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Liminal's avatar

This just in: absurd laws are likely to have absurd results

R. Riddle's avatar

Speaking of DEI, I'll post this tab again from a couple of days ago.

Note that Accuracy in Media is a hard-right "news" outlet that's been around since 1969 and doxxed pro-palestinian students at universities and staff members at hospitals around the country with mobile billboards showing their photos, names and other info.

N.C. State Fires LGBTQ Pride Employee in Undercover Video

"North Carolina State University fired the assistant director of its LGBTQ Pride Center on Friday after an anti-DEI activist group secretly recorded him appearing to violate system policies, according to The Raleigh News & Observer.

This is the fourth UNC system institution where an employee has been targeted by Accuracy in Media. The group posted videos of them allegedly subverting the system’s mandate to maintain “institutional neutrality” on issues related to social policies or political controversies.

The employees who were secretly recorded by Accuracy in Media at the University of North Carolina campuses in Charlotte and Asheville and Western Carolina University no longer work at those institutions."

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/02/09/nc-state-fires-secretly-recorded-lgbtq-pride-employee

Mysterysurf's avatar

OT: Bwahaha! I just got an email from the Kennedy Center touting their schedule and ticket availability.

Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

"Good seats still available"

R. Riddle's avatar

They're selling tickets to observe the demolition?

The G-7 Experience's avatar

This kind of Self Censorship is a feature, not a bug..

Parakeetist's avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQpULp6MQ8

OT:

On the Dalscone Farm in Scotland, a sheep named Fiona is about to give birth.

Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

Real time Farmville.

M-X's avatar
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OT, Car Saga: waiting impatiently for a guy in Houst'n to send a phone video of a drive in the prospective car, so we can get this done. Nineteen year old "LOL" car, as our Nodak reminded me of the phrase, haha. A Little Old Lady vehicle, rarely driven, looks impeccable, with impeccable records, very low price. Is it a miracle, people??? IT COULD BE THE MIRACLE CAR, don't laugh!

nodak.   988 if you need help.'s avatar

are there any maintenance records with the rig?

M-X's avatar
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You know I got those, man. The VIN is good, NHTSA checked, the Experian AutoCheck is very detailed and positive. I looked up history of recalls and common problems, compared with the records. Next I'll buy the Carfax report though it might not be different than the AutoCheck but worth it to verify.

Any other suggestions? I was told by a certain rascal ex-mechanic to ask about warning ligjhts. as well.

nodak.   988 if you need help.'s avatar

Oil change info, how old are the tires, (ask for closeups and look for weather checking )

belts.

battery

M-X's avatar
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And normal mileage for it's age would be over 4 x what it has, LOL.

Now I want to find out what newer airbags would go for and replacement requirements. The #1 reason I prefer this make is all those airbags.

M-X's avatar
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🏆

All in the records, a LOT of routine maintenance on time, photo of tires look good. If all i get are some dodgy belts or battery I'll be ecstatic.

Husb wants to fly down for it to drive it back so he will be sure it's good.

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

I’m so glad Free Speech Absolutists brought us these speech codes and thought crimes.

M-X's avatar
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If you press them hard enough, it's those pesky THOUGHTS of their opponents they're so rabid about controlling, and tricking them into confessing that can be entertaining.

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[ ot ]

This brought a much needed smile 😃 🪕 🏈

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"NFL Theme on Fox... But Bluegrass"–https://www.reddit.com/r/banjo/comments/1r18law/nfl_theme_on_fox_but_bluegrass

gallbladder's avatar

I prefer this version.

Parakeetist's avatar

OT:

This is the person who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's mother.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wdgxr081o

Schmannity's avatar

Ted Cruz. Zodiac's back!!

EyeQueue's avatar

That whole thing is just so weird and sad. :(

Parakeetist's avatar

Yes. I hope Mom is still alive.

Teen Laqueefa's avatar

OT

National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists

The NCI director didn’t cite new evidence that prompted the agency to look into it

So, who stands to profit, in keeping with my often cited phrase "Follow The Money."

Pope Scipio Newburyporticus's avatar

Hey it worked for that Alzheimer's drug and that only set us back like 15 years of progress.

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

Horse worms > brain worms

SkeptiKC's avatar

Bipedal whine worms.

Sk8erChoi's avatar

Not taking correct medicine for cancer and then dying from that cancer. I mean that's one way to kill cancer cells.

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

It cured Dilbert guy finally. No more cancer!

SkeptiKC's avatar

This is just DEADLY gawd damned dangerous.

Capitalism KILLS.

Schmannity's avatar

"And in a rhetorical flourish that almost perfectly echoed Aaliyah Steward’s complaint to the local TV station, Howard noted that A&M is Florida’s only public HBCU, so don’t worry, that won’t change"

Florida is holding firm in separate but equal until The Suckass Six reverse Brown.

Richard S's avatar

Let's take this to its logical conclusion, and replace "black" with something else.....

"King Edward's son was known as the ***** Prince for the color of his armor."

"A positive account balance means you're in the *****."

"Get punched in the face, and you might get a ***** eye."

"The ***** Sea is between Turkey and Ukraine."

VwllssWndr's avatar

Back in the early Internet days there was a website that would censor "inappropriate" content on other pages.

This is where I learned that Abe Lincoln had been buttbuttinated.

Fifth Dentist's avatar

The Pimp Prince.

In the cheddar.

A gangsta' eye.

The Russian Sea.

Satanic Pancake's avatar

A) Shiny

B) Money

7) Sore

Grapefruit) Wet

Prometheus59650's avatar

Da FUCK it will...

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President Donald Trump took to social media Tuesday to champion the ongoing construction of his White House ballroom project, but buried in his comments was an offhanded remark suggesting the president was implementing a permanent change to all future presidential inaugurations.

“Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House – It is on budget, and ahead of schedule!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, alongside two renderings of the completed ballroom.

“When completed, it will be the finest Ballroom ever built anywhere in the World, one that has been sought by Presidents for over 150 years – and now they are getting THE BEST! Because of its unprecedented structural, safety, and security features, it will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations.”

Trump’s final remark – that all future presidential inaugurations would be held in the ballroom – suggests Trump is seeking to permanently change the location of presidential inaugurations, which, since 1981, have been held at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol facing the National Mall.

SkeptiKC's avatar

Burn it to the gawd damned ground after they call time of death on the Depraved Despot.

I'd be more than happy to bring my own torch.

Aquaman, Real Estate Investor.'s avatar

I just saw a story saying the whole East Wing project has already ground to a halt and the money has vanished. With a Judge getting pissed at the Government about how much of a clusterfuck it all is.

Which seems highly plausible, but it was on social media so I don't trust it

Lounge Lizard's avatar

Great if it is true. The Democrats should just announce that nobody should be wasting money donating to the ballroom project because on January 21st it is going to be demolished and restoration of the East Wing will begin. Same for the arch. Although I suppose that might not work given that the donations aren't really for the project but just to bribe Trump.

ciaobella's avatar

Columns don’t even match the existing White House porticos.

Among other things.

Bobathonic's avatar

Pfft. It's his throne room, duh.

Satanic Pancake's avatar

Pretty big for a shitter.

Sk8erChoi's avatar

Complete with a mini table to be set before him, so people can watch him presidenting with his sharpie.

gallbladder's avatar

He'll be signing EOs banning vegetables.

Fifth Dentist's avatar

OT: The PAB misadministration has reportedly removed the pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument site.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/stonewall-pride-flag-removed-national-park-service

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

hE lIKeS uS nORmAl gAYs.

- Log Cabins

"M"'s avatar
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WE TRIED TO TELL YOU

THEY WOULD NOT STOP WITH JUST TRYING TO ERASE BLACK HISTORY

#FascistsAlwaysEscalate

Really feeling like not enough people are doing pattern recognition right now ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZn5VGXe8fg

FukuiSanYesOta's avatar

He's putting Columbus up on the Weiss Haus lawn.

Robert E Lee coming soon for maximum treason and indication of intent.

Fifth Dentist's avatar

Whar Kyle Rittenhouse and Charlie Kirk statues?

"M"'s avatar
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Hagueseth already had Robert E Lee put back up

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/pentagon-trump-confederate-lee-west-point.html

In direct contravention of a *bipartisan Congressional resolution* to stop propping up monuments to Confederate treason, I might add

I'm sure it ran under the radar bc they were busy shooting fishing boats out of the water & pretending they were drug boats & that drug runners didn't "deserve due process" except for the CEO of Silk Road, whom I'm sure got a pardon bc he's also a reputed champion-level money launderer, at the same time

Satanic Pancake's avatar

He needs to hurry up and have a wake.

gallbladder's avatar

Get the fuck outta here.

Richard S's avatar

The buildings next to it should bedeck themselves in the appropriate colors to make a giant flag, only fully visible from a distance.

"Why should we take it down? We are only displaying green banners.... That we happen to between yellow and blue buildings is pure coincidence!"

"M"'s avatar

I wish people followed your suggestions more often, Richard - literal and figurative

I think sometimes pro-democracy people hesitate to use their power when they have it because they confuse tactics and strategy with lack of empathy ... because they see fascists use tactics & strategy so often *in service to* lack of empathy w/o going a step further & reasoning that the two don't always have to be used that way

(That, of course, is the *more* charitable interpretation I can cough up WRT such hesitation. I can certainly think of others, but I don't want to spend any time in that valley I don't have to, at least not today)

M-X's avatar

Bad, sad upvote :-(

SkeptiKC's avatar

It is going to be a miracle if I'm not ban-hammered before this detestable damned day is done.

Randy Bender's avatar

'Klanhood and slave patrol': DHS leaders silent as accused of 'great evil'

"You have used your power to perpetrate great evil. And it's about time you answer to this committee for the lawlessness that you've empowered and defended in your testimony," Ramirez said.

https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-hearing/#comments_section_start

C&A Bongo Man's avatar

OT: How much more white could it be? None more white.

Laser focused on what matters to the people. More BALLROOM mockups.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mejmmz5puk2c

Babe Paley's avatar

Sir, those are not renderings of the same building, though.

"M"'s avatar

Well, I mean -- of course it's WHITE.

You people who aren't upset enough that's your money he's spending -- if you ever felt like you needed more proof that white supremacist terrorism also harmed all people, you've sure got it now

Trump's White Nationalist Agenda Is Worth Calling What It Is - Mother Jones

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jUpCTlV58QU

gallbladder's avatar

On budget? Tell me another one, fuckface.

The G-7 Experience's avatar

Well, the Grift is actually a little ahead....

nodak.   988 if you need help.'s avatar

it's a concept of a budget.

C&A Bongo Man's avatar

Unprecedented security features for future presidential inaugurations.

Guaranteed angry mob with pitchforks and torches proof.

ciaobella's avatar

I think that means a bunker underneath where he can blow his brains out when the time comes.

FukuiSanYesOta's avatar

Then doused in gasoline and set on fire, only identifiable by the fireproof taxidermied ferret on his head.

M-X's avatar

*sound of approaching tumbrels*

Tasner Hasenpfeffer's avatar

I'm willing to test that. Who's with me?

SkeptiKC's avatar

[lifts black metal stick high]

Let's rock.

M-X's avatar

Oh, you better know I am. Yes We Can, ha.