Yes I've pulled the Baltimore post. For the record, I don't think there was a thing wrong with it. Marcie is standing there in Baltimore -- where most of you are not -- and she's pissed and this is going to affect the city for months or years. Was it gallows humor? Yes. Are there people missing? Yes, ANOTHER REASON TO BE MAD THE FUCKING BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
I should have kept the shell up and removed the interior and explained myself there, but too late.
I missed this because my sailboat in Portland had standing water that got is and I had to direct a friend who went to it how to check for bilge pump failure and clear the water.
I will have some mold to deal with when I go in April.
I can't blame you, 'Trix. For being sick of all of this. My only comments were "it's too soon to draw judgement", which of course Alex Jones and the fuckhaids of Faux Noise did immediately.
The cargo company made sure to state that the boat was in the hands of the pilots, as though that somehow excuses the company for maintenance issues or other failures.
We don't know yet, but I will be thoroughly unsurprised of there is corporate negligence and corner cutting at fault.
"The post clearly said that the boat was intentionally driven into the bridge"
It said nothing of the sort. It acknowledged that the ship may have lost power, and made a joke about bad driving. You can certainly argue that was in bad taste, but it in no way stated the accident was intentional.
I was reading someone's *speculation* about it, and they posited that after the first power loss, they threw the engines into reverse, which would have had the result of a) the boat pretty much losing steering completely and b) pulling to the left, which it visibly does. The second loss of power pretty much made the collision inevitable at that point (according to them).
Every time anybody anywhere ever mentions "Baltimore," the first thing I think of is "Hamsterdam," which is exactly what happened today when I read Marcie's post, and I chuckled a little. And I'm willing to bet a handful of good old US Ameros that I'm not the only one. I think we can be sensitive to the dangers highway workers are put in every day while at the same time allowing ourselves a little laugh because everything around us everywhere all the time is shit and we need to take our laughs where we can get 'em. We can't all be Walter Cronkite. The grim would kill us.
If people don't come to Wonkette for the snark NO MATTER WHAT, I don't get why they are here. Almost every damned story has some amount of "omg, that's terrible that such a bad thing happened" and snark is how I cope. I remain a subscriber for that reason.
Point taken. I don't, however, think dead baby jokes are going to appear from Wonkette writers anytime soon, just the opposite, so I gave 'em a pass. And it is writers I want snark from. Commenters are a different animal. My subscription $ are not for them.
I was critical of the piece, and as you stand by your article, so do I stand by my criticism. I was told (in effect) that I was reading it wrong, and if so, maybe the author's intention wasn't as clear as it could have been. In the article and a great number of comments, I saw only jokes about this tragedy, and that had me questioning the values of this place. But I won't belabour my criticism more -- I really do appreciate you pulling the article. I still love you and this mommyblog.
Doctors delight in working with their unborn patients—and experience an aesthetic injury when they are aborted.
WTAF?!! Now I wonder if my dermatologist had an emotional connection with the cyst they removed. Rest assured. There is no doctor who does medical abortions who gets an "injury" emotional or aesthetic injury.
I had to look up this definition: Aesthetic injury applies mainly to plants. This refers to injury that affects the appearance without affecting the health of the plant..SO ipso facto: giving an abortion doesn't HARM the patient (unless you botch it). It certainly does NOT pertain to the physician.
Wait, I thought the argument was that a woman would come in with some vague undefined "lady problem" after her medical abortion and the doctor would have to perform some vague undefined "procedure" that went against his morals.
Nope. It's that when that lady came in with her vague undefined "lady problem" after her medical abortion ... the doctor would feel sad. Because he was reminded that people sometimes have abortions. And sometimes after, there are complications. And so therefore, no one can have a medical abortion ever.
It IS actually that fucking awful. That argument wouldn't convince a 3 year old to surrender a toy they have in their hand, let alone a supposedly smart lifetime appointed jurist.
Appropos of nothing, but the latest issue of my personal newsletter zine went out with the text "I WANT YOU! TO VIOLATE THE COMSTOCK ACT" on one side, and the full text of the Act on the other. They were all delivered by the USPS, so I can conclude that They are not in fact Watching, and the time to move is now.
Do the crazy christofascists in the evangelical movement know that five out of the six conservative Supreme Court judges want to see a Catholic theocracy instituted in the United States, not a Christian theocracy?
Unborn fetuses look like blobs. In early ultrasounds they're basically Rorschach images, in later ones they're weirdly smooth alien-lookin' blobs. Anyone who thinks that any "profound joy" experienced is about looking at fetus pics and not *the anticipation of a wanted child* has the wrong end of the stick shoved up his ass.
Hi all, pinning this here.
Yes I've pulled the Baltimore post. For the record, I don't think there was a thing wrong with it. Marcie is standing there in Baltimore -- where most of you are not -- and she's pissed and this is going to affect the city for months or years. Was it gallows humor? Yes. Are there people missing? Yes, ANOTHER REASON TO BE MAD THE FUCKING BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
I should have kept the shell up and removed the interior and explained myself there, but too late.
I'm really sick of all of you today.
Take time for yourself, Rebecca, we love you no matter what.
That sounds a bit like 'I'm sorry you were offended.'
I'm from the area and my first reaction to the accident wasn't 'pissed' but saddened.
I was pissed after reading that glib article, though.
Wrong. I wasn't sorry people were offended.
Thang cue, madam! May I have another?
Wow. I missed another cluster.
Me, too. By the time I'd heard about it early this afternoon, it was already gone.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-wire-creator-david-simon-rips-into-baltimore-bridge-conspiracists-calls-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-complete-submoronic-pratfall-of-a-human-being/ar-BB1kA1zf?ocid=oie8dlpg&cvid=8c39ba7e7ee3411fa9d56d37d06ca7a0&ei=96
I missed this because my sailboat in Portland had standing water that got is and I had to direct a friend who went to it how to check for bilge pump failure and clear the water.
I will have some mold to deal with when I go in April.
must be Portland Oregon cause if Portland Maine it would still be frozen. One trick is to open a seacock as low in the vessel as possible!
I can't blame you, 'Trix. For being sick of all of this. My only comments were "it's too soon to draw judgement", which of course Alex Jones and the fuckhaids of Faux Noise did immediately.
Is this a good time to talk about semicolon use?
Probably not, since she's sick of us all today.
"Lord, let my words be sweet and tender today, for tomorrow I may have to eat them."
Sweet and tender with a side of snark is possible.
FWIW, I too am in favor of the dark snark, though i missed this one unfortunately.
The post clearly said that the boat was intentionally driven into the bridge, and strongly hinted this was due to the incompetence of the crew.
If that was intended to be snark, it failed.
It didn't come across as angry, it was more tryhard edgelord. Frankly, I was surprised it was approved to be posted, it was abysmal.
The cargo company made sure to state that the boat was in the hands of the pilots, as though that somehow excuses the company for maintenance issues or other failures.
We don't know yet, but I will be thoroughly unsurprised of there is corporate negligence and corner cutting at fault.
Please don't make her have to be sick of everybody again.
"The post clearly said that the boat was intentionally driven into the bridge"
It said nothing of the sort. It acknowledged that the ship may have lost power, and made a joke about bad driving. You can certainly argue that was in bad taste, but it in no way stated the accident was intentional.
It's called "Valdez drifting". All the Old Men are doing it nowadays and posting it online for internet glory.
I was reading someone's *speculation* about it, and they posited that after the first power loss, they threw the engines into reverse, which would have had the result of a) the boat pretty much losing steering completely and b) pulling to the left, which it visibly does. The second loss of power pretty much made the collision inevitable at that point (according to them).
Agreed. That certainly wasn't my take from the post, nor was it what made me uncomfortable about it in the first place.
Every time anybody anywhere ever mentions "Baltimore," the first thing I think of is "Hamsterdam," which is exactly what happened today when I read Marcie's post, and I chuckled a little. And I'm willing to bet a handful of good old US Ameros that I'm not the only one. I think we can be sensitive to the dangers highway workers are put in every day while at the same time allowing ourselves a little laugh because everything around us everywhere all the time is shit and we need to take our laughs where we can get 'em. We can't all be Walter Cronkite. The grim would kill us.
If people don't come to Wonkette for the snark NO MATTER WHAT, I don't get why they are here. Almost every damned story has some amount of "omg, that's terrible that such a bad thing happened" and snark is how I cope. I remain a subscriber for that reason.
We shall snark them on the beaches. We will snark them from a tree...
Point taken. I don't, however, think dead baby jokes are going to appear from Wonkette writers anytime soon, just the opposite, so I gave 'em a pass. And it is writers I want snark from. Commenters are a different animal. My subscription $ are not for them.
Didn’t get the chance to read it. Maybe in the inbox? Gallows humor is the only kind nowadays. Just ask Pence, he’ll tell ya.
At any rate, apparently the 1st responders were quick, no doubt saving untold numbers of motorists.
I thought it was a good report, written with heart and truth. I’m sorry you got slammed for it.
I was critical of the piece, and as you stand by your article, so do I stand by my criticism. I was told (in effect) that I was reading it wrong, and if so, maybe the author's intention wasn't as clear as it could have been. In the article and a great number of comments, I saw only jokes about this tragedy, and that had me questioning the values of this place. But I won't belabour my criticism more -- I really do appreciate you pulling the article. I still love you and this mommyblog.
So, he’s Clarence Thomas successor if Trump (jeebus forbid) wins.
If Trump gets back in, he'll institute Prima Nocta for all federal appointments. So, the big question is how hot is his wife?
I wonder how often Crow calls Thomas "boy."
Ta, Dok. Once more, I. Just. Can't. Even.
From what I've read, Alito _really_ wants to use this to kill Chevron.
I suffer an aesthetic injury every time I contemplate the Republican Party.
I suffer an aesthetic injury
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡
But the absolutely should. No wonder our Judicial system is completely out of whack.
Harlan Crow has probably made one of the most shrewd investments ever.
Harlan Crow: "I wonder if I can just buy a Supreme Court Judge".
SCOTUS: "Ethics. We don't know need no stinkin' ethics".
" a mad AI is running what appears to be reality now."
Exactly...the simulation is getting out of control.
Doctors delight in working with their unborn patients—and experience an aesthetic injury when they are aborted.
WTAF?!! Now I wonder if my dermatologist had an emotional connection with the cyst they removed. Rest assured. There is no doctor who does medical abortions who gets an "injury" emotional or aesthetic injury.
I had to look up this definition: Aesthetic injury applies mainly to plants. This refers to injury that affects the appearance without affecting the health of the plant..SO ipso facto: giving an abortion doesn't HARM the patient (unless you botch it). It certainly does NOT pertain to the physician.
Now I wonder if my dermatologist had an emotional connection with the cyst they removed.
THIS
Wait, I thought the argument was that a woman would come in with some vague undefined "lady problem" after her medical abortion and the doctor would have to perform some vague undefined "procedure" that went against his morals.
Nope. It's that when that lady came in with her vague undefined "lady problem" after her medical abortion ... the doctor would feel sad. Because he was reminded that people sometimes have abortions. And sometimes after, there are complications. And so therefore, no one can have a medical abortion ever.
It IS actually that fucking awful. That argument wouldn't convince a 3 year old to surrender a toy they have in their hand, let alone a supposedly smart lifetime appointed jurist.
Wow that's horrible. Sometimes I forget just how much contempt conservatives have for women.
Unless they WANT to believe it, than it is a super convenient explanation
Appropos of nothing, but the latest issue of my personal newsletter zine went out with the text "I WANT YOU! TO VIOLATE THE COMSTOCK ACT" on one side, and the full text of the Act on the other. They were all delivered by the USPS, so I can conclude that They are not in fact Watching, and the time to move is now.
All these Catholics on the SCROTUS make Roger Fucking Taney look good. And his Dred Scott decision was a small part of how horrible he was..
Do the crazy christofascists in the evangelical movement know that five out of the six conservative Supreme Court judges want to see a Catholic theocracy instituted in the United States, not a Christian theocracy?
And not Frank the First type Catholicism. More like Opus Dei craziness. Or even that rubbish that Marciel Maciel cooked up.
No. They may be as bad as Taney, but Nothing makes that motherfucker look good.
Sheesh that Xanadu fireplace. And that all worked out so well for Charlie Kane...
Open the screen and take two big steps to your left, Clarence.
Ho needs a tumbrel ride. Stat.
Unborn fetuses look like blobs. In early ultrasounds they're basically Rorschach images, in later ones they're weirdly smooth alien-lookin' blobs. Anyone who thinks that any "profound joy" experienced is about looking at fetus pics and not *the anticipation of a wanted child* has the wrong end of the stick shoved up his ass.
They look like alien blobs.