The most durable etymology is based on the idea that the ignoble English word goes back to Latin stuprum “disgrace, licentiousness, whoredom,” -et being a suffix. [etymonline.com on the old English word “strumpet”]
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The most durable etymology is based on the idea that the ignoble English word goes back to Latin stuprum “disgrace, licentiousness, whoredom,” -et being a suffix. [etymonline.com on the old English word “strumpet”]
Is the $TRUMP Meme Coin Dinner a SCAM? Checking the Official Invite & Crypto Price
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/05/us/may-crypto-ai-maga-inc-invitation.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-meme-coin-crypto-75063140a2223eb2698db7435dfaf5ac
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meanwhile
America’s president doesn’t know if he’s required to uphold the Constitution, he blames all bad economic results on his predecessor, he wants to reopen the country’s most famous prison, and “Star Wars” fans think he is one of the bad guys.
on another subject
John Oliver discusses the recent deportations by the Trump administration, the conditions in the facility people are being sent to abroad, and why even Henry Winkler could be in danger of being expelled from the U.S. Yeah, even national treasure Henry Winkler.
Nice play on words, Pat!
The corruption is just staggering, and weirdly normalized by its sheer brazenness.
craig, it’s certainly the norm for dodo. not sure others (even doing corruption at his bidding or in his name — see ex con m. cohen) can get away with it as easily.
ex: somewhere underneath this pile of dodo’s do-do is some kind of grift, just haven’t spotted it yet. one thing you can bet on is there’ll be fewer generals of color and no women in that rank; however, pete may have pulled the plug on himself with this one and the withdrawal of weapons to ukraine.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/firing-generals-to-pay-for-trump-s-parade-hegseth-ripped-over-new-slash-and-burn-plan/ar-AA1EdokT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=acb4d8e211944ace8e43f20da5fa2016&ei=26
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-scrambles-as-2-2m-hegseth-flub-catches-white-house-off-guard-report/ar-AA1EftIh
https://www.newsweek.com/student-loan-wage-garnishment-timeline-2068379
Student Loan Update: Wage Garnishment Timeline Revealed by Education Department
Federal law allows the Department of Education to garnish up to 15 percent of a worker’s paycheck without a court order if they go into default on federal student loans.
The department can issue garnishment orders to employers and contracts with private agencies to enforce collection.
When Will Wage Garnishment Happen?
The department said that from May 5, it would begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which withholds government payments—including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits—from people with past-due debts to the government.
*Since folks live paycheck-to-paycheck, a 15% garnishment will unhouse some of them.
Federal salaries? They gave buy outs/fired folks.
If they want to increase the birth rate, this will have a chilling effect.
What this is intended to do is serve as a warning to others; don’t pursue advanced education unless you want financial ruin.
If we taxed billionaires, if the wealthy that owed taxes would pay them (and fines for not paying them), we could have universal healthcare and free college. Ah, but then non-white, non-Christians could have those things, too. Women might also move up in the world. That’s always been the point, and poor, white folks mostly vote against themselves. Racism and xenophobia are the Republicans’ bread and butter. Misogyny is the orange marmalade.
And to think that otherwise rational people (including many democrats) strenuously objected to their being called “deplorables”.
How you like ‘em now?
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-airport-delays-air-traffic-control/
At one point, controllers were unable to see, hear or talk with pilots for around 90 seconds, the union said.
Duffy, however, said the outage lasted only 30 seconds.
*They should NEVER lose contact, Secretary MTV Road Rules.
About half a dozen requested trauma leave, allowing them to essentially be off the job for up to 45 days.
*Does Elon want to use Starlink, and/or whatever reason he demanded FAA employees sign NDAs, have anything to do with this? Is this just a test case?
But then the “including democrats” part also means the morons who screamed for the head of Al Franken over a joke photo involving NO ACTUAL CONTACT taken many years before on a USO tour to Iraq (oh yes, the lady in the photo was totally in on the joke).
Hearing?
No hearing, just take your shit and get out.
Gillibranded.
It was so stupid as to defy description.
The past is prologue.
you can mark the Franken resignation as the zenith of liberal arrogance
Might explain why, except for several stalwarts like Crockett, AOC, Pritzker, Walz, Bernie, etc the hardest fighters the democrats have are disaffected republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/americas/heidy-sanchez-cuba-mom-deported-us-daughter-intl-latam
Sánchez was deported from Florida to her native Cuba, even though both her daughter and husband are US citizens.
Sánchez crossed into the US from Mexico in 2019 when the first Trump administration required asylum seekers to wait on the other side of the border for immigration appointments as part of the “Remain in Mexico” program.
But Claudia said threats from cartels, which often target Cubans for kidnappings and extortion, prevented her from making her appointment. When she finally did cross the border again she told immigration agents her life was at risk in Mexico and she was allowed to stay. After nine months in immigration custody, she was released and able to join her family in Tampa.
There she studied to become a nursing assistant, met her husband, a naturalized US citizen also from Cuba, and after several in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, finally realized her dream of becoming a mom.
Sánchez’s attorney said they tried to stop her deportation by arguing that her removal would hurt her daughter, who she was breast feeding and has suffered seizures. But two days later, as Sánchez’s attorneys were requesting a hearing in the case, she was already in the air on a deportation flight to Havana.
*They deported a breastfeeding mother.
i don’t know, the Democrats who supported Biden in 2020 saying he was the best candidate to beat Trump were right, it just also happened to be that he was the worst person to secure our institutions
listen, it could just be the trans issue and we are trying to find complex answers for very simple questions
were the principles you didn’t even really understand or care about worth it? i fucking hope so liberals
Sarah McBride was on pod save America two weeks ago so before you argue with me, and I don’t really wanna argue, but I will, look up the episode and listen to it before you argue with me and use the powers of your brain and fingers to google something, I’m not gonna link it (that means any arguments with me on this topic better come an hour from now)
The fact that no one will even deign to discuss, nay, even broach this issue shows how rudderless liberal philosophy is, it’s all virtue signaling and no follow through
(all directed to “dear reader” ofc)
today’s meme…
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/texas-house-bill-crack-down-abortion-pill-sales/269-a9f52b13-a01b-48b8-ae03-2044c8bf7e8d
HB 5510 targets online abortion pill providers and tech companies that host abortion-related websites. The bill would hold manufacturers and distributors of abortion pills liable and include market-share liability.
“It has a less than 1% complication rate, which is not even what we see compared to pregnancy, where we have a 10% rate of complications from having high blood pressure and preeclampsia and clamps that can lead to death,” Warner said. “These pills are very safe.”
HB 5510 would allow citizens to sue organizations that manufacture and distribute abortion pills in Texas and even go after out-of-state websites or payment platforms.
It opens up civil liability for anyone who possesses, distributes or provides information on how to obtain abortions.
*So, even a social media post would be forbidden. No First Amendment in TX.
“Kicking it back to the states.”
I guess the numbskull (Biden) thought that his victory had wrested everything back into “old time politics” like it used to be—he didn’t recognize that there was a new game afoot when the stump didn’t go away. “Old time politics-wise” he done good
Protect our institutions? Ha. He didn’t do much of that.
The people who say they want to make America great again are liars though they didn’t revitalize American suburbs and cities. They took their fucking money outside of town and built exclusive gated communities with mansions cause that’s what they wanted. They didn’t want America Great they wanted a big house away from minorities.
I love etymology. Thanks, Pat.
Just wonderin’ on a rainy day in NOCO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huston_Smith
Dems need to stop campaigning by demographic. Most folks fall into one category; the 99%. It’s income inequality, stupid. A rising tide lifts all boats. Fair tax laws, healthcare, education, etc., benefits all demographics except the 1%. Dems need to learn how to effing pivot back to income inequality, no matter the distraction from Republicans or the media trying to play dr il’s advocate. The media actually seems to be advocating for the devil, with the exception of 60 Minutes.
Good meme today, Renee. One of my friends explained she’s demonstrating because she does not want to be on the wrong side of history.
“well it’s 1,2,3 what are we fighting for
don’t ask me, sincerely not sure”
wow the guitarist looks exactly like Bradley Cooper
Biden’s problem was he was a retired Senator, which means he hasn’t learned a thing in the last 30 years. In 2020 he had the advantage because as a senator he had at least done more than get a village post office named after a local notable, unlike the liberal darling Bernie Sanders. The Democrats would have been ahead if both Bernie and Biden had set 2020 out.
The simple fact is if you don’t tell people how great you are , you can walk on water and nobody will notice. Clinton knew this , he called it the “perpetual campaign”. The liberals sneered at the idea.
Jack
i understand the disdain for 2016 Berniecrats but in retrospect they were right and Bernie says all the right things now 🤷♂️
Demonstrating, It is the 60’s myth that it is effective.
Organizing accomplishes things. Big movements start at somebody’s kitchen table. They always have, they always will. You want to change the world start with your neighbors.
Jack
Been aware of Rep McBride for a good while now, but mostly in relations she has with the sisty uglers, mace, Boebert and Greene.
First time I’m able to hear her speak at any length.
Not really, They are just the Democrats maga. movement. We saw it right here, with the Trump love.
Jack
“democrat’s maga”
not really an accurate or fair comparison, Berniecrats didn’t espouse themselves to a platform of outright lies
*the author of this post was an HRC cheerleader tragically aware of the futility of doing so in that moment in 2016, was not a Berniecrat
Some guys just have the kind of voice which sells the shit out of records.
I remember days like that, coming in off the road and checking out the yard for a spell.
Haint been on the road for nigh unto 40 years now and I still remember every hotel, motel, beer joint, and tavern I ever played in.
And if you dabble in the right substances you can actually see those tambourine-elephants playing in the band and happy creatures etc.
So the only difference is the quality of the lies they tell themselves?
Bernie is a gadfly, you see them at every public meeting out there. He is the guy with the bad haircut telling the city council about the evils of fluoridation. The fact the you agree with him is irrelevant. Bernie is a college town mayor who managed to get elected Senator. As Senator he
has accomplished nothing. He is incompetent and the damage he has done to the liberal wing of the party is the envy of the right wing world. If they aren’t paying his travel expenses they should be.
Jack
never an example with your castigations of him, all that criticism sounds like shit you heard someone else say
“He is the guy with the bad haircut telling the city council about the evils of fluoridation.”
…he’s not and you just described RFK
when i said “he is your leader, whether you like it or not” it’s not because i wanted him to be. It’s because he’s the only one leading
in the meantime Pritzker and maybe a few others trying to start something
Anyone listening to Dumbass and the new Canadian PM? Dumbass is getting stupider by the day. If you were ever unclear on the concept of talking out of your ass, listen to SFB and it will be clear.
Adolf wants a huge increase in the military budget.
Adolf has put the US in a weakened state, with his tariffs and illegal actions.
Adolf is selling his crypto crap for access/favors.
Adolf’s only available ~favor~ may be for weapons.
Hmmmm?
prefer Willie’s versions always
meme #2…