February 18, 2022

How they spread lies "i dont know if Trudeau is illegit son of Castro or not but..."

Said today by Sebastian Gorka

Said over and over to his dopey audience.

"I dont know but check out photos on my website.."

Denial included in statement.

February 18, 2022

Nope trailer doesnt give away plot!! Jordon peele movie

February 18, 2022

2-16-22 wordle had too many options. fans fail even with 4 letters in correct space. spoiler

SHA_E

could have been "shape" or "share" or "shale" or "shame" or "shade" but correct answer was "Shake"





New York Times is blasted AGAIN for the 'worst Wordle ever' as fans fail to complete the puzzle even with four letters in the correct space because there were too many options for the missing one

Wordle made its transition to the New York Times website after being bought out
Players have been taking to social media to complain about change to game
Many have slammed the game for becoming too difficult and obscure
Today's word was a common one - but has been branded the 'worst' in history

One wrote: 'The worst kind of Wordle failure.'

Another commiserated, saying: 'That is the worst kind of word.'

One Wordle player with extremely strong feelings wrote that today's answer was the 'worst Wordle in the history of Wordles'.

Another was more philosophical, revealing their strategy of how to deal with these kinds of answers.

'When you have...more possibilities than you have goes... You need to change it around. You need to eliminate letters en masse. You have to fight the urge to be lucky. That's a real Wordle skill,' they wrote.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10523873/New-York-Times-BLASTED-Wordle-lovers-todays-answer-branded-worst-furious-players.html

February 18, 2022

Watch Ricky Gervais Fall In Love With His Foster Cat The Dodo

February 18, 2022

GOP is holding off on draconian abortion laws in contested states.. to test public reaction

Why Some Red States Aren’t Going for Broke on Abortion — Yet


One of this year’s unmistakable trends in anti-abortion legislation is the 15-week ban. Legislators in Arizona, Florida and West Virginia are now considering bills — which, as the name suggests, would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in violation of Roe. At first blush, it might seem these states are simply copying the Mississippi law that the Supreme Court seems likely to uphold this summer, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But why would they hold back now, rather than try to get more draconian legislation through their legislatures? Florida even considered a six-week ban in recent months but did not end up acting on it. What is going on?

The answer is that 15-week bans are a way for Republicans to test public reaction in states that are still somewhat politically contested. Arizona has two Democratic senators and went for Joe Biden in 2020. Elections in Florida have been decided by a handful of votes. Their Republican governors might worry that if they go too far, they might trigger a backlash that could threaten their hold on power. Among the political realities at play: Some battleground states have constitutions that have been interpreted to protect abortion, while in others a majority of people likely oppose criminalizing the procedure.

Fifteen-week bans are a trial balloon to see what voters will tolerate — and they may end up being a step toward more bans on abortion from the moment of fertilization. You can bet these lawmakers will be watching the public reaction to the Dobbs decision this summer. If the reaction is relatively muted — as it has been, in much of the country, to Texas’s six-week abortion ban, which has now been in effect for nearly six months — they likely will keep pushing more sweeping laws, until, perhaps, they reach an absolute ban. Conversely, if enough people revolt at the destruction of abortion rights, lawmakers in states like Florida may not feel as comfortable pushing further.

This raises the possibility that, at least for a time after Roe is decimated, there could be not two Americas when it comes to abortion, but three: one in which almost any abortion is a crime, one in which abortion is broadly available and one in which abortion is heavily restricted but not altogether unavailable.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opinion/abortion-florida-15-week-ban.html

February 17, 2022

Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP - fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.

Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP
The poll appears to validate party fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.


Newly released polling in Missouri bolsters an argument Senate Republican leadership has made for months: Former Gov. Eric Greitens could be an unusually weak red-state nominee.



Greitens, who resigned mid-term in 2018, has led the crowded Republican field in early polling for the state’s open Senate seat. But according to a recent survey done for a private third-party and obtained by POLITICO, Greitens would have just a slim lead over Democrat Lucas Kunce if the general election were held today.

The poll, which was conducted in January, found that in a head-to-head contest, Greitens would win just 42.2 percent to 38.3 percent for Kunce, with 19.5 percent undecided.

Greitens’ 4-point lead in the hypothetical matchup, just outside the poll’s margin of error, is a sign that the former governor’s baggage could turn off conservative and independent voters in a state that former President Donald Trump won by 16 percentage points in 2020.


Top Republicans have cautioned that if Greitens emerges as the Senate nominee, it could cost the party an otherwise safe Senate seat.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/16/missouri-senate-poll-alarms-gop-00009317

February 17, 2022

today's Google Doodle: creator of first vax against Chickenpox

https://www.google.com/doodles/dr-michiaki-takahashis-94th-birthday

February 17, 2022

Georgetown Professor to student: "Mr. Chinaman? Sorry to not catch your -- . remind me of your name"

https://twitter.com/choose_ur_term/status/1491961849109426178

A Georgetown University Law Center professor apologized after a video surfaced last week on Twitter showing him using a racial slur when calling on a student in class.

Franz Werro was asking for comments from students during his lecture on Feb. 10 when he said, “OK, so any other surprise, or, what about you, Mr. Chinaman? Sorry to not catch your — maybe you can remind me of your name.”

Warning: The tweet below contains video and audio of the racial slur.

The slur has roots in the 19th century and was largely used to dehumanize Chinese immigrant laborers and merchants.

A law school spokesperson shared with NBC News Werro’s direct apology that he sent to his class the day after the incident: “I apologize that I used an offensive term in class yesterday. The statement I made was just after the break in the class, during which I had enthusiastically noted the great diversity of languages spoken by members of the class. As a non-native English speaker myself, I did not appreciate that it was a derogatory term, as I now understand it is. I am very sorry I used it. I am committed to educating myself because I want all students to feel welcome in my classroom.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/georgetown-law-professor-apologizes-after-criticism-for-calling-a-student-a-racial-slur/ar-AATXt6i

February 17, 2022

4 Bed, 3 Bath, No Garage Door: The Unlikely Woes Holding Up Home Building

“It used to take us 20 weeks to build a house,” said Adrian Foley, president and CEO of the Brookfield Properties development group, which develops thousands of single-family homes annually in North America. “And now it takes us 20 weeks to get a set of garage doors.”

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In most parts of the country, a builder can’t pass final inspection for a home that is otherwise perfectly complete — but that is missing its garage door. That means builders don’t get paid and homebuyers can’t move in.

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Along the way, the garage door became, for many, the real front door. And so it can be surreal to see brand-new homes with their garages sealed in plywood, or to hear homebuilders talk of installing temporary ones. Welcome to your dream home! The real garage door will be coming later.

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Amid all this variety, a few problems have been acute lately. Many doors contain spray-foam insulation, which has been in short supply since the plants in Texas that manufacture its chemical components were disrupted in last year’s winter freeze. (If you make garage doors, you are also competing for polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride with window frames, vinyl siding, caulking — and the aerospace, cruise ship and automotive industries.)

Many other garage door components are made from steel, which has also been in short supply. And even companies that manufacture the finished doors domestically typically source parts from China that have been snarled in global shipping.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/4-Bed-3-Bath-No-Garage-Door-The-Unlikely-Woes-16924743.php

February 16, 2022

California biker thought he was approaching a cow, it was a bull (He's ok but banged up)

I have to say... he was biking directly at "the cow"

"The world famous Bianchi Rock Cobbler is a stupidly hard ride bordering on a race ... conceived by drunken madmen," explains the website for the ride. But while those "drunken madmen" designed a roughly 80-mile California off-road course with as much as 6,500 feet of elevation gain, they likely didn't expect bull attacks to be a feature. Except that's what happened during the Rock Cobbler race in Bakersfield Saturday. FOX26 reports three riders were attacked by the bull, and it speaks with one of them. Tony Inderbitzin says that as he approached the animal, he thought it was a cow—a fairly common sight in the area. Inderbitzin realized his mistake at the last moment.

"He turned, squared up, and I had maybe a second to brace myself or do anything," he says of the bull. Video shows what transpired. "As I was on my hands and knees trying to get back up, he circled around and came up with his head underneath my head and chest and flicked me up in the air."

He tells the station every part of his body, with the exception of his head and one arm, hurt. Rock Cobbler founder Sam Ames said in a statement that all three riders are safe, and two of them managed to finish the ride (Inderbitzin didn't). Cycling News reports Peter Stetina, who was the first to finish the course in a time of 4:49:13, declared it the "kookiest bike race I've ever done."



different view here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ53tMKAHjJ/

https://www.newser.com/story/316996/it-was-a-stupidly-hard-ride-that-was-before-the-bull.html