The Swamp

If you are the stronger, more prosperous, more connected country you need to turn the other cheek and take the harder road or subject your kids to your failures

Testing to see if I can link a Bluesky thread …

https://bsky.app/profile/hilzoy.bsky.so ... idkx7jwv22

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:17 pm Testing to see if I can link a Bluesky thread …

https://bsky.app/profile/hilzoy.bsky.so ... idkx7jwv22

Works for me. Unsure if it does if one doesn't have a Bsky account.

It opened the app for me on my phone.

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:56 pm It opened the app for me on my phone.

On my phone it opened the app and I had to sign in, and it took me to a George Takei post. On my computer it took me to a different post.

Well yeah. Feature. Not a bug.

cool, cool, reports of a carbomb having gone off on the Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls). All 4 local international crossings are now closed....

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/ni ... -incident/


...imagine you're just walking across on a long lunch break... (not to make light of it but a lot of people do go over either way for like an hour or 2...)

Fucking Canadians. Build the wall!

softest of LOLs ....

(am running the local turkey trot tomorrow which gets over 10k runners / is one of the area's biggest events of the year and someone planted *that* fear idea in my head 5 minutes ago so now i'm like....fffffuuuuuuccccck)

yeah sounds like it was likely some loonie on the US side driving 100mph towards the entrance of the bridge and hit the barrier.

I thought loonies came from the other side of the border.

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:32 pm yeah sounds like it was likely some loonie on the US side driving 100mph towards the entrance of the bridge and hit the barrier.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:27 pm I thought loonies came from the other side of the border.

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:32 pm yeah sounds like it was likely some loonie on the US side driving 100mph towards the entrance of the bridge and hit the barrier.

Lol

honestly for the past 2 hours it's been bugging me that i spelled it loonie not loony but upon further review i'll stand by it.

"...just a good ol' boy...."

https://twitter.com/cbp/status/17274508 ... cICXb_eKAw

LEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!!!!

Jesus Christ, that's hilarious (in a way).

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:02 pm LEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!!!!

Jesus Christ, that's hilarious (in a way).

Holy Shit!

The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Plurality, but still not good.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:00 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Plurality, but still not good.

Is it even Dutch if it isn’t 50%?

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:58 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:00 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Plurality, but still not good.

Is it even Dutch if it isn’t 50%?

Lol

gold medal.

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:58 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:00 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Plurality, but still not good.

Is it even Dutch if it isn’t 50%?

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:58 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:00 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Plurality, but still not good.

Is it even Dutch if it isn’t 50%?

A late contender for best line of the year.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:25 pm

And yet, they closed 3 or 4 other bridges and shut down airports. My first viewing of the video I knew it wasn't terrorism.

Wild that they over reacted like that.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 12:49 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:25 pm

And yet, they closed 3 or 4 other bridges and shut down airports. My first viewing of the video I knew it wasn't terrorism.

Wild that they over reacted like that.

That was some Dukes of Hazzard shit right there!

brian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.

Is this offset by Poland electing a total normie (no, but a glimmer of decent news in the long march toward populist authoritarians maybe)? https://apnews.com/article/poland-prime ... %20Justice.

Lots of dead people.

Jewish white people fight Islamic Brown people and you know who gets to pay with their lives. Fuck that shit.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/jordan ... tified.amp

Oct 7 to March 14. So about 150-160 days is the required time before jewish americans people speak up about the israeli government. 30,000+ is apparently the number of dead required.

Oh are we allowed to talk about that?

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:14 am Oct 7 to March 14. So about 150-160 days is the required time before jewish americans people speak up about the israeli government. 30,000+ is apparently the number of dead required.

Well, it was the length of time that it took Chuck Schumer to say anything. Plenty of other Jewish Americans have been speaking up against the Israeli government and the reprisals all along.

Fair. Im sure theres a diversity of thought. I havent heard it but shouldnt generalize. Perhaps buy a bigger bullhorn? There are PLENTY of Jewish people in this country with that type of reach. Yet Mr. Schumer is the first to come within my sphere. There are those on this board who are silent despite plenty of reasonable points on the israeli side. We talk about a lot of stuff here and learn a lot from each other. So one might say their silence is complicit. And it seems to be the modus operandi generally for pro israeli policy... dont talk about it... sweep it under the rug and bring up those that are antisemitic.

I’m with citgo.

There were immediate lawn signs in the aftermath of October 7th and then an early and steady ongoing reduction as this has gone on. Some have been modified to "We Stand With THE PEOPLE OF Israel" but most have just been pulled. Granted, this is a pretty far left town, but the concept of "you're either for Hamas or the Jewish people" or belief we have to fully support (and fund) the Netanyahu gov't was abandoned early. Its no different than being for the american people and against the american war machine and slowly and waaaaaaay too late, everyone else seems to be realizing this.

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:07 pm Fair. Im sure theres a diversity of thought. I havent heard it but shouldnt generalize. Perhaps buy a bigger bullhorn? There are PLENTY of Jewish people in this country with that type of reach. Yet Mr. Schumer is the first to come within my sphere. There are those on this board who are silent despite plenty of reasonable points on the israeli side. We talk about a lot of stuff here and learn a lot from each other. So one might say their silence is complicit. And it seems to be the modus operandi generally for pro israeli policy... dont talk about it... sweep it under the rug and bring up those that are antisemitic.

Didn’t a Jewish director just get raked over the coals for using his acceptance speech to call out the Israeli government?

Anyway, I don’t agree that silence is complicity when we’re talking about Americans who happen to be Jewish. That’s a scary road to go down. As far as I’m concerned American Jews have no greater obligation to speak out against the Gaza attacks than anyone else.

Just like Arabs or Palestinians didn’t have a special obligation to speak out against 10/7.

In general the sentiment is correct. But do you really think Palestinians dont need to confirm that they aren't for murder of random Israeli or Jewish teenagers? If they didn't I just might be an Israeli dad on elbows and knees seeking to take out 5 of your family.

You speak of some director but I have no idea who that is and that's the problem.

I wouldn't expect all Jewish Americans to explain or condemn or support the Israeli cause but if you are a thought leader you should discuss and contribute and explain even if only to distinguish between the Israeli Jewish relationship and other religion/governmental relationships much less the military goals and their validity and consequences

This is close enough to my siblings' property that I had to ask if they were there or not.

18-wheeler driver denied CDL day before crashing into Brenham DPS office

They're OK.

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:58 pm This is close enough to my siblings' property that I had to ask if they were there or not.

Crash of 18-wheeler into Texas Department of Public Safety office was likely ‘criminal act,’ sheriff says

Guy was apparently denied a CMV license yesterday. Pretty extreme overreaction. Driving a truck is mostly a pain in the ass.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:02 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:58 pm This is close enough to my siblings' property that I had to ask if they were there or not.

Crash of 18-wheeler into Texas Department of Public Safety office was likely ‘criminal act,’ sheriff says

Guy was apparently denied a CMV license yesterday. Pretty extreme overreaction. Driving a truck is mostly a pain in the ass.

Yeah, I updated the link with a more detailed story. Probably the wrong thread too given the motive.

I did get to make a good Garth Brooks joke in our family chat though.