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goddamnedfrank Apr 9, 2024 • 9:31:31pm

For perspective:

Belafon Apr 9, 2024 • 9:33:51pm

Peter David, of badass Aquaman and Star Trek book fame, is seriously ill.

From the gofundme:

He’s had some compounded health problems, and the bills are piling up! On top of kidney failure, and the steep medical bills incurred from that, he just had another series of strokes AND a mild heart attack.

William Lewis Apr 9, 2024 • 9:36:20pm

re: #19 Belafon

You can go under the ? menu in the app and upgrade it directly.

Yeah I just avoid updates where possible. Too many “fix things that aren’t broken” these days.

CleverToad Apr 9, 2024 • 9:36:58pm

from who knows how many threads back — sorry, am still on the road

re: #160 HRH Stanley Sea

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Belafon Apr 9, 2024 • 9:41:54pm

re: #23 William Lewis

Yeah I just avoid updates where possible. Too many “fix things that aren’t broken” these days.

Depending on how old yours is, there have been some nice improvements. Though I will say, if I had to choose, my favorite feature is that I can create a bunch of tabs, write stuff in them, and Notepad++ will remember them if I close and reopen the app without having to save them to files first. It’s my memory.

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Apr 9, 2024 • 9:42:38pm

Your Next Wordle is hiding in the crater of Mount Vesuvius.

Just made it today. Current streak barely intact at 175.

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Belafon Apr 9, 2024 • 9:45:48pm

Ok, I’m going to have to find this:

wrenchwench Apr 9, 2024 • 9:58:44pm

re: #26 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

Your Next Wordle is hiding in the crater of Mount Vesuvius.

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William Lewis Apr 9, 2024 • 10:01:08pm

re: #25 Belafon

Depending on how old yours is, there have been some nice improvements. Though I will say, if I had to choose, my favorite feature is that I can create a bunch of tabs, write stuff in them, and Notepad++ will remember them if I close and reopen the app without having to save them to files first. It’s my memory.

It is new enough to do that. It’s especially nice when windog forces an unexpected update reboot. I do accept security related updates but generally if they’re feature ones I’m very fussy & picky anymore.

William Lewis Apr 9, 2024 • 10:02:26pm

re: #27 Belafon

Ok, I’m going to have to find this:

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mmmirele Apr 9, 2024 • 10:37:08pm

re: #19 Belafon

You can go under the ? menu in the app and upgrade it directly.

I just did that—and really, I would suggest upgrading from the official app. There are reasons you want to upgrade…maybe not right away, but the app may be patching holes you’re not aware of.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 1:40:15am

re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’m afraid many young people do not appreciate how governance work.

Simple people want a strong leader.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 1:43:11am

re: #12 Dr Lizardo

If those polling trends continue (knock on wood), I figure by mid-to-late September, we’ll be reading articles about interviews with anonymous but well-placed GOP insiders who acknowledge they’re facing an electoral disaster - and there’s nothing they can do to stop it.

The bigger the disaster they are facing, the more extreme their countermeasures. We know that they will not shrink before violence and chaos and I am sure they are busy planning and prepared to do what they feel they must do.

silverdolphin Apr 10, 2024 • 2:10:00am

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The bigger the disaster they are facing, the more extreme their countermeasures. We know that they do not shrink before violence and chaos and I am sure they are prepared to do what they feel they must do.

And we will respond, likely in a much more productive fashion. They have already killed several hundred thousand Americans due to their inability to deal with a pandemic. We may se some more die but I do think the worse is over wrt fatalities. I think a lot fewer than they expect will follow tem over the barricades.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 2:38:10am

re: #34 silverdolphin

And we will respond, likely in a much more productive fashion. They have already killed several hundred thousand Americans due to their inability to deal with a pandemic. We may se some more die but I do think the worse is over wrt fatalities. I think a lot fewer than they expect will follow tem over the barricades.

It is also the ratfucking subterfuge and chaos that concerns me: disqualifying votes, “losing” or damaging results, etc…they are working furiously at every angle and everything points at them trying to cause so much disruption that the election goes to the House delegations and/or the SCOTUS, which are their only real chances to win.

William Lewis Apr 10, 2024 • 2:49:55am

re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is also the ratfucking subterfuge and chaos that worries me: disqualifying votes, “losing” or damaging results, etc…they are working furiously at every angle and everything points at them trying to cause so much disruption that the election goes to the house delegations and/or the SCOTUS, which are their only real chances to win.

Just never forget that in their depth of their souls, they are cowards and don’t expect anyone to fight back - literally or figuratively, physically or legally, - and that is the greatest strength we have.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 2:53:01am

re: #36 William Lewis

thez expect that the Military would just go along with a putsch and of course that Liberals are not armed or ready to shoot back.

Unfortunately, they can count on the media making sedition and civil war seem like accepted forms of political expression

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 3:29:30am

It’s the start of a short work week.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 3:36:56am

re: #38 Nerdy Fish

It’s the start of a short work week.

We should make Mondays optional.

Germany likes long weekends: Easter Monday and Pentecost Monday are always holidays. And they have two religious holidays that always fall on a Thursday: Ascension and Corpus Christi, so most people just take one of their 20-odd days of paid holiday and make a long weekend out of it.

For that, they do not give you the Monday off if a holiday falls on a weekend.

William Lewis Apr 10, 2024 • 3:41:00am

re: #38 Nerdy Fish

It’s the start of a short work week.

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Friday, as usual, for me, work week ends in an hour and a half.

And good grief, season four - I mean really folks, first a goddess, then Cain, then Abel, now Eve??? The rest is quite cute though 😈

Dave In Austin Apr 10, 2024 • 3:42:28am

My titanium backbone is saying NO! this morning.

Shropshire Slasher Apr 10, 2024 • 3:51:24am

A little hump day drive time music!

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 3:53:06am

re: #38 Nerdy Fish

Me, too.
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2024 • 3:54:22am

Ditto three for me.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2024 • 3:55:09am

re: #41 Dave In Austin

My titanium backbone is saying NO! this morning.

Frenchie pics make EVERYTHING better. Just sayin’. 🙂

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Apr 10, 2024 • 4:02:25am

Pretty sure adulterers and traitors go first though.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 4:04:07am

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

These people cannot grasp the disctinction between mocking Christianity and mocking sanctimonious hypocrisy.

Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2024 • 4:07:12am

re: #4 Belafon

Wow. That’s such a depressing article. Huge sigh.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 4:08:10am

re: #48 Patricia Kayden

Wow. That’s such a depressing article. Huge sigh.

There has to be a horse race even if one of the horses is lame and the jockey is in a coma.

Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2024 • 4:08:27am

re: #38 Nerdy Fish

It’s the start of a short work week.

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William Lewis Apr 10, 2024 • 4:08:34am

re: #47 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

These people cannot grasp the disctinction between mocking Christianity and mocking sanctimonious hypocrisy.

I had a … person… tell me a classic southern god bless you recently. I replied back she’d do well to meet god herself before wishing his blessing on someone else. Got all huffy about how she’s known god all her life. I said funny how her posts show only hate and nothing godly then. She finally shut up after that. I’ll probably go back and block her just to be sure 😉

Shropshire Slasher Apr 10, 2024 • 4:09:11am

Very tragic accident, and hindsight is always 20/20.

The Long Island doctor who fatally fell out of her family’s moving Airstream loved the trailer so much that she nicknamed it and used to sleep there even when it was parked in their driveway.

Tragic well-known pediatrician Monika Woroniecka, 58, dubbed her and her husband’s shiny new silver RV “Nebula” because “it represented adventure and exploration,” said shattered daughter Helena Woroniecka — who witnessed her mother’s “crazy accident” Saturday afternoon as the family headed through upstate New York to watch the solar eclipse.

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Helena was lying in the bed in the Airstream when her mom went to “secure” the door — and was still clutching the handle when the door suddenly flung open and hurled her onto the pavement, state police said.

Officials at Airstream, the trailer’s manufacturer, said in a statement this week that their products “are not designed to carry passengers while in motion.”

New York state law also prohibits anyone from riding inside a trailer while it is being pulled by a separate vehicle.

Some states allow riding in fifth wheel trailers, but not bumper pulls, I believe.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2024 • 4:11:09am

re: #5 Dangerman

McCarthy isn’t Speaker anymore because he went on television and derided the Democrats. He can sit down and shut up.

Dave In Austin Apr 10, 2024 • 4:17:14am

re: #45 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Frenchie pics make EVERYTHING better. Just sayin’. 🙂

I’ve been dogpiled twice already. Here’s a pic of 2 Tatos in a pod.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2024 • 4:22:51am

re: #54 Dave In Austin

I’ve been dogpiled twice already. Here’s a pic of 2 Tatos in a pod.

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Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2024 • 4:24:47am

Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2024 • 4:30:46am

For the young people in Tennessee who keep asking what President Biden has done to deserve their votes.

Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2024 • 4:35:51am

Perfect! Connections

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 4:39:30am

re: #57 Patricia Kayden

Climate: hoax
Infrastucture: inflationary wasteful government spending
Student Loan forgiveness: rewarding deadbeat Gender Studies grads
Afghanistan: It was his fault that Taliban took over before we had even left
Unemployment: would be even lower under DJT!!!
Gun control: disarming patriots against Antifa/BLM gangs
Gay marriage: an Abdomination Unto the Lord

Shropshire Slasher Apr 10, 2024 • 4:45:43am

I love fried Spam and eggs!

The demand for canned meat goods is “on fire” as Americans work to cut spending, according to Reuters.

Numerous brands, including Conagra Brands, Kraft Heinz and Nissin Foods, are reportedly marketing cheaper goods as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants turn toward cooking from scratch and eating leftovers. That shift has caused protein-packed goods to excel recently, according to industry experts.

“We have a large canned-meat portfolio,” Bob Nolan, Conagra’s Senior Vice President of Demand Science, told Reuters. “It’s on fire.”

A 4.6 oz tin of Congra’s Armour Star Vienna sausages is currently sold for $1 at Walgreens, according to Reuters. The company will reportedly also introduced new Banquet chicken patties priced at $6.99 for six to appeal to consumers who cannot afford fast food.

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The trend comes as some restaurant chains have seen a decrease in lower and middle class customers. Darden, the parent company of Olive Garden, revealed last month a drop in sales from the demographics.
“Transactions from incomes below $75,000 were much lower than last year, and at every brand, transactions fell from incomes below $50,000,” CEO Ricardo Cardenas said.
Cardenas stated the company was witnessing a shift in consumer behavior, with lower-income guests staying away from eating out

cbsaustin.com

Teukka Apr 10, 2024 • 4:45:54am

Here’s a delicious urinal cake for you. THE NAME IS NOT THE THING, you deluded simple pisspuffin. https://t.co/miD5huoE5q pic.twitter.com/ETXqGQWJie

— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) April 9, 2024

And original meme:

Shropshire Slasher Apr 10, 2024 • 4:48:07am

Heroes walk among us.

Five sorority sisters from the University of Georgia are being hailed as heroes for saving a mom and her two children after the woman’s SUV fell 135 feet into a creek and began to sink.

The college students were en route from Athens, where the university is located, to Savannah for a girls’ weekend last Friday when they came across the accident in Burke County, according to Fox affiliate WAGA-TV.

“We were kind of just driving down in this part of Georgia, a very rural area, and we were approaching this bridge that was probably about, like, two stories above the creek below,” Molly McCollum told the news station.

But after they “observed a white SUV leave the roadway and roll over into the creek,” the police said, the women stopped.

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“Once the car came to a stop, and I realized I was in the water,” Craft told WRDW-TV. “All I was thinking is like I have to get out and get my kids out.”

The group of women managed to get Craft’s 8-year-old out of the car, but her younger son was submerged for several minutes before the women got him out of the water.

“We see the mom pop out of the car, and we’re just like, just tag teaming trying to get the children out of the water,” McCollum recalled to WAGA-TV. “The smaller kid, he was four years old, he was like fully under for like we think about four to five minutes.”

Thankfully, Jones knew CPR from her previous work as a lifeguard in high school, she said.
“I didn’t have time to swim up to the shore or anything,” Jones told WRDW-TV. “So I just sat on a tire and I laid him out on the side of the car that wasn’t under the water yet and performed CPR. Then eventually he came to and started crying and breathing. It was a really surreal experience.”

people.com

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 4:49:10am

re: #61 Teukka

and North Korea is called the The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Teukka Apr 10, 2024 • 4:51:22am

re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and North Korea is called the The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

And East German was called the German Democratic Republic…

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 4:52:40am

re: #64 Teukka

And East German was called the German Democratic Republic…

There seems to be a trend with countries named “Democratic Republic”…

Teukka Apr 10, 2024 • 5:02:03am

Dunno if this has been posted already…

Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2024 • 5:18:00am

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 5:33:00am

re: #67 Patricia Kayden

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jeffreyw Apr 10, 2024 • 5:37:10am

cheesy potato soup

Good morning!

lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 5:38:49am

Belafon Apr 10, 2024 • 6:03:47am

The ratfvckers at TYT are making their last stand…..with a deranged antivaxxer who’s bankrolled by insurrectionists like Steve Bannon. https://t.co/idaodxw2hh

— Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) April 6, 2024

lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 6:12:28am

Video of clearing the Key Bridge wreckage, including close ups of the structure and damage to the Dali.

Channel Clearing, Unload MV Dali Ship | Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 6:23:00am

re: #71 Belafon

Not surprised at all to see Carpetbagger Cenk now endorsing Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs. Remember back in 2016 when Jimmy Dore was endlessly pushing Jill Stein on TYT.

And…what have we here?????

Video posted by Tony Cani of AZ Republican State Senator Anthony Kern hosting anti-abortion activists on the senate floor to pray in tongues ahead of a state supreme court decision on an extreme abortion ban goes viral.

secondnexus.com

No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 6:32:19am

Inflation came in a tick higher than expected on the CPI today, and the markets aren’t happy because they aren’t going to get their June rate cut. Five days until jury selection in Manhattan!

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 6:40:56am

RFK Jr. campaign official attended Jan. 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally and wanted ‘favorite President’ Trump to run for third term

According to a KFILE examination of those now-private posts, Palma also posed for a photo at the former Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, alongside Sidney Powell - the pro-Trump attorney who pleaded guilty in Georgia’s election subversion case.

In February 2021, Palma tweeted her support for Trump as a presidential candidate in 2024 and even asked whether he could run for a third term in 2028 - which is not constitutionally allowed as a president can serve only two full terms.

msn.com

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 6:44:20am

re: #75 Joe Bacon ✅

I do not understand this ‘favorite President’ mindset at all. What did he even do during his first term? Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public, I’m wondering what he actually did for these people that inspires such fanatical devotion.

Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 6:45:52am

Plan? There ain’t no plan.

Sen. Joni Ernst: “Senate Republicans, the GOP, and President Trump really worked hard to overturn Roe v Wade” pic.twitter.com/MGKgM0Gcgj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2024

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 6:47:16am

re: #76 Nerdy Fish

I do not understand this ‘favorite President’ mindset at all. What did he even do during his first term? Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public, I’m wondering what he actually did for these people that inspires such fanatical devotion.

My Jesusbot relatives will reply that Trump brought Jesus back into the Oval Office…after that evil Marxist Muslim defamed it for 8 years…

Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 6:47:34am

re: #60 Shropshire Slasher

I love fried Spam and eggs!

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Musubi!

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 10, 2024 • 6:47:46am

re: #76 Nerdy Fish

I do not understand this ‘favorite President’ mindset at all. What did he even do during his first term? Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public, I’m wondering what he actually did for these people that inspires such fanatical devotion.

Unlike every other modern President, Trump is as trashy and as stupid as they are.

Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 6:47:59am

re: #76 Nerdy Fish

Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public

That’s what he did. That’s why he’s their favorite President.

He gave them permission to loudly and proudly fly their freak flag, for all the world to see.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2024 • 6:49:00am

re: #76 Nerdy Fish

I do not understand this ‘favorite President’ mindset at all. What did he even do during his first term? Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public, I’m wondering what he actually did for these people that inspires such fanatical devotion.

You answered your own question.

GlutenFreeJesus Apr 10, 2024 • 6:49:39am

Oh CNN. What are you doing?

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 6:50:03am

re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus

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Oh CNN. What are you doing?

And so the enshittification continues apace.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 6:51:44am

re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus

I have something similar on my app. I am still thinking about it.

GlutenFreeJesus Apr 10, 2024 • 6:59:05am

re: #85 PhillyPretzel ✅

I won’t. Even if it’s free. Not even worth the effort to create a throw-away email.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:11:02am

re: #86 GlutenFreeJesus

I am headed in that direction.

William Lewis Apr 10, 2024 • 7:26:11am

re: #83 GlutenFreeJesus

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Should be obvious: Step one towards a paywall.

sagehen Apr 10, 2024 • 7:27:48am

re: #57 Patricia Kayden

For the young people in Tennessee who keep asking what President Biden has done to deserve their votes.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:29:30am

The dam was eleven years old…it’s not like it was new.

Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 7:32:09am

re: #90 darthstar

The dam was eleven years old…it’s not like it was new.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:33:09am

labyrinth.zone

@yassie_j@labyrinth.zone
Highway to Hell and Starway to Heaven imply that Hell is a car-centric dystopia and Heaven is a walkable community

Unabogie Apr 10, 2024 • 7:33:48am

re: #71 Belafon

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 7:33:57am

re: #90 darthstar

Sounds like there’s a serious R.O.U.S. problem in that neck of the woods.

Back later. Gonna go do some stuff.

darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:35:14am

darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:36:20am

re: #93 Unabogie

If you get “nothing but corruption” from Biden, what is a single example of corruption from Biden?

There isn’t one. Cenk is a fucking idiot.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:37:59am

re: #96 darthstar

Just a reminder that in the last Mayor’s election in Los Angeles Cenk endorsed and campaigned for the clown Republican who spent a mint trying to buy the mayor’s office.

darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:38:58am

Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 7:39:43am

re: #76 Nerdy Fish

I do not understand this ‘favorite President’ mindset at all. What did he even do during his first term? Aside from making racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia acceptable in public, I’m wondering what he actually did for these people that inspires such fanatical devotion.

team!
tribe!
i belong!

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:40:41am

re: #97 Joe Bacon ✅

Just a reminder that in the last Mayor’s election in Los Angeles Cenk endorsed and campaigned for the clown Republican who spent a mint trying to buy the mayor’s office.

Fortunately, Cenk has about as much influence as someone shouting profanities at nobody in particular on a street corner.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:43:55am

Okay…after yesterday’s massive thirty cent rally, it appears DJT stock is headed back in the right direction…down about 3%. The big gains yesterday must have made shorting more affordable.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 7:43:58am

re: #100 darthstar

Fortunately, Cenk has about as much influence as someone shouting profanities at nobody in particular on a street corner.

standing on an upturned milk crate, yelling into a half dead d-cell powered megaphone

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 7:45:03am

re: #102 Dangerman

standing on an upturned milk crate, yelling into a half dead d-cell powered megaphone

The feedback squeak from those things was the best thing about them.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 7:45:34am

re: #103 darthstar

The feedback squeak from those things was the best thing about them.

“Is this thing on?”

*LOUD SCREECH*

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 7:45:59am

re: #103 darthstar

The feedback squeak from those things was the best thing about them.

winner

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:50:05am

I just went to my Safari home page and I had a message that read “Scorecard rewards passwords have been compromised. Safari can help you create new strong ones.” I will be using my credit union’s website to go to them.

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2024 • 7:53:22am

re: #106 PhillyPretzel ✅

I just went to my Safari home page and I had a message that read “Scorecard rewards passwords are just been compromised. Safari can help you create new strong ones.” I will be using my credit union’s website to go to them.

“are just been compromised.” Not a native Philadelphian. Not even a Pittsburgher.

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 7:54:22am

Trumpworld CFO Weisselberg is reporting back to Rikers Island to serve 5 months for perjurying himself in Trump’s civil fraud case.

The Trump path to prison is well established. Do work for Trump, lie for Trump. Further Trump’s efforts to enrich and empower himself by any means possible. Get caught doing criminal conduct. Get indicted. Get jail time.

Rinse and repeat.

It’s what Trumpworld does best these days.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:55:52am

re: #107 Decatur Deb

Tell me about it. I will correct it to make it sound better.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 7:55:55am

re: #108 lawhawk

They’re criminals all the way down, and millions of people adore and even worship this crime family.

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Unabogie Apr 10, 2024 • 7:57:10am

It’s wild that they have the chutzpah to call Joe Biden part of a “crime family” considering how many people around Trump have been convicted felons, and his own 88 pending criminal charges.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:57:30am

Cenk is just another fart in the wind.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 7:57:40am

re: #95 darthstar

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Context: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, who says she won’t prosecute women or doctors under the 1864 abortion ban, won her 2022 election by just 280 votes.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 10, 2024

Vote!
every effing vote counts!

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Romantic Heretic Apr 10, 2024 • 7:58:04am

re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

You have to remember: most people do not understand freedom and when they do they don’t like it very much.

Why?

Freedom gets in the way of power.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:58:22am

re: #111 Unabogie

It’s wild that they have the chutzpah to call Joe Biden part of a “crime family” considering how many people around Trump have been convicted felons, and his own 88 pending criminal charges.

Compared to Trump, Joe is Little Lord Fauntleroy.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 7:58:33am

re: #113 Dangerman

It sure does. GOTV for Joe and his fellow Democrats.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2024 • 8:00:02am

re: #113 Dangerman

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Vote!
every effing vote counts!

Arizona will be interesting to watch in November.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:00:30am

re: #80 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Unlike every other modern President, Trump is as trashy and as stupid as they are.

Clinton was smart but trashy

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 10, 2024 • 8:00:54am

re: #111 Unabogie

It’s wild that they have the chutzpah to call Joe Biden part of a “crime family” considering how many people around Trump have been convicted felons, and his own 88 pending criminal charges.

Because they are trying to persuade others to ignore Trump’s criminality by claiming that Biden is the same.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:02:12am

yahoo finance

re the $175M bond, i dont think this is how any of it works

But according to former regulators and other legal experts, the bond is highly irregular. Per a legal filing, it amounts to little more than a promise that Trump himself could pay the full cost of the bond if he ultimately loses his appeal, The Daily Beast reported, noting that such an arrangement effectively negates “the whole point of an insurance company guarantee.”

It does not appear that Knight Specialty Insurance Co. could even cover the bond if it wanted: according to a court filing, the company has financial reserves of just $138 million. And while a related corporate entity claims a financial surplus of $1 billion, the court filing does not explicitly state that it would be liable.

“Based on the financial statement provided, Knight Specialty is providing a bond that is one-third of its total assets and greater than its surplus, which is incomprehensible for a carrier to underwrite,” Maria T. Vullo, a law professor at Fordham University who previously served as New York’s top financial regulator, told the publication.

Indeed, experts who reviewed the bond filing said it appears to state that it is “Donald J. Trump” who “shall pay” any bond, an arrangement that is far from normal.

i shoulda just bolded the whole thing

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:04:30am

re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Clinton was smart but trashy

clinton did not come across as trashy (imo)

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 8:04:56am

“The only way that Trump can even, remote possibility of taking New York is if Bobby is on the ballot. If it’s Trump versus Biden, Biden wins. Biden wins six days, seven days a week. With Bobby in the mix, anything can happen,” Palma said in a meeting with New York Republicans.

But it has since become clear that Palma has deeper ties to Donald Trump. In social media posts analyzed by CNN, the staffer has repeatedly called the GOP presidential nominee her “favorite president,” said she would vote for him in 2024 while also suggesting a 2028 run, blamed the “rigged election” for the violence on January 6, and even admitted to being in attendance on the day that Trump supporters seized the U.S. Capitol.

“Jan 6 was not a riot. A small group of people were trouble. It was 99.9 peaceful, respectful. I was there,” she wrote.

Over the last week, Kennedy’s campaign has flip-flopped more than once on its January 6 messaging. On Thursday, the independent presidential candidate issued a fundraising email referring to the rioters as “activists.” The next day, Kennedy claimed that particular language was made in error but he still didn’t believe the event amounted to a “true insurrection” since the rioters didn’t wield weapons—though that is completely false, since the rioters did wield weapons and can be seen doing so in mountains of recorded video from the day.

The rioters attacked Capitol Police officers with firearms, knives, stolen police shields, stun guns, fire extinguishers, and even used hand-to-hand combat, which sent more than a dozen officers to the hospital.

Then, on Monday, Kennedy appeared to backtrack again on the correction. Appearing on NewsNation, the 70-year-old claimed that his campaign had made “a couple of mistakes” in issuing the revised statement while again insisting that the events weren’t an insurrection.

“I think that there were people who were there who wanted to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another. I would say it was a very traumatic day in our nation’s history and people committed criminal acts. Those people deserve to be in jail,” Kennedy said.

newrepublic.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:05:06am

re: #121 Dangerman

clinton did not come across as trashy (imo)

He was hip, slick and affable but sorry, still white trash

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 8:05:41am

re: #120 Dangerman

It’s a flim flam that doesn’t do what it purports to do, but could put everyone involved on the hook for malfeasance and potential additional financial or campaign finance crimes.

In other words, typical Trump crap.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 10, 2024 • 8:09:06am

I’m now interested in the sequel to a film I did not watch.

Joker Sequel trailer features THIS British icon cameo, fans stunned

Joker enthusiasts were left astounded following the unexpected appearance of British icon Steve Coogan in the trailer for the sequel to the acclaimed film.

Joker: Folie à Deux the upcoming installment stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as The Joker and features Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, their romance set within the confines of an asylum.

The trailer, unveiled on Tuesday, announced the film’s release date in the UK and US as October 4th. However, it was Coogan’s cameo that stole the spotlight for UK audiences.

Renowned for his portrayal of Alan Partridge, Coogan’s presence in the trailer ignited fervent interest among viewers, with many expressing their eagerness to see the film solely due to his involvement.

thenews.com.pk

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 8:11:07am

re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He was hip, slick and affable but sorry, still white trash

Mr. w used to tell me that ‘white trash’ was the equivalent of the n word for white people who were just as low as Black people in the eyes of the ‘public’. I would not let him use the word ‘trash’ for people, until he finally convinced me that he felt people saw him that way since he was a kid, so it was part of his identity.

I still think it’s wrong to call humans ‘trash’.

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sagehen Apr 10, 2024 • 8:11:47am

re: #113 Dangerman

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Vote!
every effing vote counts!

It’s great that as long she’s AG she won’t prosecute women or doctors under this law… but she won’t be AG forever. The statute of limitations for this law is longer than her term in office. If I were a doctor, I’m not sure I’d be too eager to take my chances.

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JC1 Apr 10, 2024 • 8:12:13am

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

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Pretty sure adulterers and traitors go first though.

Nobody goes to hell or to heaven. This is all there is. Whatever happiness we want to achieve, or punishment we want to dish out, has to happen in this life.

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JC1 Apr 10, 2024 • 8:14:07am

re: #48 Patricia Kayden

Wow. That’s such a depressing article. Huge sigh.

I get their frustration, but they need to grow up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:16:44am

re: #126 wrenchwench

I still think it’s wrong to call humans ‘trash’.

Sleazy then

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 8:19:18am

re: #94 Dr Lizardo

Sadly only one upding for Princess Bride references.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 8:19:48am

re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Sleazy then

You get to call him what you want. I’m not the boss of you, just sharing my opinion. No need to search for euphemisms.

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goddamnedfrank Apr 10, 2024 • 8:20:03am

Truly inspirational pettiness, you love to see it.

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JC1 Apr 10, 2024 • 8:23:21am

re: #90 darthstar

The dam was eleven years old…it’s not like it was new.

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They knew about the problem a month before the collapse. Instead of actually fixing things, the locals got an Orthodox priest to pray over it.

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Captain Ron Apr 10, 2024 • 8:23:52am

Trump camp dismayed as RFK Jr. starts aggressively courting MAGA voters: reporthttps://t.co/UbL2xJE9du

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 10, 2024

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2024 • 8:26:15am

re: #126 wrenchwench

Mr. w used to tell me that ‘white trash’ was the equivalent of the n word for white people who were just as low as Black people in the eyes of the ‘public’. I would not let him use the word ‘trash’ for people, until he finally convinced me that he felt people saw him that way since he was a kid, so it was part of his identity.

I still think it’s wrong to call humans ‘trash’.

So give us a shorthand for the Palins and Boebert.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 8:27:21am

re: #136 Decatur Deb

So give us a shorthand for the Palins and Boebert.

You’re on your own. I have opinions, not suggestions.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 8:29:02am

re: #136 Decatur Deb

So give us a shorthand for the Palins and Boebert.

I was at a Moms Demand Action meeting last night. They use the phrase ‘common sense’ for some of their goals. Palin ruined that phrase for me.

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goddamnedfrank Apr 10, 2024 • 8:29:09am

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:29:27am

re: #122 Joe Bacon ✅

“The only way that Trump can even, remote possibility of taking New York is if Bobby is on the ballot. If it’s Trump versus Biden, Biden wins. Biden wins six days, seven days a week. With Bobby in the mix, anything can happen,” Palma said in a meeting with New York Republicans.

i stopped here

remote doesnt even cover it

2020 Popular vote NY: Biden - 5,244,886 TFG - 3,251,997

tfg lost NY in 2020 by 2 million votes

no, “anything” can’t happen.

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 8:39:42am

re: #117 darthstar

Arizona will be interesting to watch in November.

As will Florida, which will have abortion rights and weed legalization on the ballot!

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 8:39:49am

re: #140 Dangerman

Another vivid reminder that more GOPers voted in NY in 2020 for Trump than all people who live in 15 states and DC.

More GOPers voted in NY than who voted for Trump in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, DC, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and WY. Put another way, the only states where Trump got more votes than in NY: CA (where he lost by more than 5 million), FL (where he won by about 300k), PA (where he lost by under 100k), and TX (where he won by about 600k).

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:41:17am

re: #138 wrenchwench

I was at a Moms Demand Action meeting last night. They use the phrase ‘common sense’ for some of their goals. Palin ruined that phrase for me.

i never use a thumbs up any more
not irl or emoji
made scuba diving a bit tough at times…

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retired cynic Apr 10, 2024 • 8:41:37am

re: #67 Patricia Kayden

Heather Cox Richardson’s essay for yesterday covers that set of laws in depth. It is even crazier than it seems! The abortion law is part of a section on poisoning.

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 8:43:06am

re: #125 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

I’m now interested in the sequel to a film I did not watch.

thenews.com.pk

Joker is a good movie, but very bleak.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:44:57am

re: #141 No Malarkey!

As will Florida, which will have abortion rights and weed legalization on the ballot!

Remember what Santorum said about not being able to trust voters with such “sexy” issues…

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 8:45:31am

re: #127 sagehen

It’s great that as long she’s AG she won’t prosecute women or doctors under this law… but she won’t be AG forever. The statute of limitations for this law is longer than her term in office. If I were a doctor, I’m not sure I’d be too eager to take my chances.

And besides, Arizona has Republican D.A.s who have said they will prosecute abortion crimes; I don’t think the AG can stop them from doing so. If the law does go into effect (it’s still stayed on remand to see if there are other grounds to block it), every abortion clinic in Arizona will close.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:45:42am

re: #142 lawhawk

Another vivid reminder that more GOPers voted in NY in 2020 for Trump than all people who live in 15 states and DC.

More GOPers voted in NY than who voted for Trump in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, DC, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and WY. Put another way, the only states where Trump got more votes than in NY: CA (where he lost by more than 5 million), FL (where he won by about 300k), PA (where he lost by under 100k), and TX (where he won by about 600k).

There are nonetheless more Republicans in California than in any other state.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 8:46:33am

Second sentence at the link:

This is a clear violation of state and federal law under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Which the fucking Harbor Commissioner should be aware of. Throw the book at him.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:49:07am

Men don’t belong in women’s healthcare. And vice versa.

It shouldn’t be controversial. It’s common sense.

— Jess Piper (@piper4missouri) April 9, 2024

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 8:49:27am

re: #135 Captain Ron

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It would be hilarious if RFK Jr actually cost Trump the election.

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goddamnedfrank Apr 10, 2024 • 8:51:24am

re: #127 sagehen

It’s great that as long she’s AG she won’t prosecute women or doctors under this law… but she won’t be AG forever. The statute of limitations for this law is longer than her term in office. If I were a doctor, I’m not sure I’d be too eager to take my chances.

As Lord Businessman II pointed out yesterday, where the rubber meets the road on this is going to be the malpractice insurance firms.

Archer & Lana Captured by North Koreans

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DodgerFan1988 Apr 10, 2024 • 8:51:46am

Ben Shapiro: “You shouldn’t have to fear a court decision because you shouldn’t go get an abortion” pic.twitter.com/QNkl3IaQvo

— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) April 10, 2024

Sadly, those memes of Ben “I don’t consent” Shapiro stopping two consenting partners is becoming reality.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 8:53:39am

There is a ballot initiative in AZ.

Still randos spit balling

1 Democratic governor calls a special legislative session to repeal the territorial law. Both houses have a 2-seat Republican majority. If the Republicans are so worried about it, repeal the law immediately.

2 they’ll want to pass a “compromise” replacement that severely restricts abortion

1 That’s fine, it makes them go on record for supporting an abortion ban of some sort either way. Either they support a total ban by refusing to repeal the old law or they support a partial ban by passing a new law that does so.

They’re fucked either way and they know it. They’re a cat on a hot tin roof, only they’re chained to it and it’s a gigantic stove top with all the burners on high.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 8:54:40am

re: #151 No Malarkey!

It would be hilarious if RFK Jr actually cost Trump the election.

It shouldn’t take a third candidate, but if he siphons more votes away from DJT than Biden, then bless his pointed little head.

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William Lewis Apr 10, 2024 • 9:01:16am

Got some repair parts for my optics in. Behind private tags so only those interested those kind of toys have to see it.

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 9:06:56am

Ford’s pardon of Nixon helped to cement the Republican norm that says they’re just not accountable to the law, that wouldn’t be good for the country, etc. So this is kind of an interesting way things came back around to them. https://t.co/Ytg1hhDu0p

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) April 10, 2024

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KGxvi Apr 10, 2024 • 9:09:06am

re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and North Korea is called the The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

“Lana it’s none of those things, it’s not democratic, it’s not a republic, and it’s not glorious”

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:10:07am

re: #144 retired cynic

Heather Cox Richardson’s essay for yesterday covers that set of laws in depth. It is even crazier than it seems! The abortion law is part of a section on poisoning.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

From there:

And it defined the age of consent for sexual intercourse to be just ten years old (even if a younger child had “consented”).

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2024 • 9:13:31am

My current game of Civ4 sucks, so Nasdaq DJT is my new favorite. It just hit a new post-IPO low.

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 10, 2024 • 9:13:55am

Par today.

Wordle 1,026 4/6

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⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group: 2,3,4,4

and Perfect! Connections

Connections
Puzzle #304
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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 9:18:33am

I have been looking around for more information regarding that message I got this morning regarding the security breach at ScoreCard Rewards and I have not been able to find anything.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 9:20:40am

re: #158 KGxvi

“Lana it’s none of those things, it’s not democratic, it’s not a republic, and it’s not glorious”

Long tradition: the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, Roman nor an Empire

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sagehen Apr 10, 2024 • 9:21:02am

re: #143 Dangerman

i never use a thumbs up any more
not irl or emoji
made scuba diving a bit tough at times…

or the OK sign…

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JC1 Apr 10, 2024 • 9:21:53am

re: #151 No Malarkey!

It would be hilarious if RFK Jr actually cost Trump the election.

I think that he’ll pull more Trump votes than Biden votes. He might even split the Qanon vote.

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2024 • 9:23:48am

re: #164 sagehen

or the OK sign…

I’ve tended toward the two finger vee victory/peace

I did not give up my underwater ok sign. There’s not a good replacement. And context, so…

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goddamnedfrank Apr 10, 2024 • 9:23:51am

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:26:09am

Birbie. Wordle 1,026 3/6*

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
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Florida Panhandler Apr 10, 2024 • 9:28:19am

re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Long tradition: the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, Roman nor an Empire

Two words:

Moral Majority

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Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2024 • 9:28:45am

re: #156 William Lewis

Got some repair parts for my optics in. Behind private tags so only those interested those kind of toys have to see it.

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2024 • 9:30:27am

re: #169 Florida Panhandler

Two words:

Moral Majority

Silent Majority

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 9:32:20am

If trump is obsessed with filings so much let him run to Home Depot!

rawstory.com

Trump again demands delay in hush money case amid court filing ‘blitz’

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 10, 2024 • 9:32:56am

re: #167 goddamnedfrank

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Taking a Zoom call while driving is the problem there.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:33:13am

R.E.M. - What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? (Official Music Video)

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 9:34:41am

According to NBC DT says AZ abortion ruling went too far.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 9:35:39am

re: #139 goddamnedfrank

REM doesn’t rock? Bitch, please…

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 9:36:27am

re: #172 Joe Bacon ✅

This is in the class of asked/answered - and should result in sanctions for wasting the time of the courts. They’ve tried delaying and getting Merchan to recuse, despite an inability to articulate a cogent legal theory, let alone facts, to do so.

Trump knows that if this goes to trial and the jury, he’s going to be found guilty - he doesn’t have a defense. He knows he’s guilty (even if he claims he did nothing wrong).

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:36:28am

re: #173 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

Taking a Zoom call while driving is the problem there.

We had attendees at the Moms Demand Action meeting last night who zoomed in from a vehicle. They were parked at their daughter’s game. One of them was a candidate who had received a Moms endorsement.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 9:37:20am

re: #172 Joe Bacon ✅

If trump is obsessed with filings so much let him run to Home Depot!

rawstory.com

Trump again demands delay in hush money case amid court filing ‘blitz’

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 10, 2024 • 9:37:57am

Weather is hell at chez Cyborg right now. We’re currently under a tornado warning and lost power 15 mins ago.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 9:38:53am

re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg

That is not good. Keep an eye to the sky and be careful.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 10, 2024 • 9:38:53am

re: #178 wrenchwench

We had attendees at the Moms Demand Action meeting last night who zoomed in from a vehicle. They were parked at their daughter’s game. One of them was a candidate who had received a Moms endorsement.

If they’re parked it’s fine, but they should know that if they’re using their phone in a vehicle, they should be shouting into it about the Democrats and posting the videos online.

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 9:38:59am

re: #175 PhillyPretzel ✅

According to NBC DT says AZ abortion ruling went too far.

Yeah, how dare the AZ legislature ban abortions. Trump wants to take credit for that. This is all linked back to Trump’s ascendancy and packing the SCOTUS with right wing extremists who overturned Roe. Overturning Roe via Dobbs meant that all the right wing extremists in the state courts were free to overturn and implement their own abortion bans, which go from full bans to bans after a period of time, as well as attacks/bans on IVF and other reproductive care options for women.

He’s trying to dissemble and have it both ways.

He supported overturning Roe. This is the consequence of that action. This is on him and the misogynstic Christian fascist GOP.

That’s how this must be framed.

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2024 • 9:39:57am

re: #179 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

Does anyone maintain a graph showing legal expenses as a portion of GDP for the last ten years or so? Got to be soaring.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 9:40:41am

re: #183 lawhawk

Exactly. The old expression of having your cake and eating it too comes to mind.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 9:41:50am

re: #179 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

He’s just flailing wildly at this point.

He must reek of flop sweat and bronzer 😄

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Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 9:42:16am

re: #186 Dr Lizardo

He’s just flailing wildly at this point.

He must reek of flop sweat and bronzer 😄

And other things, if reports are to be believed, although I don’t know how much stock I put in that.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:42:55am

re: #186 Dr Lizardo

He’s just flailing wildly at this point.

He must reek of flop sweat and bronzer 😄

Top half.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 9:43:09am

re: #187 Nerdy Fish

And other things, if reports are to be believed, although I don’t know how much stock I put in that.

Bottom half.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 9:43:11am

re: #187 Nerdy Fish

And other things, if reports are to be believed, although I don’t know how much stock I put in that.

Same here. But nervous sweat and running makeup? Oh yeah, I’m sure of that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 9:45:45am

re: #175 PhillyPretzel ✅

According to NBC DT says AZ abortion ruling went too far.

Arizona needs to change its state anthem to “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 9:46:52am

BTW, here’s the trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux.

Joker: Folie à Deux | Official Teaser Trailer

Looks pretty good and I’m interested in seeing Lady Gaga’s* take on the Harley Quinn character.

(* Personally, I wish she’d use her actual name - it’s quite beautiful and has that “movie star” quality to it)

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danarchy Apr 10, 2024 • 9:47:21am

re: #179 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

He needs other bigger, better, stronger judges to tell him no too…

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jaunte Apr 10, 2024 • 9:48:19am

Exciting windy wet electric weather last night; eight hours of power outage, sitting up in the dark with a panicked dog while the flashy boomy stuff passed.
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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 9:54:42am

re: #193 danarchy

He needs other bigger, better, stronger judges to tell him no too…

With tears in their eyes, saying, “I’m sorry sir, but no, the strongest, most powerful “no” there’s ever been!”

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 10, 2024 • 9:58:34am

re: #179 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

He’s doing this to get more money from his cult by continually agitating them about how unfair the judge is.

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TarHellion Apr 10, 2024 • 10:05:28am

And FFVCS stock breaks below $35 … Do I hear 34? 33? -50?

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KGxvi Apr 10, 2024 • 10:09:11am

re: #192 Dr Lizardo

not sure how I feel about them altering the origin story for Harley Quinn… but it does look interesting.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 10, 2024 • 10:10:08am

re: #198 KGxvi

not sure how I feel about them altering the origin story for Harley Quinn… but it does look interesting.

Steve Coogan really needs a proper big role, he has been around for ages but has never really hit the level of recognition that he deserves.

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A Cranky One Apr 10, 2024 • 10:11:23am

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 10:14:20am

re: #198 KGxvi

not sure how I feel about them altering the origin story for Harley Quinn… but it does look interesting.

Yeah, they’ve obviously gone in a different direction for her in this film - looks like she’s an institutionalized patient, along with Joker.

Still, these are wholly fictional characters, so there’s almost infinite opportunities to offer a fresh take on well-known character. Provided it’s done well, I have no issues with it.

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 10:17:09am

re: #154 Dangerman

There is a ballot initiative in AZ.

Still randos spit balling

1 Democratic governor calls a special legislative session to repeal the territorial law. Both houses have a 2-seat Republican majority. If the Republicans are so worried about it, repeal the law immediately.

2 they’ll want to pass a “compromise” replacement that severely restricts abortion

1 That’s fine, it makes them go on record for supporting an abortion ban of some sort either way. Either they support a total ban by refusing to repeal the old law or they support a partial ban by passing a new law that does so.

They’re fucked either way and they know it. They’re a cat on a hot tin roof, only they’re chained to it and it’s a gigantic stove top with all the burners on high.

There is already a 15 week abortion ban in place in Arizona, so if they repeal the 1864 law, the 15 week ban will go into effect.

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No Malarkey! Apr 10, 2024 • 10:22:09am

re: #179 Nerdy Fish

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, how many times does the judge have to tell him “NO” before he’ll finally shut up and take his beating?

I almost feel sorry for Trump’s attorneys who have to listen to his rants demanding they prevent the trial from proceeding. Almost.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 10:24:04am

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 10:24:32am

re: #203 No Malarkey!

I almost feel sorry for Trump’s attorneys who have to listen to his rants demanding they prevent the trial from proceeding. Almost.

And with every appeal denied, I can only imagine Trump’s tantrums. He’s probably gonna be really freaking out by Sunday morning, LOL.

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Nerdy Fish Apr 10, 2024 • 10:24:43am

re: #203 No Malarkey!

I almost feel sorry for Trump’s attorneys who have to listen to his rants demanding they prevent the trial from proceeding. Almost.

Especially since they have to know they have no shot here. Their defense basically hinges on him being treated as special because he used to be President of the United States, but so far, most courts (excepting the Calvinball Court) aren’t about to entertain that notion.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 10, 2024 • 10:26:03am

re: #204 wrenchwench

Way to go Native Americans.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2024 • 10:26:22am

re: #204 wrenchwench

Now that is a magnificent “go fuck yourself” to Governor Stitt.

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lawhawk Apr 10, 2024 • 10:26:32am

re: #203 No Malarkey!

I almost feel sorry for Trump’s attorneys who have to listen to his rants demanding they prevent the trial from proceeding. Almost.

Fuck that - they’re the ones who lack the spine to tell Trump to STFU and let them do their jobs. He’s such a egotistical know nothing, that he always thinks he’s the smartest in the room, and knows more/better than the fucking experts (or people he hires to be “experts”).

There’s being a zealous representative for your client, and ignoring all the rules of ethics, and the laws of evidence and criminal procedure to try and throw multiple criminal trials into chaos to permanently delay the rule of law from operating against Trump. Trump and his lawyers keep choosing the latter, to their own detriment.

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2024 • 10:27:56am