Progressives, part 3...

posted by gut

Yes, there are bigger problems in the world.  But we would all welcome larger restrooms in airplanes.

It might cost something like 2-4% of seating capacity.  Works for me.

Although I wonder what handicap people think.  If you can't access the existing set-up, my guess is the effort even if the bathrooms were accessible isn't worth it when there are other, errr, alternatives of varying degrees.

No one cares about bigger bathrooms, and certainly don’t want to pay for it. Definitely not something a Vice President should be working on. 

posted by iclfan2

Lol

The majority of domestic flights do not have accessible restrooms.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Our Administration will soon announce a solution to help end this inequity.

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 11, 2023

https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-ridiculed-nonsense-comments-transportation-roundtable-cant-serious

She has one gem after another ....

posted by justincredible

NIMBYs, man.

How about this guy? Overweight white guy in the jersey of a guy that doesn't even play for that team anymore verbally abusing a black guy in a MAGA hat, which eventually escalated into him hitting it off the guy's head. I couldn't tell what the guy that came in towards the end was saying so I'm not sure if he's an idiot or not. There's no chance I'm letting this guy rave unchecked like this if I'm in the store.

pic.twitter.com/E3UK27t71E

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) July 12, 2023

That black guy should have just roundhoused him and he would have been entirely justified in doing so. It's no different than tearing off his shirt or knocking glasses off of somebody's face. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

That black guy should have just roundhoused him and he would have been entirely justified in doing so. It's no different than tearing off his shirt or knocking glasses off of somebody's face. 

I definitely would have thrown a punch if he took my hat off and threw it on the ground, assault for assault.

posted by CenterBHSFan

That black guy should have just roundhoused him and he would have been entirely justified in doing so. It's no different than tearing off his shirt or knocking glasses off of somebody's face. 

TDS is very real.

Well, I guess Maybelline doesn't want BudLight to be lonely. I dunno.

*Edit to add*

I don't care about this. As far as I know this is much different than Dylan Mulvaney, because this guy (Ryan Vita) isn't pushing kids in front of him.

Everybody on the right is praising Sound of Freedom.

Everybody on the left is denigrating it.

Why the fuck?

posted by CenterBHSFan

Everybody on the right is praising Sound of Freedom.

Everybody on the left is denigrating it.

Why the fuck?

Downplaying human trafficking to own the cons!

posted by CenterBHSFan

Everybody on the right is praising Sound of Freedom.

Everybody on the left is denigrating it.

Why the fuck?

Watched it the other night. It didn’t have any of the “drinking children’s blood” QAnon conspiracy stuff that it is getting attached to.

It is based on a true story (the real Tim Ballard has come out and said it is rather close, it made him out to be more of a hero and brave than he was in real life and that his wife was the one that had to convince him to keep pushing on), it covers the real problem of child sex trafficking  

posted by jmog

Watched it the other night. It didn’t have any of the “drinking children’s blood” QAnon conspiracy stuff that it is getting attached to.

It is based on a true story (the real Tim Ballard has come out and said it is rather close, it made him out to be more of a hero and brave than he was in real life and that his wife was the one that had to convince him to keep pushing on), it covers the real problem of child sex trafficking  

I'm not a big movie-goer and most likely I'll never watch this movie so what you say is my very basic and general understanding of it. I just don't understand what is so grasping about it that is sending the right into exaltations and the left into seizures. For example, I never watched, but I understood, what it was about the movie "Cuties" that sent both sides into respective manias. 
So, if this new movie crossed a line somewhere, I'd be better able to understand the snafu. I just don't get it. Perhaps these politicos are just bored.

posted by CenterBHSFan

I just don't understand what is so grasping about it that is sending the right into exaltations and the left into seizures.

Good question.  My guess is the Left is condemning the movie because they don't want people to watch and start thinking the Right actually cares about women and children.

posted by CenterBHSFan

I'm not a big movie-goer and most likely I'll never watch this movie so what you say is my very basic and general understanding of it. I just don't understand what is so grasping about it that is sending the right into exaltations and the left into seizures. For example, I never watched, but I understood, what it was about the movie "Cuties" that sent both sides into respective manias. 
So, if this new movie crossed a line somewhere, I'd be better able to understand the snafu. I just don't get it. Perhaps these politicos are just bored.

I wouldn't be able to be any help on this. I only watch stuff to be entertained, so if it's a movie for me, it better be horror or crime/mafia stuff, with a bit of action like Bond also thrown into the mix. As for whatever this is, zero interest.

Nice try, Zuck

JUST IN - Zuckerberg's Twitter clone "Threads" has seen a 70% decline in daily active users since its July 7 peak — Forbes

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 21, 2023

posted by iclfan2

Nice try, Zuck

It's pretty crazy how tough it's been to de-throne Twitter.

I don't think any of the technology is that crazy or out-of-reach for a lot of companies, but building that customer base....I guess the differentiator is how many eyeballs your tweets are reaching, but you don't really think of Twitter having scale like an Amazon that serves as a barrier to entry.

Almost unpredictable.  You take 10 basically identical products/services, and somehow everyone flocks to one and then the others wilt and die.

Just in! Summers are hot

Hot enough for you?

Thank a MAGA Republican.

Or better yet, vote them out of office. https://t.co/0MFC6rPq6o

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 25, 2023

posted by iclfan2

Just in! Summers are hot

I think "Party of Science" is actually code for "Party of Gas Lighting".

I've noticed that actual empirical data isn't cooperating with the "existential" crises.  In fact, on the whole you'd have to say the warming thus far has been net positive.  But, again, empirical data isn't pointing to an uptick in heat waves, or any of the other "extreme" weather events they blame on fossil fuels.

Typically the media isn't citing actual empirical, observational data, but prediction from models (which have not demonstrated any power in prediction, and shouldn't be expected to because they aren't validated....and aren't validated because garbage can't clear that hurdle).

posted by CenterBHSFan

Everybody on the right is praising Sound of Freedom.

Everybody on the left is denigrating it.

Why the fuck?

They are sick, sick mofo's

posted by gut

I think "Party of Science" is actually code for "Party of Gas Lighting".

I've noticed that actual empirical data isn't cooperating with the "existential" crises.  In fact, on the whole you'd have to say the warming thus far has been net positive.  But, again, empirical data isn't pointing to an uptick in heat waves, or any of the other "extreme" weather events they blame on fossil fuels.

Typically the media isn't citing actual empirical, observational data, but prediction from models (which have not demonstrated any power in prediction, and shouldn't be expected to because they aren't validated....and aren't validated because garbage can't clear that hurdle).

Thoughts on 100 degree ocean temps?

posted by Automatik

Thoughts on 100 degree ocean temps?

Yeah, weather.  Climate change is long-term trends.   There's no empirical data suggesting it's making weather more extreme.  I've seen a bunch of weather and other factors cited for driving this spike in ocean temperatures.

You also have to remember we only have maybe 60 years of good temperature data.  When you look around the globe, there will be many daily record highs and lows.  But, in fact, the empirical data suggests most of the warming has occurred in the upper 2/3 of the northern hemisphere, primarily at night and winter (i.e. the rising average temperature has much more to do with higher lows than higher highs).

The “ocean” also isn’t 100 degrees. Some random buoy in brackish 5 foot waters was 100 degrees.