People think dinosaurs went extinct https://t.co/i0hRlQ5xEd
— zeddy (@Zeddary) September 5, 2021
Trigger warning: TFG…
It's real! That's how this colossal prick, who spent 9/11 bragging on how he now had the tallest building in NYC, is spending the 20th anniversary.
Charging folks $50 to hear him blather about Georgia mail-in ballots while two boxers with a combined age of 102 try to not die.
— zeddy (@Zeddary) September 8, 2021
At least the bird is honest in its pursuit.
dmsilev
He must really be hard-up for cash. Guess the skim from the PAC donations isn’t getting it done anymore.
Yutsano
@dmsilev: No more easy foreign money coming in.
Ken
The bird-dinosaur thing is like bad kerning; once it’s pointed out, you can’t unsee it, and you wonder how everyone missed it for so long.
Jerzy Russian
Regarding the first tweet, who among us doesn’t skip the chance to gulp down a nice juicy rat?
Regarding the second tweet, Christ on a cross.
Roger Moore
@dmsilev:
I don’t think this is about the money; it’s about getting a captive audience.
cain
Why
conservativetraitorous-dogs twitter all in blather about Fauci and he lied. It doesn’t seem to be covered anywhere but on theintercept – but apparently they are running for the fainting couch.Mai Naem mobile
@dmsilev: kinda hard to keep the con going if you’re killing off your marks.
Hungry Joe
@Ken: Especially the skeletons — bird next to small-ish dinosaur. It seems laughably obvious. Kind of like the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America; even as a kid I looked at them and thought (as I’m sure so many kids did), “Hmmm … “
Le Comte e Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@cain:
Went to check – spreadneck morons misreading a piece of breathless Intercept hack writing that’s long on conjecture and short on fact.
dmsilev
5G coverage, magnetism, to vastly increase across Los Angeles:
craigie
Do you think we could get TFG to swim in the Central Park Pond, near some Great Blue Herons?
Make Blue Herons Great again!
Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]
Nah, dinosaurs are in no way extinct. down here in Albuquerque, we call roadrunners “murder birds” I’m just thankful that they are so small, if those critters were large enough (think cassowary), they would totally hunt kids.
dmsilev
@craigie: He’s a bit on the …large side for a heron. I suggest a quick phone call to Rent-a-Roc.
NotMax
@Jerzy Russian
“It’s not something I’m proud of.”
:)
Comrade Colette
@dmsilev:
So no more dead spot near San Dimas? Awesome. A completely worthy justification for child sacrifice.
Alison Rose
I’ll watch it if he gets in the ring.
jnfr
Those huge beaks on birds are no joke. An FWS ranger once told us a story (at a birding conference thing) about trying to band sandhill cranes and someone had a beak land up their nostril. I can’t imagine. He said they used the heavy-duty full face masks after that. Like the kind you’d use for an arc welder.
CaseyL
There’s a scene in one of the Jurassic movies, where a leg and foot come down to stand in the foreground, a very close close-up. You are meant to think they’re the legs of a velociraptor – they certainly look like they could be – but then the camera pulls back and you see it’s just a chicken.
Yes: once you realize birds are dinosaurs, it does change a lot of perspective!
Anotherlurker
I am reminded of the relationship between Dinosaurs and Birds every time I see the very abundant Wild Turkeys in these here parts.
mrmoshpotato
@dmsilev:
@Yutsano: Dump’s daddy Vladdy disowned his POS son.
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: Looks like a 6-foot turkey!
mrmoshpotato
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]: Cassowaries are terrifying. And I’ve never seen one with my own eyes.
Sure Lurkalot
I love Blue Herons.
An old boss who amassed a great fortune used to say “it is what it is.” Regarding TFG, he is what he is. We need no more evidence.
NotMax
@CaseyL
Kentucky Fried Archaeopteryx. Yummmm.
Also too, Dobie & Maynard & Chicken.
:)
Delk
Wasn’t Kellyanne blathering about presidential norms earlier.
Jay
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-my-fucking-god-get-the-fucking-vaccine-already-you-fucking-fucks
Going long on Brazilian Pit Viper futures.
Central Planning
I am at the emergency vet now. Cat threw a clot to her leg, and her pupils are not the same size which could indicate a clot in her brain. She’s on fentanyl so the pain is managed but it wears off fast
The vet recommends putting her to sleep. Wife wants to not do that if there’s the slightest, tiniest chance the cat will recover. Logic and statistics aren’t going to convince her. It’s going to be a long night here.
mrmoshpotato
@Delk: Yes, but she’s a hypocritical, lying bitch so…
Mary G
@Central Planning: So hard, sending you all light and love,
mrmoshpotato
@Central Planning: Sorry man.
Central Planning
@Mary G: @mrmoshpotato: thanks. It’s also first day of school for one of my kids, and she is a teacher so has kids tomorrow too.
To make a somewhat light hearted joke, it certainly makes me want to be clear and upfront now about my healthcare choices if I am unable to make them.
Mary G
CaseyL
@Central Planning: I am so sorry. What a thing to happen just before school starts! I feel for your wife, who will have to teach kids while either freshly grieving for her cat, or filled with anxiety about the cat’s ongoing medical care.
Vets can do a lot for companion animals that just wasn’t possible before, but I’m not sure treating a stroke is one of those things.
Sending best wishes your way…
Comrade Colette
@Jay: I think “fuck-o-rama fuck-stival of ignorance” is my new go-to descriptor for the unvaxxed. Fuck-stival for short.
@Central Planning: Oh no. I’m sorry, that’s such a hard decision. Peace to all of you.
RandomMonster
@Central Planning: Sending you both best wishes, and hope that your feline companion can find peace. It’s so hard to say goodbye.
Ian R
@Mary G: Saw that ending coming as soon as I realized it was a scissor handle at the edge of the frame. Still burst out laughing.
Mary G
@Ian R: It was dad falling down at the end that cracked me up.
mrmoshpotato
@Comrade Colette:
Love it!
Chetan Murthy
T-shirt idea:
Covid now
Covid tomorrow
Covid forever!
LeftCoastYankee
My brain won’t let me process “TFG” as anything other than “This Fucking Guy (Again)”.
Probably because it’s how New Yorkers referred to him for the last 30+ years.
I hope Mike Tyson shows up and bites all their ears.
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
@Central Planning: Oh, damn. I’m so sorry for all three of you.
mrmoshpotato
@LeftCoastYankee:
Oh good lord! ???
Central Planning
We are home. We decided to give her a chance. We will see what happens overnight and tomorrow.
Since the clot is in the front leg there’s a 25-30% chance she’ll recover. Hind legs only have a 5% chance.
opiejeanne
@Central Planning: Oh, I’m so sorry. I’ve been there and it’s not fun. I hope the suffering can be alleviated soon, for all three of you.
JCJ
It is just shy of 2:00 am. My daughter got me up to help her clean up cat puke. The cat ? was at the top of a cat tree and puked from above all over the couch. Well done, kitty.
Back to snooze ?
Dan B
@Central Planning: Best wishes for your human and furry family members.
Our two for babies were traumatized by our long Labor Day trip to the ocean. Yesterday they meowed and cried while being afraid to get near us. Today they couldn’t get enough of being close to us. They are so dependent on us psychologically
Seems your family is very interdependent. Hang in there.
opiejeanne
@Central Planning: Fingers crossed.
prostratedragon
@craigie: “Why not pass the time by playing a little solitaire?”
TriassicSands
@Central Planning:
I’ve had that kind of long night. I hope this resolves itself fairly quickly and everyone’s (cat and humans) suffering is minimized. It is so painful watching cats and dogs in ill health. I’m so sorry.
Ruckus
@Roger Moore:
It’s always about the money.
He may not make any, as is the rule with most things he does, but it’s always about the money in some way.
prostratedragon
@Central Planning: Oh dear, no blood thinner therapies for cats I guess. Clots do sometimes resolve on their own in people (raises hand), so we’ll hope for the best.
prostratedragon
JaMiller has long been reminding me of one of the characters in this cartoon. I think the other one might be TFGJr. If only.
“Wackiki Wabbit”
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]: Have you ever checked out Secretary birds of Sub Saharan Africa? They are about 4 feet high and hunt prey on the ground, including venomous snakes, which they stomp until stunned or killed. They definitely recall hunting dinos.
JWR
ICYMI, Dahlia Lithwick was on Amampour&Co Tuesday night discussing the Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket” ruling on the Texas abortion ban.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@Central Planning: I’m so sorry.
Central Planning
@prostratedragon: The vet gave us a prescription for a blood thinner. She said it’s very expensive now because it’s also being used for COVID victims. Last she knew, a vial was going for around $600.
And, thanks for the well wishes everyone. We’ll see how the day goes. Vet also said no real visiting hours because staffing shortages. We will have to check in later to see if we can go visit.
brantl
@dmsilev: Not for my neck of the woods. That’s about average, here. I see them a lot, when wader-fishing.
brantl
@Central Planning: I hope this turns out as well as it possibly can for you.
prostratedragon
Interview/article about Altheia Jones-Lecointe, the Trinidadian activist who was involved in the Mangrove Nine and other actions in London in the 1960s and 70s. Vital background for Small Axe fans.
OldDave
I made that observation once within earshot of a fundy teacher while in the fifth grade – she knocked me on my ass. Just a blindsided hit to the head.
J R in WV
@OldDave:
That’s assault, probably a felony, if there was cell phone video or enough willing witnesses she could have been, should have been prosecuted, lost the job, the career, and the pension.
Fuckin’ monster child abuser, walking around kids thinking she has the right to cold-cock them! Not!!