Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, an ardent supporter of former president Donald Trump, urged supporters in Arizona to "strap on a Glock" pistol as they prepare for what she called an intense six months leading up to the Nov. 5 elections.
@#10 ... The Retort is bleeping Kari's instruction to strap one on! ...
My guess...
The Retort has a pool of advertisers that give money to The retort in order to allow you and I and others to post here.
That pool of advertisers probably have given The Retort a list of words that they do not want to see on the same page as their advertisements.
It's a standard practice in the industry. And one that Mr Musk is starting to appreciate regarding the nonsense (I'll be kind) he allows on X and his diminishing pool of advertisers.
Given the comments that I have seen allowed on this most august site, at this point I'm not complaining. I deal with it.
For example...
Seven dirty words
en.wikipedia.org
... The seven dirty words are seven English-language curse words that American comedian George Carlin first listed in his 1972 "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" monologue.[1] The words, in the order Carlin listed them, are: "----", "piss", "----", "----", "----------", "------------", and "----".[1][2] ...
So, let's see how I do...
The words, in the order Carlin listed them, are: "----", "p?ss", "f!!k", "c#nt", "c%cksucker", "-----------", and "----".
And, for the record, listening to Jefferson Airplane's tune, "Volunteers" I do note that recently, less and less of the word "-----------" seems to be bleeped on the radio of late. The whole word used to be bleeped out. Now it seems that just a syllable is bleeped out.
Maybe it is just the station I listen to. ( www.1071thepeak.com )
That station also does not use the censored lyrics for the James song, "Laid." Instead of the lyrics, "she only screams when she's on top" the station plays the original version, "she only c@ms when she's on top."
So, there's that.
@#15 ... It does take a while sometimes. ...
Yeah, I've noticed.
Whilst we wait, here's a fun tune...
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (1986)
www.youtube.com
OK, maybe "fun" is not the right word.
Odd?
Yeah, that may be better....
I do like how the audio engineer plays with the relative phasing of the channels to create sounds that seem to originate outside the physical location of the speakers.
The best cover of this Tom Waits song I've heard so far...
Diana Krall - Temptation (2004)
www.youtube.com
As of 2003, she and Elvis Costello have been married.
OK, that aside, I still think her rendition of the Temptation tune is the best I've heard.
YMMV.
That isn't even newsworthy. I wonder what happened that sent her off her rocker. #21 | Posted by GalaxiePete
Not saying she won't carry through with her current positions, but she doesn't truly believe any of the garbage she utters right now. Just saying and doing what she needs to in order to turn out the MAGAt vote and win office.
"A drag queen called Arizona's Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake a "phony" in a political advertisement, highlighting the hypocrisy Lake has shown over the years regarding her old political stances. [...] "She pretends to be an 'America First' Republican, but Barack Obama's speeches 'enthralled' her and his liberal Supreme Court pick was a 'very good justice,'" the drag queen said. "She even defended Hillary Clinton's emails. Ugh, politics." www.newsweek.com
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