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Those are all interesting questions, and I think you're right to consider them. Also, remember that a lot of those folks on YouTube are basically whores for attention and only making fractions of a penny per view, so for most, it's probably not a super lucrative gig. One thing we do know, for sure, is that the Kremlin paid some influencers. Now, I'm not saying that Russia paid others, but we kind of have to assume that it's not out of the question. Nor is it unthinkable that other countries or organizations (PACs, rich fuckers...dark money in general) might have been doing the same thing, and, in general, we know conservatives have been targeting ALL of social media since the 2016 election, at least (Cambridge Analytica's Facebook stuff). I guess what I'm saying is that the seemingly organic turn toward the dark side by young influencers might not have so organic after all. Or, on the other hand, maybe they all went crazy during Covid. Tough to say.
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Ghislaine "Sgt. Schultz" Maxwell: "I know NOTH-ING"
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
The only experience I have with the court system is from my divorce several years ago, so I do appreciate your patient explanations. With that in mind, I think you'd appreciate the context provided by this analysis. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/trump-epstein-letter-birthday-courts.html For months, President Trump has maligned federal judges who rule against his agenda as politically motivated usurpers, referring to them as βU.S.A.-hating judgesβ and calling for their impeachment. At times, he has called into question the constitutional role of the courts as a check on the presidency. βHe who saves his Country does not violate any Law,β he posted to social media, while his administration claimed expansive powers to unilaterally deport migrants and defund federal programs. But in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, Mr. Trump has taken a different view. In this instance, according to a statement the president posted Thursday night, judges have an important role to play in deciding whether and when grand jury materials related to Mr. Epsteinβs indictment for sex trafficking can be released to the public. βI have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,β Mr. Trump said on social media on Thursday. The post came shortly after The Wall Street Journal reported on a 50th birthday greeting it said Mr. Trump sent Mr. Epstein in 2003, including a sexually suggestive drawing, an expression of friendship and a reference to secrets they shared. The New York Times has not verified the report. The idea that a judge should make the final decision about the release of grand jury testimony is normal criminal procedure. βIt is illegal to release this material,β Benjamin Wittes, the chief editor of Lawfare and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote in an article arguing against its release. βItβs not a choice the attorney general gets to make.β Evidence presented to the grand jury often includes sensitive information and unproven allegations. The proceedings are kept secret to help gather evidence from witnesses and protect targets of a criminal investigation who might not ultimately be charged. So under any previous presidential administration, Mr. Trumpβs assertion that judges should have the final word on the release of grand jury material would be unremarkable. But his White House has repeatedly sought to undermine both the constitutional role and the public prestige of the judiciary. The administrationβs most intense rhetoric has been directed at district-court judges β the same ones who oversee grand juries and criminal trials. The administration now appears ready to defer to them on how much Epstein-related grand jury material the public should see. In an emailed statement on Friday, a White House spokeswoman said that comparing Mr. Trumpβs stance on Epstein grand jury material with his βwell-warranted criticisms of out-of-control district-court judgesβ was a βfalse equivalence.β βThe New York Times is comparing apples to oranges to fuel their narrative of the day,β wrote Abigail Jackson, the spokeswoman. One legal scholar said it was reasonable to take a holistic view of Mr. Trumpβs approach to the courts. The presidentβs statement on Thursday about grand jury testimony amounted to βflip-flopping on the role of judgesβ when compared to his pattern of hostility toward the courts and judicial review, said Judith Resnik, a law professor at Yale. βIf you believe in the rule of law, you ought to believe that judges have an important role to play in articulating the parameters of lawful actions β not sometimes, but always,β she said. In other matters, the administration has made clear its view that individual district-court judges wield too much power. According to statements by Mr. Trump and his administration, the judges who have ruled against their agenda include a βfar-left activistβ and a βradical left lunatic.β Mr. Trump is not the first president to criticize unfavorable rulings, but the severity and tone of his statements about individual judges, as well as his calls for judges to be impeached, have prompted some to urge him to tamp down his language in the face of rising threats to judges. And a Justice Department whistle-blower has charged that in private, the administrationβs disdain for the judiciary goes even further, claiming that he heard one senior official say the government would need to consider ignoring its obligation to follow court orders. That official, Emil Bove III, was later nominated by Mr. Trump to an appellate judgeship. Mr. Bove told lawmakers that he had never advised colleagues to violate a court order; other Justice Department officials denied the allegations. -
explosion at L.A. Sheriff's facility. At least 3 cops dead
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
Yeah, I don't know the first thing about any of that stuff. I just brought up the only recent example I know of. -
We also have a thread in the CR that was started in 2019, which has grown to 89 pages, where folks on the very first page talk about not giving a shit whose "team" gets caught up in the Epstein scandal so long as guilty parties are punished. Your personal lack of give-a-shit there, too, is also noted. Your aggressively defensive indignation, including personal insults such as the one quoted above, didn't get going until one of those "teams" actually began actively blocking the public release of information. And then, you suddenly decide to come out and start attacking the "team" that wants the files to see daylight. I hope you can see how your claim to be on the "team" of justice and transparency rings oh-so-fucking-hollow.
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explosion at L.A. Sheriff's facility. At least 3 cops dead
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
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For the record, we have a 24-page thread about shaming pedophiles, yet I don't recall you ever posting in that one. Hell, this thread is 3 years old, and your first post here wasn't until Sunday. So, based on your lack of posting history about the topic, it seems that you didn't start giving a shit until very recently, for whatever reason.
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Are you claiming that your bad parking and these guys stopped the Roman Empire? That's bad ass.
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That one was on my mind. It's a charming little station, and *I think* the only one you can get when you're in town.
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explosion at L.A. Sheriff's facility. At least 3 cops dead
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
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It's a Sisyphean struggle, BV. Much like mine, with trying to get people to copy/paste plain text around these parts.
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If anybody still gives a shit about the Palestinians, or the future of Israel for that matter, take 15 minutes to read this. I'm putting up a gift link, so it can be read in full and you can follow any of the links in this essay. Personally, I've been hesitant to use the word 'genocide' in preference of 'ethnic cleansing' to describe what's going on in Gaza. Still, this guy who studies this shit makes a compelling case and lays out a good global argument for why we shouldn't shy away from using the proper nomenclature. @statsman, who would be wise to read it, thinks he's supporting Israel in denying what's happening. On the contrary, his pigheadedness, as well as that of many others, only imperils the nation in the long term. By Omer Bartov Dr. Bartov is a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. A month after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, I believed there was evidence that the Israeli military had committed war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity in its counterattack on Gaza. But contrary to the cries of Israelβs fiercest critics, the evidence did not seem to me to rise to the crime of genocide. By May 2024, the Israel Defense Forces had ordered about one million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah β the southernmost and last remaining relatively undamaged city of the Gaza Strip β to move to the beach area of the Mawasi, where there was little to no shelter. The army then proceeded to destroy much of Rafah, a feat mostly accomplished by August. At that point it appeared no longer possible to deny that the pattern of I.D.F. operations was consistent with the statements denoting genocidal intent made by Israeli leaders in the days after the Hamas attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised that the enemy would pay a βhuge priceβ for the attack and that the I.D.F. would turn parts of Gaza, where Hamas was operating, βinto rubble,β and he called on βthe residents of Gazaβ to βleave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere.β Mr. Netanyahu had urged his citizens to remember βwhat Amalek did to you,β a quote many interpreted as a reference to the demand in a biblical passage calling for the Israelites to βkill alike men and women, infants and sucklingsβ of their ancient enemy. Government and military officials said they were fighting βhuman animalsβ and, later, called for βtotal annihilation.β Nissim Vaturi, the deputy speaker of Parliament, said on X that Israelβs task must be βerasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.β Israelβs actions could be understood only as the implementation of the expressed intent to make the Gaza Strip uninhabitable for its Palestinian population. I believe the goal was β and remains today β to force the population to leave the Strip altogether or, considering that it has nowhere to go, to debilitate the enclave through bombings and severe deprivation of food, clean water, sanitation and medical aid to such an extent that it is impossible for Palestinians in Gaza to maintain or reconstitute their existence as a group. My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the I.D.F. as a soldier and officer and spent most of my career researching and writing on war crimes and the Holocaust, this was a painful conclusion to reach, and one that I resisted as long as I could. But I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one. This is not just my conclusion. A growing number of experts in genocide studies and international law have concluded that Israelβs actions in Gaza can only be defined as genocide. So has Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, and Amnesty International. South Africa has brought a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. The continued denial of this designation by states, international organizations and legal and scholarly experts will cause unmitigated damage not just to the people of Gaza and Israel but also to the system of international law established in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, designed to prevent such atrocities from happening ever again. It is a threat to the very foundations of the moral order on which we all depend. Continued: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.udoX.V-TuaxjE1gWW&smid=url-share
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Great example. It's this kind of shit that makes me think to myself, "Fuck'em." If either one of them is having an affair with someone outside of the workplace and it doesn't affect their judgment at work, I don't give a shit. But again, this is the CEO and the head of HR. As an employee or some B2B vendor/customer of that company, I'm exploring options for exiting that relationship if either of them sticks around.
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This is where I'm at on the scandale du jour. It's not just the guy having an affair, or even having an affair with some employee. She's the head of HR, and I'm always wary of those fuckers. Sure, HR is always in bed with leadership, but she's literally in bed with leadership. Fuck going to work for that company with that CEO and that HR lady.
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It's bizarre that certain people view physics and chemistry as "political." Sure, you might not agree with how public policy responds to basic scientific facts, and that's when things can get political, but you can't credibly deny that the climate is changing at this point.
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I live on the edge of the desert along a ridgeline about 35-40 feet above the nearest creek. This house ain't never gonna flood. Tornadoes/hail/wildfires are my personal concern.
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Question: Is FEMA going away with all these cuts? If so, who's going to be updating and redrawing maps?
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You're probably right, but federal funding varies quite a bit from station to station. The table below is from the same article I posted above. In Texas, NPR gets about 8% of its funding from the feds, and PBS gets about 20%. Many of the more rural/isolated states seem highly dependent on that funding. Of course, those areas also tend to be more Republican, so they may not miss having public TV/radio. At the same time, they likely don't have great access to commercial offerings either, which was kind of the point of having funding for public access. Still, you're correct about internet access -- though many rural/isolated areas have challenges there, too.
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Ghislaine "Sgt. Schultz" Maxwell: "I know NOTH-ING"
bolverk replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
Maybe. It was written more than 20 years ago, and we've already noted how much his speaking abilities have declined over the last 10 years. So maybe 20 years ago, he was a better wordsmith (certainly never eloquent), but I wouldn't know. He wasn't on my political/cultural radar until after he started with his racist birther conspiracy bullshit. -
I had the correct word ringing in my ear at the end, but I wasn't sure if it was actually a real word. One huge mistake I made was guessing words in the plural, which I don't think Wordle allows for.
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I'm afraid I might lose over-the-air access to NPR. I already can't get PBS. The signal's too weak here, and I don't do cable. I'm not in one of the affected orange ZIP codes, but Texas Public Radio, based in San Antonio, has a transmitter that serves my community. This morning, they're already asking for increased donations for a "resiliency fund" in response to the cuts, and I doubt many out here contribute or even know TPR exists. So, if they end up having to cut service, I'm sure we'll probably be on the chopping block (I do still listen to KUT quite a bit with the phone app). Regardless of my local access, cutting funding sounds like it could cause a cascading effect throughout the NPR network. Where Congressβs Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR President Trumpβs proposal to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasters threatens scores of radio and TV stations across the United States that air PBS and NPR programs. Early Friday, the House gave final approval to a measure that would eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the company that funds NPR, PBS and stations in major cities and far-flung towns like Unalakleet, Alaska, and Pendleton, Ore. The measure will now be sent to President Trump, who has pushed for the cuts, for his signature. The cuts are a time bomb for the public media system. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has disbursed funding for stations through September. After that, more than 100 combined TV and radio stations that serve millions of Americans in rural pockets of the country will be at risk of going dark, according to an analysis from Public Media Company, an advisory firm. But the troubles could run deeper than that, said Tim Isgitt, the organizationβs chief executive. The sudden and dramatic reduction in funding will result in a pool of fewer stations to buy programming and solicit donations, potentially creating a βdoom loopβ with dire consequences for the rest of the system. βFailing stations will create a cascade effect in this highly connected and interdependent system, impacting content producers and leading to the potential collapse of additional distressed stations in other areas of the country,β Mr. Isgitt said. An analysis by Public Media Company identified 78 public radio organizations and 37 TV organizations that were at risk of going dark as a result of the cuts. In some cases those organizations operate multiple stations, allowing them to reach even greater populations. The stations rely on grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal funding for at least 30 percent of their budgets, and some of them serve counties with limited access to local news. Republicans have been trying to defund public media for decades, arguing that news coverage on NPR has a liberal bias and that taxpayers should not be required to support coverage they disagree with. Those attempts have repeatedly failed, with lawmakers unwilling to choke off funding to local stations that serve their constituents. This week was different. In a Senate vote that mostly broke down along party lines, Republicans clawed back funding from public media organizations in their own states, with some exceptions. In some states with stations at risk of going dark, such as Mississippi, both senators voted to defund public media. But there was some Republican support in some of the most-affected states, such as Alaska, where Sen. Lisa Murkowski cast a βnoβ vote, and Maine, where Sen. Susan Collins also opposed the measure. In those states, the combined federal funding for the stations as a proportion of their total budgets is relatively high.
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The early 90s throwbacks with the non-beveled Double T will always be my personal favorite for home games, followed by the black/red/black. On the road, I like the black/white/black combo the most.
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I think a few posters should consider making an appointment with their doctors to get checked for whiplash from this sudden about-face.
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Hear, hear. WIRED has been doing some really excellent investigative journalism the last few months.
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