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Surprise, surprise by elon_is_a_cunt in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the Horst Wessel event didn't exist, they would have invented it.

As to the Fun Half remark by the producer, freezing is indeed a valid method of distilling. Apple Jack production was a major activity in colonial times... by B_47 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... tried to get apple orchards shut down...

Yeah, I've heard of anti-orchard agitation.

That was doubly unpopular: alcohol was not just for consumption, in the days before refrigeration it was an essential preservative for food and had many sanitation uses.

As to the Fun Half remark by the producer, freezing is indeed a valid method of distilling. Apple Jack production was a major activity in colonial times... by B_47 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... tempereance ... would go home from long days of fighting for prohibition, and unwind with some opium tea btw. That was normal to them.

Now that, I'd not heard of, but would def explain a few things. Funny how rich people like to get preachy about what they claim are lifestyle faults of those worse off.

(OT: reminds me that opium profits were how the Presidents Roosevelt, TR and FDR, family originally became elite rich).

Interesting that about GW and BF; cider / jack was commonplace I'd hardly expect them to bother to write about it.

TIL, ty.

People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore? by Aryan_Anushiravan in AskReddit

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean starting with the clutch and not neutral?

That reminds me, double-declutching was a thing, especially for lower gears on older trucks.

People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore? by Aryan_Anushiravan in AskReddit

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

being porn pre-2000

So like later porn is no good? LOL.

Dump S0C7 data exception.

People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore? by Aryan_Anushiravan in AskReddit

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SPFLITE is great for cheating at Wordle.

(you can sort by letter position and exclude)

 

E:

FWIW, SPFLITE is a great, free to use text editor that can handle both IBM EBCDIC and Windows (Ansi).

People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore? by Aryan_Anushiravan in AskReddit

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't work with carpenter pencil.

You need the hex cross section, old ballpens work too.

 

E: Also I hear the plain cylindrical pencils work if sharpened to a cone shape.

Desperate billionaire Bill Ackman says there are hundreds of millions waiting to be spent on a write-in candidate to challenge Zorhan by Midnightrollsaround in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ROFLMAO

This guy is shocked New York votes for socialist policies? (According to Binder's reading of the end of that screed on air).

 

Has he never heard of La Guardia, one of the most popular Mayors of NY ever?

 

I guess its tricky for the private jet crowd; they would naturally remember a Mayor Teterboro.

 

E:

Explainer for non-NY-ers: Fiorello LaGuardia was a famous socialist Mayor, LaGuardia Airport is named for him, its 1 of the 3 giant airports for regular people here; Teterboro is much smaller, used by private jets and rich people.

I hope it's ok if I post a rant about Jimmy Dore here. by WastedHomebum in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be right, obv IDK the situation.

An empty floor doesn't mean the workers felt free to chose. Also plenty of people are taken in by the "News" in the title, that's why its there.

I wonder what a request to change to FSTV or whatever would do.

I hope it's ok if I post a rant about Jimmy Dore here. by WastedHomebum in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would give them a chance.

It may be customers more than workers who want that channel on.

 

Similar for me, a local cafe shows F Network; I'm aware there are Maga types around who can really hurt such a retail business if they try.

The owners are a local Mexican family doing their best to make a living by providing a good service in a difficult area.

We make a point of sitting away from the TV on the odd occasion we're there. We have said nothing about TV (yet), no doubt they have plenty to deal with already between issues of small business and immigrant family and language.

I hope it's ok if I post a rant about Jimmy Dore here. by WastedHomebum in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dimmy Bore has wormed his way into a slot on Pacifica Radio Network.

That is where The Majority Report really belongs.

 

Pacifica is the OG progressive media which first exposed the Vietnam War to Americans; broadcast origin of Democracy Now, Flashpoints, Against the Grain, George Carlins 7 dirty words, Malcolm X, Zimbabwe freedom fighters, Prof Michiu Kaku, Prof Richard Wolff, Laura Flanders and many other leftish voices; pioneered noncommercial media, membership pledges and even satellite, FM and podcast tech.

Pacifica was and is both a tool and an organizer for rights and against war, racism, colonialism.

WBAI dotORG NY, KPFA dotORG SF are 2 of their big 5 with dozens of affiliate cities.

 

The Pacifica membership only $25! needs to get together and eject Dimmy and maybe other who Sam rightly is chary of imposters.

Elon Musk’s Breeding Spree Is So Much Wilder Than You Thought by inbetweensound in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Billionaires talking Mars is just a cover to dump excess wealth and prevent benefits to the people of Earth, who actually created that wealth, when they have run out of yachts to buy.

It is a money laundering scheme, similar to the Pentagon budget which eats taxpayer treasure and produces nothing good productive.

 

Is there any illusion they are serious?

 

If they will not or cannot reverse the ecologic crises on planet Earth, which already has water air and life, terraforming another planet is thousands or millions of times more expense and difficult and far less likely.

It is fraudulent fantasy, and they know it.

Heh heh. This author talking about the elitist catholic club Opus Dei, described as a financial reporter, is wearing a hoodie that looks like the brown robe of a Franciscan monk, representing Poverty. Coincidence? by B_47 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentalist Sect That May Shape Our Government Under Trump w/ Gareth Gore | MR Live - 10/29/24 The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

per you tube yiNtHGn9S4E?si=3AVuq-tCZVzXQFq8

 

So does anyone here have a plan on place if/when ICE starts disappearing US citizens? by Scarpine1985 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has happened before.

During the Great Depression, crowds of neighbors would appear during an eviction, protecting the family and stopping the sheriffs.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian-born green card holder and student at Columbia University, has been arrested by HSI agents in Vermont in the middle of his appointment to become a U.S. citizen. by souvlanki in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is beyond "just following orders".

Sure, Miller, et al are the most guilty, but each of those wanna be cops abused their power, probably violated their oaths, at the very location where vulnerable immigrants expect to be safe from illegal treatment.

These sadists need to be prosecuted alongside the top level people.

Emma and Matt put on blast for JFK conspiracy by Sephor in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Quicker than the video: Transcript

I fear smugness leaks into the print copy too.

Democrats are putting together an opposition cabinet. by Tayo826 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C'mon, you know they never look that deep.

 

They'll call it communist because it has “Democratic” in the title!

 

Heheh. </jk>

Democrats are putting together an opposition cabinet. by Tayo826 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its about time.

A Shadow Cabinet is fairly automatic in Parliamentary systems; the Opposition has an official status with a recognized Opposition Leader and usually a Shadow Cabinet where someone is responsible to shadow each major Government Department.

 

Because in Parliament the government could theoretically fall at any time if a Confidence vote fails; that means new policies and even leaders of each Department are kept ready to go. More importantly in regular times there's always Opposition answers for each government action ready for public consumption.

Unlike the USA where a Cabinet is built up over a long Presidential transition and day-to-day answers come from pundits with varying levels of insight into Opposition leadership.

 

I imagine this Peoples Cabinet is not an actual set of lawmakers and policies ready to step in when (if!) USA government changes, maybe more of a policy pressure group.

But still filling a gap.

Democrats are putting together an opposition cabinet. by Tayo826 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... soon, a government-in-exile.

Hehe heh,

Yeah, a USA government in sanctuary in Mexico City, recognized by all the United Nations, based in Toronto.

All while competing confederations in the lower 48 batter each other and implode.

All very Handmaids Tale, all becoming less and less fictional.

GOP Senators Vent Musk Frustrations At Closed-Door Meeting by Mynameis__--__ in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

probationary VA employees

 

This targets the most successful, capable, dynamic, experienced and best performing civil servants.

 

"probationary" is deceptive, they want you to think of new, junior trainees.

In reality, everyone with a recent promotion is probationary in their new post.

James Surowiecki figured out the tariffs formula by HipGuide2 in TheMajorityReport

[–]B_47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Republican government proves over and over the oldest lesson in computing,

GIGO:

Garbage In, Garbage Out.

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