JHB

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May 1, 2020

I need to collect these for my journal to archive them

The Door Buzzard Thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027423760

Moon bombing: https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x53129
and https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6728139 (529 posts. Wheee!)

The Corn Flakes (when frying chicken) thread: lost to DU v1, I think, but closest approximation at
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3499154
If anyone has a link to the original, please post it.

The Olive Garden Thread: again, apparently lost to DU v1, but thread explaining it around 2007: https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6957890

Young Children (in restaurants): A recurring topic with strong opinions. Typical example: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027568476

Nursing/breastfeeding (in public spaces): Another recurring topic with strong opinions. (No examples I'm going to post).

Pit Bulls: Smeared sweeties and just misunderstood? Or purpose-bred killers?!? Aother recurring topic with strong opinions. Typical example: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028908963

March 26, 2020

Govt increases New Zealand's coronavirus COVID-19 alert level

If only we had a president like this... oh, wait, we should. Thanks Vlad, and FOX, and Republicans

March 25, 2020

Sure, he wants "America" back in business by Easter

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1242252333607772162

David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold

NEW: What happened before @realdonaldtrump called for re-evaluating lockdowns? His company had to close 6 of its top 7 revenue-generating clubs and hotels.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/before-trump-called-for-reevaluating-lockdowns-they-shuttered-six-of-his-top-earning-clubs-and-resorts/2020/03/23/88780374-6d38-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html

David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold

I didn’t realize until today how corona closures have hit @realdonaldtrump ’s biggest revenue generators. Six out of the top seven. (And the one that’s open is doing pretty bad, too).

March 24, 2020

"Wartime president" is going to call the "All Clear"...

...before all of the waves of bombers have passed.

Result: a lot of people caught out in the open, and nobody trusting the "All Clear" again.

March 24, 2020

Quick question about RW argle-bargle point

It looks like they're trying to hold a halo above their heads by claiming the Democrats are attempting to pile a lot of Green New Deal stuff into a relief package.

Is it pure Base Buzzword Bingo, or are there some provisions where if you look at them sideways while squinting real hard and clapping your hands even harder that you could get enough GND to have a pebble of factoid in that mountain of BS?

March 20, 2020

'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/20/nature-is-taking-back-venice-wildlife-returns-to-tourist-free-city

Look down into the waters of the Venice canals today and there is a surprising sight – not just a clear view of the sandy bed, but shoals of tiny fish, scuttling crabs and multicoloured plant-life.

“The water is blue and clear,” said Gloria Beggiato, who owns the celebrated Metropole Hotel a few steps from St Mark’s square and has a view over the Venice lagoon. “It is calm like a pond, because there are no more waves caused by motorised boats transporting day-tripper tourists. And of course, the giant cruise ships have disappeared.”

Under Venice’s strict rules of self-confinement to prevent the spread of the coronavirus – all journeys but a trip to walk the dog or buy food are forbidden – the ancient city has been transformed almost overnight.
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The clarity of the water has improved dramatically. Swans and cormorants have returned to dive for fish they can now see. At the Piazzale Roma vaporetto stop, ducks have even made a nest. “Someone has put up a sign saying, ‘Don’t tread on the duck eggs,’’” Beggiato said. “All totally unimaginable a while ago.”

March 12, 2020

Trump equates sickness with weakness...

...and even acknowledging sickness under his presidency means he is weak.

That is the pathetically idiotic line of his so-called thinking.

It's really as simple as that.

March 2, 2020

Sorry, TOON posts suspended pending image hotlinking issue resolution

February 29, 2020

Edited: Image hotlinking temporarily down while DU admins make security patch

I'd been about to put up a TOON post when Preview showed something very different from what I expected. My original post asking if others were seeing the same issue is in the excerpt box below.

EarlG explains it in #5. I've edited this post to avoid more "yup, me too" posts since we have an answer.

Original post:

Anyone else seeing URLs instead of images today?

For example, below should be a Darrin Bell cartoon, but all I'm seeing at the time of this posting is a URL without the file type extension:

Just double-checking it's not just me.

February 21, 2020

"Antichrist" you say? As God as my witness, I'll never pass up a chance to repost this

From http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/blog/antichrist/

A little context: the cartoonist, Dave Willis, grew up in a strict conservative evangelical household, and Joyce, the little kid/older kid/young woman in this progression is something of an alter-ego of his about how that bubble bursts for some people, and of some of the hypocrisies that manifest in the people for whom it doesn't burst.

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