Jack, thanks. nothing like a bit of noodling to get the noggin going in the morning.
in case you missed last night’s SNL
Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) welcomes President-elect Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) to the White House before being interrupted by Matt Gaetz (Sarah Sherman) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Alec Baldwin).
weekend update
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Donald Trump nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Plan B sells rising after Trump winning the presidential election and Joe Biden welcoming Trump to the White House.
hard to laugh nowadays and find much humor either in the above or the following
after the purges DOTUS probably will replay Stalin’s game of historical negationism. according to wiki’s treatise on Historical negationism:
Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism, a broader term that extends to newly evidenced, fairly reasoned academic reinterpretations of history. In attempting to revise and influence the past, historical negationism acts as illegitimate historical revisionism by using techniques inadmissible in proper historical discourse, such as presenting known forged documents as genuine, inventing ingenious but implausible reasons for distrusting genuine documents, attributing conclusions to books and sources that report the opposite, manipulating statistical series to support the given point of view, and deliberately mistranslating traditional or modern texts.
[…]
Usually, the purpose of historical negation is to achieve a national, political aim, by transferring war guilt, demonizing an enemy, providing an illusion of victory, or preserving a friendship.
[…]
The principal functions of negationist history are the abilities to control ideological and political influence.
[continues with a lot of examples i.e. book burning, genocide etc as in the following]
The historical negationism of American Civil War revisionists and Neo-Confederates claims that the Confederate States (1861–1865) were the defenders rather than the instigators of the American Civil War, and that the Confederacy’s motivation for secession from the United States was the maintenance of the Southern states’ rights and limited government, rather than the preservation and expansion of chattel slavery.
[…]
Between 1846 and 1873, following the conquest of California by the United States, the region’s Indigenous Californian population plummeted from around 150,000 to around 30,000 due to disease, famine, forced removals, slavery, and massacres. Many historians refer to the massacres as the California genocide. Between 9,500 and 16,000 California Natives were killed by both government forces and white settlers in massacres during this period. Despite the well documented evidence of the widespread massacres and atrocities, the public school curriculum and history textbooks approved by the California Department of Education ignore the history of this genocide
so it’s happened before in this country and it can happen again
in re discussion in last thread Ali’s quote “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” came to mind for a mission statement.
here’s whamond’s latest
Attribution: Mass X exodus to Bluesky by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
ivy, yyour suggestion referring to X as Xitter is a perfect name for elon’s dumpster barrel and comments thereto could then be called “zits”
bowing to Ali’s quote, maybe a Bluesky butterfly comment could be considered a “float”
President Biden will need to pardon judges, jurors, plaintiffs against him, anyone who endorsed Biden and/or Harris, everyone on the J6 committee, late night talk show hosts, and Hunter.
Xi is pronounced “she” so Xitter is “shitter.”
The co-presidency of Pumpkin & Musk is getting me down and it’s not even sworn in yet.
and while he’s at it, Biden should pardon Gen. Milley — because that’s what this court martial threat is about, not about Afghanistan at all
Typing to Jack’s jazz tunes now, very soothing. Thanks.
Given that most of the advanced planning, troop numbers, and timetable for withdrawal had been approved by Trump, surely somebody will point out that a court martial involves a trial and a trial involves an airing of facts. Then again, maybe not.
This idea, like most of his early, appointments is guaranteed to cause chaos. Which is good for the political opposition but bad for the country.
Maybe, if it hasn’t been done before, it is time for some trusted group to start a fund to help the victims of Trumps vendettas with their legal bills..
Jack
Pat & BID, the new name for “Xitter” can be pronounced Quitter.
Latest Maureen:
I know the first lady role is antiquated. By scarcely doing the job last time, Melania proved just how dispensable it is. But, at this moment, with the capital poleaxed as Trump turns D.C. into a rage room, smashing all norms and protocols, I was feeling a twinge of nostalgia for first ladyhood. Would another historic tradition shatter?
Then I realized, happily, that someone else was eager to fill the role of President-elect Trump’s helpmeet, cheering him on and bucking him up, telling him his crowd was the biggest ever. Someone who seemed much more eager and excited to be by Trump’s side, to travel with him and bounce around onstage and look adoringly at him.
Elon. Or should we call him Elonia?
how to pronounce “x” in this chaotic time is turbulence itself. in order for my suggestion of “zits” to reference comments on X, I had to use the 1st x in Xerox pronunciation. all of yours work better: comments become “shits” or “quits.”
Pat, I like the Xero part.
Sadly, I read that more advertisers plan to sign back on to X to curry favor with the so-called new first lady (see Maureen.)
An essay by James Fallows about our current situation in this nation. It is from his news letter on substack. Like most of his writings it is well worth the time it takes to read it. Since it is a good essay it is impossible for me to just post bits and pieces of it.
Jack
The number of times I think about X a day = 0. Except the days you all obsess about it and mostly I try to scroll on past. X has become a troll and the way to deal with a troll is to ignore it.
For those of us who are spelling challenged, the edit button is a great blessing.
Jack
Mortonie
Your link wouldn’t let me sign in to listen to the whole album but I found this video from the album. Just wonderful blend of the old with the new, he is a genius. Thanks for sharing
Ok Mortonie has me on a Jon Batiste kick this morning. A great musician.
The whole playlist
Good one, Jack.
Next power grab: Impound funds.
Trump White House to challenge 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing which programs to fund.
Thanks to Mortonie for inspiring Jack. Yes Batiste is a genius. Was sorry to see him leave Colbert but he’s bigger than that.
Now that I am on Blue Sky, I only check with the xitter to see any friends who haven’t yet made the leap to friendlier skies. It takes less than a minute before I notice the x rated invitations from bots next to other trolls and advertisements. With almost all the interesting folks departure, it will be easy to ignore in the future.
Thank you Jack,
Between you and the wonderful additions with Jon Batiste, this is a particularly wonderful serendipity.
Just signed up for bluesky,
@whskyjack.bsky.social
we will see, I am mostly frustrated with most of my platforms from google to you tube to ordering on Amazon. At times, I know there is stuff out there but they just can’t seem to find it but show me garbage instead. I guess garbage pays the bills.
Jack
Jack. I am proud to say I’m your first follower on BlueSky!
jack, add my thanks to all the above. that ben fold one was hypnotic.
glad to know I’m not the only one not aboard the X train. only times I’ve posted something from it are those instances it’s showed up cited somewhere else. like our friend Flatus and a couple of others way back when, I was (and still am) leery of both facebook and twitter…. and try not to directly touch tiktok either using the same 10 ft pole away from any of the rt sputnik junk. these days being paranoid doesn’t seem so crazy now as it did then.
kudos though to the courageous adventurers on the trail here who are.
I found it easy to find and follow my X followers who are also on BlueSky. Here’s a guide..
For a social network Blue sky doesn’t seem too social. So far I haven’t figured out how to read any of the comments to their featured posts. Makes me wonder if this sight isn’t just a way to draw the bubble closer around you.
I probably won’t hang there much but then I don’t hang much anywhere but here.
Jack
“Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes onto [Trump Force One] is, like, just poison,” he said.
“You have a choice between –- you don’t have the choice, you’re either given KFC or Big Macs. That’s when you’re lucky, and then the rest of the stuff I consider kind of inedible.”
But on Saturday night he was pictured with a forced grin on his face, apparently about to tuck into a burger, fries and a Coca-Cola.”
I want to know what’s in all of the pill bottles in front of tRUMPsky in that photo.
Mike Johnson just wants a French fry.
whskyjack: I followed you and Craig at BlueSky.
This is a wonderful record from a while ago.
Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste.
Jack – it takes a bit to figure out how BlueSky works. Similar to twit, but different in how things are put together. It is like multiple threads, similar to Mastodon. There are several guides to BlueSky around.
CBS Sunday usually closes with a story by Steve Hartman (shortly before the Moment of Nature.) Today, they opened with him: the untouched rooms of children of gun violence.
“Vivek Ramaswamy, one of two people leading the incoming Trump administration’s plan to drastically reduce the scope of the federal government, named the Department of Defense, the Department of Education and “health care” as areas they will target.”
Make America stupid, sick and defenseless.
“Think about the Supreme Court’s environment over the last several years,” he said. “They’ve held that many of those regulations are unconstitutional at a large scale. Rescind those regulations, pull those regs back, and that gives us the industrial logic to then downsize the size of that administrative state. And the beauty of all of this is that can be achieved just through executive action, without Congress.”
Congress, ya fiyad.
BB,
Have yet to find a thread. Reddit works on threads, user created ones. A bit like usenet. Twitter worked by following people’s posts and a comment section. What little I’ve examined so far if there is something there it is buried deeper than I want to look. I think I’ve reached the age that if it is work I don’t want to do it. Also, I used to be more tolerant of bad design 20 years ago but it seems that instead of improving it is getting worse. Google for example, where bad design seems to be a feature not a bug.
Jack
I am no longer on Blue Sky, deactivated the account. Life is too short.
Jack
“Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it. Nobody,” Biden said in remarks from a rainforest preserve.”
“Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon, a quick stop that was meant as a capstone for his work on climate, made between two summits he is attending in South America.”
“He took an aerial tour of a region that has been through two years of drought, and looked at areas where trees had been illegally harvested. Then, he walked along a dirt path through the edge of the rainforest, meeting with indigenous leaders and Nobel laureate Dr. Carlos Nobre, who studies how climate change affects the Amazon.”
I love POTUS Joe!
I never needed Xitter. Or Instagram. Or Tik Tok. Or Pinterest. I can’t think of any others I don’t have. I finally caved on Facebook after resisting for years. Took me a while but I’ve mastered it to my satisfaction. Hope they don’t mess it up.
Here. (Thanks, Craig.) I enjoy it here though I haven’t mastered it. Don’t know how to post memes or pics. Just the You Tubes, thanks to Sturge and his thingy-lesson.
Amazing story on 60 Minutes about the ongoing efforts to identify 9/11 remains.
It’s awesome the respect and reverence the families receive.
“The embrace of the nation’s devotion.”
Ivy
for an image click on “choose file” then select the image you want to upload. I work on my computer so if it is an image I see on line I down load it onto my computer first. then upload it. watch out for large files, pictures taken with some cameras can be too big and will need to be resampled in photo shop or a similar software to make them smaller.
Thank you for the assistance, Jack. I see the “choose file” but my iPad seems it doesn’t want to cooperate. I may need to try a different device. Been meaning to drag out the Mac book Mr. Ivy bought for me. Wish me luck.
I think I’ve reached the age that if it is work I don’t want to do it.
Jack, thanks. nothing like a bit of noodling to get the noggin going in the morning.
in case you missed last night’s SNL
Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) welcomes President-elect Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) to the White House before being interrupted by Matt Gaetz (Sarah Sherman) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Alec Baldwin).
weekend update
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Donald Trump nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Plan B sells rising after Trump winning the presidential election and Joe Biden welcoming Trump to the White House.
hard to laugh nowadays and find much humor either in the above or the following
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial
DOJ and FBI officials reach out to lawyers as potential Trump revenge prosecutions loom
after the purges DOTUS probably will replay Stalin’s game of historical negationism. according to wiki’s treatise on Historical negationism:
so it’s happened before in this country and it can happen again
in re discussion in last thread Ali’s quote “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” came to mind for a mission statement.
here’s whamond’s latest
Attribution: Mass X exodus to Bluesky by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
ivy, yyour suggestion referring to X as Xitter is a perfect name for elon’s dumpster barrel and comments thereto could then be called “zits”
bowing to Ali’s quote, maybe a Bluesky butterfly comment could be considered a “float”
President Biden will need to pardon judges, jurors, plaintiffs against him, anyone who endorsed Biden and/or Harris, everyone on the J6 committee, late night talk show hosts, and Hunter.
Xi is pronounced “she” so Xitter is “shitter.”
The co-presidency of Pumpkin & Musk is getting me down and it’s not even sworn in yet.
and while he’s at it, Biden should pardon Gen. Milley — because that’s what this court martial threat is about, not about Afghanistan at all
Typing to Jack’s jazz tunes now, very soothing. Thanks.
Wonderful!
Beethoven Blues – Jon Batiste
https://streaming.prestomusic.com/album/9726731
Given that most of the advanced planning, troop numbers, and timetable for withdrawal had been approved by Trump, surely somebody will point out that a court martial involves a trial and a trial involves an airing of facts. Then again, maybe not.
This idea, like most of his early, appointments is guaranteed to cause chaos. Which is good for the political opposition but bad for the country.
Maybe, if it hasn’t been done before, it is time for some trusted group to start a fund to help the victims of Trumps vendettas with their legal bills..
Jack
Pat & BID, the new name for “Xitter” can be pronounced Quitter.
Latest Maureen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/opinion/trump-cabinet-musk.html?
BiD & Ivy
how to pronounce “x” in this chaotic time is turbulence itself. in order for my suggestion of “zits” to reference comments on X, I had to use the 1st x in Xerox pronunciation. all of yours work better: comments become “shits” or “quits.”
Pat, I like the Xero part.
Sadly, I read that more advertisers plan to sign back on to X to curry favor with the so-called new first lady (see Maureen.)
An essay by James Fallows about our current situation in this nation. It is from his news letter on substack. Like most of his writings it is well worth the time it takes to read it. Since it is a good essay it is impossible for me to just post bits and pieces of it.
Jack
The number of times I think about X a day = 0. Except the days you all obsess about it and mostly I try to scroll on past. X has become a troll and the way to deal with a troll is to ignore it.
For those of us who are spelling challenged, the edit button is a great blessing.
Jack
Mortonie
Your link wouldn’t let me sign in to listen to the whole album but I found this video from the album. Just wonderful blend of the old with the new, he is a genius. Thanks for sharing
Ok Mortonie has me on a Jon Batiste kick this morning. A great musician.
The whole playlist
Good one, Jack.
Next power grab: Impound funds.
Trump White House to challenge 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing which programs to fund.
Free link.. https://wapo.st/3ANCdPk
Thanks to Mortonie for inspiring Jack. Yes Batiste is a genius. Was sorry to see him leave Colbert but he’s bigger than that.
Now that I am on Blue Sky, I only check with the xitter to see any friends who haven’t yet made the leap to friendlier skies. It takes less than a minute before I notice the x rated invitations from bots next to other trolls and advertisements. With almost all the interesting folks departure, it will be easy to ignore in the future.
Thank you Jack,
Between you and the wonderful additions with Jon Batiste, this is a particularly wonderful serendipity.
Just signed up for bluesky,
@whskyjack.bsky.social
we will see, I am mostly frustrated with most of my platforms from google to you tube to ordering on Amazon. At times, I know there is stuff out there but they just can’t seem to find it but show me garbage instead. I guess garbage pays the bills.
Jack
Jack. I am proud to say I’m your first follower on BlueSky!
jack, add my thanks to all the above. that ben fold one was hypnotic.
glad to know I’m not the only one not aboard the X train. only times I’ve posted something from it are those instances it’s showed up cited somewhere else. like our friend Flatus and a couple of others way back when, I was (and still am) leery of both facebook and twitter…. and try not to directly touch tiktok either using the same 10 ft pole away from any of the rt sputnik junk. these days being paranoid doesn’t seem so crazy now as it did then.
kudos though to the courageous adventurers on the trail here who are.
I found it easy to find and follow my X followers who are also on BlueSky. Here’s a guide..
https://www.wikihow.com/Import-Twitter-to-Bluesky
DO THIS SOON — X quickly shuts these down and for now SkyFollower Bridge is working
Craig – Was that 1974 bump put in after Nixon was gone?
Never gonna have to vote, again, folks. It’s a dictatorship.
Yes, BiD, that was done in the aftermath of Nixon “impounding” appropriated funds
okay!!! hold on to your seats. things are about to get really really dicey.
Biden OKs Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia | AP News
For a social network Blue sky doesn’t seem too social. So far I haven’t figured out how to read any of the comments to their featured posts. Makes me wonder if this sight isn’t just a way to draw the bubble closer around you.
I probably won’t hang there much but then I don’t hang much anywhere but here.
Jack
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/17/trump-rfk-jr-mcdonalds-poison-plane-kfc/
“He [RFKJ] had referred to the food on Mr Trump’s private jet, Trump Force One, as “poison” just days beforehe was tapped to become America’s next health secretary.
“Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes onto [Trump Force One] is, like, just poison,” he said.
“You have a choice between –- you don’t have the choice, you’re either given KFC or Big Macs. That’s when you’re lucky, and then the rest of the stuff I consider kind of inedible.”
But on Saturday night he was pictured with a forced grin on his face, apparently about to tuck into a burger, fries and a Coca-Cola.”
I want to know what’s in all of the pill bottles in front of tRUMPsky in that photo.
Mike Johnson just wants a French fry.
whskyjack: I followed you and Craig at BlueSky.
This is a wonderful record from a while ago.
Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste.
Jack – it takes a bit to figure out how BlueSky works. Similar to twit, but different in how things are put together. It is like multiple threads, similar to Mastodon. There are several guides to BlueSky around.
CBS Sunday usually closes with a story by Steve Hartman (shortly before the Moment of Nature.) Today, they opened with him: the untouched rooms of children of gun violence.
https://www.cbsnews.com/rooms/
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-transition-news-11-17-24/index.html
“Vivek Ramaswamy, one of two people leading the incoming Trump administration’s plan to drastically reduce the scope of the federal government, named the Department of Defense, the Department of Education and “health care” as areas they will target.”
Make America stupid, sick and defenseless.
“Think about the Supreme Court’s environment over the last several years,” he said. “They’ve held that many of those regulations are unconstitutional at a large scale. Rescind those regulations, pull those regs back, and that gives us the industrial logic to then downsize the size of that administrative state. And the beauty of all of this is that can be achieved just through executive action, without Congress.”
Congress, ya fiyad.
BB,
Have yet to find a thread. Reddit works on threads, user created ones. A bit like usenet. Twitter worked by following people’s posts and a comment section. What little I’ve examined so far if there is something there it is buried deeper than I want to look. I think I’ve reached the age that if it is work I don’t want to do it. Also, I used to be more tolerant of bad design 20 years ago but it seems that instead of improving it is getting worse. Google for example, where bad design seems to be a feature not a bug.
Jack
I am no longer on Blue Sky, deactivated the account. Life is too short.
Jack
We’re glad you’re here, Jack.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5191837/biden-amazon-rainforest-climate-trump
“Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting ‘nobody’ can reverse it”
“Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it. Nobody,” Biden said in remarks from a rainforest preserve.”
“Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon, a quick stop that was meant as a capstone for his work on climate, made between two summits he is attending in South America.”
“He took an aerial tour of a region that has been through two years of drought, and looked at areas where trees had been illegally harvested. Then, he walked along a dirt path through the edge of the rainforest, meeting with indigenous leaders and Nobel laureate Dr. Carlos Nobre, who studies how climate change affects the Amazon.”
I love POTUS Joe!
I never needed Xitter. Or Instagram. Or Tik Tok. Or Pinterest. I can’t think of any others I don’t have. I finally caved on Facebook after resisting for years. Took me a while but I’ve mastered it to my satisfaction. Hope they don’t mess it up.
Here. (Thanks, Craig.) I enjoy it here though I haven’t mastered it. Don’t know how to post memes or pics. Just the You Tubes, thanks to Sturge and his thingy-lesson.
We got the force…
https://bsky.app/profile/markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Ivy, just click the Browse button above comment box and choose an image on your device
Thanks, Craig.
New York Times: How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
free link…
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/technology/bluesky-growing-pains.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a04.eTdO.7EhZF-RRjfO4&smid=em-share
Amazing story on 60 Minutes about the ongoing efforts to identify 9/11 remains.
It’s awesome the respect and reverence the families receive.
“The embrace of the nation’s devotion.”
Ivy
for an image click on “choose file” then select the image you want to upload. I work on my computer so if it is an image I see on line I down load it onto my computer first. then upload it. watch out for large files, pictures taken with some cameras can be too big and will need to be resampled in photo shop or a similar software to make them smaller.
Thank you for the assistance, Jack. I see the “choose file” but my iPad seems it doesn’t want to cooperate. I may need to try a different device. Been meaning to drag out the Mac book Mr. Ivy bought for me. Wish me luck.
NEW THREAD by our earless leader Craig