Washout
The hockey playoffs return tonight as the Wales Conference finals kick off. The PGA Championship is delayed due to weather. The F1 race in Italy has been cancelled. The Yankees got caught cheating. A legend has passed. Man City will play Inter in the UCL final, and Luton Town will take on Coventry in the richest game in the world. And that’s it for sports.
Let’s see if she can fit it into her calendar. It’s been forever since the trial. Why’s she still walking free while most offenders get locked up the day they’re found guilty?
Do better
I’d sure like to know their reasoning for this. Bunch of pussies.
I’d like to know what they consider an “arsenal.” I bet its two or three guns.
Yikes. Big, giant fucking yikes.
I wonder if this will be the lead story on every news network in the country. It would have 3-4 years ago.
Of course they back the bill. It’ll pay their budget for the next several years.
“Strike me down!”
“Concerning” is an understatement. This lady has no idea who or where she is.
LOLOLOLOL. This generation of youths needs to learn how to be more discrete and change some words around.
Here’s an absolute classic. What a great album. And here’s another one. With the full intro, no less. Enjoy them both.
And enjoy this lovely Thursday, dear friends.
You have a whole folder of these pics?
I’m building one.
We talking about the front page thumbnail? I just assumed that was from SugarFree’s last outing to Bangkok or something that he shared with Sloopy. He worked hard to get that multicolored hue!
I was told there was to be no kink shaming.
“Why’s she still walking free while most offenders get locked up the day they’re found guilty?”
White woman?
All the right friends in all the right places. At this point, I’m surprised she was even prosecuted… must have been by someone unreasonable.
She ripped off the wrong people. Still getting treated with kid gloves though.
She spoiled their Girl Boss dreams.
Sentenced to 11 years. Probably out in 2.
Day for day credit, so 5 years in….probably a good behavior award of 6 months, out to the halfway house in 3.5 to 4 years.
and still a billionaire
Doubtful on that count, at least. I’m sure there’s a 7 maybe 8 figure stash somewhere, but that 9 figure restitution order is going to dog her the rest of her life.
Time served. And good behavior.
They’re probably crediting her with her time out now if she’s being monitored in any way.
“I bet its two or three guns.”
I thought it was four, but who knows?
Were they actual guns or some combination of firearms, airsoft, and BB?
It’s the FBI claiming it, so they probably don’t exist.
Pop-Tarts are real.
Britney nods her head.
There were pictures early on and I believe they all had orange tips on the barrels.
Reply too early….
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/27/jack-teixeira-pentagon-leak-weapons/11750777002/
“VIRTUAL! arsenal of weapons”
Arsenal of virtual weapons?
Well nibbled poptarts.
🤣
He’s still in the guard, so he has access to guns and classified info is probably the actual rationale. Never mind he wouldn’t actually be able to get either one at this point.
uh huh.
🙄
Next week: “Correction: The arsenal included classic Bazooka Joe comics and a toilet paper roll the reporter mistook for a silencer.”
Correction: previous reports identified the illegal firearm as Bazooka Joe bubble gum, further analysis determined it to be Hubba Bubba. We regret the error.
The editors who sacked the erroneous reporters, have been sacked.
A møøse edited my sister’s newspaper once….
The important thing is you have to keep repeating “illegal firearm” in every correction.
Like thus:
“The editors of the illegal firearm story who sacked the erroneous reporters who inaccurately identified the illegal firearm, have been sacked for inadequately identifying the illegal firearm.”
I was first introduced to this technique in my 6th grade class on propaganda.
What’s that bit about “repeating a lie”?
“silencer-style accessory,”
Based on the movies, that is either a towel or a pop bottle?
A throw pillow, obviously.
They found a potato in his pantry.
I’d sure like to know their reasoning for this. Bunch of pussies.
“We’ll wait for case to be tried and appealed first.”
Barrett is the Justice for the 7th Circuit so would have been the one to turn down the emergency appeal.
Who cares if governments do unconstitutional things? We’ll get around to looking at them in a decade or so… It’ll be fine…
Wonder why she’s ok with people having their rights abridged while the case winds it’s way (slowly) through the court system.
Easy.
She was OK with lockdowns and Lil Rona Panic measures. She was on the appeals court which upheld Illinois gathering size restrictions. She also rejected an appeal related to Indiana University’s vaccine mandates, which meant the mandates stood. If she’s OK with these things, what else is she OK with?
addendum: Indiana University is state-owned. Not a private entity.
Spoiler: No college is a private entity; without the federal dole, they’d all be closed or inexpensive.
They’d also be more concentrated on education.
Hillsdale? and another whose name I forget.
There is no case or controversy to use the particular language, that’s why. It’s actually a sound basis – unless you want even more political litigation (and lots more lawyers).
There is controversy:
States will continue to pass unconstitutional laws, they’ll be enforced for several years until they get to the SC, they’ll be overturned at the SC, then they’ll pass effectively the same law with a few words moved around a day after the ruling and start the process over again. Not to mention this will cause retailers to close their doors while the case works it’s way through the system, which means they won’t be in business when the SC scribes the law down and won’t be able to obtain a license between the time that ruling comes and a new unconstitutional law is on the books.
They’re running an end-around on checks and balances because this court wants to respect tradition. What they should do is start pausing the implementation of all of these laws until they wind their way through the system and can be ruled on. That way the state is the one with the burden of proving their law is constitutional before it can be implemented, rather than have citizens and residents have their rights infringed upon while waiting for the court to throw it out.
So the problem is with who the voters in those states elect to their legislatures. No SC can ever fix that.
Theoretically, the Constitution provides the solution to elected officials who want to infringe on rights. It assumes that the voters will send people to the capitol who will want to do so.
The question is the practical mechanics of how that solution is implemented.
The SC can absolutely fix that by striking down unconstitutional laws. It’s pretty much their job description.
Without it, we have no checks and balances.
And they strike down those laws when a proper challenge is presented, not on the basis of granting injunctive relief.
In the pre-woke days, this would be referred to as having such an open mind that her brain fell out.
Lemme guess: the sexual assault victim is a wyt womyn and thusly is far below the hamplanet charpersxn in the stack. Not to mention white woman tears are the most notoriously racist ahd hateful substance in the entire universe.
“convicted pedophile”.
Giant “yikes”
Seattle put a convicted sex offender on the payroll at 150k a year as a “street czar” to coordinate between the CHOP and the City. It’s how they roll.
From the last links post re: Dylan Mulvaney & AB Inbev: It makes perfect sense to punish the company for using a popular-among-minors celebrity given the precedents of Spuds Mackensey and Joe Camel.
Oooh, that is spicy. Why not right?
That’s just typical government pile on. And I’m completely against it.
However, I did LOL when I read it. I’m not especially sympathetic to AB Inbev. They wanted buzz and now they are getting buzz.
But, not a beer buzz.
I still think it’s because they picked a cringe sham of a trans woman, and if they put someone like Laverne Cox in an ad no one would have cared. I wouldn’t call this person trans either:
“Adidas is accused of trying ‘to erase’ women by using biological male model with hairy chest and bulging crotch for its WOMEN’S swimwear line during Pride Month – one month after Nike paid Dylan Mulvaney to model sports bra”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12098493/Adidas-accused-trying-erase-women-using-biological-male-model-WOMENS-swimwear.html
More and more it looks like the real goal is to get people to deny reality (THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS indeed…)
What lights?
Lights? Or light beers?
*shows 6 pack of Bud Lite*
There are are 4 lights!
Is that Michelle Obama?
Nah, too feminine.
If you think the tranny bandwagon that every corporation is jumping on now is weird, wait for the pedo bandwagon.
And no, I’m not equating the two – just predicting that once again, the forces who are tearing us apart – most of whom are not trans or pedo or what have you – will push even harder because it is in their nature. Companies might pause for a minute and then they will shrug their shoulders and happily climb aboard.
Yes.
My company is adding a religion employee group. Zero business reason to do so. Totally unprofessional.
The business reason is to identify people to be overlooked for promotion.
Good. Let the hate flow. Get all the women off these products. We need to quit boiling the frog slowly and crank that heat up if the insanity is going to end.
Speaking of punishing companies for “targeting kids”….
Brother Keith announces a successful
shakedownsettlement with e-cig companies who were accused of making vaping irresistible to kids.CWAA
“ we got all our money back”
What do you mean “our money”? Is it going back to the original purchasers?
You’re a funny man, slumbrew.
Considering the idiocy when it comes to labeling and advertising laws that the feds impose on the craft beer makers, I approve of AB-InBev getting beaten with the same laws the (most likely) lobbied for.
Two examples of breweries having labels rejected or requiring a change:
1) Left Hand brewing is a big supporter of the MS foundation (to the point of being a big sponsor of every one of the bike rides, and the CFO riding all of them). One year, they decided to release a beer tied into the MS foundation. They were going to donate a share of the sales proceeds to the MS Foundation, and they wanted to name the beer MS Gose Away (using the MS Foundation logo for the MS). The government rejected the name and label because “People might consider the beer a form of treatment for MS.” The beer was eventually released as Wheels Gose Around.
2) Lagunitas (currently owned by Heineken, but was independent at the time), released a beer named Wilco Tango Foxtrot. The initial name was Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, but the government made them change the Whiskey to something else, as customers might be confused into thinking the beer was a whiskey or a whiskey barrel aged beer.
That’s a great point!
I’m sure they took the lead on that particular bit of industry advertising guidelines.
Is it still just one guy?
For final label approval, I believe so. That’s just for beers that are going to be distributed outside of the state they were produced in, or for beers sold in the states that offloaded their label approval to the federal government. Some states have their own restrictions, which can lead to fun issues (the most infamous was Texas up until recently defining Ale and Lager based on ABV instead of brewing method used)
I am Zwak, and I approve of this thought.
“Let’s see if she can fit it into her calendar. It’s been forever since the trial. Why’s she still walking free while most offenders get locked up the day they’re found guilty?”
You didn’t read the NYT hagiography?
Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth
The black turtlenecks are gone. So is the voice. As the convicted Theranos founder awaits prison, she has adopted a new persona: devoted mother.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/business/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-interview.html
https://archive.ph/bMCIn
Lol, that’s incredible. I mean “austere religious scholar”-level incredible.
Would you expect less from the Times?
Sure there are some hungry Russians, but it’s not like they’re starving.
+1 Pulitzer Prize.
Have any of you read The Gray Lady Winked?
I juast started it and the Hitler stories are mind boggling.
https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-Misreporting-Fabrications/dp/1736703307
And I bet “devoted mother” is just as skin deep as her “Chick Jobs” persona.
““Concerning” is an understatement. This lady has no idea who or where she is.”
Why can’t this current crop of politicians take the cues they’re getting form mother nature and pack it in?
Not a single one has any grace to exit before they die in office, looking like the fucking crypt keeper.
If they release their hold on graft and power, they aren’t useful anymore — and can be sacrificed to the mob as proof the new crop is “doing something” would be my guess.
I think it’s great. They end up doing nothing and frequently act as an obstacle to others getting something done and they deprive themselves of any joy from life they may have had. It suits them well.
^^^This. Her absence delayed all kinds of idiocy, when combined with Fetterman’s absence.
Doesn’t seem to be stopping Biden from ruining everything.
The PGA needs to host its major in a civilized location. The potential for frost in May should be an automatic disqualifier.
Was the location picked before the move to May? I cant remember how far in advance they pick courses and when the tournament was moved from August.
Having said that, the golfers need to grow a pair amd learn to play when it’s in the 20s. It’s not as if there’s standing water on the course.
20 degrees? Is that no standing water – or no standing on the water?
Well, let’s be honest. Tiger could walk on the water, if you know what I mean.
That was a software bug.
I remember that bug.
It’s not the players, it’s the course. Playing in frost will pretty much fuck up a golf course for some time. Especially with big ass galleries walking around it.
https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2018/01/5-things-to-know–frost-delays.html
On the other side of that, I don’t know how they kept Valhalla from being destroyed back in 2000.
It was dry for a couple weeks and was in the 100s for the tournament. And they trimmed the grass so short, the greens were like pool table slate.
I don’t think anyone got to play the course for a while to let it recover.
If you didn’t see my comment below, they are back at Valhalla next May.
I thought ass galleries were more of G/HM’s thing.
I am absolutely loving this brief cold snap.
Yeah, I much prefer 50s to 80s.
The traditional August date has less issues.
Next year is at Valhalla, which is great, but the potential for daily thunderstorms in May in Louisville is high. August would just be dry and hot.
But per Klee’s reporting, ChatGPT doesn’t know how to determine if a text was written by A.I. or even if it was the text’s original author. ChatGPT will even claim it wrote sections of Crime and Punishment and other famous novels if prompted correctly, according to Klee.
Trusting ChatGPT. Dumb.
kinnath mentioned on the overnight thread that the story won’t get the attention it deserves. I read the story. It was great. Sadly, kinnath will probably be correct.
A Redditor with the handle DearKick, who says his partner was one of the students Mumm failed, shared Mumm’s email with Rolling Stone, according to Klee’s Tuesday report. DearKick told Klee that his partner hadn’t even heard of ChatGPT and contacted the dean and president of the university after receiving the email.
Well now your partner deserves to fail for making this claim.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
“You can teach a dog to bark but he/she learns to bite without being taught”
Adorable. Love the GSDs.
‘Nuff said, I don’t even need to comment on that.
self-own LOL
“FBI has IDENTIFIED Zodiac Killer as Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste – who died in 2018 – and has partial DNA sample that could link him to five serial murders, cold case investigator claims”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12096047/FBI-identified-Zodiac-Killer-Air-Force-veteran-Gary-Francis-Poste-died-2018.html
Cory Chase has a sad.
Ted Cruz is an Air Force veteran?
Cory Chase the porn star or someone else?
Either way, that went over my head.
Ted Cruz liked a Cory Chase video on Twitter.
Ahhh… got it.
Sounds like a lot of coulds and maybes from a guy they won’t even identify.
“Journalist Thomas Colbert says that an FBI whistleblower confirmed to him that Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste (pictured left), who has been previously posited as the killer, is currently listed as a suspect ”
Press ‘X’ to doubt anything coming out of an FBI ‘lab’ as well.
X
XXX
Jeebus, just have Abby run with it for a couple hours and she’ll have your killer.
Our abundant green electric future awaits!
The U.S. ‘Fast-Tracked’ a Power Project. After 17 Years, It’s Nearing Approval.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-fast-tracked-a-power-project-after-17-years-its-nearing-approval-1a7edb86?st=oyc8ldisf6d2mfb&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The project might finally receive a crucial permit this week.
That 17-year process underscores why some in Washington say there is a pressing need for an overhaul of the country’s rules for approving infrastructure projects.
As soon as Thursday, the project is expected to receive a green light from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management for a high-voltage power line, according to people familiar with the matter. The permit would allow the developer Pattern Energy to build the country’s largest wind energy project across three counties in rural New Mexico and deliver that electricity to large markets in Arizona and California.
Developers first applied for federal approval in 2008; environmental reviews started in 2009. In 2011, the project was “fast-tracked” by the Obama administration.
David Getts, general manager of Phoenix-based Southwestern Power Group, the original developer of SunZia, said that when the project was conceived in 2006, the company thought it would receive its permits in about five years.
this stuff drives me insane.
These are the same people who think we’re going “net zero” or whatever the fuck they’re calling that fantasy within ten years.
Absolutely hilarious.
Well it will be net zero because government runs on the banking model…they take money instantly but 7-10 business days to give you money.
One more brand I have to add to my list of ‘never agains’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12098493/Adidas-accused-trying-erase-women-using-biological-male-model-WOMENS-swimwear.html
The potato beat me to it. Such is my life of being trounced by potatoes.
At least you’re in good company.
I thought that was your kink.
No way I am going to Google “Potato trouncing” now…
New Gun Jesus book.
‘Orning ‘ordles — nothing to write home about, and no one reads these quips anyway. Meh. Meh to you all!
Daily Duotrigordle #442
Guesses: 35/37
Time: 03:31.15
https://duotrigordle.com/
Daily Quordle 479
4️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
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Daily Quordle 479
6️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle
Blossom Puzzle, May 18
Letters: D E G S H O T
My score: 235 points
My longest word: 9 letters
🌸 🌹 💐 🏵 🌼 🌷 🌺 💮 🌻
Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game
Meh.
Not so meh.
Daily Quordle 479
7️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
Daily Quordle 479
3️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
a bunch of lucky guesses.
#waffle482 5/5
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🔥 streak: 136
Daily Quordle 479
4️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle
Blossom Puzzle, May 18
Letters: D E G S H O T
My score: 295 points
My longest word: 9 letters
🌸 🌼 🌷 🌻 🌺 💐 🌹 🏵 💮
Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game
I think this case has more merit than reparations, but it is still dumb.
I admire this guy’s moxie. Not so thrilled about his timing, but that isn’t surprising given other issues Williams has had in his personal life.
Donald Williams accuses Chauvin of threatening him and other bystanders with Mace and ex-MPD officer Tou Thao of placing his hand on Williams’ chest.
Interestingly you and others interfering with the cops may have led to Floyd’s OD death.
Once again Team Red proves they are no friend.
TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-ban-in-montana-sets-off-first-amendment-legal-fight-5a06d701?st=3lcxwt9awf5zzbs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Don’t bother me with details just do what I want!
it is unclear how the ban would be enforced or what would happen to Montanans who downloaded the app before the ban’s Jan. 1 start date. There also remain unanswered questions over whether Montanans could use a workaround, such as a virtual private network, to make their devices look like they are outside the state.
When pressed for specifics, the Republican state senator who sponsored the legislation, Shelley Vance, said the onus of complying with the legislation would be on TikTok itself.
Does TikTok or the CCP have any offices or locations in Montana?
Tech Glibs probably know better, but they may pay for edge hosting services or something similar within the state. That would likely be easy to move to surrounding states.
It’s typical Montana Republican stupidity. Once they get an unassailable majority in both houses and the Governorship, what do they do? Pass backpack funding for students? Nope. Meaningful spending reductions? Nope. Meaningful tax reform? Nope. Ban TikTok… somehow? You betcha!
It’s a shame there’s no good portmanteau of “stupid” and “evil”. Epid? Nah. Stuvil? Eh.
There’s already a perfectly cromulent word to define stupid and evil – politician.
Evil is worse than stupid, but the results of either are often the same.
Stuvil == Republican
Epid == Democrat
“Steevil” is pretty good though.
In unsurprising news, Yellen is lying about the day the Treasury runs out of money in order to shift the debt-ceiling debate.
https://johncomiskey.substack.com/p/projecting-the-x-date-and-the-tga
That is well known on the street.
Are those pesky nondiccrimination in housing laws getting in the way of your wokeness? Portland and NPR will teach you how to get around them to make sure only worthy BIPOCs get discounted homes:
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/11/1175609511/some-white-portland-homeowners-are-selling-at-a-loss-to-black-and-indigenous-buy
Wasn’t that previously called White Flight?
This time with woke.
I think it’s great. No coercion is happening, just someone who wants to take a 400k loss to provide a leg up to someone less fortunate. So long as it doesn’t become a mandate by the men with guns, go for it.
I’ve advocated the same thing for people that bitch about income inequality. Until you are donating every dollar you have over the poverty line, shut up about my own charity or lack thereof.
Freedom of association exists or it doesn’t. They made their bed, they need to get fucked in it.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence.
That’s a funny euphemism for “freedom-hating tyrants.” And the “surge” appears to be only of a certain type of mass-shooting. The timing is curious to say the least.
After the 2022 Highland Park shooting, in which a gunman armed with an AR-15 and 30-round magazines killed seven people and wounded 48, the state and several cities enacted new restrictions against the sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery or importation of assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines.
The laws immediately drew a legal challenge from gun owners and gun shops in the state.
Because it is in clear violation of multiple constitutional amendments and both of the most recent scotus decisions on the issue.
Yep and the question remains open…if they truly believe they have the public on their side, submit the legislation to amend the 2nd Amendment.
There’s a major risk that SCOTUS will find that outright bans are illegal, but that adding gun types to Title II is allowable, because they won’t want to overturn the NFA and its various amendments.
If “deserve” had anything to do with it, the proposed pedophile board member wouldn’t have been available to be nominated.
Funny party of Ranty McSJW’s yelling…this isn’t about “housing” it is about board membership.
I’d like to know what they consider an “arsenal.” I bet its two or three guns.
1+ prolly.
I’ve said it before, but our new Somali neighbors have really assimilated into our current culture. Case in point: Press conference on the recent melee at the DFL endorsing convention devolves to pro-wrestling level accusations
Dhalsim’s signature move!
I wish he used the noogie instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGhK0XZGpI8
Needz moar folding chairs.
I wonder if this will be the lead story on every news network in the country.
Dying children is only important to leftists as it is useful to manipulate people for political reasons.
Or when it doesn’t fit their narrative needs…notice the one and done articles on the New Mexico random shooting.
Things do not look good for the FedGov.
I actually have no issues with the availability. The issue that Team Biden doesn’t want to address is that the FDA didn’t follow its own rules during approval.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/abortion-pill-battle-returns-to-the-courtroom-b163f075?st=ejbvnihp6wq1viv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
WE’RE EXPERTS! HOW DARE YOU QUESTION US?
The only proper judgment would be to cast aside the FDA rules and any state laws restricting access. Lawyers are no better at deciding that than bureaucrats.
“Top Denver cardiologist, 35, is accused of date-raping TEN women he met on Hinge ‘and filming revenge porn while they were unconscious'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12097207/Top-Denver-cardiologist-35-accused-date-raping-TEN-women-met-dating-apps.html
“TikTok plastic surgeon banned from operating fights to regain license after livestreaming herself performing dangerous operations – including botched lipo that caused perforated bowel”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12096439/TikTok-plastic-surgeon-fights-regain-license-livestreaming-performing-operations.html
So you are saying cell phone cameras are ruining medicine?
I think they’re misusing the term “revenge porn” here.
The judge orders defendant to be strapped down and allows victims to peg him. Filmed in 35 mm because it is classy.
“Baliff, whack his peepee!”
8 mm would be better.
9mm might be pretty good too.
Nominate him for the homeless housing board!
In depth look at the 22 mid-terms and why the wave became a ripple.
The big takeaway is that Dems had early and mail voting advantages and there is nothing preventing Repubs from doing the same. You can question the legitimacy of the unlikely voters that the Dems turned out and you might be right, or it could just be good organizing and targeting. Whether you choose to assume the worst is up to you.
The WSJ is concerned…
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-primary-elections-suburbs-florida-pennsylvania-kentucky-daniel-cameron-eb28a2fe?st=j2rhq7n1g8f7n9n&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
I dont think the write of the WSJ piece read the other piece.
Why not both? I live in Illinois…TEAM BLUE supermajority, and they STILL cheat in certain precincts.
I wonder how many of those early and mail voting advantages were due to ballots actually cast by legal voters. Because that is the pool of votes where you can really do industrial scale vote fraud.
Kari Lake is back in court in Arizona, and the last I saw her team analyzed signature verification, discovering that the vote counters in Maricopa County spent between 0 and three seconds verifying each signature. Do you think you could actually verify over 1300 signatures an hour, hour after hour?
Confident prediction: the courts will do nothing. We already know the governor will veto any voting integrity legislation that reaches her desk. I see no reason to vote in AZ elections any more. Elections are decided now by whatever Maricopa County can get away with, and they can get away with a lot.
I’m in IL… the only time I remember my signature being verified was April 2022. The clerk actually said to me “Your signature is the most consistent I’ve ever seen!”
Talk about leaving me with zero confidence. Because he obviously let all the inconsistent signers go on their merry-voting way.
This happened last week:
https://www.judicialwatch.org/pennsylvania-settles-voter-roll-lawsuit/
I’m sure none of those “mailed” in ballots.
Not good enough, not good enough.
I want felony prosecutions of the people who have deliberatly let the rolls grow rotten.
You can’t prosecute for something that isn’t illegal. Registration has no expiration – manual or automatic. That’s a problem with the law as passed by the state govts.
*points and laughs*
Now there’s some naivety
That’s just dumb.
Yup, no way somebody would be sentenced to 10 years for a tweet telling people to vote on Wednesday.
He was convicted of something – whether that was just or not is another matter. We usually have more of a problem with bad laws on the books than not enough laws.
If they were convicted, what they were charged with MUST have been illegal!
Ironically enough, all 5 of those counties voted Trump in ’20. So yeah, they’re obviously full of fraudulent Dem voters.
I didn’t specify party or which races.
So if someone carries a county by a some votes, fraud on behalf of the other party would have no impact statewide? I haz a confuse.
They are mostly rural counties, not even the suburbs of Pitts or Philly. Hardly the homes of Dem machines. Hell, my blood-red county hasn’t been able to run an election competently the last few years – that has nothing to do with partisan corruption.
Washington County used to be heavily Democrat thanks to unions. Now it is Republican.
Same with Luzerne County.
I can see both having had powerful Democrat machines that got fucked because those union guys tend to be culturally conservative, which modern Democrats are not.
I’m not familiar enough with other counties to know about them.
I’ll read the article later.
Dems in NH did a very good job working same-day registration. They targeted unregistered voters this time around using abortion as the hook.
It worked. Some candidates I know who were at the polling places said early registration lines were long. Folks joining those lines heckled Republican candidates and people holding signs for Republican candidates. The heckling revolved around Republicans banning abortion.
The problem is that the Democratic mobilization campaigns were most interested in adding votes to the Democratic columns, rounding up votes from those unlikely to otherwise vote.
Nice.
APL strikes again.
Schiff lied to the American people. He used his position on House Intel to push a lie that cost American taxpayers millions of dollars.
He is a dishonor to the House of Representatives.
Nix that pencil-necked prick.
I hate everyone in that thread, including Schiff and Luna.
I doubt shingles. That old bat had a major stroke.
Change my mind.
Maybe. An uncle of mine had a bad case of shingles. It wasn’t technically his cause of death, but he never really recovered.
At 89, ALL illnesses are life-threatening
Really? What changed in the last 2 years?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/britain-baffled-shocking-surge-death-rates-last-year-no-clear-cause
It’s completely inexplicable.
People stopped masking?
Let’s check the article for likely suspects… indirect effects from COVID, ambulance delays, fat people.
Well there you have it. Must be one or a combination of those things. Nothing else to see here, move along please.
Bloated, work-shy NHS…
I guess you don’t like selling guns.
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Gunmaker Heckler & Koch inserted themselves into the “woke beer wars” by showing support for Miller Lite’s cringeworthy feminist campaign against the use of “sexy women” in product promotions. HK praised Miller Lite for their decision not to employ sexy “bunnies” in their beer advertisements. The gunmaker took it a step further the following day, issuing a second tweet denouncing such “objectifying” advertising campaigns as “trash marketing.”
Actually, sex sells, you stupid cuntes.
Copied a bit too much there…
Related.
Is it bad that when I read beer corps I was wondering how to sign up before I realized they meant corporations?
I’d take a commission in the Beer Corps!
We all know they’d be calling for a murder trial for Trump over that girl. But politics uber alles.
I watched this the other night. Apparently a newly found or restored documentary about Roger Penske and Mark Donohue in the early days. Even if you don’t know anything about racing it’s worth a watch. Penske wasn’t the only person to approach motor racing in a methodical and orderly fashion, but he pretty much made a science of it. Donohue’s body language in some of the interview segments is pretty interesting; he looks about like he’s being tortured.
A couple of interesting foreshadowings: Penske, at one point says, “Well, I’ll probably just keep doing this as long as I find it challenging” and Donohue says, “Well, you really don’t see very many 65 year old racing drivers announce their retirement, so I don’t know how long I will be able to keep this up.”
Prnske’s still on the timing stand 60 years later, and Donohue died in a race car.
Thanks. I’ll give it a watch.
I’ll have to look for it. Watched a documentary about Donohue and the Porsche 917 program. Amazing car that only Donohue could drive at anywhere near it’s potential.
Powell ain’t done yet.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stocks-bonds-tumble-comments-feds-logan
Kill the Fed Put. Kill it dead.
From Rebel Scum’s link:
Gunmaker Heckler & Koch inserted themselves into the “woke beer wars” by showing support for Miller Lite’s cringeworthy feminist campaign against the use of “sexy women” in product promotions. HK praised Miller Lite for their decision not to employ sexy “bunnies” in their beer advertisements. The gunmaker took it a step further the following day, issuing a second tweet denouncing such “objectifying” advertising campaigns as “trash marketing.”
What they’re really saying is they hate women who like being women.
☝️
And they hate men who like women.
They especially, I suspect, hate women who are more attractive than they are, which is why they want to deprive them of paying modeling gigs.
Although HK did back off, call it a policy violation and say it wouldn’t happen again. So the “they” hear may or may not include anyone outside HK’s social media team.
Shorter version: they hate women who act like women.
Thread:
“1. Twitter Provided Privileged Access to Banning Queen, Taylor Lorenz #TwitterFiles
Twitter engineer walking me through their reporting system, “Wow! She’s a heavy user.””
https://twitter.com/thackerpd/status/1659162337448697856
CWAC
Someone twit that at The Jacket.
OK – count the number of idiots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/13ke08g/how_to_get_around_a_brokendown_truck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
That was the best ray of sunshine!
Is the entire population of that city drunk?
From the comments it’s Russia. So maybe…
Where everyone seems to have a car camera to record their own terrible driving.
🤣😂
A fun troll that I will not be participating in.
Speaking of weaponized femininity (and Van Halen)
First video I ever saw on MTV
I knowed it. Waldo was voiced by Phil Hartman.
✏️
“South Africa thought there were too many skilled white engineers in important positions like those at power plants. Since the end of Apartheid in the 1990s, South Africa’s government has adopted a replacement strategy to replace white people in every field with black people.
There was just one big problem: Apartheid had never allowed for the training of black engineers who knew how to run power plants.”
https://notthebee.com/article/south-africa-slashed-emissions-and-beat-their-climate-goals-heres-how-they-did-it
Seems like there is a lesson for the US in there somewhere.
Dude, your identity is all the qualification you need.
What a shame. When I visited years ago, I remember thinking that they were clearly on the cusp of two possible futures, depending on which direction they went. Sad to see they took the wrong one.
I tell you what- this right here is a fine lookin’ doge.
Walls! Closing in!
Latest revelations from the special counsel’s probe into ex-President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents deepen a sense that a grave political moment is approaching.
An exclusive CNN report that appears to point to a core weakness in Trump’s case is reinforcing the possibility that the 2024 presidential contender is in a heap of legal trouble.
Possible evidence that Trump knew that his claims that he could simply declassify material on a whim were false highlight his characteristic belief that laws and codes of presidential behavior do not apply to him. This is a factor that made his White House term a daily test of America’s democracy and legal system and may become even more acute if he wins the 2024 election.
They’ve got him now. DEMOCRACY! is saved.
But a senator and VP are totes within the law. Got it CNN.
If Cobb is right and Smith could be moving toward an indictment, Americans could soon be wrestling with an increasingly familiar question: What is the appropriate way to hold to account a president and presidential candidate whose core political model is rooted in breaking all the rules but whose indictment could further inflame an already deeply polarized nation?
Time for the FBi to turn one of their patsies loose.
Look who has discovered states’ rights.
NJ Gov. Murphy would consider defying Supreme Court if justices back abortion pill ban
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/nj-governor-supreme-court-mifepristone-ban.html
The last time I remember a governor openly stating they would violate SCOTUS rulings was probably during segregation.
Way to go NJ!
THAT’S DIFFERENT!!1111111!!11!!1!
It was even the same party. [snicker]
It may be contrary to the national interest to ignore huge affronts to the rule of law by a previously sitting president – including alleged mishandling of classified information – since questions fundamental to American democracy are in play. But a prosecution could again create a political inferno that could further damage confidence among millions of Americans about the country’s legal and election systems.
This is the treacherous brink to which Trump has again brought the nation.
Look what he made us do!
There are some serious gyrations in that article. That guy’s typewriter must have been drenched in sweat.
that could further damage confidence among millions of Americans about the country’s legal and election systems
It’s the legal and electoral institutions job to do that.
Just ignore the huge affronts to the rule of law by a current sitting President, including, wait for it, alleged mishandling of classified information.
That ain’t sweat!
I love that iconic red and white Strat Eddie used. He did it himself, just used tape and spray paint.
The military seems uninterested in military things.
When I was working on the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s ‘Disloyal Military’ investigation, I predicted that Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. would be selected as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The media is now reporting that Biden will indeed pick Brown to replace Milley. And as bad as Milley was, expect Brown to be much worse.
Under Gen. Brown, the Air Force has become the most woke of the major service branches.
Let the DOD break itself on this. The political right needs to finally divorce itself from the military worship and this may be the only way to do it.
As I recall, the CJCS pretty much rotates through the service heads. It isn’t like there is a lot of choice.
Hey, don’t blame the military, they don’t get to pick their boss.
Oh hell yeah blame them.
No, they don’t get to pick their bosses (POTUS). But have you seen ANY of them throw their stars on the table with regards to any of the wokification or other disastrous policies or executions of the last few decades?
The current leadership culture is utterly toxic and destructive.
Hell they don’t resign in disgrace either. The failure of every officer in command in Afghanistan, for perpetuating the official lies is a black mark against the leadership (as an institution) in every branch.
The guys who are willing to make those kinds of stands get identified at field grade and tracked away from Flag officer.
The politicians get tracked for flag officer, in most cases.
It wasn’t all that long ago that the Air Force Academy was always in hot water for pushing Christian shit down the throats of all their cadets. Looks like the worm has turned?
stupid vallejo’s stupid inconsistant labels on their stupid dropper bottles.
They’ve been right in front of my face at my local game store, but I kept thinking they were a different brand because of their insistance of making the line the biggest thing on the label.
Good morning, Sloop!
Someone has to explain to me how the SC ruling makes any sense at all. Are they just gonna punt when the federal gun ban EO comes down?
I am definitely looking forward to the NHL finals. I still like Dallas, but these teams are too close to call.
I don’t like the entirety of 1984, but that song is terrific. One of the best tours I’ve ever seen as well.
Have a great day, people. It promises to be weird.
I’m looking forward to more hockey tonight. How many of the teams have never won a cup? 2 or 3?
Two. The Knights and Panthers.
I can remember when air at a gas station to fill your tires was free. Now its like $1.50
Guess thats the price of inflation.
That joke blows.
It helps to relieve some pressure.
The real money isn’t in the air. It is in selling tire accessories. I know because I’ve done stem sell research
This thread is going to balloon until Swiss punctures it.
We’re treading on thin ice.
It’ll wear thin after a few miles.
I think it’s a law in most states that service stations have to provide air for free to anyone buying gas. You just need to ask the attendant to turn the pump on.
Oops, I’m wrong. It’s only a law on CA and CT:
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/do-gas-stations-have-to-give-you-free-air-if-you-ask/
In my IoT days, we instrumented a lot of the air compressors at gas stations. I know in CA if you asked (for any reason) they’d give you the quarter to turn on the air machine.
Fucking sucked trying to reconcile cash collected vs blows given.
BTW, that was actually an IoT project that made sense.
Amazing how many more quarters made it back to HQ after the guys who serviced the air stations realized that we knew how many times someone had turned it on.
I always felt bad for the thieving drivers though. Must be sort of humiliating to go home with your pants sagging and clinking with the fruits of your larceny. Bank robbers can throw their wife’s down on beds covered with stolen bills and have crazy sex. Doesn’t work so well when the bed is covered with quarters.
American Dad! did it, including the making out on the bed covered in quarters.
Boo!
Hiss!
Not at QuikTrip. It’s free.
Free here at Stewart’s
Victims of climate change
Cassy England is a fifth-generation farmer in Pinal County, Arizona. For decades, her family has been a part of the vibrant agricultural community in the southern part of the state, growing cotton, alfalfa and grains.
But this year, she’s facing an unexpected challenge: She has to manage her crops with half of the usual water supply.
Agriculture in this area relies on the Colorado River, and a historic drought is causing severe shortages. Just as she was beginning to plan her planting season, England was notified that her farms would not get any water from the river and would have to make do with available groundwater instead.
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Farmers across southern Arizona are among those in the West facing the brunt of climate change. The drought, worsening fire seasons, temperature swings and monsoons all impact their businesses, food production, utility costs and livelihoods.
I wonder what else has changed in the desert southwest in the last fifty or sixty years.
cotton, alfalfa
Two stupidly thirsty crops, in a fucking desert. Real geniuses there. They wouldn’t do that if they weren’t given essentially free water.
They may be deserts, but they identify as oases.
Sure you can grow it, if you can afford the water – which we have made absurdly cheap for farmers. Don’t cut the allocation, raise the price and let them make more economically based decisions.
Corn is also a big water sponge of a crop. With all the ethanol nonsense the amount of corn planted is way more than it should be. Thanks Iowa!
We get all the water we need from the sky.
Praise Tlaloc
OK, this is funny.
Younkin is raping the hell out of Zombie Reagan, when this happened:
https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1659205478977802242
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
Over Macho Grande?
Duolingo decides to double down on bad crowd sourced Japanese lessons.
I understand the the anime tie in is likely to bring customers to both services, but anime in Japanese is anything but natural. If you understand the distinction it can be a very useful language tool, but you need to understand what it does that isn’t natural.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2023/05/16/duolingo-crunchyroll-use-anime-teach-japanese/70220823007/
Another producer in the region, Kaylee Jensen, who identifies as Republican, said she was also trying to tap into those conservation programs to help her winter vegetable operations in Yuma.
The Agriculture Department and farming advocates argue that the current programs are “oversubscribed,” meaning more farmers and ranchers want to be a part of voluntary conservation programs than there is funding for the incentives.
These programs also received a historic $20 billion boost from Democrats in the Inflation Reduction Act last fall — dollars that Republicans in Washington are looking to claw back.
Republikkkins are stoopud, lol.
I have little tiny bitches this week. Small irritations I’m getting unreasonably angry over because… It is a luxury for me to have ONLY small irritations. I’ve gotten used to a drama-free house, and so little things take on more importance. I need to be more mindful of this, and express the appropriate gratitude.
I’m counting my blessings today. Mrs. TOK is babysitting two boys today while their parents take their sister on a field trip. They’re both on the spectrum, and a complete handful. It’s only been two hours and it’s been rough. Thankfully this is a one time thing.
If Reddit is to be believed, everyone is “on the spectrum.” I wish we could roll back to when kids were just weird and normie society taught them how to be not-weird enough to keep a job.
I can’t find your email in my history.
You can send me a message via kinnath at ballymacosker dot com.
Although I think the ISP was blocking your address last time we tried this.
I’m going to have to figure out what’s going on because when I initiate emails, they go into people’s spam filters.
My ISP is nuts. They strip out emails before I even see them. There are a couple of legit businesses that I buy from that I can’t get emails from. I have to use a gmail account with them.
I just contacted my ISP to find out WTF is going on. My problems are MOSTLY with gmail.
Sent.
Replied
Count your blessings. I’d kill for a bunch of tiny bitches.
This spring has been one disaster after another. Deck project goes off the rails. Find out big ash tree has emerald ash borers and will cost $$$ to get rid of. Now my boat has both a bad fish finder and a bad motor.
Really pissed about the motor because I took it into the service center last year just before storing it. The mechanics told me it was a dirty carb. I was very doubtful because the carb had been replaced the year before. Took it for a test run and it seemed fine. Took it out the first time this year got 500 yards away from the landing and the same fucking problem with motor popped up again. Taking it back to the same mechanic today.
On one hand, I have no trust in this guy. On the other hand, he owes me money for fucking it up last fall. Should be a fun conversation.
On the bright side, I think the stomach bug that has been afflicting me for the last couple days is done. There was an actual lump in the morning dump today!
Ugh. Fucking dirty carb What does that even mean? Especially on a new one that doesn’t get used much.
Do you run non-oxy gas?
Sorry to hear about the other shit, too. Do you need a new deck guy?
Run non-oxy gas. I was super skeptical about it being a carb. Pissed me off because of course carb cleaning isn’t covered by the warranty.
My deck guy is great. The problem is that the original deck builders were not. Thought we were going to just replace the decking. Once we got it torn off, it became clear that the frame wasn’t attached to the house correctly and the footings weren’t great. So off we go on another Adventure in Home Ownership.
Sucks that MG takes forever to approve a permit and charges an arm and a leg. Like all my projects at some point I will be told “Oh yeah, normally this would cost $ and be fast, but in your case it is going to cost $$$$ and take forever.”
That’s a bummer. When we redid ours we went with those Diamond Pier footings instead of poured. More expensive but way less labor. May be something to look into.
I may have skipped the permitting process, however.
I may have skipped the permitting process, however.
Now THAT’S a Glib comment!
A long time ago in a land far, far away (across town) a then-unknown-to-me mechanic fucked up my car (don’t remember why I took it there). I took it back to my regular guy and he said, “This was done wrong.” I went back to the unknown-to-me guy and made a stink till he just refunded me my money. Who’d’a thought that saying, “You messed up my car” in front of a bunch of waiting customers would get a result? It’s not one of my prouder Karen moments, but I was desperate for my car to get to work, and I was pissed off that I had to pay twice AND I desperately needed that money.
Today, one of my little bitches is that I have an ebook project of a type I’ve never had to do before because the ebook retailer didn’t take the format. Now suddenly they’re demanding that format. Thankfully, my client is very understanding of my predicament, but I’m learning this process and have almost no way to check the work. We have to keep submitting the ebook to the retailer to see if it passes muster, then back to the drawing board.
Que?
“Well, let’s pull back and look at the big picture here. The big picture is this is the biggest movement of refugees since World War II. … Right now, post-COVID world economies are shattered around the world. So, you expect people to try to come to the United States. And by the way, the U.S. is the only economy really hitting on all its cylinders. Unemployment is really low, looking at inflation. So, people are voting with their feet to move to come to the U.S. At the same time, look at your numbers, what’s going on at the border. Those numbers are going down. But Mexico also is holding a lot of those refugees, trying to take care of them. Guatemala is trying to do the same thing. Colombia has almost 2.5 million Venezuelan refugees. This is a worldwide phenomenon. The Canadians are struggling to figure it out. So, it’s not about a number at the border. It’s about trying to figure out how we kickstart these economies around the world and how to get people to stay home, to be able to earn a living and this is what we’ve been ignoring.”
I missed the part where other countries were our responsibility and our border is not.
They aren’t refugees by any meaningful definition.
We don’t do meaningful definitions any more. If a dude can be a woman because he identifies as a woman, a cartel soldado can be a refugee if he identifies as one.
I’m glad one witness has stepped up.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/witness-jordan-neely-chokehold-death-calls-daniel-penny-hero
Pretty brave, imo.
who described herself as a woman of color
Skin folk, not kin folk…
I am 100% certain that every other passenger who was in that car agrees with her.
People are sick and tired of this shit.
Bragg is going to find one or two people on the train who are willing to go the other way.
For example the “freelance” journalist who released only a portion of what happened. No idea if he only recorded that portion or that was only what he released.
solid, closely reasoned debate
…Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Tina Smith, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley are circulating a letter, shared with Insider, to Biden urging him to invoke a clause in the 14th amendment that would declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional, getting rid of the debate forever — and the congressional drama that comes with it.
“It is unfortunate that Republicans in the House of Representatives and Senate are not acting in good faith. Instead, Republicans have made it clear that they are prepared to hold our entire economy hostage unless you accede to their demands to reduce the deficit on the backs of working families,” the lawmakers wrote. “That is simply unacceptable.”
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“The choice we face is clear. We cannot reach a budget agreement that increases the suffering of millions of Americans who are already living in desperation,” the lawmakers wrote, adding that “using this authority would allow the United States to continue to pay its bills on-time, without delay, preventing a global economic catastrophe.”
Nobody move, or the bigger gets it.
Once again, nobody is asking how we got to a point where the only thing holding back a global economic catastrophe is the US borrowing more money.
How can there be millions of Americans living in desperation if the economy is hitting on all cylinders, unemployment is at historic lows, the minimum wage has been hiked and hiked again, nobody has to pay student loans or their rent, etc.?
“It was really unfair to Magneto”
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1658907746408833033
LOLOL
The Bee is just straight reporting.
tuping is hsrd
Sure you can grow it, if you can afford the water – which we have made absurdly cheap for farmers. Don’t cut the allocation, raise the price and let them make more economically based decisions.
It’s long past time for policy to reflect the true cost of water. When those agreements were made, there were about 25 million fewer people in that part of the country.
NPR’s incessant droning about how global warming is the sole cause of the problem is what offends me.
Alternatively, you have people bitching about the Saudis owning/operating a farm in those parts with cheap water – and doing the exact same thing as American-owned farms. You can’t get a rational perspective from either side of the partisan divide.
Also, those NPR writers would probably keel over dead if somebody suggested establishing the true value of that water by conducting an annual auction for water rights.
What pisses me off is that people in SLC aren’t allowed to collect rainwater off their own rooves. I assume that is elsewhere in the SW also.
The mechanics told me it was a dirty carb.
I can’t remember if that comes before or after “Carbon on the valves.”