Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.

Wow. The truth comes out!

"How Joe Biden Stole the Election" https://howbidenstoletheelection.com/

Dystopias are rarely distributed equally, and I really have no interest in the opinions of people who think it's fine because they've been spared so far.

…as states with the most stringent anti-abortion laws have the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.

It was never about life. It was always about control of women. This is yet another reason we need gauranteed universal healthcare outside the control of state law. Healthcare is a human right that must follow science and standard of care—not the whims of extremist and misogynistic politicians.
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Pet peeve: Posts that refer to a person as a “Medal of Honor winner.” No one wins the Medal of Honor. It is awarded to service members that display extraordinary valor in saving the lives of another service member at the risk, and often cost, of his or her own. I think any citation that is often awarded posthumously by design is a “Medal of Honor recipient,” not a “winner.”

"Nikki Haley’s slavery gaffe shows how scared she Is of MAGA Republicans. In the dumbest of unforced errors, the GOP primary challenger fumbled an easy question about the Civil War, then tried to blame it on a 'Democratic plant.'”

~ Matt Lewis

Donald Trump owns the Republican party lock, stock, and barrel, and his voters want nothing but him. Imagining that you can appease his base is a dumb calculation.

#NikkiHaley #slavery #Republicans #MAGA #Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haleys-slavery-gaffe-shows-how-scared-she-is-of-maga-republicans

1. Be Michael Flynn
2. Have Obama vehemently say do *not* make him National Security Adviser
3. Have Trump make him National Security Advisor

4. Betray the United States of America

5. Be prosecuted by Trump’s AG, Jeff Session
5a. Plead GUILTY
5b. Be pardoned
…6. Sue the US government for $50 million years later while calling for fascism to reign

All so that members of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame can see this and think…

We need to give this dude an award
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@futurebird The magic item I want is a portable door to a study where I can read for as long as I like and then return to the rest of my life with no time having passed.

How to tell the world you don’t know how comedy works

Our nation and its leaders must never be afraid to speak the truth about our past.

Funniest bit of the Haley fail is the idea that the questioner was a “Democratic plant,” now circulating among right wing pundits.

Yeah, he came prepared with a real gotcha question, something no Republican could be expected to answer honestly.

“What caused the Civil War?” It’s a head-scratcher.

Swiss company with a record of bribery and corruption buys proposed Minnesota copper-sulfide mining company. Crickets. Japanese company buys Minnesota iron mining company. Outage.

#Minnesota

@KimPerales The FBI needed major reforms after the 2020 election. It was obvious that it is compromised by traitors and insurrectionists. An FBI agent obstructed the stolen documents case for months. We don't know if the traitors were ever purged. This is a really scary time and I don't see DOJ acting with the urgency necessary. These threats against judges must be dealt with severely. Remember what they did to Reality Winner for leaking one document about Russia hacking voting machines? 🤬

With the news that one of the only papers legitimizing "excited delirium" has been withdrawn, here is a piece I wrote a few months back about it being junk science used to justify police killings. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/excited-delirium-junk-science-used-to-distract-from-police-killings/

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

Alaska may be your best bet, as U.S. ski resorts see rain, not snow

Climate change changing the norms of Christmas!
#AureFreePress #News #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis #climatechange #Christmas

https://apnews.com/article/white-christmas-snow-rain-ski-northeast-gunstock-83af1982d88386348d3ab98b3212119c

1 in 35 people currently have COVID in the U.S. (and rising)

(Source: @michael_hoerger)

Myers-Briggs? Oh you mean business school horoscopes

Seven swans to rule them all
Six geese to find them
Five gold rings to bring them all
And in the pear tree bind them