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Beyond the masthead, the comment section was secretly teeming with talent — I’ve met dozens of women in prominent jobs in media and entertainment who have confessed that they know me from my days of pseudonymous commenting, because they were there, too. Jezebel’s fingerprints are everywhere.

The king is dead, long live the king!

Ah, I looked for their text, didn't see it, so I commented. Should have replied to you, but my CTRL+F missed your post.

Long ago I remember an argument in favor of rule #30 "There are no girls on the internet" which I will paraphrase:

The internet gives anonymity and if you have something of value to say, it should be able to stand on its own regardless of one's weight, sex, religion, preferences, location or such. If you have to chime in that you are a girl, then you are either FBI (see rule 29) or looking for attention, but with nothing valuable to add. If you have nothing to add, then we go to rule 31 (show pics of your tits or get out).

Now, the reality is that such sentiment is sexist and ugly, but there is a general truth to the concept of an idea standing on its own merits regardless of source. Current social pressures lead to the behavior in question in that we've been somewhat conditioned to think that a) computers are for boys (this has become far less of a stereotype since smartphones became a thing), and b) veganism is unmanly/stupid (I don't understand why this still has traction, either, given Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Lewis, and a bunch of butch people are vegan).

rules of the internet (some NSFW) ::: spoiler SPOILER : 24-34 These are from an older version on archive.org:

24. Every repost it always a repost of a repost
25. Relation to the original topic decreases with every single post
26. Any topic can easily be turned into something totally unrelated
27. Always question a person's sexual prefrences without any real reason
28. Always question a person's gender - just incase it's really a man
29. In the internet all girls are men and all kids are undercover FBI agents
30. There are no girls on the internet
31. TITS or GTFO - the choice is yours
32. You must have pictures to prove your statements
33. Lurk more - it's never enough
34. There is porn of it, no exceptions

the list after a decade of changes :::

NYC Mayor. Not sure what fire alarm thing you mean, but he did recently say some migrants might have to sleep on the street because a building didn't have working fire alarms ... but you probably meant something else.

Edit: try this article?
https://abc7.com/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-fbi-phones-campaign/14040972/

Italics highlight cuts for brevity. Full transcript at: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-5-23-white-house-deputy/story?id=104633936

ABC showed a clip of Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado.

REP. KEN BUCK (R-CO): Our nation is on a collision course with reality. And a steadfast commitment to truth, even uncomfortable truths, is the only way forward. Too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.

After that:

STEPHANOPOULOS: He said that you're one of those leaders who has been unequivocal in saying it was a clean election, that Joe Biden did not steal the election.

Your response?

SCALISE: Well, Ken, I’ve worked with, on a number of issues, including getting spending under control, getting our economy back on track. He's talked about that 2020 election as well.

-- It goes on with no direct response.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Can you say unequivocally the 2020 election was not stolen?

SCALISE: What I’ve told you, there are states that didn’t follow their laws. That is what the state constitution – the U.S. Constitution requires. You know, I've seen in my own state where we had to send our elections commissioner to jail years ago for fraud and corruption. And we cleaned up our act in our state. Every state ought to follow the laws that are on their books. That’s what the U.S. Constitution says.

STEPHANOPOULOS: That’s not what I asked. I said, can you say unequivocally that the 2020 election was not stolen?

SCALISE: Look, Joe Biden’s president. I know you and others want to talk about 2020. We’re focused on the future.

-- Again, it goes on with no direct response. There are several rounds of this.

STEPHANOPOULOS: I know that every single – I know that every court that looked at whether the election was stolen said it wasn't, rejected those claims. And I asked you a very, very simple question. Now I've asked it, I think, the fifth time that you can't appear to answer. Can you say unequivocally that the 2020 election was not stolen?

SCALISE: I told you – I told you there were a handful – there were a handful of – there were a handful of states that didn't follow their laws.

-- Scalise continues for a while, still without a direct answer.

There was one more round of this before the end of the segment and Scalise never said "yes" or "no". Per Ken Buck's lead-in, Scalise showed himself to be one of the problem people in Buck's party, and if he can't be truthful on this, how can we trust anything he says?

A lawyer for Soros was there. It sounds like Soros doesn't want to waste his time sitting in a court room letting FOX lawyers question him -- and he shouldn't have to because, as the judge said, “the crux of Smartmatic’s claims is that Fox has asserted they were part of rigging [the election], not that Smartmatic was affiliated with George Soros, Alex Soros, or the OSF.”

Sadly, all FOX viewers will hear is garbage like 'deep state conspriacy!' and 'the system is rigged!'

They aren't complaining that he had a black son, but that he's an "undercover Democrat" because he's stated that he learned about racism from the kid, saying things like, “Michael being a Black American, and Jack being white Caucasian. They have different challenges,” he said. “My son Jack has an easier path. He just does.”

Further, there was a question as to if the kid was real since there are no photos. That led to the new clarification:

Speculation about whether Michael was a real person prompted Johnson’s office to clarify. “When Speaker Johnson first ran for Congress in 2016, he and his wife, Kelly, spoke to their son Michael—who they took in as newlyweds when Michael was 14 years old,” said Corinne Day, Johnson’s communications director, in a statement first reported by Newsweek. “At the time of the Speaker’s election to Congress, Michael was an adult with a family of his own. He asked not to be involved in their new public life.” Day added that Johnson “maintains a close relationship with Michael to this day.”

So if we are to believe him, there are no photos because that is the way the now-adult kid wants it.

Too soon

They're saying three locations so far, but I'm only seeing details for two: Schemengees Bar and Grille (restaurant) and Sparetime Recreation (bowling alley).

Scrolling through different news channels, the only update I've heard in the last 45 minutes is the count update from 16 to 22.

They've released an images of the shooter and of his vehicle, a Subaru Outback (kinda silver/white).

Saw this news in another thread and will say here what I said there:

Meadows has been creating chaos to fill his coffers for years now, so it hurts to hear he won't face accountability for it.

RS's article is shorter than the source they cited. From: https://abcnews.go.com/US/chief-staff-mark-meadows-granted-immunity-tells-special/story?id=104231281

According to Meadows' book, the election was "stolen" and "rigged" with help from "allies in the liberal media," who ignored "actual evidence of fraud, right there in plain sight for anyone to access and analyze." ...

Meadows went even further while promoting his book on right-wing media in November 2021. When asked by a podcast host if he believes the outcome of the 2020 election was fraudulent, Meadows responded, "I do believe that there are a number of fraudulent states ... I've seen at least illegal activity in Pennsylvania [and] in Georgia" -- referring to two key states that clinched the White House for Biden.

Under the penalty of perjury, Meadows offered a vastly different assessment to Smith's investigators, telling them he's never seen any evidence of fraud that would undermine the election's outcome, according to what sources told ABC News.

-- So he says he BELIEVES there was fraud despite never seeing evidence -- this side steps the actual proof of accurate counts (hand recounts and the like). He has seen evidence of honestly and he's ignoring it. I guess the man does not believe in honesty.

Meadows has not been charged in Smith's federal case, he has been charged -- along with Trump, Giuliani and 16 others -- by authorities in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the election results in that state. ...

Under the immunity order from Smith's team, the information Meadows provided to the grand jury earlier this year can't be used against him in a federal prosecution.

I do hope Georgia gets to prosecute him, and I hope the judge and jury see through his posturing about 'belief' in fraud despite evidence of a good count.

I agree. I see little link between GDP and quality of life. Personally, I like the idea of fewer people, will never have kids, and am happy about it, so no problem with the issue here. I would, however, like to restructure the economy so it wasn't so dependent on an ever-increasing supply of young workers/consumers.

She voted for ANYONE to be speaker rather than having no speaker at all. That is not the same as supporting someone. When given the choice, she actively wanted someone else and NOT Jordon (not that Scalise is a great choice either). Seeing how broken the House has become, she's throwing up her hands and giving up -- but I do expect she will vote for whomever her party votes on because she wants the government to function at least a little.

If I missed some quote where she actually voiced support for Jordon more than saying that we need a Speaker, please enlighten me.

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No, not really. You don't have to like her, but tell the truth. From: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2023/10/06/reps-debbie-lesko-and-paul-gosar-pick-sides-in-the-speakers-race/71090307007/

Two of Arizona’s six House Republicans threw their weight behind candidates in next week’s race to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Rep. Paul Gosar endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio; he's a right-wing firebrand known as a loyal ally of former President Donald Trump. Trump also wants Jordan to get the speaker's gavel.

Rep. Debbie Lesko endorsed Jordan’s leading challenger, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a longtime member of House GOP leadership.

Emphasis mine.

And... he's out. "Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel."

https://beehaw.org/post/8684470

We don't need more people. Yes, we built a stupid economic system that expects constant growth, but we don't need that system, either. When world population drops under a billion, let me know and I might change my mind.

I won't say "just" your parents, but that's not the way the boomers I know do it ... except possibly when making a point that someone else is being rude. 'My' boomers say, "May we have [x]" or "We'd like [x], please" and when they get said [x] they say "Thank you" or "That's wonderful."

If their request is ignored, they might emphasize that they've asked and were ignored by pointedly saying, "Please. Thank you." -- and say it in a curt manner to remind the other that a request has been made and no feedback has been given. Example: "We'd like you to take out the trash." ...(no reply)... (silence)... "Ahem. We'd LIKE YOU TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH, PLEASE. THANK YOU."

I can't think of anything I do that Jesus would frown upon. Leviticus? Yeah, I eat shellfish and the like, so probably he'd frown, but I think the main complaint from Jesus would be that I haven't given up all my worldly goods and helped the sick and poor enough -- and I don't think he'd be all that mad, regardless. It's not like I'm trying to make profits off money-changing in front of the temple.

Maybe. You'd have to have a fertilized egg, of course, and it is NOT the recommended way to do it, but it might remain viable despite initial refrigeration. You don't want t kill the blastoderm. Here's a paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119310119

me, reads: Lemmy (from Motorhead) offers Top of the Pops a two F-k-All option

me visualizes the 2-fingered bird getting offered to the old music show

Thank you for linking that excellent write-up.

For those wanting a TL;DR:

• The HEROS act says that in times of national emergency or war (like COVID), the Secretary of Education can waive or modify student financial assistance programs to ease the burden.
• Robert’s writes that the word “modify” “carries ‘a connotation of increment or limitation,’ and must be read to mean ‘to change moderately or in minor fashion.’” -- faulting Biden for trying to “transform” student loan obligations instead of making “modest adjustments.”
• In dissent: “In the HEROES Act,” Kagan writes, “the dominant piece of context is that ‘modify’ does not stand alone. It is one part of a couplet: ‘waive or modify.’”

(Ergo, since the word “waive” means “eliminate,” Congress explicitly gave the secretary the power to simply wipe away student loan obligations altogether.)