HUBRIS MEETS CRINGE – TRUMP TRADING CARDS AND NFTs: Yes, these are an actual thing. “Each Digital Trading Card (NFT) is not only a rare collectible, it automatically enters YOU INTO A SWEEPSTAKES for a chance to win 1000’s of incredible prizes and meet the one and only #45!” It’s a shame that these cost $99 each because they would make great gag gifts for that special prog in your life.
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT WOMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Doctor Jill Biden does a one-eighty, now all-in for Joe Biden running for re-election.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPLETE BULLSHIT: People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study.
BRAVE NEW WORLD: Artificial womb facility is a creepy glimpse of pregnancy in future. (Read fast, article is clickwalled after about five seconds.)
AOC CLIMATE-CHANGE DOCUMENTARY BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE: Plucky NY congressperson’s film grossed a whopping $10K on opening despite being lauded by leftist media.
FLORIDA FOWL MUNCH MANGER: St. Pete peacocks eat baby Jesus, other Christmas decorations.
YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO, NOW WITH MORE MAGMA: “This is about getting a clearer image of what is down there and what has been down there for a while.” Could also be a description of something else ending with “gma.”
The comments are all yours.
“Yes, these are an actual thing.”
OFFS!
That’s some heavy hitting journalism.
At least they’re reading everyone’s mind now, not just Trump’s.
That’s six more people than who knew Jim Comey’s mind.
“People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study.”
Although, on the upside the impact will knock the drugs out of your ass needed to save you.
Doctor Jill Biden does a one-eighty, now all-in for Joe Biden running for re-election.
SF already did this.
Did you think it was fiction?
Look at this guy who actually pays attention to stuff.
The life of a linkster is a hard, lonely, and thankless one. I at least checked the AM links to make sure I wasn’t duplicating.
Lol, I meant Joemala.
“Hashem Al-Ghaili’s EctoLife can grow around 30,000 babies yearly because of extensive and groundbreaking scientific research of over 50 years. It is Hashem Al-Ghaili’s brainchild, who is a science communicator and biotechnologist from Berlin.”
Science communicator and biotechnologist?
“Hashem says the technology is already available, but ethical constraints do not make it a reality. He concluded by saying that every feature is completely science-based and scientists and engineers have already achieved it. ”
OK, sure.
The only problem is it takes a lot of energy, so it will be up and running as soon as we perfect fusion.
“Hashem says EctoLife is entirely powered by renewable energy and is the first artificial womb facility in the world.”
“science-based”
Now I know he’s a grifting huckster
It’s a floor wax and dessert topping.
It slices, it dices, it Juliennes!
“From Berlin.”
You know who else did his work from Berlin?
Le KAISER?
I like that.
Scorpo has great stuff.
Magnus Hirschfeld?
Christopher Isherwood?
Kate Smith?
Rammstein?
I thought they were all living in Amerika… ist wunderbar.
Coca Cola. Sometimes war.
Yeah… if they ever remix that they’ll have to change to “Perpetual war”.
Man o’ War?
JFK, the jelly doughnut?
That soldier who was sleeping next to me riding on the metroooo🎵🎶?
So good.
As was this.
I mean, who wouldn’t kill for his hair, now.
I miss my flow.
“BRAVE NEW WORLD: Artificial womb facility is a creepy glimpse of pregnancy in future.”
Eh, sounds like it doesn’t actually exist.
What is it, beat up the linkster day?
Okay, I didn’t read it all the way through. My bad.
That’s not what I meant.
Always appreciate your hard work. The article is purposefully misleading and I heard it on the radio similarly presented as real.
To be fair, nobody reads the articles.
The not-so-merry peacocks created a spectacle eating Christmas decorations in St. Petersburg over the weekend.
And nothing will happen to them. Peacocks know their place atop the pecking order.
“Plucky NY congressperson’s film grossed a whopping $10K on opening despite being lauded by leftist media.”
What an inconvenient truth.
Glowing reviews by critics have become an indicator of a crap movie.
They just wanted to date her.
Yeah…
“Plucky NY congressperson’s film grossed a whopping $10K on opening
despite beingbecause it was lauded by leftist media.”“the eruption of which could […] block out the Sun for months.”
Sounds like a normal winter back home.
“FLORIDA FOWL MUNCH MANGER”
Tonio secretly works for the New York Post.
I think he’s just been hanging around Q too much.
I love that Trump teased a “major announcement happening Dec. 15” a few days back. The fact that carnival huckster did a better job for the most part than almost any other President in my lifetime is both deeply hilarious and sad.
This. So much this.
YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO, NOW WITH MORE MAGMA: “This is about getting a clearer image of what is down there and what has been down there for a while.” Could also be a description of something else ending with “gma.”
I don’t see why there should be a stigma involving the Yellowstone supervolcano.
Well-played.
So glad he didn’t go in for the smegma.
Its an enigma.
For the next Glibflick, The Enigma with a Stigma. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498341/
Is that six sigma compliant?
Undisclosed: did they find polyps?
First lady Jill Biden, despite being so worn out from a recent circuit of White House events that she lost her voice, is now seriously looking ahead to her husband running for reelection in 2024. That’s a tidal shift from her position just three months ago.
It’s Dr. First Lady Jill Biden, Ph.D.
Titled To The End, the documentary showcased the life and work of four young women and their attempt to pass significant legislation to address the Earth’s changing climate.
I think Woke Charmed would be more interesting.
Researchers, including those from the University of Illinois in the US, however, caution that the findings do not imply an eruption is imminent or that it necessarily means the volcano is more hazardous than before.
Guys, that’s not how you grift. Follow the lead of Dr. St. Fauci, The First Of His Name PBUH.
You’re not going to make the big bucks without drumming up some alarmism.
Dr. First Lady must have cooked up something in her lab that can reanimate Joe for another couple years.
Meth.
We got him now boys.
“Hey… how can we make our entire ‘campaign’ look like a desperate grab for cash before we’re inevitably shown the door, milking the last drops out of any supporters still believing in us?
Wait… I know!”
Jill Biden is now “all in” on the idea, according to a person who works with the East Wing.
Even though the last several weeks of high-profile events have left her “exhausted,” said another person, “she has begun to say the quiet part out loud.”
She likes having those Secret Servicemen at her beck and call.
As much as Joe likes the Secret Servicewomen poolside?
who is a science communicator and biotechnologist from Berlin.
It’s all beginning to make sense.
Homeless black vet beaten by three cops at a traffic stop in story that will not be picked up by the national news.
Yes, the guy “resists,” though non-violently. They pummel him. I’d like to see some cops try to comply as someone beats them in the head while barking out orders.
Thanks again commie bastards for tarnishing any move towards actual police reform to deal with real issues like this in the name of “defund the police” and “ACAB”. Assholes.
He was probably mouthing off about what a great Firster he is.
I get it. I reflexively ball up my fist every time I hear the word firster. Wouldn’t take much to goad me into taking a swing.
It won’t?
Riots ensue from shit like this.
He’s black, but it would be less of a wedge issue. The goal is always to find a case that will cause the most disagreement, like when there is video of a guy accused of rape who proceeds to fight with a cop and then go to his vehicle to grab a knife after returning to the scene of his crime to fuck with the victim more.
Just a friendly reminder, everyone (*koff pistoffnick koff*), that if you put more than 2 links in your comment, it will go to moderation.
Server squirrels are just trying to keep the neutron flux appropriate for the power curve….
Yeah pistoffnick, you should know better.
*glances around*
Yer harshing my vibe, mahhn!
If nothing else, go back and see the video for homicidal ideation.
You’re welcome! 😜
Exhibit 4012 in why the Stupid Party is ineffectual and only in it for the cocktail parties: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2022/12/15/boehnerpelosi-n2617195
I wonder what a ballsy guy like Newt Gingrich would have said?
*barf* …. no … *double barf*
Exhibit #1,287,774: It’s their club and you’re not invited.
Republicans hate their voters.
More like exhibit 4012 why politics is just professional wrestling. They beat each other to death with chairs and baseball bats for the cameras and the next day they’re the best man at each other’s weddings. Pure farce.
In this video I see the Dems and eGOP working together to loot people like us of billions of dollars every year, with much of that being funneled into their own pockets and their families, while openly using our dollars to live a lifestyle of wealth and opulence unseen in human history.
I don’t see Boehner or the rest of the eGOP being anywhere close to stupid or ineffectual. But they most certainly are corrupt and evil.
Correct. They are ineffective at their stated goals. Incredibly effective at their real goals.
So we would be just like evey European country then?
If those cards were $9 I’d consider buying some as stocking stuffers, because they’re awesome in a cheesy way.
About the only “NFT-ish” thing I’d pay money for is if despair.com sold a wallpaper pack.
“Department of Complete Bullshit”
This is every department in the government. And many in the workplace.
As soon as I am elected Supreme Overlord, all government agency buildings will be immediately converted into bars, casinos, or whorehouses, not necessarily in that order or preference. And I’m not selling any digital trading cards.
And the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms becomes a store, not a regulatory agency.
I will be Vice President of “Fuck you, cut spending.”
Whenever some jackass proposes more spending, I will strike them with a rolled up newspaper and send them to the corner.
Well, now for some totally shocking news that no one was expecting:
MUH PEDO RIGHTS!
Pedo is stigmatizing, use MAP!
Wow. Do they really wanna go down this road?
Cuz “pedophile” has an actual meaning, people.
Why do they think Groomer = LGBTQ = Pedophile? There are straight groomers, too. Does not compute. A groomer is a groomer.
Because the entire idea of a “protected class” is actually just a motte and bailey. Whenever the fight gets fierce or they make a mistake, they can just run back into the fortress of “it’s all happening because of bigotry!!!” As soon as the bailey clears, it’s back to the grooming.
It’s because the QUILTBAG *movement* decided that it was more important to die on the hills of drag queen story hour, and enabling the transitioning of children. Once they opened the barn door the actual pedos walked right in and the *movement* shrugged because now their only goal is to assert political dominance and dare normal, decent people to say anything.
I find all of this very disturbing. This will not end well for the QUILTBAG community. Many of the more normal LGB people have already exited or are actively distancing themselves from the movement, but we’re going to have to get really vocal really quick.
https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com/about
Unfortunately the activists who took over that community have the entirety of heterosexual progdom on their side. It’s probably too late.
“Many of the more normal LGB people have already exited or are actively distancing themselves from the movement”
Also, T people (eg. Blaire White, Buck Angel), but there aren’t that many actual T people in the first place.
“…and insurance companies might base changes to insurance policies on vaccination data, the authors suggest.”
Still trying to punish the unbelievers.
“First responders may also consider taking precautions to protect themselves from COVID when responding to traffic crashes, the authors added, as it’s more likely that a driver is unvaccinated than vaccinated. ”
Wait, I thought vaccines don’t stop transmission?
I can’t believe people are still trying to push this shit. Seems like this was written 6 months ago.
I posted this earlier. Insurance won’t.
Minorities are vaxxed at lower rates. They won’t touch it. They also have to demonstrate it is predictive and not just a correlation.
The article is based on Canadian data. They have fewer minorities. While the article doesn’t control for race, it controls for the socioeconomic status. So, it capture something. The article doesn’t control for the distance people traveled by car. For many months unvaccinated Canadians were banned from using planes, trains and inter-city buses. They had to drive more. Also, I don’t see anything convincing about the mechanism that makes the unvaccinated more prone to traffic crashes. Distrust of the government, a belief in freedom, misconceptions of daily risks, etc. I don’t see how it translates into traffic crashes.
“First responders may also consider taking precautions to protect themselves from COVID when responding to traffic crashes, the authors added, as it’s more likely that a driver is unvaccinated than vaccinated.”
Yeah, that was always my first thought showing up on scene, “maybe one of these people has a cold?”
Locked on target
“The [Federal Reserve’s] 2% inflation target is no longer credible,” Ackman wrote. “De-globalization, the transition to alternative energy, the need to pay workers more, lower-risk, shorter supply chains are all inflationary. The Fed cannot change its target now, but will likely do so in the future.”
Still, most economists scoff at the idea of changing the Fed’s inflation target. And Chair Powell was very clear at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference on Wednesday when asked about targeting 2% inflation.
“Changing our inflation goal is just something we’re not thinking about. And it’s something we’re not going to be thinking about,” he said. “We’ll use our tools to get back to 2%. I think this isn’t the time to be thinking about that.”
Hold your breath ’til you turn blue.
Claudia Sahm, the founder of Sahm Consulting and a former Federal Reserve economist, told Fortune back in October that she believes the Fed should maintain its 2% target, otherwise it might cause investors to question their credibility.
*outright, prolonged laughter*
This is NY not just NYC.
New York Bans Pet Stores From Selling Dogs, Cats and Rabbits
The ban, which takes effect in December 2024, is meant to prevent the sale of animals raised by commercial breeders accused of keeping them in inhumane conditions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/nyregion/pet-store-ban-ny.html
I mean is there any major pet store that has sold dogs or cats in the last 25 years?
This goes after breeders and seems entirely different.
The article says 80 stores in the state. I assume that those sell the animals in question.
Not something like Petsmart which has to have far more stores in the state.
I mean rabbits yes. Have you gone i to a pet store in the states, though, that actually sells cats or dogs anymore though? That seems very unusual nowadays.
But this destroys private breeding in the state.
What if I am loooking for a particular breed?
I’ve only seen adoptions for cats and dogs through rescue groups for I don’t know how long. The only place I recall seeing rabbits for sale was the state fair.
Yes.
And they are delicious!
I don’t how it will flush out but I suspect that it will not “save countless animals from abuse at the hands of horrid puppy mills”.
As far as I know, the ethical complaint against puppy mills is that they create new dogs when there are thousands to adopt.
So sure be mad about them.
But I think the problem is demand. There are about 10 million people who will pay money for a specific breed of dog anyway.
and that won’t go away with this law.
In fact, I’d be willing to bet the problem has gotten much worse since big name stores stopped selling cats and dogs.
Now you deal with a small time shady operation (and now in some cases a black market one).
Who can be held accountable now for the mistreatment of animals? No one easily.
YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO, NOW WITH MORE MAGMA:
All I can think about is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYAFfeNO00
We’re safe as long as it doesn’t fill with MAGA.
MEGA MAGA MAGMA!
New York Bans Pet Stores From Selling Dogs, Cats and Rabbits
I wonder how that affects places like Petsmart. As I recall, the dogs and cats at the store in Bozeman supposedly came from a local shelter.
I believe Petsmart simply hosts adoption days.
I don’t know for sure, because if I ever allowed myself to go I would have 30 dogs.
That right there! I’ve considered volunteering as a walker or temp foster just to get my dog fix, but I know I’d end up with 20 of the fuckers permanently inside of a week.
Got our cats at PetSmart. It was an adoption. They were there after having been born, abandoned, and fostered. There was a fee of $75 each, but that was to help cover their spay/neuter and first round of vax. Nobody who’s ever owned a cat will think you can make money off a $75 spay and vax. PetSmart is just how the shelters get fosters to owners.
Yup. They want to create customers.
It’s why Guitar Center sells a shit ton of entry level guitars on same. They are not really in the guitar business. They are in the strings and picks business. A much smarter business to be in since people use them up.
What kind of lunatic would pay 99 bucks for those Trump “trading cards?” Q-Anon Shaman himself isn’t that stupid-ten bucks tops and that’d be as a gag gift.
Yeah, I’d spend ten bucks to buy some for my proggies. That would actually be pretty funny!
I would pay no more than $95. Of buff Trump wearing the super suit.
Maybe even more for one that includes his sidekick — Fauci Boy.
Why do they think Groomer = LGBTQ = Pedophile? There are straight groomers, too. Does not compute. A groomer is a groomer.
Possibly because of the focus on drag queen reading hour.
Maybe because non-drag groomers want to keep what they are doing secret.
I don’t think the antigroomers care too much for the hetero groomers either but, yeah, the hypersexualized pretend women who like to perform what amounts to exhibition shows in front of children isn’t helping their case.
This is one of those things I just don’t understand.
Who the fuck even wants to do that?
Narcissistic assholes
BRAIN DEAD
People don’t die in an instant. Death is, instead, a process of shutting down. You stop breathing; your organs stop working, bit by bit. Your brain ceases to function. Brain death is permanent, but your heart can still keep beating on its own for a time.
The state of Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover feels like this sort of brain death: the processes that keep it online are somehow still beating, but what Twitter was before Musk is never coming back.
On Monday, December 12, Twitter dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, a wide-ranging group of global civil rights advocates, academics, and experts who have advised the company since 2016. Meanwhile, Musk has welcomed back previously banned high-profile extremists like the white nationalist Patrick Casey. According to data compiled by researcher Travis Brown, others reinstated include Meninist, a “men’s rights” account with more than a million followers; Peter McCullough, a cardiologist who gained a large audience for advocating discredited covid-19 treatments and arguing against receiving the vaccine; and Tim Gionet, a far-right media personality who livestreamed his participation in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Musk’s enthusiasm for eliminating jobs, cutting costs, and undoing Twitter’s safety infrastructure has caused advertisers to leave in droves. At one point, the company reportedly lost the business of half its top 100 advertising clients, and it has missed weekly US ad revenue expectations by as much as 80%. Musk’s behavior now poses difficult questions for the brands that remain. The company has stopped enforcing its policy on covid-19 misinformation.
It’s a tragedy. Musk bought their sandbox and changed the rules. No fair!
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/twitter-is-a-weapon-not-a-business
Mark all these Twitter funerals for next year. Seriously. It’s gonna be funny.
This stuff reminds me of the alleged increase in hate crimes after Trump’s election in 2016. The SFPD even had officers going under cover as honeypots for hate (my next band name). There was never a follow up article to this, https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/San-Francisco-police-officers-to-go-undercover-as-10633944.php, so I assume they didn’t find anything.
“People don’t die in an instant.”
What about somebody shot in the head, smart guy?
Blair is funny.
“Hide your luggage .”
lulz
Hahahahhahahhaha!
Read more: https://www.ammoland.com/2022/12/loss-california-gun-privacy-case-could-dox-gun-owners/#ixzz7naC3nJEn
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Bonta claimed the law, AB 173, “does not create a serious invasion of privacy.” The trial court disagreed, granting a preliminary injunction to the plaintiffs, thus placing a hold on the enforcement of the information-sharing law. The case is known as Barba, et.al. v. Bonta.
Good.
Many users—the ones who aren’t ideologically aligned with Musk—have watched Twitter’s vital organs slowly shut down and wondered how to respond. Do you stay and fight for its life, hoping that the people who were there before Musk’s purchase will simply outlast him? Or is it time to go?
Katherine Cross, a PhD student at the University of Washington who studies networked online harassment, has argued that Twitter will likely never recover, and it’s time to simply think about the platform as a site catering to a “niche community” of people who think like Musk.
“We can’t force Twitter to do anything,” she says. “There has to be a reimagining of its place in the internet ecosystem.”
Elon Musk’s Twatter is a sucking chest wound. Civil society is unlikely to survive.
I mean I go there everyday and it’s exactly the same as before if not better.
Better. Now I can see my QAnon and MAGA and True Scotsman friends.
Yeah I can’t exactly provide it but it feels like it. Feels like it’s funnier too.
*prove it
Less concern trolls and debbie downer bots?
Other than the restoration of the Babylon Bee and the color of some checkmarks, I haven’t seen any difference. I really wonder what some of these people are seeing.
Boogeyman behind every avatar
He’s got more real users than anytime in the past three years. Can’t wait for him to shut down bots.
To be fair, he could be BSing when he says he has more users. Now that I think about it I have seen a couple cases of spam that I haven’t seen before.
A “niche community” of about sixty percent of the American public. Heaven forfend!
Jesus tap dancing Christ lady, if you don’t like it there really are hundreds of online echo chambers for you to flee to.
Tonio… you see the e-mails I sent about articles? I have two ready to submit.
I bet you footnoted them and he deleted them in a fit of rage.
Epic.
Lol. 5 seconds ago Dems were saying they aren’t/weren’t influencing the socials to do the government’s bidding….
https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressman-schiff-senator-whitehouse-urge-meta-to-maintain-policies-on-election-misinformation-uphold-trump-suspension
Facebook is dying hard anyway. They’d be we advised not to listen but it won’t matter if they do.
Topic 4: Adam Schiff has the most punchable face in congress.
Discuss.
Yes
I’d say Swalwell but only because he’s my Congressman.
Ugh, Ted Lieu is mine. Saw him at a robotics tournament (his kid goes to private school of course) and what a very punchable face in real life. jfc what a disingenous tool.
Fuck yes. Especially after all this wine. He just looks so… breakable.
We’re not influencing social media companies and it’s a darn good thing we are.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/houses-passes-bill-setting-vote-on-puerto-ricos-statehood-status/ar-AA15kbNc
😒
They absolutely should be granted independence. Not statehood.
OMG. When Puerto Rico votes “Hell No,” then what? That vote will exceed the margin of fraud.
I think their last referendum passed with 53% for statehood.
You are harshing my vibe!
Sometimes I think I would like to be at Yellowstone when it blows.
*Awards KK with “most obscure euphemism of the day” trophy*
Well you’re in luck. It could happen any minute from now through the next 100 million years. Scientists haven’t exactly narrowed it down yet.
Ron, just sent you an email.
Good evening everyone. I’ve been eating a dooky sandwich at work lately and haven’t been able to do more than lurk at best. I’ve been happy to read all of the articles and comments, while not in anything close to real time. This was only advantageous during Wednesday at lunchtime.
I’m on yet another night call for work. Convenient for corporate but no one else.
By the way, if I hear the buzzword “rigor” one more time I might have to choke a bitch.
Just don’t stick around afterwards until she gets rigor mortis.
Sorry, brother.
May I offer a good song?
Hopefully see you around more soon!
Decent!!
Well, if you won’t offer a good song, I will.
Last good record the Stones made.
Agreed, they has some decent songs since then, but the albums were ok to not so great.
The Stones made a good record?
Yes.
Many
Favorite?
Mine is Let It Bleed.
Because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G71dWFXJ0FY
Oof. I guess Let It Bleed. Opening track is my most favorite Stones tune. Not a bad song on the album.
If your answer is not Sticky Fingers you are wrong, “Can’t You Hear me Knocking” is the first or second greatest straight up rock and roll song of all time. From the nasty opening riffs and stripped bare lyrics to the extended sax and guitar outro, perfection. And the rest of the album ain’t to shabby either.
My second favorite Stones tune. Sittin’, drinkin’, superficially thinkin’
If you asked me again in a week I might say Sticky Fingers was the best. Tough to pick one.
Tattoo You isn’t bad.
It was OK. Some Girls was solid top to bottom.
“Far Away Eyes” is terrible, Micks hookie southern dawdle is only out-cringed by Paul’s on the first verse of Rocky Racoon, “Just my Imagination” is an unnecessary cover that adds nothing to the original, and “Shattered” has no redeeming value what-so-ever, it’s tiresome after one or two listens, one brief music break that threatens to deliver some good but fails, a sad song all around. The rest of the album is great though, Shoo-do-be.
Can’t argue with you on the first two issues, but Shattered is fun. Don’t mind the maggots.
I’m sure I’m alone on this but ‘Steel Wheels” is a banger, as the kids say it ‘Slaps’
It’s not a bad rock record. I enjoyed it
Hey MikeS, click here. I dare ya. All the cool kids are doing it.
Oh, no! I’m not gonna let you
RickGeddy Roll me!Look who’s back to playing live again!!
https://www.latitudefestival.com/artists/siouxsie/
Nice to see she’s still alive!