Daily Wire CEO Tells White Supremacist Nick Fuentes He’s ‘Talented’ And ‘Very Funny’
From the beginning of the month…but not the 1st.
During a livestreamed conversation with white supremacist Nick Fuentes last week, the CEO of the Daily Wire, a major right-wing media outlet, praised the prominent fascist influencer and offered only mild criticism about some of his political views — a stark difference from how he has spoken about Fuentes in the past.
On March 25, Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing joined Fuentes on X Spaces (formerly Twitter Spaces), a live audio chat room. Boreing told Fuentes he listens to Fuentes’ show “quite often” and that he thinks Fuentes is “very funny” and one of the “most talented” political influencers, even if he is “very concerned” about some of what Fuentes says.
Cutting to the chase: the reactionaries want to win and making space for fascists is a step in that direction. There are no red lines to the right, just this kind of appease-the-baby euphemistic “concern.”
The right has a very straightforward common cause: there is a hierarchy and that is good, and the more important fight is against all forms of equality. They’ll go after the center right the same way…by pointing to an uncomfortable form of equality—trans rights, the idea that civilian Palestinians are not an acceptable loss to “beat” Hamas—and playing into something more sinister…directly dangerous. The scripts are pretty easy to imagine because we’re seen them play out already in the 00s.
Much like some Germans back in the day, all the players imagine that once power is secured they’re clever enough to implement their particular pecking order, cutting out the other visions of caste. We as a democracy lose regardless of which group wins.
re: #1 The Ghost of a Flea
Along the lines of your concerns, today Yale uploaded a video in which the main presenter is one David Austin Walsh, and his book is Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right .
I’ve started the video after all the introductory fluff:
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He makes the point that the “respectful Conservatism” of William F. Buckley still included the elements that we find so troubling today.
That is, even after Buckley tried to throw out the kooks, what remained inevitably is tied to what Donald Trump has brought to the fore.
Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash
Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial place and describe critique of slave musician
Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy.
In a groundbreaking discovery, the ancient scroll was found to contain a previously unknown narrative detailing how the Greek philosopher spent his last evening, describing how he listened to music played on a flute by a Thracian slave girl.
Despite battling a fever and being on the brink of death, Plato - who was known as a disciple of Socrates and a mentor to Aristotle, and who died in Athens around 348BC - retained enough lucidity to critique the musician for her lack of rhythm, the account suggests.
The decoded words also suggest Plato’s burial site was in his designated garden in the Academy of Athens, the world’s first university, which he founded, adjacent to the Mouseion. Previously, it was only known in general terms that he was buried within the academy.
In a presentation of the research findings at the National Library of Naples, Prof Graziano Ranocchia, of the University of Pisa, who spearheaded the team responsible for unearthing the carbonised scroll, described the discovery as an “extraordinary outcome that enriches our understanding of ancient history”.
He said: “Thanks to the most advanced imaging diagnostic techniques, we are finally able to read and decipher new sections of texts that previously seemed inaccessible.”
re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
He makes the point that the “respectful Conservatism” of William F. Buckley still included the elements that we find so troubling today.
That is, even after Buckley tried to throw out the kooks, what remained inevitably is tied to what Donald Trump has brought to the fore.
If conservatism is understood as the effort to preserve privileges of a in-group, then this is inevitable. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition…” etc.
To flesh this out a bit more, as soon as conservatism evolves past a mindless resistance to change in all its forms, that evolution is actually a degeneration, since the resulting ideology is (in a modern setting) necessarily a fascist reaction vs. democracy.
An example of this was made clear in the marriage cases — the least offensive arguments the opponents of marriage equality made in court were mindless tradition arguments. All positive arguments for marriage inequality were more or less inherently offensive.
Gore Vidal was 100% correct when he referred to Buckley as a crypto-fascist. These days, of course, there is no crypto-fascism on the right, because there is no crypto- about it any more.
Buckley et. al “throwing out the kooks” was always much more about PR than about the substance. E.g., Birchers have been writing WSJ op-eds for decades.
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Another trey day.
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Morning everyone! Gonna be another busy day in the neighborhood. Hope y’all have a great day!
re: #6 EPR-radar
If conservatism is understood as the effort to preserve privileges of a in-group, then this is inevitable. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition…” etc.
To flesh this out a bit more, as soon as conservatism evolves past a mindless resistance to change in all its forms, that evolution is actually a degeneration, since the resulting ideology is (in a modern setting) necessarily a fascist reaction vs. democracy.
An example of this was made clear in the marriage cases — the least offensive arguments the opponents of marriage equality made in court were mindless tradition arguments. All positive arguments for marriage inequality were more or less inherently offensive.
Gore Vidal was 100% correct when he referred to Buckley as a crypto-fascist. These days, of course, there is no crypto-fascism on the right, because there is no crypto- about it any more.
Buckley et. al “throwing out the kooks” was always much more about PR than about the substance. E.g., Birchers have been writing WSJ op-eds for decades.
Yes, but American conservatism isn’t supposed to be about preserving privileges of an in group. It’s supposed to be about preserving institutions while implementing gradual change for the better. The institution in this case is the constitution and the branches of government described therein. Republicans don’t practice conservatism. At best they’re populists. Their power structure is built around enabling poor white trash and their revival tent religion to literally take over the people’s house and to shit on its floor. This strain goes all the way back to Andrew Jackson, though he certainly didn’t invent it.
Prager in the Morning…….
He’s now Pro Incest.
Prager: “There’s no secular argument against adult incest. Brother and sister want to make love, what’s your argument? That they’re going to produce mentally retarded offspring? That’s nonsense. It takes many generations of inbreeding to do that.”
pic.twitter.com/kAgqFRPp9s— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) April 30, 2024
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Putting words in other people’s mouths so they can dismantle their arguments…
re: #10 steve_davis
Yes, but American conservatism isn’t supposed to be about preserving privileges of an in group. It’s supposed to be about preserving institutions while implementing gradual change for the better. The institution in this case is the constitution and the branches of government described therein. Republicans don’t practice conservatism. At best they’re populists. Their power structure is built around enabling poor white trash and their revival tent religion to literally take over the people’s house and to shit on its floor. This strain goes all the way back to Andrew Jackson, though he certainly didn’t invent it.
They’re more reactionary than conservative. The latter can be quite “go slow”, but the current American version is trying very very hard to role back a century or more of progressive laws and protections.
re: #13 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
They’re more reactionary than conservative. The latter can be quite “go slow”, but the current American version is trying very very hard to role back a century or more of progressive laws and protections.
Modern American Conservatism is about restoring rose-tinted memories of nickel cokes, small towns, picket fences and hard-working white people.
Minorities knew their places: in the closet or on the other side of the tracks.
re: #12 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Putting words in other people’s mouths so they can dismantle their arguments…
Did you see this? 😳 https://t.co/WkeW7e7YS5
— Dame Sickof-BloodyLies 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦🏳️🌈😷💉🤬GOP (@MumOf2RatBags) April 30, 2024
Having an urge to engage in sex with children is not necessarily evil, but acting upon it clearly and unconditionally is.
That is too much nuance for these assholes.
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Prager in the Morning…….
He’s now Pro Incest.
It’s just Prager. He’s desperate for clicks. Don’t give them to him.
re: #18 William Lewis
Amen to that. I never watch any of his videos. He’s pro-Confederacy and pro-slavery. That’s enough for me.
Colbert last night:
If publisher Pecker paid a Playboy Playmate, how many Playboy Playmates did publisher Pecker pay?
Why doesn’t Columbia stop the protests? Because they don’t want to.
Dozens of anti-Israel protesters broke into an academic building at Columbia University and took it over early Tuesday morning - hours after the school began suspending students who refused to vacate their encampment.
Footage posted on social media shows numerous protesters milling about inside Hamilton Hall with some placing wooden chairs and tables in front of the doors to block others from entering shortly before 1 a.m.
Another shocking video shows a hammer-wielding demonstrator inside the building smash two windows of an exterior door and place what appears to be a bike lock around the door’s handles.
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Prager in the Morning…….
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He’s arguing that only religion prevents incest.
re: #24 Belafon
He’s arguing that only religion prevents incest.
God damnit, religion doesn’t prevent anything. Laws don’t prevent anything; people still break laws and get punished for it all the time. Forcing everybody in the US to become a Christian isn’t going to magically transform our society into unicorns and rainbows. Christians are as much assholes as anyone else; I know some people would argue more so, but as far as I’ve been able to discern from general statistics, it’s about the same.
re: #24 Belafon
He’s arguing that only religion prevents incest.
There’s lots of incest in the Old Testament. The story of Lot and his daughters immediately springs to mind.
re: #14 Patricia Kayden
Could you imagine the outrage if Biden had shot Commander? (Rightfully so!) Outrage that the right dismisses from Noem.
The sick fucks.
re: #24 Belafon
He’s arguing that only religion prevents incest.
We are only moral when we are scared of eternal damnation
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We are only moral when we are scared of eternal damnation
What a childish and immature viewpoint. If you only behave due to fear of punishment from SkyDaddy then you’re essentially evil and only behaving due to fear of punishment.
Being moral because it’s right to act for the benefit of others and society is a much better approach. And it doesn’t require a deity either.
re: #29 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
GMTA.
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— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) April 29, 2024
Ramallah |
Birzeit University Students kick out the German ambassador who came to visit the Palestinian museum due to his country’s supportive positions of the Israeli war on Gaza https://t.co/R8FJYOpIT9— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) April 30, 2024
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The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros
re: #25 Nerdy Fish
God damnit, religion doesn’t prevent anything. Laws don’t prevent anything; people still break laws and get punished for it all the time. Forcing everybody in the US to become a Christian isn’t going to magically transform our society into unicorns and rainbows. Christians are as much assholes as anyone else; I know some people would argue more so, but as far as I’ve been able to discern from general statistics, it’s about the same.
As I’ve said before, anyone who is behaving because of a fear of hell or a hope of heaven has no understanding of god, jesus or any kind of morality in the first place. Prager is a walking “proof of concept”.
Jennifer Grandholm has accepted to be questioned by the Comer Clown Committee. They said she accepted rather than be ordered too.
LOL….. this will be like Hillary’s Benghazi on steroids. And she will stay as long as they want.
Damn that’s a good idea
re: #34 William Lewis
As I’ve said before, anyone who is behaving because of a fear of hell or a hope of heaven has no understanding of god, jesus or any kind of morality in the first place. Prager is a walking “proof of concept”.
They also assume that we are all by nature immoral and evil, and unless we are busy working hard (for work’s sake alone) and praying hard, then there is nothing to distract us from following our demonic drives to spend all our time just a-drinkin’, gamblin’ fightin’, whorin’ and generall hellraisin’ etc.
Which is why we must maintain a strict moral corset around society to keep ourselves and each other in line.
49 years ago today, Saigon fell.
22 years ago today, my ex and I had dinner with a Vietnamese family. While in HCM city, staying in the the Saigon district, we met a young college aged woman who invited us to dinner with her and her father. He was a communist official by day and a landlord by night. She was studying to be a hotel manager. On the wall, in the ancestor shrine, the photo of grandma was in her uniform as a member of the National Liberation Front. It was never stated explicitly but I believed she was killed during the American War, as they refer to it.
They were thrilled we were there to adopt a Vietnamese boy, we were very honored guests and everyone I spoke with considered it a good thing that I had served the US, even if long after that time.
A few days later we toured the Presidential palace and I remember seeing where the helicopters took off with the last evacuations…
This has always a strange day to me since that evening.
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Prager in the Morning…….
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He’s always been a racist ever since he got his start on radio. Prager is just a Jewish version of that anti-Semite Father Coughlin.
Oh and don’t forget that his protege is Steven Miller.
re: #40 Joe Bacon ✅
Florida, Oklahoma, and Missouri wants this guy to educate their kids
Looks like the Invisible Hand Of the Free Market is flipping the bird to Florida homeowners…
Progressive dropping 100,000 home insurance policies in Florida
In the middle of what’s being called a “property insurance crisis” in Florida, several local homeowners said their policies are being dropped by Progressive, one of the biggest property insurance companies in the country.
Progressive Insurance is sending out more than 100,000 non-renewal notices to homeowners saying they are “rebalancing their exposure” in the Sunshine State, according to News 6 sister station News4Jax.
The Progressive property insurance shakeup primarily impacts what’s called DP3 Home insurance policies, which according to insurance experts, are homes that have older roofs or specific policies covering investment properties.
A total of 53,000 homes affected are in high-risk areas, and the remaining 47,000 are seasonal homes.
Insiders wrote News4JAX about what they are experiencing in the non-renewal process.
“After raising my rates dramatically last year, they now have dropped me. I have been moved to a new company, but I have not yet received my new quote,” Gary wrote.
Matt Carlucci Jr., owner of Brightway Insurance, said Progressive customers should be on the lookout for potential non-renewal notices.
“So if you are a Progressive customer for homeowners’ insurance, you know, you need to keep an eye on your mailbox. And if you happen to have signed up for paperless, you may not get a notice in the mail, it may come to your email. So watch your email in your mailbox like a hawk,” Carlucci said.
Carlucci, who has more than a dozen years in the insurance industry, said it’s critical that homeowners respond promptly to Progressive so they can reap the potential benefits of the non-renewals.
Just wait folks! More to come…
re: #41 Dave In Austin
Florida, Oklahoma, and Missouri wants this guy to educate their kids
Because of his stance on CRT: Critical Reich Theory
We should stop fixating on concentration camps and genocide and concentrate on the positive aspects of National Socialism, like their strong anti-communist policies, along with the advances they made in things like rocket technology and pediatric medicine…
re: #34 William Lewis
As I’ve said before, anyone who is behaving because of a fear of hell or a hope of heaven has no understanding of god, jesus or any kind of morality in the first place. Prager is a walking “proof of concept”.
do they not get that the all omniscient god surely knows their false motives as selfish and self-serving, not selfless and altruistic
re: #42 Joe Bacon ✅
Looks like the Invisible Hand Of the Free Market is flipping the bird to Florida homeowners…
Because “Free Market” and “Level Playing Field” mean that you, as an individual homeowner with limited assets and income are expected to negotiate one-one-one for terms of insurance coverage with a multi-million-dollar corporation.
Ditto goes for terms of employment or financial services.
And here we go with the Fascist Right closing ranks to defend the puppy killer.
Daily Wire host defends Gov. Kristi Noem for killing her puppy: “Noem didn’t do anything wrong”
Yeah you know who—Michael “Closet King” Knowles
re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅
And here we go with the Fascist Right closing ranks to defend the puppy killer.
Daily Wire host defends Gov. Kristi Noem for killing her puppy: “Noem didn’t do anything wrong”
Yeah you know who—Michael “Closet King” Knowles
Even the people around Trump were appalled by it. Killing a puppy was too crazy. Noem destroyed herself.
re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅
Why did she include this in her book?
Because it was written for an audience of one - Trump.
Trump can’t stand animals, let alone puppies. He is precisely the kind of sociopath who’d buy into the Noem bulkshit about needing to kill a puppy that wasn’t properly trained or capable of being trained to be a hunting dog (not all dogs are good for hunting, even if they’re of the breed that generally is trained for hunting). She killed a goat and a couple of horses too.
What else has she killed? It’s a gateway crime to other sociopathy, and she’d be more than happy to kill for Trump too. That’s where this ends.
Wouldn’t miss is. Prepare to meet your Benghazi fool. pic.twitter.com/KRQ25oOqlj
— TravisBlues 🦉🦉💙 (@Travisblues01) April 30, 2024
re: #48 lawhawk
Why did she include this in her book?
Because it was written for an audience of one - Trump.
Trump can’t stand animals, let alone puppies. He is precisely the kind of sociopath who’d buy into the Noem bulkshit about needing to kill a puppy that wasn’t properly trained or capable of being trained to be a hunting dog (not all dogs are good for hunting, even if they’re of the breed that generally is trained for hunting). She killed a goat and a couple of horses too.
What else has she killed? It’s a gateway crime to other sociopathy, and she’d be more than happy to kill for Trump too. That’s where this ends.
She included it because she’s crazy. It’s something she’s talked about for years, despite people telling her it does not make her look good at all.
Trump trial resumes this morning. We’re also awaiting a ruling by Judge Merchan on the gag order outcome - whether Trump gets fined or worse (better?!), incarceration for violating the terms of his bail (which also spills over to his other criminal cases and bail conditions in those cases).
re: #48 lawhawk
What else has [Noem] killed? It’s a gateway crime to other sociopathy, and she’d be more than happy to kill for Trump too. That’s where this ends.
He should make her Secretary of Education: schoolchildren would be afraid to get left behind for fear of dying in a ditch.
re: #45 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because “Free Market” and “Level Playing Field” mean that you, as an individual homeowner with limited assets and income are expected to negotiate one-one-one for terms of insurance coverage with a multi-million-dollar corporation.
Ditto goes for terms of employment or financial services.
even harder to do with an insurance company that doesnt do business in the state at all
the number of companies that write policies at all in florida is very limited
after 20 years, we got ‘depopulated’ were forced from Citizens this year
to a relatively new company i never heard of and have zero confidence in they will ever pay claim or survive long term
- they dont have good hands
- they arent on our side
- they arent standing with us
- i dont think they know a lot because they’re not old enough to have seen a lot
etc
oh, and it came with a mandatory 20% rate hike
i believe the ‘negotiation’ was “take it or leave it”
re: #48 lawhawk
Why did she include this in her book?
Because it was written for an audience of one - Trump.
Trump can’t stand animals, let alone puppies. He is precisely the kind of sociopath who’d buy into the Noem bulkshit about needing to kill a puppy that wasn’t properly trained or capable of being trained to be a hunting dog (not all dogs are good for hunting, even if they’re of the breed that generally is trained for hunting). She killed a goat and a couple of horses too.
What else has she killed? It’s a gateway crime to other sociopathy, and she’d be more than happy to kill for Trump too. That’s where this ends.
Not castrated. Male goat being a male goat. Heinous.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has executed search warrants on Google and X and obtained hundreds of files related to the state’s probe into the effort to subvert the 2020 election, according to a new report. Among them, a message from one Republican writer requesting he be spared from Trump’s “conspiracy theories.”
The search warrants came after CNN uncovered secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro.
Prosecutors now have access to Chesebro’s email and private direct messages on X, formerly known as Twitter, according to CNN. Nine months ago, the state’s fake electors were charged with forgery and other crimes for signing certificates that falsely claimed former President Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election.
Trump is reportedly an unindicted co-conspirator in the case.
“Michigan is among a number of states to investigate fake electors schemes,” the report states. “Just last week, Arizona prosecutors filed criminal charges against the pro-Trump electors there and allies of the former president who were involved in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.”
re: #42 Joe Bacon ✅
Looks like the Invisible Hand Of the Free Market is flipping the bird to Florida homeowners…
The operative paragraphs are here:
The Progressive property insurance shakeup primarily impacts what’s called DP3 Home insurance policies, which according to insurance experts, are homes that have older roofs or specific policies covering investment properties.
A total of 53,000 homes affected are in high-risk areas, and the remaining 47,000 are seasonal homes.
I don’t for a second believe that this is something that came as a surprise to these homeowners. I suspect they’ve received one or more letters to the effect of “Yo, your house is a potential deathtrap, address that shit or we’ll drop your policy” and circular filed such in the belief that it was an empty threat.
re: #47 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Even the people around Trump were appalled by it. [Unprompted
Admitting to] Killing a puppy was too crazy. Noem destroyed herself.
re: #58 Dangerman
If she can kill a puppy, she can kill a democracy.
Meanwhile, GOPers in WA basically say they’re anti-democracy, and want to get rid of democracy and direct elections. They want more power in the hands of the elites, and will stop at nothing to deprive rights of others to keep power aggregated in the hands of a few.
re: #48 lawhawk
Why did she include this in her book?
Because it was written for an audience of one - Trump.
Trump can’t stand animals, let alone puppies. He is precisely the kind of sociopath who’d buy into the Noem bulkshit about needing to kill a puppy that wasn’t properly trained or capable of being trained to be a hunting dog (not all dogs are good for hunting, even if they’re of the breed that generally is trained for hunting). She killed a goat and a couple of horses too.
What else has she killed? It’s a gateway crime to other sociopathy, and she’d be more than happy to kill for Trump too. That’s where this ends.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has “no shot” at being Donald Trump’s running mate after revealing in a forthcoming book that she shot and killed her puppy, the New York Post reports.
Said one Trump ally: “Trump isn’t a dog person necessarily, but I think he understands that you can’t choose a puppy killer as your pick, for blatantly obvious reasons.”
re: #49 Dave In Austin
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Jennifer takes shit from nobody! Here at the Blue Jambouree in 2014.
re: #50 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Yep, Noem is psycho. There’s nothing appealing or interesting about that story. Even people who don’t like dogs know that shooting a playful puppy doesn’t sound rational. The fact that she voluntarily wrote about this story shows who she is. She’s not well in her head.
re: #57 Targetpractice
The operative paragraphs are here:
I don’t for a second believe that this is something that came as a surprise to these homeowners. I suspect they’ve received one or more letters to the effect of “Yo, your house is a potential deathtrap, address that shit or we’ll drop your policy” and circular filed such in the belief that it was an empty threat.
I have never filed an insurance claim in the 30 years I’ve owned the house in Florida
House passes inspections, but I have had 2 different companies do the we’re outta your county/state-so too bad, even after being a customer for over 15 years by my prior company
re: #9 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Another trey day.
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Morning everyone! Gonna be another busy day in the neighborhood. Hope y’all have a great day!
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Matthew Russell Lee (@innercitypress) is reporting that Trump was pissed/upset with lead lawyer Blanche’s lackluster cross exams of witnesses last week. Who will do his cross examinations this week? Stay tuned.
Mind you, defense lawyers need to undermine the case in chief, and don’t have to actually prove anything. All they have to do is introduce reasonable doubt, but if you get into more aggressive questioning (or lines of questions), you have to worry that you cross the line and open the door for prosecutors to rebut with still more evidence, witnesses, or other bad conduct by Trump.
re: #57 Targetpractice
The operative paragraphs are here:
I don’t for a second believe that this is something that came as a surprise to these homeowners. I suspect they’ve received one or more letters to the effect of “Yo, your house is a potential deathtrap, address that shit or we’ll drop your policy” and circular filed such in the belief that it was an empty threat.
Roofing company sells me a “30 year roof”
after 15 years, insurance co says you need a new roof or we don’t renew
Independent inspector says roof is fine
Ins co “gave” us 5 more years
Now that we’re depopulated I guess its moot unless new company raises the issue
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Prager in the Morning…….
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As Freud said to his daughter:
“Sometimes a banana is just a banana, Anna…”
Lesser failson is in court with his dad. Bet he gets admonished by the judge for acting out.
re: #66 Dangerman
Roofing company sells me a “30 year roof”
after 15 years, insurance co says you need a new roof or we don’t renew
Independent inspector says roof is fine
Ins co “gave” us 5 more years
Now that we’re depopulated I guess its moot unless new company raises the issue
Florida’s insurance industry is a mess, particularly after the latest round of hurricanes and the high costs of insuring for the damages caused by those events. They’re trying to curtail their exposure, and the way they’re doing it is by saying - if you have X going on with your house, you either need to spend for a new roof system, or we’re dropping you (and good fucking luck finding another insurer who will help you given that insurers are fleeing the state in droves).
re: #10 steve_davis
Yes, but American conservatism isn’t supposed to be about preserving privileges of an in group. It’s supposed to be about preserving institutions while implementing gradual change for the better. The institution in this case is the constitution and the branches of government described therein. Republicans don’t practice conservatism. At best they’re populists. Their power structure is built around enabling poor white trash and their revival tent religion to literally take over the people’s house and to shit on its floor. This strain goes all the way back to Andrew Jackson, though he certainly didn’t invent it.
Stuart Stevens defined American conservatism properly: It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump This is what conservatism always turns out to be; the myth was preserving institutions — they never were. It was always about power for the white male Christian elites.
At one time the GOP wasn’t a solidly conservative organization, but it became so after Nixon saw that racism was the path to power.
Trump later: THE JUDGE IS MAKING ME GO TO MY SON’S GRADUATION!
Trump’s found in contempt of court on 9 of 10 charges by prosecutors. Fined $1000 per charge, and ordered to take them down by 2:15pm today.
[Note: the written order, screenshot below, says that the nine posts at issue are to be taken down by 2:15 pm today pic.twitter.com/j2PDPA5sYd
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) April 30, 2024
re: #72 lawhawk
Trump’s found in contempt of court on 9 of 10 charges by prosecutors. Fined $1000 per charge, and ordered to take them down by 2:15pm today.
Fuck the cash fines, put his ass in jail
re: #72 lawhawk
But I buried the lede - because Merchan throws down the gauntlet by saying that the fine is insufficient especially where the defendant has wealth, but he’s limited to the $1,000 fine (he can’t exceed it under state law). However, he indicates further violations can and will result in jail, which is permitted under state law.
re: #72 lawhawk
Trump’s found in contempt of court on 9 of 10 charges by prosecutors. Fined $1000 per charge, and ordered to take them down by 2:15pm today.
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Which does nothing to a man who receives donations to cover his costs. With someone like Trump you have to lock them up.
re: #72 lawhawk
Looks like the order specified that the next violation, it’s slammer time.
re: #76 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the order specified that the next violation, it’s slammer time.
can’t touch this
re: #76 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the order specified that the next violation, it’s slammer time.
As long as they stop giving him last chances to avoid jail, I’m cool with the path we’re on.
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As long as they stop giving him last chances to avoid jail, I’m cool with the path we’re on.
Guess we’ll see. I figure he’ll be tossed into a cell to cool his heels inside a week.
.Watch Fartman whine about going to his kid’s graduation…
re: #80 Joe Bacon ✅
.Watch Fartman whine about going to his kid’s graduation…
He’ll probably just sleep through the whole thing 😄
re: #35 Dave In Austin
Jennifer Grandholm has accepted to be questioned by the Comer Clown Committee. They said she accepted rather than be ordered too.
LOL….. this will be like Hillary’s Benghazi on steroids. And she will stay as long as they want.
I see she is a lawyer too, like Hillary was. Not that lawyers can’t make complete asses of themselves when interrogated, but they at least should have more skills than an average person.
The judge knows that forcing Fartass to go to his son’s graduation is more of a punishment than those measly fines.
re: #65 lawhawk
Matthew Russell Lee (@innercitypress) is reporting that Trump was pissed/upset with lead lawyer Blanche’s lackluster cross exams of witnesses last week. Who will do his cross examinations this week? Stay tuned.
Mind you, defense lawyers need to undermine the case in chief, and don’t have to actually prove anything. All they have to do is introduce reasonable doubt, but if you get into more aggressive questioning (or lines of questions), you have to worry that you cross the line and open the door for prosecutors to rebut with still more evidence, witnesses, or other bad conduct by Trump.
This is what happens when your client “thinks” he’s got enough understanding of legal theory from watching years of courtroom dramas that he can direct the legal team himself. Beating up on witnesses does not get them to make surprise “confessions,” nor can you suddenly introduce evidence that the prosecution was not aware of to catch them in a bind.
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And yeah, butthurt ensued..
re: #83 Joe Bacon ✅
The judge knows that forcing Fartass to go to his son’s graduation is more of a punishment than those measly fines.
Trump went to his other kids graduations, and he’s not being forced to go to this one. He’s a monster, but he does seem to have some interest in his kids.
re: #78 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
As long as they stop giving him last chances to avoid jail, I’m cool with the path we’re on.
Be prepared for disappointment, because Trump’s basically going to leave the courthouse to bitch more about the gag order remaining in place, going to flip off the judge by refusing to take down the tweets, and dare him to do anything about it. And the judge will…impose more fines and little else because he doesn’t want his home firebombed.
re: #87 Targetpractice
Be prepared for disappointment, because Trump’s basically going to leave the courthouse to bitch more about the gag order remaining in place, going to flip off the judge by refusing to take down the tweets, and dare him to do anything about it. And the judge will…impose more fines and little else because he doesn’t want his home firebombed.
If that’s true, we might as well burn the country down right now. I hope he’s tougher than that.
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re: #87 Targetpractice
The judgement specifically says that incarceration is the next stop.
re: #92 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Better set a reminder to reset my password in two billion years.
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
The judgement specifically says that incarceration is the next stop.
He’s left himself wiggle room by saying that the law allows him to jail Trump for further violations. If Trump pays the fines but leaves the tweets up, will Judge Merchan toss him in the clink? Or will he just impose further fines?
Does this mean he violated the terms of his release in the DC case and elsewhere?
re: #94 Targetpractice
He’s left himself wiggle room by saying that the law allows him to jail Trump for further violations. If Trump pays the fines but leaves the tweets up, will Judge Merchan toss him in the clink? Or will he just impose further fines?
Judge Merchan strikes me as a no-nonsense type. I think he’ll throw Trump’s ass in jail if/when it comes to it.
re: #95 Unabogie
Does this mean he violated the terms of his release in the DC case and elsewhere?
Ooooh, that’s a really good question.
re: #93 darthstar
Better set a reminder to reset my password in two billion years.
My password of “Password” is good for eight months.
/dictionary attacks are also a thing, and are much faster than brute force.
re: #95 Unabogie
Does this mean he violated the terms of his release in the DC case and elsewhere?
Those are on hold pending SCOTUS…but if SCOTUS miraculously came back tomorrow and said, “no immunity whatsoever” I could see Judge Chutkan scheduling a hearing for next Wednesday with Trump’s lawyers.
re: #96 Dr Lizardo
Judge Merchan strikes me as a no-nonsense type. I think he’ll throw Trump’s ass in jail if/when it comes to it.
All I’ll say is I’m not holding my breath. We’ve been told again and again that it was within the purview of one judge or another to come down on him like the fist of an angry god…only for said judge to then either take no action or treat him with kid gloves. Remember when the same experts were saying that there was no way in Hell that the SCOTUS bench would ever consider making Trump a dictator?
re: #23 Shropshire Slasher
Why doesn’t Columbia stop the protests? Because they don’t want to.
Tourists I assume
re: #95 Unabogie
Does this mean he violated the terms of his release in the DC case and elsewhere?
Bail is predicated on not committing crimes elsewhere.
Contempt of court is a crime.
He should be hauled into those other courts to address why they shouldn’t revoke bail, although I suspect they’ll soft walk this and demand papers why the court shouldn’t revoke or modify bail further.
Trump shows a catastrophically awful regard for the rule of law and refuses to abide by the law. He continues to act above the law and any effort to hold him accountable as any other defendant is treated as abhorrent violation of his rights, which is just bulkshit. He’s gotten more chances than any other person in his situation, and he’s out on bail when anyone who was indicted on theft/mishandling of classified documents would be in jail pending trial.
John Wick 5 looks dope. pic.twitter.com/Re17VzhLyW
— The Chud Report (@TheChudReport) April 28, 2024
re: #96 Dr Lizardo
Judge Merchan strikes me as a no-nonsense type. I think he’ll throw Trump’s ass in jail if/when it comes to it.
He could just give him a short stint, like Fri-Mon - so he gets an understanding of what it’s like in jail. No mobile device. No cameras. No hamberders. The constant smell of sweat and urine.
“enhanced due diligence” had the bank known that the money was going to an adult film star
Why not enhanced due diligence in any transaction touching Trump and those around him?
re: #102 lawhawk
Georgia courts are unlikely to modify/revoke bail, even though they should in this case.
In Florida, his bond indicates he cannot violate any federal, state, or other local law. Contempt is a violation of state law. He’s required to report to the probation officer within 72 hours of the conduct. The bail also sets out the additional penalties for bail violations, including loss of the costs of the bail and additional felony charges levied against Trump. It’s Loose Cannon, so we know where she ends.
We’ve got similar conditions in the DC case though, and Judge Chutkan will take this seriously.
re: #105 darthstar
He could just give him a short stint, like Fri-Mon - so he gets an understanding of what it’s like in jail. No mobile device. No cameras. No hamberders. The constant smell of sweat and urine.
And no more bronzer, either. 😄
Like father like son. 😂 pic.twitter.com/lGnJS16Ytz
— Figen (@TheFigen_) April 29, 2024
re: #104 darthstar
But those recessive alleles can be a bitch that doesn’t lead to mental damage.
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NEW: Border communities in #Texas have purchased a technology that tracks people through their Bluetooth and WiFi signals. It can track you through your wireless earbuds. The product is called Trafficatch & it’s integrated into license plate reader systems
www.notus.org/technology/w…— @GottaLaff (@gottalaff.bsky.social) 2024-04-30T14:11:04.078Z
Fines this time, Jail time next…
Merchan notes he lacks the discretion impose a greater fine and warns Trump he will impose “an incarceratory punishment” for continued willful violations if necessary.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) 2024-04-30T13:54:21.380Z
Andrew Fleischman
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It would be unbelievably fun to try a case with these four men at the other table.
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re: #112 Randall Gross
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Wonder if it tracked Paxton to NYC? What the ever-loving fuck is he doing at Trump’s trial?
Seated near Eric Trump in the courtroom are a couple of Donald Trump’s allies, including adviser Susan Wiles and a supporter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
re: #113 Randall Gross
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social
The wolf really is at the door, man
https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/
I hope the young people focused on Gaza can consider how every part of the world can get worse.
If Srebrenica wasn’t Genocide, then the term has lost all meaning. Israeli ambassador gets his genocide denial on in Serbia.
justsecurity.org
re: #38 William Lewis
49 years ago today, Saigon fell.
22 years ago today, my ex and I had dinner with a Vietnamese family. While in HCM city, staying in the the Saigon district, we met a young college aged woman who invited us to dinner with her and her father. He was a communist official by day and a landlord by night. She was studying to be a hotel manager. On the wall, in the ancestor shrine, the photo of grandma was in her uniform as a member of the National Liberation Front. It was never stated explicitly but I believed she was killed during the American War, as they refer to it.
They were thrilled we were there to adopt a Vietnamese boy, we were very honored guests and everyone I spoke with considered it a good thing that I had served the US, even if long after that time.
A few days later we toured the Presidential palace and I remember seeing where the helicopters took off with the last evacuations…
This has always a strange day to me since that evening.
Still haven’t been back to Vietnam. Maybe I should go.
re: #114 jaunte
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This Gregg Jarrett? Yeah, he’s quite the legal scholar.
Bluesky is getting ready to implement DM’s I expect to see something this week since they are talking about it now.
re: #121 BeachDem
This Gregg Jarrett? Yeah, he’s quite the legal scholar.
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(edited to point out I mean the old guy is absolutely right, whoever he is) he’s absolutely right by the way. there are millions of people in this country on the internet viewing underaged hentai. Japan has absolutely no cultural taboo about animated (hentai) pornography involving children. Fantasizing about this stuff isn’t evil, anymore than watching with a smile while John Wick executes a city full of assassins is evil. Actions can be evil. Thoughts, no.
The Internet usage is where they’re going wrong. That brings the societal pressures and negative peer experiences they want to avoid right into their homes.
Hikikomori Syndrome Is Rapidly On The Rise, With People Not Leaving Their Homes For At Least Six Months
Across Japan, approximately 1.5 million people live as recluses, withdrawing themselves from the outside world.
Some even refuse to step foot outside of their homes. These people are known to have Hikikomori syndrome.
The cultural syndrome is spreading rapidly, with the use of social media exacerbating the country’s loneliness problems.
Research has shown that the Covid-19 pandemic has also been a significant contributor to this type of lifestyle.
Hikikomori is defined as an extreme form of social isolation that can be influenced by several factors, such as psychiatric conditions, societal pressures, negative peer experiences, poor family dynamics, maladaptive personality traits, and excessive internet use.
re: #112 Randall Gross
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re: #126 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
I am basically Hackamore, I don’t mind getting out and interacting but I generally don’t do it unless it is work or music related.
re: #124 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
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re: #119 Randall Gross
Vilan seems to be another Figure Puritan - to them, genocide has a strict statistically-based component and mass murders with casualties that are “too small” should not qualify, lest they diminish larger ones. His ambassadorial service in Africa included Rwanda in the years following the Rwandan genocide, and he seems to view it and the Holocaust as being on a different level than others.
A state Senator got so emotional over her father’s ashes that she became a burglar, wrecking her career.
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell removed from committees, caucus meetings amid burglary investigations
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Embattled Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell will be removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings while burglary allegations against her play out in both a Senate and legal investigation, the Senate majority leader announced Sunday.
“This is a tragic situation, and there are still questions that need to be answered,” Sen. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, said. “The legal investigation is ongoing, and last week, we referred her case to the Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct. While the case is under review both in the Senate and in the courts, Senator Mitchell will be relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings.”
On Monday, Mitchell proved to be the deciding vote in her own defense, defeating a GOP-led effort to strip her of her voting powers.
“We have a fundamental value at stake, that people of every Senate district are entitled to be represented,” Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis) said during the hours-long debate.
Mitchell, a Democrat who represents part of the eastern Twin Cities, was charged with burglary last week. She was found dressed in all black in the basement of her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes, according to a criminal complaint. Authorities allege she confessed to breaking into the home to retrieve her father’s ashes and other sentimental items after her stepmother stopped speaking to her. On social media, Mitchell denied the allegations, saying she was at the house to check on a family member with Alzheimer’s.
Islamic Jihad’s branch in Jenin erected a sign telling motorists to leave the windows open and interior lights illuminated when they drive through the camp. Also, commercial trucks will be inspected (looking for Israeli forces). pic.twitter.com/yVwDgbE7ir
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) April 30, 2024
re: #133 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
State legislatures are the meth labs of democracy.
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
State legislatures are the meth labs of democracy.
The sad thing here is that our state legislature isn’t all that dysfunctional. We’ve been steadily moving the ball down the field on a number of progressive causes since winning both houses back in 2022. And yet, people are still going to people.
re: #64 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #118 jaunte
The Trump checklist so far this week alone:
1. Trump taking over the Fed.
2. Concentration camps on US soil.
3. Deployment of US Military in US areas for population control
4. At-will Federal Prosecutions targeting members of the press, enemy politicians, rival businessmen and “liberal” organizations.
5. Total Abortion ban nationwide. Enforced monitoring of women suspect of being pregnant. Bounty hunters for runaway pregnant women.
6. Pardoning violent criminals loyal to himself. Forming an American militia loyal to him and tasked to report and even arrest or assault any anti-Trump behavior or rhetoric. Violence will have a blanket Pardon.
7. Strong-arming current allies and any other country to enrich Trump business in order to apply for American Military protection.
Upcoming greatest hits:
1. Takeover of IRS for specific targeting of Trump personal enemies, groups and non-compliant companies.
2. Price controls of grocery store items at Trump’s whim a la Venezuela to alleviate rampant inflation and bare shelves as a result of his own Fed policies.
3. Ordering corporate product production with specific price controls and features for populist items like inexpensive pickup trucks.
4. possible rollback of Gun Rights (with roaring MAGA approval) to only those who pay into Trump’s own MAGA political machine “card-carrying member”.
5. Suspension of all Amendments and line-item Veto of the Constitution itself.
6. Pack the Supreme Court to 15 members stacked with 40- year olds.
7. For the few remaining “blue state” governors who refuse to comply (most will cave quickly) armed occupation of the capitols and arrest of state leadership. US Military deployed on public streets.
Extreme? Yeah—-right. Look where we are now compared to just 20 years ago. We have a solid 35% of the country openly hoping for a dictatorship- a 35% who holds the vast majority of actual current political and economic power.
I can’t help but find it darkly comical that Trump wants to shut down the Pandemic Preparedness Office…AGAIN.
re: #130 darthstar
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re: #27 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Could you imagine the outrage if Biden had shot Commander? (Rightfully so!) Outrage that the right dismisses from Noem.
The sick fucks.
Commander is a lucky dog, if he belonged to anyone else and had bitten as many people as he has the state probably would have ordered him put down.
re: #144 danarchy
Commander is a lucky dog, if he belonged to anyone else and had bitten as many people as he has the state probably would have ordered him put down.
If he belonged to anyone else, he wouldn’t have so many strangers around winding him up. First dog is not an easy job.
re: #144 danarchy
Commander is a lucky dog, if he belonged to anyone else and had bitten as many people as he has the state probably would have ordered him put down.
He reportedly only ever bit Secret Service agents, who are riddled with Trumpers, destroyed their own J6 texts after being told to preserve them and generally just give off a certain vibe Commander probably wouldn’t have encountered very often with any other owner.
re: #145 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
If he belonged to anyone else, he wouldn’t have so many strangers around winding him up. First dog is not an easy job.
we don’t know what kind of training Commander had; maybe he was taught to attack at the scent of gun.
re: #146 goddamnedfrank
He reportedly only ever bit Secret Service agents, who are riddled with Trumpers, destroyed their own J6 texts after being told to preserve them and generally just give off a certain vibe Commander probably wouldn’t have encountered very often with any other owner.
There are reports he bit white house staff as well.
While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its personnel, sources who spoke to CNN said the real number is higher and includes executive residence staff and other White House workers. Those bites have ranged in severity, from one known bite requiring hospital treatment to some requiring attention from the White House Medical Unit to some going unreported and untreated.
re: #147 sagehen
When he was adopted Joe knew he had a difficult past and accepted that for what it was.
A few more Trump criminal case housekeeping issues: no trial on May 17, nor May 24.
Prosecutors got one of their exhibits entered, and insisted on a Sandoval hearing, but defense is dragging their feet (and Merchan is pissed - telling them to read the info).
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
State legislatures are the meth labs of democracy.
The Texas Constitution of 1876 (Art V, sec 16) empowers county courts to appoint guardians for all “idiots, lunatics, persons non compos mentis, and common drunkards.”
I have often suggested that we should petition the Travis County courts to appoint such guardians for the Texas Legislature.
re: #148 danarchy
There are reports he bit white house staff as well.
I once had a biter named Maxwell. He was a cute little lhasa apso who loved his people and feared the world. He bit a woman very hard on the knee with no provocation at all and sent her to the hospital. It was really upsetting for everyone. We got a behavioralist to help us manage the situation. He was never trustworthy, but we never shot him for it. We just gave him the best life we could until he died of Cushing’s at 14.
Politico: House Dem leaders announce they will block effort to oust Johnson
“We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair. If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a statement.
Greene’s response:
“Everyday, I fight the Democrat agenda destroying America and I fight for an America First Republican agenda,” Greene posted on X. “Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. Here is their official endorsement of his Speakership.” “What slimy back room deal did Johnson make for the Democrats’ support?” she added.”
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
can’t touch this
Oh yes he can! Go get em your honor!
re: #154 dat_said
“What slimy back room deal did Johnson make for the Democrats’ support?” she added.”
The foreign aid bill. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan.
Not backroom at all. Very much public, in fact.
re: #158 sagehen
Slimy? Hmm. I always thought those back rooms were smoke filled.
re: #119 Randall Gross
If Srebrenica wasn’t Genocide, then the term has lost all meaning. Israeli ambassador gets his genocide denial on in Serbia.
justsecurity.org
It’s not genocide, it’s merely sparkling clear ethnic cleansing and the removal and elimination of religious and ethnic minority populations the majority doesn’t like.
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re: #142 wrenchwench
That looks like my yesterday puzzle. I haven’t done today’s yet. Why do you not put yours behind a hidden tag?
I don’t know…either I have nothing to hide or I’m turning rebellious at 60. Normally I don’t paste the squares at all…but I’ll try to be more attentive in the future.
It is really striking to me how some university leaders have managed to keep their cool and ended the Gaza encampments peacefully through dialogue and others have just needlessly escalated. dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/29/c…
— Lydia Polgreen (@polgreen.bsky.social) 2024-04-30T15:57:32.385Z
FDA Launches Health Care at Home Initiative to Help Advance Health Equity
Happy to see this though I wonder if we’re too often enamored by fancy technology. I’ve seen several studies over the years where just periodic contact with heart failure patients is nearly or as effective at keeping heart failure patients out of the hospital as home-based and/or implanted monitoring systems are.
It’s very effective having someone call a patient one a week or twice a month to ask simple questions like “Mr. Dat, how are you feeling? Tired? Gained any weight? Any puffiness in the feet or hands recently? Are you taking your medications? Why not? Have you done much walking or exercising? Any questions for me, or anything you want to add? Great - nice talking with you Mr. Dat - looking forward to talking to you next week.”
No one wants to reimburse for phone calls. So, I guess, Home as a Health Care Hub is a solution (maybe they’ll include phone calls).
Columbia has locked out faculty from campus in the name of student safety.
— Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) 2024-04-30T15:43:04.722Z
re: #154 dat_said
Politico: House Dem leaders announce they will block effort to oust Johnson
Greene’s response:
“Everyday, I fight the Democrat agenda destroying America and I fight for an America First Republican agenda,” Greene posted on X. “Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. Here is their official endorsement of his Speakership.” “What slimy back room deal did Johnson make for the Democrats’ support?” she added.”
essentially, if the ‘opposition’ is ok with the guy we elected, he’s not good enough for us anymore
put this up there next to parkinson’s law and the peter principle
Neuroscience News: High-Fat Diet Linked to Alzheimer’s Through Molecular Changes
Small study done on small rodents and not related at all to former presidents.
As Ben Shapiro’s sister, she’s obligated to keep things dry.
Something vampiric about a fur person who uncontrollably bites two legged people being killed by something named after Cushing.
re: #165 Dangerman
essentially, if the ‘opposition’ is ok with the guy we elected, he’s not good enough for us anymore
put this up there next to parkinson’s law and the peter principle
Parkinson’s law is a bit shaky.
re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅
The appeals court has denied Donald Trump’s request to have Justice Juan Merchan recused from the Manhattan hush money trial,
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re: #119 Randall Gross
If Srebrenica wasn’t Genocide, then the term has lost all meaning. Israeli ambassador gets his genocide denial on in Serbia.
justsecurity.org
There’s a background to the story, also, note that the story took the route through Sputnik:
3 years after fallout over Kosovo, Serbia-Israel ties ‘back on track’ - israelhayom.com - israelhayom.com
Israeli Ambassador’s Defence of Kosovo Recognition Riles Belgrade | Balkan Insight - balkaninsight.com
How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia | The Times of Israel - timesofisrael.com
re: #161 darthstar
I don’t know…either I have nothing to hide or I’m turning rebellious at 60. Normally I don’t paste the squares at all…but I’ll try to be more attentive in the future.
As I see the ‘tradition’ here, the hiding of results is a courtesy early in the day, so slow risers don’t have to stay away from LGF until their wordle is done.
I respect rebelliousness, but targets and tactics must be carefully chosen.
Bunch of entitled assholes.
A group of boozed-up spring breakers has infuriated locals in Florida after dumping two huge trash cans full of garbage into the ocean.
The brazen partygoers were likely some of the 10,000 revelers attending the annual Boca Bash over the weekend.
In shocking video footage shared online, the group can be seen emptying trash from their boat into the open water.
re: #169 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Parkinson’s law is a bit shaky.
it was a grapefruit pitch
re: #132 (((Archangel1)))
Vilan seems to be another Figure Puritan - to them, genocide has a strict statistically-based component and mass murders with casualties that are “too small” should not qualify, lest they diminish larger ones. His ambassadorial service in Africa included Rwanda in the years following the Rwandan genocide, and he seems to view it and the Holocaust as being on a different level than others.
Yeah, those kinds of people are annoying. IMHO If you massacre 10 women, children, or civilian men because you don’t want them to have children then it’s still genocide, it doesn’t come in proportions.
re: #177 Shropshire Slasher
Bunch of entitled assholes.
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Two men charged over felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree
Two men have been charged over the felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland last September.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, have been charged with causing criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Both are due to appear at South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on 15 May 2024.
There was a national outcry in September when the much-loved, 200-year-old Northumberland tree was found to have been cut down.
Northumberland National Park (NNP) said it had received 2,000 “heartfelt” messages from people from all around the world expressing sorrow and that it had been inundated with offers of help.
Celebrity chefs the Hairy Bikers were among those to share their outrage at the axing of the tree. Si King, one half of the duo, said the culprit had “murdered” the “spirit” of Northumberland in comments that underlined the strength of feeling about the tree.
re: #119 Randall Gross
If Srebrenica wasn’t Genocide, then the term has lost all meaning. Israeli ambassador gets his genocide denial on in Serbia.
justsecurity.org
Same folks that refused to call the early 20th century lynchings of African Americans, Tulsa massacre, and the 1919 Red Summer genocide.
Why SBF is turning against A-list FTX boosters like Tom Brady and Larry David—and what could happen to themSafely locked away for the next quarter of a century—barring the result of an appeal, or an early release for good behavior—Sam Bankman-Fried is spending at least some of that time trying to throw his former celebrity business partners under the bus.
The former FTX CEO has agreed to lend his support to a class-action lawsuit, filed by a group of FTX investors in November 2022, against a handful of celebrities, including Larry David, Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal, the Golden State Warriors, and Naomi Osaka, who endorsed the crypto exchange.
If approved by a judge, Bankman-Fried will be freed from paying any penalties in this lawsuit, and the plaintiffs will drop any civil action against him in the future, according to the settlement, filed April 19 in federal court in Miami. In exchange, he will assist the plaintiffs’ lawyers in pursuing the remaining FTX endorsers, providing testimony and private documents.
But amid the litany of dismissed class-action lawsuits, including those against Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for promoting EMax tokens, could the celebrities actually be forced to pay up?
“It’s certainly possible,” Rebecca Tushnet, a Harvard professor whose expertise includes copyright, trademark, and false advertising law, told Fortune. “It does make sense that they should have some level of responsibility.”
re: #179 Randall Gross
Yeah, those kinds of people are annoying. IMHO If you massacre 10 women, children, or civilian men because you don’t want them to have children then it’s still genocide, it doesn’t come in proportions.
Yep. Provided the elements of the crime are there, under international law, even 1 victim is enough.
re: #177 Shropshire Slasher
“Where are their parents?”
re: #172 Teukka
I find it silly that Israel claims all the agency and independence it wants when it comes to bombing or attacking neighboring states, but claims none when it comes to diplomatic ties and entering normal relations with other countries.
re: #164 goddamnedfrank
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re: #184 GlutenFreeJesus
“Where are their parents?”
Dad will be pissed if they bring his boat back full of empty beer cans!
re: #59 lawhawk
If she can kill a puppy, she can kill a democracy.
Meanwhile, GOPers in WA basically say they’re anti-democracy, and want to get rid of democracy and direct elections. They want more power in the hands of the elites, and will stop at nothing to deprive rights of others to keep power aggregated in the hands of a few.
The entire GOP — especially those supporting Trump or voting for him — want to kill democracy. They were all (even the “good” Republicans) against expanding voting rights, but the non-MAGAts are against tinkering with the Constitution.
re: #127 wrenchwench
Maybe the next thing they come up with will be able to detect children still alive in a classroom with a shooter. They had phones.
Yeah… that.
re: #172 Teukka
There’s a background to the story, also, note that the story took the route through Sputnik:
3 years after fallout over Kosovo, Serbia-Israel ties ‘back on track’ - israelhayom.com - israelhayom.com
Israeli Ambassador’s Defence of Kosovo Recognition Riles Belgrade | Balkan Insight - balkaninsight.com
How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia | The Times of Israel - timesofisrael.com
The Netanyahu Regime has looked the other way while his Azerbaijani ally Aliyev ethnic-cleansed Nagorno-Karabakh of it’s Armenian population, and has not condemned Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.
Dangerous and dumb.
Today is the last day U.S. hospitals will be required to report COVID admissions, capacity, or occupancy data to the federal government.
This will make it even more difficult to track the state of the ongoing COVID pandemic, as well as monitor potential pandemics like bird flu.
re: #190 DodgerFan1988
The Netanyahu Regime has looked the other way while his Azerbaijani ally Aliyev ethnic-cleansed Nagorno-Karabakh of it’s Armenian population, and has not condemned Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.
The Israeli government was very supportive of the apartheid South African government including, it is rumoured, providing them with help in building their nuclear weapons programme and even testing a device for them (the so-called Vela incident).
re: #190 DodgerFan1988
The Netanyahu Regime has looked the other way while his Azerbaijani ally Aliyev ethnic-cleansed Nagorno-Karabakh of it’s Armenian population, and has not condemned Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.
Yep.
In other news, it does appear that Dems will block any attempt by MTG to remove Johnson as Speaker
theguardian.com
re: #194 Randall Gross
MTJ? empty jackass?
re: #94 Targetpractice
He’s left himself wiggle room by saying that the law allows him to jail Trump for further violations. If Trump pays the fines but leaves the tweets up, will Judge Merchan toss him in the clink? Or will he just impose further fines?
IANAL — but could Merchan give him a time limit (e.g. 1 hour) and then treat every hour as a new offense, requiring a new fine?
re: #195 PhillyPretzel ✅
MTJ? empty jackass?
If it’s Marge, it should just be MT, like her head, after G divorced her for being entirely unfaithful.
re: #174 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Somewhere in South Dakota:
“Lassie! Help! I’ve fallen! I’m stuck in a well and can’t get out! I’m the GOVERNOR!”
(Lassie raises leg…)
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re: #197 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Yes. You have a point.
re: #192 Nojay UK
The Israeli government was very supportive of the apartheid South African government including, it is rumoured, providing them with help in building their nuclear weapons programme and even testing a device for them (the so-called Vela incident).
It’s no secret that there was always a secret love connection since the early 2000’s between most Euro hard right groups and the hard right in Israel because the hard right sees Israel as their ideal — a conservative, religious, ethno-tribal nation. It’s the same reason they admire Japan. If however those sames Jewish people they networked with back then moved into their neighborhood in Europe they would encounter some serious hate.
re: #198 Sherlock Hound
Somewhere in South Dakota:
“Lassie! Help! I’ve fallen! I’m stuck in a well and can’t get out! I’m the GOVERNOR!”
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re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
Creative fines are still subject to the statutory limits. I’d be concerned with getting fines overturned on appeal, which is why jail is a real possibility now.
re: #192 Nojay UK
I’ve often wondered if the Vela Incident was in fact a joint Israeli/South African nuclear test. I haven’t read up on it many years, so I don’t know if there’s any consensus conclusion to the matter.
re: #204 Dr Lizardo
I’ve often wondered if the Vela Incident was in fact a joint Israeli/South African nuclear test. I haven’t read up on it many years, so I don’t know if there’s any consensus conclusion to the matter.
The Wikipedia editors believe that that’s the case.
en.wikipedia.org
Saw this piece from Josh Marshall on Israel/Palestine/Gaza at Balloon Juice, and thought it worth sharing.
Insightful, reasoned, and (IMO) mostly correct.
So therefore, unlikely to be of much help (sadly).
re: #15 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is, as always, about power.
Modern ‘conservative’ are unhappy that power is being granted to those they believe undeserving of power. They’re very unhappy that this balancing is reducing their power.
So they are working towards an authoritarian system where they have all the power, and everyone else can suck it. You may hate as long as you also fear.
re: #197 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
If it’s Marge, it should just be MT, like her head, after G divorced her for being entirely unfaithful.
I have not heard of anyone being made to change a name given (or taken) in marriage. Many have done so voluntarily, including my mother.
re: #205 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
The Wikipedia editors believe that that’s the case.
en.wikipedia.org
Interesting; I didn’t know that an ionospheric anomaly was picked up by Arecibo. That seems to indicate that it was an atmospheric nuclear test.
Cannabis is going to be re-classified as per the AP.
re: #210 PhillyPretzel ✅
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple-effects across the country.
The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.
The agency’s move, confirmed to the AP on Tuesday by five people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive regulatory review, clears the last significant regulatory hurdle before the agency’s biggest policy change in over 50 years can take effect.
Once OMB signs off, the DEA will take public comment on the plan to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids, following a recommendation from the federal Health and Human Services Department. After the public-comment period the agency would publish the final rule.
re: #210 PhillyPretzel ✅
Cannabis is going to be re-classified as per the AP.
Cool, I reclassified it long ago.
re: #208 wrenchwench
I have not heard of anyone being made to change a name given (or taken) in marriage. Many have done so voluntarily, including my mother.
Time to break new ground.
re: #210 PhillyPretzel ✅
Cannabis is going to be re-classified as per the AP.
This will make it possible for dispensaries to move from cash only transactions.
re: #211 darthstar
Just coming to post that…a step in the right direction.
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It’s a start, but my friend who now destroys himself with alcohol because of drug testing needs full legalization.
re: #44 Dangerman
do they not get that the all omniscient god surely knows their false motives as selfish and self-serving, not selfless and altruistic
But God is also omni-merciful so He forgives them.
But never omni-merciful enough to forgive ‘those people, not like us.’
It’s such a convenient excuse for wrong doing.
re: #210 PhillyPretzel ✅
Cannabis is going to be re-classified as per the AP.
It’s a start. Next up: de-classified.
Spoiler for today’s Bee — don’t look if you are still working on it.
So why is ataxia accepted but anoxia isn’t????
re: #194 Randall Gross
In other news, it does appear that Dems will block any attempt by MTG to remove Johnson as Speaker
theguardian.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene, sorry for that typo
re: #214 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Time to break new ground.
Put it in the pre-nup. Otherwise, it’s done.
re: #220 Randall Gross
That is fine. For me she always be the Empty Jackass.
re: #215 darthstar
This will make it possible for dispensaries to move from cash only transactions.
Medicinal purposes, yes.
Recreational purposes, no.
re: #223 lawhawk
Medicinal purposes, yes.
Recreational purposes, no.
I’ve long thought they should use the word ‘social’ as they do for alcohol, rather than recreational.
re: #223 lawhawk
Medicinal purposes, yes.
Recreational purposes, no.
Reclassification as a less controlled substance is still helpful.
re: #224 wrenchwench
I’ve long thought they should use the word ‘social’ as they do for alcohol, rather than recreational.
Dropping that euphemism for recreational alcohol use might be better, but they should be consistent one way or the other.
re: #225 darthstar
Yes, but it wont let the industry move into a better financial arrangement. At least not yet.
re: #225 darthstar
Reclassification as a less controlled substance is still helpful.
It might even help with banking for weed stores that banks and credit card companies don’t want to do business with.
re: #217 Romantic Heretic
But God is also omni-merciful so He forgives them.
But never omni-merciful enough to forgive ‘those people, not like us.’
It’s such a convenient excuse for wrong doing.
I am fascinated by how they “know” this stuff
re: #226 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
Dropping that euphemism for recreational alcohol use might be better, but they should be consistent one way or the other.
Consistent, so far as the substances are consistent. Alcohol is way way way more dangerous. Hell, I think sugar is more dangerous.
re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter
Spoiler for today’s Bee — don’t look if you are still working on it.
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re: #227 lawhawk
Yes, but it wont let the industry move into a better financial arrangement. At least not yet.
What would it take?
re: #229 Dangerman
It comes to them in a vision.
re: #232 wrenchwench
What would it take?
IIRC, Congressional modification of the Controlled Substances Act.
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
IIRC, Congressional modification of the Controlled Substances Act.
So, declassification. The day will come.
re: #235 wrenchwench
So, declassification. The day will come.
Something good for the Democrats to run on this year. Get a Democratic congressional majority and it can be done.
To pay Stormy, Donald ordered his team
- to create a shell company
- to come up with fake names for the agreement
- to come up with fake invoices for repaying Cohen
NOT to hide it from Melania.
This was to hide it from campaign finance regulators, journalists, and all of us.— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) April 30, 2024
Because they had no shame about it
People are crazy. You don’t get injections from a “spa.”
‘Vampire facials’ were linked to cases of HIV. Here’s what to know about the beauty treatment
Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using needles.
Federal health officials said in a new report that an investigation from 2018 through 2023 into the clinic in Albuquerque, VIP Spa, found it apparently reused disposable equipment intended for one-time use, transmitting HIV to clients through its services via contaminated blood.
Vampire facials, formally known as platelet-rich plasma microneedling facials, are cosmetic procedures intended to rejuvenate one’s skin, making it more youthful-looking and reducing acne scars and wrinkles, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.
After a client’s blood is drawn, a machine separates the blood into platelets and cells.
The plasma is then injected into the client’s face, either through single-use disposable or multiuse sterile needles.
re: #191 jaunte
Dangerous and dumb.
And there’s a new strain FLiRT, and no, I have no idea why it’s called that. They expect a rise in cases, so perfect time to stop reporting.
re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter
Inorite?
If you read the Spelling Bee Comments, you’ll notice that every puzzle generates a raft of gripes about often quite-common words that get left out of the solution set. The answer is that said set is “curated”, and that not EVERY word that can be made from the given letters is included: and that those “curatorial” decisions are pretty opaque.
re: #243 No Malarkey!
This is fine.
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re: #162 goddamnedfrank
I don’t recall if I posted anything here about this (or maybe it was elsewhere) but in the late 60’s, early 70’s we were protesting Vietnam. I was dating a physics major who was actively involved in the takeover of the administration building; I went to classes and never participated in that action. The people in charge of the university waited the demonstrators out, until they finally gave up their occupation and it ended peacefully. And then a large group, including my boyfriend, were expelled.
re: #242 Jay C
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