I found some solace in a couple of the tabs today, thank you Rebecca...and some some non comment replies thank you, Erika, Edith Prickly and Marty Smit
Is it just me? Bitcoin over $61,000this morning. Has been on an upward rocketship for 2 weeks. Right about the time that PAB's fraud judgement was revealed. Since then, a CNBC 'expert' went on National television to claim that everybody lies about valuations of their property. Should I be buying bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a "bigger-fool" investment. It only makes sense if you think there is a bigger fool than you out there who is willing to pay more for an investment that has no practical or intrinsic value..
I would tend to the "if you don't know who the sucker at the table is, its you" analogy. Dabbling in bitcoin - or any of those kinds of currencies - means going up against people who spend every waking hour eating, sleeping and shitting the process. Plus all the nefarious actors looking to just simply rip people off and abscond with the coins rather than investing in it.
Totally agree. The rocketship up in price just as Trump's ponzi scheme of fraudulent bank loans is on the brink is Fascinating! Like stay tuned, stock popcorn and maybe have plenty of cash for 2024!
With regard to the nazi punks for Trump: I put very little faith in opinion polls anymore. Who has a landline? Who answers the phone for an unknown number? Do we really think that a representative sample of 18-24 year-olds are being contacted? Skeptical... verrry skeptical.
The sample is registered voters. A likely voter sample is always much more accurate, and much more difficult(expensive) to obtain. RV samples always skew Republican.
IT'S AN ONLINE SURVEY. This is the cheapest, easiest, least accurate way to get a poll sample. Consider the people who would voluntarily take an online political survey. Talk about a self-selecting sample! The pollsters claim to be able to weight the sample to compensate, I have my doubts and you probably do as well.
More than anything right now, it's just too early to meaningful. Two quick poll snapshots from 2/28/20 and 4/7/20-
Having made Bourdain’s sandwich - and having modified it to include even more deli meats - I can confirm it’s very good. Making it 6 ingredients with Sriracha is even better.
I just can’t with Ron Johnson. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a word that accurately captures the essence of rethuglican stupidity coupled with their feeble attempts at deliberate deception (and/or plausible deniability). “Casuistry’ addresses the deception/plausible deniability, but bc it’s nominally attached to reasoning, it misses the stupidity. “Specious” describes the quality of the argument, but not the expectation that such an argument will be accepted prima facie. And “dumbfuck liars,” while accurate, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi; it might not go over on the Sunday talk shows.
"Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has said Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with falsely stating that President Joe Biden and his son accepted a bribe, is “innocent until proven guilty.”"
Never mind that Smirnov confessed to his false statements.
No one is saying he is absolutely guilty but there us enough credible evidence he is that he should not be the keystone in any impeachment procedures in the House. In fact anything he says should be kept out of the proceedings as unreliable testimony.
From Mary McNamara’s pissed-off, passionate, and poignant piece, referring to her now-passed pooch:
“Now, as I write, I will try to picture myself as Junior Mint — a small and scruffy creature, selective with her love and usually very cranky, but never afraid to confront things much bigger than she and give them random hell.”
Beautiful and heart-rending. Thanks for the link. ❤️
Your reminder that this Saturday our Wonkette Movie Night is 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐦𝐚. There are only free options for this one(I've found it on the Internet Archive and a few options on YouTube), as it is not available streaming anywhere: “Kevin Smith Explains How Harvey Weinstein Is Holding ‘Dogma’ Hostage: ‘My Movie About Heaven Is in Limbo’ https://www.thewrap.com/why-isnt-dogma-streaming-kevin-smith/
I love this quote from the Kavanaugh 1st Amendment story:
"Kavanaugh wasn’t interested in any of this bullshit. He didn’t shotgun a beer, crunch the can against his head, rip his robe off, and scream “First Amendment forever, motherfuckers!” But that was the vibe. Inside serious, soft-spoken Justice Kavanaugh, yearbook-page Brett was yearning to be free."
If I were a SC justice I'd dispense with decorum, slide under the bench, take a nice long bong hit, pop back up, hold it in while saying "frst amndmnt, mthrfuckr.", and then blow it into Alito's sourpuss.
Talking to a GA lawyer on Twitter, and at least he is confident ... that if Willis would be disqualified, the corresponding commission will eventually assign the Trump case for it to go to trial (instead of slow walk it to death).
Not necessarily. Although rare, PAC has the option to appoint private counsel if they are willing to accept it. I also know the head of PAC personally and am biased as a result, but I think he’s got integrity and wouldn’t appoint someone who just wants it to go away.
I would sort of bet: Jack Smith will retire from such jobs once the two federal cases are done ... pretty sure he doesn't have interest in adding himself to a 3rd one; especially given how crazy the GA one will go down (alone the number of defendants will make it a logistical nightmare).
For the first one, my wife said we need to stay and fight. If there's a second TFG Presidency, my wife says we need to just GTFO. Where, though? We're now of an age where no other country is going to want us, and we are not rich enough to say "fuck you, we're buying our way in."
Find a Gringo Village of the Elderly in sunny Mexico. Try and find some place with some water. Mexico is both over rated and under rated for how dangerous it is. Get away from the border and avoid resort areas and it's safe, reasonably inexpensive and the weather is good. I find the people to be nice and Spanish isn't hard to learn.
I've got two hands, I can multitask, and I don't want to have to wait around for my beer, which is just going to process through me into the urinal anyway.
I feel a nervous breakdown coming when I think of the TFG becoming King again, so I would just like to say that I would add good Kosher dill slices to Anthony's otherwise perfect sandwich. A Cubano with Mortadella. A highly underrated cold cut.
"Was it tongue? I bet it was tongue." I feel guilty bc I laughed at this and got the reference, and then I remembered the actor that said it.
I found some solace in a couple of the tabs today, thank you Rebecca...and some some non comment replies thank you, Erika, Edith Prickly and Marty Smit
What women in Alabama are experiencing.
https://substack.com/@wookiemonster/note/c-50562595?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=x9ha
Jason Issacs reads a letter... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqcUmkh7pU
Is it just me? Bitcoin over $61,000this morning. Has been on an upward rocketship for 2 weeks. Right about the time that PAB's fraud judgement was revealed. Since then, a CNBC 'expert' went on National television to claim that everybody lies about valuations of their property. Should I be buying bitcoin?
No.
Bitcoin is a "bigger-fool" investment. It only makes sense if you think there is a bigger fool than you out there who is willing to pay more for an investment that has no practical or intrinsic value..
Thanks, Snark. I totally agree. Criminal money. This meteoric rise is interesting. Up like 45% in 3 weeks.
I would tend to the "if you don't know who the sucker at the table is, its you" analogy. Dabbling in bitcoin - or any of those kinds of currencies - means going up against people who spend every waking hour eating, sleeping and shitting the process. Plus all the nefarious actors looking to just simply rip people off and abscond with the coins rather than investing in it.
Totally agree. The rocketship up in price just as Trump's ponzi scheme of fraudulent bank loans is on the brink is Fascinating! Like stay tuned, stock popcorn and maybe have plenty of cash for 2024!
With regard to the nazi punks for Trump: I put very little faith in opinion polls anymore. Who has a landline? Who answers the phone for an unknown number? Do we really think that a representative sample of 18-24 year-olds are being contacted? Skeptical... verrry skeptical.
Absolutely. And if anyone did contact them, why would they necessarily tell the truth?
They don't just call landlines.
Once you say this, it's hard to take anything else you might say about polling very seriously.
Paulomatic, is there a particular reason to respond by being rude, or is that just what you do?
(Don't Panic! This is a huge reply, but you triggered something I've been meaning to write for a while. Think of this as a rough draft. Thanks!)
You were correct about this poll- it IS total BS.
BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY CALLED LANDLINES. In fact, they did not call a single landline to generate this bogus poll. They didn't call anyone.
Look at this-
https://substack.com/profile/671070-paulomatic/note/c-50557132?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=edsu
The sample is registered voters. A likely voter sample is always much more accurate, and much more difficult(expensive) to obtain. RV samples always skew Republican.
IT'S AN ONLINE SURVEY. This is the cheapest, easiest, least accurate way to get a poll sample. Consider the people who would voluntarily take an online political survey. Talk about a self-selecting sample! The pollsters claim to be able to weight the sample to compensate, I have my doubts and you probably do as well.
More than anything right now, it's just too early to meaningful. Two quick poll snapshots from 2/28/20 and 4/7/20-
https://substack.com/profile/671070-paulomatic/note/c-50564314?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=edsu
I look at those and feel better and hope you do too.
I try hard not to be rude, but it is very frustrating to see obvious untruths spreading panic among good people.
"They only call landlines" hasn't been true for decades.
EDIT: You are absolutely correct that the poll mentioned is probably total BS. But not because they just called landlines.
EDIT 2: Now I'm going to have to hunt down that poll.
The never said "they just call landlines". Go back to his original post and check it out for yourself.
You're right. They implied it, but didn't say it.
But it is constantly repeated to the point of being almost a mantra.
Having made Bourdain’s sandwich - and having modified it to include even more deli meats - I can confirm it’s very good. Making it 6 ingredients with Sriracha is even better.
I just can’t with Ron Johnson. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a word that accurately captures the essence of rethuglican stupidity coupled with their feeble attempts at deliberate deception (and/or plausible deniability). “Casuistry’ addresses the deception/plausible deniability, but bc it’s nominally attached to reasoning, it misses the stupidity. “Specious” describes the quality of the argument, but not the expectation that such an argument will be accepted prima facie. And “dumbfuck liars,” while accurate, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi; it might not go over on the Sunday talk shows.
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter
I’d just go with Christofascist asshole
I suspect that might cause pearl-clutching, however, and we surely mustn't cause that! /s /s /s
Looks like Ron Johnson is challenging Tommy Tuberville for the title of "Stupidest Senator"
Link: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ron-johnson-alexander-smirnov-innocent-proven-guilty-rcna140872
"Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has said Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with falsely stating that President Joe Biden and his son accepted a bribe, is “innocent until proven guilty.”"
Never mind that Smirnov confessed to his false statements.
No one is saying he is absolutely guilty but there us enough credible evidence he is that he should not be the keystone in any impeachment procedures in the House. In fact anything he says should be kept out of the proceedings as unreliable testimony.
Ron was always ahead in that title race!
And Joe is innocent until proven guilty.
Unless you're a Republican.
Good point!
From Mary McNamara’s pissed-off, passionate, and poignant piece, referring to her now-passed pooch:
“Now, as I write, I will try to picture myself as Junior Mint — a small and scruffy creature, selective with her love and usually very cranky, but never afraid to confront things much bigger than she and give them random hell.”
Beautiful and heart-rending. Thanks for the link. ❤️
Your reminder that this Saturday our Wonkette Movie Night is 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐦𝐚. There are only free options for this one(I've found it on the Internet Archive and a few options on YouTube), as it is not available streaming anywhere: “Kevin Smith Explains How Harvey Weinstein Is Holding ‘Dogma’ Hostage: ‘My Movie About Heaven Is in Limbo’ https://www.thewrap.com/why-isnt-dogma-streaming-kevin-smith/
https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-march-2-dogma?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I love this quote from the Kavanaugh 1st Amendment story:
"Kavanaugh wasn’t interested in any of this bullshit. He didn’t shotgun a beer, crunch the can against his head, rip his robe off, and scream “First Amendment forever, motherfuckers!” But that was the vibe. Inside serious, soft-spoken Justice Kavanaugh, yearbook-page Brett was yearning to be free."
If I were a SC justice I'd dispense with decorum, slide under the bench, take a nice long bong hit, pop back up, hold it in while saying "frst amndmnt, mthrfuckr.", and then blow it into Alito's sourpuss.
"Louie Louie, oh no
Sayin' we gotta go,
yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah..."
Done! Good now.
Talking to a GA lawyer on Twitter, and at least he is confident ... that if Willis would be disqualified, the corresponding commission will eventually assign the Trump case for it to go to trial (instead of slow walk it to death).
https://twitter.com/GsuGrinding/status/1762862383641334051 ---
Not necessarily. Although rare, PAC has the option to appoint private counsel if they are willing to accept it. I also know the head of PAC personally and am biased as a result, but I think he’s got integrity and wouldn’t appoint someone who just wants it to go away.
Can he offer the job to Jack Smith?
He's already got a lot going on, but he seems competent.
I would sort of bet: Jack Smith will retire from such jobs once the two federal cases are done ... pretty sure he doesn't have interest in adding himself to a 3rd one; especially given how crazy the GA one will go down (alone the number of defendants will make it a logistical nightmare).
For the first one, my wife said we need to stay and fight. If there's a second TFG Presidency, my wife says we need to just GTFO. Where, though? We're now of an age where no other country is going to want us, and we are not rich enough to say "fuck you, we're buying our way in."
Find a Gringo Village of the Elderly in sunny Mexico. Try and find some place with some water. Mexico is both over rated and under rated for how dangerous it is. Get away from the border and avoid resort areas and it's safe, reasonably inexpensive and the weather is good. I find the people to be nice and Spanish isn't hard to learn.
I already know how to ask where the library is, where Pepe's house is, where the drugstore is, and where the pool is, so I'm almost ready.
bathrooms and beer are the only other "must haves" ;-)
El baño y la cerveza, por favor?
Followed later in the day with "Donde esta mi casa?"
... weird order you chose there, but sure, I'm not one to kink shame. ;-)
I've got two hands, I can multitask, and I don't want to have to wait around for my beer, which is just going to process through me into the urinal anyway.
I am not!
I've considered Chile. Easy to get in. Nice place
I was not prepared for "Brett Kavanaugh: Champion of Free Speech" this morning. That's fucking weird, but I'll take it.
I feel a nervous breakdown coming when I think of the TFG becoming King again, so I would just like to say that I would add good Kosher dill slices to Anthony's otherwise perfect sandwich. A Cubano with Mortadella. A highly underrated cold cut.
and a dab of sriracha in the mayonnaise.
I'll allow it.