Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

You know Alabama Senator #Tuberville is just *itching* to say the N-word!
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Tuberville on Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ comments: ‘I’m mad he wasn’t tougher’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4367999-tuberville-trumps-poisoning-blood-country-comments-mad-he-wasnt-tougher/

@AlliFlowers @johnettesnuggs @todayilearned

You both have good taste. If I was to believe the old Starkist Commercial, either you have good taste or you taste good.

I'm almost positive that Boebert has/does neither.

When the UK and #France handed over Sudetenland over to Hitler, those negotiations were done without Czechoslovakia. No peace negotiations between #Russia and #Ukraine can be done without Ukraine. Early in the war, when peace feelers were being sent out after Russia's failure to take Kyiv, President Zelensky talked about security guarantees. I can't imagine Ukraine taking any deal that doesn't allow them to continue their pursuit of a NATO membership. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cease-fire.html

@tomcapuder @riggbeck @lednabwm One of the "rules" of classic rhetoric is that it's impossible to prove universal non-existence of something. Purple unicorns may indeed exist in some galaxy of which we have no information and no way to get that information. Thus to debate something's existence in any meaningful way, the burden of proof falls on the person declaring the existence of something. If something exists there will be empirical evidence of its existence.

We are in a surge where COVID levels are higher than they have been for over 90% of the pandemic. One of the reasons that the authorities aren't properly warning you about it is that, inconveniently, the largest COVID surges happen during the biggest shopping season of each year.

@riggbeck @lednabwm

It is not the job of atheists to prove nonexistence of a god.

Theist = holds a belief in god(s)
A+theist = doesn't

That's all it is. We aren't convinced that YOUR claims are true. If you can't prove 'em, we needn't disprove 'em.

#BurdenOfProof

FBI to review reported threats to Colorado justices following ruling in Trump ballot case | The Hill

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4375033-fbi-review-reported-threats-colorado-justices-trump-ballot-ruling/

#Republicans #hate their own #constituents, and never pass up an opportunity to make their lives more difficult. In #Iowa, they literally want #poor #children to #starve. This isn't hyperbole, either. It's their actual words and policies.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/22/iowa-opts-out-of-ebt-food-program-for-low-income-children-in-summer-eb-usda/72015276007/

#Hamas controls the fate of #palestine like every elected government in every nation on #earth .
@palestine
@israel

"Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi said in a column for MSNBC Friday that those threats — which include threats of beheadings and to "slam dunk a judge’s baby into the trashcan" — are only going to keep coming."

"As reported by Figliuzzi, these posts seem more than just idle talk: "Other messages discussed precisely how to kill the justices and other supposed enemies, including using bombs, hollow-point ammunition, rifles and ropes.""

https://www.rawstory.com/colorado-supreme-court-maga/

December 22, 2023- “JN.1—a new, highly mutated COVID variant—could cause one of the largest U.S. waves yet, experts say.” -https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/22/jn1-covid-variant-largest-wave-us/