From Pine View Farm

April, 2021 archive

A Bumble 0

He made an unexpected match on Bumble.

One week after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Robert Chapman sent a message to a prospective love interest on the dating app Bumble to brag that he had taken part.

“I did storm the capitol,” he said, according to court documents. “I made it all the way to Statuary Hall.”

His potential date wrote back: “We are not a match.” Then, the Bumble user contacted the police.

Then the police contacted him . . . .

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Vaccine Nation 0

Man says,

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Weighed . . . and Found Wanting 0

Lady Justing holding her scales.  In one balance, a police officer shouts,

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“Your Own Eyes” 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

They just can’t help themselves.

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The Escape 0

Pig is climbing something.  Eventually, he reaches the top, jumps off, and runs away from

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QOTD 0

John Cotton Dana:

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

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Uninvited Guests 0

Florida Man (and Woman).

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The Warring Faction 0

Joe Biden faces Republican Elephant wearing buttons reading

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Enforcer frolics.

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A Matter of Perspective 0

Frame One, captioned

Via Job’s Anger.

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All the News that Fits 0

Farron looks at right-wing “news” media’s reaction to the Chauvin verdict.

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Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0

Thom Hartmann calls out the con.

In reality, Republicans have spent the better part of the last 60 years doing their best to cancel everything in America that isn’t white, male or associated with a gun.

Follow the link for the evidence.

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Inundation 0

Woman to husband, who's just waking up,

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QOTD 0

Pauline Kael:

TV executives think that the programs with the highest ratings are what TV viewers want, rather than what they settle for.

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Geeking Out 0

Debian Buster/Sid with the Plasma desktop on my new ThinkPenguin laptop. The wallpaper is from my collection.

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Russian Impulses 0

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier looks at some news that hasn’t gotten much attention in the media frenzy surrounding the Chauvin trial. A snippet:

But where the Mueller Report produced a detailed framework of the Trump campaign’s relationship to Russian intelligence, the Treasury report explains in full bloom the open channel the campaign maintained with Russian operatives, specifically through the role played in the “Russia hoax” by Konstantin Kilimnik.

So that Russia hoax? Not a hoax.

Details at the link.

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Facebook Frolics 0

News you could lose.

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Rugged Individualists 0

Persons holding a sign saying

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Dance to the music of politeness.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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