Weekend Stanky Jukebox and Open Thread
I thought we needed an open thread. But I wanted it to be *FUNKY*.
If you have something dope, this is where to drop it.
by Jaybird · November 5, 2011
I thought we needed an open thread. But I wanted it to be *FUNKY*.
If you have something dope, this is where to drop it.
Jaybird
Jaybird is Birdmojo on Xbox Live and Jaybirdmojo on Playstation's network. He's been playing consoles since the Atari 2600 and it was Zork that taught him how to touch-type. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird-at-gmail.com
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From CNN Business:
New York (CNN Business)Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.
Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in late February 2019.
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Comment →In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
The researcher, who asked to be referred to by their Twitter handle, @donk_enby, began with the goal of archiving every post from January 6, the day of the Capitol riot; what she called a bevy of “very incriminating” evidence. According to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, among others, Parler is one of a number of apps used by the insurrections to coordinate their breach of the Capitol, in a plan to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in power.
(Featured image is "A radio tracking device on a Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) at the Cotswold Falconry Centre" by Anguskirk and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →From Twitter Safety:
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
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Comment →From DFW's CBS:
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas has reversed a previous ruling of the Court that had dismissed all claims against the City of Dallas in the murder of Botham Jean.
The federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dallas is now allowed to proceed once an amended lawsuit is filed.
We discussed Amber Guyger getting indicted here.
We discussed her trial here.
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Did you say funky? I thought you said funnyReport
The past is another country.Report
Friends and I once tried to decide what was the most likable music around. The finalists were Dire Straits, George Clinton, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. To make a long story short, everal participating individuals felt Dire Straits could be boring and Stevie Ray Vaughn could be masturbatory, but you had to be insane to actively dislike George Clinton.Report
I’ve found that even when people don’t like George Clinton, they hedge and say something like “I don’t get it”.
I can’t see this happening with either Dire Straits or Stevie Ray Vaughn.Report
Dems outsource jobs..
I know it is not Friday but this was too good. Apparently, the only jobs that Dems are interested in protecting are union jobs and everyone else can get bent.
Democratic National Convention Outsources Charlotte Jobs to Beltway Union ShopReport
Scott, why did you post this here?Report
ward:
It is an open thread, right? I didn’t know of a better place. Plus, it is so ironic given our current economic mess.Report
Well perhaps here or here would have made more sense?Report
Scott, I don’t know if you ever saw this Daily Show story. But your link reminded me of this; I think you will really appreciate it if you haven’t seen it already:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/26/video-the-daily-show-humiliates-union-for-using-non-union-picketers/Report