re: #1 William Lewis
lol. The “d” is in the wrong place.
re: #275 Joe Bacon ✅
..
Instead, Turley intends to use his time on the stand to attack the past impeachment of former President Donald Trump. (of course)
“The purpose of my testimony today is to discuss how past inquiries pursued evidence of potentially impeachable conduct,” the statement continues.
Instead of answering your question I’m just gonna talk about what I wanna
They all do this
These guys give master classes in self inflicted wounding
NEW: Frustration in the GOP over 1st impeachment hearing, as the GOP witnesses undercut their narrative &say no evidence of crimes.
“Picking witnesses that refute House Republicans arguments for impeachment is mind blowing. This is an unmitigated disaster,” said senior R aide.— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) September 28, 2023
We’re all on a plane
Sometimes the Dems are in the pilot seat
Sometimes its these anti-science, irrational morons called Republicans
And we let them fly. Even for a while.
re: #362 Hecuba’s daughter
Got Covid shot on Tuesday and had no reactions whatsoever; had the flu shot last Friday, again with no reactions. Haven’t decided yet about RSV.
I still can’t get the shots.
The only immunizations available to me are supposed to be at one Walgreens in Scottsbluff and another in Sterling, Colorado.
The Colorado place already said they won’t vaccinate people from out-of-state due to shortages, and the Scottsbluff place says they don’t know if they’ll ever get it.
re: #359 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m a fan of “Call me Raja” and have contributed to his campaign — but really think that sometimes witnesses should be able to complete their sentences or explain the technicalities of their position. Issues are often more complex than a simple yes or no.
They were yes or no questions, and the witnesses were grandstanding to get clips on FOX.
Nope. That was the correct way to deal with the questions.
“Did you write an op-ed supporting polygamy and paedophilia” is a yes-or-no question. Let a Republican ask if they want nuance for that.
was listening to PSA on my way in and Veitor (I think), made the point that polls in Iowa and New Hampshire are saying that 80% of Republican primary voters are at least open to someone other than Trump. If that really is the case, it makes the performances last night even worse.
They didn’t even feel like a JV team, it was like a Freshman team. You’d think they’d have at least one governor on the bench that didn’t look like they were created by ChatGPT
re: #5 Dangerman
These guys give master classes in self inflicted wounding
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Raskin: “I’m struck by the fact that of the 4 expert witnesses brought together today, not a single one of them argued that a sufficient quantum of evidence exists to justify the impeachment of President Biden.” pic.twitter.com/jXITbVKAkU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 28, 2023
“Viewership of the first Biden impeachment hearing apparently dropped so much that both Fox News and Newsmax dumped their live coverage.”https://t.co/3hudkQvHHn via @politicususa
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) September 28, 2023
The Order of 9 Angles, a murderous, elusive XRW Satanist cult, has a new offshoot: 764, a splinter group that manipulates kids into producing CSAM & self harming.
Angel Almeida, or ‘Duck’, is the first member of 764 to be charged
Me for the @guardianhttps://t.co/nhD53kkQai— Ali Winston (@awinston) September 28, 2023
re: #12 Backwoods Sleuth
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Hate that my county was gerrymandered into sleazeball Comer’s district so that we can never have legitimate congressional representation. Just this lying hack.
A young man going places.
HAHA 😂 the reaction pic.twitter.com/gUvHVii22j
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
I actually know some of these people and I’m furious with them.
The stench of desperation from establishment GOPers is palpable.
None of the debate clowns showed that they’re ready for prime time, so the backroom moves and shenanigans are now hoping to elevate extremist VA Gov Youngkin into the spotlight.
Gonna be something when Youngkin never breaks 6% nationally. https://t.co/jfQjVM8mBr
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 28, 2023
re: #13 Teukka
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The FBI raided Almeida’s house based on an anonymous tip that he’d posted violent threats towards others & had an affinity for CSAM. His social media accounts were full of photos like this & support for Dylann Roof (Almeida is Latino fwiw) pic.twitter.com/QhEpwdWH5f
— Ali Winston (@awinston) September 28, 2023
re: #18 lawhawk
I read the name Peterffy as “Pufferfish”.
re: #19 Charles Johnson
Joe B. What a shame.
re: #20 Teukka
I’d say file under “What a fucking loser”.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
I actually know some of these people and I’m furious with them.
I was going to say, I saw Joe Bonamassa on that list - whom I’ve seen you post his videos here many times - and I was like, wait, what?
re: #16 Charles Johnson
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That list makes no fucking sense! Why would they do this stupidity?
re: #12 Backwoods Sleuth
My guess is the real reason FOX and Newsmax cut away is because the Republicans and their so-called witnesses are being torn apart so badly that the network execs don’t want their audiences to see it.
They might realise that the conservatives (and Libertarian Turley) are lying to them. And if they’re lying about this, what else are they lying about? Is it all lies?
re: #19 Charles Johnson
Anything for a paycheck? Anything to perform with Clapton despite all of his baggage - racism going back decades plus a unhealthy dose of antivax conspiracy theory bulkshit?
After all, we’ve seen musicians play private events around the world for despots and oligarchs and the worst of the worst, so what’s a “benefit” show, involving someone who is considered one of the great guitarists in history.
re: #27 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My guess is the real reason FOX and Newsmax cut away is because the Republicans and their so-called witnesses are being torn apart so badly that the network execs don’t want their audiences to see it.
They might realise that the conservatives (and Libertarian Turley) are lying to them. And if they’re lying about this, what else are they lying about? Is it all lies?
Turley testified that there’s nothing impeachable here, and that nothing here rises to the standard of impeachment. Nothing even to investigate - nothing the GOP profers supports impeachment.
re: #28 lawhawk
A lot of musicians like to keep politics out of their careers, and I can respect that. But appearing at an Eric Clapton event is an explicitly political act now. And it’s on the wrong side.
re: #30 lawhawk
Turley testified that there’s nothing impeachable here, and that nothing here rises to the standard of impeachment. Nothing even to investigate - nothing the GOP profers supports impeachment.
And that message cannot be transmitted to the conservative views of those two networks.
Probably didn’t help when he got cornered defending polygamy and paedophilia either.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
A lot of musicians like to keep politics out of their careers, and I can respect that. But appearing at an Eric Clapton event is an explicitly political act now. And it’s on the wrong side.
It seems that there’s more than a few musicians that purposefully lean into politicizing their concerts, but that seems limiting the audience, rather than seeking wider audience. I don’t get that. Does Clapton think he’s doing himself any favors cozying up with crackpots like RFK Jr. and spewing antivax bs?
Oh my god @MaxwellFrostFL’s new cover photo 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZIrqP8atzN
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 28, 2023
re: #30 lawhawk
Turley testified that there’s nothing impeachable here, and that nothing here rises to the standard of impeachment. Nothing even to investigate - nothing the GOP profers supports impeachment.
Maxwell Frost nailed that motherfather shyster Turdley. Watch Turdley sing another tune when he next appears on FAUX.
Casar: Will members of the oversight committee raise their hands if you believe both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable for any of indictments if convicted?
Democrats: *raises hands*
Republicans: pic.twitter.com/tZ8clpgW3c— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
None of the GOPers raise their hands to hold both Hunter and Trump accountable if both are convicted for their indicted crimes.
re: #37 Joe Bacon ✅
Maxwell Frost nailed that motherfather shyster Turdley. Watch Turdley sing another tune when he next appears on FAUX.
As a witness, he’s testifying under oath and is probably more circumspect with his words; on a TV program, he is not bound by those rules and is free to spout whatever nonsense pleases his audience.
re: #39 Eventual Carrion
Well, another Perfect in Connections
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Solved because you only need to get 3 groups — not 4.
re: #38 lawhawk
I hear MTG trying for some off-axis whataboutery in regards to Jan 6th defendants; it must be very weird coming to work every day with insane people in the room.
re: #18 lawhawk
The stench of desperation from establishment GOPers is palpable.
None of the debate clowns showed that they’re ready for prime time, so the backroom moves and shenanigans are now hoping to elevate extremist VA Gov Youngkin into the spotlight.
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They used their money to create this MAGA monster, and now they have found that they can’t control it. Sucks to be them.
re: #18 lawhawk
The stench of desperation from establishment GOPers is palpable.
None of the debate clowns showed that they’re ready for prime time, so the backroom moves and shenanigans are now hoping to elevate extremist VA Gov Youngkin into the spotlight.
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Tfg is 40+ points up.
You only make these ( moronic and hail mary) moves when you’re terrified
re: #42 jaunte
Beats me what she was getting at since those seditious treasonweasels were convicted in courts of law and sentenced far less harshly than the sentencing guidelines recommend, let alone what prosecutors wanted. They got slaps on the wrist as compared to the magnitude of the crime (or the rhetoric of the judges when sentencing about the severity of the crime and the historic nature of what they were involved in).
They were investigated, indicted, tried, and sentenced in courts of law. A bunch took plea deals rather than face trial. Almost to a person, they got less than what they should have gotten.
If she’s bitching about quality of prison life, seek to reform the entire criminal justice system and make it more humane, but thinking that 1/6 defendants are political prisoners is just more gibberish from the seditious treasonweasel who also helped try to overthrow the government.
Origins of Parkinson’s may lie in the gut. Researchers hope to prove it.
If the hypothesis that misfolded proteins start in the gut and travel to the brain is proved, it could lead to early detection and treatment of Parkinson’s
wapo.st (gift link)
This is really something! Evidently the hypothesis dates back to 2003. I had no idea!
PC Magazine: Verifying your identity on twitter will require taking a selfie
I know the article is a month old and likely already discussed here, but sheesh I don’t see how this flies with the paranoid crowd (or the non-paranoid crowd for that matter).
re: #13 Teukka
O9A are accelerationists that overlap with Atomwaffen and just generally groove on fascist aesthetics.
Very much as version of “freedom means freedom to use power on others without accountability” that you see stated more quietly by other reactionaries.
re: #43 No Malarkey!
They used their money to create this MAGA monster, and now they have found that they can’t control it. Sucks to be them.
They carefully created the base over many years — and it was the base (with the help of NBC and its reality show The Apprentice) who created this monster.
Note that John Lauro is making this request as Judge Chutkan is considering how much to gag Trump; one way she could respond is to accelerate trial. https://t.co/rxGJdSYHpU
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) September 28, 2023
Trump already lost his motion to get Chutkan to recuse. He’s now trying a few other things to delay the trial, but with the gag order ruling set to come down tomorrow, it’s likely Chutkan is going to deny the Trump motions, and could in fact accelerate the trial. She should also sanction Trump and his lawyers for violating the bail conditions.
re: #46 retired cynic
Origins of Parkinson’s may lie in the gut. Researchers hope to prove it.
If the hypothesis that misfolded proteins start in the gut and travel to the brain is proved, it could lead to early detection and treatment of Parkinson’s
wapo.st (gift link)This is really something! Evidently the hypothesis dates back to 2003. I had no idea!
The gut has been referred to as “the second brain”. While there’s a benefit to having medical specialists, something is lost when you don’t look at the entire system.
re: #43 No Malarkey!
They used their money to create this MAGA monster, and now they have found that they can’t control it. Sucks to be them.
And that their money is not all powerful to do it again.
that they can’t instantly anoint another just by throwing their magic bucks at someone
Looks like Sweden’s application to join NATO will soon be approved. Then the Baltic will be a NATO lake; Putin remains a master strategist.
NEW: Turkish officials told US Senator Ben Cardin that Sweden’s Nato bid would be ratified at the Turkish parliament in the first part of October — Reuters
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) September 28, 2023
re: #46 retired cynic
Origins of Parkinson’s may lie in the gut. Researchers hope to prove it.
If the hypothesis that misfolded proteins start in the gut and travel to the brain is proved, it could lead to early detection and treatment of Parkinson’s
wapo.st (gift link)This is really something! Evidently the hypothesis dates back to 2003. I had no idea!
I had a gut feeling. //
re: #45 lawhawk
The rule with this type of person is just to ignore what they claim they’re saying and attend to how their words unintentionally reveal their ideology. In this case…MTG’s anger is precisely because she believes people are not equal and that the law should behave entirely differently to account for that hierarchy of superior and inferior types.
Jan 6th protestors should not be jailed at all, should not be subject to discomfort in prison, precisely because they are the superior kind. Her outrage is that their convictions represent some kind of equality before the law, that any kind of accountability is a slippery slope to actual equality. To improve conditions for other imprisoned people, or to question the nature of harsh sentences for other crimes, is to stand against the right and natural hierarchy.
Because she’s the product of American enculturation, her language borrows from a pre-existing set of rhetorical heuristics that speak in terms of rights and dignity and equality—the things invoked in the rhetoric of American politics—but, much like slave holders and segregationists and supporters of owning the Philippines before her, all invocations of these notions come with the implicit understanding that these things should not be universal.
Congrats Senate, you’ve solved the great societal issue of all time - what you can wear on the Senate floor.
A group of bipartisan lawmakers secured a major victory Wednesday when the Senate passed a resolution requiring business attire on the floor. https://t.co/kYQVPZs3KN
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 28, 2023
Meanwhile, the House GOP rushes headlong into a government shutdown because the seditionist/obstructionist/sabotaging GOP can’t help themselves and think a shutdown helps them (even though GOP states would likely disproportionately suffer because of things like national parks shutting down and all the tourism dollars related to that going away, transfer payments held up, and servicemembers and law enforcement not getting paid). Heck, the GOP are also out to defund law enforcement and border security, and DHS and CBP wouldn’t get paid either.
re: #47 dat_said
PC Magazine: Verifying your identity on twitter will require taking a selfie
I know the article is a month old and likely already discussed here, but sheesh I don’t see how this flies with the paranoid crowd (or the non-paranoid crowd for that matter).
What is this Twitter you speak of?
Omg wow this pic.twitter.com/fnYcAXzcNf
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
re: #53 No Malarkey!
Looks like Sweden’s application to join NATO will soon be approved. Then the Baltic will be a NATO lake; Putin remains a master strategist.
In that event, Hungary’s Orbán would end up as the last holdout.
re: #59 gocart mozart
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Absolute Fire. Is it any wonder Fox News and Newsmax quit covering the Biden impeachment inquiry? It’s a searing indictment of Trump! Meanwhile:
Your own star witness just said there’s no evidence. Zero. Put that in your vape and smoke it. pic.twitter.com/iopzPB4EBb
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 28, 2023
re: #53 No Malarkey!
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re: #53 No Malarkey!
Looks like Sweden’s application to join NATO will soon be approved. Then the Baltic will be a NATO lake; Putin remains a master strategist.
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I’m going to advise y’all not to believe that until we have independently verified proof that Erdie’s cojones are in at least one vise…
— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) September 28, 2023
Another excellent use of a chart highlighting that Trump has 50% of the impeachments and 100% of the Presidential indictments pic.twitter.com/baQBXSzMcR
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
If you’re going to sling mud, you’ve got to have mud. The GOP doesn’t have any. There’s nothing about actual Joe Biden impeachable conduct.
Democrats are openly daring Comer to hold the vote on impeaching Biden, because they know the GOP can’t do it - there’s nothing to it, and if they cross that bridge, the GOP admits they’re burning down democracy to cover for Trump.
re: #59 gocart mozart
I ❤️ JASMINE CROCKETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
re: #60 Dr Lizardo
In that event, Hungary’s Orbán would end up as the last holdout.
Am I misremembering, or don’t NATO admissions need unanimous approval by all members?
Here’s a speaker totally in control of his caucus
MORE from the House GOP meeting…
When MCCARTHY said he was donating $5M to the NRCC/members, Gaetz said “how much of that is from FTX or Sam Bankman Fried.”
Rep. FRENCH HILL (R-Ark.), a McCarthy ally, said loudly “Oh, fuck off.”— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 28, 2023
My own hypothesis is that 7% of Americans are smart-asses who like to troll pollsters. OTOH, I have met not one but several Fundamentalists who believe that twice as many girls as boys are born every year and that vegetarian women cannot bear children, so no level of ignorance can be ruled out entirely.
re: #68 Dangerman
Here’s a speaker totally in control of his caucus
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re: #66 Jay C
Am I misremembering, or don’t NATO admissions need unanimous approval by all members?
Yeah, it has to unanimous.
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
My own hypothesis is that 7% of Americans are smart-asses who like to troll pollsters. OTOH, I have met not one but several Fundamentalists who believe that twice as many girls as boys are born every year and that vegetarian women cannot bear children, so no level of ignorance can be ruled out entirely.
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re: #67 Joe Bacon ✅
We need a contest to see what it should be renamed.
Bonwit Teller’s Revenge
The Biggest Loser
Don the Con
I’d personally love to see the building turned into affordable housing but more importantly, have the interior spaces made public 24/7 as was intended when the building was first approved.
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
My own hypothesis is that 7% of Americans are smart-asses who like to troll pollsters. OTOH, I have met not one but several Fundamentalists who believe that twice as many girls as boys are born every year and that vegetarian women cannot bear children, so no level of ignorance can be ruled out entirely.
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7% is a fraction of the number of crazy people in America. You can find 7% that believe extremely stupid things easily.
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
These people have no idea what Hershey’s syrup is used for. or Bosco for that matter.
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
OTOH, I have met not one but several Fundamentalists who believe that twice as many girls as boys are born every year and that vegetarian women cannot bear children, so no level of ignorance can be ruled out entirely.
um… then where do Hindus come from?
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
My own hypothesis is that 7% of Americans are smart-asses who like to troll pollsters. OTOH, I have met not one but several Fundamentalists who believe that twice as many girls as boys are born every year and that vegetarian women cannot bear children, so no level of ignorance can be ruled out entirely.
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I used to think that chocolate milk came from brown cows. I was five.
Don’t know if I was a smart-ass at that time. That likely came later.
re: #74 lawhawk
We need a contest to see what it should be renamed.
Bonwit Teller’s Revenge
The Biggest Loser
Don the ConI’d personally love to see the building turned into affordable housing but more importantly, have the interior spaces made public 24/7 as was intended when the building was first approved.
What would be so delicious is if..Tish sells it to E Jean Carroll for $1.
This morning, I directed my staff to deliver a gift to congratulate and salute Representative Comer and his Team America™️ squad as they embark on their historic impeachment journey. pic.twitter.com/g9yFlC48HX
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 28, 2023
Garcia: What I want to know is why we are not investigating real family corruption.
*picture of Ivanka and Jared displayed* pic.twitter.com/zclcPDJLFq— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
re: #83 lawhawk
Can we please get more Dems like this guy in Congress?
When I took office in North Dakota, we shrunk the state budget by 27% and guess what? The trains still all ran on time!
Most of these government jobs consist of mind-numbing, soul-sucking work that even the employees don’t want to do! They could be generating taxes instead of…— Doug Burgum (Text “DOUG” to 70177) (@DougBurgum) September 28, 2023
Doug “Who” Burgum getting the tone just right at the debate and being proud of it. The trains all ran on time (except for maybe a derailment or two).
re: #88 dat_said
Yeah, who would want one of those government jobs, with their good benefits and holidays off?
//
re: #87 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish. John Fetterman is an original. I do not think there are any more like him.
So much winning. Trump loses again in court - he’s the Washington Generals of lawsuits.
BREAKING:
NEW YORK (AP) — Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay civil trial in wake of fraud ruling that threatens business empire.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 28, 2023
NEWS:
Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial is STILL ON after New York’s appellate court lifts an order putting the Oct. 2nd start date on hold.
Story soon, @TheMessenger.
Background https://t.co/ePErYCE1Hb pic.twitter.com/bG0Zrx3WtH— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) September 28, 2023
Porter uses McCarthy’s own words from a handful of years ago about the importance of a floor vote before impeachment inquires against him pic.twitter.com/6vga9vKxa9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 28, 2023
#Florida Supreme Court zaps Florida Power rate hike, wants justification for it. https://t.co/HCgQKBLvvv via @JSaundersnews
— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) September 28, 2023
re: #88 dat_said
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Doug “Who” Burgum getting the tone just right at the debate and being proud of it. The trains all ran on time (except for maybe a derailment or two).
Oh, I should note that, besides being such a non-relevant statement to most American travelers, the “trains all ran on time” must only apply to coal and oil trains (if even that’s the case). Amtrak’s Empire Builder across ND is notorious for being late as the freight trains have priority on the tracks (and snow, so much blowing snow).
I just got an unexpected unclaimed property check for $1,800 from Illinois.
Today is a good day.
re: #94 Backwoods Sleuth
Oh, that’ll piss Ronny off.
re: #67 Joe Bacon ✅
I stole that & Mastodoned it.
Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy. And good to see Trump’s appeal got shot down.
Suck it, Donnie.
re: #56 lawhawk
They don’t specify what KIND of “business.”
re: #101 Charles Johnson
True. I am sure there are going to be a few “disagreements” over it.
re: #74 lawhawk
We need a contest to see what it should be renamed.
Bonwit Teller’s Revenge
The Biggest Loser
Don the ConI’d personally love to see the building turned into affordable housing but more importantly, have the interior spaces made public 24/7 as was intended when the building was first approved.
When & where does Melinia Trump & Baron move?
When @peterframpton shows up at one of your campaign events, so much for playing it cool. Such an honor to have the support of one of my all time faves! pic.twitter.com/Bkagm9RCTZ
— Rep. Gloria Johnson (@VoteGloriaJ) September 28, 2023
The only thing missing from this farce?
Hearing Comer Pyle scream “Moe! Larry! The Cheese!”
re: #106 lawhawk
I don’t care. Do you?
I imagine it would be like Catherine The Great moving from her summer palace to her winter palace.
re: #27 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My guess is the real reason FOX and Newsmax cut away is because the Republicans and their so-called witnesses are being torn apart so badly that the network execs don’t want their audiences to see it.
They might realise that the conservatives (and Libertarian Turley) are lying to them. And if they’re lying about this, what else are they lying about? Is it all lies?
You’re giving the average Fox News viewer WAY too much credit. They might see this is a lie but making the leap to anything else requires much more brain power than they have.
One amusing take via the New Yorker from last night’s debacle:
Midway through the debate, the moderator Dana Perino asked a good question (not her only one) of former Vice-President Pence. “You said last month that if elected you would repeal all Obamacare mandates,” Perino said. “However, you made that same promise in 2016.” Why, Perino asked, was this time any different?
Pence, whose defiance of Trump on January 6th had earned him a reputation as a man of honor in the field, said, “Well, first let me speak to the mass-shootings issue.” And so rather than explain why Obamacare was still the law of the land if he’d had the power to repeal it, Pence explained that the solution to mass shootings was to expedite the death penalty, so that anyone found guilty of a mass shooting would face execution in “months, not years.”
Perino waited this barbarity out. Then she said shrewdly, “Does this mean Obamacare is here to stay?” The crowd laughed and clapped, because she was right. It probably is. ♦
MSNBC did say that there were several good questions from the moderators. Let’s face it, nothing matters if the candidates ignore them with impunity to pivot to their favored sound bite.
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
One amusing take via the New Yorker from last night’s debacle:
MSNBC did say that there were several good questions from the moderators. Let’s face it, nothing matters if the candidates ignore them with impunity to pivot to their favored sound bite***.
***and the moderator doesnt instantly cut them off and push back to the question asked
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
One amusing take via the New Yorker from last night’s debacle:
MSNBC did say that there were several good questions from the moderators. Let’s face it, nothing matters if the candidates ignore them with impunity to pivot to their favored sound bite.
Republicans don’t want to talk about repealing Obamacare anymore because running on “just die already” as their alternative isn’t a big vote getter, for some reason.
re: #115 Backwoods Sleuth
I’m getting 2-3 of his campaign mailers every week.
He is desperate.
Losing the governor’s race doesn’t do much to help set him up to run for Mitch’s Senate seat.
re: #110 Vicious Babushka
Oh makes me want to get down with the Shmenge Brothers!
CABBAGE ROLLS AND COFFEE MMMMM MMMMM GOOD!
re: #118 Joe Bacon ✅
You’ve still got vinyl of Frankie Yankovic, haven’t you?
re: #74 lawhawk
Maples Tower. Make Tiffany the receivership.
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
Pence explained that the solution to mass shootings was to expedite the death penalty, so that anyone found guilty of a mass shooting would face execution in “months, not years.”
He’s aware that like 85% of the mass shooters end up among the dead at their shootings, right? Seriously, how many mass shooters have been taken alive in the last 10 years?
Can’t get the bivalent CV booster around until October some time.
So I got my flu shot yesterday, and will get the others later.
Didn’t feel bad this AM, just a semi sore arm from the shot, but as the day progressed, oh boy.
I got chills to the point of shivering, body slamming aches and all around shitty.
Had this happen a few times. Some don’t affect me, and others do this.
I’m waiting on some homemade veg soup, and Imma hide away.
I love the end of summer…..
re: #123 KGxvi
He’s aware that like 85% of the mass shooters end up among the dead at their shootings, right? Seriously, how many mass shooters have been taken alive in the last 10 years?
Too few. We need them for study.
And never make book that Pence is aware of anything.
Tim Wakefield has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Jason’s wife is on point.https://t.co/2TVWFeqR2M
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) September 28, 2023
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Too few. We need them for study.
And never make book that Pence is aware of anything.
In the bits that I watched last night, I was really struck by how disconnected from reality the candidates (and the GOP as a whole) were. The bit about allegedly how unsafe our cities are, with crime running rampant, was just strange.
Fetterman ready to go to war on Menendez, saying he’d be willing to bring an expulsion motion if necessary.
re: #127 gocart mozart
Tim Wakefield has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
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Curt Schilling makes everyday assholes look good—damn great. I hate that creep.
On Tuesday, Schilling, 56, said on The Curt Schilling Baseball Show podcast that Tim — his teammate on the Red Sox from 2004-2007 — has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form of brain cancer” and that Stacy has pancreatic cancer…”
this is not a message that Tim has asked anyone to share, and I don’t even know if he wants it shared, but as a Christian and as a man of faith I’ve seen prayer work and so I’m going to talk about it.”
Fuck you to hell and back, Curt Schilling.
re: #130 BeachDem
but as a Christian and as a man of faith
just an incredibly shitty justification for anything, but especially for this.
Just 11 adults are responsible for 60% of requests of ban books from school libraries nationwide, according to a Washington Post analysis of the 2021-2022 school year. https://t.co/DVi5zJN35S
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) September 28, 2023
re: #131 KGxvi
just an incredibly shitty justification for anything, but especially for this.
That’s Curt—whether fucking over employees at 38 Studios, or fucking over the State of Rhode Island, or fucking over everyone possible by being an antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-just about everything that isn’t Curt Schilling—always a true man of faith.
Mortality and education disparities
Only people who want to see Americans die young say a college degree is worthless.
re: #132 Teukka
Maybe someone should challenge her brains instead of her challenging school libraries.
Casar: Will members of the oversight committee raise their hands if you believe both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable for any of indictments if convicted?
Democrats: *raises hands*
Republicans: pic.twitter.com/tZ8clpgW3c— Acyn (@Acyn) September 28, 2023
re: #134 silverdolphin
Mortality and education disparities
Only people who want to see Americans die young say a college degree is worthless.
I’m of the opinion that a union apprenticeship program is every bit as good as a college education/degree.
Biden has never delivered a more important, powerful or eloquent speech than the one he has just given about the crucial importance of protecting American democracy.
Watch, listen, read.— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 28, 2023
Biden in his speech on threats to democracy: Hardly any Republicans call out the violent, extremist rhetoric from the MAGA movement. Their silence is deafening. Democracy doesn’t have to die at the end of a rifle. It can die when people are silent.
— Emily A. ☮️ (@emzorbit) September 28, 2023
so pretty!
Late Neolithic dagger from Hindsgavl, dating around 1,800 BC.
In the Scandinavin late Neolithic period, flint objects often imitate items made from metal, e.g. daggers. Because of their shape, daggers such as this are called Fischschwanzdolche (fishtail daggers) in German. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/TEds931QwQ— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) September 28, 2023
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
2/2— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) September 28, 2023
re: #95 dat_said
Oh, I should note that, besides being such a non-relevant statement to most American travelers, the “trains all ran on time” must only apply to coal and oil trains (if even that’s the case). Amtrak’s Empire Builder across ND is notorious for being late as the freight trains have priority on the tracks (and snow, so much blowing snow).
It isn’t just the Empire Builder. I did a loop last year starting on the Coast Starlight to Seattle (4 hours late), the Empire Builder to Chicago (6 hours late), and the California Zephyr to Emeryville (5 hours late). We were always being shunted aside while a freight train barreled by.
re: #142 Backwoods Sleuth
Way to go Ms Crockett.
re: #142 Backwoods Sleuth
Why the “Rep. Crockett claims” bullshit? Of course they are or they would have abandoned him long ago.
re: #95 dat_said
Oh, I should note that, besides being such a non-relevant statement to most American travelers, the “trains all ran on time” must only apply to coal and oil trains (if even that’s the case). Amtrak’s Empire Builder across ND is notorious for being late as the freight trains have priority on the tracks (and snow, so much blowing snow).
re: #143 sizzzzlerz
It isn’t just the Empire Builder. I did a loop last year starting on the Coast Starlight to Seattle (4 hours late), the Empire Builder to Chicago (6 hours late), and the California Zephyr to Emeryville (5 hours late). We were always being shunted aside while a freight train barreled by.
Here’s a train nightmare story from the UK:
This tale of a London to Edinburgh train journey gone epically wrong is today’s most jaw-dropping readhttps://t.co/sX0x4oSVKK pic.twitter.com/XmfCcKC1e5
— The Poke (@ThePoke) September 27, 2023
re: #142 Backwoods Sleuth
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NBC once again with that heapin’ helpin’ of bothsiderism.
re: #125 nines09
Can’t get the bivalent CV booster around until October some time.
So I got my flu shot yesterday, and will get the others later.
Didn’t feel bad this AM, just a semi sore arm from the shot, but as the day progressed, oh boy.
I got chills to the point of shivering, body slamming aches and all around shitty.
Had this happen a few times. Some don’t affect me, and others do this.
I’m waiting on some homemade veg soup, and Imma hide away.
I love the end of summer…..
I got both and I’m in bed. I had to get up to take a warm shower because of the chills.
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Too few. We need them for study.
And never make book that Pence is aware of anything.
best line today re: Pence
electoral-vote.com
When the former VP talks to his campaign staff about how they’re going to win this thing, what does he say? We can concoct scenarios for any of people #1 through #4 on this list (even if some of those scenarios strain credulity). We cannot concoct any sequence of events that ends with President Pence.
re: #125 nines09
Can’t get the bivalent CV booster around until October some time.
Just FYI you don’t necessarily need to make an appointment, I walked in last week and got mine immediately. If your grocery store has a pharmacy onsite just ask every time you go shopping if they’ll take you now.
re: #128 KGxvi
In the bits that I watched last night, I was really struck by how disconnected from reality the candidates (and the GOP as a whole) were. The bit about allegedly how unsafe our cities are, with crime running rampant, was just strange.
their goal is always to politicize ‘crime’.
and like every other policy position they also don’t hold, offer no solution
re: #142 Backwoods Sleuth
absolutely adore that each and every Dem is bringing the fire to this hearing. Each has the shutdown clock on display, each brings up a relevant piece of the puzzle, no evidence, sponsored by you know who, the inherent hypocrisy, the lack of credulity of their “witnesses”. Every single one, from Raskin to Crocket to Lee to Ocasio-Cortez… all of them speaking not only to their peers but to Americans.
And Catherine Varitek gains a new follow. https://t.co/1lxrIa6QGT
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 28, 2023
re: #132 Teukka
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this is some sort of crusade or hobby
it has nothing to do with the specific books
re: #148 Barefoot Grin
I got both and I’m in bed. I had to get up to take a warm shower because of the chills.
We’re holding off until after MrBWS’s cardiologist appointment on Tuesday.
It’s a followup to his nuclear stress test on 9/21.
It’s been 5 years since his bypass surgery and he’s never had a stress test. Cardiologist wanted it done before handing him off to our primary care provider.
MrBWS claims he failed his stress test because he only lasted a little over 4 minutes on the treadmill part of the test (they wanted him to go a full 5 minutes but his legs gave out) and his heart rate never got anywhere near what they wanted, despite all of his huffing and puffing and moaning and groaning.
We’re back from town. The county extracted $360 in sales tax on our car.
A retirement party was going on in the office opposite the treasurer’s office, and the county sheriff was there.
I stepped in to ask about my transit tag which is expiring today and can’t be renewed. What happens when I get the title in the mail, since I have to drive the car over to the sheriff’s office to have the VIN inspected before I can get license plates.
He said don’t worry about it, just drive it in. If I am worried about it, the sheriff will send the deputy out to my house to inspect the VIN for a $10 fee.
re: #132 Teukka
From the article:
The superintendent, Mark Taylor, wrote in a statement that Petersen has “raised awareness” of sexually explicit content in his libraries.
It’s not YOUR library, Superintendent Dickhead.
re: #150 goddamnedfrank
Just FYI you don’t necessarily need to make an appointment, I just walked in and got mine immediately. If your grocery store has a pharmacy onsite just ask every time you go shopping if they’ll take you now.
Tried for that at Walgreen’s today, but the tech told me the local WG is only getting Pfizer. I’m very tolerant of the Moderna stuff, so I’ll look around.
re: #158 Decatur Deb
Tried for that at Walgreen’s today, but the tech told me the local WG is only getting Pfizer. I’m very tolerant of the Moderna stuff, so I’ll look around.
Oh yeah, we are Team Moderna all the way: two initial jabs and then three boosters…all Moderna.
re: #150 goddamnedfrank
Just FYI you don’t necessarily need to make an appointment, I walked in last week and got mine immediately. If your grocery store has a pharmacy onsite just ask every time you go shopping if they’ll take you now.
Rural area. They said they had runs on the shots, good news, and all the places I go are out right now in a 50 mile radius.
They are just out of the CV shots.
re: #152 piratedan
absolutely adore that each and every Dem is bringing the fire to this hearing. Each has the shutdown clock on display, each brings up a relevant piece of the puzzle, no evidence, sponsored by you know who, the inherent hypocrisy, the lack of credulity of their “witnesses”. Every single one, from Raskin to Crocket to Lee to Ocasio-Cortez… all of them speaking not only to their peers but to Americans.
wait…dems in array??
re: #160 nines09
Rural area. They said they had runs on the shots, good news, and all the places I go are out right now in a 50 mile radius.
They are just out of the CV shots.
can you get them at your county health department?
we can here in TheBackwoods, but we go with our Appalachian-funded clinic if we can because we have insurance and it helps cover for those here who don’t have any.
re: #152 piratedan
absolutely adore that each and every Dem is bringing the fire to this hearing. Each has the shutdown clock on display, each brings up a relevant piece of the puzzle, no evidence, sponsored by you know who, the inherent hypocrisy, the lack of credulity of their “witnesses”. Every single one, from Raskin to Crocket to Lee to Ocasio-Cortez… all of them speaking not only to their peers but to Americans.
Proof that Hakeem Jeffries has his caucus well organized and cooperative (unlike some caucus leaders we could name).
re: #163 sagehen
Proof that Hakeem Jeffries has his caucus well organized and cooperative (unlike some caucus leaders we could name).
dis guy?
MORE from the House GOP meeting…
When MCCARTHY said he was donating $5M to the NRCC/members, Gaetz said “how much of that is from FTX or Sam Bankman Fried.”
Rep. FRENCH HILL (R-Ark.), a McCarthy ally, said loudly “Oh, fuck off.”— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 28, 2023
heh
When you lose Fox News…
After more than 6 hours of today’s impeachment hearing, many Republicans on the Hill told reporters that they feel embarrassed by this evident-free hearing and how Rep. James Comer handled it.
Fox News Host Neil Cavuto agree shared this sentiment on… pic.twitter.com/0rDLpvajrF— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 28, 2023
re: #140 Backwoods Sleuth
There’s a simple reason for that silence — MAGA Republican extremists are the very model of modern Republicans.
re: #155 Backwoods Sleuth
We’re holding off until after MrBWS’s cardiologist appointment on Tuesday.
It’s a followup to his nuclear stress test on 9/21.
It’s been 5 years since his bypass surgery and he’s never had a stress test. Cardiologist wanted it done before handing him off to our primary care provider.MrBWS claims he failed his stress test because he only lasted a little over 4 minutes on the treadmill part of the test (they wanted him to go a full 5 minutes but his legs gave out) and his heart rate never got anywhere near what they wanted, despite all of his huffing and puffing and moaning and groaning.
Best wishes.
It’s about what’s fair.
Stick with it, UAW. pic.twitter.com/B9r3hVuOQ7— President Biden (@POTUS) September 28, 2023
re: #116 No Malarkey!
Republicans don’t want to talk about repealing Obamacare anymore because running on “just die already” as their alternative isn’t a big vote getter, for some reason.
That, and the biggest beneficiaries of so-called Obamacare are MAGAts.
re: #19 Charles Johnson
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re: #170 Backwoods Sleuth
I hope everything works out for you and Mr BWS. Not many people can finish a stress test.
re: #172 gocart mozart
Good luck hitting that shit. I love knuckleballers.
re: #130 BeachDem
Curt Schilling makes everyday assholes look good—damn great. I hate that creep.
On Tuesday, Schilling, 56, said on The Curt Schilling Baseball Show podcast that Tim — his teammate on the Red Sox from 2004-2007 — has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form of brain cancer” and that Stacy has pancreatic cancer…”
this is not a message that Tim has asked anyone to share, and I don’t even know if he wants it shared, but as a Christian and as a man of faith I’ve seen prayer work and so I’m going to talk about it.”Fuck you to hell and back, Curt Schilling.
“As a Christian I’m going to publicly brag about prayer over someone who didn’t want information shared at all.” Seems on point to me.
re: #24 Nerdy Fish
I was going to say, I saw Joe Bonamassa on that list - whom I’ve seen you post his videos here many times - and I was like, wait, what?
Bonamassa is the single most overrated goddamned bluesman on the planet. He’s like that rich kid we all fucking hated when we were in high school bands who was technically proficient and whose daddy had bought him a ‘59 les paul and a super quad. He has good taste in equipment, and yes, he can play fast blues leads, but if I have to listen to one more overproduced goddamned Bonamassa live cut with the horn section, I may throw something. Just get on the goddamned stage with a bassist and a drummer and makes some mother freakin’ blues, for god’s sake.
re: #36 Dave In Austin
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re: #176 steve_davis
Bonamassa is the single most overrated goddamned bluesman on the planet. He’s like that rich kid we all fucking hated when we were in high school bands who was technically proficient and whose daddy had bought him a ‘59 les paul and a super quad. He has good taste in equipment, and yes, he can play fast blues leads, but if I have to listen to one more overproduced goddamned Bonamassa live cut with the horn section, I may throw something. Just get on the goddamned stage with a bassist and a drummer and makes some mother freakin’ blues, for god’s sake.
you seem….vexed… ;-)
Just listening to the end of Biden’s speech right now. It is very strong. I needed this today.
re: #173 PhillyPretzel ✅
I hope everything works out for you and Mr BWS. Not many people can finish a stress test.
I sure as hell couldn’t when I did one seven years ago. But nobody seemed to be concerned enough about it to follow up.
re: #181 Backwoods Sleuth
I sure as hell couldn’t when I did one seven years ago. But nobody seemed to be concerned enough about it to follow up.
they did say I got to 97% of my target heart rate before I fell out (maybe 3 minutes into the test)
linguini with white clam sauce, capers and spinach
salad
a couple of water rolls doctored up to be garlicky
eff the protocol, we’re going with pinot but noir, not grigio
re: #61 No Malarkey!
Absolute Fire. Is it any wonder Fox News and Newsmax quit covering the Biden impeachment inquiry? It’s a searing indictment of Trump! Meanwhile:
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re: #181 Backwoods Sleuth
I sure as hell couldn’t when I did one seven years ago. But nobody seemed to be concerned enough about it to follow up.
My dad didn’t talk much about his own dad unless asked, though I know he respected and loved him. When I asked how granddad died (it was before I was born) he said, “he was carrying a wet carpet up from the basement and had a heart attack,” and then added “failed that stress test.”
Trump HIMSELF wanted the value to be lower, so again he could lower the taxes.
“THE PETITIONER AGREES WITH THE DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OR TAX COLLECTOR”https://t.co/YaxB5q88wI pic.twitter.com/e0pxJcSO7N— Scooty Puff Sr. (@ScootyPuffSr99) September 28, 2023
re: #123 KGxvi
He’s aware that like 85% of the mass shooters end up among the dead at their shootings, right? Seriously, how many mass shooters have been taken alive in the last 10 years?
in south carolina, they get lunch at Burger King.
re: #168 Backwoods Sleuth
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Hollywood landmark, Art Deco masterpiece.
The Sunset Tower, Apartment Building, located at 8358 Sunset Boulevard.
Designed in 1929 by architect Leland A. Bryant, the Sunset Tower (as it was originally called) was a trendsetter from the moment it opened in 1931
It is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the Los Angeles area.
Sunset Tower, 1930s
re: #185 Barefoot Grin
My dad didn’t talk much about his own dad unless asked, though I know he respected and loved him. When I asked how granddad died (it was before I was born) he said, “he was carrying a wet carpet up from the basement and had a heart attack,” and then added “failed that stress test.”
my people (both Irish and the German/Slovak/Austrian Empire sides) generally die of #1: heart attacks; #2: alcoholism; #3: strokes/cerebral hemorrhages.
Go further back to my great-grands and further back, and then you see things like liver cancer for my great-great-grandma in 1909 (probably due to a love of wine since she came from the wine region of Germany); tuberculosis and other lung diseases (several Irish great-grand uncles died of that in Buffalo at the turn of the century, they were all motormen), other stuff I’m still uncovering.
re: #162 Backwoods Sleuth
can you get them at your county health department?
we can here in TheBackwoods, but we go with our Appalachian-funded clinic if we can because we have insurance and it helps cover for those here who don’t have any.
I just checked availability here again. We have a one more places available now. (Scottsbluff 60 miles, Sidney 60 miles, Chadron 90 miles, Ogallala 100 miles).
I’ll give them a call tomorrow and see we can get vaccinated. The choice is Moderna (lack of infrastructure to keep Pfizer cold enough here). I’ll also ask them about RSV.
re: #191 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Be careful about Chadron. They have tornadoes there.
Concern that Italy’s supervolcano might go off.
Earthquakes hit Italy super volcano, raising spectre of evacuations (Reuters, September 27, 2023)
ROME, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A leading volcanologist has warned that mass evacuations might be needed in a town close to Naples, which sits on a so-called Super Volcano that has been hit by hundreds of small earthquakes in recent weeks.
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the area early on Wednesday, the strongest jolt in 40 years to rattle the volcanic field, known as the Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields from the Greek word for burning.
Campi Flegrei sits across the bay of Naples from Pompeii, where thousands were incinerated by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. However, it is a much bigger volcano than Vesuvius and if it ever exploded at full force could kill millions.
Experts say there is no imminent threat of an eruption, but Giuseppe De Natale, the former head of the Vesuvius observatory at the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), called for urgent checks on buildings after repeated seismic activity that is pushing up the ground by 1.5 cm (0.59 inches) a month.
Speaking in a personal capacity, De Natale said the last time Campi Flegrei suffered a similar burst of earthquakes in the 1980s, some 40,000 people were temporarily evacuated from nearby Pozzuoli. The town now has a population of more than 80,000.
“Currently, I believe the more immediate risk is seismic. But it is clear that one must also consider the possibility of an eruption,” he told Reuters.
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re: #194 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Better to get out now than later.
So in order to ignore some of the garbage news yesterday afternoon I looke for a movie - saw one called ‘Wrath of Becky’ on Amazon. Realized it was a sequel so I watched ‘Becky’ instead - kind of a cute revenge fantasy with a teen girl who has some talents. Fun but campy and not fantastically acted.
Watched ‘Wrath of Becky’ just now and it was much better produced - still campy as fuck and she kills a bunch of Nazis. I recommend sitting through the first to better enjoy the second.
re: #154 Dangerman
this is some sort of crusade or hobby
it has nothing to do with the specific books
Conservatives (and to a lesser extent Libertarians) have always been opposed to public libraries.
As the article notes, hundreds of hours are spent processing her complaints about books, resulting in expenses far in excess of what a library or school district can sustain.
Whether she’s working with the Moms for Fascism or not hardly matters, since the effect is the same.
re: #59 gocart mozart
Damn! Jasmine went straight Dracarys.
It just dawned on Don Jr today what the downside of hiding your properties under the ownership of shell companies is…Sucks to be him.
re: #196 darthstar
So in order to ignore some of the garbage news yesterday afternoon I looke for a movie - saw one called ‘Wrath of Becky’ on Amazon. Realized it was a sequel so I watched ‘Becky’ instead - kind of a cute revenge fantasy with a teen girl who has some talents. Fun but campy and not fantastically acted.
Watched ‘Wrath of Becky’ just now and it was much better produced - still campy as fuck and she kills a bunch of Nazis. I recommend sitting through the first to better enjoy the second.
Killing nazis does tend to make just about everything better.
re: #202 darthstar
It just dawned on Don Jr today what the downside of hiding your properties under the ownership of shell companies is…Sucks to be him.
Hey if you need and outdoor TV for your new dacha I can swing you a deal for one of these:
re: #197 darthstar
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re: #198 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Libraries are wasting money they can’t afford to waste because of the energetic bad faith of this witless turd of a human being.
There really should be some way to prevent such wastes of spaces from being able to abuse public records laws like this.
Beautiful sight.
💥 IRAN: Shahed drone factory is on fire in Tehran. Iranian dictatorship supplies these drones to the Russian dictatorship to murder Ukrainian civilians. pic.twitter.com/PQRRQvejWq
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) September 28, 2023
re: #186 Backwoods Sleuth
Trump is desperately trying to find a legal justification for why he should totally get to have it both ways.
re: #38 lawhawk
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Austin Democrat.
Did he finally get those nude pics of Putin off the dark web?
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) September 28, 2023
Any time it comes to Russia and smoke or fire, good.
re: #215 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We have tornadoes here.
Yeah, they get around. But Chadron is permanently associated with tornadoes in my brain because in 1986 Mr. w and I drove through the area and heard three separate tornado warnings for Chadron. Then it dumped rain across Ohio.
re: #190 Backwoods Sleuth
my people (both Irish and the German/Slovak/Austrian Empire sides) generally die of #1: heart attacks; #2: alcoholism; #3: strokes/cerebral hemorrhages.
Go further back to my great-grands and further back, and then you see things like liver cancer for my great-great-grandma in 1909 (probably due to a love of wine since she came from the wine region of Germany); tuberculosis and other lung diseases (several Irish great-grand uncles died of that in Buffalo at the turn of the century, they were all motormen), other stuff I’m still uncovering.
Wow. I only know about both sets of grandparents, but no cancer. My Georgia grandparents both died of heart attacks—probably a combo of genes and diet (and that my granddad was a hardass to his wife, so she died at 74, then he also died of a heart attack and regret). My dad’s mom I found sitting peacefully in a chair dressed to go out to brunch with a friend at 98yo.
re: #217 Barefoot Grin
Wow. I only know about both sets of grandparents, but no cancer. My Georgia grandparents both died of heart attacks—probably a combo of genes and diet (and that my granddad was a hardass to his wife, so she died at 74, then he also died of a heart attack and regret). My dad’s mom I found sitting peacefully in a chair dressed to go out to brunch with a friend at 98yo.
The heart disease is lots of time due to diet, but sometimes it’s just genetic.
My sister, a year younger than me, had a massive heart attack eight years ago and the surgeon couldn’t do the full multi-bypass, so she has heart damage, but she’s still with us!
She also is now part of a Duke University because she apparently has a genetic mutation that has something to with statins not working as expected:
I know our mom (92 yo) has bad reactions to statins. The rest of us are just doing the best we can.