Lots of news happening today. Here are a few conversational hares from the front page of The Post:
The QAnon whack-job who dressed up in horned pelts for the insurrection and was widely photographed brainlessly bellowing in the Senate chamber was sentenced to 41 months in prison today.
Speaking of whack-jobs, the House will vote on a resolution to censure Rep. Gosar and remove him from committee assignments this afternoon. Pelosi’s comments on the matter:
“It’s an emergency,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol when asked why the House is taking action against Gosar. “It’s violence against women, workplace harassment — really, I think, legal matters in terms of threatening a member and the president of the United States.” She added: “It’s outrageous on the part of the Republican leadership not to act on this.”
She’s right on all counts. Here’s a tidbit I did not know:
If the House votes to censure a member, that lawmaker must stand in the “well” of the House chamber as the censure resolution and a verbal rebuke are read aloud.
For some reason, I find that amusing. It’s old-fashioned — akin to a dunce cap and stool. I wonder if Gosar will comply, and if not, what happens then? The Post doesn’t say.
Also, Steve “Two-Shirts” Bannon is pleading “not guilty” to contempt of Congress charges, according to CNN. I wonder how long he’ll manage to kick that can down the road…
Open thread.
p.a.
While the treasonous MAGAt grunts get real- if not enough- jailtime, I expect the instigators to slide. And the lessons the grunts will learn from this? Zero. Zip. Nada.
VeniceRiley
Nice to see some consequences, finally.
dr. bloor
He won’t; he lives and breathes to be an oppositional crank. Maybe they can bring in Clint Eastwood to read the resolution to an empty chair.
Gin & Tonic
And Micro Rubio (h/t BCrack) puts a “hold” on the nomination of Nick Burns as Ambassador to China. It’s not as if this is an important posting, or this is one of the most experienced and respected US diplomats alive today.
IMO a system which allows one Senator to block ambassadorial appointments is fundamentally broken.
germy
News from upstate NY:
https://wnyt.com/montgomery-county-ny-news/man-fights-village-to-keep-pet-pig-canajoharie-montgomery-county/6303923/?cat=10114
I know the law’s the law, but I hope they make an exception in this case. Why break up a happy family? It’s not like the pig is in a tiny NYC apartment or anything. Plenty of room to roam upstate.
zhena gogolia
@Gin & Tonic: It’s insane.
Betty Cracker
@germy: I hope Mr. Flat and his pig prevail!
zhena gogolia
@germy: I just learned from my puzzle book that “wyvern” is a “heraldic dragon.”
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Gin & Tonic:
What are even his stated reasons?
germy
He showed plenty of contempt when he showed up. He made threats against Pelosi, Biden… just about every Democrat.
He’s a wealthy man and he pays his legal fees, so I assume he’ll drag this out as long as he can. And if he testifies, he’ll lie and smirk like the blackwater dude did.
germy
@zhena gogolia:
Lots of magic in upstate NY.
I admire anyone who loves animals (as long as the pig receives the proper care, food and love) and I hope this ends well.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
no comment
Planning on getting a Covid booster before visiting the in-laws for Thanksgiving. My first two shots were Pfizer. I located a pharmacy near me that allows walk-ins, and has both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. If they give me a choice, should I stick with Pfizer or get a Moderna for the booster shot?
germy
@Betty Cracker:
This pig is living her best life. It’s actually the perfect lifestyle.
germy
@no comment:
My booster was the same as my first two shots (pfizer) and for some reason walgreen’s recommended this, even though the CDC said mixing is fine.
Old School
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
He also blocked the nominee for ambassador to Spain.
no comment
@germy:
The pharmacy in my area that has both vaccines is a Walgreens, so if this is a company policy (rather than a specific pharmacist you had), I may not get to choose.
mrmoshpotato
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Enjoy the prison food! It definitely isn’t organic.
trollhattan
Let’s just see where those censuring congresscritters go to get their free dental floss samples now, amirite?
Jay
Here, we are still digging out from the storm, will be for weeks. Had yesterday off, but worked “storm day”, where I spent way too much time preventing fistfights between customers over snakes, pumps, shopvacs. They have opened an emergency road out to Chilliwack, as Hwy#1 is gone in places and closed, and have started helo evacs of the people helo evaced to Hope, out of Hope. Merritt and Princeton are still evacuated and flooded out.
Will be interesting today at work.
zhena gogolia
@Old School: Does this mean the person never comes up for a vote, or is it just a delaying tactic?
trollhattan
@Old School:
Because…only the birthplace of the mother tongue can get those commie scamps in line? I’m not exactly following li’l Marco’s line of reasoning here (I know, I know, as if).
He’s such a self-important, impotent little prick.
germy
@no comment:
I think the choice is yours.
I wanted to use the walgreen’s closest to my house, and all they offer is pfizer. A walgreens about a half hour drive away offered moderna.
If I had wanted to mix, I could have made an appointment at the more distant pharmacy. I just wanted to be able to walk to my appointment.
They’re not insisting we get the same shot, just recommending.
mrmoshpotato
@Betty Cracker: Team Ellie!
eclare
@Jay: I assume you are somewhere in Pacific NW?
Cameron
@trollhattan: A while back, I started to call him “Scooter.” I don’t know why; he just seems like a “Scooter” to me.
burnspbesq
Rittenhouse jury is still out. Not allowing myself to hope for the right result, but this is a pleasant surprise.
Nelle
@Jay: Where are you?
Gravenstone
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Because Biden wants something positive. That simply cannot be allowed. Same reason Hawley had an assortment of holds on other Biden nominees (which may still exist, for all I know).
Enhanced Voting Techniques
The one who can think ahead will learn the lesson and those are the dangerous ones. And no, that is not Steve “Hand me the Bottle” Bannon, the guy is just some cheesy two bitcon grifter who happened to luck out.
trollhattan
@Cameron: Scooter works for me. Sparky might, also, too. “Hey Scooter, go get your shine box.”
eclare
@no comment: When I signed up online at Walgreens, I had a choice of which booster to get, and once I chose, the website displayed which pharmacies offered it.
I had Moderna earlier, so I stuck with that. I think switching to an mRNA vaccine is most helpful if you previously had J&J.
eclare
@germy: Some pig.
JWR
Ugh! Tales from the crypto:
Though TBH, I never got used to “Staples Center”. But Crypto? Sigh.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@trollhattan: Yeah, it’s not an issue I follow, at all, but the idea of Spain as the puppet master of the Caribbean and Central America seems…. antiquated? And I had to google to see if Raul Castro was still with us (he is). And Fidel lived till 2016? If you had asked me, I would’ve guessed ’05.
But tough talk about Commies still plays well around the old people having lunch at Versailles, I suppose. And they vote in every election.
Old School
@zhena gogolia: I’m not sure. The article calls it “slow-walking”, but doesn’t provide any details of ways around a senate hold.
Mike in NC
@trollhattan: It wasn’t all that long ago that some magazine was insisting Thirsty Marco was the savior of the Republican Party! He has a couple of big donors who must crave punishing Cuba for making their families flee to Miami all those years ago.
Cameron
@trollhattan: Hell of a combo we sent to the Senate: Nosferatu (or Bat Boy; they both fit) and Scooter/Sparky.
Gravenstone
@germy: Not sure how he’s going to effectively lie about a Contempt of Congress claim.
Q: Did you present yourself before Congress on the appointed date and time?
A: No
Q: Did you provide the requested documents to Congress by the appointed date and time?
A: Of course not.
Q: Do you intend to address other of these overdue acts as requested by Congress?
A: Fuck you, your “Honor”.
We find the defendant Guilty of Contempt of Congress. The sentence is detention in the appropriate penal facility for such duration as Mr. Bannon chooses to cooperate with the request made of him by Congress. Detention to take effect immediately.
Gravenstone
@mrmoshpotato: Prison will at least temporarily address his recurring lack of gainful employment, as well.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
I beginning to suspect; all the Dems doomed, doomed I say from the Press. I think they get 2022 midterms will be Sideways at worse for the Dems in the midterms, so they are hyping up the VA 2021 governor as the end of the world so they can do a come back Narative with Biden since the press so loves comeback narratives “Biden, chasten from liberal excesses by the losses in the VA governor and CA recall elections, moved back to the middle and appealed to the moderates with a series of infrastructure bills, blah, blah.”
mrmoshpotato
@JWR:
Oh for fuck’s sake! Just call it Money Laundering, Drug Running, Human Trafficking Arena!
Brachiator
@JWR:
This is going to become known as Bloods and Crips Arena so quickly. Stupid name change.
germy
@Gravenstone:
I meant he’ll lie if they get him to testify about the former guy’s administration and the insurrection.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
germy
@Brachiator:
They should have named it Krypto, after Superman’s dog.
Gravenstone
@JWR: Tonight on NBA Tonight, we come to your from the Crypto Sporidium. I mean Crypto Stadium…
burnspbesq
@JWR:
Hard to imagine AEG will collect the entire $700 million the deal is supposedly worth, unless they get it all up front. Seems like the sort of executory contract a Chapter 11 trustee can reject.
But who knows? As of yesterday Rivian was the second biggest U.S. automaker by market cap, and it has shipped … what, 17 trucks.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@JWR: I look forward to the Crypto Bowl.
Gravenstone
Almost like parents are 1) vaccinated themselves and 2) eager to get the little bug factories vaccinated ASAP.
tam1MI
@burnspbesq:
Rittenhouse jury is still out. Not allowing myself to hope for the right result, but this is a pleasant surprise.
I think at this point a hung jury is the best we can hope for.
Gin & Tonic
@Brachiator: Wonder what happens to a 20-year naming deal if the company it’s named for is dead and gone in half that time (as is inevitable.)
Jay
@eclare:
BC, where there is only one highway out of 15, open. The rest are either washed out or covered with landslides. Railroads are gone too. In the Lower Rainland, the valley is flooded. Lytton got flooded out and covered with landslides, but “luckily”, the town was empty, as it was burned down by forest fires this summer.
AGW is “fun”, innit.
VOR
@zhena gogolia: As I understand it, a lot of business in the Senate gets done via Unanimous Consent. Which means that 1 senator, like Rubio or Ted Cruz, can refuse to consent and force a formal vote on whatever business, like appointing an ambassador or a deputy assistant undersecretary. And a formal vote can be filibustered and takes up a lot of floor time.
zhena gogolia
@burnspbesq: Maybe the judge’s antics backfired?
zhena gogolia
@VOR: So assholery.
burnspbesq
@Gin & Tonic:
Bankruptcy trustee sells the rights for whatever they can get. Proceeds probably go to secured creditors.
Might be the debtor’s most valuable asset.
Peale
@JWR: Yeah. In addition to all the sports book ads and MLB having an official gambling partner (what?), MLB having an official crypto trading platform was one of the odder ad announcements during the recent series. Like who cares? It kind of says “we’ve got too much money slushing around, so we’re putting it all the latest pet-themed coin.”
Leto
Comrade McCarthy up their airing his list of grievances. “Rules for thee, not for me” he keeps repeating. I keep hoping someone runs up to him and punches him in the nuts.
Spanky
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
“We’re DOOOOOMED!”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@tam1MI: I saw something earlier that they’ve asked to review video, which frankly surprised me.
How does a hung jury work? On TV, the judge can refuse to accept a hung jury, until they don’t. I can see this goon declaring a war of attrition on the one or two (guessing, of course) who don’t want to acquit but do want to just go home.
burnspbesq
@zhena gogolia:
I’m not aware of any evidence that God loves us that much.
Betty Cracker
@trollhattan: Even though Rick Scott is exponentially more evil and dangerous, for some reason, I despise Lil’ Micro even more and will throw a days-long party if Demings retires him next year. He’s such a smug, arrogant, pandering nonentity. It’s utterly ridiculous that such an profoundly empty suit aspires to an office higher than “used auto salesman of the month” at a disreputable “buy here, pay here” lot.
Peale
@burnspbesq: I think they should have to keep a name like crypto.com, though. If it goes under, they can rename it ******.***.
Spanky
After painting the porch and a late lunch, I’m going to stagger off for a nap. Don’t you kids burn the world down while I’m supine.
Old School
@Spanky: Awww. You never let us do *anything*.
Leto
AOC speaking now.
Spanky
@Peale: “Error 404 Center”.
eclare
@Jay: Ugh, my sympathies.
burnspbesq
@Peale:
It’s a shame that fuckedcompany.com is no longer around. Crypto and electric-vehicle startups (and GameStop, lest we forget) are such a target-rich environment.
zhena gogolia
When he referred to Biden’s “radicalism,” I burst out laughing.
Barbara
@burnspbesq: At the end of the OJ trial, the veteran criminal defense attorney in my office (had defended multiple Watergate defendants) told me that a jury handling a murder accusation in a case with a complex trial would return a verdict in such a short time only if it was going to acquit on all counts. He told me not to bother going into the break room where everyone else was eagerly awaiting the verdict real time.
However, when the jury is out for a long time, the picture is much more ambiguous. They could still acquit, they just want to be thorough, or there are hold outs, or they are arguing about what level of offense is appropriate.
Sure Lurkalot
@Gravenstone: I like the way you think because Bannon is just going to make bank on this the longer he’s free as a bird. Even a month in jail would keep him off the airways where he incites violence each and every day. Though I’m sure his surrogates will be dialing up the deepstatehoodoovoodoo to a zillion.
zhena gogolia
Every single Republican is like some slime you find on the bottom of your shoe. Maybe not Kinzinger or Cheney, bad as they are, but they do resemble human life forms.
germy
https://screenrant.com/bull-show-eliza-dushku-sexual-harassment-set-response/
Warning: Some disgusting details about the male star’s behavior. He sounds like a horrible guy.
trollhattan
Hey everybody, Mo Brooks has concerns, and that evidently includes “dissing voters.”
Jesus, and I thought TFG’s Twitters were gibberish.
I hope ALL Socialists here have had lunch, you bad, bad people.
Kent
@germy: My wife is a primary care physician who has been on the Covid front line for 2 years. According to her and all the doctors she works with, the Moderna is what they consider the gold standard, and they are all getting Moderna boosters regardless of whatever original shots they received. My daughter got the J&J back in May. My wife recently got her in for a series of 2 Moderna boosters (they just ignored that she had ever gotten the J&J). Myself I got the Pfizer booster so I have 3 Pfizer shots.
lowtechcyclist
@trollhattan:
I’m sure the Montana delegation could provide a supply, direct from their home state.
JoyceH
Why is Matt Damon doing commercials for crypto.com? I kinda doubt he needs the money.
Leto
@zhena gogolia: @VOR: most of Biden’s ambassador’s are just withering away in the “nominated but haven’t moved forward” column. List of United States Ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden. It’s another broken process that is the hallmark of the US Senate.
germy
zhena gogolia
@Kent: Does she by any chance share this information with her patients? Our doctor would not state any preference. Is this just to be shared among physicians?
Leto
@JoyceH: same reason other celebrities (Ashton Kutcher/Mika Kunis) have been jumping on the crypto bandwagon.
Winston
When I was 5 years old, my father brought home a young lamb. I was enthralled and volunteered to feed and take care of her. I named her Debbie. She was soft and cuddly. We snuggled and she danced when she saw me. She was my best friend at the time. Then one day she was gone. Mom and Dad said they didn’t know why, but they were lying. A few days later we had dinner with a kind of meat I had never seen before, and they finally admitted that we were eating Debbie. I threw up and ran to my bedroom and cried all night. I never trusted my parents after that. I never have gotten over it. I will not eat lamb chops to this day. If Debbie had been a pot bellied pig, I probably would feel the same way.,
eclare
@Winston: OMG that is horrific! I would never have gotten over it either.
Barbara
@Kent: I think the evidence is fairly mixed at this point. I read studies showing that Moderna is better, and then more recently, Pfizer was shown to be better at forming certain types of antibodies. Once I become eligible, which I am currently not, I will take whichever one is offered. I originally received Moderna. Only my son has Pfizer, because of his age.
Mike in Pasadena
Gosar and Chansley – two nuts from Arizona.
JoyceH
@Leto: I haven’t seen those. I personally find the Damon ad offensive. “Fortune favors the brave.” So – if you’re not buying vaporware money, that makes you a coward?
Sure Lurkalot
@Betty Cracker: You are so right. Rubio is such a freaking lightweight in word and deed.
As for the sugar daddy who finances him? Just another example of why billionaires and their money need to have some space put between. For the most part, they are either sociopaths in their pursuit of obscene wealth or become thus once they attain it.
burnspbesq
The Federal Department of Education has apparently started to shake off the malign influence of the former Secretary. Carroll ISD, the affluent suburban Dallas school district you’ve been hearing about, is under investigation for alleged racial and gender discrimination.
Yes, that’s the same Carroll ISD that once spent $65 million on a high school football stadium.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/17/carroll-isd-southlake-discrimination-investigation/
Leto
Gozer comparing himself to Alexander Hamilton. Checking the status of dueling in AZ…
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@JoyceH: I’m mostly willing to separate the actor from the activist– I think Susan Sarandon and Kelsey Grammar are talented and charismatic in most roles (though I’m not gonna watch Herself’s Empire rip-off she’s making with the Murdoch family)– but seeing Mr “If Obama had any balls…” shilling for crypto is pretty rich.
JWR
@Barbara:
I was listening to Pacifica Radio the morning the O.J verdict came in, and the lawyer they had on said the same thing: Quick = innocent, Long = who can tell? This is why I’m dreading a “Breaking News” alert that the jury has already reached a verdict.
Leto
@JoyceH: it’s FOMO (fear of missing out) advertising. Same thing they do in video games, as well as some types of right wing advertising. Unfortunately it’s too late for most people as you needed to be into this years ago. Still FOMO is a powerful motivator for separating fools from their money.
Betty
@trollhattan: People from those countries are a big voting bloc in South Florida. He is up for re-election against Val Demings.
eclare
@Leto: Dogs can also suffer from FOMO. One of mine once ripped through a screen door to get inside. I’m convinced she thought we were having a party and she was missing it.
germy
Here’s a thread on how Jackie Chan learned one of his greatest fighting skills from a cat:
Ruckus
@Gin & Tonic:
It wasn’t a fluke, it was designed that way. Of course it was at a time when the US population was around 5 million, and is now over 330 million. It is for all intents a different country, in a different time, that has needs different than it did over 200 yrs ago. The country had lived under a power that took value away for it’s own purposes, that restricted things because it could but that changed. We need to recognize that different time, different needs and adjust the government we have, using the same logic that was then but taking into account that it’s a different time, a different country/population, and that the power of one person was one of the major problems with the power that was prior and is once again. This is not supposed to be a country that is effected by the single person, it is supposed to be run by majority, logic, reason, not prejudice.
rodwell
I believe the irony is that if these MAGAs actually were wearing masks are required. The government would be having a more difficult time identifying them. As for the Q-Shamon, 41 months is a light sentence for breaking into the Senate chamber and sitting in the VP chair and pretending to be running the place. Hopefully, the people who sent the pawns into the Capital will be indicted shortly.
CaseyL
@Kent: Me, too. I had a choice when I went in for my booster: I’m Moderna all the way.
Hoodie
@Leto: Tom Selleck has the reverse mortgage business sewed up. Of course, there’s still room for growth in robot insurance. Crypto is for people who are smart enough to kind of understand how blockchain works, but too dumb to understand why it is not practical for anything but scams.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@no comment: I don’t think it matters. I was team Pfizer for the first course but got Moderna for the booster because that’s what was available nearest me. But the three course Pfizer is showing very good protection so you’ll be pretty well off either way.
JoyceH
Speaking of separating people from their money, what do you folk think of the proliferation of gambling apps? I can’t help but think that’s going to cause a lot of families financial hardship in the near future. Some people find gambling addictive and when it’s right there at your fingertips any time, day or night — well, it seems Not Good to me.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@JoyceH: I’ve been wondering that same thing! Like, dude, you have enough. Why sell yourself out like that?
Gravenstone
@Leto: Well, Hamilton being dead and all, we can only hope Gosar swiftly follows suit.
Tony Gerace
@dr. bloor: I, for one, would like to see AOC personally kick Gosar’s ass — in the real world, not in a goddamn cartoon.
Martin
@Gin & Tonic: Staples moved from a 20 year licensing deal to a perpetual one before the 20 years ran out. Better disclosure of your anticipated future cash flow than a 10K. Crypto must have paid Staples to leave the contract.
Chief Oshkosh
@Winston: That’s awful. I’m sorry that that happened that way.
Tony Gerace
@p.a.: Did the descendants of all those poor-white Confederate grunts who sacrificed life and limb for a slave-owning aristocracy who despised them almost as much as they despised the slaves learn anything from that experience? For the most part: nope.
Gravenstone
@germy: Brings to mind one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips. Calvin takes the opportunity to jump onto a blissfully sleeping Hobbes, only for the latter to suddenly awaken with claws and fangs bared. Final panel is a battered Calvin walking away while ruing “I keep forgetting that five of his six ends are pointy when he lies like that”.
The Dangerman
I’m old enough to remember when Kathy Griffin holding up a piece of art was the worst thing in the world. Probably a safe assumption the Secret Service at least called if not came knocking.
No idea what entity will come calling for Gosar. Capital Police, I guess.
Chris
@germy:
What the actual fucking fuck.
Let people have nice things, you pissants.
Chris
@germy:
I’ve only seen Michael Weatherly in NCIS, but I believe it. The guy struck me as a guy who manages to stay on just the right side of the charming/creepy divide… but only because someone else is writing him.
Ksmiami
@Gin & Tonic: jfc no more ambassador appointments through the senate. Enough
Chris
@Tony Gerace:
The Confederacy got more popular after it was defeated than it ever was when it was alive, so…
eclare
@The Dangerman: Secret Service did come knocking. Kathy was on a no-fly list for a while, which derailed the tour that she was on. She faced serious consequences, along with the real fear that she could face even more serious consequences.
Ksmiami
@JoyceH: seeing that ad reaffirmed my position that most of the Bitcoin craze is a speculative bubble…
Dorothy A. Winsor
@tam1MI: If there’s a hung jury and they retry him, does it go to the same judge?
Betty Cracker
@Winston: That’s terrible!
My sister and I had a somewhat similar experience with a calf at our dad’s ranchette who we named Ferdinand, except our dad didn’t lie about it. He’d say, “Eat your Ferdburgers,” and we’d burst into tears, which he found hilarious.
Betty Cracker
@eclare: Yep. She lost her New Year’s Eve gig with Anderson Cooper over that, I think. (Or maybe it was the live-mic slip-up when she responded to hecklers by saying, “Look, I’m working here. I don’t come to YOUR job and knock the dicks out of YOUR mouth, do I?”)
Jerzy Russian
@Betty Cracker:
To be fair to her, she probably does not do exactly that.
Matt McIrvin
@germy: All I know about Canajoharie is that it’s the title of an obscure They Might Be Giants song from a few years ago that seems to be a cross between a meditation on memory and nostalgia and “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
Betty Cracker
@germy: God, what an asshole!
eclare
@Betty Cracker: IIRC she lost the New Year’s Eve gig over the head with the blood. At the time it was reported that she was furious that Anderson did not stick up for her. I don’t know if she’s forgiven him or not.
Gin & Tonic
@lowtechcyclist: I love that somebody came up with that reference.
Gin & Tonic
@burnspbesq: Sure GameStop is kind of a joke, but my son made enough to pay off his student loans on that. At least he was smart enough to get out as soon as he had enough.
UncleEbeneezer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I was in the house band for the live tapings of Back To You (short-lived comedy series feat. Grammar, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard, Ty Burrell, Josh Gadd) when it was on. Grammar was very good and could do multiple different takes of the same lines/scenes and yet they would be funny every time*. It definitely made me appreciate his talent and versatility even playing within his typical character. Plus, he rightly complimented our trio the one time we interacted with him.
*Gadd and Burrell were also really good at that sort of thing (everyone on set assumed they would become comedy stars to some extent), where Heaton and Willard tended to keep their takes mostly the same (but usually still pretty damn funny).
Barbara
@JoyceH: I used to work a lottery machine, and as a result I have never played the lottery, except going in on group ticket purchased at work. Gambling is definitely addictive for some people, but what I don’t know is if the apps have enough appeal to entice people to keep at it for a long enough period to clean them out. Slot machines definitely do, for some people, as do casino games, usually with a heavy assist from free alcohol.
It’s funny. I play online word games and sometimes make it to the top of the leader board but I can’t figure out how it would be more interesting if I were playing for prizes or money.
DFH
@no comment:
IANAL nor a pharmacist, but my pharm muttered that mixing was not her idea of something good. Likely won’t kill you.
Got my Moderna booster a couple weeks ago, no probs. GF was sick for 48 hours.
lowtechcyclist
@Gin & Tonic:
Happy to oblige! Love that song. I won’t go into the details, but I heard it once back in the late 1970s, had no idea who it was, and didn’t hear it again and find out that it was Zappa (who was only a name to me back then) until I quoted the refrain to a friend in 1997, right before going on a trip to (of course) Montana.
James E Powell
@UncleEbeneezer:
Everybody’s life is more interesting than mine.
It’s such a drag finding out that people whose work you love are right-wingers.
marklar
@no comment: I spoke with my colleague who teaches immunology at my college.
He recommended Moderna for the booster, using a fork to illustrate the spike protein. He mentioned that Pfizer does a great job recognizing the tines, but that Moderna recognizes the entire utensil, making it a better choice for possible mutations of the virus.
Mike in NC
Neo-Nazi dentist Paul Gosar censured by US House. Should have been evicted.
Citizen Alan
@marklar: I really wish someone had told me that before I got my Pfizer booster.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@UncleEbeneezer: I never saw Fred Willard not be funny. He had a good long life and career, but I was sad when he died.
Betty Cracker
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: He was hilarious in “Best in Show.”
Kent
No idea. I think with patients it is mostly trying to get the dipshits to get their first shot. I doubt the volunteers her opinion but might give it if asked. But within her clinic (Kaiser Permanente) the doctors apparently mostly think Moderna is the gold standard in terms of effectiveness and lack of side effects. At least that is what she tells me.
trollhattan
@Betty Cracker: First encountered him in “Fernwood 2 Night” and later “America 2-Night” opposite Martin Mull, and knew we had a genius on our hands. It’s REALLY hard to play the deadpan sidekick and be continuously funny, which Fred mastered to its highest form.
“I can’t believe Fernwood has been spending money installing skateboard ramps all over downtown.”
“Jerry, those are for the handicapped.”
“Well that’s even worse, the handicapped don’t skateboard!”
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Uncle Cosmo
O/t, but it is an open thread –
I just kicked in $100 via Act Blue to Four Directions WI, can someone with the contribute-fu make sure that’s made known to any- & everyone who’s matching so that 4D-WI gets the most buck for the bang? Thanky kindly.
Brachiator
@JoyceH:
I imagine that some of these apps include a link to a gambling addiction hotline.
It is always a question of how far you go to protect people from themselves. No easy answers for this.
Uncle Cosmo
@Gravenstone: Well played, Rattus laboratorius!
Uncle Cosmo
@Gin & Tonic: Rights will revert to the previous owner. Better get those shitcoins up front!
sab
@germy: When I lived in Las Vegas NV twenty years ago there was a pig in the neighborhood that lived in her yard with two dogs. When the GSD walked by their house the dogs would bark and the pog would oink.
That was okay in Vegas. The general attitude was that a good reason for living in town was to avoid living under an HOA board of trustees with all their rules.
J R in WV
@no comment;
I would go for the Moderna if it was up to me. Because I think the data tells us that Moderna is a tiny smidge stronger than Pfizer, esp over time. But either will work harder than just the two shots.
J R in WV
@mrmoshpotato:
Actually, I prefer they provide him with a good solid vegan diet. Can of Kale over bowl of oatmeal. No butter, no maple syrup, salt is a necessary nutrient. No cream/margarine.pepper either~!~
UncleEbeneezer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: He was always very funny. Though he forgot his lines more than others and his takes were usually fairly similar. That said, he also spoke with us a couple times and was really nice.
UncleEbeneezer
@James E Powell: We also got compliments from NFL QB Donovan McNabb who just happened to wander into a gig we were playing in Marina Del Rey one night and loved our set.
J R in WV
@Barbara:
When Wife was in ICU I spent an afternoon in a waiting room with a family whose aunt was non-responsive. One young woman was an exec at the local “dog track” casino. She said they had to clean up after people gambling who should have stopped to go to the toilet, women who barfed in their purses, rather than stop playing their machines.
Many years ago three of us used to go to lunch at a local beer joint / pool hall that had great blue plate lunch specials. One day owner Bill asked us [ we were all IT software developers ] why we never played his poker machines. He also had black market games like pull tabs from a bucket. We were all hemming and hawing rather than just telling him we knew the odds were set in advance. I’m pretty sure he took offense even tho we tried to be kind. Those poker machines in bars were illegal, and a sucker’s game.
On another topic: I hope the Rittenhouse jury takes their time and convinces any hold outs to go for serious crimes for that little monster to do serious time, like 50+ years.
Lastly, just saw President Joe B burning rubber in a GMC Hummer electric truck!! Glad he gets to do that a little bit, in spite of the Secret Service. Being President should be fun for Uncle Joe B.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@no comment: I’m late to the thread but this Medcram summaries are good showing the research about mixing and matching boosters. and Which Booster is best. Dr Sehuelt is very good, I’ve learned a lot since someone here at BJ recommended his Medcram series back at the beginning of the pandemic.
I’ve had Moderna/Moderna and the 1/2 Moderna booster
burnspbesq
@Matt McIrvin:
Another upstate factory town whose factory (Beech-Nut baby food) moved away. Pretty, but if you look closely you can see the hollowing out.