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whatsaphoto t1_jdvowai wrote
Reply to comment by SomeGuyFromRI in What’s Up With The FU Portsmouth Guy? by RedditSkippy
It's fun to make fun of, but I genuinely feel for anyone else who owns property on that street.
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Reply to comment by CthulhuAlmighty in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
>"Oh, I didn't mean to. Are you a pedophile? I'm sorry," Quattrocchi, a Scituate Republican, asked Kislak, a Providence Democrat.
The article doesn't convey the timing of that quote as well. There was a long pause between "Are you a pedophile?" and "I'm sorry." Long enough to put a pretty significant emphasis on the accusation. Enough to get a rise out of the entire room.
Regardless, I got a feeling that even if I did have a clip of the moment for you, you would still find a way to misconstrue the obvious reality of the situation.
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Reply to comment by CthulhuAlmighty in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
Excuse me while I spread this, then.
whatsaphoto OP t1_jczd3ta wrote
Reply to comment by CthulhuAlmighty in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
Surely you'll call this hearsay too, since it doesn't include a clip. Hope it's sufficient enough for you, though.
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Reply to comment by CthulhuAlmighty in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
Just because you don’t believe that it happened doesn’t mean that there isn’t literally an entire room of people who witnessed it happen in real time.
I posted here because it was an outrageous and unprofessional abuse of power from an elected official, and felt that as many people need to know about it as possible.
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Reply to comment by Regular-Desk233 in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
Here’s what happened to the best that I can recall:
Rep Kislak presented a bill that would attach a social impact statement for all new legislation that would outline how new bills would either directly or indirectly affect communities of color, LGBTQ, gender identities and other underrepresented groups throughout the state, as though it’s an environmental impact or a financial impact statement.
Quattrocchi went on to ask that, if because it includes all gender identities, that also includes sex offenders, satanists and pedophiles.
Kislak rightly took offense to that, and vocalized her objection to his inquiry, because why the fuck would that be a reasonable response to anything, even from a republican. She responded “Thankfully pedophiles aren’t a gender identity.” Quattrocchi responds to Kislak’s objection with the accusation “What, are you a pedophile?”
Those aren’t exact quotes, but they’re as close to what I can remember now as I can get.
whatsaphoto OP t1_jcn17w6 wrote
Reply to comment by CthulhuAlmighty in Unsure if anyone just saw it on Capitol TV, but Rep Quattrocchi just baselessly and flat out accused a woman presenting a bill (HB 5763, instituting an equity impact statement on future legislative bills) a pedophile on the floor. by whatsaphoto
Sorry, I won’t have the clip ready to go until the entire hearing is archived.
But I’ll be sure to have the screencast app ready to go next time just in case another GOP rep decides out of the blue to accuse another rep who’s presenting a bill of being a pedophile. Until then though there’s an entire room filled with witnesses to the embarrassment that is the RI GOP.
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Reply to comment by wormholeweapons in Where do I get the cheapest lobsters to cook? by helpmebreakwallst
I've seen prices as low as $8/lb at Galilee during high-yield months!
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Reply to comment by Soccerduk24 in Where do I get the cheapest lobsters to cook? by helpmebreakwallst
Just made some stupid good poke bowls with a cut of tuna that we grabbed from galilee docks. Great guys over there, and they have some seriously good stock available on most days.
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Reply to comment by ajg040 in Re: Racism in Federal Hill. by frog20-1
Just wait until you find out how many people have actually died as a direct result of that flag and what it represents. Many of whom were targeted for the mortal sin of being born with the wrong skin color.
No one should have to be hurt over flying a flag, but fly a confederate flag that high and that proudly in any other context other than OP's fathers and you're sending one hell of a message to your neighbors about many, many atrocious ideals.
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Reply to Re: Racism in Federal Hill. by frog20-1
Good on you for speaking up, and good on your father for receiving the explanation in good faith and acting accordingly and with respect for those it harms. The world could do with many, many more people like your father!
edit: Alright jesus fuck you guys message received lmao. Sorry for having an ounce of faith in yet another story of a boomer not knowing any better before this thread turned cynical.
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Reply to comment by Alphabet_Mafia_69 in Bricks With Homophobic Anti-Leftist Messages Shatter Red Ink’s Windows by Alphabet_Mafia_69
I'm honest to god nervous over what these kinds of groups are going to look like following '24
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Reply to comment by 20_Twinty in Night life by [deleted]
Even small town John Laws out there are associated with a larger system that is spectacularly underregulated, overfunded and wildly undertrained and leads to the death of ~1,200 people per year.
That's a growing average of 1,200 people every single year killed by cops who decided to take the US justice system into their own hands in order to be judge, jury and executioner. If you aren't actively speaking up against this clear and present danger to communities across the US, it doesn't matter how much of a good cop you think you are - you're part of the problem and are indeed quite the bastard.
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Reply to comment by hcwhitewolf in Be careful on Warwick Ave and Airport Rd. There’s a lot of action out there it must be quota time. by TheOGJayRussle
Between the walgreens and the dunks it's up there as one of the worst possible layouts that could've been implemented there. I'm so glad to know the dunks isn't going to be there for long though once they move next door.
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Reply to comment by RickyRoma22 in Be careful on Warwick Ave and Airport Rd. There’s a lot of action out there it must be quota time. by TheOGJayRussle
The lane merge leading into West Shore Rd off of Hoxie has to be the closest I'll ever get to an IRL thunder dome.
I've almost been ran off the road and forced into the breakdown lane for at least a couple hundred feet a few times in the past because yet another jackass F150 refuses to let me merge in front of them, even after following all protocol for a zipper merge. I'm never not shocked at the sheer, aggressive stupidity that that intersection brings out in people.
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Reply to comment by vodkanipples in Looks like the annual meeting of the micro penis fascist club is convening outside Red Ink again by iscreamforsherbert
Lmao did you really come back to this thread three separate times over the course of nearly an hour to spew your mind-numbing defense of nazis? Honestly, did you not have anything better to do with your night than to hover here just so you can see how many people you could piss off?
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Reply to comment by Chance_Bad_7437 in Right of way is merely a suggestion by Simple_Ad_2777
They're assholes probably because they have to deal with bullshit all day long. I'd probably become an asshole if I were in their position day in and day out, too. Same goes for MBTA operators.
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Reply to comment by FourAM in Right of way is merely a suggestion by Simple_Ad_2777
Likely was just the motion of OP hitting the save recording button on the dash cam
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If you can manage it, I highly suggest commuting to TF Green first and taking the T from there if you're close enough. I commuted from TF to Back Bay constantly at my old job and it honestly wasn't bad at all. Especially if you can entertain yourself like I managed to with audiobooks or my kindle. It's a guaranteed seat from there in the AM, too. Took a 7:30(?) train which got me in by 8:45 iirc.
The majority of other folks in my office were beheld to commuter rail schedules as well, you should be able to safely assume your office will be too if it's in/near Back Bay. At my office it was pretty much assumed across the board that everyone was going to arrive at some point between 8:30 and 9:00 and I was never questioned about it.
Back Bay outbound during rush hour though is as much of a madhouse as the rest of the inner-city stations, so just be prepared to have to fight your way through to the doors as soon as that train stops at the station if you want a seat. If you can't manage to find a seat, you're standing in the isle for at least the next 30-45 minutes until you reach Mansfield which always was a bummer.
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Reply to Push to boost RI minimum wage loses steam as public's interest is pulled to housing crisis by cowperthwaite
It's insane to me that it just can't be that focus has shifted to another thing but the original thing still very much has validity and importance in the state. It's not like it looses importance just because other things are happening at the same time.
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Reply to comment by werewolfmanjack in We all know a GREAT Rhode Island "Hot Wiener" has 4 ingredients. Mustard, Wine-Grinded Beef, Chopped Onions & A Sprinkling Of Celery Salt!! Do You Really Live in RI if You Have Not Tried This BASIC RI STAPLE!!!! by Chris_Mannix
It's the low res jpeg that does it for me lol. Reminds me of the kind of messages my fiance's grandfather would email me. Wholesome, well-meaning chaos.
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Reply to We all know a GREAT Rhode Island "Hot Wiener" has 4 ingredients. Mustard, Wine-Grinded Beef, Chopped Onions & A Sprinkling Of Celery Salt!! Do You Really Live in RI if You Have Not Tried This BASIC RI STAPLE!!!! by Chris_Mannix
My partner and I were flying out of TF Green last weekend and stopped by Providence Provisions at Gate 11. They were trying to sell 2 all the way for $15 bucks. We couldn't help but laugh lmao.
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Reply to comment by HotConcrete in What in the hell does this mean? by briechies
> Text and chat with your tonsorialist, just don’t text and type with the motorist?
Really rolls off the tongue, doesn't it.
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Reply to Where is the best place to look for apartments in Providence by Longjumping-Ninja657
Found no problems going with the standard stops when I was looking a few years back. Apartments.com was a decent place to start.