Good morning my Glibs and Gliberinas! And what an absolutely amazing day it always is!
Supreme Court abortion case: 5 key moments from oral arguments
US, Mexico to announce deal reinstating Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Let’s pray for an early libertarian Christmas
One of the most accurate pollsters has Biden’s approval rating at 36%
Three Harris staffers leave in less than 2 weeks
Biden legal defeats rapidly piling up across the nation on broad array of policy fronts
Waukesha massacre suspect says he feels ‘demonized’ after the parade attack
So many trials, I forgot about this one
Stacey Abrams running for ‘reelection’ in Georgia
Is this one of those shithole countries Trump talked about?
Wisconsin Elections Commission to face allegations of potentially illegal behavior
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
One of the most accurate pollsters has Biden’s approval rating at 36% – I blame propaganda and misinformation myself
There’s no way that many people approve.
Have you met the average person? Realize that half the people are dumber and more ignorant then that average person. I’m also pretty sure that the girlfriend’s aunt and grandmother (both watch CNN non-stop) would say they approve of Biden’s actions.
Realize that when you were a pup you probably had socialistic tendencies. Also realize that 100 IQ is the mean.
I never actually did
In your situation, understandable. Fat and happy college kids here, not so much.
I was president of the Young Republicans Club in High School.
I now know the GOP leadership are worse than useless, but my point is I was fiercely antisocialist my whole life. Just one data point, but there it is.
I never wanted to give people my stuff, and I was sick of hand-me-downs, so I wanted stuff that was my own.
Sharing was lame, so I was very much not socialistic at any point.
Voluntary sharing is next to Godliness. Involuntary sharing is one of the many demented parts of Socialism.
I was poor. Sharing then was either with ungrateful siblings, or with someone who already had more than me.
It might have made you who you are to go through that.
I had older brothers who took and/or destroyed my stuff.
I learned that helping others and guarding my property was better for my character.
I had older brothers who took and/or destroyed my stuff.
Jesus, LC1789! Are you me?!?
Consider the median could be lower.
Good threads to peruse.
https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/1410718672642052100?t=1hBhSLCVTYQJZyooKIpJ7Q&s=19
Read this whole thread.
It calls the concept of “free will” into question.
If you think you are getting news from the old media and not having opinions assigned to you based on pure lies and manipulation, you will be part of the group that thinks all is well and Biden is awesome despite the fact there are so many obvious things that say you are a fucking idiot for believing the shit you have been told to believe.
My wife just came back from So CA, she says her relatives are true believers in all CNN et al broadcast. It’s not a surprise that Newsom won a recall.
Funny that CNN became the main Propaganda outlet for Lefties. It used to be NPR, NBC News, ABC News, and CBS News.
Its also interesting that AT&T bought CNN along with HBO, etc and has chosen to mostly keep the same format. Goes to show how corrupt AT&T decision makers are with furthering government propaganda. Remember, AT&T has been cooperating with govt to domestically spy on Americans for decades.
Honestly, that sounds about right. With all the disasters of his regime, Biden has staked his claim to 3 things: “tough” on COVID, Infrastructure bill, and Republicans are evil. The overlap between the people who approve of those three things is probably very high and I would easily guess is about a third of the country who are just straight partisan Dem, just like about a third are probably straight partisan Rep.
What the poll really shows is he has completely lost independents. Completely. They don’t care about infrastructure bills, they care about inflation. They don’t care about COVID passports, they just want to be left alone when it comes to their health. The squishy middle is going to smash the Dems in the midterms at this rate.
From your lips to God’s ears. I don’t know if we’ll ever be rid of The Hair That Walks As A Man.
There are only 2 paths I see that could fuck this opportunity up for Team Red:
1. Being Republican.
2. SCOTUS overturning RvW. That will very likely fire up the left’s base, plus all the suburban white moms who are currently pretending they didn’t vote for Biden because it’s costing more to fill up their SUV. They’ll snap out of that shit if their daughters are made to face the results of their actions.
Unfortunately, number 2 is probably correct. The GOP would most likely prefer to retain abortion as a wedge issue than actually win a battle.
Although it’s foolish to think that the court is not a political body, the court isn’t run by purely political processes, and what they do certainly isn’t ALL political.
Essentially Republicans (or Democrats) don’t really have a say in how this will play out? I also don’t think people like Barrett or Thomas see abortion as a wedge issue to be flogged for political purposes. Especially when they know that, short of court packing, this (and every other decision they make) decision will be American law for several decades at the very least.
Roe is nothing but a political issue, which is why the Court fucked up so badly in the first place. Again, they were following the trajectory that started in Griswold. Un-fucking that fuck-up is no easy thing.
I of course love the howling of the pro-choice mob about how Roe is essential and abortion has so much popular support, and in the next breath that 36 states are prepared to follow Mississippi’s lead.
“They’ll snap out of that shit if their daughters are made to face the results of their actions”
If only there were extremely cheap and effective ways of preventing unwanted pregnancy…
We put a man on the Moon dammit! Why can’t we make casual sex great again?
Just the daughters? What about said moms?
Overturning Roe V Wade is not going to suddenly get women to vote Democrat again.
First of all, Women know full well that not all Republicans want to ban abortion. I have yet to meet any voter who is a SIV.
Second, States would decide what abortion rules they would have, if any.
Third, eliminating federal funding for abortions and shifting the cost to patients and pro-choice charities would solve some of the push against Abortion policy.
Republicans are evil
*scrolls down to “80 Republicans voted for vaccine surveillance”*
One out of three, anyway.
…and jobs. Independents care about government policy that negatively affects jobs.
Tyrannical Democrat states and Commies in charge in D.C. have used Kungflu to negatively affect jobs.
“US, Mexico to announce deal reinstating Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy”
What? Do the democrats believe they have let in enough new serf-wannabes to change the voting pattern in this country already?
Court order
I wanna get with that little red-headed boy at the protest in Washington from yesterday. Make a man of him, if you will…
I shouldn’t have larfed, but I did.
And here I thought Festus was happily married, not a confirmed bachelor.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Panty boys don’t count!
Exceptions were made. The proper protocols were followed.
Gender is fluid with that crowd. I’d just pretend that I was boinking a boyish looking girl.
Too many links.
Setec Astronomy.
Rat cootie semen.
“cooty” dammit.
We got the jizzt.
Kid, ya got spunk.
NEVER too many linx!
“Stacey Abrams running for ‘reelection’ in Georgia”
This time they plan to
stealfortify the shit out of this thing!Ugly, inside and out.
Yup — if they don’t crack down hard on the Fulton County machine, they’re idiots. Which given last year — I suspect they may well be.
In Georgia we are trying to (1) Have our state legislature be in session during presidential election period until certification in case they need to officially challenge a Secretary of State (2) make sure Governor Kemp and Secretary of State Raffensberger are gone (2) move the counting of Fulton County ballots out of Fulton County along with making sure Fulton County is not the central hub of vote counts from other counties (4) making sure every ballot is tied to a single valid voter.
Oh and make sure Stacey “duh guvna” Abrams never wins any political office in Georgia again.
A team of plumbers are inspecting the pipes.
Stacey’s?
Ewwwww……..
So many trials, I forgot about this one – Well does not matter if in the end toxic masculinity is still the culprit
Morning, Banjos.
“Three Harris staffers leave in less than 2 weeks” – I think she has the strength to overcome racism and betrayal and still be the next POTUS
I doubt it, that would require overcoming herself, and she’s her own worst enemy.
But that’s no surprise to her.
It’s like nobody is paying attention to anything, anymore.
Why would you pay attention to shit and try to formulate your own opinions when just letting old media tell you what you should believe is so much easier and fun, Festus?
*INSANE GRATING CACKLE*
Sure PIe. This time around she might actually have enough support to actually participate in the Iowa Caucuses.
Iowa? Not even one delegate as the favorite daughter of her own damn state. Jerry Brown’s half-assed run did better than that.
She will likely become the next POTUS by succeding to the position when the current POTUS is declared non compos.
What if she is caught on camera feeding him arsenic by the spoonful? Or throwing him out the second story window? Cause I think the people resigning probably are leaving cause she has tasked them with coming up with a plan to kill Biden so she can sit on the throne already…..
At least Circe Lannister was a hawt bang according to her brother…
Does that mean you’re endorsing Omar?
I don’t have to endorse Omar for marrying her brother (and I am sure under Sharia they then had to consummate that marriage) just cause I thought Lena Headey is a piece of ass I would like to tap and seeing her be a bad beotch made me want to tap it harder…
I was always more of a Natalie Dormer guy.
Of course, back when people were debating Sherilyn Fenn v. Laura Flynn Boyle, I was all “Madchen Amick.”
You have won my heart, Good Sir!
Boyle did NOT age gracefully.
I first read that as Leona Helmsley and now I can’t stop giggling.
Dude!
I am an equal opportunity tapper, but damn, that would really, really be a serious sacrifice on my part to go there…
And I never watched Twin Peaks (had to look Not Adahn’s ladies up) so I think that while I was aware of these ladies, I missed out on that whole debate.
My take would be to tap all three of them at once, and be done with the whole debate thing of which one to do.
Alex is mad now because Leona called him one of the “little people”.
oh shit – really LOL
standing ovation for l0b0t
If I had tapped Leona, I am sure she would have told me the same thing I hear from all the ladies “I didn’t know they come that big in white”…
You could just watch Dredd, where Lena Headey is playing a crime boss named Ma-Ma.
I recall that doesn’t end too well for her there either.
The easiest way to off Biden would be to just stop peeling the tops of his pudding cups off for him.
Hi Preet!
He would kill himself with a spork? Accidentally, of course…
Why would Harris risk killing el Presidente Biden? Commie-in-Chief is not doing well mentally or physically and will die on his own sooner than later.
Pretty sure that I’ve met that girl before.
If we look at it from today’s perspective, it’s going to be a long list of cases that we’re going to say were wrongly decided.”
Maybe if you cuntes and your predecessors just stuck to the constitution as written this would not be a problem. Here is your chance to do so.
Lawyer Julie Rickelman, who argued the case for Center for Reproductive Rights, countered that allowing the Mississippi law to stand would create a “slippery slope” that would lead states to pass even more restrictive abortion laws.
Apply that logic to 2A.
No, no, all constitutional rights called out in the Bill of Rights are subject to “reasonable, common sense restrictions”. Except for abortion, because that’s not mentioned in the constitution.
That’s a solid legal argument right there.
I’d say “perhaps” is an unnecessary word in that sentence. Roberts is nothing if not a chickenshit.
He seems to be the one that most considers the public’s perception of the court which shouldn’t be part of the equation.
Milquetoast Justice. The way it’s been for forty years!
I think he believes his role is to prefer the “respectability” of the court. In other words, make sure they’re not hated by too many people on either side.
Any student of history could tell you that’s a losing proposition and a guaranteed way to sell out your principles.
“Principals”
+1 Dred Scott
Fortunately, Roberts is in less of a position than years past to have those views cause much damage with his asinine “respectability of the court” bullshit.
He is Chief Justice. That means if he votes with the majority, he decides who writes the opinion of the court. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see him vote with the majority then write some shitty opinions in an attempt to maintain the court’s “respectability”.
“a decision on the [abortion] case will likely come in the spring”
Oh, I wonder if they’ll release this on the anniversary of Roe v Wade. The meltdown will be even more epic.
I seriously doubt that enough of the “conservative” squishes will be willing to overturn Roe. It will stand because otherwise it would be too “disruptive” and “divisive”.
?
Alito and Thomas are guaranteed to vote to overturn. The rest, not so much.
Barrett – will vote against. She is known to be hostile to Roe v Wade.
Kavanaugh – however he might have been inclined before his confirmation he certainly has a motivation to stick it to the feminists now.
That’s four. I have no idea about Gorsuch.
I think it would be more overturn Casey and fall back into a narrowed down Roe. That would really confuse the idiots.
We can always just have an abortion mandate.
Yep. Pen and a phone.
Wisconsin Elections Commission to face allegations of potentially illegal behavior – sounds like a witch hunt to me. Anyways the next elections will be extra fortified just in case.
It is much, much worse than you think. The Republicans in Wisconsin have gotten the crazy notion in their heads that maybe one of their guys should be running the election department!
Partisan actors! Can you even imagine?
As the commission is being accused of breaking laws.
Why do you think he is well-regarded?
Uptight assholes who demand that the laws be followed as written tend to be unpopular.
Does he want the law enforced the same way, in every situation, or only when it benefits his team? Cause that’s the distinction that makes team blue wafflers popular with team blue people that believe the law is a weapon to use against their enemies and a shield to protect their own criminality. Team Red politicians tend to be idiots, but team blue pols are part of one of the world’s biggest crime syndicates.
Current and former election officials also have warned that the unrelenting attempts to discredit Biden’s win have led to an erosion of public confidence in elections
Methinks somebody has cause and effect flipped
Admittedly, it’s kind of hard to trust people who think the ends justify the means.
an erosion of public confidence in elections
I wonder what extraordinary series of circumstances and sketchy happenings could have caused that.
that in some cases could be filled by partisan actors.
Well, I never.
Anyone that believes a system that is, by design, neither auditable nor transparent and makes it impossible to prove abuse and corruption, run by incompetent and easily corrupted or already corrupt people with agendas, and that has the stakes our election system has for the winners won’t be abused is a fucking moron. There is a reason some people want the least amounts of checks on people voting and demand everyone be helped to vote (regardless of if they are eligible), and it isn’t that they believe in the democratic system as much as they believe that will help them cheat the system easier.
You know maybe there should be some penalty for Presidents who propagate illegal after illegal executive orders?
Biden’s handlers have decided that they might as well try doing whatever they want. The worst thing that can happen is that it gets stopped by the courts. Even then, how many companies already saluted and started enacting the mandate on their own?
that is crazy talk the presidents needs to be able to act especially since congress is not nimble enough
And the people that believe that plan to fortify the election to make sure people don’t think they have the right to punish presidents and political agencies that piss on them this hard and tell them it is just warm rain…
What is now? 5? 6 ?
Maybe biden needs a law that helps him accomplish stuff? We could call it an Enabling Act and pass it on a party line vote.
Longest day of the week has long been over with accomplishment. It’s also my mother’s 68th b-day.
I also went on an errand and I got a hold of a small bit of fun-stuff to smoke. Hard as fuck to get here and it’s too expensive, but I got a connect. Super rare. This 1.5 grams or so has some seeds. I have never grown any plant of any kind. Is it possible just to use these seeds and start my own grow? There are plenty of shops around where I’m sure I can get pots/soil/etc. I haven’t looked it up yet: Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of how to perhaps attempt this? That would…save money and be fucking awesome. I’m not sure if there’s a well to tell if the seeds are still able to be used. Think I heard something about ‘if they still float then they’re good,’ or something like that.
I gotta prep and get ready for bed, but this research will be done. I would absolutely LOVE any insight from y’all plant/flower/farmer/grower folk. Thanks for any insight ya can provide.
I’m not so good with plants.
I’ve managed to kill air ferns before.
Narrator: Air ferns aren’t even alive.
Can’t really kill real ferns. They’ve been around longer than dinosaurs. One of the most remarkable creatures of ’em all.
Had to look up air ferns. “Despite a superficial resemblance to plants, they are actually animal skeletons or shells.” I can relate to that. A big chunk my body is also inorganic. I am also sold as a “curiosity,” though generally not as marine decoration. I could do that, but I don’t wanna.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Is it possible just to use these seeds and start my own grow? – is that not rather risky there?
Be careful about the smell. It’s distinctive, and hard to hide in an apartment setting. Given your difficulty in obtaining weed I’m guessing it’s not very accepted there which increases the chance of a neighbor or passerby ratting you out.
@Pie: Yeah, it’s illegal here, but risk is minimized where I live. I have plenty of space and isolation in small and not-at-all-fully-occupied building. I’m hyper comfortable with having a few small pots.
@Tonio: I live on the 4th floor of a 4 story building and my “neighbors” place is unoccupied. It’s so rare here that no one would really even know what they were smelling even if they could smell it. I also live in a complete shit hole, sadly. But it’s mine. I have no grates or A/C/etc connections with any other apartment. And my ‘neighbors’ don’t exist. The people who come and tape advertisements on all the doors to market restaurants and market sales don’t ever come up to my floor on the top. I’m guessing it’s cuz I have a foreigner name on my mail and the other ‘neighbor’ never gets ’em either. Or, maybe the advertisers are lazy and don’t like to walk up 4 floors. I doubt that.
I am still very curious. It might help a few things go more smoothly.
Growing from seeds is quite easy and the plants are hard to kill but a flowering female has a very potent smell that can travel for a couple blocks. The difficult part is the drying/curing process.
I believe Yusef has a green thumb. Check the gardening section of the forum.
Fantastic advice from you and lObOt. Thanks. Gotta get to sleep and get ready for a (relatively) chill final day of the week. Hrm.
Would love to hear from others as well. I can quickly check here–I’ll be able to go into detail in the forum but no time for that now.
You can, but you must take several precautions before proceeding.
The smell is probably the biggest giveaway. You will need to figure a way to deal with that.
Hrm. It it’s really THAT bad (I’ve smoked for 25 years but never grown) and I knew it was a worry but not THAT overpowering. I am disinclined to go forward with this scheme. The stress ain’t worth it.
*fingers tantalizing together with squinted brow, searching through pros/cons in a menacing, conniving super villain manner*
too smelly, not advised where illegal
Totally doable. Look up some closet-grow/stealth-grow set ups. LEDs are pretty cheap now and get a carbon filter for the smell and a quiet fan.
Figure out what you are going to do with the leaves and trim ahead of time. All day in a crock pot on low with some sticks of butter does the trick for edibles, but you will still have to dispose of the stuff you sieve out.
Results won’t be great as those seeds are likely the result of a hermaphrodite, but better than nothing. I would recommend looking up the penalties so you can decide if the risk is worth it.
US, Mexico to announce deal reinstating Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Sometimes reality is unavoidable.
Interestingly Biden could have maintained many Trump policies and rhetorically taken credit for them instead of reversing everything to the shitty prior status quo, the consequences of which we are reaping now. (I, for one, just love paying over $4/gal for gas…)
I’ve said this 1000 times but a smart president will quietly keep the things that work, and loudly get rid of the things that don’t. This idiot’s strategy was “JUST DO THE OPPOSITE OF TRUMP.”
What kills me is how many things they decided to oppose just to be on the opposite side of Trump, no matter how illogical or destructive that take on things was, that they now feel compelled to still stick to, because it would expose them for the despicable shills they were/are when reversed…
Deciding to implement scorched earth policies to win seems to never teach them that if they do win, they are going to have to rule in the very rubble they have created….
You are right. Unfortunately, he is dumb and appears to have a secondary role in running the country.
Thanks for the tune! On topic and perfect! Sloop beat me to a wonderful woman.
“She don’t wanna a baby that looks like that! I don’t wanna a baby that looks like that!” Poetry.
Rapid COVID-19 vaccine booster shot update and retaining masks needed to curtail Omicron, experts say
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-30/ozsage-experts-call-for-booster-shots-against-omicron-covid-19/100659786
“It also called for booster shots, currently administered at six months after the second dose, to instead be given at two months.”
Bow this is two days old so maybe it was covered but two fucking months. Who the fuck can believe you can vax the entire population every two fucking months
Portugal tightens restrictions despite COVID-19 vaccine success
https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-omicron-variant-portugal-tightens-restrictions-despite-covid-vaccine-success/fd724d58-3afc-4ec3-86e1-ec7a934d1b10
There are zero experts on a mutation that was discovered just a few days ago.
variant Xi is nothing to laugh at
Nu, it’s hilarious.
The doctor who reported “omicron” said she was alarmed at all the fuss.
It’s a scam, eagerly seized upon by the cabal that is running the earth in order to tighten the screws.
Absolutely. Initial reports were it produces mild symptoms. If that’s right then let’s hope it’s super virulent.
If that’s right then let’s hope it’s super virulent.
I think you mean “transmissible”.
Her editorial in the Daily Mail.
Hasn’t stopped anybody yet, why would they stop now?
Who can believe that? The pharma executives who have swimming pools full of money on their yachts.
It’s amazing to me that two industries, health insurance and big pharma, were once demonized by the left as the source of all problems. And yet the left is attempting to force every American to use their products.
And use their products free of charge.
That just means that Big Pharma can gouge Uncle Sam in ways that Big Oil can only dream of. Imagine if Joe decided that everyone should get gas for free from now on and the Feds would pay all the bills. Think the Left would be OK with that?
*They might possibly be OK with that if it meant that people would be happy with Joe and go along with his other schemes.
Gasoline is a human right.
Allies of convenience. Whatever helps the revolution move forward….
If I was one of these leftists partners, I would not feel happy suddenly becoming the left’s darling, cause they are fickle and will throw you under the bus as soon as the wind changes. Of course, this shift does make sense since the democrats moved from pretending to be the party of the little people to becoming the party of the billionaire globalist cabal. Under fascism government and the entities they pick to be the winners run the show, and these days it is pharma & healthcare industries that allow the totalitarian leftist state to keep the serfs distracted and compliant.
Because that choo-choo is built with VaxxMagic Steel.
That tells you it’s not about controlling disease, but about controlling movement of enemies with minimal disruption to the economy. OBEY!
VaxxMagic®
Schumer and Pelosi scramble to pass spending bill to prevent government shutdown on Friday
Do a real budget or shut it down.
Treasury says the debt ceiling needs to be lifted by Dec. 15.
I believe it is time to acknowledge that the debt ceiling is not an actual ceiling but a political cudgel to beat opponents with each time it is neared.
Do a real budget or shut it down.
Look at the radical! Next he will be telling us that there should be multiple targeted budget bills that are smaller and focused on specific government functions. He will try to convince you that a giant omnibus bill thousands and thousands of pages long is a bad thing.
… a political cudgel to beat opponents with each time it is neared.
And your point?
So exactly like “The Glass Ceiling”.
Sometimes you realize friends are dumber than you thought. In a discussion I literally heard the to great logic based counter arguments “that is not a nice argument” “and that is the argument of those people” solidifying the idea that for most people opinions are only based on how fashionable they are on the internet.
I only share opinions here that I know will be popular. Like how Fahrenheit is the superior temperature scale for measuring human comfort.
Our system is friendlier than metric because of the human scale of the units. A meter is too large, a cm is too small. A kg is too big, a gram is too small. Feet and inches, pounds and inches are scaled just about right.
Same with temperature. 0F pretty cold; 100F, pretty hot. 0C, sort of chilly; 100C, dead.
I think anyway. Curious if anyone else cares one way or the other.
The gifs are back, by popular demand. Long ago, in a business info systems class, the professor said, “If you want to know if your reports are worth anything, stop sending them out and see if anybody asks why he didn’t get one.”
I believe it is time to acknowledge that the debt ceiling is not an actual ceiling but a political cudgel to beat opponents with each time it is neared.
Just another prop in the Punch and Judy show which is politics.
Samizdata quote of the day
People tend to believe things that further their personal interests, and universities are no exception. Wokification succeeded largely because it gave a lot of different people a lot of different things that they wanted. It gave the increasingly powerful university administration a reason to hire more administrators to manage diversity and ensure its forward march. Self-propagation is the highest goal of administrators everywhere. Wokeness also became a useful tool in ongoing turf wars between administrators and faculty. Diversity is a simple metric via which the administration can interfere with faculty hiring and academic operations; new diversity hires know who is buttering their bread and remain loyal to the administrators whose policies brought them in. For the increasingly mediocre and incapable faculty who now teach at even the most august American schools, the woke circus has its own attractions. It provides distraction from the unrelenting demands of objectivity and originality, and permits a pleasing, self-righteous indulgence in moral scolding. In Woke Studies, the answers are always predetermined and it is very easy to get anything published, provided you say the right things. For students, Wokeness has still other attractions—as a font of easy coursework, as an opportunity for social networking, and as a locus for the periodic ritual entertainment of false moral outrages and protests.
https://www.samizdata.net/2021/12/samizdata-quote-of-the-day-1524/
Three Harris staffers leave in less than 2 weeks
Someone is not getting the nod for prez when they 25A Sleepy Joe.
As long as it isn’t Astrid or Kaylieburrow, I am fine with this.
I want to see the competition among them when there is one promotion slot open above them.
I, for one, don’t even want to think about Harris extracting sexual favors from her staff for promotion. Based on her experience, wouldn’t she think that’s how its done?
Willie Brown nods sagely…
Wut? You don’t trust SugarFree to give you an accurate portrayal of that psycho-drama?
I do trust Sugarfree to give an accurate portrayal. That’s why I don’t want to even think about it.
Since President Biden took office in January, federal courts across the country have ruled against his administration time and again, finding many of his policies violate the Constitution. The Biden legal defeats have extended nationwide, impacting a wide range of issues — most recently vaccine mandates.
Uh huh…
“There is no question that mandating a vaccine to 10.3 million health care workers is something that should be done by Congress, not a government agency,”
Not really helpful…
“It is not clear that even an act of Congress mandating a vaccine would be constitutional.”
It is clear enough to me that it is not constitutional.
So next week I get to exercise my rights as free-born human by scheduling my second dose of the venom so that I may keep my shitty job and then calling ahead for my Driver’s License and Health Card renewal. I don’t understand this planet anymore. Whatever happened to natural rights? Just a pipe dream it seems.
Whatever happened to natural rights – those lasted for a couple for years that one time
Looks like Natural Law may be out of print.
LOL. Psychopath doesn’t understand why people hate him for being a murdering psychopath.
The Waukesha massacre suspect who’s alleged to have deliberately drove a red SUV through the city’s parade route running over dozens of people told the media he feels like he’s being “dehumanized” in his first interview.
I can’t imagine why.
Demonizing a red SUV like this, the climate change people really are sick.
The machines are now sentient.
Driving around, yesterday, I saw a big “Let’s Go Brandon” flag on the flag pole in front of a big nice house.
I find it hard to believe third of the country still approves of him. I guess “Lunch is on Joe!” still means something to some people.
And Abrams- seriously? Is there really anybody in the state of Georgia actually saying, “I want her to be governor of this state”?
You can get about a third of people to approve of all kinds of stupid and outlandish things. 100% tax rate, 33% approve; mandated mercury injections, 33%; etc.
mercury injections
Euphemism? For a hot and fast quickie?
That’s for an anal quickie.
A regular quickie is a Trump bleach injection.
Remember Trump was polling around 50% for all 4 years and this was unusually low. Especially for the first couple of years. A fair number of people just never cared for him.
A third at this point in the presidency is utterly shocking.
I mean a third is ridiculously low. Think it’s impossible to go lower than that.
Tourists currently visiting from California.
I think some people say they approve but really mean “He sucks, but he’s preferable to someone from the other party”.
Woman who sued mom’s doctor claiming she never should have been born wins millions
This judge just gave people another reason to not be a doctor in England. Enjoy your constant in crisis health care.
Why wasn’t that laughed out of court in the first session?
Because it’s the UK and unlike here judges can make shit up as they go.
Oh wait….
Do they still wear powdered wigs? I love that shit.
If she wasn’t a passably cute girl it would have been.
So, if her existence is the damage, I guess the remedy is to end it.
“Evie Toombes launched the landmark “wrongful conception” case against the GP as she suffers from spina bifida and sometimes spends 24 hours a day connected to tubes.”
Damn I was born in the wrong country.
Damn modern medicine for keeping her alive this long! Wait, what?
It really is remarkable how the advances in medical care that allow people who would have perished in years past somehow end up making more people ungrateful misanthropes.
And I say that after I went to a concert last night by a guy who was a thalidomide baby born with no arms and a club foot who learned to play the guitar with his feet.
And when P.T. Barnum gave folks like that work, he was ridiculed for it.
Ahhh, horsey girls.
Pluses – generally attractive, athletic, they usually have a decent income, and a double handful in the sack.
Minuses – completely insane.
Yeah, horses seem highly inadvisable for someone with spina bifida. You’re going to fall, and with spina bifida . . . yikes.
So in local news updates, there have been two people found guilty for the
mostly peaceful protestsriots back in May of 2020. Both under federal charges and courts:Maple Heights man is first convicted of federal charges from May 30 riots in downtown Cleveland:
Jury convicts Cleveland man of robbing Colossal Cupcakes during May 30 riots downtown:
Buried in that second story is where the obstruction of justice charges came from:
FFS, that’s some bullshit charge right there.
Did he get hit with a dye pellet or something?
Not that I read anywhere, and he was on multiple recordings without wearing a mask, so it’s not like they needed clothes to identify the guy.
==>tinfoil hat ontinfoil hat off<==
wow, seriously?
What I wrote, surrounded by what I thought would be taken as pseudocode brackets but now I realise were interpreted as opening and closing html tag symbols, was:
“It’s well known that riot police release chemical taggants into the air that settle into the clothing in order to aid identification of people who were at political protests/riots. These taggants can be sniffed out at a later time by agents with sensitive detectors.”
Of course, it was meant as a parody of a paranoid conspiracy thery.
If you go to political rallies or protests, you should treat it like you’re planning a bank heist. Part of that is having a complete set of ‘work gear’ that is used only for the job, is not traceable to you, and can be discarded at a moments notice.
I’m running for Governor because opportunity in our state shouldn’t be determined by zip code, background or access to power.
Inspiring campaign ad that is definitely not 100% banal platitudes…
Baby Got Back!! Natural Big Booty Workout!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV263B7m_8o
Is this one of those shithole countries Trump talked about?
Well there has to be some reason why no one wants to go there.
“It is not clear that even an act of Congress mandating a vaccine would be constitutional.”
If Congress can legalize slavery of one sort, it can legalize any form of slavery. That’s how democracy works.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will soon answer the charges from an October audit that found dozens of instances when the commission didn’t follow the state’s election laws.
Commissioners are scheduled to meet Wednesday morning to provide an official response to the audit’s questions, and Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls) is very interested to hear what the Commission has to say.
“The audit is damning,” Brandtjen told The Center Square on Tuesday. “It makes it very clear that WEC is not doing its job.”
*Yawn*
What he meant to say is that he was “demonized” by the demon possessing him at the moment of the attack. /insanity defense
“He were da Debbil”!
He has been conditioned to believe killing honkeys was good for society. Why is anyone surprised he is now surprised that people tell him that was a real fucking evil move…
TRUMP: ILHAN OMAR MARRIED HER BROTHER!
That dude nails the impression. I’m there!
“Supreme Court abortion case: 5 key moments from oral arguments”
If they were ORAL, then abortion wouldnt be an issue, amiright?
/sees myself out
Shouldn’t you have a little help?
“If you don’t vote to overturn, Jesus will call me home!”
Minnesoda Minority is oppressed by The Man!
It is like that dude doesn’t know the first thing about safety! Lines? Death traps! Popcorn? Ecoli-corn I think you mean.
On the other hand, he willingly consorted with Colbert, so he gets what he deserves I guess.
Yeah, the problem is that the guy didn’t know the first thing about government and publicity: government exists to limit you, and publicity helps them find out who is trying to work around their limits. The result of the combination is inevitable.
He also didn’t realize that he was supposed to have an envelope with some cash in it just lying around when the inspectors showed up.
“Huh, that isn’t mine. Thought you set that down Mr. Inspector”
Normally I’d feel bad for him, but he was on Colbert, so screw him.
It was (((them))), obviously.
Citing unnamed US military officials, The New York Times reported Saturday that Israel was responsible for a recent cyberattack against civilian infrastructure in Iran that targeted gas stations.
The report said Israel was behind an October 26th hack of Iran’s fuel distribution system that caused gas pumps to stop working across the country. Gas pumps displayed a digital message telling customers to blame the problem on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Decent troll. I didn’t know gas pumps were hackable in this way.
Iran provides a certain amount of subsidized fuel to each citizen for a discounted price, and the report said it took the Oil Ministry two weeks to get the system back up and running. The idea was to get Iranians angry at the government and to create unrest, but it never materialized.
Better luck next time.
Seems to be a misguided effort. They just wasted a weapon and the mullahs will use it to blame the Jews, which in this case is accurate.
Was it actually the (((government))) or just some (((script kiddies))) who had an IP in Israel?
Seems more like something some dumb teen hackers would do.
Needed Khamenei did this stickers.
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Oh my
I may have mentioned here that my employer has stated that they honor the employees’ personal privacy and choice whether or not to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, but have asked employees to state their vaccination status voluntarily. Employees are free to disclose or not to disclose their status. The policy would be that when/if going to work in a company facility (our HQ is entirely WFH right now), any employee who discloses an unvaccinated status, or one who declines to disclose their status would be required to have a negative COVID test prior to going into the facility. No details on which tests might be acceptable or whether or not employees must report the results of the test officially, or just make the call on their own.
The company contracted with a third party to collect employee responses–the online survey does not include an option to not disclose status. So my assumption is that “not disclosing” is simply to not respond to the survey.
I talked to by boss the other day and he said the company is having trouble getting anyone to respond to the survey. I pointed out there’s no option to decline to disclose, so either employees are waiting to see whether there will be any sort of requirement nationally to disclose, or that they are exercising their option not to disclose under the company’s policy.
The company hasn’t implemented the policy yet other than to start the survey, so it’s not surprising that few have bothered to answer it.
My company offered $100 gift cards to anyone who voluntarily disclosed their status.
That was followed up by a call from HR to us holdouts to ask personally if we’d disclose. I told the HR lady that while I have been jabbed, I wouldn’t disclose because I think it is wrong and I want no part in any discrimination.
HR lady was very pleasant. She said she understood and that if I wouldn’t disclose, I’d be considered “unclean” and would have to work from home or get tested weekly and wear a mask in the office.
No threats of firings were made. Basically, our company is doing about as well with this shit sandwich as they can.
*Haven’t heard a peep from anyone after the court rulings, so I’m guessing nothing will happen.
I told our HR person (who I’m friendly with) that I was concerned that disclosure/nondisclosure status would eventually lead to differential treatment of groups within the company. She was sympathetic and said it’s a fine line to walk–they want people to be free to choose and free to disclose or not, but the leadership also believes they have a duty to provide a “safe” work place and so they will require testing.
I asked about the end game: what conditions have they set such that when they’re met, this policy becomes no longer necessary? According to her, that has not yet been identified. Not even as much as “when the CDC says the pandemic is over.”
So far, I’m thankful we’re not mandating anything–I hope that continues.
In fairness, I think a good chunk of the pressure that is falling on companies is from their own employees. It isn’t all from the government.
I work with quite a few people who refuse to come into work because they are sure the Rona will get them here. And at least one has suggested that our company mandate that everyone use a contact tracking app (she was roasted to the point HR intervened).
Too many companies are too chickenshit to tell their employees to suck it up or go work somewhere they would feel safe. Of course, that cowardice extends to a lot of things in business today.
We had some nurses last year who said they wouldn’t work with COVID patients.
We fired them.
“they are sure the Rona will get them here.”
I say, if you get the Rona, Barrett.
My company sent out the “mandatory” survey question months ago (I did not answer it) and has not said a word since.
I told the HR lady that while I have been jabbed, I wouldn’t disclose
Err, I think you just did.
Without showing her the vax card, I couldn’t be considered a decent human.
I’m in charge at work, and as such, we have no vaxx policy or data collection.
Also, no HR department.
/still hiring
I am so glad I retired jut a few months after this shit all started.
We might be working for the same company…
“Waukesha massacre suspect says he feels ‘demonized’ after the parade attack”
Do Trumpista White supremacists know no limits? How dare they hurt this man’s feelings!
Uffda. There is a lot of progection going on in this story about queer and lefty gun owners.
The author seems to think that 2A supporters are all white men and they only want other white men to own guns. The whole story is about how a brave couple of queer women (I think I can say that) are helping lefties own guns. Despite white supremacy!
Dare I say it? It seems that these people are doing a lot of profiling of their own. Just because a guy is “pale and male” means that he won’t be delighted to see another person learning how to use a firearm?
But there are good pieces of advice:
Seriously, this seems like a long piece trying to justify the author’s desire to learn about firearms without incurring the wrath of the other “right thinkers”.
“You can take a guess as to their political affiliations”
White supremacist Trumpers will only teach you how to shoot yourself in the head.
The Trumpsters have bumper stickers on their cars to keep the good people from being able to walk to the range from the parking lots!
p.s. I blame Tundra for the Osseo Gun Club’s horrible, horrible attitude.
Hah!
I got the offending email. I thought it was funny!
At our gun club, we have two major groups: the shotgun-toting Fudds who love them some sporting clays, trap, skeet, etc., and are quite insular and cliquish, and the practical shooting nerds, who are quite inclusive. We love it when “nontraditional” shooters show up to learn.
We helped nurture a group of women shooters–they came out to shoot with us weekly, but as they became more successful, they developed some internal politics. The one woman who was rooted in our group and helped to start the women’s group got shut out of the women’s group and shortly thereafter, they chose to meet on a different night than the old group–they whittled themselves down quite a bit because a number of their members were sick of the internal politics. Unfortunately, basically none of them came back to shoot with the original group and the women’s group became an insular clique of their own. They’re still going, but not as strong as they were before, and we could all be stronger as a united group, but we don’t want to deal with their internal political BS.
So you’ve never run into the “Rule Of Three”. Two chicks are peas in a pod but any more than that creates an outlier. I helped to raise three girls and it happened to them and they also made it happen. Girls are evil to each other. This is known.
group of women
See! Right there, that is the problem.
Did you not read the quote where the correct term is “bra-wearing folks”? No wonder they don’t want to hang out with you knuckle draggers.
We love it when “nontraditional” shooters show up to learn.
That is my universal experience. I believe you would be hard pressed to find a “culture” more welcoming, really, than “gun culture”. Sure, like any group, it has its jargon and ingroup stuff which can feel excluding, but if you are genuinely willing to learn, and not there to be a prick, you will be just fine.
Years ago (as in, 20 years ago or more), I went to a gun show in the Twin Cities. The Pink Pistols had a table. It was mobbed, and I doubt one in ten of the people they were talking to was gay. The notion that “gun people” are bigoted hicks is pure leftist propaganda.
Speaking as one of the shotgun-toting Fudds, that hasn’t been my experience at all. Maybe your club is an outlier?
When I say “Fudd” I mean specifically a type of person who owns guns primarily or solely for hunting and passively or actively works against firearms owners by supporting firearms restrictions on club property or has some level of disdain or fear of people who own and shoot handguns or modern sporting rifles like the AR/AK type platforms.
I don’t believe these people are at all unique to our area.
OK, I see what you mean. I’ve seen the term “Fudd” defined several different ways, and I fit about a third of those definitions. Most of my guns are primarily for hunting or outdoor use or simply part of a collection, but (as you know) I’m a staunch 2nd Amendment guy.
Some of the clubs I’ve been to (Ogden, one here in Alaska) are shotgun-only, in that they only have clays ranges. But the combined clubs (Alaska, two in Colorado, one in Utah, one in Indiana, probably some others) have been welcoming of a variety of shooters, although I didn’t take a survey.
Yeah, around here, “Fudd” is mainly a derogatory term. But I can see that there might be other definitions that are more positive in nature.
Not all of our shotgun shooters are jerks, but I had to fight hard against some of them in the early 2000s to get them to allow automatic weapons and semiauto rifles.
As it stands, at our monthly meetings, there is always a small group of Fudds there who say they were at the range when someone went to the rifle range and violated the safety rules or shot up the target frames or whatever, and they almost always use that as a way to start complaining about the practical shooters. The problem is, that it’s never us–we’re there on Thursday evenings and no one else usually is–and they never bother to try to identify the scofflaws and get them ejected.
violated the safety rules
And if the Fudds didn’t straighten them out, why not?
shot up the target frames
So, were the target frames shot up? Seems easy enough to verify.
And if they were, so what? It happens. I doubt there’s a single shooter who wants to hit the frames. And good luck zeroing a new optic without some shots going wide.
At our club, there are assholes who show up and hang targets like bottles and cans on the target frames, and (maybe the same people) shoot at our steel handgun plate racks with rifles just to see the holes they can make in the steel.
So you believe only big, strong men should be able to defend themselves? Or – more likely – nothing should be able to deter big strong men from doing whatever they want.
Because without firearms, women are not going to be able to defend themselves from most men.
https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/north-georgia-socialist-rifle-association-pushes-for-inclusivity-social-welfare/article_d506d6a4-48ea-11ec-a4ed-674f18e949ac.html
Sorta related.
Emphasis added. Has anyone seen anything of the sort in the past 20-30 years? I haven’t.
Maybe they’re referring to the black silhouette targets?
Nope. All the targets I’ve seen for sale that depict “criminals” are invariably white-appearing. There are some “zombie” targets too. But I haven’t ever seen an identifiably “POC” target.
My targets tend to be circles or squares. The last couple that were vaguely humanoid were green and orange.
Yeah, among practical shooters, the Metric USPSA or IDPA targets are pretty much all you see. The targets that depict realistic images of “bad guys” are largely the domain of people who shoot their guns once or twice a year, or sometimes the goofy tacticool morons that feel the need to dress in $200 combat pants and have tac gear stickers on their vehicles.
I usually use the one with 4 circles on it, but occasionally I’ll buy a zombie one and the zombie is green, so I guess it’s a POC?
Shooting ranges can be ostracizing for many folks who may lean left of center, especially for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals
targets depicting people of color
Two things that never happened.
White, straight, cisgender men almost always run the places where you can get training.
And?
You can take a guess as to their political affiliations.
And?
Right. Like, when I want a nice cup of coffee, do I worry myself to death about the politics of the barista who makes it? The owner of the shop? No. Unless it’s a demonstrably leftist corporation like Ben and Jerry’s or something, I don’t give much thought to that. Individual business owners/entrepeneurs? Not so much unless they make a point of shoving it in my face.
At this point, I’ve change my view on such things. I’m now seeking out businesses that align with my worldview or are at least not hostile to it. That simple filter eliminates a depressing number of companies.
I definitely seek out those businesses and patronize them if I can, but I try not to let it bother me too much. For me it’s more like “prefer to buy stuff from Joe the small business owner” rather than “avoid at all costs the evil corporations,” although the result is much the same.
As far as restaurants go, I really prefer the local options because around here, they are the ones that bucked the lockdowns and mask mandates. They get my dollars for that.
Yep. I’ve shifted my spending from restaurants and breweries that are still pushing vaccine mandates, masks, and proof of negative tests to those who don’t give a fuck, and actively fought against the shutdowns.
Nowhere near me had any semblance of resistance, so the wife and I drove 2 hours to eat at Gourmeltz and spend money there.
ron73440:
We had three local chains come out swinging against the shutdown orders and jointly file suit (TownHall/ReBol – Brunch/Bowl places specializing in “clean” food, keto options, and paleo options; Winking Lizard – Sports bar and beer bar with over 100 options; Harry Buffalo – Sports place and wing place). I liked Winking Lizard already for the big beer selection, but I went out of my way to start throwing more money at TownHall and Harry Buffalo (food is mediocre, and beer selection is meh).
Yup. I won’t obsess over it, but I’m happy to put a little bit more time and money into a purchase to get it from a small business owner that I know doesn’t use my dollars to wage war against my culture. I tried to do an Amazon free Christmas this year, but I settled on Amazon light Christmas. I’m not going to flog myself for reducing my Amazon bill by 80% rather than 100%.
You can take a guess as to their political affiliations.
You mean that after 40 years of leftists demonizing firearms, they’re underrepresented as range owners? It’s almost like there’s some sort of connection between those facts or something.
“That group includes Shannon Blowtorch, who started doing administrative work with Sequeerity last summer.”
I know who Shannon Blowtorch is and one of those things is someone who works their ass off getting homeless youth into better situations. Shannon is one of the best. Over 20 years ago, I worked for the same organization and if I were still out on the street doing it these days, I’d certainty want to carry.
How convenient.
Chinese scientists claim to have isolated an antibody which can effectively neutralize all strains of Covid-19, referencing both lab experiments and those performed on a living organism.
In a study published on Tuesday, Chinese scientists from a variety of institutions, including Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, suggested that they may have the panacea to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The authors claim that monoclonal antibody 35B5 has been shown in both in vitro (laboratory or test-tube experiment) and in vivo (performed on living organism) studies to neutralize wild-type Covid-19 (without mutations) as well as variants of concern (VOCs). The in vivo tests were carried out on humanized mice.
The scientists noted that the antibody also works on the highly mutated Delta variant, which has been responsible for deadly waves of infection around the world since it first emerged in India earlier this year.
“Chinese scientists claim”
Claim being the operative word.
I would have gone with scientists.
They must either feel there is too much pressure on China now from the blowback and/or enough time has gone bye that they can now safely pretend they didn’t have this in their vault as part of the bioweapon research safety measure to come clean on this?
How long before Fauci insists that this “cure” was all funded by him and the NIH?
“Chinese scientists claim to have isolated an antibody which can effectively neutralize all strains of Covid-19, referencing both lab experiments and those performed on a living organism.”
It’s called execution and the tests being performed on Uyghurs show great promise.
“Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou”
Okay, there’s something I never expected to see: a university still named after the founder of the Nationalist Party in China.
A fool and his money…
https://www.thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/16865133/spending-savings-stripper-lapdancing-girlfriend/
If you’re going to drop that kind of coin, at least get a hooker.
You would be surprised how many idiots do this shit with strippers and think the stripper playing them and giving them an occasional hand job means she loves them. They tend to be geeky idiots that have zero experience with women and their whiles, and they are then often surprised that she will move on to her next victim when their bank account has been cleaned out.
And his selfish wife’s fanatical ambition,
It turned him to the booze,
And he got mixed up with a floosie
And she led him to a life of indecision.
The floosie made him spend his dole
She left him lying on Skid Row
A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission.
Sure, Joe
President Joe Biden had a succinct response when asked about a new report that former President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 just three days before the first 2020 presidential debate.
“Mark Meadows has written a book revealing that President Trump tested positive for COVID a few days before your first debate,” ABC News’ Mary Bruce asked Biden after the president delivered remarks on the economy and supply chain issues on Wednesday. “Do you think the former president put you at risk?”
Biden paused, smiled, and responded: “I don’t think about the former president. Thank you.”
Without Trump, you’d be nowhere near the White house. Show some gratitude.
On the radio this morning they were talking about this. The whole story is that after the first test came back positive Trump had two more tests that were both negative. The gist of the story was supposed to be about false positives.
But the Cathedral has take a different tack.
I mentioned yesterday, in a clinical setting when you run a test that’s positive, rerun it and get a negative, you do a third one and go by that.
Non. Story.
We know it is a non-story because well, we aren’t complete retards. The general public? Trump tried to infect and kill now President Biden. That is all they see out of that. TMITE
Oh its a story, alright.
Trump is not had his final say on government and Democrats fear what is happening to their toe-hold on power.
Making Trump out to be an attempted murderer is straight out of their propaganda playbook.
Gah, that was actually a great response by Biden.
Now can he continue his presidency without blaming the orange guy for anything?
ha ha. No, he gets to appear to take the high road while his underlings desperately try to deflect criticism to the prior admin.
I don’t think about the former president.
You don’t think about much these days.
I once liked Stephen Colbert but behold – https://youtu.be/sSkFyNVtNh8?t=485 He was part of Ace and Gary. What happened Man? You used to be cool…
I loathe him now.
The team he feels he needs to belong to demands he go full fucking evil idiot to support their culture war and marxist ways, and he is happy to comply so he can feel he stays relevant.
Still makes me feel sad. Fuck it. I’m going to bed.
Oh well, see also Howard Stern.
Are you sure you aren’t confusing him with Steve Carell? I never liked Colbert.
He hasn’t been funny since the Bush admin.
Well I’ll be dipped in dog shit; I thought he retired after Strangers With Candy.
He got political.
The advantage of working from home – I can stand at my stove and watch for when the other meeting attendees arrive in the webex. So I was able to make french toast for the first time in a long time during the gap between meetings.
It is such a nostalgic flavor.
Just like timing your toobin between your Grandparents’ pees. It’s an art, not a science.
I retrieved my dried out lunch from the oven after hanging up the “quick ten minute phone call” over an hour later, but that’s on me.
Worst for me was when I had just started the boil on a batch of beer on a Saturday, and got called for an outage. The process has started, no easy way to stop it at that point (pre-boil hops and boil hops had already been added).
“Outage Ale, tastes like charcoal.”
Corroborated details!?!
“credibly accused”
Well…
“forced birth”
Double yikes.
I let the credibly accused part slide because they have been running with it the entire time and I guess you can still think her story was credible.
But certainly was never corroborated.
Sure. Cavanaugh admits to going to a certain high school and admits he knew certain woman. That’s “corroboration” isn’t it? No one would ever accuse AOC of telling fibs.
Would it be impolite to mention that Biden has more credible accusations of sexual assault against him than Kavs does?
Yet the court is letting him decide on whether to legalize forced birth in the US.
These people are ghouls.
To be fair, her birth was forced upon the rest of us.
The left is in full-on panic mode about this.
It really is their “hill to die on”, and the only thing that so many of them care about.
I’ll be surprised if anything much is done to allow states to restrict abortion.
Roberts – no question he will push for status quo.
Kavanaugh – he’s not going to vote to overturn Roe to pwn the fems. And he’s a down-the-middle Republican squish, so maybe he’s part of a five Justice decision to tweak around the edges. Maybe.
Gorsuch – I think will vote to overturn or restrict Roe, because he seems to be an originalist/textualist with some principles.
Comey – I really don’t have a feel for her.
Comey – I really don’t have a feel for her.
This is the case she was brought on to SCOTUS for. She will be seen as a Kennedy-esque failure if she’s squishy on abortion.
And I don’t know enough to rule her out as a potential Kennedy-esque failure. Its not like there isn’t a long line of those.
credibly accused
Depends on the meaning of “credibly”.
forced birth
Wtf?
Corroborated details!?!
Well, there is a Brett Kavanaugh. He did go to high school with what’s-her-hypothalamus.
So. Details, corroborated.
They went to different high schools.
You know what they say, if you’re not getting a TBI it ain’t great sex.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/love-sex/porn-star-says-brutal-scenes-25580898
Related:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/love-sex/porn-star-kendra-sunderland-shares-25238845
I think you’re missing something very important from that list: “is ok with the fact that a fuck tons of dudes on camera for money”. That’s likely the most difficult box to check.
“I got banged into a sinkhole. Then, a mole person banged me back up.”
Now can he continue his presidency without blaming the orange guy for anything?
Something something person or persons unknown…
Enrollment declines in DC Public Schools as more opt for charter schools, home schooling
You aren’t a state.
Sanctimonious scold on the warpath
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) defended her criticism of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday after the two sparred on Twitter over anti-Muslim comments made by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).
“I won’t tolerate members on either side of the aisle — or even within my own party — who are racist, who promote bigotry, religious bigotry, or otherwise, or anti semitism,” Mace said at The Hill’s event “Regulating Cannabis.”
“I’ve called out Democrats and Republicans alike and I will continue to do so,” she added, when asked if there was a pathway for she and Greene to “bury the hatchet.”
“I want to be an effective leader in Congress,” Mace said. “And that means defending my record when I need to, even if it’s against members of my own party. I will continue to work hard and defend my record when I need to and call people out for their BS too.”
Mace’s remarks come after Greene ripped the South Carolina Republican after her comments on CNN criticizing Boebert’s remarks suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) might be a terrorist.
Okay, we get it. You want attention, too.
Like I said yesterday, not at all like junior high, not one bit
You and Kevin McCarthy.
Alright, ladies. Clearly you need to hug it out.
Preferably in an inflatable pool filled with Jello.
So what did Boebert tweet that was so offensive?
Told funny joke about the Jihad Squad.
Proven effective
President Joe Biden’s administration will extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through mid-March, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters, amid concerns about a new COVID-19 variant.
A formal announcement extending the requirements through March 18 is expected on Thursday, the sources said. The White House and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declined to comment. The TSA in August extended the transportation mask order through Jan. 18.
Biden plans to discuss the U.S. strategy for fighting COVID-19 this winter on Thursday and the transit mask extension is expected to be part of his remarks.
Millions of travellers are alive today, thanks to this simple, effective common sense public health measure.
Just look at all the airline passengers buried in unmarked mass graves at every major airport, who died from flying maskless.
airline passengers buried in unmarked mass graves
Huh. Hear in Minnesoda we have lined the roads to the airport with the crucified bodies of anti-maskers/vaxxers as a warning to the rest of the population.
Pictured
possibly nsfw?
through mid-March
Just in time to prepare for the midterm election variant.
Oh for fuck’s sake. I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to deal with the insanity of masking when I go to Viva in April (when it should be).
Why come people no want to be tourists now that places are opening up?
The current CDC order, which has been in place since soon after Biden took office in January, requires masks to be worn by all travelers on airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares and at transportation hubs such as airports, bus or ferry terminals, train and subway stations, and seaports.
His predecessor, Donald Trump, rejected requests from U.S. public health agencies to impose the requirements in transit – even though airlines and some other transportation modes had required masks.
Heinous indifference to the safety and wellbeing of his subjects. Off with his head.
Love the “even though”. So anything one company does, all companies should be mandated to do?
The mask requirements have been the source of friction, especially aboard U.S. airlines, where some travelers have refused to wear masks.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which has instituted a “zero tolerance” enforcement effort on unruly passengers, said on Tuesday that since Jan. 1, it had received reports from airlines of 3,923 passengers refusing to wear masks.
In some U.S. states, transportation hubs are among the only places where masks are still required.
*faints*
Flying last week was Orwellian. Endless overhead announcements about the mask mandate and threats of enforcement.
Good morning, Banjos!
Now that’s a helluva song choice. Pretty angry for you.
I like it!
Useless cuntes.
80 House Republicans vote with Democrats on a new national immunization tracking system Wednesday.
The Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021 will give the federal government information on your vaccination status for the next mandate they have planned. …
Worse than useless.
Actively hostile to freedom.
Two shit wings on the same shit bird. The Reps are fucking pathetic.
Evil.
Kind of speechless here.
Do they not see where this is leading?!
Of course they do. This is leading exactly where they want to go.
This vote alone should get them all primaried out of office. But of course it won’t.
The text specifically outlines an expansion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Public Health Department capabilities and the ability for state and local health departments, as well as public and private health care providers, to share health data with the federal government.
They deserve a reward for the exemplary skill and competence with which they have responded to this terrible threat.
On a call trying to find out if I can get my PCR test results (they were supposed to take 72 hours… I took the test last Tuesday). Estimated wait time started at 6 minutes… 24 minutes ago. It’s been bouncing between 1 and 2 minutes ever since.
Call centers, if you can’t estimate the wait time, don’t provide it to the caller. All it does is piss them off if you’re wrong.
I had to get a PCR test prior to a doctor visit week last week and had the results in about 18 hours. I went to CVS.
What did they charge you, out of curiosity?
Nothing, after I showed them my medical insurance card. I have no idea how much they charged my insurance.
I’m just trying to get the results. They e-mailed me the rapid results, so they got my e-mail address correct (a risk with my e-mail address). In the 37 minutes I’ve been on hold I’ve gone from caller 52 to caller 20 waiting. But my estimated wait time is down to 1 minute…
Sweet fucking Cheebus. Finally get through to someone after over 50 minutes on hold… to be told their systems are down (this is something you put a message on your hold or before the options for). And that anyone tested between 11/21 and 11/28 needs to be retested. Yeah. Pretty sure I’m not infected any more, but that positive test would have been helpful if Ohio passes the law that allows for previous infections to count as vaccinated.
oh man, that sucks
That is solid work right there.
Old habits die hard.
Just hours after the incoming chancellor of Germany said he was in favour of imposing mandatory vaccinations, Angela Merkel protegé-turned European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appeared to follow suit, hinting on Wednesday that the entire bloc may seek to impose vaccine mandates.
“Not each and every one can be vaccinated – children, for example, or people with special medical conditions – but the vast majority could and therefore, I think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now,” the Commission president told reporters in Brussels, according to The Guardian.
“How we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the European Union, this needs discussion,” the president continued. “This needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that I think has to be met.”
Sounds like a Bond villain.
Sounds like she wants vaccines as the final solution.
You might think Germans would be more circumspect and cautious abut forced medical procedures.
I guess you can take the Nazis out of Germany, but you can’t take the Nazi out of Germans.
You went there too fast! How were we supposed to milk that insinuation now?!!!!
Are you saying he putsched it too hard?
So anything one company does, all companies should be mandated to do?
Tyranny of the lowest common denominator.
EVERYTHING NOT PROHIBITED IS MANDATORY
Faking a hate crime is not a crime…
Trying to hold people that commit hate crime hoaxes or actual hate crimes accountable (French actor Juissie Smolliet and that SUV that drove itself with Darrel Brooks as a captive, for example) soon will be defined as another type of hate crime. The fact that faking a hate crime should actually be a hate crime will never happen. And real hate crimes are blamed on inanimate object if they don’t fit the narrative. I am gonna bet all this is not gonna end well.
I don’t think there should be charges for posting something, other than maybe vandalism, but the editorializing here hurt my brain.
This honestly comes off as a prank, not a hoax.
I was wondering if birth control sales have increased in Texas since they passed the Infants’ Rights law. I found the article below, giving the lie to the claim that abortion isn’t used as birth control.
https://time.com/6114198/texas-abortion-ban-increased-demand-birth-control/
Persecution of the innocent, pt 3,927
Germany on Thursday announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated, as its leaders backed plans for mandatory vaccinations in the coming months.
Unvaccinated people will be banned from accessing all but the most essential businesses, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, to curb the spread of coronavirus, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz, announced Thursday, following crisis talks with regional leaders.
The pair also backed proposals for mandatory vaccinations, which if voted through the parliament could take effect from February at the earliest.
Under the tightened restrictions, unvaccinated people can only meet two people from another household. Bars and nightclubs must shut down in areas with an incidence rate above 350 cases per 100,000 people over one week. And the country would limit the number of people at large events like soccer matches.
UNCLEAN!
UNCLEAN!
Punish them for their sins against society.
I wonder if FDP will agree to the general vaccination mandate planned for February. FDP was supportive of some anti-lockdown lawsuits that lost in the Constitutional Court earlier this week.
And nothing else will happen….
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/cia-employees-sex-crimes-children-secret-files-foia
Admittedly, just a small sampling of the evil they commit, but indicative of how they feel about accountability.
And they’re like cockroaches. For every one you see, there’s a dozen more.
Merkel screws the unvaccinated on her way out the door:
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/germany-imposes-strict-curbs-unvaccinated-limits-gatherings-will-mandate-covid-shots
What a Schweinhund.
Parliament gets a vote – how quaint!
Speaking of Justice Barrett- I saw a piece the other day by some media “legal analyst” personage saying Ms Barrett should be forced to recuse herself from any case in any way related to
abortionwomen’s health issues.But I thought only women were allowed to have opinions about
abortionwomen’s health issues?Only right-thinking women – the others are some kind of gender failure.
Kagan and Sotomayer should recuse themselves too as they have publicly said they are pro-choice.
There are clearly defined rules for judge recusal and having personal opinions aint one of those reasons.
It also pisses me off that judge recusal issue is so partisan. There are clear instances of ethics violations of judges and they are not made to recuse themselves. It is very rare for judges to be recused and less common for judges to recuse themselves.
Sweet fucking Cheebus. Finally get through to someone after over 50 minutes on hold… to be told their systems are down (this is something you put a message on your hold or before the options for). And that anyone tested between 11/21 and 11/28 needs to be retested. Yeah. Pretty sure I’m not infected any more, but that positive test would have been helpful if Ohio passes the law that allows for previous infections to count as vaccinated.
Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your garbage back.
Pop-up window at CNN news story about some sort of “dealing with stress” newsletter.
W#hat are the odds it tells you to stop doomscrolling the fucking nonstop panicdemic propaganda?
If I had to choose just one Broadway musical on TV tonight, I’m pickin’ Annie. Some day historians will look back and refer to the time we are now living in as the Pandering Era.
“There are a lot of cases around the time of Roe, not of that magnitude, but the same type of analysis, that that went through exactly the sorts of things we today would say were erroneous,” Roberts said. “If we look at it from today’s perspective, it’s going to be a long list of cases that we’re going to say were wrongly decided.”
That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell later said on the Fox News channel: “We’re not going to shutdown the government. That makes no sense.”
Go fuck yourself. Shut it the fuck down.
In Holmes’ first several days on the stand, jurors heard about Balwani’s abusive behavior. He forced Holmes to have sex with him, prescribed her meals and schedule, and told her that she needed to “kill” herself to be reborn as an entrepreneur, Holmes testified.
My gut says they had a kinky and consensual BDSM relationship. She’s lying about what happened so that she looks like a victim and get sympathy.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will soon answer the charges from an October audit that found dozens of instances when the commission didn’t follow the state’s election laws.
Good.
We’re not going to shutdown the government.
See, that’s how you negotiate. You start by telling the other side you will give them everything they want.
“We will gladly shut down this bloated, fetid monstrosity and only vote to lower the debt ceiling until we’re out of debt.”
“The Waukesha massacre suspect who’s alleged to have deliberately drove a red SUV through the city’s parade route running over dozens of people told the media he feels like he’s being “dehumanized” in his first interview.”
Why the fuck does this guy get an interview?
Biden legal defeats rapidly piling up across the nation on broad array of policy fronts
Someone in the local radio was asking why he keeps doing things that will obviously get shot down. I mean, seems obvious to me, you can force people to do what you want for a year or two, exhaust them selves financially and emotionally fighting it and what cost do you pay?
“There are a lot of cases around the time of Roe, not of that magnitude, but the same type of analysis, that that went through exactly the sorts of things we today would say were erroneous,” Roberts said. “If we look at it from today’s perspective, it’s going to be a long list of cases that we’re going to say were wrongly decided.”
Bad precedents are bad.
Where’s he going with that? Is he really saying “We made way too many mistakes in the past to try to fix them now?” Pair this with his number one priority, maintaining the Court’s “legitimacy”, and it sure sounds like that’s where he’s going.
No that would be a Gorsuch/Thomas perspective. For Roberts, he would uphold Dred Scott or Plessy since that is well settled precedent.
And uphold ObamaCare because he has a legacy to uphold.
So funny about these lunatics in government like Roberts. Nobody will ever remember his name. Most Americans cannot even name all 9 current justices, let alone the last 3-4 Chief Justices of the US Supreme Court.
Running a tech through the paces of morning meetings. Kid wanted some experience and will be covering for me on some days off I have coming up. I would prefer to do this in person, but we aren’t fully back in the office yet. My one rule, keep it short and to the point. Our air traffic partners don’t need details, just what service they will lose. I think he will do just fine…maybe.
Have these people not seen “The Thing”?
Also, “the White Continent”? I didn’t know that Antarctica was racist.
Dude – Europeans, colonialism, like duh!
It showed that CO2 and temperature moved in lock-step. Whenever the Earth went into an ice age and temperature fell, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would also decline. And when the climate warmed back up again, the CO2 rose in parallel.
Its hard to tell from the graph, but it looks like increases in CO2 may lag increases in temperature.
Even the quoted text implies that CO2 is a result, at least as written. Of course no one can be expected to write intelligently on something that they believe in irrationally.
Pair this with his number one priority, maintaining the Court’s “legitimacy”, and it sure sounds like that’s where he’s going.
Introspection and self-awareness are signs of weakness. Lay on, MacDuff!
Went to the high school to drop something off, and then two grocery stores. The only place I saw any mask at all was the high school and they were ALL masked.