Stinson_108

@Stinson_108@mastodon.social

Formerly taught flying at Linden Municipal Airport and Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
Isaac Asimov

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MarvinTheMartian, to Russia
@MarvinTheMartian@mstdn.social avatar

American Soldier Taken Prisoner by the Russians
by
22:00

Putin was re-inaugurated today to another six year term.

Russia is conducting nuclear exercises to try to intimidate the West.

A US Army soldier, Sgt. , traveled to Russia to visit a woman and was arrested by the Russian government.

🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Jake Broe is a US Air Force veteran covering 's war in several times a week since February 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4T7pmcWo8



Stinson_108,

@MarvinTheMartian

's podcast was not so inflammatory. My take is that Broe is simply another journalist to trade when the time comes... Sucks for Broe.

jensorensen, to ukteachers
@jensorensen@mastodon.social avatar

A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.

#libraries #education #books #librarians #theocracy

Stinson_108,

@jensorensen
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the American Library Association?

tcely, to baltimore
@tcely@fosstodon.org avatar

Voters out in the "fly over" states who want to buy trucks and tractors that they depend on to do their jobs should be hounding their Congressional Representatives to support opening the port of Baltimore.

Anyone who buys anything from Europe, should also realize that closing the largest port on the east coast of the nation is not going to help their family budget.

Maryland workers support your life!

#Baltimore #Maryland
#Shipping #Farming #Ranching #Autos #Budget
#USAPolitics #USPol

Stinson_108,

@tcely

#Baltimore is the largest port on the east coast? Cite your sources, please.

GustavinoBevilacqua, to baltimore
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org avatar

#Baltimore #Bridge

«Demolition Work Begins On The Francis Scott Key Bridge»

Please, someone here knows if the bridge was riveted or bolted? From the photos I found it's hard to say.

https://gcaptain.com/demolition-work-begins-francis-scott-key-bridge/

Stinson_108,

@GustavinoBevilacqua
I think that you will discover that the Francis Scott Key Bridge in #Baltimore is primarily welded. Where major members are joined, bolts are used to simplify the original erection.

Nonilex, to TikTok
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Fmr #Trump treas sec #Mnuchin is telling investors he has a plan to buy #TikTok
Mnuchin told potential backers he aims to maneuver around its price of >$100B & #China’s ban of the export of recommendation #algorithms.
He indicated he could overcome those hurdles by offering to buy the #app w/o the export-blocked #code, essentially forcing his consortium to remake a service built on billions of lines of code.

#tech #SocialMedia #business #policy #regulation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/30/tiktok-mnuchin-sale-algorithm/

Stinson_108,

@Nonilex

It would be a return to the British system of the 18th century, where money and power is concentrated in a few, the landed gentry, who freed from inheritance tax, would be a permanent ruling class.

Update for the 21st century: Mnuchin and Zuckerberg control social media. Bezos and the Waltons control retail. The rest of us work and rent everything.

Nonilex, to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Scarborough & Brzezinski re ’s hire of fmr chair as a paid contributor.
“We weren’t asked…but, if we were, we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons,” Scarborough said.
“We hope will reconsider its decision…she will not be a guest on ‘MorningJoe’….” Brzezinski added.
They then played a reel of McDaniel’s many comments questioning the 2020election.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/03/25/inside-nbcs-mcdaniel-meltdown-00148769

Stinson_108,

@Nonilex

I'm no fan of Ronna #McDaniel, but argue that of the three qualifications to be on NBC or MSNBC's air--resume, insight, and liberal outlook--she deserved a couple of weeks to show that she could deliver insight to the MAGA brain.

You don't have to agree with someone to learn from them. It was clear from McDaniel's performance on Sunday that she is unrepentant. Nevertheless, we all could have learned from her had she shared some insight. 1/2

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

#WompWomp

#Trump may be about to get $3 billion richer. But that likely won’t solve his cash crunch

Trump won’t be able to monetize that stake right away,” said Matthew Kennedy, senior initial public offering market strategist at Renaissance Capital…Not only that, but Truth Social appears to be shrinking.” #shrinkage

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/business/trump-truth-social-dwac-shares?cid=ios_app

Stinson_108,

@ottaross @GottaLaff

Short selling is the world's most dangerous game. Going short when you know the company is about to declare bankruptcy is a great play.

Going short because the business model is flawed or the company has never made money or you think other shareholders are idiots is a bad play.

#DJT may be the stock of the year, like Game Stop.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via @Brandi_Buchman:

Aligning himself once again with Donald #Trump, the imprisoned Proud Boys leader Henry Tarrio wants to join Trump’s fight to halt #Jan6 civil lawsuits

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/imprisoned-proud-boys-leader-wants-to-join-trumps-immunity-fight-to-halt-jan-6-lawsuits/

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff @Brandi_Buchman
#Tarrio ought to read history and learn what happened to Ernst Rohm.

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
@Miro_Collas@masto.ai avatar

Former Trump official calls Gaza’s waterfront property ‘very valuable’ | Al Jazeera Newsfeed - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWPKSoB-nU

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Kushner
@palestine

Stinson_108,

@Miro_Collas @palestine

What a scumbag! #Kushner looks at #Gaza as a potential development site.
There's a pattern here:

He's looking at a site in Belgrade destroyed by 1999 bombings

gift: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/us/politics/jared-kushner-pursuing-development-deals-in-albania-and-serbia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU0.UlXK.mp-uR8y6ReQY&smid=url-share

oatmeal, to Israel

#Israel / [l’état-c’est-moi] Netanyahu: Israel won't give in to int'l pressure trying to end war, force elections

As expected, Netanyahu seems to be melding criticism of his personal leadership with criticism of #Israel's policies and actions, leaving no nuance or separation between the two in his comments.

Netanyahu criticized international pressure trying to end Israel's military operation in Gaza before achieving its goals. He also accused the international community of making "false accusations" against Israel's military, government and himself in an attempt to stop the war prematurely.

#Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-17/ty-article-live/israeli-officials-hamas-reply-in-gaza-hostage-talks-indicates-achievements/0000018e-4a77-d7e6-af9e-fffff8be0005?liveBlogItemId=791672274

See: Schumer: 'Israel Cannot Survive if It Becomes a Pariah' https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/112094920088207028

@israel
@palestine
#Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza
#Biden
#Schumer

Stinson_108,

@oatmeal @israel @palestine

Give credit to Israeli propagandists. They are subtle and nuanced, not like the Russians.

Their strategy: Conflate Zionism with Judaism. Conflate compassion for Gazans with #antisemitism.

These are false equivalences.

dangillmor, to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

Trump's meeting with Hungary's fascist leader tells you -- again -- that he means it when he says he wants to be a dictator.

Stinson_108,

@shuttersparks @dangillmor
While #Orban may not be a wonderful role model, Hungary is a member of the EU, with whom we have no beef. Therefore, there is no violation of the Logan Act.

#Trump may have failed to register as a foreign agent, though.

Stinson_108,

@shuttersparks @dangillmor
18 USC 953 prohibits a private citizen to negotiate with or to attempt to influence ... a foreign government.

That doesn't prevent to from trying to sell stuff or like matters.

Stinson_108,

@shuttersparks @dangillmor
I agree. But debating topics of common interest is arguably different from influence from the law's perspective.

dangillmor, to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

One of the least-covered, but most remarkable, elements of the State of the Union speech was the Republican Party's cowardice -- or, more likely, demonstration of contempt for civility -- in its non-reaction to MT Greene's flouting of the rules.

Stinson_108,

@dangillmor
Did you notice the shot of Lauren #Boebert , sitting alone and unhappy?

GottaLaff, to northcarolina
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Kyle Griffin:

Early exit poll data — via NBCNews:

primary voters who will NOT support the GOP nominee, regardless of who it is:

: 35% won't guarantee their vote for the Republican

: 36% won't guarantee their vote

: 33% won't guarantee their vote

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff What were the similar results for Democrats? Was the question asked?

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via David Cay Johnston

& Co. intend to force a despite our Constitution expressly forbidding any establishment of religion.

Jews, Muslims, agnostics, atheists, and actual Christians should be horrified by words below from a retired general who has shown his disloyalty to America..👇🏼

Trump’s former (& future?) nat sec adviser Mike Flynn: “If we are going to have one nation under God which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God and one religion under God”

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff Are there not mainstream believers in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and even atheism in seven states who are afraid of a state religion?

Arizona (49%-43%), Georgia (49%-43%), Michigan (46%-44%), Nevada (48%-42%), North Carolina (50%-41%), Pennsylvania (49%-43%) and Wisconsin (46%-42%),

GottaLaff, to Florida
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Sigh. Via Anna Bower: 1/...

Update from Ft. Pierce: Judge #Cannon did not set a trial date for the classified documents case during the morning session of the scheduling conference.

But she told prosecutors for the special counsel that their proposed July trial date is “unrealistic.”

#TrumpIndictment #Florida #legal #JackSmith #Trump

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff
Yes, the documents case should be the easiest to prove. It has multiple defendants and a judge with neither enthusiasm nor experience.

At this point Jack #Smith should stop pushing for a trial and simply make sure that Judge #Cannon cannot schedule something to interfere with the #Jan6 case.

mostaurelius, to random
@mostaurelius@mas.to avatar

Biden dogged by Democrats' anger over Israel, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds | Reuters

A majority of Democrats prefer a presidential candidate who does not back U.S. military aid for Israel, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Democratic President Joe Biden tied with Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-dogged-by-democrats-anger-over-israel-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-02-29/

Stinson_108,

@mostaurelius

Okay, fine. #Biden is not hard enough on #Netanyahu, who wants to level #Gaza. I'm happy people have opinions.

The alternative, that #Trump is elected, will certainly result in Gaza leveled and a renewed Muslim immigration ban.

Stinson_108,

@mostaurelius

Truly, I don't see my post as a sales pitch nor a threat. I see it as a comparison of two options.

Yes, I support a position that includes a negotiated settlement and aid to #Gaza.

#TFG already stated his support for #Netanyahu and a ban on #Muslim immigration and visas.

What two options are you weighing?

touaregtweet, to random
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social avatar

'Even taking this case, when there is no open legal question is an act of corruption.

The conservative majority on the Supreme Court have once again demonstrated that they are lawless and this is why the court needs oversight and reform.' https://www.politicususa.com/2024/02/28/supreme-court-trump-immunity-corrupt.html

Stinson_108,

@touaregtweet
#Luttig, who seems an unflappable guy, looks visibly shaken. He is doubtful #SCOTUS will make a decision before the end of the term.

April 24th is the last scheduled day of arguments this term.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2023TermCourtCalendar.pdf

GottaLaff, to Georgia
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Anna Bower: 1/...

COMING UP: Terrence Bradley--the former divorce attorney of special prosecutor Nathan Wade--is expected to take the stand and resume his testimony in Fulton County.

Watch the hearing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKSRifybjg

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff
Steve is lead counsel for Donald . Of course he yells louder than any of the other attorneys. is probably watching. He wants to make sure he's getting the most for his contributors' money.

Stinson_108,

@GottaLaff

"Judge [] has done a lot of cutting off/asked and answered rulings."

McAfee will eventually find for the prosecution. In the mean time, the defense, by wasting hours and hours, is fulfilling 's strategy--to delay, delay, delay.

panamared27401, to random
@panamared27401@mstdn.social avatar

I just heard some asininity from someone who should have known better. A friend of mine, an editor not long out of some of D.C.'s biggest and most prestigious political-news outlets, claimed that Fulton County DA Fani Willis had disgraced herself and disqualified her office and that it was a huge story.

Never mind that we had two days' worth of fact-finding and came nowhere near any such conclusion. 1/

Stinson_108,

@panamared27401 @thepoliticalcat
I would restate your position.

The defense (#Trump 's attorneys) are not inept. They are very aggressive, not in spite of their lack of evidence, but because of it. They are playing for the camera.

Stinson_108,

@panamared27401 @thepoliticalcat

Remember that #Willis has the option to step aside any time before #McAfee announces his ruling. That would allow the Fulton County DA's office to to send subs out to the field and continue the game.

Stinson_108,

@thepoliticalcat @panamared27401
IF and only if #Willis is likely to be disqualified, then she should step aside, in order to allow her team to continue the case.

The case is more important.

Having said that, I think #McAfee will not disqualify her. The case will continue.

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