SwampYankee

This is probably the best comment here so far. To emphasize the interceptor missile point, the US yesterday pulled interceptor systems from South Korea. You know, the place next to the nuclear-armed country that likes to lob missiles into the ocean just to show off. It should go without saying how dire the situation is if the US is redeploying interceptors from South Korea. Once interceptor stocks are depleted, Iran will be able to consistently, successfully strike targets inside US allied territory. There are some rumblings that Iran’s success rate is already increasing. Once this happens, Iran has the US & Israel backed into a corner even more than they already do.

I forgot to switch to “draw something…”

I saved this one of a CNN team getting arrested during the George Floyd protests. Don’t know why shit gets so wild in Minneapolis every time…

We don’t, so fair 'nuff.

Did people start cheering and weeping tears of joy when they heard your accent?

I’m sure there’s good Italian food in the North End, but no local would go there to find it. You pay a premium because it’s the North End and you and every other tourist had the same idea.

You may have better luck in Cambridge, Allston or Brookline for food in general. Easier to park and get a table, too.

Yes, have fun. Worcester’s great. Check out Kelly Square.

As a Masshole, yes, please don’t drive when you come here. You will be in someone’s way and catch a glimpse of the state bird:

Yeah, my dad is from there originally and moved back with my mom when they retired. A 15 point gap in the governor’s race is crazy. Democrats really expanded their map in the southeast around Norfolk and the lower peninsula. Some of those areas are rapidly developing, so I wonder how much it has to do with demographic shifts. Judging by the huge swings, I can’t see how Republican insanity isn’t driving some significant portion of this.

Commenting because I think the judgement here may have been a little hasty. It’s hard to find any information about these guys.

What I will say is that this symbol is clearly not the black sun - it has 6 arms whereas the black sun has 12, the black sun has a ring somewhere outside the middle, and it also has that lightning bolt look to each of the arms whereas these ones have one right angle and then terminate. Edit - as someone else noted, it’s a symbol for speed metal.

They also have a song called “National Front” from one of their earlier albums. Suspicious on its own, but I wanted to find some lyrics to confirm one way or the other. No luck. I listened to the song and couldn’t really understand most of the words, however they repeat “national front [blah blah blah]” several times. The last time they repeat it, they say “national front kills you and me” so on the plus side, that doesn’t sound like an endorsement of far-right politics.

In this video, you can see an anarchist symbol on the vocalist’s vest. Also, not for nothing, there’s a black guy on bass.

I had a cat like this. It turned out he had growths in his intestines, colon, etc. Initial diagnosis was via the vet sticking her finger up his butt, then they put him under and biopsied one of the growths. There might have been an ultrasound or x-ray or something involved too. I forget exactly what they were, but it was inflammation, not cancer. The vet prescribed prednisolone and he hardly ever puked again. Lived for a few more years happier and healthier than ever until cancer got him.

Anyway, go see your vet. If your cat’s mood/energy levels are affected by the puking, go see your vet yesterday.

I’ve always had the sense that MTG is sincere, but incredibly stupid.

Centre Street in Boston. Amusingly enough, this video starts a stone’s throw away from a major transit hub connecting three commuter rail lines to the T.

And worth noting, it looks like this backup is almost entirely caused by the reduction to one lane at the Allandale Street intersection due to construction.

Those are pee pads it’s laying on and its pupils are super dilated. Probably coming down from anesthesia or something, could have been as simple as a teeth cleaning.

It’s also not irony.

Fair enough. I only made the comment about calling the texts fake because some people seem to be making that claim, usually alongside the idea that a 20-something wouldn’t text like that - the “my love” in particular. Your typical 20-something also wouldn’t do an assassination, so it’s a spurious line of reasoning.

We have text messages between the shooter and the roommate. If you want to call those fake, that’s your right, but that’s going to be a major piece of evidence in the trial.

In the texts from the indictment, the shooter says:

I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.

The shooter also calls the roommate “my love”. There are some friends, neighbors, acquaintances corroborating that they were in a relationship.

The roommate’s gender identity isn’t 100% clear. There seems to be some evidence from social media accounts that they’re trans.

I don’t think you can call this shooter “far right”. Not clear that he’s a groyper in my opinion. The Discord messages are pretty milquetoast. I certainly wouldn’t call him a leftist either. Seems he was (more than) okay with LGBTQ folks, but that doesn’t tell you much about his broader views.

Oof, only 3/10.