LOL.. 'small point' therein lies the rub. I doubt anyone would describe Trump as 'detail oriented'.Túrin Turambar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:18 am Plus there's this small point:
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Do you know what I hate almost more than anything? I can *hear* his voice when I read that
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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My brain just liquefied.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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This is just crossing into comic book villainy.
Rest of the thread, including a link to a paywalled WSJ article.Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. One of victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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From the expert opinions I've been reading/listening to, it seems Putin/Russia has focused on and spent a great amount on spying, disinformation, scare tactics and other nasty impish disruptive behavior and failed to maintain their military apparatus."Poison is for weaklings, they say. The English poet Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650) may have been the first to coin the term "coward's weapon," but the opinion has not dissipated in the centuries since; even a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones recently sniped that poison was a gutless way to kill.
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Oh ffs
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Good grief, people have lost their minds. We had elections here yesterday and the results were not good.
I thought Steve Bannon was in jail or something. Or was he one of the pardoned elite?
I thought Steve Bannon was in jail or something. Or was he one of the pardoned elite?
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Steve Bannon was pardoned by Trump but subsequently was charged with criminal contempt for failing to cooperate with the 1/6 Select Committee and is out on bail awaiting trial which is scheduled for July 18.
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This is a real image from a television special hosted by Tucker Carlson last night:
The show is titled The End of Men, and its thesis apparently is that masculinity is on the decline because of low testosterone, for which one supposed cure is genital tanning.
The show is titled The End of Men, and its thesis apparently is that masculinity is on the decline because of low testosterone, for which one supposed cure is genital tanning.
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I don't think that's legal in Florida. Or Texas.
I saw a clip of the preview in which someone switched out the original music (Thus Spoke Zarathustra/2001: Space Odyessy) with Village People's YMCA. Seems fitting.
I saw a clip of the preview in which someone switched out the original music (Thus Spoke Zarathustra/2001: Space Odyessy) with Village People's YMCA. Seems fitting.
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Um, that seems like an excellent way to wreck your sperm count. They be sensitive to heat. But maybe people who tan their bit shouldn't be in the business of procreating anyway...
Question: is Fox News embracing homoeroticism? Because that screen shot. That's...really something.
Question: is Fox News embracing homoeroticism? Because that screen shot. That's...really something.
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When Kid Rock is the voice of reason.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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That seems to be the big question on the internet, specifically in regards to Tucker Carlson. This was his particular special, he was not just a narrator.
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A newly-declassified FBI report indicates that the long-suspected belief that two of the 9/11 hijackers received financial assistance for their trip to the U.S. (he bought their plane tickets and signed their lease) from someone on the payroll of the Saudi Arabian government.
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Wow. And the U.S. continues to make nice with the Saudis because...oil.
Notice they were conspicuously absent from the list when Trump banned travelers from Muslim countries soon after he was elected!
Notice they were conspicuously absent from the list when Trump banned travelers from Muslim countries soon after he was elected!
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Not a big enough race to merit inclusion in the 2022 election thread, but:
And it's even worse than that summary makes out.
And it's even worse than that summary makes out.
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An Illinois college founded in 1865 for African American students is closing its doors after a crippling ransomware attack:
“Lincoln College was a victim of a cyberattack in December 2021 that thwarted admissions activities and hindered access to all institutional data, creating an unclear picture of Fall 2022 enrollment projections,” the school wrote in its announcement. “All systems required for recruitment, retention, and fundraising efforts were inoperable. Fortunately, no personal identifying information was exposed. Once fully restored in March 2022, the projections displayed significant enrollment shortfalls, requiring a transformational donation or partnership to sustain Lincoln College beyond the current semester.”
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If I were writing a story about a cattle-stealing judge, I too would have named him Skeet.
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Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims - AP News
More at the link. I remember reading the original, horrifying Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News investigation when it was published in 2019, but hadn't followed subsequent developments in the story. I'm surprised the SBC has done this much; hopefully they follow through now.The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee — and thousands of its rank-and-file members — now have opportunities to address a scathing investigative report that says top SBC leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations.
The report, issued Sunday, says these survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the Executive Committee, “only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC.”
The seven-month investigation was conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee after delegates to last year’s national meeting pressed for a probe by outsiders.
Since then, several top Executive Committee leaders have resigned, and the body — under interim leadership — will meet Tuesday to discuss the report. Three weeks later, the SBC will convene its 2022 national meeting in Anaheim, California, and the report will be discussed there as well.