"Darnella Frazier, the woman whose cellphone video of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis prompted outrage across the world, was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Friday for 'courageously recording' the murder."
Good for her.
From the LA Times, "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Monday for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of masks in the House to the horrors of the Holocaust.
“'I’m truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the Holocaust,' the Georgia Republican told reporters outside the Capitol, saying she had visited Washington’s U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum earlier in the day. 'There’s no comparison and there never ever will be.'”
Give this wacko credit. She did not use the weasel apology term we here so often today--If I offended anyone, I'm sorry.
@The Old Man posted:I just realized my last post was deleted. How about that.
Only 6004 more to go..
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The calls for Justice Breyer to retire seem to be building. Will be interesting to follow what, or what does not, happen.
@chard posted:Only 6004 more to go..
That really hurts my feelings.
Putin, the master of the Russian art and invention of "whataboutism."
@The Old Man posted:Putin, the master of the Russian art and invention of "whataboutism."
Did he mention Hillary?
Was thinking that it's the completely random and offtopic thread, isn't it?
First read about the building collapse in Florida when I woke up and now it's updated with the horrific headline, "51 unaccounted for after partial collapse." As someone was quoted, "Buildings don't just collapse in the US."
Now 99 missing. And you can bet almost no one is going to be found alive at this point.
Seems better to mention this here rather than the Entertainment forum. Watching the Chauvin sentencing and listening to the victim statements. It's just tears your heart out.
Update: Chauvin's mother is doing him no good.
Surfside, it appears that an engineer told them in 2018 that they had cracks, water intrusion, poorly slopes pool deck, cracks appearing in support columns, etc. General feeling is that the work was not done. Class Actions already filed.
This condo collapse is going to have a major effect on the South Florida real estate market, me thinks. I bet there are a lot of engineering and construction firms fielding phone calls this morning from condo HOA's up and down the coast. Anyone who is living in a condo built from 1980 or earlier is probably feeling uneasy about now.
Can someone explain to me how that area has a mayor for the town and one mayor for the county. Is that common in FL?
@The Old Man posted:Can someone explain to me how that area has a mayor for the town and one mayor for the county. Is that common in FL?
In many counties and states in the US a county would have a Supervisor for the County. In some of our Counties they call them the Mayor. They are normally the head of the county board of supervisors.
In WA state they're called County Executives. Doesn't mean they're worth a damn.
Down here they are called County Commissioners and the County Judge which makes up the Commissioner's Court.
Bill Cosby will be out of jail soon. I hope he has a big "Just Released Party", with lots of drinks and guests.
Phylicia Rashad will be there with bells on her toes.
There are people that shouldn't be in the RIP thread. Donald Rumsfeld is one of them.
"As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know,"
@The Old Man posted:There are people that shouldn't be in the RIP thread. Donald Rumsfeld is one of them.
"As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know,"
Indeed he should...a better man for America than you have been. RIP Mr. Rumsfeld.
Allen Weisselberg surrenders today, let's see how loyal he really is.
It's being reported that before he was married, Bill Gates used to have nude pool parties with strippers and got drunk at them. I am shocked. Such behavior from a billionaire, it's unthinkable.
@Rothko posted:It's being reported that before he was married, Bill Gates used to have nude pool parties with strippers and got drunk at them. I am shocked. Such behavior from a billionaire, it's unthinkable.
I'm not a billionaire and I used to....wait...never mind. 
@Rothko posted:It's being reported that before he was married, Bill Gates used to have nude pool parties with strippers and got drunk at them. I am shocked. Such behavior from a billionaire, it's unthinkable.
The movie Weird Science comes to mind. 
@patespo1 posted:
You would get news from the Onion.
@patespo1 posted:
How right on can you be?
Death merchant:
Donald Rumsfeld Tore My Country Apart
"Whatever he believed he had accomplished in Iraq fell apart, and he never apologized nor appeared slightly remorseful over the agony his mistakes caused. The nation of Iraq was invisible to Mr. Rumsfeld, therefore it was unworthy of restoring. As my country shed rivers of blood, he showed no contrition."
Imagine what kind of person admires this man.
Right...it was Rumsfeld. Ok!
Interesting that several media outlets NOT on the conservative/alt end of the spectrum are reporting on drama within the VPOTUS’ office.......🤔
Looks like I may have to cancel my summer vacation trip to Haiti...
https://news.yahoo.com/michael...-half-184917241.html
1) He got off quite lightly, in my opinion.
2) see signature line below.
I keep telling my wife. It never ever occurs to me to get up in the morning and commit crime. I've never understood where people like this come from. Makes zero sense to me.
If you don't want to go to prison and cry in front of the judge when he sends you there then you might want to take a longer look in the mirror before you head out for the day.
The CPAC 7 point plan to reinstall Donald Trump as President. Sounds like a solid plan:
1. Reveal ACHILLES’ HEEL: Pull back the curtain on the horror show that is today's “Democrat Party", Watch Pelosi melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West. See the Black Caucus and other key groups flip, unexpectedly, and watch the tables turn.
2. Witness a trusted Conservative elected as Speaker of the House and, FINALLY, reveal suppressed results of existing investigations into election racketeering.
3. Correct the official record. Reveal that Trump legitimately won the 2020 Election.
4. The Speaker of the House drafts Articles of Impeachment for Biden-Harris.
5. Citizen Donald J. Trump is placed into the line of Presidential succession, behind the Vice President, by electing him Speaker of the House.
6. Speaker of the House Donald J. Trump then calls for a vote to impeach, charge, —— and remove impostors, Biden and Harris.
7. Duly impeach, charge and remove Biden and Harris, whereby rendering all acts of said impostors, while in office, null and void and of no effect! Then, duly elected Donald J. Trump resumes his rightful place as U.S. President.
@Rothko posted:The CPAC 7 point plan to reinstall Donald Trump as President. Sounds like a solid plan:
1. Reveal ACHILLES’ HEEL: Pull back the curtain on the horror show that is today's “Democrat Party", Watch Pelosi melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West. See the Black Caucus and other key groups flip, unexpectedly, and watch the tables turn.
2. Witness a trusted Conservative elected as Speaker of the House and, FINALLY, reveal suppressed results of existing investigations into election racketeering.
3. Correct the official record. Reveal that Trump legitimately won the 2020 Election.
4. The Speaker of the House drafts Articles of Impeachment for Biden-Harris.
5. Citizen Donald J. Trump is placed into the line of Presidential succession, behind the Vice President, by electing him Speaker of the House.
6. Speaker of the House Donald J. Trump then calls for a vote to impeach, charge, —— and remove impostors, Biden and Harris.
7. Duly impeach, charge and remove Biden and Harris, whereby rendering all acts of said impostors, while in office, null and void and of no effect! Then, duly elected Donald J. Trump resumes his rightful place as U.S. President.
Sounds good to me! Current admin is terrible
@The Old Man posted:Death merchant:
Donald Rumsfeld Tore My Country Apart
"Whatever he believed he had accomplished in Iraq fell apart, and he never apologized nor appeared slightly remorseful over the agony his mistakes caused. The nation of Iraq was invisible to Mr. Rumsfeld, therefore it was unworthy of restoring. As my country shed rivers of blood, he showed no contrition."
Imagine what kind of person admires this man.
A very sick, misguided and obtuse individual lacking of any humanity would support Rumsfeld.
@The Old Man posted:How right on can you be?
+1
@Rothko posted:The CPAC 7 point plan to reinstall Donald Trump as President. Sounds like a solid plan:
1. Reveal ACHILLES’ HEEL: Pull back the curtain on the horror show that is today's “Democrat Party", Watch Pelosi melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West. See the Black Caucus and other key groups flip, unexpectedly, and watch the tables turn.
2. Witness a trusted Conservative elected as Speaker of the House and, FINALLY, reveal suppressed results of existing investigations into election racketeering.
3. Correct the official record. Reveal that Trump legitimately won the 2020 Election.
4. The Speaker of the House drafts Articles of Impeachment for Biden-Harris.
5. Citizen Donald J. Trump is placed into the line of Presidential succession, behind the Vice President, by electing him Speaker of the House.
6. Speaker of the House Donald J. Trump then calls for a vote to impeach, charge, —— and remove impostors, Biden and Harris.
7. Duly impeach, charge and remove Biden and Harris, whereby rendering all acts of said impostors, while in office, null and void and of no effect! Then, duly elected Donald J. Trump resumes his rightful place as U.S. President.
The sad thing is, I can't tell if this is real or from The Onion.
@Rothko posted:The CPAC 7 point plan to reinstall Donald Trump as President. Sounds like a solid plan:
1. Reveal ACHILLES’ HEEL: Pull back the curtain on the horror show that is today's “Democrat Party", Watch Pelosi melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West. See the Black Caucus and other key groups flip, unexpectedly, and watch the tables turn.
2. Witness a trusted Conservative elected as Speaker of the House and, FINALLY, reveal suppressed results of existing investigations into election racketeering.
3. Correct the official record. Reveal that Trump legitimately won the 2020 Election.
4. The Speaker of the House drafts Articles of Impeachment for Biden-Harris.
5. Citizen Donald J. Trump is placed into the line of Presidential succession, behind the Vice President, by electing him Speaker of the House.
6. Speaker of the House Donald J. Trump then calls for a vote to impeach, charge, —— and remove impostors, Biden and Harris.
7. Duly impeach, charge and remove Biden and Harris, whereby rendering all acts of said impostors, while in office, null and void and of no effect! Then, duly elected Donald J. Trump resumes his rightful place as U.S. President.
If peddling conspiracy theories was an Olympic sport based on quantity and quality, the people behind the one above would win the gold!
Here is a 13 page elaboration on the list above. References go back to Mary Jo Kopechne and the assassination of MLK and those aren't even close to the craziest ones. And all supposedly to honour Rush Limbaugh!