The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Big Short

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

The Big Short — [Explicit Language] Ted Lasso and living on the edge. Bad news for Trump is good news for democracy. Trump’s social media platform might need to be rebuilt from scratch. Trump theft. Investors are already shorting Trump’s media stock. Don’t say anything mean about Trump on Trump’s free speech platform. The Rolling Stone bombshell about congressional co-conspirators during the insurrection. Cowards refuse to accept responsibility. The insurrection war room. Big Back Better is close to passage. Congressional negotiations. With Buzz Burbank and music by Rod Fritz and Rebel Queens. And more!

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:23:35pm
2
Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:35:45pm

re: #1 Belafon

I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:37:24pm

re: #2 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean.

Jobs are stressful, weekends are better?

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:37:55pm

re: #2 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean.

Mr. Craig looks tired.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:54:36pm

O_o

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Oct 26, 2021 • 2:59:24pm

Got an appointment for a booster tomorrow. I noticed the email from Kaiser popup on my phone about them opening up appointments for people who qualify and got the Moderna vaccination. I immediately set up an appointment from my phone while I was in the grocery store.

So that takes one bundle of stress off of my “looking for a new job in the age of COVID” stress pile.

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lawhawk  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:00:46pm

So, I watched Dune on my home system last week. First time the sound was muddy and had hard time hearing stuff. Turns out that my 20+ year old Sony 5.1 system was dying. It died a long death shortly thereafter.

Bought a new Samsung sound bar - a Dolby atmos capable one that goes with my Samsung tv.

The difference was… amazing. I haven’t heard that home system rumble in years.

Sometimes it takes sound to make a movie. Dune is still a flawed movie, but the improved sound quality definitely helps the overall experience. That said, Dune is still half a movie.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:02:14pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

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Probably making sure that “Beloved” is not on the book shelves.

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William Lewis  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:03:57pm

So… B&W?

Or color?

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:04:53pm

re: #9 William Lewis

Personally I prefer the color photo.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:04:57pm

re: #6 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Got an appointment for a booster tomorrow. I noticed the email from Kaiser popup on my phone about them opening up appointments for people who qualify and got the Moderna vaccination. I immediately set up an appointment from my phone while I was in the grocery store.

So that takes one bundle of stress off of my “looking for a new job in the age of COVID” stress pile.

Got my booster yesterday. Feeling a bit tired today, but otherwise I’m good. Moderna rules!

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No Malarkey!  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:06:10pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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B&W

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:06:24pm

re: #9 William Lewis

Very tough choice. I’d say black and white because it just has a nice old timey feel to me.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:08:06pm

re: #12 No Malarkey!

B&W

I agree. More artistic. But the color is very nice too.

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wrenchwench  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:08:24pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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Both. #9 is both. We can has both.

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IngisKahn  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:10:05pm

Dune Part 2 was just greenlit.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:15:11pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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Color. A lot of the detail is lost in the B&W.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:16:09pm

re: #16 IngisKahn

Dune Part 2 was just greenlit.

Yay!!!

Given the number of scenes in Part 1 that foreshadowed the future, I wonder how much of the picture may have already been filmed.

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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:18:08pm

re: #7 lawhawk

So, I watched Dune on my home system last week. First time the sound was muddy and had hard time hearing stuff. Turns out that my 20+ year old Sony 5.1 system was dying. It died a long death shortly thereafter.

Bought a new Samsung sound bar - a Dolby atmos capable one that goes with my Samsung tv.

The difference was… amazing. I haven’t heard that home system rumble in years.

Sometimes it takes sound to make a movie. Dune is still a flawed movie, but the improved sound quality definitely helps the overall experience. That said, Dune is still half a movie.

Well, in fairness, it was designed to be, like Kill Bill, Parts 1 and 2.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:20:20pm
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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:21:48pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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Just because it’s got some autumn color, color.

Now, if it’s January and the same view is dusted in snow, B&W.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:22:10pm

re: #9 William Lewis

Love the texture in the B&W.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:22:15pm

re: #19 austin_blue

Well, in fairness, it was designed to be like Kill Bill, Parts 1 and 2.

Too bad Part 2 isn’t scheduled for theaters till October 2023 AND it won’t be simultaneously released for streaming on HBO Max; of course, the latter plan may depend on the vagaries of the pandemic.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:25:12pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s even better if you read the response in an Irish accent.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:25:40pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:25:52pm

re: #23 Hecuba’s daughter

Too bad Part 2 isn’t scheduled for theaters till October 2023 AND it won’t be simultaneously released for streaming on HBO Max; of course, the latter plan may depend on the vagaries of the pandemic.

I’d like to think the worst of the pandemic will be past us by 10/23.

I’d like to think that.

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:26:30pm

re: #9 William Lewis

Interesting question. I guess that it depends upon what is intended to be said y the picture.

Reading the comments and the range of thoughtful observations, I begin to understand why others made choices that I didn’t. And I greatly appreciate that.

For myself, I see the colors as very muted, so I would go for the B&W in order to see the forest structure as a whole.

But as others point out, some of the context and other information, such as the leaves in front being dried and brown thus giving time of season, is lost.

I find the different perspectives quite interesting.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:26:49pm
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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:27:23pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

I’d like to think the worst of the pandemic will be past us by 10/23.

I’d like to think that.

Eventually we will run out of idiots.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:27:33pm
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:28:44pm

re: #6 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Got an appointment for a booster tomorrow. I noticed the email from Kaiser popup on my phone about them opening up appointments for people who qualify and got the Moderna vaccination. I immediately set up an appointment from my phone while I was in the grocery store.

So that takes one bundle of stress off of my “looking for a new job in the age of COVID” stress pile.

Got mine yesterday (Moderna). Other than making me tired, all I have is a sore arm.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:28:45pm

re: #9 William Lewis

The color separates the planes better—more depth.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:29:03pm

re: #29 Decatur Deb

Eventually we will run out of idiots.

You’d think so, wouldn’t you?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:29:09pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

looks like the Senate dress code only applies to people like Tammy Duckworth

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:29:42pm

This is a very interesting talk by Denis Villeneuve about the extremely detailed conception and planning of the gom jabbar scene.

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down the Gom Jabbar Scene | Vanity Fair

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:30:13pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

“I’ve grown tired of having one of the only one hundred seats occupied by an emotionally stunted teenager who thinks being oppositionally defiant is a personality.”

She’s still better than the 50 members who call themselves Republican.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:30:37pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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Color. Because the fall leaves deserve it.

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:30:46pm

Things I learned today…

‘Hooker’ is a player position on a Rugby team.

‘Fanny’ apparently refers to a different part of the anatomy in England than it does in the US.

“Put the purse in the bag” in England translates in American English to “Put the wallet in the purse”.

Fortunately, nobody got their knickers in a knot or spit the dummy.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:31:04pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

This is a very interesting talk by Denis Villeneuve about the extremely detailed conception and planning of the gom jabbar scene.

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No spoilers. Maybe it gets him this time.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:31:49pm

re: #28 jaunte

Give that TexAssHole Chip Roy all the fucking horse paste he wants and let him suffer the consequences!

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gocart mozart  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:32:15pm
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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:32:29pm

re: #29 Decatur Deb

Eventually we will run out of idiots.

Sadly, they will just invent a better idiot.

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Ace Rothstein  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:32:50pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Where are the Dio and Iron Maiden pins on her jacket?

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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:33:38pm

re: #38 ckkatz

Things I learned today…

‘Hooker’ is a player position on a Rugby team.

‘Fanny’ apparently refers to a different part of the anatomy in England than it does in the US.

“Put the purse in the bag” in England translates in American English to “Put the wallet in the purse”.

Fortunately, nobody got their knickers in a knot or spit the dummy.

And in Contract Bridge you win tricks and score rubbers… 😏

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gocart mozart  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:33:39pm
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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:33:47pm

re: #42 ckkatz

Sadly, they will just invent a better idiot.

The endless struggle between ballistics and armor.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:34:34pm
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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:35:46pm

re: #41 gocart mozart

Being a RAZZIE® member has its’ benefits including getting to meet and greet Hallie Berry in person! 🥳

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EPR-radar  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:35:53pm

re: #44 JOE 🥓

And in Contract Bridge you win tricks and score rubbers… 😏

Normal people score bridge as “we” and “they”.

Antisocial types score it as “us” and “them”.

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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:35:57pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Godammit, that’s cheating.

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Sherlock Hound  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:37:13pm

re: #39 Decatur Deb

No spoilers. Maybe it gets him this time.

Whenever a candidate fails the gom jabbar test, I expect to see a pull quote in the novel with a B.G. aphorism saying, in effect, “Oh, well, next!”

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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:40:05pm

re: #31 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Got mine yesterday (Moderna). Other than making me tired, all I have is a sore arm.

That’s all I *ever* had.

The arm part. Never even felt tired.

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:40:18pm

re: #44 JOE 🥓

And in Contract Bridge you win tricks and score rubbers… 😏

True!

And ‘rubbers’ was another term brought up . Although Bridge was not referenced.

Had I remembered, I would have enquired about “playing with a full deck” though. ;)

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:42:27pm

re: #45 gocart mozart

Btw, has anybody figured out the guy in the black t-shirt’s identity?

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sagehen  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:42:35pm

re: #38 ckkatz

Things I learned today…

‘Hooker’ is a player position on a Rugby team.

‘Fanny’ apparently refers to a different part of the anatomy in England than it does in the US.

“Put the purse in the bag” in England translates in American English to “Put the wallet in the purse”.

Fortunately, nobody got their knickers in a knot or spit the dummy.

Did you get to knocking someone up? Also means something different there than it does here.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:42:56pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good for them. Sadly, It’s not an uncommon thing in the Pagan/Wiccan Communities in this area. It took me a while to find a Priestess who was willing to do our hand-fasting in December because of trans-phobic attitudes.

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Ace Rothstein  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:43:16pm

re: #45 gocart mozart

The one that met her husband at a bowling alley bar after he exposed himself to two teenage girls looks awful.

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:48:48pm

re: #55 sagehen

Did you get to knocking someone up? Also means something different there than it does here.

Hah! I had not thought of that one. To be honest, I think that my early decision that my best way to contribute to the conversation was just to shut up and listen turned out to be spot on.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:50:18pm

Maybe we can get more people vaccinated if we call it the Gom Jabbar.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:51:14pm

Mort Sahl has died at 94. I think he was the first standup I ever saw, in a Village basket-house.
variety.com

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:51:29pm

re: #54 ckkatz

Btw, has anybody figured out the guy in the black t-shirt’s identity?

I certainly haven’t.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:51:52pm

“Fear is the mind killer. In your case you have nothing to worry about.”

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:56:13pm

re: #59 jaunte

Maybe we can get more people vaccinated if we call it the Gom Jabbar.

And make them put their hands in an agony box.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:56:57pm
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Ace Rothstein  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:57:45pm

re: #64 The Pie Overlord!

They really are repulsive creatures.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Oct 26, 2021 • 3:58:07pm

re: #45 gocart mozart
Name this band:
Florida- Georgia Swine

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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:08:21pm

re: #66 So Cal Greek Hippie

Name this band:
Florida- Georgia Swine

Y’all people in SoCal need to quit insulting the source of bacon, ham, and pork chops.

You would think you would have learned this lesson from the brilliant repartee filmed here:

‘Personality goes a long way’ Pulp Fiction Scene

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:08:59pm
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Sherlock Hound  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:09:44pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

And make them put their hands in an agony box.

“What’s in the box?”

“Intelligence.”

///

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:09:48pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:13:18pm

So… in the past two days, nextdoor.com threads that have been highlighted for me include:

“Deleting (Censoring) Posts on this Neighborhood website”
“Why was the car jacikng post at wegmans taken down?” **
“Loudoun County Students walk out of classroom to protest today.”
“Suspicious man walking on private pipe stem taking photos of our house.”
“The FBI spy cessna was back again the other day (Oct 15th)…”

** Best response to this thread was:
“Because that isn’t what happened?”

I think that I may turn off their notifications. Assuming that is possible.

BTW: On the “car jacikng at wegmans”… Apparently two guys got into into an argument in a grocery store parking lot and one pulled a gun on the other and shot him (non-fatally).

Welcome to Virginia. :/

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:19:13pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:20:56pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:22:30pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

I’d throw a shitload of apostrophes at him on my way out.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:23:06pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

My response would be: When you start using correct spelling in your messages I might think about it.

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b.d. (The war is over)  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:23:25pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

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“you’re”

And turn the phone off.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:24:21pm

re: #76 b.d. (The war is over)

The your/you’re error. Oy

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William Lewis  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:25:30pm

Thanks for the thoughts on the image variations folks, I greatly appreciate it.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:27:11pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:27:26pm
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Ace Rothstein  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:28:16pm

Went Sony mirrorless last weekend after years of Nikon. This kid here is celebrating his interception…with a Chucky doll. (Sony A1, 16-35mm 2.8)

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:28:17pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

Being of an earlier generation, I would probably not respond at all to that email. I might start a job search, though.

If we cannot agree on boundaries, perhaps we have not agreed on basic working conditions.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:28:43pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

My response:

To whom it may concern:

Unpaid overtime is “the norm” for workaholics, people whose lives are unraveling, and clueless micro-managers who are trying to find a way to increase the productivity of a team without adding any headcount. I may be “new to this industry”, and I may have been born at night, but news flash: It wasn’t last night. Now then, as to your suggestion that I am not a team player for choosing not to sacrifice hours of my life to do the job that I get paid to do the rest of the time: I would ask if I, personally, am under-performing in such a way as to be detrimental to our deadline. If that is the case, then I apologize, and I will take my leave in two weeks’ time to seek another opportunity with more room for early growth. If it is not, then I would suggest that your deadlines are unreasonable; that you should perhaps listen to your team when they tell you that your deadlines are unreasonable; and you have no more than two weeks in which to figure out how to fix an even bigger problem, because my official reply to your request is to tell you to fuck off.

Sincerely yours,
Name

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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:30:34pm

re: #72 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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Cool, but carbon at the bottom of the ocean isn’t the problem. Might help if we all start calling it See-Oh-Two.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:30:41pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:33:34pm
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austin_blue  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:37:06pm

re: #82 ckkatz

Being of an earlier generation, I would probably not respond at all to that email. I might start a job search, though.

If we cannot agree on boundaries, perhaps we have not agreed on basic working conditions.

Ding, ding, ding!

The “Executive” who sent the e-mail is an ignorant idiot and should be nowhere near any management position.

But the bigger problem is the disconnect between Benefits promised and Benefits used.

If I accept a position that allows X benefit, I expect to be able to access X benefit.

If I get a snotgram from a functionally illiterate Executive maroon taking me to task for using an agreed-upon contractual benefit, it’s time to go to the State Workforce Commission and sue the bastages.

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:38:40pm

Jar one done 15 minutes ago, starting jar two.

Clean those pipes before the inspection
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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:38:47pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

Your boss sends you this message. How do you respond?

By opening a file with the National Labor Relations Board.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:42:58pm

I put in a shit-ton of “unpaid overtime” at the place I worked 30 years ago. But then 20 years ago (during Y2K) I put in a shit ton of PAID overtime so I didn’t mind missing birthdays, anniversaries, etc. I did draw the line at keeping a pager on during my son’s wedding.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:48:31pm

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

Yes. I remember Y2K testing too. At least in a High Rise you could see the New Years Parade (Mummers)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:55:03pm

Well that doesn’t seem optimal

“… The Better Homes and Gardens Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones has the “rare and dangerous” bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.

The bacteria causes melioidosis, also known as Whitmore’s disease, “a condition that is difficult to diagnose and can be fatal.”

A cluster of melioidosis infections has recently killed two Americans, including a child, according to the CPSC. …”

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:57:45pm

re: #88 Belafon

A River Runs Through You.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 26, 2021 • 4:57:46pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

New phone — who dis?
Sounds like mananagement has fallen down on the job, again.
Your managerial incompetence is not my problem.

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:03:12pm

re: #88 Belafon

My sympathies, the prep is the worst part.

Just keep repeating “at xxxx o’clock, the whole colonoscopy thing will be over”.

All’s well that ends.

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:04:52pm

re: #95 ckkatz

My sympathies, the prep is the worst part.

Just keep repeating “at xxxx o’clock, the whole colonoscopy thing will be over”.

All’s well that ends.

I really just want to know when it’s safe to eat a burger.

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EPR-radar  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:08:39pm

re: #95 ckkatz

My sympathies, the prep is the worst part.

Just keep repeating “at xxxx o’clock, the whole colonoscopy thing will be over”.

All’s well that ends.

My first colonoscopy was part of an ordeal that ended up with my diagnosis of colitis. One indication of how bad it was for me then is that the prep for that one was basically “blessed relief”.

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Unabogie  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:10:28pm

Earlier today I commented on a Twitter thread about Elon Musk complaining about paying too much in taxes. The same day there’s a report that he’s about to become the world’s first trillionaire.

So when someone claimed that he pays 53% and rising in taxes, I scoffed at it and pointed out Peter Thiel’s scam where he used his Roth IRA to buy $5 billion in PayPal stock options. Now up to half-a-dozen people have chimed in to “school” me that Roth IRAs are after-tax dollars, as if that’s not the whole point of why Thiel’s perfidy is so egregious.

So here’s the link I’ve posted a dozen times on the thread. These billionaire fanbois are just unteachable.

propublica.org

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:10:42pm

re: #96 Belafon

I really just want to know when it’s safe to eat a burger.

Probably a good question for your wife to ask the doc after it’s all over. Be warned though the discussion could devolve. ;)

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ckkatz  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:13:54pm

re: #97 EPR-radar

Ouch!

I hope that it was successfully addressed. Hopefully without surgery.

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EPR-radar  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:18:58pm

re: #100 ckkatz

Ouch!

I hope that it was successfully addressed. Hopefully without surgery.

Fortunately, my case is easy to keep under control, and no surgery was needed (so far). But the research was disconcerting — the only known ‘cure’ is total removal of the colon.

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darthstar  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:19:03pm

Took a day off and took my friend (who just finished radiation for a returned tumor in his head) to his acupuncture appointment today and stopped in Sausalito for lunch. His first fine dining experience in two years. Listened to the Grateful Dead in the car the whole way. Love this fucker.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:19:07pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:20:45pm

re: #101 EPR-radar

Fortunately, my case is easy to keep under control, and no surgery was needed (so far). But the research was disconcerting — the only known ‘cure’ is total removal of the colon.

That’s what happened to my niece.

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gwangung  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:21:06pm

re: #103 jaunte

Yeah, well the constitutionality of it is the kicker. Any guesses how this Supreme Court would rule on it?

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EPR-radar  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:24:08pm

re: #105 gwangung

Yeah, well the constitutionality of it is the kicker. Any guesses how this Supreme Court would rule on it?

Almost certainly against, and the reasoning would be relatively good for a RWNJ-favoring SCOTUS decision. The 16th amendment enables an “income tax”. It does not enable a “wealth tax”.

Edited to add: Looking at this a little more, and this tax may be a proposal to tax unrealized capital gains. If so, it’s an income tax, not a wealth tax. That deals with the constitutional issue (assuming an honest court), but it would still have to be implemented pretty carefully to avoid splash damage.

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IngisKahn  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:26:52pm

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:27:53pm

re: #107 IngisKahn

Ask not for whom the bus rolls…

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EstebanTornado1963  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:28:13pm

re: #106 EPR-radar

law.cornell.edu

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Has many examples of “incomes”

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:31:58pm
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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:32:31pm

It flows by so fast it’s easy to forget how crazy this is.

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:33:01pm
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EPR-radar  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:33:19pm

re: #109 EstebanTornado1963

law.cornell.edu

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Has many examples of “incomes”

A wealth tax is not an income tax. In an income tax, you pay a fraction of your income (however defined). For a wealth tax, you pay a fraction of your wealth, or a fraction of the value of property owned. Property tax on real estate is the commonest example of a wealth tax in the US.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:33:21pm

I tried watching Dune a couple of days ago, but it was kinda late when I started and yeah, I fell asleep. What I remember of it was pretty good, and I’m gonna rewind and watch it again.

If it puts me to sleep again, case closed.

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:33:50pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:37:14pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

I tried watching Dune a couple of days ago, but it was kinda late when I started and yeah, I fell asleep. What I remember of it was pretty good, and I’m gonna rewind and watch it again.

If it puts me to sleep again, case closed.

My Dinner With Andre only got the once.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:37:56pm

I wouldn’t say I “loved” the Frank Herbert novel when it came out in Analog magazine (I was a long-time subscriber), but I did read it and was very impressed.

I think I need to watch it on my large screen monitor with the 5.2 sound system instead of the Fire tablet. The soundtrack is a huge part of this film.

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:40:32pm

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

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“The only ‘unpaid overtime’ I’ll be conducting this weekend is updating my resume and filling out applications.

See you on Monday.”

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Decatur Deb  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:41:44pm

re: #116 wrenchwench

My Dinner With Andre only got the once.

The only good moment in Sideways was a woman belaboring a man with a full-face helmet.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:42:44pm

re: #119 Decatur Deb

The Frass Valley wine tank filling was a good shot.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:44:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:46:50pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:47:43pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:48:15pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:48:42pm

Actually, now that I think about it, there should be a third line:

“P.S. I’ve already forwarded this message to HR, the NLRB, and your immediate superior. Enjoy your weekend.”

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:51:21pm
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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:53:03pm

I first read “Dune” in 1969 on a two week hiking trip in the San Juan wilderness. It was great to disappear into a thick paperback about a desert planet, while holed up in a damp tent on a couple of days when it rained all day and night.

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TedStriker  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:53:22pm

OMFG, I just found out about a browser extension that will give you “dark mode” for just about any website that doesn’t already have one available (h/t to Anthony at Linus Tech Tips), including here at LGF:

darkreader.org

I’ve got it installed now and it’s fucking glorious:

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gocart mozart  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:54:22pm
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Barefoot Grin  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:55:56pm

re: #38 ckkatz

Things I learned today…

‘Hooker’ is a player position on a Rugby team.

‘Fanny’ apparently refers to a different part of the anatomy in England than it does in the US.

“Put the purse in the bag” in England translates in American English to “Put the wallet in the purse”.

Fortunately, nobody got their knickers in a knot or spit the dummy.

and Bob’s yer uncle.

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:56:34pm

Youngkin’s returned the VA GQP back to the pre-Trump playbook of presenting yourself as so milquetoast that suburban white women feel safe “taking a chance.” But that’s the never-ending story of modern American politics: Dems win just often enough to make the public forget why they rejected Repubs, only for a Repub to win and remind the public why letting them hold political office was a mistake.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:56:58pm

re: #129 gocart mozart

They have a point. It’s indistinguishable from the Representative.

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TedStriker  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:57:07pm

re: #130 Barefoot Grin

and Bob’s yer uncle.

Robert is your father’s (or mother’s) brother…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:58:46pm

re: #130 Barefoot Grin

and Bob’s yer uncle.

do not ask about Aunt Fanny…

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 5:59:29pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

do not ask about Aunt Fanny…

Ant fannies are a weird thing to think about.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:00:25pm
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Dave In Austin  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:01:34pm

Charles
That’s what I did. Laptop to big screen via HDMI. 60” of WOW.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:02:43pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:04:11pm

re: #136 jaunte

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Always amazing how GQP men drop the act of having morals or ethics the moment they get tempted with the possibility of sex they don’t have to pay for.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:04:30pm

re: #139 Targetpractice

Easy marks.

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mmmirele  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:04:30pm

This is kind of spectacular. The Federal Trade Commission sent out a Notice of Penalty Offenses to 1,100 companies today. Here’s a news article but it has the emphasis in the wrong place, IMHO. It’s not so much that Uber, Lyft, and Amazon got called out, but that dozens and dozens of multi-level marketing scams got letters as well!

The Federal Trade Commission put more than 1,100 companies on notice Tuesday that it will aggressively target them if they make misleading representations concerning money-making opportunities.

The FTC sent the notice to many of the most high-profile gig-economy companies in the nation including Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, +0.66%, Lyft Inc. LYFT, -1.21%, several leading multi-level marketing firms and even amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.68%

“Preying on consumers and workers with bogus promises of big earnings should never be profitable,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement. “Today’s announcement helps ensure that companies that cheat struggling Americans will pay a heavy price.”

The FTC stressed in its announcement that a recipient’s presence on the list of notified companies “does not in any way suggest that it has engaged in deceptive or unfair conduct.”

Federal laws bar companies from making false, misleading or deceptive representations regarding the earnings that can be expected from a money-making opportunity, including misleading statements about whether it is likely that a participant will make a profit or that an advertised profit is typical.

The FTC can fine companies more than $43,000 per violation if they are found to have knowingly violated the law.

marketwatch.com

Here’s the FTC’s own press release: ftc.gov

Here’s the page the FTC has for the letter and the list of 1,100 companies can be found there as well :
ftc.gov

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:04:43pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:06:05pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Elon Musk: “If they can tax my wealth, they can tax your wealth!”

Regular folks: “…what wealth?”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:06:06pm

re: #139 Targetpractice

Always amazing how GQP men drop the act of having morals or ethics the moment they get tempted with the possibility of sex they don’t have to pay for.

and some of them (squinting at you, Matt Gaetz) are perfectly willing to pay for it anyway.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:07:15pm

re: #143 Targetpractice

79 million homeowners: “My wealth is in my house, and I pay more every year as it appreciates.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:07:26pm

hahahahahahahahaaaaa

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:09:40pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

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hahahahahahahahaaaaa

They filed them in the wrong court because they knew they’d get bounced. He doesn’t have anywhere near enough money to go toe-to-toe with Twitter and is scared shitless of what might turn up in discovery. But filing cases he knows will never go anywhere makes for great fundraising fodder, so he’s willing to pay the filing fees again and again.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:09:53pm

re: #145 jaunte

79 million homeowners: “My wealth is in my house, and I pay more every year as it appreciates.”

just wondering…if SCOTUS were to find the billionaire wealth tax unconstitutional, would that mean that real estate and other property taxes are therefore also unconstitutional?
That would be an interesting can of worms.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:11:31pm

re: #147 Targetpractice

They filed them in the wrong court because they knew they’d get bounced. He doesn’t have anywhere near enough money to go toe-to-toe with Twitter and is scared shitless of what might turn up in discovery. But filing cases he knows will never go anywhere makes for great fundraising fodder, so he’s willing to pay the filing fees again and again.

the second tweet notes that twitter’s motion to move the case to California has been granted.
lol

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:14:28pm

re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth

the second tweet notes that twitter’s motion to move the case to California has been granted.
lol

“Bad news, sir. The judge ruled against us on our lawsuit.”
“How is that bad news? I thought we wanted it to flop.”
“They…they moved it to California.”
“FFFFFFFFFF——”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:16:52pm
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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:17:02pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids all men to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread – the rich as well as the poor.”

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Jay C  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:17:06pm

re: #145 jaunte

79 million homeowners: “My wealth is in my house, and I pay more every year as it appreciates.”

Except AFAIK, the initial proposal (at least as it was described on the news) had what (I think) a billion-dollar assessment level for the “wealth tax”.not sure how many folks live in ten-digit digs….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:19:18pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:21:08pm
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Jay C  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:23:46pm

re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth

Date I even ask what the Fux News idiots are blathering about with the “Fauci/dogs stuff”?

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:24:33pm

I made Cacio e Pepe and it is very overrated mac ‘n’ cheese. Meanwhile Z made tuna sandwiches on the sourdough I baked this morning and he said it was the best thing he ate since last night.

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:24:57pm

re: #156 Jay C

They’re pretending to care about dogs used in medical research.

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BeenHereAwhile  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:25:56pm

This guy might be the best southern humorist since Brother Dave Gardener:

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Charles Johnson  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:27:04pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:29:32pm
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A Mom Anon  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:32:36pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

If this fucking weasel is almost a TRILLIONAIRE then NO he hasn’t been paying anywhere near enough fucking taxes.

I can’t believe this is even a thing to argue or dispute. This current crop of robber barons are the perfect case examples of why there has to be a personal wealth cap.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:34:27pm

niterz, lizardz!

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:36:04pm

re: #162 A Mom Anon

If this fucking weasel is almost a TRILLIONAIRE then NO he hasn’t been paying anywhere near enough fucking taxes.

I can’t believe this is even a thing to argue or dispute. This current crop of robber barons are the perfect case examples of why there has to be a personal wealth cap.

Tax this fucker.

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:38:41pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

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Because in the Neo Gilded Age that we live in, the true measure of a man’s worth is just how large of a dragon’s horde of wealth he can accumulate before he croaks. Stalin’s lasting legacy was to set the stage for the total dismantling of the Progressive Era in America, such that today we admire and celebrate men like Musk as an example of the “American Dream” rather than the best argument for guillotines.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:40:49pm

Took them long enough…

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:42:22pm

re: #166 JOE 🥓

I hope it winds up in the Smithsonian in a Recent Insurrection exhibit.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:44:44pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:45:40pm

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:46:13pm

re: #166 JOE 🥓

Took them long enough…

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How long have they had it?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:53:28pm
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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:55:46pm

re: #171 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

“They’re your four boys, you watch ‘em.”

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:58:32pm

re: #159 BeenHereAwhile

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:59:18pm

re: #171 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Damn it, ~$1.15 and hour.
For some reason is was thinking 11 hours a day, not 13

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Dangerman  Oct 26, 2021 • 6:59:24pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Regular People: We’ve been paying our your share of taxes this whole time, bro

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Dangerman  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:08:27pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:10:44pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:13:50pm

re: #162 A Mom Anon

If this fucking weasel is almost a TRILLIONAIRE then NO he hasn’t been paying anywhere near enough fucking taxes.

I can’t believe this is even a thing to argue or dispute. This current crop of robber barons are the perfect case examples of why there has to be a personal wealth cap.

This has been the outstanding issue with stocks: you don’t pay taxes on unrealized gains nor do you get reductions in taxes based on unrealized losses. Stocks that explode in value can also eventually contract to nothing, as the unfortunate shareholders in Enron discovered when the company collapsed. Handling this has to be very complicated, but having a huge increase in estate taxes for the wealthiest may be a better route especially if you can prevent them from shielding their wealth from these taxes.

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A Cranky One  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:14:13pm

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Dangerman  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:14:56pm
editorial artist, Rob Rogers, has won the prestigious Herblock Award for best political cartoons of the year.

The judges said: “In an era that will not soon be forgotten, the winner of this year’s Herblock Prize drew work worthy of the history books. In a year filled with incredible political cartoon art, the judges deemed one portfolio to be the most consistent, the most poignant and the worthiest of this year’s Herblock Prize. That is the portfolio of Rob Rogers.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:15:48pm

re: #179 A Cranky One

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Dangerman  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:18:51pm

re: #178 Hecuba’s daughter

This has been the outstanding issue with stocks: you don’t pay taxes on unrealized gains nor do you get reductions in taxes based on unrealized losses. Stocks that explode in value can also eventually contract to nothing, as the unfortunate shareholders in Enron discovered when the company collapsed. Handling this has to be very complicated, but having a huge increase in estate taxes for the wealthiest may be a better route especially if you can prevent them from shielding their wealth from these taxes.

Instead of trying to value unrealized gains…
They could try and tax only the leveraged assets…
The valuation is mostly objective it has to be agreed upon to underwrite the loans

So it’s a smaller piece overall.
I think way more understandable and doable

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A Mom Anon  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:19:09pm

re: #177 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Um. If you look closely at the background of those photos, they look like the casket is in a school classroom. And that dress is fucking stupid looking.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:20:42pm

Dog damn it
Don’t go making me like that psychopath Holmes

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:21:13pm

re: #184 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

And she’s still alive?

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:24:15pm

re: #184 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Dog damn it
Don’t go making me like that psychopath Holmes

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Proving once again that the greatest crime in the eyes of the American justice system…is scamming rich people out of their money.

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A Cranky One  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:25:06pm

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jaunte  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:26:01pm

re: #187 A Cranky One

Not on Prep Eve!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:26:57pm

re: #187 A Cranky One

That is not the follow up to Death Stranding I was expecting.

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:28:07pm

re: #187 A Cranky One

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“You using the whole fist, doc?”

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:28:49pm

re: #188 jaunte

Not on Prep Eve!

I’ve only made about 8 trips to the bathroom since 6:30.

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A Mom Anon  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:30:40pm

I just got an email from Ticketmaster letting me know that Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan are coming to Atlanta on 10/28. Because Georgia isn’t mean and stupid enough. Yay.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:31:36pm
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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:31:42pm

re: #192 A Mom Anon

I just got an email from Ticketmaster letting me know that Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan are coming to Atlanta on 10/28. Because Georgia isn’t mean and stupid enough. Yay.

That’s the most inept comedy team since Steve Rossi & Joe E. Ross!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:36:19pm

re: #183 A Mom Anon

Um. If you look closely at the background of those photos, they look like the casket is in a school classroom. And that dress is fucking stupid looking.

It’s not a classroom. given the plaques & photos on the wall I would guess a union/lodge hall or something like that

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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:37:32pm

Will Bunch did a little bit of investigating involving the asshole judge in the Rittenhouse case…and what he found…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:38:29pm
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TedStriker  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:41:38pm

re: #184 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Dog damn it
Don’t go making me like that psychopath Holmes

Sociopathic assholes scamming more sociopathic assholes.

I just can’t muster any giving a fuck here…

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A Mom Anon  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:42:49pm

re: #195 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I saw all the chairs and desks and thought classroom. I still stand by my stupid dress comment.

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Jay C  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:45:56pm

re: #197 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

So impressive: TFG’s “Endorsement” of Bolsonaro reads like a form letter he just dropped the name in: I’ve gotten more heartfelt communications addressed to “Occupant”…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 26, 2021 • 7:49:37pm

re: #198 TedStriker

Sociopathic assholes scamming more sociopathic assholes.

I just can’t muster any giving a fuck here…

Not a sociopath. Sociopaths have a limited, albeit weak conscience.
And someone with a conscience wouldn’t have sent out thousands of fakes medical test results

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The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 26, 2021 • 8:06:27pm

Incomplete perverse angry joke.

If we’re supposed to fete assholes who fought against the United States with statues in the town square, maybe we should replace the ones of Robert Lee with ones of Arthur Sackler.

Drugs won, the Confederates didn’t.

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Sherlock Hound  Oct 26, 2021 • 8:35:59pm

A test with a needle, what’s in the box?

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:18:40pm

re: #196 JOE 🥓

Will Bunch did a little bit of investigating involving the asshole judge in the Rittenhouse case…and what he found…

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*sigh* And here I’d been giving the guy the benefit of the doubt, figuring he was playing cautious to avoid being overturned on appeal. Apparently that’s not something new for him…or something that deters him at all.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:19:48pm

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Belafon  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:23:38pm

re: #205 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

And Hallmark and Nickelback are laughing all the way to the bank.

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:24:46pm

I strongly suspect that the Rittenhouse trial will be the total shitshow that a lot of us feared the Chauvin trial was going to be.

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retired cynic  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:27:42pm

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A Cranky One  Oct 26, 2021 • 9:43:18pm

re: #208 retired cynic

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I was going to make a pithy and humorous reply but now I can’t remember what it was.

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mmmirele  Oct 26, 2021 • 10:00:51pm

Crap I get at my house.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 26, 2021 • 10:15:11pm

This is one of those nights where I REALLY need a dose of Curly to decompress!

Curly

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Targetpractice  Oct 26, 2021 • 10:26:34pm

A year ago, the most-asked questions from people calling our front desk line were “How far are you from the beach?” and “Are you actually on the Oceanfront?”

A year hence, the most-asked questions are “Do you have weekly rates?” and “Do you all require a deposit?”

In fact, last week I was asked (paraphrased) “How much for one of your studio apartments for a month?”

I strongly suspect I know where all those folks went when the eviction moratoriums expired.

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The GOP is a terrorist organization  Oct 26, 2021 • 10:52:14pm

re: #9 William Lewis

So… B&W?

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I’d say B&W if you can boost the contrast a little. Otherwise the color pops more.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 26, 2021 • 11:29:28pm

re: #210 mmmirele

Crap I get at my house.

Churches everywhere are facing declining membership, and are becoming more aggressive in advertising to entice people in.

Gallup’s most recent poll on church membership shows for the first time ever in the USA the number is less than 50%.

Even military chapels are not immune.

Attendance dwindles at Joint Base Charleston’s chapel (Stars & Stripes)

Protestant worship services at Joint Base Charleston, SC are in danger of being cut due to low attendance and lack of pastors. For now the Roman Catholic service is safe, though the military also has a shortage of priests. In the case of the Charleston chapel, the priest is a contractor for the base. The Catholic Church itself is paying up to half the amount of a priest’s seminary costs if they will become a chaplain.

An average of 50 people make up the Sunday congregation at the Protestant worship service. But attendees like Vandawaker and Hoyt are worried their weekly trip to the base may come to an end.

Lt. Col. Joel Kornegay, the senior chaplain at Joint Base Charleston, has told the congregants the number of military retirees attending has dwindled significantly over the years and there are too few active-duty airmen in attendance each week.

“We have seen roughly a 30 percent drop in attendance in our Sunday morning Protestant worship service,” Kornegay said in a statement.

Kornegay has told longtime churchgoers that participation needs to rise to warrant keeping the service time on the schedule. Some of those who have spent their lives in the church are upset at the prospect of losing it.

(more)

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I Would Prefer Not To  Oct 26, 2021 • 11:34:15pm

At age 80 he also began teaching a class in critical thinking at Southern California’s prestigious Claremont McKenna College.

Mort Sahl. I was surprised.

from Huffpost ,
Mort Sahl, Pioneering Political Comedian, Dead At 94

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 26, 2021 • 11:50:29pm

Winter is coming …

It’s been sleeting here since late afternoon. The sleet finally changed over to rain as it warmed up a little here.

The Atlantic 5-Day Graphical Tropical Outlook shows that Summer and Autumn weather isn’t quite over there yet.

A non-tropical low with storm-force winds about one hundred miles southeast of Cape Cod is moving southwest, then expected to move east over the Gulf Stream. It has a medium chance of developing into a tropical storm within five days.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:09:44am

Dose number two:

Down then out

The first one was so much fun. I can’t wait to see what this one has in store.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:11:51am

BTW, Charles, if you start to upload an image, and then cancel before it completes, the upload button stays disabled.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:13:05am
LONDON —

A British court will consider this week whether Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website, can be extradited to the United States on charges of hacking and theft. The two-day hearing is scheduled to begin Wednesday in London’s high court.

U.S. prosecutors appealed a British district court verdict from January, which ruled that Assange should not be extradited because it was possible he could commit suicide in a maximum-security U.S. prison.

That premise will be challenged by prosecutors, said lawyer Nick Vamos, a former head of extradition at Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service, now a partner at London-based law firm Peters & Peters.

“What the U.S. government (has) now done is come forward with a specific assurance about exactly how, where and in what condition he will be detained. So, provided his medical condition and his risk of suicide hasn’t changed, then you would assume that the U.S. government (has) met the test that the district judge in the first judgment set them,” Vamos told VOA.

Other developments since the January ruling could affect the case. Sigurdur Thordarson, a former Wikileaks insider-turned-FBI informant, has said he fabricated evidence used by the prosecution.

(more)

British Court to Rule on US Extradition of Wikileaks’ Julian Assange (Voice of America)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:14:32am

re: #217 Belafon

Dose number two:

The first one was so much fun. I can’t wait to see what this one has in store.

That looks yummy (not).

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:15:45am

re: #216 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We’re waiting on the storm that I assume went through your area earlier:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:25:24am

re: #221 Belafon

Stay warm.

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Targetpractice  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:45:55am

“Gee, it’s been awful quiet tonight…”

*cue phone ringing seemingly non-stop for over an hour*

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:52:32am

re: #223 Targetpractice

“Gee, it’s been awful quiet tonight…”

*cue phone ringing seemingly non-stop for over an hour*

Are you aware of your car’s extended warranty about to expire?

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Targetpractice  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:56:49am

re: #224 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Are you aware of your car’s extended warranty about to expire?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:59:18am
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Air Force 1st Lt. Jack Livingston eliminated a senior al-Qaida leader with his Reaper drone while simultaneously letting his parents know that their newest grandchild has a dong this week.

Seconds after the 500-lb. JDAM loosed by the Reaper slammed into the terrorist’s compact car half a world away in rebel-held northwest Syria, Livingston’s proud parents whooped with joy as a blue mushroom cloud roiled skyward on the display screen.

“It’s a boy, Ma!” said Livingston as his mother hugged him, while his fellow airmen at the 174th Attack Wing command center at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, alternated between getting confirmation of the kill and congratulating Livingston for not pulling out of the former exotic dancer at the Cinnamon Bobcat just outside the main gate.

(more)

Pentagon mulling ban on gender-reveal combat operations (Duffel Blog)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:59:25am

re: #47 Charles Johnson

of course he says “excape”

he’s bona fide bonified

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 12:59:57am

re: #59 jaunte

Maybe we can get more people vaccinated if we call it the Gom Jabbar.

sounds like “gum jabber” and most people hate dentists…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:02:43am

re: #88 Belafon

Jar one done 15 minutes ago, starting jar two.

THE PURGE!!!

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:17:39am

I looked up what I can eat after, and I see a box of crackers in my immediate future (roughly 11am or 12pm).

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:25:59am

re: #59 jaunte

Maybe we can get more people vaccinated if we call it the Gom Jabbar.

If you get poked, that means you failed the test.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:34:15am

re: #224 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Are you aware of your car’s extended warranty about to expire?

I get those calls on a daily basis. It started a few months back and have not abated. For a while I just blocked the numbers but gave up on that once I realized the displayed number is probably not what is being used by the spammer.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:42:24am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:46:32am

Calculating the volume of all the SARS-CoV-2 viruses in existence at any one time at The Conversation:

The TL;DR version is there about two hundred quadrillion virus particles. Packed together, they would fit in a twelve-ounce soda can with room to spare.

All the coronavirus in the world could fit inside a Coke can, with plenty of room to spare (February 11, 2021)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:46:56am

re: #233 Belafon

The people who were shot are victims unless Rittenhouse can demonstrate that he was acting in justifiable self-defense…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:48:44am

re: #234 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Calculating the volume of all the SARS-CoV-2 viruses in existence at any one time at The Conversation:

The TL;DR version is there about two hundred quadrillion virus particles. Packed together, they would fit in a twelve-ounce soda can with room to spare.

All the coronavirus in the world could fit inside a Coke can, with plenty of room to spare (February 11, 2021)

the thing that wipes out humanity is not going to be a mega-bomb or giant asteroid, it will be the size of a golf ball…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 1:56:44am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:03:47am

Personal responsibility, how does it work?

Man uses toddler to try ducking DUI (Gillette, Wyo. News Record, more at the link):

A 39-year-old man tried getting out of a drunken driving arrest Saturday by claiming that his 4-year-old son was the one driving.

Deputies first responded to an address on Stone Place Loop for the report of a fight between the 39-year-old man and a woman. When they arrived, she said that he drove off in his white Ford pickup truck with Oklahoma plates.

He was eventually spotted and pulled over near Wilson Way, where he got out of the car along with his two sons, 4 and 15, said Sheriff’s Office Lt. Paul Pownall.

Although he had been drinking, he said that his 4-year-old son was sitting on his lap and the one who was actually driving.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:05:07am

re: #238 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Personal responsibility, how does it work?

It works when adults allow toddlers access to firearms, why not vehicles?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:06:00am

85 year old recording, still sounds good:

Benny Carter: These Foolish Things (Strachey, Maschwitz) Recorded in London, 15 April 1936


..

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:07:28am

re: #238 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Needless to say, they didn’t arrest the four year-old.

They arrested him however, for driving under the influence of alcohol, probation violation of a previous DUI charge (must have an interlock device and may not drink alcohol), and failure to have the interlock device on his truck.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:16:39am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:18:17am

re: #242 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The right to bear guitars is not in the Constitution!!!

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Targetpractice  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:24:41am

Well, that was fun. Just got a call from “Ethan” saying he’s from the corporate office and there’s an important package arriving from FedEx today…in the next 25-45 minutes. Says he’s on the line with my manager (asks for her name, which is funny if he called her/she called him) and that I’d be getting a call from FedEx regarding a package with “important documents” that include an employee handbook (spoiler: You can download the handbook on the corporate website).

So I speak with the operator from “FedEx” who insists that the package is close to $5000 (HA!) but because it’s an international delivery they couldn’t accept the check my boss wrote for it (HAHA!) and so “Ethan” and my boss gotta be here with cash in hand when the driver arrives (HAHAHA!). “Ethan” asks if there’s a way to get a 2hr extension as he’s an hour behind the delivery driver, to which the operator says they’re gonna need half of the payment wired to them. At which point “Ethan” asks me how much money I have access to (my boss would have let him know the till only ever holds $250) and that she says there’s an envelope with $900+ on her desk in the office (which she would have told him I don’t have access to).

At that point I called the bluff, told him that if this on the level then he needs to have my boss contact me to tell me it’s legit, and that she can handle the cash matters since she lives less than 10 minutes from here. At which point he got irate and the jovial attitude he’d displayed earlier drops, telling me I was going to be in so much trouble when he gets here in an hour. Well, if he’s real and this was all true, then I can tell him that I’ve heard so many scams that I have every reason to be suspicious. But my boss hasn’t called me in the last 20 minutes, so I feel confident that “Ethan” is never going to show.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:36:54am

re: #244 Targetpractice

people who pull cash scams know they have to get things transacted as soon as possible

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Targetpractice  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:48:31am

re: #245 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

people who pull cash scams know they have to get things transacted as soon as possible

It’s the sort of scam that probably works great when the mark is young and inexperienced, since they’re likely to go along with it out of fear that they could get disciplined or fired for not obeying their “boss.” Especially if they’re not used to the rhythms of the business and don’t know when things like deliveries are done. There’s nothing corporate could send us (least of all paperwork) that would be sent internationally and need to be delivered at 5am EST.

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William Lewis  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:50:37am

re: #218 Belafon

BTW, Charles, if you start to upload an image, and then cancel before it completes, the upload button stays disabled.

Reload the page and it resets for me.

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William Lewis  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:55:47am

re: #244 Targetpractice

Well, that was fun. Just got a call from “Ethan” saying he’s from the corporate office and there’s an important package arriving from FedEx today…in the next 25-45 minutes. Says he’s on the line with my manager (asks for her name, which is funny if he called her/she called him) and that I’d be getting a call from FedEx regarding a package with “important documents” that include an employee handbook (spoiler: You can download the handbook on the corporate website).

So I speak with the operator from “FedEx” who insists that the package is close to $5000 (HA!) but because it’s an international delivery they couldn’t accept the check my boss wrote for it (HAHA!) and so “Ethan” and my boss gotta be here with cash in hand when the driver arrives (HAHAHA!). “Ethan” asks if there’s a way to get a 2hr extension as he’s an hour behind the delivery driver, to which the operator says they’re gonna need half of the payment wired to them. At which point “Ethan” asks me how much money I have access to (my boss would have let him know the till only ever holds $250) and that she says there’s an envelope with $900+ on her desk in the office (which she would have told him I don’t have access to).

At that point I called the bluff, told him that if this on the level then he needs to have my boss contact me to tell me it’s legit, and that she can handle the cash matters since she lives less than 10 minutes from here. At which point he got irate and the jovial attitude he’d displayed earlier drops, telling me I was going to be in so much trouble when he gets here in an hour. Well, if he’s real and this was all true, then I can tell him that I’ve heard so many scams that I have every reason to be suspicious. But my boss hasn’t called me in the last 20 minutes, so I feel confident that “Ethan” is never going to show.

Had one of those calls and insisted that I’d have to talk to my manager as well. They don’t like having their scam disrupted do they?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:56:50am

Twitter sent a notification letter to Atheist Republic, noting they are in violation of India’s blasphemy laws.

India’s government sent a takedown notice to Twitter over a year-old tweet in which Atheist Republic was promoting their merchandise.

Most of Atheist Republic’s leaders have been banned from Twitter over complaints by India’s government, though their main account is still up.

In the letter, Twitter says they value the free speech rights of their users.

India is still trying to get their Michigan member extradited via the courts to India to stand trial for blasphemy for her “sexy Kali” art.

(10:47, NSFW for language)

Indian Cyber Police Make Request Against Blasphemous Tweet

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 2:59:30am

re: #249 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Twitter is in a bind, not an ethical one, but a marketing problem: they know if they let India get away with enforcing blasphemy laws, then other nations will be in a position to try to do so as well, and that will start to negatively influence their brand.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:03:48am

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Twitter is in a bind, not an ethical one, but a marketing problem: they know if they let India get away with enforcing blasphemy laws, then other nations will be in a position to try to do so as well, and that will start to negatively influence their brand.

Or they just play the numbers: Atheists are a tiny minority of the world’s population, with estimates ranging between 200 and 240 million, with most in Russia and China (and China blocks Twitter anyway).

Easy decision: Ban atheists. There are a billion Hindus in India alone.

Capitalism doesn’t care about free speech or freedom of religion.

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Targetpractice  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:10:18am

re: #248 William Lewis

Had one of those calls and insisted that I’d have to talk to my manager as well. They don’t like having their scam disrupted do they?

They’re usually reading from a script and moving fast in order to prevent you from having time to think about all the things that are wrong with the call. So when you give them an answer that doesn’t fit into the script, they default to belligerence in order to force your compliance. When you don’t fall back into the script, they realize the jig is up and usually give up. Sometimes they just hang up, sometimes they curse a blue streak and then hang up.

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steve_davis  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:15:28am

re: #73 The Pie Overlord!

“It’s ‘you’re’, you ignorant fuck tuzzle.”

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:27:28am

re: #253 steve_davis

Id ignore it and say that’s gotta be spam, no one’s that stupid

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:28:29am

Meanwhile

Congressional investigators are preparing to seek testimony from John Eastman, the attorney who crafted a legal strategy to help Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election results on Jan. 6,” Politico reports.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:49:03am

re: #251 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Or they just play the numbers: Atheists are a tiny minority of the world’s population, with estimates ranging between 200 and 240 million, with most in Russia and China (and China blocks Twitter anyway).

Easy decision: Ban atheists. There are a billion Hindus in India alone.

Capitalism doesn’t care about free speech or freedom of religion.

It is their subjective decision to make and it will be based on bottom line rather than ethics.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:50:15am

re: #253 steve_davis

“It’s ‘you’re’, you ignorant fuck tuzzle.”

“I will put in some unpaid overtime if you are prepared to spend some time learning proper English usage!”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:55:56am

I still feel like a bus backed over me after my booster shot, so I’m going to meander off to bed. I haven’t been able to sleep well because pain/upset stomach/aches/whaaaaa.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 3:57:36am

I went to bed at 11pm last night and slept until 9.30 this morning. No particular reason other than the Bus of Life Itself running me over…

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:07:10am

re: #259 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I went to bed at 11pm last night and slept until 9.30 this morning. No particular reason other than the Bus of Life Itself running me over…

Good for you. I, on the other hand, slept from 9:30 PM to 1:30 AM, lay awake and tossing until 3 AM, and then miraculously managed to get back to sleep and stay there until my alarm went off at 5. To say I am exhausted (already, after only two days) is an understatement.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:09:43am

re: #260 Dopamine Fish

Good for you. I, on the other hand, slept from 9:30 PM to 1:30 AM, lay awake and tossing until 3 AM, and then miraculously managed to get back to sleep and stay there until my alarm went off at 5. To say I am exhausted (already, after only two days) is an understatement.

I usually wake up several times during the night, sometimes I go change sleeping place (to sofa in sitting room) to make it easier to fall back asleep.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:11:08am

re: #261 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I usually wake up several times during the night, sometimes I go change sleeping place (to sofa in sitting room) to make it easier to fall back asleep.

Yeah, I’ve rarely had a problem falling back to sleep in the bed. I am, however, genuinely glad that you got such a good rest. I feel like I am quickly driving myself to the point where I’m going to fall asleep one Friday night and wake up at like noon, myself.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:13:44am

re: #262 Dopamine Fish

Yeah, I’ve rarely had a problem falling back to sleep in the bed. I am, however, genuinely glad that you got such a good rest. I feel like I am quickly driving myself to the point where I’m going to fall asleep one Friday night and wake up at like noon, myself.

Must be the change of seasons or something, I recall hearing the church bells at 7am and nodding off again, thinking it would be for another 20 minutes or so. I had intense dreams about the ATF raiding Nicholas Cage’s gun shop over paperwork violations and him getting so upset that he threw a fencing foil through a screen window…

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No Malarkey!  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:15:49am

Debunking an anti-Fauci lie going viral on the Right.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 4:19:14am

re: #264 No Malarkey!

and the torture was not even for scientific purposes, it was just for fun!!!

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:10:04am

re: #249 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That’s some scary bs. In a functioning democracy, blasphemy laws don’t exist. India appears to be a Hindu theocracy.

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William Lewis  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:14:11am

re: #266 Patricia Kayden

That’s some scary bs. In a functioning democracy, blasphemy laws don’t exist. India appears to be a Hindu theocracy.

Far more scary than the blasphemy noise:

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir are investigating students and staff at two medical colleges under a harsh anti-terror law for celebrating India’s loss to archrival Pakistan in a T20 World Cup cricket game, officials said Tuesday.

Police said some students and staff at the government-run colleges cheered and shouted pro-Pakistan slogans during the match Sunday night, calling it “anti-national” activity.

Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets for its first-ever victory against its archrival in a T20 World Cup game in Dubai. Minutes after Pakistan won the match, hundreds of people in Kashmir danced in the streets, lit firecrackers and chanted “Long live Pakistan” while seeking the end of India’s rule over the disputed region.

Kashmir could charge those who celebrated India’s cricket loss under anti-terror law

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:22:01am
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Patricia Kayden  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:32:15am

re: #267 William Lewis

WTH? India is acting like a fascist state. This is alarming.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:35:33am

re: #247 William Lewis

Reload the page and it resets for me.

It did for me as well, but I suspect that’s not the behavior he wants.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:44:50am
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:47:39am

Monsters in the deep:

Alligator or Crocodile Caught on Lower Keys Livestream?!

..

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:54:08am

re: #269 Patricia Kayden

WTH? India is acting like a fascist state. This is alarming.

India is presided over by a Hindu nationalist/theocrat — this is nothing new. Look at what happened when the British were finally forced to leave; it’s been that way in India forever.

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wrenchwench  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:56:41am

‘Details’, except the man’s name. Big detail.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 5:56:48am

re: #269 Patricia Kayden

WTH? India is acting like a fascist state. This is alarming.

It’s pretty normal for them. There were a lot of Indian Trump supporters because he and they hate Muslims.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:00:54am
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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:01:28am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:04:46am

re: #276 Punish Domestic Terrorists

It’s pretty normal for them. There were a lot of Indian Trump supporters because he and they hate Muslims.

And he likes fascist theocrats

and his supporters understand that sports are also a religion

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b.d. (The war is over)  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:06:12am

re: #275 wrenchwench

‘Details’, except the man’s name. Big detail.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:08:20am
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Barefoot Grin  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:10:02am

re: #281 Belafon

[Embedded content]

Powerful incentive to close the blinds and stay in bed.

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wrenchwench  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:12:06am

re: #280 b.d. (The war is over)

[Embedded content]

The process of elimination begins.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:12:12am

re: #282 Barefoot Grin

Powerful incentive to close the blinds and stay in bed.

I really try to pay attention to when my body says it feels vulnerable or low-energy, which is probably also why I slept in so long this morning, I did not feel well at bedtime last nite

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:12:45am
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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:19:35am

In the waiting room for my colonoscopy.

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darthstar  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:20:50am

re: #128 TedStriker

OMFG, I just found out about a browser extension that will give you “dark mode” for just about any website that doesn’t already have one available (h/t to Anthony at Linus Tech Tips), including here at LGF:

darkreader.org

I’ve got it installed now and it’s fucking glorious:

[Embedded content]

Thanks. You just made my mornings much easier.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:22:01am
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jeffreyw  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:27:15am

Good morning!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:27:31am

re: #288 Belafon

Eight “conscientious objectors” out of 114,000 employees are going to get as much media attention as the 3% of scientists who reject global warming…because of the need for balance.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:38:16am

re: #215 I Would Prefer Not To

At age 80 he also began teaching a class in critical thinking at Southern California’s prestigious Claremont McKenna College.

Mort Sahl. I was surprised.

from Huffpost ,
Mort Sahl, Pioneering Political Comedian, Dead At 94

Not surprised since Mort Sahl turned right wing when Pruneface Reagan came to power.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:47:06am

re: #288 Belafon

Religious exemptions for vaccines are ridiculous. They shouldn’t be allowed. How can an employer challenge their validity?

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Jay C  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:50:48am

re: #292 Patricia Kayden

Religious exemptions for vaccines are ridiculous. They shouldn’t be allowed. How can an employer challenge their validity?

That’s probably the main idea.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 6:53:03am

re: #292 Patricia Kayden

Religious exemptions for vaccines are ridiculous. They shouldn’t be allowed. How can an employer challenge their validity?

My company, a defense contractor, is considering allowing religious exemptions. There are way too many high up at my company who were actually opposed to a mandate for them to really require everyone to do the right thing.

It still fascinates me that my company, whose majority income is the federal government, opposes said government. But most of them are whites and they feel entitled.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:00:12am

re: #293 Jay C

That’s probably the main idea.

IMO, the religious exemption should be denied if:

1) The specific religious organization with which the individual associates has not, at the top leadership level, issued a specific demand that believers not get the vaccine; OR
2) If the exemption is due to “deeply held personal beliefs”, the person does not demonstrate consistency of deeply held personal beliefs, by refusing to sign a waiver indicating that they are foregoing the use of other medicines or medical procedures which also match the description of their deeply held personal belief.

That would take care of most of it; I think the only religious organization to issue a top-level anti-vaccine mandate is Christian Science, and at least they’re consistent about it.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:06:36am

All wired up and nowhere to go.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:06:37am

re: #295 Dopamine Fish

IMO, the religious exemption should be denied if:

1) The specific religious organization with which the individual associates has not, at the top leadership level, issued a specific demand that believers not get the vaccine; OR
2) If the exemption is due to “deeply held personal beliefs”, the person does not demonstrate consistency of deeply held personal beliefs, by refusing to sign a waiver indicating that they are foregoing the use of other medicines or medical procedures which also match the description of their deeply held personal belief.

That would take care of most of it; I think the only religious organization to issue a top-level anti-vaccine mandate is Christian Science, and at least they’re consistent about it.

And that’s the problem: The instant you have the federal government or its courts deciding what is a valid religious belief, you no longer have freedom of religion. The first amendment is out the window.

What about unorganised religions, such as Wicca or Islam?

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Renaissance_Man  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:06:42am

re: #295 Dopamine Fish

IMO, the religious exemption should be denied if:

1) The specific religious organization with which the individual associates has not, at the top leadership level, issued a specific demand that believers not get the vaccine; OR
2) If the exemption is due to “deeply held personal beliefs”, the person does not demonstrate consistency of deeply held personal beliefs, by refusing to sign a waiver indicating that they are foregoing the use of other medicines or medical procedures which also match the description of their deeply held personal belief.

That would take care of most of it; I think the only religious organization to issue a top-level anti-vaccine mandate is Christian Science, and at least they’re consistent about it.

I don’t see a reason to exempt people for ‘deeply held personal beliefs’ at all. You might have a deeply held personal belief that a 14 year old can agree to sex with you, but that doesn’t exempt you from the law of the land or allow you to ignore the existence of the commons.

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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:07:24am

re: #289 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:10:59am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:11:38am

re: #298 Renaissance_Man

I don’t see a reason to exempt people for ‘deeply held personal beliefs’ at all. You might have a deeply held personal belief that a 14 year old can agree to sex with you, but that doesn’t exempt you from the law of the land or allow you to ignore the existence of the commons.

Exactly. Religions must comport to the laws of a secular society, and that society must apply the law evenly to all religions.

Otherwise, when you get religious people on courts, they can do things like exempt “closely held corporations” from requiring contraceptive coverage in employer-provided health insurance.

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lawhawk  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:14:10am

re: #298 Renaissance_Man

Most of the people now claiming religious belief exemptions had no such opposition when vaccinating against measles, mumps, tetanus, polio, smallpox, or all of the other required vaccinations. Even dumbass Kyrie Irving was required to vaccinate for all of those as a condition of attending college in North Carolina at Duke. State law in fact requires vaccinations to attend college.

None of this is deeply held belief. It’s a political stance based on junk science, woo, and mostly opposition to Biden.

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darthstar  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:15:45am

Thanks to the heavy rains and the big tides, we’ve got our little micro-tidal bore back…

Instagram

It’s back! The
amazing micro-tidal bore at Pillar Point marsh - thanks to the downstream flow and big swell.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:16:05am

re: #302 lawhawk

Most of the people now claiming religious belief exemptions had no such opposition when vaccinating against measles, mumps, tetanus, polio, smallpox, or all of the other required vaccinations. Even dumbass Kyrie Irving was required to vaccinate for all of those as a condition of attending college in North Carolina at Duke. State law in fact requires vaccinations to attend college.

None of this is deeply held belief. It’s a political stance based on junk science, woo, and mostly opposition to Biden.

Edging over into the “rebellion for the sake of rebellion” behavior set. Rebel without a cause, believer in white privilege (because reasons) and flier of Confederate Battle Flag without having clue of what the symbolism of said flag actually is.

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:18:24am

re: #272 Belafon

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i said this yesterday
take the win
then vote blue
then go for more

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:18:38am

re: #303 darthstar

Tidal bores are fascinating to watch. I recall seeing one on the Potomac near DC once. I know the river is tidal at that point, much like the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia is, but I don’t think a noticeable bore on the river at that point is that common.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:23:57am
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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:28:01am

re: #281 Belafon

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sort of related / stuff you dont know until you do

we take readings on the pond once a month
- ph
- nitrites
- ammonia
- phosphates

the ph was constantly on the high side of normal
the other three were perfect - nearly zero

we still cant get the ph down

then we learned, from reading, not from experience, that time of day matters

the algae are way more active in the sun and heat, so the ph goes up

draw a sample before sunup and its much more normal
so we stopped worrying and adjusted the timing

also, our fish guy noted the obvious:
no fish have died (except for being eaten)
and they are happily breeding just fine
so the conditions are ok

we want more water clarity so we’re still battling algae
that means more plants and shade which takes time and patience.

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:29:08am

re: #286 Belafon

In the waiting room for my colonoscopy.

re: #283 wrenchwench

The process of elimination begins.

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:30:54am

re: #292 Patricia Kayden

Religious exemptions for vaccines are ridiculous. They shouldn’t be allowed. How can an employer challenge their validity?

a religious exemption doesnt protect everyone else from you infecting them

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:34:22am

re: #295 Dopamine Fish

IMO, the religious exemption should be denied if:

1) The specific religious organization with which the individual associates has not, at the top leadership level, issued a specific demand that believers not get the vaccine; OR
2) If the exemption is due to “deeply held personal beliefs”, the person does not demonstrate consistency of deeply held personal beliefs, by refusing to sign a waiver indicating that they are foregoing the use of other medicines or medical procedures which also match the description of their deeply held personal belief.

That would take care of most of it; I think the only religious organization to issue a top-level anti-vaccine mandate is Christian Science, and at least they’re consistent about it.

i read this a while back

A Christian Science perspective on vaccination and public health

dont know how ‘authoritative’ it is

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:34:49am

re: #296 Belafon

All wired up and nowhere to go.

gonna live blog it?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:36:05am

re: #295 Dopamine Fish

That would take care of most of it; I think the only religious organization to issue a top-level anti-vaccine mandate is Christian Science, and at least they’re consistent about it.

And those who claim a religious exemption should be prepared to face the practical consequences, such as not being able to practice professions that involve close physical contact, which covers almost every form of health care or direct law enforcement work.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:37:12am

re: #312 Dangerman

gonna live blog it?

I’m afraid they’re putting me under general anesthesia to prevent that.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:38:32am

Mostly just nervous chatter before my first time. The last time I had surgery was 28 years ago

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:40:50am

re: #314 Belafon

I’m afraid they’re putting me under general anesthesia to prevent that.

;-)

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:41:46am

quelle surprise?
anyone?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has invested up to $50,000 in the SPAC stock linked to former President Donald Trump’s planned social media platform, CNBC reports.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:45:45am

She should have complied.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:46:34am

re: #318 No Malarkey!

She should have complied.

She’s a SovCit, it seems. They are the epitome of non-compliance.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:47:30am

re: #304 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Edging over into the “rebellion for the sake of rebellion” behavior set. Rebel without a cause clue, believer in white privilege (because reasons) and flier of Confederate Battle Flag without having clue of what the symbolism of said flag actually is.

FTFY

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:48:16am

re: #318 No Malarkey!

We should call them Soviet citizens.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:53:16am

re: #305 Dangerman

i said this yesterday
take the win
then vote blue
then go for more

People who think the government should rapidly deliver the exact policy positions they want don’t really believe in democracy. Democracy is messy, slow and requires compromise.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:53:54am

re: #314 Belafon

I’m afraid they’re putting me under general anesthesia to prevent that.

So you can enjoy the good drugs for about 5 seconds before you go under.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:55:31am

re: #319 Dopamine Fish

She’s a SovCit, it seems. They are the epitome of non-compliance.

We’ll see if she’s still a SovCiv at her next hearing. Apparently some time in jail has convinced her it’s not really working, and she got a lawyer.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:57:43am

re: #304 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Edging over into the “rebellion for the sake of rebellion” behavior set. Rebel without a cause, believer in white privilege (because reasons) and flier of Confederate Battle Flag without having clue of what the symbolism of said flag actually is.

I can still only wonder at Northerners who fly the Confederate flag as a symbol of rebellion and protest.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 7:59:09am

re: #302 lawhawk

Most of the people now claiming religious belief exemptions had no such opposition when vaccinating against measles, mumps, tetanus, polio, smallpox, or all of the other required vaccinations. Even dumbass Kyrie Irving was required to vaccinate for all of those as a condition of attending college in North Carolina at Duke. State law in fact requires vaccinations to attend college.

None of this is deeply held belief. It’s a political stance based on junk science, woo, and mostly opposition to Biden.

And we’re still left with the problem of the government defining what “deeply-held belief” is.

One of the wingnut arguments against Islam is it’s political ideology and not religious ideology (which doesn’t matter because both are protected by the I Amendment anyway).

The only argument necessary should be a religion must comport with the law.

As for Mr. Irving, his beef isn’t with the government, it’s with his employer.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:00:02am

re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I can still only wonder at Northerners who fly the Confederate flag as a symbol of rebellion and protest.

I view them as self-identifying idiots and/or racists.

Sort of like some wildlife being bright colored or very clearly marked to tell all that they should be steered clear of.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:00:22am

re: #219 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

(more)

British Court to Rule on US Extradition of Wikileaks’ Julian Assange (Voice of America)

Another person who wants to escape punishment for his crimes. No wonder he likes Trump or maybe he is afraid of being pressured to reveal the truth about his relationship as a paid saboteur for Putin.

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A Cranky One  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:00:48am

re: #296 Belafon

All wired up and nowhere to go.

You didn’t go enough yesterday?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:01:03am

re: #326 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

A religious exemption covers legal consequences of choice: nobody is being imprisoned over being unvaccinated.

But just like with the 1st Amendment, it does not cover the social and professional consequences of these choices.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:01:09am

re: #314 Belafon

I’m afraid they’re putting me under general anesthesia to prevent that.

How about if you live stream it instead?

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steve_davis  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:10:07am

re: #316 Dangerman

;-)

i don’t think it’s general. they normally give you “waking” sedation during colonoscopies. Otherwise, it’s even more of a pain in the ass than just the literal pain in the ass that it is. Gotta worry somebody’s gonna die, gotta let people recover for HOURS in the recovery room.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:10:21am

re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I can still only wonder at Northerners who fly the Confederate flag as a symbol of rebellion and protest.

When George Wallace ran for President in 1964 against LBJ in the Democratic primaries his rallies used the Dixie Swastika in PA. When Mom opened the ballot box she was shocked at all the Wallace votes. Almost half of the precinct voted for him probably because they opposed the Civil Rights Act.

As a reminder, my then Congressman Frank Clark was only 1 of 2 Northern Democrats who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

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A Cranky One  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:11:18am

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:12:09am

re: #334 A Cranky One

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I do not miss that at all here in Los Angeles. I hated raking up those maple and chestnut leaves back home in PA!

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:14:03am

re: #264 No Malarkey!

Debunking an anti-Fauci lie going viral on the Right.

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My Trumpster cult FB friend had posted one of her usual rants, this time attacking Fauci. I linked to that very column last evening.

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A Cranky One  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:14:23am

re: #332 steve_davis

i don’t think it’s general. they normally give you “waking” sedation during colonoscopies. Otherwise, it’s even more of a pain in the ass than just the literal pain in the ass that it is. Gotta worry somebody’s gonna die, gotta let people recover for HOURS in the recovery room.

For my recent colonoscopy they used Propofol.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:14:35am

re: #335 JOE 🥓

I do not miss that at all here in Los Angeles. I hated raking up those maple and chestnut leaves back home in PA!

I live on a dirt road and never, ever have to rake any leaves from my hundreds of thousands of trees and bushes 🤗

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:15:03am

re: #337 A Cranky One

For my recent colonoscopy they used Propofol.

The last one I had they could not use any sedatives because of the blood thinners I am on and it hurt like holy hell

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:16:25am

re: #324 No Malarkey!

We’ll see if she’s still a SovCiv at her next hearing. Apparently some time in jail has convinced her it’s not really working, and she got a lawyer.

all the bars and security and stuff slaps ‘muh freedoms’ in the face

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A Cranky One  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:16:40am

re: #335 JOE 🥓

I do not miss that at all here in Los Angeles. I hated raking up those maple and chestnut leaves back home in PA!

We had a giant maple tree in the backyard. Had to remove it after storm damage.

Loved the tree and shade. But hated the leaves in all the gutters…

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Dangerman  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:19:55am

re: #338 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I live on a dirt road and never, ever have to rake any leaves from my hundreds of thousands of trees and bushes 🤗

we live in a house

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:22:23am

re: #341 A Cranky One

We had a giant maple tree in the backyard. Had to remove it after storm damage.

Loved the tree and shade. But hated the leaves in all the gutters…

Our house built in 1830 had wooden gutters. Dad and I had to apply linseed oil twice a year to keep them from cracking. Cleaning those gutters from maple & chestnut leaves…and the buckeyes…

After Dad died and Wells Fargo seized the house they did a major remodeling and replaced the gutters with aluminum ones. The interior was completely redone as well. They still lost money on the deal…

It’s on the market again WAY OVERPRICED in an economically dead area.

realtor.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:24:20am

re: #338 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I live on a dirt road and never, ever have to rake any leaves from my hundreds of thousands of trees and bushes 🤗

My dirt street doesn’t exempt me from raking from my elm tree. ::(

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:24:38am

re: #269 Patricia Kayden

WTH? India is acting like a fascist state. This is alarming.

Not much difference between fascism and theocracy. Also, Pakistan and India have been enemies since before Pakistan became independent.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:27:46am

re: #342 Dangerman

we live in a house

we lived in shoe box in middle of road

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:28:16am

re: #345 Hecuba’s daughter

Not much difference between fascism and theocracy. Also, Pakistan and India have been enemies since before Pakistan became independent.

and sports and religion are virtually interchangeable to a lot of fundamentalists…

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:29:34am

Garland Vs. The GRASSHOLE

10 27 2021 10 42 01

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A Cranky One  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:31:37am

re: #346 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

we lived in shoe box in middle of road

You had a shoe box? We had to live in a grocery bag stuck in a tree.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:33:12am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:33:41am

re: #349 A Cranky One

You had a shoe box? We had to live in a grocery bag stuck in a tree.

My ex Grandmother-in-Law was from Yorkshire and spoke in that accent. I had the hardest time not cracking up when she started talking about the “old days”.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:34:51am

re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My ex Grandmother-in-Law was from Yorkshire and spoke in that accent. I had the hardest time not cracking up when she started talking about the “old days”.

reminds me of this famous sketch!

The Four Yorkshiremen - At Last the 1948 Show - TX 15 February 1967

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:39:40am

re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Eight “conscientious objectors” out of 114,000 employees are going to get as much media attention as the 3% of scientists who reject global warming…because of the need for balance.

In some cities, like Chicago, a substantial portion of police and firefighters are holding firm; we’ll see what happens if they discover that their jobs are really on the line.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:43:42am

re: #304 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Edging over into the “rebellion for the sake of rebellion” behavior set. Rebel without a cause, believer in white privilege (because reasons) and flier of Confederate Battle Flag without having clue of what the symbolism of said flag actually is.

I am absolutely confident that most who fly the flag know exactly what they are doing; they support the Confederacy and would have fought for it during the Civil War.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:44:42am

re: #350 Dopamine Fish

The Handmaids Tale??

Isn’t that one pretty much in line with what Texas is trying to become?

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:45:15am

re: #355 Eclectic Cyborg

The Handmaids Tale??

Isn’t that one pretty much in line with what Texas is trying to become?

A comment on the thread asked the same thing, and someone else replied, “They don’t want them reading the playbook.”

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:46:07am

re: #355 Eclectic Cyborg

The Handmaids Tale??

Isn’t that one pretty much in line with what Texas is trying to become?

They don’t want to be too blatant about their final goal.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:46:26am

re: #354 Hecuba’s daughter

I am absolutely confident that most who fly the flag know exactly what they are doing; they support the Confederacy and would have fought for it during the Civil War.

Memories of David Montgomery’s Labor History class at Pitt when he lectured about the Copperheads—Northerners who opposed the Civil War and supported slavery.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:50:25am

Poke at a person who’s projecting Trump onto Biden, and see a fascist out themselves.
This started with a post claiming that Biden only cares about himself, and that Trump loves the country.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:52:58am

re: #353 Hecuba’s daughter

In some cities, like Chicago, a substantial portion of police and firefighters are holding firm; we’ll see what happens if they discover that their jobs are really on the line.

Cops who refuse to vaccinate should not be given a chance to smarten up at the last moment. We’re forced to interact with cops, and need a lot fewer idiots on the force.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:55:04am

It’s time for today’s episode of Pulpit Pimp Theater and we got Shane “I can’t keep Mr. Twinkee in my pants” Vaughn continuing to lie about the election and insisting that The Big G gonna put Shithead back on the throne.

Shane Vaughn Promises That God Will Remove ‘Profane, Wicked’ Biden and ‘Overturn the Election’

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 27, 2021 • 8:55:58am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:00:56am

re: #350 Dopamine Fish

No sex? Then the Bible is out.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:02:27am

re: #362 Patricia Kayden

Just wait till hundreds of Pulpit Pimps in Georgia say that The Big G forgives Walker’s sins...but Warnock is going to hell for being an un-gawdly Communist.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:07:48am

re: #364 JOE 🥓

Just wait till hundreds of Pulpit Pimps in Georgia say that The Big G forgives Walker’s sins...but Warnock is going to hell for being an un-gawdly Communist.

Big G will forgive any sin, but only if you renounce sin and promise not to do it again.

That is not the case with people who allow things like abortions and gay marriage and socilized medicine and all those other things that are an abdomination to Free Market Jeebus

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:08:39am

Made it out. No big issues. Some pockets so I need more fiber. I’m semi-conscious. I can eat stuff.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:08:42am

re: #362 Patricia Kayden

Walker, now 59, has at times been open about his long struggle with mental illness, writing at length in a 2008 book about being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder. But it’s unclear how he would discuss these events as a candidate.

I consider my clinical depression disqualifying for a leadership position, but one of this guy’s personalities seems to think a person with DID should be a leader.

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Dave In Austin  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:08:53am

I use a pull behind leaf sweeper. And I have several hundred live oaks on the lot that shed their leaves in the spring. The red oaks on the other hand change colors and drop in the fall.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:09:26am

re: #366 Belafon

Made it out. No big issues. Some pockets so I need more fiber. I’m semi-conscious. I can eat stuff.

So when are you putting up the video? /s

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:09:49am

Groggy. Enjoying that but my wife keeps telling me a out real world stuff.

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:11:58am

The anesthesiologist put some stuff in the IV, he called it the best margarita, and then I remember waking up.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:15:23am

re: #371 Belafon

The anesthesiologist put some stuff in the IV, he called it the best margarita, and then I remember waking up.

Steak and eggs on the menu? After a 24 hr fast and purge I was dying for that when I got out of recovery.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:17:35am

Lenin issues this command to his Bolsheviks

Steve Bannon on school boards: ‘It’s time to start locking up these people’

Right-wing broadcaster Steve Bannon argued on Wednesday that Republicans should push to jail school board members who violate conservative principles.

Steve Bannon on school boards: ‘It’s time to start locking up these people’

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:22:28am

re: #371 Belafon

The anesthesiologist put some stuff in the IV, he called it the best margarita, and then I remember waking up.

Booze is one of the worst drugs around, but enjoys a monopoly because other drugs are banned for general use. Anesthesiologists know of a lot of better stuff.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:23:56am

re: #373 JOE 🥓

Lenin issues this command to his Bolsheviks

Steve Bannon on school boards: ‘It’s time to start locking up these people’

Right-wing broadcaster Steve Bannon argued on Wednesday that Republicans should push to jail school board members who violate conservative principles.

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Schools violating the principles of the willfully-ignorant and the deeply bigoted? This is an outrage!!1!1!

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:31:53am

re: #372 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Steak and eggs on the menu? After a 24 hr fast and purge I was dying for that when I got out of recovery.

Burger and fries.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:33:18am

re: #373 JOE 🥓

Lenin issues this command to his Bolsheviks

Steve Bannon on school boards: ‘It’s time to start locking up these people’

Right-wing broadcaster Steve Bannon argued on Wednesday that Republicans should push to jail school board members who violate conservative principles.

He understands that controlling local councils and politics is key to establishing an incontrovertible Power Base

And this is what the Religious Right has been striving to do since Reagan: get themselves and their people insinuated into every nook and cranny of public administration, the military, education, sports, etc.

Needless to say, they have been less successful with popular culture (outside Top 40 country)

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:35:42am

re: #376 Belafon

Burger and fries.

Sounds just as good.

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jaunte  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:39:57am
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jaunte  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:40:35am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:42:07am

re: #380 jaunte

From now until next Election Day is going to be nothing but fictional and fabricated controversies served hot daily in a way that can only work when the Republican party and their media are one.

and blaming Biden for every delivery delay, price rise or labor shortage that happens from here until 2024…

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Belafon  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:45:22am

re: #380 jaunte

Which is why we will do what we have been doing:: GOTV.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:46:35am

re: #369 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

So when are you putting up the video? /s

IMAX or STFU.

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darthstar  Oct 27, 2021 • 9:48:15am

re: #383 Decatur Deb

IMAX or STFU.

And a good jazzy soundtrack

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:08:24am

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jaunte  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:09:33am

My POS governor normalizing the chickenshit “Brandon” slur.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:10:19am

Will mentions that Joss Whedon is a lot worse than what the public knows, and that he was abused as a child, and never wanted to be a child actor.

Wil Wheaton gave a perfect explanation of how to separate problematic artists from their art (Upworthy)

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Charles Johnson  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:14:08am
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Dave In Austin  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:15:30am
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mmmirele  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:16:10am

re: #223 Targetpractice

“Gee, it’s been awful quiet tonight…”

*cue phone ringing seemingly non-stop for over an hour*

We don’t use the q word at work. We’re superstitious.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:17:27am

re: #389 Dave In Austin

Oh Geez, you suddenly reminded me that a farm up the road has a giant “DR. SCOTT JENSEN FOR MINNESOTA GOVERNOR” sign up on the side of it. Dr. Scott Jensen is one of the anti-vaxx, COVID-denier asshats who started promoting the conspiracy early in the pandemic that the whole thing was overblown because there was no way we could know the true infection rate due to lack of testing, therefore a lot more people were exposed than previously thought so all the government’s statistics were lies.

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Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:18:40am

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Spewing hate & disinformation, right to the end …

Why do so many of those dying of COVID now have all this JESUS IS LORD!! stuff all over their feeds?

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Mattand  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:19:00am

re: #302 lawhawk

Most of the people now claiming religious belief exemptions had no such opposition when vaccinating against measles, mumps, tetanus, polio, smallpox, or all of the other required vaccinations. Even dumbass Kyrie Irving was required to vaccinate for all of those as a condition of attending college in North Carolina at Duke. State law in fact requires vaccinations to attend college.

None of this is deeply held belief. It’s a political stance based on junk science, woo, and mostly opposition to Biden.

My “I swear I’m independent despite constantly voting straight GOP every time” buddy claimed to me one time that he’s Buddhist. I had known him for years at that point and not once in that time had he ever shown the slightest inkling towards anything spiritual.

To this day, I’m convinced that he felt as a self-identifying conservative, he needed to declare some sort of religion to fit in the group. Saying he believed in God and was a Christian wouldn’t work because even the laziest Christian can usually spot someone faking it.

Plus, his mom was hyper religious, so I’m guessing there was some sort of tension wi that that.

Saying he was a Buddhist is a bit more bullet proof because most of his friends and family know nothing about Buddhism, so they can’t easily call him out on the spot.

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Mattand  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:20:02am

re: #371 Belafon

The anesthesiologist put some stuff in the IV, he called it the best margarita, and then I remember waking up.

If we’re talking about the colonoscopy from earlier, I just had mine a month ago. Best sleep I ever get.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:20:51am

re: #394 Mattand

If we’re talking about the colonoscopy from earlier, I just had mine a month ago. Best sleep I ever get.

I was awake through mine. It sucked.

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JOE 🥓  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:20:52am

re: #392 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)

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Why do so many of those dying of COVID now have all this JESUS IS LORD!! stuff all over their feeds?

Answer—Because they are reciting the Republican Party talking points that their Pulpit Pimp preaches every Sunday & Wednesday!

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:22:51am

re: #388 Charles Johnson

The Republicans whining about this memo are well aware that it’s about threats of violence, not shutting down dissent. They’re tacitly, consciously giving their permission for the threats to continue.

Not that it accomplishes anything, I have repeatedly told the Trumpster FB fanatic that whenever she “yells” about parents being persecuted for their views on school programs, rather then their threats of violence. These people are truly dangerous and toxic to our survival as a nation — both the Republicans in government and the widespread Goebbels news networks that support them.

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A Mom Anon  Oct 27, 2021 • 10:58:12am

re: #392 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)

They’re trying to reassure themselves that they aren’t going to hell. While still being all superior to everyone else. While dying. And then there will be a go fund me page for the family using Jesus as part of the plea to help pay medical bills or save the household from total ruin.

I really wish there was an escape from these people.


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