BoloOfEarth Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 5 hours ago, unclevlad said: Perhaps this lawyer's heard how many of Trump's lawyers in the past have also been indicted.... And how few of them ever get paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 22 hours ago, unclevlad said: Perhaps this lawyer's heard how many of Trump's lawyers in the past have also been indicted.... Making Attorneys Get Attorneys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 3:34 PM, Cygnia said: The twitter handle is actually the best part of that pic.... Lord Liaden and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 So a question from someone new to the area about whether their electric bill was average or not...no, it wasn't...got me to doing some digging. Yes, last month was the hottest July...and therefore almost certainly hottest month...in history here. 6 degrees above average. Daily high temp records tied or set, 6 times. https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/las-cruces/month-july/monthly-average-temp Note that this broke the OLD record by 2.6 degrees...which is more than the deviation from average for most years. That's HOW MUCH worse the heat was this year. For August, we're currently almost 5 degrees above average, and 4 days with record highs tied/set already. That may change. The storm hitting Baja and SoCal is kicking up wind here right now; that tends to cool things a bit. And rain's likely for Wed/Thurs. Wednesday forecast high is actually BELOW 90...for the first time in 10 weeks. One doesn't expect many days below 90 in that stretch, but still...there's usually a thunderstorm day or two. Not this year. That said? By the weekend, the forecast high is back to upper 90s. <sigh> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 There are so many levels of what I don't know what to say about this, I'm going to just let it speak for itself. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 47 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: There are so many levels of what I don't know what to say about this, I'm going to just let it speak for itself. Have you ever not let these videos speak for themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 I have been known to preface and editorialize on occasion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: I have been known to preface and editorialize on occasion I literally can't think of a time when it wasn't just the link to Beau. But my memory isn't all that. I don't have much time for videos. Edited August 22, 2023 by Old Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Old Man said: I don't have much time for videos. I'll summarize: Gay Ukrainian Super Soldier Program. Is the current propaganda being broadcast on Russian TV. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 44 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: I'll summarize: Gay Ukrainian Super Soldier Program. Is the current propaganda being broadcast on Russian TV. Ah. Well, the Conservative Cinematic Universe is certainly upping their game this week. First the directed energy weapons, and now this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 23 minutes ago, Old Man said: Ah. Well, the Conservative Cinematic Universe is certainly upping their game this week. First the directed energy weapons, and now this. Says Maui Laser Man . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) Deleted because I don't think what I wanted to say would benefit anyone. Edited August 22, 2023 by Lord Liaden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 34 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Deleted because I don't think what I wanted to say would benefit anyone. My bad. I am unusually tired today and even more cranky than usual (if that's possible). I do appreciate your contributions to the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Well, the idea actually does have a history. I encountered it in one of Harry Turtledove's Videssos books (first series, about the Roman legiuon shifted over to the quasi-Byzantine fantasy world). The character there attributed it to a RL Greek author. (Plastp? Not sure, it's been decades and I'm not rummaging through books to look it up.) That a gay soldier would rather die than show cowardice before his lover, so they'd be the bravest. So the Russians might not be pulling this from nowhere. I doubt there is any social science to verify the claim. But given the official homophobia of Putin's regime, I suspect the very idea of gay soldiers on the front lines (whether entire units or not) makes their brains short out. How can NATO top this? Maybe units trained to fight in drag? Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Reported just now. The head of the Wagner military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is being listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed. Uh. Huh. You don't tug on Superman's cape................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 59 minutes ago, unclevlad said: Reported just now. The head of the Wagner military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is being listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed. Uh. Huh. You don't tug on Superman's cape................ Gee, doesn't seem suspicious at all! Nothing to see here, move along, move along... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 If you mean Putin, he's demonstrated that he's a long way from Superman. Then again, Prigozhin was no Lex Luthor, despite similar scalps. I strongly doubt we'll ever know what really went on between those two, at least not until they transition into history. Although I doubt Prigozhin will be more than a footnote. But I do hope I'm still around in twenty years to read Putin's historical evaluation. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: Reported just now. The head of the Wagner military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is being listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed. Uh. Huh. You don't tug on Superman's cape................ Planes are the new windows apparently.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/23/yevgeniy-prigozhin-plane-crash-ukraine-russia-live/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Planes are the new windows apparently.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/23/yevgeniy-prigozhin-plane-crash-ukraine-russia-live/ I am the soul of not surprise on this one. Does make me wonder what will happen with what's left of Wagner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) Mar-a-Lago witness ‘retracted false testimony’ to implicate Trump Edited August 23, 2023 by Lord Liaden unclevlad, Tom Cowan, Logan D. Hurricanes and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 23, 2023 Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Mar-a-Lago witness ‘retracted false testimony’ to implicate Trump Key point from the opening paragraph.... Quote after switching from an attorney paid for by a Trump political action committee to a lawyer from the federal defender’s office in Washington, Yeah, this is what happens when the attorney gives advice in his client's interest...rather than the interest of who's paying the tab.... Secondary: will the prior attorney be up on ethics charges, and even possible criminal charges for suborning perjury? It's definitely grounds for disbarment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 24, 2023 Report Share Posted August 24, 2023 Anybody watch the first Republican "debate?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 24, 2023 Report Share Posted August 24, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 24, 2023 Report Share Posted August 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Anybody watch the first Republican "debate?" Good god, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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