Twenty-six-year-old Armenian Jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan masterfully delivers the emotional, “What The Waves Brought,” in KUTX’s Studio 1A.
Rando comment at democraticunderground about that pos Abbott
Link
I had no idea that I could charter a bus to drop a bunch of people in the middle of nowhere.
I guess I could charter a trip to drop 50-60 women and children off in the middle of Death Valley with no return plans, or coordination of life-sustaining services, and the bus company would just take my check and wish me luck.
The Charter Companies that are providing these services to Abbot and Desantis know exactly what they are participating in.
I wonder how many professional sports teams and universities use these charter companies. I wonder why they would continue to contract with them?Look, it’s pretty simple.
Nothing will change. The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy…NONE OF IT…will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy unprofitable to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund and enable it.
These Charter Companies shouldn’t get a moments peace.Their call centers, mailboxes and email accounts should be so flooded with irate Americans disgusted with this evil that they have to shut them down.
They shouldn’t even be able to drive the church choir around the fucking block.
Lord Blue Sausage of Ralphs pic.twitter.com/nIscWAUnkz
— Trevor Donovan (@TrevDon) December 27, 2022
Lord Black Peanut of Round Top Mercantile.
Think shes in over her head?
Literal LOL at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene now ripping Nick Fuentes as a racist and “very immature young man saying hateful things about people”: “He knows nothing. What has he ever done in his life?” pic.twitter.com/AfzaOJ0h44
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 2, 2022
Here’s #MarjorieNaziGreene “denouncing” Nazi Nick Fuentes at their Florida Nazi convention in February 2022 @RepMTG @mtgreenee pic.twitter.com/yuSnpzy3DA
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) November 30, 2022
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) December 26, 2022
re: #2 jaunte
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Lord Black Peanut of Round Top Mercantile.
Lord tan dark chocolate of airport
(of uber if you want to be technical)
Given the nature of the discourse and abuse today, all I can say is that you can also find me on Post: https://t.co/YHFVA3rsoF.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 27, 2022
— pitchinafit (@shnklfritz) September 9, 2022
By the way, you can also find me at https://t.co/gdIZsk5lwa and https://t.co/dbwuAtcOvn.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2022
Not to mention https://t.co/yS4e2peVov, still crazy and still running with an awesome smart community after all these years. You should check it out. You might fit in.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2022
It’s on Bitches!!
Get ready to Rumble!!
You may have written the book on a “distorted view of reality” Lavern. 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/v2tqrYvMfP
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) December 26, 2022
re: #4 jaunte
Send Hot Wheels a bill for providing food and shelter to those innocent people.
Stuff like this will be more helpful in winning the 2024 GOP primary than Nikki Haley’s entire tenure as UN Ambassador https://t.co/PQu6wfhYqa
— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) December 26, 2022
re: #8 Charles Johnson
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Remind em to bring snacks
Maybe mention be prepared for that pizza thing
re: #12 Dangerman
Killer Kristi was a GOP flamethrower before her staff gave her the real thing.
how can this be real life https://t.co/7r4a2tvbZ3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2022
All I can think of is my shitstain of a Governor.
TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don’t know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and mentally disabled. pic.twitter.com/iAVQTsf2xH
— Kimberly LaRussa (@KimberlyLaRussa) December 26, 2022
re: #167 (((Archangel1)))
As is perfectly well and understandable.
Saw a bunch of posts today basically asking “Dear Jewish people/fellow Jewish people, do you really eat Chinese on Xmas?” From coast to coast - and half a world away, in my case (because if you think I can resist when nearly every other social media post I see is about yummy food, you’re sorely mistaken) - the answer appears a rather emphatic yes.
I think this “tradition” started as a joke:
Why are Chinese restaurants open on Christmas?
Because Jewish people need a place to eat!
It became an actual “tradition” when kosher Asian cuisine became popular. We have been enjoying this new custom for about 10 years. I used to make my own “Asian-style” food but now there is a kosher takeout. No delivery here, we have to go to New York or Florida if we want that.
re: #17 Dave In Austin
All I can think of is my shitstain of a Governor.
Based on this latest example of abject cruelty, I flat out told my MAGA brother (who lives in Austin) yesterday I am never setting foot in Texas again until there is a Democratic Governor.
I am 55 years old. I feel I am never setting foot in Texas again. They don’t need me. they have Elon.
re: #18 The Pie Overlord!
The “joke” I heard when I was a kid…updated
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It turns out, “Woke” is Republican-speak for anyone who gives a damn about other human beings or the planet; a dog-whistle slur against expressions of humanity that seek or to spread resources, opportunity, power, and a voice to more people.https://t.co/qkYT1X37kJ
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) December 26, 2022
The Christianity of Jesus left people with more dignity and greater care; with healed wounds and fuller bellies, with calmed fears and quieted worries. It left a wake of compassion.
No, this isn’t Christianity.
To hell with what this is.https://t.co/VAfX65iGGu— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) December 26, 2022
re: #21 Captain Ron
The sad truth is that Pavlovitz is in the minority when it comes to what he says. The majority fully embrace the “woke” shit as they start their church services chanting “Let’s Go Brandon”.
Bleargh. I hate Illinois Colorado Nazis.
Nazis targeted a Grand Junction neighborhood on Christmas morning with antisemitic flyers.https://t.co/yhI0hXX5zY
— Heidi Beedle (@HeidiBeedle) December 27, 2022
If you have any fear of elevators do not watch this:
Damn this some greys anatomy type stuff pic.twitter.com/gINGsGTTOU
— Lance🇱🇨 (@BornAKang) December 26, 2022
— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) December 26, 2022
From downstairs regarding the Southwest Airlines clusterfuck. Apparently Phoenix is the worst hit, but their entire system has been shit for days. I have been trying to get to Denver since the 22nd, and Southwest canceled on me for the third time earlier today.
At least this time, I found out before I was at the airport (although $50 flushed down he toilet because ground transportation was already en route).
But, Southwest will never disappoint me again. My airline selection rule is extremely simple. The airline that most recently royally pissed me off is not an option. Southwest will not be an option for me for a very, very long time.
What Southwest should have done, obviously, is shut down for a week and then build margin into their system so that that a 2-3 day weather event doesn’t fuck them up for a week.
re: #2 jaunte
“Lord Grey Sausage and Egg Biscuit of the General Store.”
In a significant step, researchers recently said they’ve been able to immunize animals against all 20 known influenza A & B viral strains, marking an important step toward the goal of a single vaccine against all types of flu https://t.co/FfzuRLwYIh pic.twitter.com/PPSqvEOEFX
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 25, 2022
re: #20 Joe Bacon
The “joke” I heard when I was a kid…updated
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re: #130 sizzzzlerz
you’re talking about the cheap seats, as well. premium seats for the big name acts are easily passing 5 grand. Obviously, if you have the dough, 5 large is tip money at the high end strip club after the show but having tickets priced at that level simply opens the headroom for more modestly price tickets that regular people would normally buy but are now being priced out of those seats.
Welcome to capitalism.
re: #25 mmmirele
Bleargh. I hate
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That is the same damnable garbage racists passed out in West Los Angeles a couple weeks ago.
Date of cultural reference… 1997, oh I’m sorry almost in the 2000s. pic.twitter.com/QmneiGP5fc
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 27, 2022
Have enough samples from non-arthritic people been analyzed to determine that they “all” aren’t infected, or haven’t been previously infected, with this newly discovered bacterium?
— Carlos Machina (@SrCarlosMachina) December 25, 2022
Ok, just ran into a hella fun looking website.
WELCOME TO ALL MRE’S!
Home of the Z-Ration, Prospector MRE’s , 24hr Z-Ration and Mother Lode!
A maker of civilian MRE’s that looks like some of the best of that kind out there. Rather than kippers and pilot bread, having a couple of these tucked away in a closet for emergencies might not be a bad idea.
They have a Cheeseburger MRE for goodness’ sake :D
Anyway, I just thought I’d mention it because it looks interesting and I’ll have to budget a couple in for January when I can afford a couple ($15 per isn’t bad when you look at the price of surplus military ones).
re: #178 teleskiguy
Ryan Burge wrote on Twitter:
These are the congressional districts with the highest concentration of atheists.
Based on the 2010-2020 maps.
CO-02: Joe Neguse (D) - 13%
WA-07: Pramila Jayapal (D) - 13%
CA-12: Nancy Pelosi (D) - 10%
CA-27: Judy Chu (D) - 10%
MD-08: Jamie Raskin (D) - 10%
Where’d he get all the atheists in the Nebraska Panhandle? Plus, NE-3 isn’t the Panhandle. It’s the whole state except Omaha and Lincoln.
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Where’d he get all the atheists in the Nebraska Panhandle? Plus, NE-3 isn’t the Panhandle. It’s the whole state except Omaha and Lincoln.
Everybody’s panhandle is different. Oklahoma’s sets a standard, IMHO.
Twenty-six-year-old Armenian Jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan masterfully delivers the emotional, “What The Waves Brought,” in KUTX’s Studio 1A.
He’s good. Really good.
But the difference between Jarrett and a guy like this is that Jarrett ad libs and makes the music Fucking Sing. This guy never will. He’s good, but he’s a B-league player.
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Ryan Burge wrote on Twitter:
These are the congressional districts with the highest concentration of atheists.
Based on the 2010-2020 maps.
CO-02: Joe Neguse (D) - 13%
WA-07: Pramila Jayapal (D) - 13%
CA-12: Nancy Pelosi (D) - 10%
CA-27: Judy Chu (D) - 10%
MD-08: Jamie Raskin (D) - 10%Where’d he get all the atheists in the Nebraska Panhandle? Plus, NE-3 isn’t the Panhandle. It’s the whole state except Omaha and Lincoln.
I’m a little iffy on the numbers. That huge area of Texas having a higher percentage of atheists than the DFW area? Only if the atheists in the DFW area are - justifiably - worried about admitting our stance.
And I’m off for the rack!
Sweet Dreams. Be nice to each other.
One example of why I prefer the extinct Mammut to the bird:
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto:
@Curator@mastodon.art
We’ve silenced mastodon.se and will suspend in a week.
This is a blog post by the admin of mastodon.se where they acknowledge that they have ‘anti-political-correctness’ accounts, anti-abortionists, harassers, etc. (there are neo-nazi adjacent accounts on there), saying they won’t action their accounts because they don’t want to be the ‘thought police’.
As these kinds of accounts directly threaten the safety of the marginalised people on .art, we’ll be defederating.
re: #40 William Lewis
You might find this website of interest:
Additionally -
I have not looked in detail at either, but costco is selling what they describe as “Kosher MREs”
and is also are selling “Blueline MREs”:
costco.com
re: #48 William Lewis
One example of why I prefer the extinct Mammut to the bird:
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto:
@Curator@mastodon.art
We’ve silenced mastodon.se and will suspend in a week.This is a blog post by the admin of mastodon.se where they acknowledge that they have ‘anti-political-correctness’ accounts, anti-abortionists, harassers, etc. (there are neo-nazi adjacent accounts on there), saying they won’t action their accounts because they don’t want to be the ‘thought police’.
As these kinds of accounts directly threaten the safety of the marginalised people on .art, we’ll be defederating.
If you aren’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
Night all.
re: #49 ckkatz
You might find this website of interest:
Additionally -
I have not looked in detail at either, but costco is selling what they describe as “Kosher MREs”
and is also are selling “Blueline MREs”:
costco.com
Thanks for the links!
re: #50 austin_blue
If you aren’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
Night all.
The way I heard it when I was a kid:
If you aren’t part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.
I was surrounded by nerds.
re: #22 Captain Ron
we’re waiting on that down here.
re: #2 jaunte
Lady Mustard Sorbet of Amazon
re: #32 Captain Ron
Now the bigger challenge is to get people to take the vaccine.
Therapist: “How would you say you learn best?”
Me: “The hard way.”— Alison Nicolson-Rae (@Nicolsonraea) December 26, 2022
re: #55 gwangung
Now the bigger challenge is to get people to take the vaccine.
Sane people will but that reminds me of the joke about thinking people voting for, IIRC, Dewey.
re: #23 Joe Bacon
The sad truth is that Pavlovitz is in the minority when it comes to what he says. The majority fully embrace the “woke” shit as they start their church services chanting “Let’s Go Brandon”.
And as Mr. Pavlovitz said in “This Isn’t Christianity” those who think that need to speak out about it, every time they see it.
What so-called Real Christianity (tm) is, is how it is perceived. And if all you perceive is liars, racists, bigots, nationalists, cheats, fascists, &c., then that is what Christianity is.
re: #58 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Same goes for white people, males, Muslims, right-handed people, Eagles fans…
Watching Free Guy. Antwan may actually be the most accurate Musk representation in movies.
My flight last night out of NH was held up 90 minutes due to mechanical issues and so I missed a connecting flight in Newark. Then I spent 7 1/2 hours in line waiting for United’s costumer service desk (they had to call security a couple of times due to irate customers). I got a flight today, and I’m so happy to be with my family—I can almost forgive UAL, but not quite. They were entirely unprepared to deal with the shit show in Newark. Going to say goodbye to mom tomorrow with family before she is cremated.
re: #25 mmmirele
Bleargh. I hate
IllinoisColorado Nazis.
I see the Grand Junction Police explicitly lied how they actually care about this.
Religious fruitcake weighs in on Twitter:
#Atheist #Atheism pic.twitter.com/WeDAaCxhMA
— Snarky McSnarkface!!🙈🙉🙊 Я За Україну!!🇺🇦💙 (@missberta79) December 27, 2022
re: #28 EPR-radar
What’s kind of amazing is that the weather here in Phoenix has been completely gorgeous for the last few days. Mid 70s, clear blue skies (well, if you count out that pesky pollution), etc. It’s definitely not the weather here. The issue is completely with Southwest. For whatever reason(s), Southwest customers are trapped here. It’s my understanding there may be multiple causes to Southwest’s woes, and some of them are self-inflicted. That said, our weather is going to return to a more normal (for this time of year) temperature (50s/60s) with some rain in the forecast from Wednesday onward.
re: #66 mmmirele
What’s kind of amazing is that the weather here in Phoenix has been completely gorgeous for the last few days. Mid 70s, clear blue skies (well, if you count out that pesky pollution), etc. It’s definitely not the weather here. The issue is completely with Southwest. For whatever reason(s), Southwest customers are trapped here. It’s my understanding there may be multiple causes to Southwest’s woes, and some of them are self-inflicted. That said, our weather is going to return to a more normal (for this time of year) temperature (50s/60s) with some rain in the forecast from Wednesday onward.
I dearly want to live down around Sierra Vista. I loved that area when I was stationed at Ft Huachuca. But I’ll stay in Wisconsin, despite winter, for one very real reason - Water.
Here are the temperature, precipitation and snowfall statistics for New Years Day, January 1. #newx #wywx pic.twitter.com/19zWJZMtKV
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) December 26, 2022
I have a friend who is a ramp agent in Denver for Southwest, and this is what their current situation looks like pic.twitter.com/Cx3qOXGb7o
— Corinne (@Chlorinne) December 27, 2022
Piers Morgan account restricted due to hack and Sophie coconut deletes twitter
Praise be— Owain (@welsh_pain) December 27, 2022
Piers Morgan’s Twitter account ‘hacked’ with X-rated tweets about the Queen and Ed Sheeran (Mirror, in the future December 27, 2022)
re: #67 William Lewis
I dearly want to live down around Sierra Vista. I loved that area when I was stationed at Ft Huachuca. But I’ll stay in Wisconsin, despite winter, for one very real reason - Water.
Big plus for living in Chicago area.
re: #66 mmmirele
What’s kind of amazing is that the weather here in Phoenix has been completely gorgeous for the last few days. Mid 70s, clear blue skies (well, if you count out that pesky pollution), etc. It’s definitely not the weather here. The issue is completely with Southwest. For whatever reason(s), Southwest customers are trapped here. It’s my understanding there may be multiple causes to Southwest’s woes, and some of them are self-inflicted. That said, our weather is going to return to a more normal (for this time of year) temperature (50s/60s) with some rain in the forecast from Wednesday onward.
It will be interesting to see what the after-disaster reporting looks like for this mess. As you say, it is clearly a SWA issue instead of just a weather issue, and IMO heads should roll (but won’t) in the SWA C-suite for this.
And of course the RWNJ idiots are blaming Pete Buttigieg for the Southwest fiasco.
🙄
re: #74 Eclectic Cyborg
And of course the RWNJ idiots are blaming Pete Buttigieg for the Southwest fiasco.
🙄
I suspect the root cause of the SWA disaster is no margin in the system (because that would be a cost), so if the shit hits the fan in enough cities simultaneously (as it did with the storm) the system breaks in a way the airline can’t just “work through”.
re: #63 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Well I guess the ultimate cure is when your permanent residence is in a cemetery.
Southwest, Texas based company, with mentally unstable pilots screaming “let’s go Brandon”, pilots harassing female flight attendants, pilots sexist rants over an open mic on ATC frequencies.
Doesn’t surprise me this southwest snafu.
re: #73 EPR-radar
Likely no margin because costs are trimmed too tightly.
Flying is a luxury. It ought to be priced as one.
re: #74 Eclectic Cyborg
remember, only Democrats have agency, no one else… makes it easier for the media to know who to blame.
re: #2 jaunte
Lord Black Venison of Dick’s.
This is incredibly badass…dude ran from one London Underground stop to the next and got back on the same car pic.twitter.com/TGgSzS2CDJ
— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) December 26, 2022
Iran protests: ‘No going back’ as unrest hits 100 days (BBC, yesterday, caution for graphic description of mistreatment of prisoners)
re: #81 GlutenFreeJesus
Lord Black Venison of Dick’s.
Lord Black Pork Fried Rice of Kibbles & Gifts (pet store)
BBC local weather for North America, including Scottsblluff.
We get above freezing again. PNW gets walloped with rain. East Coast warms up, as the super-frigid Arctic front is well out to see but draped over south Florida.
Watched The Glass Onion tonight. Don’t know what @benshapiro’s fucking problem is with following the plot. Did he not finish 4th grade? Fun film, BTW…you can enjoy a cocktail while watching it even.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) December 27, 2022
China to export pandemic.
China ends Covid quarantine for travellers in January (BBC, one hour ago)
China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country’s zero-Covid policy.
After three years of closed borders, this will effectively reopen the country to those with work and study visas, or seeking to visit family.
But it comes as China struggles with the virus’ ferocious spread in the wake of restrictions being lifted.
Reports says hospitals are overwhelmed and elderly people are dying.
The true toll - daily case counts and deaths - is currently unknown because officials have stopped releasing Covid data.
Beijing had reported about 4,000 new Covid infections each day last week and few deaths.
On Sunday it said it would stop publishing case numbers altogether. But British health data firm Airfinity estimated China was experiencing more than a million infections and 5,000 deaths a day, according to Reuters.
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re: #86 darthstar
Ben Shapiro’s problem is that he is a right wing shit-for-brains.
I feel better knowing that at least 4,000 people have had a chuckle at Elon’s expense thanks to me.
Did Elon Musk buy @Southwest?
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) December 27, 2022
re: #88 EPR-radar
Ben Shapiro’s problem is that he is a right wing shit-for-brains.
It really is a fun movie. Edward Norton plays a great Elon Musk (i.e. hateable billionaire) character. Can’t stand that guy in most of his roles…this one fits.
Sorry we had to cancel your flight home. You can try again in 4 or 5 days…your clothing will be there waiting for you.
A visual representation of the disaster that is air travel at the moment. A Southwest Airlines rep just said over the intercom that bags are heading to final destination, even if the flight they were scheduled on is cancelled. pic.twitter.com/xV21IX1rcm
— Rob Harris (@robharristv) December 26, 2022
Batman is the world’s greatest detectives who fights AGAINST villains. You platform Nazis and believe idiotic conspiracy theories. Child = NFT https://t.co/g9RnMQvcAB
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) December 27, 2022
Santa Putin Kidnaps Child’s Father In Bizarre Russian Anti-LGBTQ Propaganda Video (Wonkette, December 26. 2022)
Seriously what the hell even is this?
Here is a lovely Boxing Day present from us to you — a very normal video that circulated around Russia ahead of the holiday season depicting Vladmir Putin dressed as Santa, breaking into a child’s home and de-gaying it for Christmas.
Let us set the scene: A camera zooms in on a pair of girl’s shoes and a dress, a teddy bear and a ball with stars on it. It then pans to a bookshelf featuring five books, entitled Render Me, Gender Me;LGBT+ Modern Studies;Straight Into Gay; Homosexuality. Transitioning. Family.; and Growing Up Gay. Just the kind of non-existent books that parents who wish to force their straight child to be gay or their cis child to be trans might read, were that to be a thing for anyone, which it is not.
(more, the books depicted have English titles)
Run on Russian banks; banks close during normal hours out of rubles; Russian commander beat 10 soldiers for bringing in wounded blaming them for loss of territory; oligarchs blame other oligarchs for failures; military airfield bombed 2nd time in Russia….
Russia is collapsing— JaguarPower (@power_jaguar) December 26, 2022
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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A total collapse of Russia is not in anyone’s best interest. We want a Russia that has decided to participate in the modern world and is working to improve the lives of its people. The thought of all that nuclear weaponry on the black market for sale to the highest bidder is a nightmare that should terrify us all.
Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse (Japan News, December 27, 2022)
New health ministry guidelines will classify as abuse any acts by members of religious groups that threaten or force their children to participate in religious activities, or that hinder a child’s career path based on religious doctrine.
According to sources, the Health, Labor, and Welfare Ministry is preparing its first draft of guidelines to help local governments deal with issues of child abuse that have emerged in connection with religious groups such as the Unification Church, officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
Children of religious groups’ followers have criticized authorities’ handling of this issue in the past. They have said child consultation centers and the police did not respond to their complaints of abuse, telling the children there was nothing they could do because freedom of religion is protected under the Constitution.
In October, the ministry notified local governments not to make perfunctory responses simply because a problem is religious in nature. It is also working to outline specific points in the guidelines that authorities should be aware of when dealing with such cases.
According to the sources, the envisaged guidelines will be in a question-and-answer format and will specify what faith-based acts against children fall under the categories of abuse as stipulated in the Child Abuse Prevention Law.
The law stipulates four types of abuse: physical, sexual, neglect and psychological.
Inciting fear by telling children they will go to hell if they don’t participate in religious activities, or preventing them from making decisions about their career path, is regarded as psychological abuse and neglect in the guidelines.
Other acts that will constitute neglect include not having the financial resources to provide adequate food or housing for children as a result of making large donations, or blocking their interaction with friends due to a difference in religious beliefs and thereby undermining their social skills.
When taking action, the guidelines will urge child consultation centers and local governments to pay particular attention to the possibility that children may be unable to recognize the damage caused by abuse after being influenced by doctrine-based thinking and values.
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re: #95 Hecuba’s daughter
A total collapse of Russia is not in anyone’s best interest. We want a Russia that has decided to participate in the modern world and is working to improve the lives of its people. The thought of all that nuclear weaponry on the black market for sale to the highest bidder is a nightmare that should terrify us all.
The oligarchs in charge of Russia are conservatives: They will not willingly give up power.
Probably the best we could hope for is one of them to shiv their way to the top of the government.
The only way to get rid of them is to overthrow the government, because they aren’t going to have a sudden enlightenment.
On that Dennis Prager rant a couple days ago about liberal children denying their conservative parents access to their grandchildren, and the parents calling into his show whinging about it, there is a reason for the whinging.
The Missing Missing Reasons (Isendai)
The world of estranged parents’ forums
Members of estranged parents’ forums often say their children never gave them any reason for the estrangement, then turn around and reveal that their children did tell them why. But the reasons their children give—the infamous missing reasons—are missing.
My sons consistently refuse to reply to my emails and let my calls go to voicemail, or barely speak if they do answer. They accuse me of being a terrible person, but won’t elaborate about exactly what I’ve done. Well, sometimes they do, but it doesn’t make sense, at least to me. For example, it’s hard to be part of the birth of my grandchild if I didn’t know that I was going to have one!
All this started because of a personal email they felt entitled to read on my computer.
— Elizabeth Vagnioni, “Why Some Grown Kids Cut Off Their Parents”
What were the other reasons her sons give? Not knowing about the birth of her grandchild can’t be the only one.[1] What was in the email that caused both her sons to cut her off? We’re supposed to be distracted by the hinkiness of the sons reading the email, and never notice that Vagnioni just told us that she knows exactly why her sons cut her off. Pay no attention to the missing explanation behind the curtain.
I was abandoned by my daughter 6 years ago this June. I received a text message that said, “The keys are under the mat I have moved out, don’t coming looking for me I never want to see you again you have ruined my life”. I… got home and found my husband standing in her empty room. [….] She had a prepared speech that she emailed to me - she did [not] even say Mom or Dad anywhere in it - it was **** or my husband’s first name. She stopped communicating with me about 1 year after - but each time I asked why I got the prepared speech or some slung together four letter words that I didn’t appreciate. [….] [All my husband] said was “She 18, I was expecting this.” I wasn’t.
— A mother’s account from Abandoned Parents: The Devil’s Dilemma
What was in the “prepared speech”? Why did her father expect her to move out at 18? The mother has two different sources of explanations at her fingertips, and she turns to neither. Nor does she repeat so much as a scrap of her daughter’s allegations.
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re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
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Comedy and Clitoris both start with a “C”@benshapiro can find neither of these things.
— Elmo of DoucheMania (@TravisBlues) December 27, 2022
Well, this was a mess.5/6
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Continuing my ranting about housing and flippers…
I’ve noticed that on recent seasons of HGTV’s various shows that they are really pushing vinyl flooring. Even for projects that are upper end (for HGTV.)
I can only presume that HGTV has a vinyl flooring sponsor that wants them to push vinyl.
It wasn’t that long ago, only a couple of years, when these shows were pushing the “engineered” wood flooring. That product is usually some sort of high-density fiber plank with a thin veneer of real wood on top. It can’t be refinished but it does for sure look like real wood (because the veneer is real wood.)
Anyway, sure, vinyl is easy to clean and I can see young families with two kids and dogs and cats preferring that. We had linoleum when I was growing up, which is what was used before vinyl flooring was brought about.
Vinyl has several problems, though. Even though the HGTV talking heads keep saying “luxury vinyl” it really is still just vinyl.
1) It outgasses. Even the expensive stuff.
2) It can’t really be refinished. You just have to tear it up or put a new layer on top of it.
Now here’s what is driving all of this: the idea that one has to continually remodel. It’s the flipper-dream: spend a few weeks on a house to put on some lipstick then sell it to some desperate first time house buyer for a big mark-up.
Everytime I see one of these shows demolish what are perfectly good fixtures I wince. The Property Brothers decided to use the word “recycle” when they come across cabinets in good condition - and maybe they really do that. But too often with these shows the demolition crew just destroys things that can still have use.
Now I realize that the audience for these shows are people who are the target customers of a few big-box home decor corporations.
The shows are not really about housing at all - they are about aspiration, increasing desire for new things so people will go out and go into debt because they think they need new things.
And that is the bottom line on why so many people can not afford to buy a residence anymore.
We have a growing housing problem in this country. Construction of rentable units in cities is not keeping up with the aging out of old buildings. Single family dwellings are not affordable for most young couples anymore, if they live in a city.
And the shallow and greedy proposition that flippers embrace cannot do anything but make that worse.
Fundamental reform is needed in finance and land ownership.
Been a 3/6 day all around so far. WordHurdle
re: #105 Eventual Carrion
I found going to six letter words way harder than I expected. I’m like…I know I know some six letter words. What were they again?
Gov Abbott abandoning children on the side of the road on Christmas Eve will go down as one his most despicable acts ever. Abbott belongs in prison.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 26, 2022
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Continuing my ranting about housing and flippers…
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We have a growing housing problem in this country. Construction of rentable units in cities is not keeping up with the aging out of old buildings. Single family dwellings are not affordable for most young couples anymore, if they live in a city.
And the shallow and greedy proposition that flippers embrace cannot do anything but make that worse.
Fundamental reform is needed in finance and land ownership.
The US has one of the fastest growing populations in the world, doubling in just sixty years and as Samuel Clemens supposedly once said when asked about investments, “Buy land son, they’re not making it any more.” The cost of matchwood and spackle is peanuts compared to the price of a half-acre of well-situated land near to utilities, stores, schools etc. that is zoned for residential and there are a lot of people wanting just that.
Most folks, as soon as they buy a home or a property spend time, money and effort ripping out what they find and replacing it to their own taste anyway. Here in Britain there’s a decor that’s called “builder’s beige” that experienced home sellers aim for, a clean neutral paint job and minimal flooring and accents that the would-be buyers can project their own desires and aspirations onto.
The death case of Pavel is the most interesting:
His body was found under the windows of a hotel in India, on December 24th. Before that, on December 22, his friend Vladimir Bidenov, businessman from Yoshkar-Ola, was found dead in the same hotel.
/2https://t.co/hAmtWiFP3I— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 26, 2022
re: #109 Patricia Kayden
Guess Putin really is going full Sith Lord. “You have failed me for the last time.”
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
Guess Putin really is going full Sith Lord. “You have failed me for the last time.”
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re: #113 Teukka
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And yeah, in case some of y’all claim the Melon Usk comment is ‘shopped:
Epic thread!!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2022
re: #114 Teukka
And yeah, in case some of y’all claim the Melon Usk comment is ‘shopped:
FYI: Melon stans doing the “he’s only meme’in / joking” schtick.
re: #115 Teukka
FYI: Melon stans doing the “he’s only meme’in / joking” schtick.
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it’s enemy action.”
– Ian Fleming, “Goldfinger” (1959)
Original: https://t.co/BgVXKD8gJ5 pic.twitter.com/vA3UEj22D0— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) December 27, 2022
re: #116 Teukka
Why would the EU collapse if the UK rejoined them? That doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I don’t watch This Old House because I tired of the unlimited budget the homeowners have.
Rehabs are full of sweat, tears and lead.
I really doubt she does the work. She shows up for a photo shoot. She was featured on GMA this morning.
Reality TV personality Christina Hall, 39, said Thursday she is suffering from mercury and lead poisoning - and fears her work renovating houses made her sick.
The Flip or Flop star revealed her health issues on her Instagram story Thursday. She had told followers she was experiencing illness last week, and feared her ailment was caused by her breast implants.
Diagnostic scans found the true culprit. Ms Hall fears her work renovating homes is at the source of her issues, saying: ‘[the problems] most likely from all the gross houses I’ve been in and I have small intestine bacteria overgrowth.’
And a new Post Hoc liar is born
“I never claimed to be Jewish. I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’”
— Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY), quoted by the Jerusalem Post.
Did he say jew-dash-ish?
Use “air quotes”
Emphasise the jewISH
Actually say “ish” as the younger generation does when they mean ish
Effing liar
re: #117 Dr Lizardo
Why would the EU collapse if the UK rejoined them? That doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.
My question is WTF has he been eating, drinking, mainlining, inhaling, snorting and used as an enema?
(Agencia Efe, in English, December 26, 2022)
Suspect in failed Brazil bomb attack: I wanted to halt Lula’s inauguration
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 25 (EFE).- The supporter of Brazilian ultrarightist President Jair Bolsonaro who was arrested on the weekend after trying to detonate a bomb in Brasilia and from whom authorities seized an arsenal of weaponry admitted that his aim was to cause chaos to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
According to excerpts from his questioning released Sunday by the Federal District Civil Police, the accused admitted that he had planned to detonate the bomb with other Bolsonaro supporters who are camped out in front of the Brazilian army’s general headquarters to call upon the soldiers to stage a coup d’etat to prevent the leftist Lula’s investiture on Jan. 1.
He added that the aim of the two attacks that the group had planned was to “start chaos” that would force the authorities to declare a “state of siege” and enable the army to launch the coup.
“I decided to work out a plan with the demonstrators at the Army General Headquarters to provoke an intervention by the armed forces and the declaration of a state of siege to prevent the inauguration of communism in Brazil,” the suspect said.
The suspect was charged with terrorism after admitting that he built the bomb.
Businessman George Washington de Oliveira Sousa, 54, was formally charged with terrorism after admitting that he built the bomb that was placed inside a fuel tanker truck but deactivated on Saturday by police before the vehicle could be driven to Brasilia’s international airport.
Sousa said that he lives in the Amazon state of Para and that he has been in Brasilia since Nov. 12 as part of the groups of Bolsonaro followers camped out in front of the barracks, adding that they do not recognize Lula’s election victory in last October’s presidential election.
“What motivated me to acquire the weapons (seized at his home) were the words of President Bolsonaro, who always emphasizes the importance of civilian armament,” he added.
Lula’s future attorney general, Flavio Dino, said that the camps set up by the Bolsonaro supporters in front of the military barracks where they have been calling for a coup have been transformed into terrorist “incubators” and he called on the authorities to break them up.
“The serious events of Saturday in Brasilia prove that such ‘patriotic’ camps have become incubators for terrorists,” he said.
“No political deal is possible (with such people) and there will be no amnesty for terrorists, their supporters and financiers,” he warned.
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re: #121 Teukka
My question is WTF has he been eating, drinking, mainlining, inhaling, snorting and used as an enema?
He seems to have inherited Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s clown mantle. You know, when the Kremlin needs to trot someone out in front of the cameras to say something laughably preposterous.
Wonkette, December 26, 2022
Of all the messed up things the anti-vaxxers, COVID conspiracists and QAnon people have done, one of the cruelest has been their obsession the past few years with finding obituaries of people who died from heart issues, or whose obituaries say they “died suddenly,” and harassing their loved ones by baselessly claiming those people died from complications of the COVID vaccine, often accusing them of covering it up. It’s absolutely evil.
Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, it appears to have gotten a lot worse. The night before Christmas, a user calling herself “My Hero Q” posted a video of CNA reporter Julie Yoo collapsing on air, along with the caption “How many on air vax deaths before people who are vaxxed realize their situation? When they cut back to the news reporter the look on her face says she was just told to not say a word…”
The answer to that question is “zero.” Julie Yoo is very much alive and fainted on air back in November due to low blood sugar and dehydration.
This woman didn’t know anything about Julie Yoo’s collapse, she didn’t know if Yoo had been vaccinated or not, and she definitely did not know what the other anchor was “told” to do in response to an obviously awkward situation. She literally just made up an entire storyline that fit her agenda.
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re: #120 Dangerman
Well that link wound up in the wrong place. Tiny screen fat fingers
re: #124 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Wonkette, December 26, 2022
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Went to the same school as George Santos
re: #120 Dangerman
He may not get unseated but ill be damned if the press should treat anything he says as true or serious
re: #98 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It must be exhausting to have all that hatred in their children’s heart. It is their burden to bear, and they choose to bear it.
Speaker Santos has betrayed the legacies of Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
-David Brooks, 2030— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 27, 2022
Wapo no link
“Zeidman, a former chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, said he spoke with Santos at the RJC’s (Republican Jewish Council) annual leadership meeting in November, where Santos gave a speech in which he highlighted what he said was his Jewish ancestry. At the time, Zeidman came away impressed but has since been stunned by reports raising questions about Santos’s biography.
“I’m really sort of torn,” Zeidman said, “because you don’t want to give up a Republican seat in Congress, and I’m not sure we could ever win it back again. But I certainly think that the leadership of the Republican Party has an obligation not to seat someone that is obviously totally phony.”
re: #131 Dangerman
He wore some flippers when he went diving, so he’s clearly also Finnish
McCarthy on November 19th says with the election of George Santos, they have the largest Republican Jewish Caucus in 24 years pic.twitter.com/3NfdEady39
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 27, 2022
They just went from largest to large-ish.
Ok I’m done now
re: #133 Shropshire Slasher
The outrage that a politician would lie!
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There were acceptable lies…campaign promises…meaningless, spinning the oppo’s record…obvious
I think these are an unacceptable type
Voters don’t have the means to vet this stuff themselves
re: #132 Dangerman
He wore some flippers when he went diving, so he’s clearly also Finnish
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They just went from largest to large-ish.
Ok I’m done now
And the maga Nazis are always whining that the Left plays “identity politics”.
re: #128 Shropshire Slasher
It must be exhausting to have all that hatred in their children’s heart. It is their burden to bear, and they choose to bear it.
Hate in the children’s hearts? I’m not sure I understand, since it’s the parents driving away their children.
A few hours ago that article led me down a rabbit hole of a whole bunch of these fora where the children are demonised by their parents because the children cut them off for toxicity (antivaxxer stances, trying to drive wedges in marital relationships, trying to control adult children as though they were minors, &c).
Like the article says, the parents have the reason the child cut them out (letters, E-mails, texts, &c) but somehow they never post excerpts of those conversations; if those letters &c actually supported the parents’ position, they would offer them as proof.
Prager’s a lying ass.
re: #136 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
No, you don’t understand.
A 22-year-old woman killed in the monster snowstorm that pounded upstate New York sent terrifying video of the blizzard to her family just hours before she was found dead in her car.Anndel Taylor became one of at least 28 killed in what Gov. Kathy Hochul has called “the blizzard of the century” after getting trapped while driving home from work in Buffalo on Friday afternoon.
She shared a series of videos with her sisters in North Carolina — the last one just after midnight showing her rolling down her ice-covered window to show a nearby van also stuck with its emergency lights on.
“She was telling my sister that she was scared,” one of Taylor’s sisters, Tomeshia Brown, told WSOC-TV.
Her family told the outlet that she is believed to have been trapped in her car for around 18 hours before she was found on Christmas Eve.
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse (Japan News, December 27, 2022)
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Not that Japan handles child abuse very well anyway…there’ve been some spectacular screwups with terrible consequences in the past. This is just butt covering by the LDP after the whole “we were in cahoots with a Korean religious group that requires its Japanese members to pay for ceremonies to purify themselves of their evil Japanese members and as a result an ex-PM got assassinated” fracas.
re: #132 Dangerman
He wore some flippers when he went diving, so he’s clearly also Finnish
They just went from largest to large-ish.
Ok I’m done now
Hm. Largest Jewish caucus in history.
Wikipedia didn’t waste any time removing the douchecanoe from Long Island from their list of Jewish congressmen-elect.
So let’s count the list:
Lee Zeldin (resigned to run for NY-GOV)
David Kustoff (R-TN8, reëlected)
Max Miller (R-OH7, former aide to Donald Trump)
So two, remaining two after one leaves and another enters.
The other thirty-five are Democrats.
re: #139 mmmirele
Not that Japan handles child abuse very well anyway…there’ve been some spectacular screwups with terrible consequences in the past. This is just butt covering by the LDP after the whole “we were in cahoots with a Korean religious group that requires its Japanese members to pay for ceremonies to purify themselves of their evil Japanese members and as a result an ex-PM got assassinated” fracas.
I don’t think any developed nation handles child abuse particularly well, because to really face the problem, you would have to admit that your policies were ill suited (both left and right).
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hm. Largest Jewish caucus in history.
Wikipedia didn’t waste any time removing the douchecanoe from Long Island from their list of Jewish congressmen-elect.
So let’s count the list:
Lee Zeldin (resigned to run for NY-GOV)
David Kustoff (R-TN8, reëlected)
Max Miller (R-OH7, former aide to Donald Trump)So two, remaining two after one leaves and another enters.
The other thirty-five are Democrats.
Jewish Republican caucus shrinks 25% overnight
re: #128 Shropshire Slasher
It must be exhausting to have all that hatred in their children’s heart. It is their burden to bear, and they choose to bear it.
Brother and sister friends of my son had to cut their mother out of their lives, even to the point where she was not invited to his wedding. During the Obama administration, she decided to start believing conspiracy theories about how the government was run, going full QAnon. Then she started attacking them for their wicked lifestyles, him for being at college, her for being bi. She became major anti-vax, and refused to get the vaccine or follow any of the protocols, so, when he had his wedding in late 2020, she wasn’t invited.
A Russian sausage magnate and politician who briefly criticised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has died after falling from the third-floor window of a luxury hotel in India
Becoming like “school shooting in united States”
Daily ho hum
re: #144 Belafon
Brother and sister friends of my son had to cut their mother out of their lives, even to the point where she was not invited to his wedding. During the Obama administration, she decided to start believing conspiracy theories about how the government was run, going full QAnon. Then she started attacking them for their wicked lifestyles, him for being at college, her for being bi. She became major anti-vax, and refused to get the vaccine or follow any of the protocols, so, when he had his wedding in late 2020, she wasn’t invited.
I had to cut my sister out of my life for a lifetime of abuse.
It’s said centrism always aids the oppressor, and in the case of parents who say “they can’t choose between their children,” that means they choose to support the abusing child.
Since my mother is a clinical psychologist, she understands the dynamic of abusive siblings and enabling parents, and why cutting toxic family members out of your life sometimes is the only solution. She too isn’t going to cut out my sister from her life, but she never mentions her to me because she knows there isn’t going to be any reconciliation.
re: #146 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I cut a block of relatives out of my life because of their addiction to right wing Jesus and the Republican Party.
And they are so addicted to both Right Wing Jesus and the Republicans that they continue to double down on their hatred of Joe Biden and Kamala. Oh and then there are all this times they posted prayers for Masterbateriano and THE OZHOLE to get elected in Pennsylvania. And when they didn’t now they focus their hate on Giselle Fetterman.
These people need therapy:
Today is December 27, 2022 and President Donald J. Trump is still the only legitimate President of the US.
— Kathy Ultra Mega MAGA🍊 (@KLUltraMaga) December 27, 2022
— John Wildman (@wildmanjohn10) August 24, 2022
A doctor that tells you to accept you will die and ignore treatment seems like someone who is in the wrong field.
re: #148 Dr. Matt
These people need therapy:
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Then he’s doing a piss poor job at it
re: #137 Shropshire Slasher
No, you don’t understand.
Actually, I do understand and you don’t get it. There are a LOT of parents out there who expect their adult children to be exactly as they (the parents) want. We have parents out there who deliberately withheld their adult children’s birth certificates (if they even HAD them, because their parents were so whack they never documented their child’s birth) to keep them within the family orbit. Other children get shitty homeschool educations, and they basically have nowhere to go until it just becomes too much and they leave for their own safety and sanity.
I thought that growing up in a household with a certified paranoid schizophrenic mom was bad, but my parents didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted, and the one time my father tried to order me home (I was 22), I told him no. That’s NOTHING compared to these parents who think they own their children and expect their children to act like robots. Blergh.
re: #127 Dangerman
The media will treat him seriously just like they do with other Republican liars up to and including Trump.
re: #152 mmmirele
Actually, I do understand and you don’t get it. There are a LOT of parents out there who expect their adult children to be exactly as they (the parents) want. We have parents out there who deliberately withheld their adult children’s birth certificates (if they even HAD them, because their parents were so whack they never documented their child’s birth) to keep them within the family orbit. Other children get shitty homeschool educations, and they basically have nowhere to go until it just becomes too much and they leave for their own safety and sanity.
I thought that growing up in a household with a certified paranoid schizophrenic mom was bad, but my parents didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted, and the one time my father tried to order me home (I was 22), I told him no. That’s NOTHING compared to these parents who think they own their children and expect their children to act like robots. Blergh.
I think you turned out really well, and I appreciate your feedback.
Is your burden heavy?
re: #138 Shropshire Slasher
I wish the government had ordered businesses to close down in anticipation of this storm. Just awful that anyone had to go to work in this weather and lose their life.
re: #152 mmmirele
My parents didn’t do that to me. They never got over the hurt of seeing my sisters infected by Right Wing Jesus and turning hard core Republican. Especially my oldest sister who put he five kids in “christian” schools. Every one of her kids turned dysfunctional. Broke Mom’s heart repeatedly. Into militias, 3%ers and QAnon they went and one of them decided to participate in the coup wound up arrested and never went to trial because they died from covid. They’ve now had children who are even more rabid Xtians and QAssholes.
re: #128 Shropshire Slasher
It must be exhausting to have all that hatred in their children’s heart. It is their burden to bear, and they choose to bear it.
Reading Belafon’s comment reminded me of how my mom turned 18 and moved out of her father’s house that day. He was not invited to her wedding the next year. She didn’t speak to him for the rest of his life (24 years). My mother has not clearly stated why this was the case but
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After he died, she struck up a relationship with her stepmother that lasted until the latter’s death. There’s a picture of them laughing it up on mom’s fridge.
So yeah, parents can be AWFUL.
‘Bye-bye, baby’: Experts @mayawiley @basilsmiklephd and @AWeissmann_ affirmatively conclude ‘yes, it’s happening’ — Trump is getting indicted https://t.co/akEJh4hzNV
— Sarah Burris 🌻 (@SarahBurris) December 27, 2022
re: #158 Dangerman
He clarified that it was the strongest [case] “in the sense that the government is going to indict and it’s hard to see a valid defense there. That is a simple case. He took the documents. He knew he took the documents. There is gonna be a whole lot of lawyers from the White House who are key witnesses to say, ‘I told him not to do it. I told him it was illegal. I told him that these are government property.’ The fact that it took 18 months is going to be unbelievably damning evidence.”
re: #161 Dangerman
This is why he’s not worried
“I have a very good brain.” ~~Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/FpxAPDfl5Q
— ITSC839565 (@RBostic5) December 27, 2022
re: #128 Shropshire Slasher
It must be exhausting to have all that hatred in their children’s heart. It is their burden to bear, and they choose to bear it.
You obviously don’t know how much energy it can take to stay with some parents, and how caustic that can be. My mom had an anger problem growing up, which she learned from her dad. We all, including my dad, had to learn how to carefully live around her, how to say things in a way that wouldn’t get her angry. It contributed a lot to why I could be way too manipulative when I was younger (my brother still hasn’t quite broken out of it).
She’s a lot better now. She doesn’t have kids around her every day, her grandchildren have challenged her assumptions - two of my sons are gay, three of her step-grandchildren are half Latino - and heart bypass surgery tends to slow you down, but I still have a tendency of not hearing what she says the first time because it was a survival mechanism.
And the only reasons I can truly tolerate her now are 1) Dad, and 2) I had a stronger will than her ultimately, but I can tell you that there are choices I have made since I was an adult that are clearly marked by trying to revolt against her emotional abuse.
So, in some cases, leaving is the less worst outcome.
re: #160 Crush White Nationalism
Is there even a strain of weed for watching that?
re: #150 Dangerman
Speaking out against an African woman? Not a good look.
— 🎅Merry Gun🎅 (@BR_ball1911) August 24, 2022
Yeah, Hoss, that ain’t it.
re: #166 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I put that quack Stella Immanuel in the same basket as those bodybuilder “coaches” who pump their clients full of steroids…and take NO FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.
re: #150 Dangerman
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That name is familiar. *Googles*
Holy shit, that is the “Devil Sperm” lady!
If I were George Santos’ lawyer, I, too, would advise him not to resign until such time as he could negotiate that as part of a plea deal.
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) December 27, 2022
My wife just saw an announcement that they are going to tear down the Galleria mall in Dallas. It was the fancy mall when I was growing up.
This kid’s reaction is what makes this fun.
How is this even possible…. pic.twitter.com/4L39oeEq8D
— Baseball (@mlbelites_) December 26, 2022
re: #128 Shropshire Slasher
Children choosing to disown shithead right wing parents is a burden for the children to bear? What the fuck, dude?
It’s not crashing….it’s self-parking.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) December 27, 2022
re: #166 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I bet she’s gotten a filling.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) December 27, 2022
I dunno, man. Anyone who regularly posts NYPost and Daily Mail articles every single day as legitimate news sources probably shouldn’t be taken seriously.
re: #177 teleskiguy
I dunno, man. Anyone who regularly posts NYPost and Daily Mail articles every single day as legitimate news sources probably shouldn’t be taken seriously.
Especially the Daily Fail.
Colorado’s first avalanche death of 2022-23 winter happens on Berthoud Pass https://t.co/oDg6DEJZ6z
— The Colorado Sun (@ColoradoSun) December 27, 2022
Four skiers caught in a slide on the Winter Park side of Berthoud Pass, two buried, one killed, a 44-year-old man.
RIP
You know who else is devaluing $TSLA stock? The owner spending $44billion to troll his customers. https://t.co/aKOjkJZnkS
— Church Of Atheism Podcast (@TheCOAPodcast) December 27, 2022
What year did this happen?
Quite the Christmas pic.twitter.com/SHPIu2DP7l
— Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) December 27, 2022
Short-sellers make $15 billion betting against Tesla as shares in Elon Musk’s company sink by 70% this year
Maybe I shouldn’t be buying Powerball tickets…
re: #178 Joe Bacon
Especially the Daily Fail.
Also known as the Daily Heil (the Mail has a long history of supporting right-wing politics, all the way back to the rise of the NSDAP in Germany in the 1930s).
re: #182 Joe Bacon
Damn, I wish I’d thought of that. It was a pretty safe bet almost as soon as Elon took over Twitter.
The Roches badassness goes so far above and beyond. https://t.co/yIfWk7ZdPh
— Drive-By Truckers (@drivebytruckers) December 27, 2022
Ukrainian cats are bad ass.
Defenders of Ukraine on guard 😼♥️ pic.twitter.com/WjfU3WH6rW
— Tarmo 🇨🇿 🇺🇦 🇫🇮 🇪🇺 NAFO (@TarmoFella) December 25, 2022
re: #183 Nojay UK
Also known as the Daily Heil (the Mail has a long history of supporting right-wing politics, all the way back to the rise of the NSDAP in Germany in the 1930s).
Yes I remember from studying British history in college. Oh they had a love affair with Oswald Mosley and his New Party with became the British Union of Fascists…
re: #184 Eclectic Cyborg
Just before COVID hit in 2020 $TSLA was trading at about 30 dollars a share. It was one of the few shares to do really well during the pandemic when the stock market in general took a beating, peaking at about 300 bucks a share a few weeks ago.
re: #183 Nojay UK
Also known as the Daily Heil (the Mail has a long history of supporting right-wing politics, all the way back to the rise of the NSDAP in Germany in the 1930s).
“Hurrah for the Blackshirts!” One of the Daily Mail’s more memorable journalistic screeds. Written by Viscount Rothermere himself.
Prediction, Elmo gets removed from the Tesla board by the end of the week/year.
re: #170 Dangerman
Hadn’t heard that he has been charged for any crimes.
re: #190 teleskiguy
So he can concentrate more on destroying the Bird.
re: #182 Joe Bacon
Short-sellers make $15 billion betting against Tesla as shares in Elon Musk’s company sink by 70% this year
Maybe I shouldn’t be buying Powerball tickets…
I saw that TSLQ - the short sell stock - was climbing when Tesla hit 150. It was around 68-69 then…I thought it was too late to get in. Would have made 25% in two weeks.
re: #175 darthstar
Based on today’s TSLA stock price, Elon is now coming under tremendous pressure now that his stake in the company is now worth a maximum of approx. $49 Billion.
We all know he foolishly spent $44 Billion on a money-losing company but also took out loans with tremendously bad interest rates as well. He also got fellow traveler billionaire dipshits to invest with him who are now also feeling the pinch and probably letting Elon know about :when am I getting my money back?” questions on a daily basis.
The weekly and monthly money-losing drain will really start being felt into next year. While Elon doesn’t have to report quarterly numbers anymore for Twitter, he cannot escape the ugly reality of becoming a net debtor and will likely sell off the company for Pennie’s or just simply shut it down and sell everything down to the last stapler within the first half of 2023. Either that, or he will be forced to unload many more shares of Tesla and likely be booted from the CEO chair. Already prominent investors are calling for him to step down. If TSLA falls below $100, they will come for his head.
re: #191 Patricia Kayden
Hadn’t heard that he has been charged for any crimes.
One of the things that always bothers me about congress critters is that they can resign their seats to avoid jail time when they do commit crimes and get caught. “You drop the charges and I’ll resign to spend time with my family with no admission of guilt, K?”
re: #194 Florida Panhandler
If TSLA falls below $100, they will come for his head.
That could happen this week. It’s at 113.17, losing about a dollar per hour at the moment.
re: #195 darthstar
One of the things that always bothers me about congress critters is that they can resign their seats to avoid jail time when they do commit crimes and get caught. “You drop the charges and I’ll resign to spend time with my family with no admission of guilt, K?”
Imagine the RW screeching if AOC or Tlaib ever pulled something like that.
I’m going to bail out now. Checking parachute … Geronimo!
re: #190 teleskiguy
Prediction, Elmo gets removed from the Tesla board by the end of the week/year.
From your lips…
Waiting for more information on this, but it sounds like Ukraine may have put a nice dent in Russia’s ability to conveniently launch cruise missiles from bombers. And Russia apparently moved some of its bombers about four time zones away.
Ukrainian military journalist Volodymyr Zolkin with reference to his sources reports that as a result of yesterday’s attack on Engels, 5 TU-95MS were damaged, 17 soldiers killed, 26 wounded (3 of them in serious condition), and the control tower was destroyed.
Unconfirmed pic.twitter.com/a2E48zefua— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 27, 2022
The russians evacuated 4-6 Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Engels-2 airfield. The planes might have been transferred to the “Ukrainka” airfield in the Amur region.
What irony in the name 😉
Is something happening? Why moving to the Far East more than 7000km away?🤔 pic.twitter.com/M0O307yGvs— Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) December 27, 2022
The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ease an escape.Adam Fox returned to federal court Tuesday, four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
re: #202 Dr Lizardo
Now that’s the kind of Finding Out I can get behind.
When my uncle said “got your nose,” I later learned he in fact did not have my nose at all. Thread (1/531) pic.twitter.com/W4xb9E9rJQ
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) December 26, 2022
re: #191 Patricia Kayden
Hadn’t heard that he has been charged for any crimes.
Nope.not yet and not likely alas.
OOF. Just OOOF.
I am not “friendly” to Trump’s people, and even if I was, that’s how journalism works.
by Maggie Haberman— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 26, 2022
re: #207 Teukka
OOF. Just OOOF.
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This is them
I didn’t do it.
And if I did , it was the right thing to do
Of course Mr. “We Are All Domestic Terrorists” comes to the defense of George Santos!
CPAC’s Matt Schlapp: George Santos shouldn’t resign because Elizabeth Warren set ‘precedent’
“Well, you know, we have precedent for this,” Schlapp quipped. “We have Elizabeth Warren is in the United States Senate. She famously embellished the background of being a Native American. We have Joe Biden who ran for president in 1988 and famously embellished the fact that he got a scholarship to go to law school and he finished at the top of his class and got awards and all that. Turned out to be untrue and he had to quit the presidential race and he lied about his resume.”
re: #184 Eclectic Cyborg
Damn, I wish I’d thought of that. It was a pretty safe bet almost as soon as Elon took over Twitter.
It was always a pretty safe bet. Tesla had a market cap bigger than companies like GM and Ford that produce more cars in a week than Tesla did in a year. It never made sense and they were bound to come back to earth especially once those big guys got seriously into EVs. Twitter certainly didn’t help, but it wasn’t a leading factor IMO
Sounds weird, but try UHaul. They sometimes have vans available.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 27, 2022
Anyone wondering why Benji can’t find the spot that makes her Hot?
— Elmo of Douchebainia (@TravisBlues) December 27, 2022
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
Too bad it’s not an extra 20 years. But it’s a good start.
Half A Million Dollars In Sanctions On Kari Lake & Attorneys Proposed In AZ https://t.co/jwQbQD92ih
Donald Trump is denying reports that he asked Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to be part of his 2024 presidential campaign.He says he “specifically asked them not to do it” noting it’s “too mean and nasty with the Fake & Corrupt News and having to deal with some absolutely horrendous SleazeBags in the world of politics, and beyond.”
Rando: ran his statement through 1984 filter (black is white, up is down, etc.) and here’s the readout: “I asked them to do it and they said no.”
And:
Trump translator in one line of pseudo code
Truth = (-1)*(Whatever Trump Said)
Southwest fiasco hits DTW which is not even a hub.
BREAKING: Southwest Airlines cancellations piling up at Detroit Metro Airport https://t.co/bWba9xRoEC
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) December 27, 2022
re: #217 Dangerman
From what I’m hearing Kushner and Ivanka are on the rocks so they probably don’t have time to invest in another losing campaign.
Southwest Airlines dramatically reduced its flight schedule and has stopped selling tickets for most of the country in the coming days as it tries to restore an operation broken by winter weather and outdated technology.
Dallas-based Southwest is cutting about two-thirds of its flights in the coming days in an attempt to “reset” operations, the company told staff in a message late Monday night, reducing daily flights from about 4,000 to around 1,400 nationwide.
“We’ve had another very tough day today in the operation,” CEO Bob Jordan said in a message to employees. “And there are several more days ahead of us in all likelihood.”
Southwest stopped selling tickets for flights in the coming days to prevent customers from booking travel that will likely be canceled.
“Due to our limited schedule and large number of re-accommodations, inventory available to book flights across our network is very low, but we are still operating flights,” Southwest spokesman Chris Perry said in a statement.
Southwest has canceled more than 8,000 flights since Thursday with thousands more cancellations coming in the next few days as it tries to find a way to get pilots and flight attendants in the right place.
I feel bad for the poor saps that have to work the Customer Service lines during this incredibly massive fuckup.
re: #187 Joe Bacon
Yes I remember from studying British history in college. Oh they had a love affair with Oswald Mosley and his New Party with became the British Union of Fascists…
It was Mosley who introduced Wallis to the King, and maneuvered to keep her in his orbit. One of the earliest pieces of evidence that she was a Nazi agent.
re: #219 Patricia Kayden
From what I’m hearing Kushner and Ivanka are on the rocks so they probably don’t have time to invest in another losing campaign.
I have no doubt Ivanka is hurting Jared’s brand with the whole Nazi-friendly aspect of the Trump family name, so he is looking to unattached himself… but we’ll see. Opportunistic scumbags seem to always find a way to out-gross themselves.
Beijing Hospital being overwhelmed with elderly Covid patients. With the Covid lockdowns over, China is going to have a massive surge among the huge number of unvaccinated elderly Chinese.
It’s time for Lizzo to pay another visit to the Library of Congress, play another tune on James Madison’s crystal flute and piss off the Republicans even more.
re: #222 Florida Panhandler
I have no doubt Ivanka is hurting Jared’s brand with the whole Nazi-friendly aspect of the Trump family name, so he is looking to unattached himself… but we’ll see. Opportunistic scumbags seem to always find a way to out-gross themselves.
$2B in Bonesaw Bucks goes a long way.
re: #223 No Malarkey!
Beijing Hospital being overwhelmed with elderly Covid patients. With the Covid lockdowns over, China is going to have a massive surge among the huge number of unvaccinated elderly Chinese.
And Spring Festival (lunar new year) starts on 22 January. Little over three weeks from now.
People are already starting to travel home from the big cities to their families in the more rural areas.
re: #170 Dangerman
A girl friend who is very observant (but not really orthodox) said last night that 4 NY districts that flipped GOP had a high concentration of orthodox Jews. The Santos district might be especially unhappy about his lies
We all make serious mistakes.
Like honesty.
We should have just lied. Then lied again, and lie some more and we could have been Titans Of Industry and/or Politics.
Print up some degrees. Hang a few awards. Photoshop some portraits. Fleece a few hundred folks as they adore you.
Gravy Train.
Don’t you know who I AM??!!
re: #225 Dave In Austin
$2B in Bonesaw Bucks goes a long way.
She wants half of that in the divorce settlement.
re: #222 Florida Panhandler
I have no doubt Ivanka is hurting Jared’s brand with the whole Nazi-friendly aspect of the Trump family name, so he is looking to unattached himself… but we’ll see. Opportunistic scumbags seem to always find a way to out-gross themselves.
I would guess that it might be the other way round, too: the Kushner “brand” is, and was always, real-estate development: his “in” in the Trump Admin got him a golden payday via his Middle East deal making/peacemaking*: it was Ivanka who had had to rely on “public” perceptions to bolster HER “brand” - tricked-up schlock fashion, but who remembers that now? - the association with Daddy’s shitshow of a Presidency was likely more damaging to her.
*No sarc tags or scare quotes here: like Jared or not, on an objective basis, the “Abraham Accords” - assuming they can hold up - are virtually the only positive foreign-policy achievement of the entire Trump Administration. Flawed, of course, but still, (IMO) a positive.
re: #175 darthstar
“BREAKING: $TSLA stock crashes on open. Elon’s app shows the crash as an upward price trend??”
When Musk destroyed the mystique surrounding him, the stock price may be returning to a sane level reflecting its actual promise. The stock was worth $30 beginning of January 2020. So it still has a way to drop to return to where it may actually belong — perhaps at least another 50%.
Shut up, Elon.
— Hal Perry 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@halperry) December 27, 2022
re: #4 jaunte
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Ryan Burge wrote on Twitter:
These are the congressional districts with the highest concentration of atheists.
Based on the 2010-2020 maps.
CO-02: Joe Neguse (D) - 13%
WA-07: Pramila Jayapal (D) - 13%
CA-12: Nancy Pelosi (D) - 10%
CA-27: Judy Chu (D) - 10%
MD-08: Jamie Raskin (D) - 10%Where’d he get all the atheists in the Nebraska Panhandle? Plus, NE-3 isn’t the Panhandle. It’s the whole state except Omaha and Lincoln.
hell, if i lived in nebraska, except omaha or lincoln, I wouldn’t believe in god either.
As expected, she doubles down!
‘Now they’re trying to sanction me’: Kari Lake explodes at ‘outrageous’ fallout from court loss
re: #234 Joe Bacon
As expected, she doubles down!
‘Now they’re trying to sanction me’: Kari Lake explodes at ‘outrageous’ fallout from court loss
Yep. The progression will go…
“It’s outrageous, I won’t pay it!”
“You can’t make me pay it!”
“I don’t recognize your authority to make me pay it!”
“You can’t arrest me! Do you know who I am?”
re: #232 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization
I wonder if it has finally occurred to the Tesla BOD that their CEO personally values trolling much more than accumulating wealth.
I wonder if they also feel the same way. I think they do not.
We’ll see what happens in the next few weeks as quarterly reporting gets underway.
re: #236 Florida Panhandler
I wonder if it has finally occurred to the Tesla BOD that their CEO personally values trolling much more than accumulating wealth.
I wonder if they also feel the same way. I think they do not.
We’ll see what happens in the next few weeks as quarterly reporting gets underway.
I think Teleski is right. He may be removed much more quickly than in a few weeks.
For the radio-active (pun intended) Lizardim:
Minor R1 radio blackout in progress (≥M1 - current: M1.02)
Follow live on https://t.co/3Xxrvc3cpA pic.twitter.com/E8Zb1lgK2U— SpaceWeatherLive (@_SpaceWeather_) December 27, 2022
He just can’t shut up.
Santos Blames ‘Bourgeois’ Media for Pointing Out His Many, Many Campaign Lies
“I’m not a criminal”
Santos told various publications on Monday, vowing to take office despite calls for his resignation.
Hmmmm…isn’t he aware that “bourgeois” media endlessly gave him pass after pass? 🤔
re: #239 Joe Bacon
“How dare you call me out on all my bullshit!”
re: #219 Patricia Kayden
From what I’m hearing Kushner and Ivanka are on the rocks so they probably don’t have time to invest in another losing campaign.
So who gets the Indian Creek country club property?
GOP’s George Santos disinvited from Republican Jewish Coalition events after lies revealed
Republican Jewish Coalition says Rep.-elect George Santos is not welcome at its future events.
“He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. In public comments and to us personally he previously claimed to be Jewish. He has begun his tenure in Congress on a very wrong note” pic.twitter.com/Itjp1jf2eX— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) December 27, 2022
re: #239 Joe Bacon
He just can’t shut up.
Santos Blames ‘Bourgeois’ Media for Pointing Out His Many, Many Campaign Lies
“I’m not a criminal”Santos told various publications on Monday, vowing to take office despite calls for his resignation.
Is “I’m not a criminal” a valid defense when called out for lying about everything? Saying “I’m not an octopus” would be as relevant.
re: #216 Joe Bacon
I would take Amtrak on purpose. 😎
Remember this?
“I’m not a Witch, I’m you….
This keeps ringing when I hear this Santos Fraud.
re: #239 Joe Bacon
“I’m not a criminal!” = he is definitely a criminal.
re: #246 GlutenFreeJesus
“I’m not a criminal!” = he is definitely a criminal.
Yeah, I’m thinking there’s some criming going on beyond the whole check fraud thing. I’m just waiting for that shoe to drop.
re: #245 Dave In Austin
Here comes Santos Fraud
Here comes Santos Fraud
With another Santos Fraud Lie!
Here comes Santos Fraud
Here comes Santos Fraud
His political career gonna die
re: #245 Dave In Austin
Remember this?
“I’m not a Witch, I’m you….
This keeps ringing when I hear this Santos Fraud.
A witch would be able to make us believe that she’s us, so Christine is definitely not a witch.
With TFG’s utter meltdowns for the last several days, including that’s he’s immune from prosecution, it may be a tell that really bad news is about to drop.
re: #247 The Squire of Logos
Yeah, I’m thinking there’s some criming going on beyond the whole check fraud thing. I’m just waiting for that shoe to drop.
His financial disclosures in 2020 aren’t even close to his financial disclosures in 2022. Those are signed under penalty of perjury.
If his website had all these lies, and a “donate” button, that’s wire fraud.
He is a criminal.
re: #251 sagehen
Is there such a thing these days as a non-criminal Republican?
The GQP scum that has been calling Elizabeth Warren “ Pocahontas” are awfully quiet about Santos.
re: #253 Dr. Matt
The GQP scum that has been calling Elizabeth Warren “ Pocahontas” are awfully quiet about Santos.
Except Matt Schmuck. He shot his mouth off about her.
Someone asked me to write up our adventure with scam ghost kitchens on Doordash. I’ts a wild ride.
“NUMBER ONE, as President, I have total Immunity.
Number two, I did nothing wrong.” pic.twitter.com/0COMQJgqhm— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2022
DISENFRANCHISED IN TENNESSEE: “More than 1 in 5 Black people of voting age can’t vote because of a felony” — the highest % in 🇺🇸: https://t.co/dSIat0hhnF
Mass incarceration is voter suppression. Ain’t that right, @sectrehargett? (From the @srl Pam Moses article) pic.twitter.com/Q3nUosYtFj— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 27, 2022
re: #250 Dr. Matt
With TFG’s utter meltdowns for the last several days, including that’s he’s immune from prosecution, it may be a tell that really bad news is about to drop.
One can only hope….
@SouthwestAir we are tired of saying “I’m sorry,” to our customers when we are faced with the same obstacles. For our customers and our crews, Southwest Airlines has to Make It Right! #MakeItRightSWA
Read the press release from @TWU556: https://t.co/viy4vcHhNE #TWU556 pic.twitter.com/uuCzyTSHvd— TWU Local 556 (@TWU556) December 26, 2022
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@SouthwestAir took $3.7B in federal aid from 2020-21.
It’s CEO got a pay raise to a $9.1M package in 2022.
Yet Southwest employees are working 16 hour shifts & threatened w/termination if they refuse overtime or call in sick.
Socialism for the wealthy. Capitalism for workers. https://t.co/noUi0D7Jxj— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 27, 2022
Adam Fox, the co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Glad to see people being held accountable!https://t.co/H96ZSOhllU pic.twitter.com/FPv51SCpkm— Leia🌻 (@TheSWPrincess) December 27, 2022
re: #259 Backwoods_Sleuth
You want your voting rights restored? Have you even tried to make a $100,000 donation to the Governor’s Super PAC?
re: #266 Joe Bacon
Look at that arrogant smirk on that punk’s face…
All I see is someone whose family tree probably looks a lot like this…..
re: #266 Joe Bacon
Look at that arrogant smirk on that punk’s face…
The look of someone who expects not to be doing that much time at all, either because he believes that law enforcement is on his side, or because he believes the collapse will come soon enough…
NUMBER ONE: pee pee.
Number two: poo poo.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2022
re: #268 Teukka
The look of someone who expects not to be doing that much time at all, either because he believes that law enforcement is on his side, or because he believes the collapse will come soon enough…
He probably thinks President Trump will pardon him in 2025.
re: #263 gwangung
I hope Southwest gets buried in lawsuits because of this.
re: #271 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope Southwest gets buried in lawsuits because of this.
That’s the sort of thing that I have no problem with.
When did “taking out the capacity for emergency surges” become a best practice? We see this all over business and government.
re: #270 No Malarkey!
He probably thinks President Trump will pardon him in 2025.
Or President DeSadist…
re: #272 nines09
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Thanks! I’ve only heard him on Wait, wait, Don’t Tell Me. Thought he’d be older. Oh, well, he will be.
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