personal pace. Some days I am up for being active and adventurous but lately I like to just keep things down to a low hum.
This is true.
Heh, your comment on being adventurous reminded me of the Three Dog Night lyrics:
“I seen so many things I ain’t never seen before
Don’t know what it is, I don’t wanna see no more”
As for myself, I think I’ll go and Carpe some more Coffee.
re: #283 Eventual Carrion
Local Asian buffet’s around here already do that. Dinner buffet is more expensive than lunch. One I kind of understand since they do shrimp at dinner but not at lunch. But the other has the same stuff lunch or dinner.
I think you have it backwards. Dinner is the normal price, and lunch is the special price.
re: #288 Belafon
I think you have it backwards. Dinner is the normal price, and lunch is the special price.
I’m just saying at the buffets around here the lunch and dinner prices are not the same. Even for the same selection.
re: #285 Belafon
I know. It’s the exact opposite of what a lot of non-fast food restaurants do with a lunch special menu.
Because those are businesses, often family-run and part of the community and not multinational corporations.
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
As was mentioned, there is no guarantee that any property he might offer up as security is not already attached somewhere else.
Not to mention that one cannot trust his valuations of anything
Bond providers research that shit before they sign.
re: #284 Randall Gross
Spencer Ackerman on that:
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OK, Spencer, what are your views on Hamas attacking Israel?
About Gaza, I wish someone would remove Netanyahu and get someone in there who cared about the effects of the campaign. As the Gaza blogger who lost his entire family because Israel ran a decoy bombing campaign (after dropping flyers telling Gazans to flee south to avoid bombing) so the IDF could free two hostages said (I am paraphrasing) “I understand that the hostages are just people, but aren’t little girls [his twin nieces were killed in the bombing] just people?”
re: #291 Randall Gross
Bond providers research that shit before they sign.
DJT is good at hiding things, remember? In any case, I cannot imagine any bank or bond company who would touch him at this point.
re: #283 Eventual Carrion
Local Asian buffet’s around here already do that. Dinner buffet is more expensive than lunch. One I kind of understand since they do shrimp at dinner but not at lunch. But the other has the same stuff lunch or dinner.
Now y’all got me HUNGRY for the Mongolian Beef served at Fu’s Palace on Pico!
re: #264 lawhawk
If he were a “regular citizen” they would have already hauled his ass to jail.
re: #294 Joe Bacon ✅
Now y’all got me HUNGRY for the Mongolian Beef served at Fu’s Palace on Pico!
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We used to have an Asian buffet in Rockwall, and then it did so well that a bigger one moved in, which drove the first one out of business. And then the second one closed after it was discovered that he was keeping his Hispanic immigrant employees as indentured servants, locking them some place at night.
re: #240 jeffreyw
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I was thinking that Chicos Bail Bonds would take the Trump gig.
From the AP: Judge rules that former FBI informant is to remain in jail while he awaits trial.
I think we all knew that would happen.
re: #180 Decatur Deb
It doesn’t matter what Mike Johnson agrees to. He can’t deliver.
Theoretically Johnson could; but he is a traitor and coward like all who support Trump. Not a single one is loyal to our nation. And the tens of millions of Trump supporters are almost universally in support of Putin.
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re: #292 Belafon
OK, Spencer, what are your views on Hamas attacking Israel?
About Gaza, I wish someone would remove Netanyahu and get someone in there who cared about the effects of the campaign. As the Gaza blogger who lost his entire family because Israel ran a decoy bombing campaign (after dropping flyers telling Gazans to flee south to avoid bombing) so the IDF could free two hostages said (I am paraphrasing) “I understand that the hostages are just people, but aren’t little girls [his twin nieces were killed in the bombing] just people?”
Google is there, why don’t you look? Spencer has been doing articles on the “clash of civilizations” for a long time.
re: #303 Randall Gross
Google is there, why don’t you look? Spencer has been doing articles on the “clash of civilizations” for a long time.
I’ll have to go dig after work.
re: #191 Dr. Matt
Pretty remarkable that MSNBC fixtures like Nicole and Joe were once on the right to far right, but Diaper Don has moved them (and so many others) to left of center.
And Michael Steele. It seems like the old-style Reagan Republicans are really more at home with Democrats these days — and are about where I am politically on most issues.
re: #304 Belafon
I’ll have to go dig after work.
For the record Spencer is much more anti-war anti / establishment than I, or probably you, but he does some good factual reporting and analysis even though some of it might be painful.
re: #305 Hecuba’s daughter
And Michael Steele. It seems like the old-style Reagan Republicans are really more at home with Democrats these days — and are about where I am politically on most issues.
Anyone to the left of them, even slightly is “socialist/communist/Antifa/BLM/woke/PC/pedophile/DEI scum”, so why even try to get along with them?
re: #262 Dr. Matt
He’s banging Matt Schlapp’s wife because Matt’s banging dudes.
A group of analysts have compiled a document cataloging tfg’s announced plans for if he wins the presidential election. Goodman in this thread goes through the document.
Goodman Xitter thread on “American Autocracy Threat Tracker”
American Autocracy Threat Tracker Introduction
Former President Donald Trump has said he will be a dictator on “day one.” He and his advisors and associates have publicly discussed hundreds of actions to be taken during a second Trump presidency that directly threaten democracy. These vary from Trump breaking the law and abusing power in areas like immigration roundups and energy extraction; to summarily and baselessly firing tens of thousands of civil servants whom he perceives as adversaries; to prosecuting his political opponents for personal gain and even hinting at executing some of them. We track all of these promises, plans, and pronouncements here and we will continue to update them in real time.We assess there is a significant risk of autocracy should Trump regain the presidency. Trump has said he would deploy the military against civilian protestors and his advisors have developed plans for using the Insurrection Act, said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act to conduct deportations of non-citizens, continued to threaten legally-established abortion rights, and even had his lawyers argue that a president should be immune from prosecution if he directed SEAL Team Six to assassinate his political enemies. Trump also seeks the power to protect his personal wealth as he faces staggering civil fines, and to bolster his immunity as he faces 91 criminal charges in prosecutions in different parts of the country.
*snip*
Trump’s former advisors—those with the most experience watching him govern behind the scenes—believe he is a danger to the country. John Bolton, Trump’s former National Security Advisor, said, “I think Trump will cause significant damage in a second term, damage that in some cases will be irreparable.” Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump White House Director of Strategic Communications, noted, “Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it, and I don’t say that lightly.”
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re: #300 PhillyPretzel ✅
From the AP: Judge rules that former FBI informant is to remain in jail while he awaits trial.
I think we all knew that would happen.
Imagine what it must be like to be Smirnov’s co-conspirators in Congress right now. He’s in custody, so he can’t just leave the country, and doing jail time tends to loosen up a person’s tongue as it’s not a pleasant place to be…especially when you have 6 million dollars in the bank you can’t touch.
Chesebro just took another step up the Fuck Around ladder.
re: #313 Scottish Dragon
Schlapp dat azz….
Melania’s probably used to Trump calling her by other women’s names.
re: #237 ckkatz
Interesting theory-
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Fucking classic…friendly interviewers constantly give Trump off ramps to help with his criminal cases, and he says “Nah, I totally did it!!!”
re: #316 A Cranky One
I can think of an even worse punchline but I won’t even go there.
re: #318 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think I’ll recycle my comment from above:
“I seen so many things I ain’t never seen before
Don’t know what it is, I don’t wanna see no more”
:)
re: #317 Mike Lamb
Fucking classic…friendly interviewers constantly give Trump off ramps to help with his criminal cases, and he says “Nah, I totally did it!!!”
Watch for Jack Smith to cite that in his next submission to Judge Cannon.
re: #305 Hecuba’s daughter
And Michael Steele. It seems like the old-style Reagan Republicans are really more at home with Democrats these days — and are about where I am politically on most issues.
This is more a function of how the Overton Window has shifted to the far right - for example, who in the early 1990s (outside of pockets of the deep south) found espousing white supremacist talking points to be acceptable discourse?
NEW: Donald Trump has seen a significant drop in support from small dollar donors, while his preferred online fundraising platform is getting hit with complaints.
Big 2024 warning⚠️signs for Trump and the GOP as they struggle to raise money.https://t.co/8mtDkYWm9H— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) February 26, 2024
re: #321 Orange Impostor
This is more a function of how the Overton Window has shifted to the far right - for example, who in the early 1990s (outside of pockets of the deep south) found espousing white supremacist talking points to be acceptable discourse?
When “punching a Nazi” started to be used as an example of leftist intolerance and hatred.
Fascism and White Supremacism used to be considered anathema to everything our country stood for and fought against.
Now they are seen as valid and accepted political viewpoints that demand respect and deserve an equal voice in the media
re: #321 Orange Impostor
This is more a function of how the Overton Window has shifted to the far right - for example, who in the early 1990s (outside of pockets of the deep south) found espousing white supremacist talking points to be acceptable discourse?
I think your highly successful normalizers of white supremacy at the time would be The Bell Curve, which took racism and presented it in pseudoscientific format (and also formulated the now standard modality of accusing academic criticism of unreviewed pop-science as Galileo-like persecution); Rush Limbaugh, who invented the modern discursive style of right-wingers—hiding behind “comedy” and expanding upon Reagan’s premise that all liberals/leftists are unserious and childlike; and the constellation of conspiracy theorists that crafted modern theories that draw both tropes and text from bigoted sources…prime examples being Ron Paul and Bill Cooper.
Though a special mention should be made for the way that crime panic in the 90s was filled with racist tropes, both in it’s “intellectual” content and it’s popular-media manifestations.
All of the above burnished racism and created the new language of racism that continues to afflict us.
They have the receipts:
NBC Editor Posts Documentation of Nazis at CPAC after Organization Slams Report as ‘False’
CPAC is continuing to call our reporting about Nazis at the conference “fake news.”They haven’t responded to the video and photo evidence.This is Ryan Sanchez, a known and public neo-Nazi, giving a Nazi salute at CPAC.Greg Conte, who is also a public Nazi, is on his left. https://t.co/jsSF4hwnr8 pic.twitter.com/WjixBopcxd
— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024
re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When “punching a Nazi” started to be used as an example of leftist intolerance and hatred.
Fascism and White Supremacism used to be considered anathema to everything our country stood for and fought against.
Now they are seen as valid and accepted political viewpoints that demand respect and deserve an equal voice in the media
Stating that it has reached that point helps to make it so, or keep it so, if true. Saying what ‘used to be’ the case does not help. A few additional words could make this less negative. Depends on your desired outcome.
re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When “punching a Nazi” started to be used as an example of leftist intolerance and hatred.
Fascism and White Supremacism used to be considered anathema to everything our country stood for and fought against.
Now they are seen as valid and accepted political viewpoints that demand respect and deserve an equal voice in the media
And how Russia was our super enemy for 100+ years, keeping us on the brink of nuclear annihilation, but is now the ideal society with a monomaniacal strongman leader, to be admired and respected by a substantial part of the population
Mid 50’s today in the wilds of the Twin Cities. Nearly ready to declare ice out on the neighborhood lake, which will be briefly delayed by a short cold snap tomorrow. Ice out used to occur first week of April or last few days of March when I first started keeping track for the MN DNR. It’s a scatter plot but definitely a trend towards the 20th or so of March with one previous outlier of March 10. This year will be an outlier of the outliers.
And, yes, everyone up here has a friendly neighborhood lake.
re: #330 dat_said
And, yes, everyone up here has a friendly neighborhood lake.
I haven’t checked the nearest lake to me, because it’s basically a dedicated trip to reach it. The two rather more significant lakes nearby aren’t going to be ice out for a bit, though, even with the record high temperatures. Speaking of which, I know we’ve set several record high temperature days so far this year. I wonder how many more we’re going to hit.
re: #332 Nerdy Fish
I haven’t checked the nearest lake to me, because it’s basically a dedicated trip to reach it. The two rather more significant lakes nearby aren’t going to be ice out for a bit, though, even with the record high temperatures. Speaking of which, I know we’ve set several record high temperature days so far this year. I wonder how many more we’re going to hit.
Our neighborhood lake is pretty small (25 acres or so) and pretty shallow (10’ at the deepest), so it ices out early. I did walk by Johanna and Little Johanna Lakes this morning and they’re still pretty much ice covered. I’d be hesitant to walk on either of those though.
re: #334 dat_said
Our neighborhood lake is pretty small (25 acres or so) and pretty shallow (10’ at the deepest), so it ices out early. I did walk by Johanna and Little Johanna Lakes this morning and they’re still pretty much ice covered. I’d be hesitant to walk on either of those though.
Oh, my neighborhood lake is considerably larger than that. It’s almost a square mile, and 22’ deep. I’ve only seen a small part of it; like many Minnesota lakes, it’s in two parts, and the public boat launch is on the smaller segment.
re: #330 dat_said
Mid 50’s today in the wilds of the Twin Cities. Nearly ready to declare ice out on the neighborhood lake, which will be briefly delayed by a short cold snap tomorrow. Ice out used to occur first week of April or last few days of March when I first started keeping track for the MN DNR. It’s a scatter plot but definitely a trend towards the 20th or so of March with one previous outlier of March 10. This year will be an outlier of the outliers.
And, yes, everyone up here has a friendly neighborhood lake.
I was watching a youtube video about a Canadian guy out canoeing on Lake Superior in Ontario earlier this month. This time of year, the lake is usually 40-60% covered in ice. There was none. He filmed the shoreline using his drone and there is barely any snow on the it as far as could be seen. It is the least ice coverage on the lake ever, estimated at 2-3%.
re: #329 sizzzzlerz
And how Russia was our super enemy for 100+ years, keeping us on the brink of nuclear annihilation, but is now the ideal society with a monomaniacal strongman leader, to be admired and respected by a substantial part of the population
I’m genuinely confused by this, because support for strongmen is a pretty consistent theme on the right; it’s been a standard position that dictatorships and military junta leaders and monarchs are preferable to a “Communism” that in practice amounted to most forms of Enlightenment liberalism.
Admiration of Putin is consistent with prior admiration of Pinochet and Franco, both of whom have been consistently lauded by conservatives.
Dictators that are marked as bad by conservatives are just the ones that don’t do what America wants; they’re not being condemned on general principle, but on the basis that they aren’t performing their desired function as speculums splitting open their nation for capital interests.
re: #328 wrenchwench
Stating that it has reached that point helps to make it so, or keep it so, if true. Saying what ‘used to be’ the case does not help. A few additional words could make this less negative. Depends on your desired outcome.
There are people out there working hard to make it so, and our damned media are doing little or nothing to stop it. ANd a certain South Africal Billionaire purchased an entire website to ensure that Fascists and White Supremacists would have a platform to openly spread their ideology.
re: #338 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are people out there working hard to make it so, and our damned media are doing little or nothing to stop it. ANd a certain South Africal Billionaire purchased an entire website to ensure that Fascists and White Supremacists would have a platform to openly spread their ideology.
Here you have a platform to counter it. Repeating it is insufficient.
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