I remember when Mike Wallace could do that. Go Rachel!
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I remember when Mike Wallace could do that. Go Rachel!
Radio Free Europe and Everybody Hurts.
What even is that?
That's why Republicans often have more engaging narratives. They can't rely on facts, so they have to put all their energy into the story they tell. GOP operatives are chosen for this skill. Dems hire those people as speechwriters.
Love that song. Played that album a lot in college.
I thought it might be heart related because the brown patches on his face went away, but you make a more convincing argument. Could the change in his face also result from a stroke?
And given a job in the administration.
I saw people say she was a Russian asset when she was in Congress
I think one reason trans people are a threat to the patriarchy is their unique position to blow up misogyny and gender roles. You've been both male and female, and you know how the world treats each.
Memphis also has a large data center that is negatively affecting the citizens of Memphis.
That's the original show, not the movie. I guess they thought the national audience wouldn't know the reference to Saratoga so they used Yonkers Racetrack. I don't know if they put out different sheet music for the movie. Sometimes they do.
He revels in being a villain.
My guess is small heart attack. Look how much clearer his face looks. Yeah, it's hard to tell with the orange paint, but he had brown spots on his cheeks before that I don't see there now.
Does Canadian labor law specify a deadline to pay people? (US law does)
I can see why he's falling asleep during the day if he only sleeps 4-5 hours a night. I read that an old person's sleep cycle can change from an 8 hr night to a short night+nap. But when you have a day job, it's hard to get a nap.
He's a ghoul.
Oh for sure. He was in worse shape from the outset.
Lol Damon Runyon is hardly the place to go looking for proper English. Maybe My Fair Lady?
Policeman is what they sing in the movie. I know they changed some words from the show to the movie. If you have Adelaide's Lament, does it say Saratoga or Yonkers near the end?
Typical abuser. You made me do it.
Well, covid is a little more serious. But I remember that stupid root canal was on the news cycle for days, and it is not a big deal.
He dragged the Guard into a town for no reason, wouldn't pay their expenses, and now they are picking up trash in DC. All he knows how to do is alienate people.
People get excited about the trolling but cool down when they learn about his record. For a lot of people, the trolling is the first thing of his to hit their radar.
This doesn't read like Hair Furor.
They know a pardon means they're still guilty, right?
He was rearended, and that presumes the other driver was at fault. I've not seen any details about either driver.
I think it would look a lot like this: youtu.be/px3Qe5hBJK0...
I believe in equality and fairness, not hierarchy and punishment.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while: There is so much discourse on what the Democratic Party needs to do, what we want from our elected officials, that we shouldn’t have purity tests, etc. But what I want to know is this: why are you a Democrat? Please repost so there are more responses!
Remember when Biden got a root canal?
I'm pleased to say I thought of the same thing. It felt...weird to contemplate. It's so far removed from anything we've experienced. But we don't live there anymore.
He's been claiming emergencies since day 1. My favorite is the wave of fentanyl from Canada.
There was a guy in the 1970s ran the same thing. I think he was killed. Very little press.
The theory of eugenics never seems to match up with the people who promote it.
I think what he would ideally want is a rigged election like Russia has. He would like more red govs so they can rewrite the constitution. From his place of delusion, it looks tantalizingly close.
Hmm, I am vintage and I do not recognize that product.
He's saving that one.
He's a ghoul. Anyone can see it.
They should all do that.
Just saw a program, humans are more attracted to confidence than intelligence. They follow the confident, even though they don’t know what they are doing, rather than follow the intelligent which do. This is why GOP appeals to the masses. They view intelligence as a threat. Very enlightening.
They did that in Los Angeles too.
But he doesn't care.
They have had their own narrative from the outset. Now they are more actively hiding the numbers that would refute it. And many Americans are not used to standing up for their own judgment or even lived experience.
Fascism is a criminal enterprise.
Also as much as Musk talked to Putin, I think he was included in the plan.
Eugenics is not the same as treating people as a commodity, and i think that's what we're looking at here.
And history.
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
Most people in my neighborhood still have some grass but have other plants too. We went full xeriscape a few years ago. We get butterflies, hummingbirds, and lately bunnies.
The ones you see are all in. Any that weren't on board got primaried or declined to run.
I'd be more concerned that Putin is planning something. Hair Furor has given him loads of intel on us.
Not at all. The states will not go along.
I don't know the signs of drug use (plenty of others did) but I can definitely see he doesn't look well.
Glad to hear it. Haven't been there for a while.
Money and privilege more than life.
Blue states are already coordinating in other areas, and they are the states more likely to offer vaccines, so that should keep the chaos down.
I guess i have two sets of rules. I think it's acceptable to do property damage to let nazis know we don't want them around. And I don't think it's acceptable to do property damage against groups helping vulnerable people.
Making Republicans the party of death.
Good question.
They are out for mental health meds too.
That is strong evidence that you are a mentally healthy person.
Paid organ transfer is a third rail. He made a big blunder there. It's something "everyone" has considered unthinkable forever.
I think it is possible to put enough pressure on him that he says something that 1) conflicts with the narrative and 2) draws extra heat and criticism to Hair Furor, which is already happening.
So far they have fired people for not going along with the official narrative. Elon, a couple things going on. He was never confirmed, so he had limited time he could be in the govt. Also, I think he did everything he needed to be on-site to do.
The Republicans who didn't want to be part of this didn't run for reelection. What we have left are Party members.
Basic rule is anytime you remove cash as a means of payment, you're hurting poor people.
That's true, if they can replicate that, they are there. Hair Furor is working so hard to redistrict states now, I thought he must not be as sure of the future. 2026 would require a lot more manipulation to look red than 2024 did.
There is a team implementing the fascism. I didn't think he was running it, but that description sounds like he's getting in the way.
Then I guess Missouri has been under authoritarian rule for a while.
The fix is in progress. They aren't there yet.
That's why they stopped measuring certain things.
We're way beyond "diplomatic embarrassment "
Hair Furor.
Cost of a Disneyland annual pass in 2000: $100 You can't get one day for $100 now. If you have a scarce resource, you can raise the price until the demand falls to the level of supply. Next: water.
I'd be more upset about the pardon if I thought he would live to see it. Currently it doesn't look that way.
Trump is the last of a dying breed. Would that they all would die a little quicker.
You were confident because you knew what to do, how to do it, and how and when to adapt. We want that clarity. We want a road map. Protesting lets us see how many we are, which is great, but it doesn't move us closer to goal.
Some "Christians" already think Jesus is too woke.
I make jewelry, and I put myself on the same restriction. Bonus: costs for supplies have increased a lot, so those supplies I got over the last few years are growing in value just sitting there.
Some people are just realizing it. I suspect it's because they initially dismissed the idea as preposterous.
It’s not just MAGA. This is just end-stage conservatism. They were always bad at things unless they could bend rules. Everything they now do is about getting more money and average Americans are just piggy-banks they can dip into when they screw-up and need to fix the inevitable messes they create.
Once again, this is a choice for authoritarians.
putin's gop mission: destroy the United States bsky.app/profile/mc20...
Less safe, less respected, less influential, less wealthy, less healthy, less optimistic, less educated, less stable, less compassionate, less tolerant, less welcoming, less powerful. Russians paid republicans on the inside to execute the plan to destroy America. Burn in hell Lindsey Graham
I wonder why just those states?
I recall seeing a fair bit written about when DOGE got write access. I think that was for treasury and IRS. I don't remember if that included SS.
They ALL are.
Yes! Lots of retirees are millionaires because that money might have to last decades (unless RFK has his way).
This is an excellent example of Vance propaganda. The 1st sentence refutes an argument that was never made (which you wouldn't know unless you saw the post). The 2nd sentence also goes off in a different direction, and the 3rd sentence is beside the point. A passionate argument nobody asked for.
When I was in law school 40 years ago, the national moot court (hypothetical) case involved organ donation, so I researched it. There was a long and consistent revulsion of any kind of money for body parts transaction (beyond blood donation).
@pluralistic@mamot.fr This seems relevant to your interests.
Painting the wall black on our side can only discourage people on our side from escaping.
There are scientists who are politically active all the time. I wouldn't say the scientific community has been watching silently at all.
I don't get that. I don't know what that gives you beyond a bunch of emotional people struggling to adult. Maybe the disruption is all they're after.
It doesn't make sense to roll back from fascism to edge of fascism.
It's amazing that we tolerate this industry with incentives to harm us.
Careful, you may attract ads to improve your gut bacteria. 😉
Now would be a really good time for scientists who study autism to talk about what we know about it, especially how it appears in the brain. I know you've done it before, but we're about to have Roadkill Kennedy weigh in, and you know he's going to promote it as something that develops after birth.
South Park made fun of that.