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FolkenRawr posted...

Got dayum

Literally lost the respect of her peers.

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-mocked-republican-congressional-dinner-lisa-mcclain-1865921

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House Republican Lauren Boebert was mocked on Wednesday by one of her GOP colleagues at the Washington Press Club Foundation's annual congressional dinner.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1752910037637591412?s=20

At the beginning of her keynote address, Representative Lisa McClain, a Republican from Michigan, said: "Please keep your hands above the table and I know it's date night for some of you but no inappropriate touching. That includes you Lauren Boebert. No vaping either."

According to its official website, the annual congressional dinner is a "long-standing Washington tradition" that "brings Capitol Hill and the media together for a light-hearted evening, a departure from partisan politics and the issues of the day."

MrKapowski posted...

It's so they can say "oh you're addicted? Too bad bro we warned you, can't sue us".

Either that, or someone did sue, and adding the gambling hotline shit was part of the settlement.

I hear it's a particularly difficult addiction to shake, fwiw.

wackyteen posted...

Nah, I missed this

It got drowned out by all the GOP screeching over the announcement that followed. That was Obama announcing the passage of the ACA, and that he would sign it.

On topic, Biden's always used that kind of language, he was 'notorious' for it when he was a Senator. He just polished up his public language more when he became VP.

Will the man who likes to question "the balls" of everyone else run for president?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9kUmwRDjyI

He runs pretty well, so we'll have to wait and see.

MaxEffingBemis posted...

He should be saying this publicly or not at all. Leaking it like this is lame

Uh, no. We've already had a Twitter war president.

The president has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a sick fuck who delights in others misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoken with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: What a fucking asshole the guy is.

No lies detected.

Revelation34 posted...

Every lawyer tells their clients to do that. It has nothing to do with politics.

As a tactic, no. The fact that Republicans as diverse as Reagan, William Casey, Condi Rice, Herman Cain, Rudy Giuliani and the House member in the above clip conveniently "don't recall" significant events when pressed? That's a partisan strategy (only you have used the term "politics'), and one Republicans rely on a lot.

Nope. I just play FROM's latest release until the next one comes out. Between changing builds and co-op, it stays interesting. I also like to pick up the latest Far Cry offering when it's available. That's it.

CADE_FOSTER posted...

They always take credit for shit they didnt do they are fucking lying shitbag hypocrites they dont care

Tuberville and a few others in TX, MS and LA got caught doing this recently too.

Heineken14 posted...

Same thing I was thinking when I first saw that clip and she was saying she would have to ask her staff how she voted. Like fucking WHAT? You don't even know the things you are voting on? None of this is making you look good here, lady.... which means she will steamroll her re-election campaign because it's Florida.

She came off looking real bad in that clip. She was fumbling and stammering like a crook in the movies when they get holes poked in their alibi. Not a good look at all.

Went to university in New England, so went to VT few times. Not a lot going on there, but nice enough, I guess. There are much, much shittier states. I was told they have just two seasons: "snow" and "mud", so I was always prepped for one or the other when I went.

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

According to lawyer dramas, the best defense. Im glad he's grilling her on this stuff, but she seems to be a slippery snake.

Republicans have been using the "I don't recall" defense since Reagan got away with it during Iran-Contra.

Calling it now, every swing district Republican's gonna get this. The receipts are out there.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4443176-florida-republican-salazar-opponent-slams-voting-history/

A Democrat running for Rep. Maria Elvira Salazars seat slammed the Florida Republican for her voting history in a new video.

Democrat Lucia Bez-Geller goes after Salazar for her record on funding for her district, a topic highlighted in a Sunday interview the Florida congresswoman did with CBS News Miami. It accuses Salazar of lying about securing $24 million when she actually voted against it.

https://twitter.com/justin_chermol/status/1751670329393414229?s=20

Mara Elvira Salazar LIED to us, and abandoned #FL27 to please extremists in Washington, Bez-Geller said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with the video attached. Here are the receipts.

The video says Salazar voted against funding for projects that included $4.4 million for road improvement and $3.75 million for a Miami-Dade Police Department platform upgrade, plus funding for a local childrens hospital.

In the CBS News Miami interview, Salazar side-stepped when confronted about her votes on pieces of legislation such as the CHIPS and Science Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. She said she didnt remember which way she voted.

The money that you talk about the $40 million that you bring back to the district sometimes that money comes from bills that you voted against.

You voted against the CHIPS Act and yet you praise the fact that the South Florida climate resilience tech hub is going to be started in Miami, right?

You voted against the infrastructure bill, and you talk about all the money that comes back to the airport, the anchor said.

So, at the same time that youre taking credit for the money that you bring back to the district in Washington, youre voting against these projects on party-line votes, he added.

Listen I, that was, I think, last cycle, I cannot really remember right now, but just look, just look at the Americas Act Salazar said.

You dont want to explain why you voted against [these bills]? the anchor asked.

I mean right now, and Im not trying to be a politician, theres so many bills that Ive introduced and I know that many of them

These are bills that you voted against, the anchor said.

I understand and its OK. Sometimes I vote, and sometimes I dont, but lets look at the positive, she said.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

not bad when you want some flavored rice in a pinch.

Yeah, not exactly sure where the concept came from, but nice to have around IMO.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/713b32f0.jpg

Quicksilver posted...

Yet they still have all these beauty filters up which also has a negative effect on how people view themselves and others. No one can be happy with themselves so they need beauty filters. But some leggings craze is where they draw the line so weird.

Timing probably has a lot to do with their CEO testifying before Congress this week.

a charged "internet pornography personality" was known to online sleuths as #RightWingRedWing because of his Detroit Red Wings gear.

Probably identified by the curve in his stick. /s

a charged "internet pornography personality" was known to online sleuths as #RightWingRedWing because of his Detroit Red Wings gear.

Probably identified by the bend in his stick. /s

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-arrests-jan-6-rioter-facial-recognition-philadelphia-eagles-hat-rcna136589

The FBI this week arrested a New Jersey man who wore a throwback Philadelphia Eagles beanie to the Jan. 6 riot after online "sedition hunters" identified him with the help of facial recognition and Facebook photos from a 2020 family trip to a pumpkin patch.

Lee Giobbie, 40, a financial adviser from Eastampton, was arrested Tuesday and charged with several federal crimes, includingfelony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. Giobbie, federal authorities alleged, yelled "move the gates!" over a bullhorn before the barricades on the east side of the Capitol were breached on Jan. 6, 2021.

He was later recorded at the front of the mob yelling "push, push, push, push! as it broke through another police line and then helped breach the Capitol, pushing through the east doors leading into the rotunda, authorities said.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/58886f85.jpg

"We need something to break the door down!" Giobbie said, according to the FBI, which said open-source video also shows Giobbie pushing against a police shield during the chaos.

Giobbie, authorities said, was "one of the first rioters to enter" and "aggressively pushed his way through the Rotunda Door as police were actively trying to defend it." Inside the Capitol, Giobbie was briefly detained by an officer, and he ultimately left the Capitol through a door on the west side of the building, according to the FBI and open-source evidence gathered by online sleuths. Giobbie did not immediately respond to a message left for him at his workplace.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/71846038.jpg

Online sleuths identified Giobbie in 2022 and reported him to the FBI that year, and they reported additional information about him last year. They turned up a 2020 family photo from a trip to a pumpkin patch, posted a few months before Jan. 6, in which Giobbie was wearing the same Philadelphia Eagles beanie the FBI said he wore on Jan. 6.

An FBI affidavit, citing help from confidential human sources, also featured an image that compared a small mole or freckle on Giobbie's right cheek that appeared in both Giobbie's professional work portrait and high-quality images of Giobbie taken on Jan. 6. Small facial markings can help confirm matches produced by facial recognition, a tool that has proven very useful to the online sleuths who have aided the FBI in cases against hundreds of Capitol rioters, who have identified hundreds of additional rioters like Giobbie.

The Eagles used the version of their logo featured on Giobbie's hat from the late 1980s until 1996, when the modern Eagles logo was introduced. The throwback logo, used when the Eagles wore kelly green jerseys rather than their current midnight green color, has proven immensely popular among Eagles fans like Giobbie, who, according to social media posts, also roots for the New Jersey Devils.

The Eagles set off a merchandising bonanza when they reintroduced their old-school logo and kelly green jersey before the 2023 season, which ended with their loss Jan. 15 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Eagles players wore the throwback uniforms during their games against the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills this season. Fanatics, the ubiquitous sportswear manufacturer, had trouble stocking the throwback version of legendary Eagles center Jason Kelce's jersey, which have been listed for hundreds of dollars on eBay.

The Eagles certainly were not the only sports team whose gear was spotted on Capitol rioters. A former Boston K-9 officer who has been charged in the attack, for example, wore "a beanie with the logos of several Boston sports teams" to the Capitol on Jan. 6, two charged rioters wore Washington Capitols jerseys, another convicted rioter wore a New York Yankees hat, a charged Georgia man wore a Georgia Bulldogs hat, a Michigan man who pleaded guilty wore a Michigan sweatshirt, and a charged "internet pornography personality" was known to online sleuths as #RightWingRedWing because of his Detroit Red Wings gear.

The FBI has arrested about 1,250 people in connection with the Capitol attack, and about 900 have pleaded guilty. Online "sedition hunters" know the names of hundreds of additional rioters who have not been arrested.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

They keep up shit about how to steal cars, but this is where they draw the line? Tik tok is weird

Probably going to be a little touchy since their CEO went before Congress recently.

Ricemills posted...

Hip width, it's mostly genetics. But some people with small hip are on extreme diet to reduce the fat on the thigh so artificially made a thigh gap.

Yeah, girls were starving themselves. Literally.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/legging-legs-trend-tiktok-social-media-experts/

"Legging legs" is the latest body-focused term being used on social media and some are calling the trend dangerous and harmful. The phrase, which is blocked from search on TikTok, caught on as a description of the "perfect" or "ideal" size and shape of legs for wearing leggings, promoting what experts say can be an unhealthy body image.

It appears to be a new spin on the internet-fueled "thigh gap" craze from around 2013, in which young women and teens pursued an elusive and possibly dangerous goal of being slender enough for their thighs not to touch when standing with their feet together.

Social media trends that draw attention to body shape and appearance can have both a negative effect on those already impacted by eating disorders and also put others at risk, says Elizabet Altunkara, director of education at the National Eating Disorders Association.

"The new trend 'legging legs' is problematic as it suggests that only certain body types are able to wear a piece of clothing an idea that promotes the appearance ideal we have all been exposed to and whose internalization may put people at risk to develop an eating disorder," Altunkara says.

Dr. Samantha DeCaro, director of clinical outreach and education at The Renfrew Center, a network of eating disorder treatment facilities, calls the trend "yet another inappropriate way to body shame individuals."

"These types of trends are destructive," she says. "Body dissatisfaction is a major risk factor in the development and maintenance of an eating disorder."

While some "legging legs" videos circulating on social media did feature slim legs and thigh gaps, the trend doesn't specify the exact standard for what defines the "legging legs" category seemingly leaving the label up to others' judgment. But it broadly highlights the same view of certain body ideals as the earlier "thigh gap" trend.

TikTok has not responded to CBS News' request for comment, but it appears the company has blocked the term and hashtag from the app. A search of "legging legs" on TikTok doesn't return video results instead, the app provides a link to resources about eating disorders.

"While we applaud TikTok for removing the hashtag and replacing it with links to eating disorder resources, space needs to be given for continued conversations and education on the fact that self-worth is not determined by ones' bodies," DeCaro says.

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The bottom line? Regardless of their body shape and size, people should be able to wear what they like without judgment.

"Leggings are for everyone, not solely for a specific body type," Altunkara says.

I'm all for it, and would put my money there. CA's also looking to create its own publicly owned and operated net neutral broadband, which I would use.