Sickophants

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But those Medicaid cuts won't start until after the mid term elections. Slickety, eh? I figure the low wits will still vote for the very people fucking them over. Wait and see.

Yeah, but it's probably not actual Medicaid recipients who would make a voting difference. It would be interesting to know what percentage are registered and actually vote. I think the biggest response will be from those who think if they can cut Medicaid after saying they wouldn't, then they'll probably cut Medicare more next. And then social security - things that will affect almost everybody in the country directly as well as indirectly with grandma, etc. But if it's gonna be a "when they came for the ....I did nothing because I'm not a ...." situation on that broad of an issue, then the country is truly and totally down the tubes.

I know next to nothing about Medicaid. What I hear Republicans whining about is that somehow there are a lot of people in the program that they say shouldn't be in it. Considering that Republicans have done nothing but lie over the past decade, I'm not convinced they're not lying about this as well. I just consider the fact that they fixed it so that these cuts won't take place until after the elections next November, they must know that what they've done is going to be badly received and they sneakily gave themselves some cover because they realize they need it. I truly believe that many of them think trump may attempt to remain in office after his term ends. So if that comes to pass, it will likely be the end of the US as it has always existed. At that point, Medicaid cuts won't matter.

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It does boggle the mind.

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They make 'em dumb and dumber in Utah.

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They make 'em dumb and dumber in Utah.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1947725354845585516

MAGA Senator Mike Lee Falls for Fake Letter That Appears to Be Generated by AI
Why are President Trump's supporters so easy to fool on social media?

... The letter contains typos and formatting errors, including a random comma followed by a capitalized letter as though the idea was to start a new sentence. President Donald Trump will often capitalize random words for no reason, but that’s not typical of educated people like Jerome Powell. The word “institution’s” is also split onto two lines in a way that no normal word processor would attempt. On top of everything, the letter includes a large watermark that features garbled text, a likely sign that it was generated by AI....

It's Mike Lee's monthly stupidity. In June he posted that the MN shooter of DEM state reps is a ‘Marxist’ when it was already solidly established that he is a con:
https://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtop ... 76#p214976

[O Really]

Hey Jasmine - has your view of Tulsi changed since her performance as national security director?

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I may need to start watching puppy videos on YouTube.

I can't take much more of this.

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I may need to start watching puppy videos on YouTube.

I can't take much more of this.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1950892300063662555

I watch puppy videos.

The commentary writes itself.
https://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtop ... 53#p216053

Nobel Peace Prize Committee meeting:
... Next we have this nomination from Bibi Netanyahu.
<uproarious laughter>
10 minutes later:
Okay, okay, who did he nominate?
Donald Trump.
Meeting adjourned when the chair got a sprained back from laughing so hard.

Now:

Nobel Economics Prize Committee meeting:
... Next, we have this nomination from Peter Navarro.
<uproarious laughter>
10 minutes later:
Okay, okay, who did he nominate?
Donald Trump.
Meeting adjourned when the chair threw up from laughing so hard.

[O Really]

So I ran across this flip-through article entitled "Inside the World of America's Most Inbred Family", and of course I immediately thought "Trump's base."
I thought I was joking. Flip through.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/in ... 39#image=1

Spoiler:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &m=2&f=jpg

Spoiler:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &m=2&f=jpg

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So I ran across this flip-through article entitled "Inside the World of America's Most Inbred Family", and of course I immediately thought "Trump's base."
I thought I was joking. Flip through.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/in ... 39#image=1

Spoiler:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &m=2&f=jpg

Spoiler:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &m=2&f=jpg

Our jokes have become reality, but it's getting harder and harder to laugh.

FYI: In your last pic "Red Wolf" is an Anheuser-Busch beer. The white sign on the left says "Warning", but I can't make out the smaller print.

The Coal Mine

There is also an abandoned Untied Coal mine in the area, along Odd Road, which is currently closed. It was once the main workplace for most of the town’s original occupants.

Which might include one of the town’s most famous families—The Whittakers.

Who "Untied" the coal mine and why hasn't anyone tied it back up?

The Whittaker Family

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Alan Dershowitz once again denied pierogi as Martha’s Vineyard residents chant ‘time to go’

For the second week in a row, Alan Dershowitz was denied pierogi at a farmer’s market in Martha’s Vineyard, marking yet another summer of social angst at the exclusive enclave for the former Jeffrey Epstein lawyer.

Following days of legal threats and accusations of antisemitism lobbed at the owners of Good Pierogi after last week’s incident when the vendor denied him service, Dershowitz showed back up on Wednesday to once again purchase some potato-stuffed dumplings in “an effort to try to restore community.”

With a large crowd of supporters backing them, the vendor refused to back down against the famed defense attorney and continued to rebuff Dershowitz’s pleas for pierogi, leaving him empty-handed once again.

For the second week in a row, Alan Dershowitz was denied pierogi at a farmer’s market in Martha’s Vineyard, marking yet another summer of social angst at the exclusive enclave for the former Jeffrey Epstein lawyer.

Dolt .45 lawyer, too.

Following days of legal threats and accusations of antisemitism lobbed at the owners of Good Pierogi after last week’s incident when the vendor denied him service, Dershowitz showed back up on Wednesday to once again purchase some potato-stuffed dumplings in “an effort to try to restore community.”

With a large crowd of supporters backing them, the vendor refused to back down against the famed defense attorney and continued to rebuff Dershowitz’s pleas for pierogi, leaving him empty-handed once again.

“Time to go,” the supporters chanted. “Go home, Alan!”

Last week, Dershowitz put the West Tisbury Farmers Market in the national spotlight when he threatened legal action after Good Pierogi owner Krem Miskevich refused to serve him. Dershowitz would tell police officers on the scene that he was the victim of discrimination, and later posted to social media that he was suing the “bigoted vendor” for denying him pierogi “for political reasons.”

What a rotten lawyer! Discrimination for political reasons is perfectly legal.

... Over the weekend, Dershowitz passed out fliers at the market that accused vendors of being antisemitic, following that up with a tweet this week that claimed that Good Pierogi’s food was “tainted with the poison of antisemitism” while urging others to boycott the establishment.

I hate when Jews or others dishonestly shriek "antisemitism”. Not only is it a whiny LIE, but it also devalues the importance of real antisemitism.

... Miskevich, who uses they/them pronouns, has yet to speak to the press about the kerfuffle but did post on Good Pierogi’s Instagram account a lengthy response to Dershowitz’s accusations and what sparked the incident last week....

As for Dershowitz’s antisemitism claims, Miskevich noted that they are Jewish and have immediate family members in Israel, noting that friends call them “Rabbi Krem” and that they have personal relationships with other rabbis on the island. “Finally, we don’t back down to bullies – no matter their size,” Miskevich concluded the Tuesday night post.

Opps

Despite calling on others to shun Good Pierogi over their “bigotry,” Dershowitz joined the long line of customers on Wednesday after the market opened – most of whom were there to show their support for the vendor amid Dershowitz’s legal threats.

Hah! I love pierogis. I would have lined up.

... “I’m here in an effort to try to restore community and to ask you to sell me pierogi in the interest of keeping the island together so we don’t have to have two pierogi stands: one for anti-Zionists and one for people who will sell to anybody,” he declared. “So I’d ask you to please just sell me any one of your products to show that you’re prepared to sell to anybody and not allow your anti-Zionism to decide which people you’ll sell to.”

... “My grandparents died in the Holocaust! Don’t you call me an antisemite,” one customer shouted while another added: “My Jewish culture is a history of resistance to genocide. We are not antisemites, we stand against the oppression of all people.”

Meanwhile, as Miskevich begged Dershowitz to stop being a “bully” and calling them “bigots,” he groused: “You’re the one who won’t sell me my pierogi!” At this point, marketgoers began chanting “time to go” before the market manager stepped in and asked Dershowitz to leave.

In the end, Dershowitz shuffled off without any pierogi while the crowd loudly applauded. This time, at least, the police did not get involved.

... Local attorneys have said that Dershowitz’s legal threats against Good Pierogi and the farmer’s market are on shaky legal ground. One of Dershowitz’s demands is that the market write into its bylaws that vendors have to sell to everybody.

“[Experts] highlighted that unlike race or religion, political beliefs are not given that same type of protection for consumers,” the Times reported. “Zionism isn’t a protected status since it’s considered a political movement, but Dershowitz called this ‘too simple-minded,’ saying Zionism is an important part of his Judaism.”

Again, he's a lousy lawyer, and he ain't got a pierogi.

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I'm not crying about this, but the devil is in the details:

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million

GoTulsiGo?

[GoCubsGo]

They do twist themselves into pretzels.

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They do twist themselves into pretzels.

https://bsky.app/profile/paulwaldman.bs ... e3lkk4ec2d

"radar" (several times) does NOT work underwater. Moron.

Doug Burgum
University Studies (liberal arts) BA
MBA
Businesses include real-estate development and software
North Dakota governor
Zero education or experience that qualifies him to be Secretary of the Interior, or to discuss marine drone warfare. It would be funny if wind energy and Interior didn't matter so much.

Kaitlan Collins' smile at the end tells me she knows she was interviewing a blithering idiot.