John Oliver:
“I’m not sure which stage of capitalism we’ve reached if we’re now kayaking out to a politician’s yacht to beg him to help the poor, but it’s got to be one of the last ones. I’m pretty sure it goes: ocean on fire; bookstore billionaire [Amazon’s Jeff Bezos] leaves the planet; then boat bitch says no, and it is basically over at that point.”
the entire well-deserved diatribe by john last night on manchinema
https://youtu.be/gdhOPY4QIhY
as for naming them the Beast of the dem apocalypse, these lines from rev 13:11-17 (NIV) seem applicable if not to them but also to the former guy and his disciples:
those two however still do not excuse the recalcitrant progs in the house who also seem to prefer burning the whole thing down (including their party and their own positions of power) if they don’t get their way.
Actually, that sounds like the two-shot vaccine. Ha!
“The oil has infiltrated the entirety of the (Talbert) Wetlands. There’s significant impacts to wildlife there,” she said. “These are wetlands that we’ve been working with the Army Corps of Engineers, with the Land Trust, with all the community wildlife partners to make sure to create this beautiful, natural habitat for decades. And now in just a day, it’s completely destroyed.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/03/us/california-oil-spill/index.html
Democrats look for way forward on infrastructure, reconciliation – The Washington Post
That area of California is a mess of pipelines and old wells, onshore and offshore. The pipes are often old and in bad shape, not only from the water but also the shifting land. The breaks happen all the time, but usually not in such a massive and ugly manner.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/when-oil-spills-strike-call-in-the-hair-force/
“Hair is great at soaking up grease. Each hair adsorbs three to nine times its weight in oil. Its porous structure is the reason birds and furry sea mammals such as otters are particularly affected by spills: the grease sticks to their feathers and fur.“
“Matter of Trust’s hair mats have been used in major oil spills,…”
“Human hair is becoming a major player in ocean cleanups as a free, highly effective resource that never runs out.“
Fork around and find out file:
Know what happens if one of those birds happens to decide to switch parties and become a republican?
Sturg – Nothing changes because they already act like Republicans.
The gavel changes.
EVERYTHING changes.
Da killa
BiD, i wouldn’t call “nothing changes” if mitch is once more in power. he will again eliminate the filibuster to serve a slim GOPer majority, there will be no scotus nominees confirmed no matter who dies or resigns, the rich will have their taxes cut and enviro regs will be weakened even more.
sturge is right about the gavel.
Old dude Jerry Lee cain’t hardly contain hisself. lol
yeah, much as it may be hard to swallow it’s imperative to play nice with the recalcitrant on both sides of the dems.
anyone for boycotting FB to save the world… or at least democracy as we know it?
Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.” Scott Pelley reports.
FB will only change those evil al-gore-rhythms if they see the current algorithms are hurting their pocketbook
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen | Facebook | The Guardian
No more than I visit Facebook they would never know I was gone. And I never click on any ad or link there. I’m the customer who would have kept Zuck from becoming successful.
They call D.C. “Hollywood for Ugly People” for a reason- it’s filled with attention whores
Not looking good for uptime by FB. Must have a serious problem, forgot to pay Anonymous?
BlueBronc… I haven’t been able to get into FB all day.
Pogo… I’m with you… I never click on an ad or link there. I basically use it to keep up with my sister, my relatives in Canada, a few friends that no longer live around here… and a few private groups I’m on (such as a chatroom for my craftsmen’s guild). I rarely post on my own timeline.
Wow… I just checked CNN’s website and here’s an answer…
FaceBook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html
“Facebook (FB), Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services.“
I’m just cynical enough to think FB took themselves down to make folks miss them.
It should be a very interesting night with a lot of FB addicts getting a chance to see their families.
Truck Fump. From WaPo:
Good for Joe and his administration.
Wikipedia protects content better than Facebook. Why? Because Wikipedia actually gives a damn.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/politics/progressives-biden-spending-package/index.html
POTUS Joe to”…a group of House progressives on Monday that the top line of the social safety net package needs to come down to somewhere between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion, …”
Reverse the tRUMPsky tax cuts.
If Repugz won’t raise the debt ceiling, the stock market suffers. Don’t cave to Repugz. It’s in their own self-interest to raise the debt ceiling. Weasels.
Not a good day. A friend of more than 40 years lost her husband of 30 years over the weekend due to Parkinson’s. How do you comfort a widow that you know is mourning the great love of her life that she first met as a teenager and finally married when the time and history came together.
possible that someone wanted a whole lot of somethings deleted or rewritten and paused/caused FB outage in order to see that happened.
too odd just before major public hearing to be a coincidence. ‘course it could be related to the pandora papers and not to the documents the whistleblower released. still very very odd timing.
Jamie – No fix, but to have a friend available to call on when needed will be a comfort to her at some point. I’m sorry for your loss, too.
patD – Agreed. I figured Suckerberg to be the kind to punch himself in the face(book) to look like a victim, but your scenario makes far more sense.
Turn off the lights so nobody can see what happened to the weapons.
NEW THREAD
Jamie –
Sorry to here that.
Take her a meal .
Hurricane Ida Could Cost Insurers as Much as $30 Billion, Swiss Re Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-05/swiss-re-says-ida-could-cost-insurers-as-much-as-30-billion
Kabul faces blackouts because the Taliban stopped paying foreign companies that generate most of Afghanistan’s electricity
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kabul-faces-blackouts-because-taliban-131417743.html