I do wonder if we’re going to see some websites popping up that kind of hit the reset button on social media and go back to smaller communities of folks with something in common.

I kind of miss the days of actually having online conversations with folks you know are real people (not bots), that aren’t trying to be an influencer, or get famous, or some how many money off your interactions.

I tweaked. Many (most?) don’t.

I look forward to hearing that Fetterman, Schumer and other spinless, feckless Democrats voted to confirm him.

You know what else would help? Annual (or more) blood tests during routine wellness checks with your doctor.

Do you know why most people don’t get those?

Insurance won’t cover them. Many insurance providers won’t cover them.

Maybe start there? Although I’m guessing he has no buddies who would make money from routine blood tests.

That really irks me is we basically have two styles of headlines right now.

The newer sites like Rawstory, Mediaite, New Republic, Daily Beast, and Meidas Touch all use this bullshit style of headline writing.

Meanwhile the traditional media sane washes the man and is equally disconnected from reality, but in the other direction.

At this point I’m wondering if there really was a ceasefire.

Everything this guy says is a lie until proven otherwise.

If I were a betting man, it seems very likely he just made the whole thing up. Perhaps he pitched the idea and was turned down by either Israel or Iran (probably both). Went to social media to proclaim his victory. Leading both countries to attach each other to show the whole thing was bullshit.

Let’s not forget, he claimed he was the lynch pin behind the India and Pakistan ceasefire, only to have both sides say he wasn’t involved at all.

This, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with the Democratic Party.

If one of these folks is your rep, CALL their office and ask them why they voted to table the impeachment vote, and let them know you’re thinking seriously about not casting a vote for them the next time you have the opportunity.

IMO this is business as usual thinking.

The left needs to push for a vote to get Congress on the record where they stand.

And even if it doesn’t pass, getting some Republicans to vote yes would be a big win and a first step towards checking TACO.

Is this Trump’s equivalent of China’s “Final Warning”?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China's_final_warning

And I’m guessing more than a few of those wealthy folks are hiring migrants in their businesses (like Kid Rock).

It’s almost like hiring completely incompetent people to cabinet positions was a bad idea.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denounced the incident on the Senate floor. “I just saw something that sickened my stomach. The manhandling of a United States Senator, we need immediate answers to what the hell went on,” he said.

Good to know old Chucky is still around. Haven’t heard a peep from him in a while.

Interesting timing, with 75 Democrats bowing to the GOP and voting against the party to “[express] gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.”

One could argue, those 75 Democrats are the epitome of the old, feckless, Republican-light lawmakers that should be facing primary opposition (which is why Hogg has been kicked out).

If one of your congressmen is on that list, give them a call and voice your displeasure.

So many folks have in Rockland, NY have signed affidavits saying they voted for an independent candidate for the US Senate, but the final tally from the county’s Board of Elections doesn’t mesh with what voters say they did.

While investigating, they uncovered hundreds of folks who voted for a Democrat for US Senate, but who didn’t vote for Harris (which is generally rare).

We’ll see where this shakes out, but there have been a few stories over the past several months that show some weird things like this with the election (Nevada election results statistically looking like foreign elections we know Russia meddled in, the recent questions about a software patch being rolled out at the last minute on voting machines).

TACO Tom

Part of the lawsuit California is filing also makes a point of saying Trump LIED about having a discussion with Newsom before the activation.

A good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill.

Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove

So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.

I know, I know. Speaking reason and logic again. I’ll stop ;-)

Let’s also not forget Google wants you storing your photos on Google Photos, listening to music on YouTube, buying / renting movies from the Google Store, and streaming from Google TV.

It isn’t just YouTube. It’s their whole ecosystem.

By the way, I have a NAS setup. Was it pricey? Sure. But it cost about what it would to watch the NFL this year, and should last several years.

I mentioned this in some other threads, but this guy has to have influential/wealthy parents or an uncle or a sugar daddy or something.

It would be one thing if he was some kind of GOP genius (an oxymoron, I know). But the articles make it sound like he’s just a guy.

Which tingles my spideysense into thinking he must be a nepobaby.

That … and his fucking face. Seriously. What a punchable, arrogant face.