I keep expecting to see my sister-in-law there. I don't know if she's heard of this "Queen", but she is Filipino and very, very gullible. "Queen Didulo" is right up her alley.
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I keep expecting to see my sister-in-law there. I don't know if she's heard of this "Queen", but she is Filipino and very, very gullible. "Queen Didulo" is right up her alley.
Wait, they took the truck back, but he thinks the debt he owed for the truck is gone because of his paper gobblygoop? And not because, you know, THEY TOOK THE TRUCK BACK!!!
Did anyone try to correct him???
To be fair, the French insist that whatever it is they speak in Quebec is NOT French. ;)
The Jim Crow states in the US would like a word.
And righties get mad when the left says they're ignorant./
I have this overwhelming urge to give him a nuclear wedgie and shove him into a locker.
To be clear: RFK Jr. is a sociopath, killing people at home & abroad, & whose anti-vaccine campaign is only part of the greatest threat to American public health in memory. But this is Trump & the GOP's doing. DJT continues to back Kennedy. This is on him & the party he leads. They're killers too.
What early bluesky was like
I'm sure Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, West-by-God Virginia, etc. will get right on this!
Unfortunately, if these dummies refuse the vaccine, then herd immunity goes out the window, and those with legitimate health reasons who can't take the vaccine are put in danger. It's not just an individual choice,.
VERY COOL!
Yet another reason for Virginia to elect a full Democratic trifecta (Gov, Lt Gov, Atty Gen) this fall!
Let's compromise. I'll let you see the 100s of photos of my dog (she's so cute!) and I'll toss in the photos of plants (including weeds!) I've taken for my phone's plant ID app, and you give me back my phone and fuck off.
That depends. Is she white?
This assessment seems to be based on pervasive, but wildly ahistorical assumptions about fascism. There is the idea that fascism wasn’t superstitious and "criminally mad" - yet many of the leading fascists were crooks, quacks, and charlatans who believed in pseudo-science and Volkish hocus-pocus.
required reading for every elected official of any party.
I don't like sourdough either, but jeeze, it's not like stores don't carry a dozen different brands of "regular" white bread. And most delis I've eaten in give you choices, including (a drum roll ((ahem)) please) WHITE BREAD. Sheesh.
If you've ever wondered how risqué I'd go in 'Sheldon', this comic is the line. It's basically "Darth Vader nipples, and no further"
🚨Children🚨Killed by🚨ICE Say their names. Their lives mattered and their deaths were govt. sanctioned murders. 1/2
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
OUCH. Any bets Faux "News" will play this?? And, if they do, that they won't lie about it??? ;)
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JFC
It's possible ... hear me out, here …. It may well be that these people lie their asses off whenever they exhale
Fair enough. And there will be smuggling, and ghost guns. But reducing their availability and making it more difficult to just carry them around, or to buy the ammunition, will cut down on violence.
(cont)..." Some of the messages I got about biscuits were as angry as the ones I’ve gotten about telling the truth about Emmett Till. "
This section near the end struck me. "I recently was a guest on a podcast for Southern Living, .... I mentioned the incontrovertible fact that the dominant working-class and agrarian breakfast in the South today is the breakfast taco, not the biscuit. People lost their minds."
An excellent story about a museum in Mississippi that now has the gun used to kill Emmitt Till. 🗃️
Very sad, but very true,.
Gun control doesn't work!! (except in every other industrialized country that has tried it)
Does anybody know what happened to the site "Angry White Men"? It seems to have suddenly disappeared a few weeks ago. #angrywhitemen angrywhitemen.org
And this guy keeps showing off guns of the same models used in mass shootings. "And this is the type of gun they used at XXX shooting."
I haven't seen any, but I'm not in the tourist areas or on the Metro. Unlike Yglesias, I realize that doesn't mean they're not around, it just means I'm not in the areas where 1. they can show off or 2. harass people, or 3. both.
It first came out my freshman year of college. a group of history majors would gather around a tiny little B&W portable set, playing with the antenna to try to get a decent signal from the PBS station in Louisville. We loved it.
I guess if we don't look like Paris in 1968 it doesn't count.
this (from the brilliant @everywhereist.bsky.social) puts into words the big black tangle of frustration i have whenever i get the same question
I used to retweet this periodically at The Bad Place because it's the perfect timeline cleanse. Now here. You're welcome. youtu.be/bS6KWNB5NEo?...
I see the man claims that the "island" was abandoned by the timber company in 1925 due to "The Great Depression." Um, the Depression began in October 1929, and hit bottom in the US in early 1933. Assuming the reporter didn't make the error, the Sov Cit is as good a historian as he is a lawyer.
But don't call it Fascism. That's a distraction!
The current POTUS and his minions are manipulative, fear mongering, lying and propaganda spewing. They are dishonorable and self serving. Their words and actions so often bring the worst behavior & actions of the Nazis to mind. Sad! #WeThePeople🇺🇸 must #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸 & #ProtectTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸
Did you boop it?? It's not a cute animal nose until you boop it! ;)
..Its successor organization is the Council of Conservative Citizens. Their website was cited as a major influence by the Charleston SC church shooter, who massacred Black church members in a Bible study group. And yes, they are trump supporters. (this is my shocked face) (4/4)
the bank would refuse to give you the business loan, etc., etc. And the KKK and its ilk was always there to make the point more explicit if you didn't get the message. There's always the threat of escalating consequences to keep people in line. BTW, the Citizens Council lives on..(3/4)
"..But mainly it’s about intimidation: “If you get in our way we will ruin your life.” This is how the White Citizens Council worked in the mid 20th Century. Nothing as crude as a physical lynching. But those that crossed the boundaries set by Jim Crow would suddenly lose their jobs, or... (2/4)
I want to highlight this paragraph-"The message here clearly isn’t “Don’t commit fraud,” which would be laughable coming from Donald Trump, of all people. Nor, despite what some commentators have said, is it all about revenge — although Trump is, indeed, a remarkably vindictive person..(1/4)
OK, it doesn't seem to apply to letters and small packages with a limited value. Still. Sheesh. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I didn't figure it out until I was 25 years old! Ok, that was when the song was released, but still. :) And for God's sake, don't tell him about Billy Joel's Allentown!!!
My grad school roommate had an Apple IIe in 1984. Used it for writing term papers, playing Zork, and playing Micro League Baseball. I'd used school computers before, but this was the first time I had access to a computer in my apartment.
And the US press is (crickets)
Like I was saying: read this. Time to act, people.
Trump: "Beverly Hills, I have friends, they leave their trunk open for their car bc they know they're going to be vandalized. They don't want trunk ripped off in order for them to steal what's in their bag. They leave doors open so when they go in to steal the radio, they don't rip off the door"
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
You just know that if trump DOES leave office in January 2029 (or whenever), he'll strip the Oval Office bare, right down to the wall studs, because he thinks all that gold gilt and paint are real gold.
If they want your help, they'll ask for it.
Good for her! Those that have privilege are obligated to use it to hold open doors for those without. It's not to be a "white savior"! It's opening doors for others so they can use their own skills and strengths to do what they feel needs to be done. Hold open the door and get out of their way!
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
Yeah, the Fox and their ilk will all deny it.
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats. Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
JFC.
Kent State is on line 1.
"Dick" Wagner, Reds GM in the early 80s.
DC also pays more in real numbers than roughly 12 states.
Not to mention a whole s**tload of genuine NAZI propaganda.
I'd be offended just because it was an half-eaten bag of crappy chips.
and he's lying about the Oval Office and the desk. it's the same Resolute Desk that has been used for decades. Not to mention the "gold" ion the office isn't real gold. Gad.
and Dobson bragged (!) about beating his dachshund with a belt. That's a first class ticket to Hell all by itself.,
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
He's an African_American man who is a die hard MAGA republican. Sold his soul is more likely than "gave my life to Christ."
And the music helps. Wild Cherry and Prince made me feel as if I were the student. LOL
Coming onto campus for the first time this semester, I realize anew how much I dearly love being on campus. The sun is shining on a beautiful day, and students and proud parents are everywhere. A DJ is playing music on the quad in front of the library. Everything is new again. I feel @ home. Happy.
It was probably (whispers) Mexican food.
Who is she???
He actually got off on that. There is a video of him grinning as he was booed while giving a hateful speech at his high school
I think Stephen Miller needs to be hospitalized.
When I get older, losing my grip, any second now, Will I still be voting for a pedophile? Maybe hang with Jeff for a while? If I think slavery isn't so bad, And Ukraine started the war, Forget about pee tapes, Just ignore teen rapes, When I'm sixty-four?!?
"If it doesn't affect me directly, I don't have to care about it." Yep, sounds like a republican.
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I heard back. Once they were alerted to the shirt's meaning, he was asked to remove it or cover it, which he did. So maybe they'll be more careful in the future. But it's something to keep looking for as the Fascists crawl out from under their rocks.
Just grab the screen with your cursor and pull it to the right, and you'll see the CVS at the intersection. That's where the terrorist was.
FWIW, when my wife and I went to downtown DC (Penn Quarter) on the 12th, the Profs & Pints talk we attended was packed with well over 125 people. But the sports bar on the ground floor? Crickets. I've never seen it empty before, even on a week nite.
Reposted for truth.
The guy in the middle is really bad at this game
When I saw the "Coming Soon" movie poster, I thought, "Hey, this could be cool! (I was in grad school studying the Cold War at the time). When it came out...major disappointment. It was like opening a big wrapped present at Christmas and finding socks and underwear that don't even fit..
Do you mean he was sexually excited, or just that they were able to prop him up in his chair that evening??
That trophy display case he blasted to oblivion was clearly dangerous.
A lot of Latinos think they're White. Apparently, none of them asked Stephen Miller and his Nazi buddies if THEY think Latinos are White. (Hint: They DON'T!).
And now DC is going to have NG troops from MISSISSIPPI (!!!) to contend with. Gee, I bet those Guardsmen will be really polite and respectful towards the people of DC.
I'm still waiting for.. Ginger vs Maryann Kirk vs Picard Curly vs Shemp
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How about Fun Uncle who stills drives at his age, and tells the best stories about his experiences traveling around the world?
Dear God, Biden is old! Oh, wait.
Shin Godzilla has been re-released! To quote the great scientist Albert Einstein, "Shut up AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!" #godzilla
Mistyped "Bluesky" as "Blussky" and spellcheck suggested "blustry" instead. There's a lesson in there somewhere, besides the fact that I am a poor speller and a poor typist.
Seen on LGM this am. "They'd rather burn down their society as long as they get to be kings of the ashes." (HT to Caveatimperator) #LGM
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