Talk about each being in our own little bubbles. I really didn’t know … wouldn’t have believed … that they were still all 540% in on these bullshit political point scoring games. I just keep believing/assuming that they’re gonna choose an off ramp from MAGA.
First, at the reporters that emphasized his taking the 5th "100 times!" while asserting he did so "even when asked the color of his tie!" without pointing out these were intentionally dumbass questions totally meant to antagonize and showboat.
Second, at Sen. Richard Blumenthal, that when asked why Republicans were going after Fauci he used his time to spout current healthcare talking points, and leaving off: "because destroying trust in public institutions is what authoritarian governments do!"
I still get fundraising appeals from groups moneybegging to go find the POWs in camps in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The POW flag still flies just below the US flag on a lot of flagpoles.
When a warlike society fetishizes feeling sorry for themselves, and invents reasons to do it, there's always trouble.
I posted this downstream a little while ago. I think you'll agree this is the perfect man to perfectly counter the ignorate fucks that have not a single shred of decency.
I'm still trying to remember how it was that MAGAts went from claiming that Trump deserves to get the Nobel Prize for Medical Discovery (or whatever you call it) because the vaccine to protect us all from the CoVid pandemic was developed (by a foreign pharmaceutical company) during his watch, to claiming that the whole shebang is a Commie/Fauci/Anifa plot to kill us all and install a transgender person of color from Haiti or Venezuela as POTUS.
Surgeons don't wear masks to protect themselves. They wear them to protect the patient they've opened up, in case they sneeze or something.
People don't grasp that, either.
The same people who wear a respirator all day while working as painters, welders, carpenters, bug exterminators; say wearing a mask in a viral respiratory pandemic killed them.
Taht's what it comes down to. They were asked for a few weeks to do something that would benefit everyoen and these wild animals couldn't even do that.
That was when I first learned to hate. I never hated anyone before the pandemic. Their stupidity and lack of empathy for our fellow citizens taught me to hate. And it is a moral wound they have done to me that I will never forgive them for.
Once upon a time, there'd have been consequences for putting oneself in the position of explaining that
A. One actually believes the fantastic bullshit they're spouting; simultaneously admitting that they're too stupid for the job
OR
2. One chose to lie about everything, in which case, every single thing of consequence that they've ever done should be scrutinized for self-dealing, self-enriching quid pro quo, or any combination of the above...
Even though the strategic error has been around forever, it was called "Reagan's Dilemma" for awhile
He will never stop throwing fits about the 2020 election
FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots
As part of President Trump’s continued push to discredit the results of the 2020 election, his administration has considered using AI technology to scrutinize tens of thousands of ballots seized in Fulton County, Georgia, ProPublica has learned.
The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, the latest push in the Trump administration’s unprecedented reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.
The effort, according to internal communications reviewed by ProPublica and an agency tech specialist familiar with the work, focuses on comparing signatures on ballot envelopes with signatures on other election documents, such as registration forms. President Donald Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
In particular, he has repeatedly claimed that there was voter fraud in Georgia, where he lost to Joe Biden by just 11,779 votes. In January, the FBI raided Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold, collecting about 700 boxes of election materials, including about 150,000 mail-in ballots, of which roughly 116,000 went for Biden. Trump is set to deliver a speech Thursday about national election security and voting machine vulnerabilities, but it is unclear whether he will address the Fulton County investigation.
The signature-matching initiative was under discussion as recently as late June, but its current status is uncertain. A White House spokesperson declined to answer questions from ProPublica, referring them to the FBI. The FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
The effort comes at the same time as the FBI has mandated that 260 analysts be redirected from field offices nationwide to focus on the Fulton County probe, according to an agency memo reviewed by ProPublica. The New York Times and MS Now previously reported the memo. MS Now has reported that some FBI analysts have been fired rather than work on the effort. Their work also includes comparing a spreadsheet of 175,000 voters with a commercial database to see, among other things, if they are still alive.
Whether done by people or technology, the accuracy of signature matching remains controversial.
As are fingerprints. In fact, identification from DNA samples is far more subjective than the prosecutorial systems wants anyone to know.
Going back to the beginning of organized justice systems, prosecutorial types have always wanted to use magic to tell them exactly who is to blame.
That's just not how humans work. Usually the perpetrator just tells everyone, or someone who was there and knows the people involved tells everyone. If nobody tells, it's pretty uncommon that police and prosecutors really find out.
Which is when the fine print comes into play. It never actually says cops have to solve crimes. It does say they have to provide the prosecutor with a story and a name that goes with it. It doesn't say prosecutors have to be right, or even tell the truth in all ways; just that they have to consider it plausible.
So we'll always have magical solutions to insoluble crimes. Because the true purpose of that system is to reassure the populace that the people in charge are keeping the people safe; whether or not they really are. It's politics.
I wrote a scathing email to "my" (gag) Senator, Moreno, about his infantile actions and how he should be booted from the Senate and go back to fleecing his customers and employees at his sleazy car dealership. The man makes me embarrassed to be an Ohioan - almost as much as JD Vance and Jim Jordan do. God, how the shitkickers in rural Ohio can vote for these carbuncles on the ass of humanity just shows the level of education in the Buckeye State anymore - thanks to the supermajority of Republicans in the state legislature.
They would know he had been in Pensacola to drop off his brother. Shep would be good cause they ship out in 2 days. He would be back in Atlanta tonight. And
back at his job in the morning. It would be weeks, or longer, before anyone discovers
the body. No one goes in that forrest this time of year. He hoped. Then a phone call...
The GOP is weaponizing stupidity.
They started doing it during the time of Reagan. We let it happen and didn't fight back b/c "civility."
Talk about each being in our own little bubbles. I really didn’t know … wouldn’t have believed … that they were still all 540% in on these bullshit political point scoring games. I just keep believing/assuming that they’re gonna choose an off ramp from MAGA.
I don’t like feeling out of it and stupid.
Larry Sabato stays firm that the house will go democratic at least.
https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/thirteen-house-rating-changes-toward-democrats-as-seat-by-seat-assessment-better-aligns-with-our-november-expectations/
I was yelling at NPR this morning.
First, at the reporters that emphasized his taking the 5th "100 times!" while asserting he did so "even when asked the color of his tie!" without pointing out these were intentionally dumbass questions totally meant to antagonize and showboat.
Second, at Sen. Richard Blumenthal, that when asked why Republicans were going after Fauci he used his time to spout current healthcare talking points, and leaving off: "because destroying trust in public institutions is what authoritarian governments do!"
>>he used his time to spout current healthcare talking points<<
Which he knows full good and well Republicans care exactly zero about.
I stopped listening to NPR back in Trump 1.
They emailed me asking for money, I responded and told them they don't get a penny till they actually grow a spine and actually report news.
Sen. Andrew Kim, University of Chicago Rhodes scholar and diplomat, has to listen daily to Tuberville's stupid shit. He is a very patient man.
“POW bracelets,” invented by the future wingnut congressman “B-1 Bob” Dornan,"
The central character of "The Starfighters" film? I am shocked.
I still get fundraising appeals from groups moneybegging to go find the POWs in camps in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The POW flag still flies just below the US flag on a lot of flagpoles.
When a warlike society fetishizes feeling sorry for themselves, and invents reasons to do it, there's always trouble.
I posted this downstream a little while ago. I think you'll agree this is the perfect man to perfectly counter the ignorate fucks that have not a single shred of decency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0csBCgLTjrI&t=2s
I'm still trying to remember how it was that MAGAts went from claiming that Trump deserves to get the Nobel Prize for Medical Discovery (or whatever you call it) because the vaccine to protect us all from the CoVid pandemic was developed (by a foreign pharmaceutical company) during his watch, to claiming that the whole shebang is a Commie/Fauci/Anifa plot to kill us all and install a transgender person of color from Haiti or Venezuela as POTUS.
And if the vaccine didn't kill you, wearing a mask almost certainly would.
"Surgeons wear masks only so they don't get blood in their eyes. Not because of germs."
I can't tell you how many times I saw that fucking statement. Just stupid fucking people.
Surgeons don't wear masks to protect themselves. They wear them to protect the patient they've opened up, in case they sneeze or something.
People don't grasp that, either.
The same people who wear a respirator all day while working as painters, welders, carpenters, bug exterminators; say wearing a mask in a viral respiratory pandemic killed them.
Exactly! And they can't even understand that.
Yep. Make it make sense. :(
Because it was benefiting everyone.
Taht's what it comes down to. They were asked for a few weeks to do something that would benefit everyoen and these wild animals couldn't even do that.
That was when I first learned to hate. I never hated anyone before the pandemic. Their stupidity and lack of empathy for our fellow citizens taught me to hate. And it is a moral wound they have done to me that I will never forgive them for.
Just like covid is a Chinese bioweapon designed to kill all the white people that's also no worse than the common cold.
Once upon a time, there'd have been consequences for putting oneself in the position of explaining that
A. One actually believes the fantastic bullshit they're spouting; simultaneously admitting that they're too stupid for the job
OR
2. One chose to lie about everything, in which case, every single thing of consequence that they've ever done should be scrutinized for self-dealing, self-enriching quid pro quo, or any combination of the above...
Even though the strategic error has been around forever, it was called "Reagan's Dilemma" for awhile
Oh but he's just a senile grandpa. We can't hold him accountable for Iran-Contra. He probably doesn't even remember he did it.
That was when the endumbening of this country began in earnest. During the time of Reagan.
Republicans need an enemy to be against. Yesterday it was Fauci.
Railing against the Russian commie scourge has been priced out of the market.
These sovereign senators are going to be the death of US.
He will never stop throwing fits about the 2020 election
FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots
As part of President Trump’s continued push to discredit the results of the 2020 election, his administration has considered using AI technology to scrutinize tens of thousands of ballots seized in Fulton County, Georgia, ProPublica has learned.
The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, the latest push in the Trump administration’s unprecedented reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.
The effort, according to internal communications reviewed by ProPublica and an agency tech specialist familiar with the work, focuses on comparing signatures on ballot envelopes with signatures on other election documents, such as registration forms. President Donald Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
In particular, he has repeatedly claimed that there was voter fraud in Georgia, where he lost to Joe Biden by just 11,779 votes. In January, the FBI raided Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold, collecting about 700 boxes of election materials, including about 150,000 mail-in ballots, of which roughly 116,000 went for Biden. Trump is set to deliver a speech Thursday about national election security and voting machine vulnerabilities, but it is unclear whether he will address the Fulton County investigation.
The signature-matching initiative was under discussion as recently as late June, but its current status is uncertain. A White House spokesperson declined to answer questions from ProPublica, referring them to the FBI. The FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
The effort comes at the same time as the FBI has mandated that 260 analysts be redirected from field offices nationwide to focus on the Fulton County probe, according to an agency memo reviewed by ProPublica. The New York Times and MS Now previously reported the memo. MS Now has reported that some FBI analysts have been fired rather than work on the effort. Their work also includes comparing a spreadsheet of 175,000 voters with a commercial database to see, among other things, if they are still alive.
Whether done by people or technology, the accuracy of signature matching remains controversial.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-2020-election-georgia-fulton-artificial-intelligence-fbi
AI, a thing that is famously never wrong about things, like how many Rs are in the word strawberry.
{{Sigh}} 252. We've been over this.
Tell the LLM that the election was stolen and it will hallucinate all kinds of evidence for you.
WHAR BAMBOO FIBERS?
Deep state pandas ate it
This is eventually going to lead to violence.
Signature matching is pseudoscience. Signatures are fatally flawed as a verification system.
As are fingerprints. In fact, identification from DNA samples is far more subjective than the prosecutorial systems wants anyone to know.
Going back to the beginning of organized justice systems, prosecutorial types have always wanted to use magic to tell them exactly who is to blame.
That's just not how humans work. Usually the perpetrator just tells everyone, or someone who was there and knows the people involved tells everyone. If nobody tells, it's pretty uncommon that police and prosecutors really find out.
Which is when the fine print comes into play. It never actually says cops have to solve crimes. It does say they have to provide the prosecutor with a story and a name that goes with it. It doesn't say prosecutors have to be right, or even tell the truth in all ways; just that they have to consider it plausible.
So we'll always have magical solutions to insoluble crimes. Because the true purpose of that system is to reassure the populace that the people in charge are keeping the people safe; whether or not they really are. It's politics.
We all know that phrenology is the way to go.
How many MAGAts does it take to change a lightbulb? We may never know, they keep shoving it up their ass.
I wrote a scathing email to "my" (gag) Senator, Moreno, about his infantile actions and how he should be booted from the Senate and go back to fleecing his customers and employees at his sleazy car dealership. The man makes me embarrassed to be an Ohioan - almost as much as JD Vance and Jim Jordan do. God, how the shitkickers in rural Ohio can vote for these carbuncles on the ass of humanity just shows the level of education in the Buckeye State anymore - thanks to the supermajority of Republicans in the state legislature.
Thank you so much. It was pathetic and disgusting.
An infinite number of Tubervilles with an infinite number of light bulbs, would fail at even lighting a candle.
Then he would blame the darkness.
They could still get a contract to write a Tom Clancy novel, though.
They would know he had been in Pensacola to drop off his brother. Shep would be good cause they ship out in 2 days. He would be back in Atlanta tonight. And
back at his job in the morning. It would be weeks, or longer, before anyone discovers
the body. No one goes in that forrest this time of year. He hoped. Then a phone call...
Clancy's spirit still moves among us. That's why they call them ghost writers.
V.C. Andrews is still writing, too! XD XD XD XD
They want to politicize COVID.
They want to rehabilitate Nixon.
They want to erase history.
They think Trump is awesome.
They are shite.
We clean out the stables come November.
Much as his gerontologist tries to deny it, Trump is certainly an Aegean mess!
I could use some rehabilitation tho.
I'd at least like to take a tolerance break.
Couldn't we all?
And then we do whatever IS NECESSARY after that.