Attorney General Merrick Garland and top Justice Department officials hold a news conference on a national security issue on Oct. 24. Read more: https://wapo.st/3spX1Vq. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK
Justice Thomas violated 28 USC 455, requiring any “justice” to recuse when his or her “impartiality might reasonably be questioned” or his or her “spouse is known by the justice to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome” https://t.co/QPfCGCefLA
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 24, 2022
The gunman at a St. Louis school today was 20-years-old. The NRA and its GOP allies want to lower the national age limit to buy a handgun to 18, even though 18 to 20-year-olds are FOUR TIMES as likely to commit gun homicides as adults over 21.
They don’t care if your kids die. https://t.co/WVCRC1CSOm— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 24, 2022
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rules? Mere suggestions
And he’ll face no consequences for it. https://t.co/oUVxi86xIA
— Charred Monsterson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2022
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
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They recognize that in order for them to justify being able to shoot someone for any and every reason, they need to strip away every last layer of protection that legislatures over the years have crafted atop the Second Amendment. Their ultimate goal is to be the arbiters of who lives and who dies, according to their whims in the moment, and guns are the easiest tools available with which to accomplish this.
Where’s the FBI? https://t.co/75JGFuXdFc
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 24, 2022
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
The NRA clowns always skip the part about how strict the military is with regard to guns.
I wonder if Putin is considering pulling this stunt just before the US elections.
The American, British and French governments release a joint statement dismissing false Russian claims that Ukraine is “planning to use a radiological weapon in Ukraine”.https://t.co/eoJI3EADA3.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) October 24, 2022
Stand by for one of our mammoth investigations identifying dozens of Russian white-collar officers waging war on civilians who really thought they would remain anonymous and shield away from the battlefield. Together with @the_ins_ru and @derspiegel . https://t.co/I7OBk91GcQ
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) October 24, 2022
The author, Lawrence Freedman, is Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College, London.
New post trying to think through diplomatic solutions to the Russo-Ukraine war. More questions than answers. https://t.co/fFbtSHQMkY
— Lawrence Freedman (@LawDavF) October 19, 2022
Nice that Garland is protecting us against China.
Meanwhile, we have a MUCH MORE SERIOUS THREAT to US democracy right here at home named Donald Trump, and he’s still walking around free, spreading hatred, sedition, and conspiracy theories.
But hey, China.— Charred Monsterson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2022
Ever wonder how Russian cruise missiles find their way into Ukrainian playgrounds, power stations, and apartment buildings? Well thanks to @bellingcat’s @christogrozev wonder no more. It’s time to meet the team behind the targeting of Russian missiles on civilian infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/HHRrmUE3jQ
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) October 24, 2022
re: #8 ckkatz
Put the kibosh on that scheme by telling the Russians, “If any kind of WMD is used in Ukraine, whether a radiological bomb or a more classic nuclear fission device - or indeed, even chemical or biological weapons - then we will automatically conclude it was you, Russia, that was responsible for it and we will respond with full military force.”
Hell, for all I know, maybe that’s what they’ve already told the Russians.
To the best of my knowledge Rishi Sunak will be the first Prime Minister who can magically change the colour of ring binders…pic.twitter.com/BZVOKqXBxk
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) October 24, 2022
After the DOJ briefing, couple data points on China:
Xi Jingping seems determined to repeat Putin’s 3 main mistakes:
1. Increase domestic repression;
2. Pursue international aggression;
3. Ignore the economy.
Under him, China will not evolve.
Most of all, he reminds me of Erich Honecker in the GDR.— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) October 24, 2022
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We’ve warned that global markets are looking at China in a new light ever since Russia invaded Ukraine. We were tracking the largest ever outflows from China BEFORE last week’s National Congress. These outflows will now likely become a torrent. Markets have changed on China… pic.twitter.com/llJahW90ik
— Robin Brooks (@RobinBrooksIIF) October 24, 2022
I can see it coming.
Donald Trump is going to get away with all his crimes.
I wish I could still wish I was wrong.
🚨| BREAKING: European gas prices are rapidly falling due to growing stockpiles and expectations of a warmer winter.
The rate has come down from around €370 to about €100 a MWh. If it sustains, then inflation and electricity prices should also come down aswell. pic.twitter.com/rxsMNLKCrj— POLITICS UK 🚨🇬🇧 (@POLITlCSUK) October 24, 2022
re: #16 ckkatz
Looks like investors are coming to the conclusion that China maybe ain’t the best place to park your money. And now that Xi Jinping has been proclaimed the Son of Heaven (天子) in everything but name, they reckon it’s time to get out.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
I can see it coming.
Donald Trump is going to get away with all his crimes.
I wish I could still wish I was wrong.
It certainly looks like our justice system cannot solve this and is declaring it a “Political problem and not our department”.
So it is up to the the voters. Which is scary.
Particularly when we look at how uninformed the average voter is and realize that half of all voters are even less informed.
I’m sorry if you had to walk past armed lunatics to vote and thought that Merrick Garland was going to speak up for your rights today.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) October 24, 2022
meanwhile in Kentucky:
From Sec. Adams’ office: “we confirmed with our USPS contact today that USPS will instruct carriers to direct absentee ballot envelopes lacking sufficient postage to the county clerk, not to the sender.” https://t.co/p2NpsXqhgK
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 24, 2022
Also: “Jefferson County’s approach of eating the cost of insufficient postage is a common one, but not legally required.”
So: To be sure, either use 3 stamps or just drop absentee ballot off in person at designated drop boxes.— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 24, 2022
Really, truly disappointing to see the Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) endorsing Greg Abbott for governor.
They claim he has “protected personal liberty” in the state, while Texas is restricting women’s bodily autonomy, waging war on LGBTQ kids…https://t.co/tUOveJMLjw— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) October 24, 2022
re: #14 A Cranky One
Guns aren’t penis substitutes…oh wait.
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I wonder if those are a heat sink and get warmer as one continues shooting. Would explain why they’re positioned so the shooter can cup them with one hand.
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Kentucky:
You guys have to pay postage on your absentee ballots??? Here in Minnesota, return postage is paid. I just fill out the thing, put it in my mailbox, and off it goes to Minneapolis to be counted.
In related news, I saw an ad for our current Secretary of State, Steve Simon. According to his ad, which I haven’t verified, Minnesota has the most active voting population in the country.
(Post-update: According to Ballotpedia, that checks out as far back as 2016.) So, thanks, Democrats, for making it so easy and secure to vote in this state. That’s why we keep voting for you :)
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The gunman at a St. Louis school today was 20-years-old. The NRA and its GOP allies want to lower the national age limit to buy a handgun to 18, even though 18 to 20-year-olds are FOUR TIMES as likely to commit gun homicides as adults over 21.
They don’t care if your kids die. https://t.co/WVCRC1CSOm— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 24, 2022
“They don’t care if your kids die.”
They don’t care if kids kill kids.
Looks like Tucker Carlson is inserting himself into the GQP. Including fights over Russia vs Ukraine. It will be interesting to see whether he takes over the party, or if it rejects him as an invasive parasite:
Tucker Carlson lashes out at GOP campaign chief in irate private call https://t.co/1zpbOusn6s
— Axios (@axios) October 24, 2022
An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday:
Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson’s son, a Capitol Hill aide, in an article about internal House GOP politicking — or the Fox host would assume Emmer himself was to blame for the quote.
And also:
We talked about the possibility of a power struggle inside the GOP between pro-Ukraine and pro-Putin Republicans. Snyder explains why a big, big factor here is Tucker Carlson:https://t.co/V4Z16cLxXt pic.twitter.com/3ITbV7yQAW
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 24, 2022
Timothy Snyder:
I talk to quite a few Republicans who say and do exactly the right things regarding Ukraine. But an underlying source of the [power struggle] you mention is media. The guidelines for state-sponsored Russian propaganda television predict very well what Tucker Carlson says about Russia and Ukraine. Then Russian propagandists play clips of Tucker Carlson for their viewers.So an awful lot of Americans and Republican voters are imbibing Russian propaganda tropes without knowing it.
re: #25 Dopamine Fish
I know in Washington state, which has been exclusively vote-by-mail for many years now, it’s always been postage-paid.
Just a reminder that our soon-to-be prime minister wants Britain to become a “global cryptoassets hub” and earlier this year commissioned the Royal Mint to create an NFT (which, highly surprisingly, never materialised)https://t.co/IIN1Gwe1aj
— Jemima Kelly (@jemimajoanna) October 24, 2022
The @AP interviewed about a dozen migrants who recently arrived in the U.S. and agreed to share documents they received while they seek asylum.
The review found that most had no idea where they were going, nor did the people at the addresses listed. https://t.co/a7VB0SUTKc— The Associated Press (@AP) October 24, 2022
The hits keep on coming for Kanye:
Hollywood talent agency CAA has officially dropped Kanye “Ye” West in light of the rapper’s recent anti-semitic remarks. Additionally, MRC Entertainment executives say they’ve shelved a completed documentary on West, with no plans to distribute it.
“This morning, after discussion with our filmmakers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any distribution for our recently completed documentary about Kanye West. We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley wrote in a staff memo, per Variety.
“The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising,” they continue. “What is new and sad, is the fear Jews have about speaking out in their own defense.”
CAA and MCR are far from the only ones cutting ties with West following his now-deleted interview with Drink Champs, during which he spouted off anti-semitic conspiracies, as well as his own falsified theory on the murder of George Floyd. Fashion brand Balenciaga and bank JP Morgan Chase have ended any and all partnerships with West.
The St. Louis school that was the site of an active shooter today had:
-Metal Detectors
-All doors were locked
-Seven security officers in the school
Still, the shooter gained entry and people died.— Emily A. ☮️ (@emzorbit) October 24, 2022
Attorney General Garland responds to question about Mar-a-Lago investigation: “This is an ongoing investigation so I’m really not able to comment. We speak through our filings…that’s the only way we speak.” pic.twitter.com/h6lJIGG7bt
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 24, 2022
Fwiw
To be clear, Justice Thomas issued an “administrative stay,” which blocks the Eleventh Circuit ruling only temporarily while the full Court decides whether to block it pending appeal.
Such a ruling is *not* predictive of how the full Court (or even Thomas) will vote on the stay. https://t.co/CSrBaDg9JP— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) October 24, 2022
re: #26 Dangerman
We should NEVER prohibit adults from exercising fundamental, constitutional rights.
We do it all the time. We restrict free speech. We restrict the right to vote. We restrict the freedom of the press. We even, in some cases, restrict the freedom of religion (or at least, some people’s perception thereof). Constitutional rights are not absolute. Never have been, never will be. Suck it up and deal with it, you gun-humping wannabe-murderers.
This St. Louis shooting, I was in Amsterdam for four days (on a plane flying back as we speak), and nearly everyone that I talked to when I told them I was from the US replied with “You guys have a lot of guns.”
A fucking embarrassment.
But yes, it looks absolutely terrible for Thomas to even participate in a case about allegedly criminal election interference when his own wife attempted to interfere with the election to such a degree that she testified before the Jan. 6 committee. An ethics nightmare.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 24, 2022
Great Thread, and I concur with each tweet in it. https://t.co/NXqLDRQMhr
— retired cynic (@mowarda6) October 24, 2022
A Florida judge has blocked subpoenas of top DeSantis officials in public records lawsuit regarding DeSantis’s “migrant relocation program.” See order here. https://t.co/GCdi3PgZV7
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) October 24, 2022
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
If only the teachers were armed…
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If only there were police officers there…oh wait.
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
If only the teachers were armed…
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…then the first thing that would happen in every school shooting is that the shooter would blow away the teacher and anyone who tried to walk in the classroom door. It’s not rocket surgery to figure out why arming teachers and expecting them to play action movie heroes is a bad idea.
re: #43 Dopamine Fish
Who pays for the teachers’ guns? Who pays for the training? Who pays for the attorney fees when the inevitable lawsuits happen because the teacher “didn’t respond forcefully or quickly enough”? It’s utter madness.
Dave Troy has been doing some threads on the history of Elon Musk and his rise to wealth. (I have not had a chance to go down that rabbit hole yet.) Here are a few:
3/And in case you’re not familiar with the PayPal mafia… please review. Not all these folks are right-libertarian fascists, but those that are… they are going full masks-off for Putin. Pay attention. pic.twitter.com/ZtN0YZTbQs
— Dave Troy (@davetroy) October 23, 2022
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The Musk-Rohrabacher libertarian-fascist nexus is ridiculously deep.https://t.co/tJ31NmxICC
— Dave Troy (@davetroy) October 23, 2022
Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning and crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Blvd. and Romain St. It was suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency. https://t.co/hnDbzTADxJ pic.twitter.com/K3s6kiOQsq
— Variety (@Variety) October 24, 2022
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
Next time it’ll read:
-Metal Detectors
-All doors were locked
-Seven security officers in the school
- teachers were armed
Because they’ll have already come up with a new idiotic goalpost
“The Justice Department … will not allow voters to be intimidated,” AG Garland says at his press conference in response to a question about what’s been happening in Arizona.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 24, 2022
While arms are flapping and flailing, the real bad stuff happens quietly and confidently. https://t.co/fQQMP1fAci
— David Menkin (@davidmenkin) October 24, 2022
re: #44 Ace Rothstein
Who pays for the teachers’ guns? Who pays for the training? Who pays for the attorney fees when the inevitable lawsuits happen because the teacher “didn’t respond forcefully or quickly enough”? It’s utter madness.
Or when a student gets a teacher’s gun and shoots somebody with it. Or when a teacher has a negligent discharge because he’s a right-wing gun-humping idiot and dropped it while waving it around, and shot a student. I could go on.
re: #49 ckkatz
Rees-Mogg is Evil. Prove me wrong.
California Will Overtake Germany as 4th Largest Economy
politicalwire.com
Bloomberg: “California’s economy has proven relatively resilient, first through the pandemic and now through the current period of elevated inflation. So much so, that the Golden State’s gross domestic product is poised to overtake Germany’s as the fourth largest in the world after the US, China and Japan. It had already leapfrogged Brazil (No. 7) and France (No. 6) in 2015 and supplanted the UK (No. 5) in 2017.”
“Although many of California’s current figures won’t be published until 2023, estimates suggest the state may have already caught Germany, with at least one forecast implying California is ahead by $72 billion when considering the state’s recent growth rate.”
My costco just dropped gas prices 20 cents per gallon.
$3.99, still high, but, I like the direction.
My, my. She really wants to lose this race, doesn’t she?
Palin Will Rank Peltola Ahead of Begich
politicalwire.com
Sarah Palin (R) said she will rank Rep. Mary Peltola (D) — her biggest rival — second on her ranked choice ballot, ahead of Nick Begich (R), Must Read Alaska reports.
re: #54 Egregious Philbin
Thanks, Sleepy Joe.
re: #41 Captain Ron
You can’t handle the truth!
re: #44 Ace Rothstein
Who pays for the teachers’ guns? Who pays for the training? Who pays for the attorney fees when the inevitable lawsuits happen because the teacher “didn’t respond forcefully or quickly enough”? It’s utter madness.
Training? They don’t need no steenkin’ training.
Or when the teacher misses the ‘bad guy’ and takes out a kid.
Is his argument that Trump’s admin was focused on the wrong things and did a lousy job?
Because it sure sounds like he’s saying that Trump’s admin was focused on the wrong things and did a lousy job… 🤔— Ben S (@Benny6Toes) October 24, 2022
re: #52 retired cynic
Rees-Mogg is Evil. Prove me wrong.
Rees-Mogg is a living, breathing caricature of a Victorian undertaker. He’s evil, to be sure, yet simultaneously oddly amusing, say, like a cast reject from one of Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family films.
And with that, have a good one Lizards and stay healthy.
Outrageous. The enduring myth that Roberts is somehow concerned about the integrity of the court must be permanently disposed of. https://t.co/3qG7dThJZq
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 24, 2022
re: #55 retired cynic
My, my. She really wants to lose this race, doesn’t she?
Palin Will Rank Peltola Ahead of Begich
politicalwire.com
Sarah Palin (R) said she will rank Rep. Mary Peltola (D) — her biggest rival — second on her ranked choice ballot, ahead of Nick Begich (R), Must Read Alaska reports.
Today’s electoral-vote
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re: #52 retired cynic
Rees-Mogg is Evil. Prove me wrong.
the man still has his nanny attending on his every moment
re: #45 ckkatz
From his previous, inexplicably popular thread I had to make a conclusion that Troy compensates for the weakness of argumentation for his main thesis by throwing a bunch of often un- or barely related facts together, like certain folks are wont to. His focus on the weirdo Sacha Stone and the concept of the noosphere in the context of the alleged threat to the global financial system was particularly puzzling.
re: #55 retired cynic
My, my. She really wants to lose this race, doesn’t she?
Palin Will Rank Peltola Ahead of Begich
politicalwire.com
Sarah Palin (R) said she will rank Rep. Mary Peltola (D) — her biggest rival — second on her ranked choice ballot, ahead of Nick Begich (R), Must Read Alaska reports.
Please proceed.
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
the man still has his nanny attending on his every moment
Tracey does it so brilliantly
When you want Brexit now and to be Prime Minister, ‘cos you’re a big boy Rees-Mogg! *stamps foot* pic.twitter.com/7ger94Q4ch
— BBC Comedy (@bbccomedy) July 2, 2018
Liz Truss Ended with Just 7% Approval (polling everybody, not just the party)
Six weeks ago she got 57% of the party’s vote, beating Sunak 81k to 60k.
re: #67 Dangerman
Liz Truss Ended with Just 7% Approval (polling everybody, not just the party)
Six weeks ago she got 57% of the party’s vote, beating Sunak 81k to 60k.
Apparently blowing up the economy is bad for your poll numbers. Who knew?
Kinda funny
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re: #67 Dangerman
I think Pope John Paul I lasted longer than that lunatic.
re: #53 retired cynic
California Will Overtake Germany as 4th Largest Economy
politicalwire.com
Bloomberg: “California’s economy has proven relatively resilient, first through the pandemic and now through the current period of elevated inflation. So much so, that the Golden State’s gross domestic product is poised to overtake Germany’s as the fourth largest in the world after the US, China and Japan. It had already leapfrogged Brazil (No. 7) and France (No. 6) in 2015 and supplanted the UK (No. 5) in 2017.”“Although many of California’s current figures won’t be published until 2023, estimates suggest the state may have already caught Germany, with at least one forecast implying California is ahead by $72 billion when considering the state’s recent growth rate.”
And thanks, IMO, are due to former Gov. Jerry Brown: who, in despite of the CA GOP caterwauling for years about how awful the state’s finances were, instituted a system of *real* fiscal controls (primarily those taxes Republicans have always wailed about as being “Evil Soshulism” and “crippling to the economy”) and IIRC, took the state from a chronic deficit, to its present health precisely by treating California like that “Nth largest economy in the world” and managing its finances accordingly.
Though of course, the other economic lesson to be learned from the Golden State, might be that one’s economy grows best when Republicans are a powerless minority in State Government, but I doubt whether that point will be stressed much.
This guy? Didn’t he attend the deadly 2017 Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville wearing the uniform of League Of The South, a KKK-affiliated white supremacist group? pic.twitter.com/eIvgJ3JpaK
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) October 24, 2022
Hey @marcorubio, is this your campaign staffer wearing the uniform of white supremacist group League Of The South at the deadly 2017 Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, saying “They will not replace us”?
Who is the (((they))) he’s referring to? https://t.co/pCP7qjdQPd pic.twitter.com/teT6yN51g1— Chad Loder (@chadloder) October 24, 2022
Buttigieg is epic at calling out Republicans. Nails DeSantis and other GOP here: “…It’s another to just call attention to a problem because the problem is actually more useful to you than the solution. And that helps you call attention to yourself.”pic.twitter.com/ExY5st05Oy
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) October 24, 2022
Krasovsky has published a longer apology as a video, here’s a transcript. AFAIC it’s simply damage control.
Я дурак, я не просто перешел границы, я ненамеренно их стер… Я думаю о каждом ребенке, каждой матери, каждой семье. И также я думаю и страдаю о каждом ребенке на той стороне, мечтаю, чтобы смертей не было, чтобы дети не погибали. Поверьте, слеза каждого младенца — это моя боль, мой страшный сон. Никому я не желаю смерти, никому.
Я сижу в этом эфире десятки раз в месяц и меня раз от раза заносит куда-то, куда может занести тот бес, что сидит на одном из моих плеч, как писал Достоевский. И вот тут он меня занес. Иногда я пытаюсь решить, а чья жизнь важнее, нужнее, правильнее. Я идиот. Нет таких жизней.
Я не прошу меня простить, я прошу меня понять, дурака понять. Я виноват перед своими друзьями, товарищами, перед коллективом RT. Я виноват перед всеми матерями, кто в ужасе услышали этот текст. Я виноват и вину эту я понесу с собой, она будет в моих снах и печалях всю мою оставшуюся жизнь, я виноват. Я не уверен, что ее можно искупить. Я всегда хотел быть лучше врага. Моя страна хотела быть лучше врага и я дурак, смешал добро со злом и облажался, скурвился. Не знаю, можно ли меня простить. Я себя никогда не прощу.
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow, that was quick. Didn’t he know that this guy would be exposed in two seconds? 😂
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 24, 2022
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
Such a shame that he’ll be eating his dinner through a straw for the next few months.
Trump did an interview with OAN with Hulk Hogan’s theme playing in the background pic.twitter.com/oPuIPcpha0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2022
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
Did they say, “Republicans aren’t allowed in the neighborhood,” or, “Nazis aren’t allowed in the neighborhood?” Oh, right - distinction without a difference.
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow, that was quick. Didn’t he know that this guy would be exposed in two seconds?
Neo-Nazi RWNJ creep as this guy may be, the point (which of course, Rubio is conveniently ignoring) is that violent attacks on people are wrong: though given Monzon’s history, it wouldn’t be surprising if he had provoked the assault somehow. More details needed.
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
Doesn’t matter. Now the GOP can act outraged that libs support violence against Republicans because of their political beliefs (never mind that those political beliefs are genocidal).
re: #80 Jay C
Neo-Nazi RWNJ creep as this guy may be, the point (which of course, Rubio is conveniently ignoring) is that violent attacks on people are wrong: though given Monzon’s history, it wouldn’t be surprising if he had provoked the assault somehow. More details needed.
Even worse: I suspect - of course, without evidence, but it would be irresponsible not to speculate - that if the assault was even real in the first place, that it was staged.
Elon Musk To Cut Twitter Staff To Single Devoted Hunchback Who Laughs Hysterically At All Of Boss’s Genius Tweets https://t.co/rQQiOfZd9V pic.twitter.com/zkswvov4Qk
— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 24, 2022
re: #80 Jay C
There’s a chance that “fighting words” were involved.
re: #83 Charles Johnson
beat me to it
Premeditation. Fraud. Conspiracy. Plain sight. https://t.co/32IBt7IJlp
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) October 24, 2022
— 🌊Jskorn🌊 (@Jskorn) October 24, 2022
re: #79 Dopamine Fish
Did they say, “Republicans aren’t allowed in the neighborhood,” or, “Nazis aren’t allowed in the neighborhood?” Oh, right - distinction without a difference.
He’s claiming that someone said Republicans aren’t allowed in the most Cuban part of Miami?
r/that_happened
This is 100% for national media that won’t know the landscape and won’t bother to check.— Brianna Chesser (@BriannaChesser) October 24, 2022
re: #84 jaunte
There’s a chance that “fighting words” were involved.
It’s Florida. Couldn’t the supposed assaulters have simply chosen to “stand their ground” after being threatened? (Or since it was a canvasser arguably defending their home as well.)
re: #86 Captain Ron
Trump still pissed at Philadelphia. IIRC, some wards there actually voted 100% for Biden in 2016.
Of course if Marge really gave a sh*t she could vote to fund veterans healthcare. But she doesn’t. Because she’s full of sh*t.
It’s all show.
Do you know who votes to fund veteran’s healthcare? Democrats.
And I don’t know what Ukraine has to do with veterans🤷♀️ https://t.co/n0vNse36gI— JustJulieW (@vintagegoddess) October 24, 2022
re: #74 jaunte
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In 1950, Lionel Trilling wrote in his essay,
The Liberal Imagination
In the United States at this time Liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition. For it is the plain fact that nowadays there are no conservative or reactionary ideas in general circulation. This does not mean, of course, that there is no impulse to conservatism or to reaction. Such impulses are certainly very strong, perhaps even stronger than most of us know. But the conservative impulse and the reactionary impulse do not, with some isolated and some ecclesiastical exceptions, express themselves in ideas but only in action or in irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas.
The Trump Tapes: 20 interviews that show why he is an unparalleled danger
Bob Woodward
wapo.st Gift Link
I approached this article with trepidation, but I think it is worth listening to. He has an essay with an opinion, and uses audio clips to illustrate his points.
In 2020, I ended “Rage” with the following sentence: “When his performance as president is taken in its entirety, I can only reach one conclusion: Trump is the wrong man for the job.”
Two years later, I realize I didn’t go far enough. Trump is an unparalleled danger. When you listen to him on the range of issues from foreign policy to the virus to racial injustice, it’s clear he did not know what to do. Trump was overwhelmed by the job. He was largely disconnected from the needs and leadership expectations of the public and his absolute self-focus became the presidency.
At one point in June 2020, I asked Trump if he had assistance with a speech he had given about law and order.
[audio] I get people, they come up with ideas. But, the ideas are mine, Bob. Want to know something? Everything is mine.
re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth
guess the National Guard people at the border committing suicide don’t count
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) October 24, 2022
re: #82 Dopamine Fish
Even worse: I suspect - of course, without evidence, but it would be irresponsible not to speculate - that if the assault was even real in the first place, that it was staged.
Like the psychopath in Dirty Harry
We did a little experiment today and tried to get suppressed on TikTok.
Here’s the first of two videos, explaining what we’re trying: https://t.co/afd1TaOdpu pic.twitter.com/FhzUxLBq0d— Washington Post TikTok Guy 🎃 (@davejorgenson) October 24, 2022
re: #94 Dangerman
Like the psychopath in Dirty Harry
I mean, it could be as simple as hiring some goons to beat the ever-loving shit out of him and “make it look convincing”. It’s kind of like that spate of arsons and vandalism where people were spray-painting supposed BLM, Antifa, and Anarchist symbols on their targets. Of course, those all turned out to be fake. This would be going a little bit far, but these people are literally crazy, so I can’t exactly put it past them to “take one for the team,” so to speak.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Nice that Garland is protecting us against China.
Meanwhile, we have a MUCH MORE SERIOUS THREAT to US democracy right here at home named Donald Trump, and he’s still walking around free, spreading hatred, sedition, and conspiracy theories.
But hey, China.
LOL, is everyone mad at you now for being mean to Merrick Garland because he’s running out the clock so he doesn’t have to deal with Trump if the GQP wins the House next month?
They shouldn’t be, because that’s what’s fucking happening.
NASA’s James Webb Telescope Captures an Astounding Photo of the Gaseous Pillars of Creation
thisiscolossal.com
Getting into even more detail with a number of spectacular images.
re: #92 retired cynic
I’d like to hear an explanation from Bob Woodward why he sat on this shit until Woodward determined he could make money from it.
Shit, just answered my own question.
re: #99 Mattand
I’d like to hear an explanation from Bob Woodward why he sat on this shit until Woodward determined he could make money from it.
Shit, just answered my own question.
For people wondering where the Bob Woodwards of the Trump Administration are, well, he never left. He just went along with the times.
re: #27 ckkatz
Looks like Tucker Carlson is inserting himself into the GQP. Including fights over Russia vs Ukraine. It will be interesting to see whether he takes over the party, or if it rejects him as an invasive parasite:
thread:
2. Buckley Carlson was initially hired by @RepJimBanks immediately after graduating from college as a staff assistant, essentially an entry-level job, earning 40K per year
His only prior experience was as an intern for Trump in the White House— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 24, 2022
They face a maximum of a year in federal prison but I wouldn’t expect that. They got quite the plea deal, with prosecutors dropping 14 charges.https://t.co/iWqqKt1ZWO
“Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony
for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters”— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) October 24, 2022
re: #102 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Haven’t thought about those losers for awhile. Now they’ll be convicted felons.
According to @stlpublicradio, there were SEVEN security officers inside the St. Louis school, but the gunman was still able to bring a long gun to the third floor where he murdered two people and wounded seven others.
It’s the fucking guns. pic.twitter.com/Mveg5Pxvej— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 24, 2022
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Math, how does it work?
I know I’m getting old, but I still think I can divide by 3 in my head, but maybe I’m wrong.
Someone help me here:
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Obviously, they’re selling them by the lens.
Or they have some sort of metadata in their backend referring it to a pair, and whatever logic they use to calculate per unit cost is multiplying the number of items in a pack by 2 as a result? And they’re rounding results too many times?
re: #99 Mattand
I’d like to hear an explanation from Bob Woodward why he sat on this shit until Woodward determined he could make money from it.
Shit, just answered my own question.
He SAYS that he got the most important tapes just six weeks before RAGE was due to go to press. They were from National Security aides who had been given permission from TFG to speak to Woodward.
He did publish things before the book came out, of course, even some of the tapes, but your point is a good one. He has always seemed a bit that way to me.
re: #106 aatharuv
Obviously, they’re selling them by the lens.
That has to be it. Very, very odd way to do retail, though.
re: #106 aatharuv
Obviously, they’re selling them by the lens.
Or they have some sort of metadata in their backend referring it to a pair, and whatever logic they use to calculate per unit cost is multiplying the number of items in a pack by 2 as a result?
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re: #81 No Malarkey!
Doesn’t matter. Now the GOP can act outraged that libs support violence against Republicans because of their political beliefs (never mind that those political beliefs are genocidal).
I occasionally replay the gif of Richard Spencer getting decked.
any comment, @tedcruz? https://t.co/6rTov8SIIV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2022
Thread about his daughter texting him that there was an active shooter at the school.
She made it to the Schnuck’s parking lot.
I got to her.
We walked back to the car.
We left.
Fuck Guns. Abolish the 2nd Amendment.
Fund healthcare. Fund mental health.
We are the only country with this problem.— Michael Bishop (@michael__bishop) October 24, 2022
Another heartbreaking loss: The endlessly talented Emmy winner, Leslie Jordan has died at 67.
Thank you for bringing joy, laughter, and light into our lives, sir.
Deepest condolences to Mr. Jordan’s family and friends. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/gYsq69o2r9— Remembering Dame Angela Lansbury 🇺🇦 (@_AngelaLansbury) October 24, 2022
This is Toby. And this is Toby’s pink friend. They had to split up for bath time, which was kind of scary. But now they are clean, cozy and back together. 12/10 for both #SeniorPupSaturday pic.twitter.com/DlvYwOvklw
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) October 22, 2022
re: #112 No Malarkey!
The excuse the Right will use is that the metal detectors were used wrong.
Sorry, which country is being invaded? Who should actually get to decide if Ukraine is ready to negotiate or not? Sure as shit not people in a country miles away from Ukraine under no threat of being murdered/raped/tortured/having their kids abducted. https://t.co/CVRBaBNXY6
— Danielle 39 POINT LABOUR LEAD Blake 🇺🇦 (@abradacabla) October 24, 2022
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
Postage would be a kind of poll tax. The illegal kind as far as I can see
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
Never be surprised as American corporations fall in lock step with the ongoing Right wing authoritarian takeover and hijacking of this country, and for that matter around the world…ahem…Adidas.
In fact, most corporations will celebrate fascism and and issue statements proclaiming how “the Republican Party has all along been the driving force of Freedom and Prosperity in America” even as more no more people are diminished, brought under subjugation and simply eliminated.
The 28-year-old’s death comes as Mayor Adams’ administration continues its legal battle to maintain control of Rikers Island. The administration is poised for another court date in November. https://t.co/SBTFgD8Pdw
— WNYC 🎙 (@WNYC) October 24, 2022
Anyone know what Ginny has to say about this?
She’s the Boss ya know. pic.twitter.com/tvjEwDbsyO— Under Dank Brandon’s Eye🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) October 24, 2022
Reminder that there has never actually been a case of a kid who has ingested fentanyl made to look like candy.
Reminder also that drug dealers HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN TARGETING 10-YEAR-OLDS. A fact that is completely obvious if you think about it for more than a second. https://t.co/NXRcT6Vgy9— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) October 24, 2022
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good grief. Who the hell names their son Buckley?
re: #123 Dangerman
The kids getting the fentanyl candy are the same kids using litter boxes in their classrooms.
/
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
Marco Rubio@marcorubio
Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida
He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery
While going from one Miami neighborhood to the next, it can get real ugly - real quick.
While living in Miami, I would tell visitors from out of town that if they got lost, to turn around and go back the way they came. ‘Cause you know where you’ve been, and may not like where you’re going.
Dave Berry once suggested the Miami tourist board print up bumper stickers, “Come back to Miami, we’re not shooting at you.”
re: #25 Dopamine Fish
You guys have to pay postage on your absentee ballots??? Here in Minnesota, return postage is paid. I just fill out the thing, put it in my mailbox, and off it goes to Minneapolis to be counted.
In related news, I saw an ad for our current Secretary of State, Steve Simon. According to his ad, which I haven’t verified, Minnesota has the most active voting population in the country.
(Post-update: According to Ballotpedia, that checks out as far back as 2016.) So, thanks, Democrats, for making it so easy and secure to vote in this state. That’s why we keep voting for you :)
In my suburban Colorado county, you have to put two stamps on to mail your ballot. Probably true for the whole state. But there are so many handy drop boxes I haven’t mailed a ballot in years. (I assume it’s a different experience in the rural counties.)
The View’s audience is so upset that Ted Cruz is on the show that they had to cut the sound and go to a commercial when an audience member yelled “f-ck you!” at Cruz pic.twitter.com/UbQ2DHERcN
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 24, 2022
re: #126 BeenHereAwhile
I flew out there a good 25 years ago for a football game at the old U of Miami stadium. It was scary. We won..woo
128 performers in wheelchairs.
French choreographer Sadek Waff leads a mesmerising hand ballet during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics … pic.twitter.com/dl0Dai82C9— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 24, 2022
re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg
The kids getting the fentanyl candy are the same kids using litter boxes in their classrooms.
/
re: #126 BeenHereAwhile
While going from one Miami neighborhood to the next, it can get real ugly - real quick.
While living in Miami, I would tell visitors from out of town that if they got lost, to turn around and go back the way they came. ‘Cause you know where you’ve been, and may not like where you’re going.
Dave Berry once suggested the Miami tourist board print up bumper stickers, “Come back to Miami, we’re not shooting at you.”
Got so crazy with car jackings they took the word “Lease” off of rental car plates there decades ago.
I was in South Beach once with friends. We did the tour and knocked back some cocktails with snotty Russian waitresses screaming at each other.
I saw a pastel two story house, by itself, and asked my friends what they saw that was different about that house.
They didn’t get it.
I pointed out there were steel bars on the second story windows, with no lower roof or tree nearby.
I presumed the ground floor was wired.
I presumed they had been hit before with a stolen ladder.
You have a Maserati with a boot on it with a drunk homeless guy passed out next to it. Take another hit and sigh.
Living La Vita Loca.
PSA: If you find yourself sitting in a parking lot armed, masked and dressed in tactical gear like some G.I. Jackoff incel because you want to “monitor” ballot drop boxes, congratulations, you’re an idiot, an asshole and you’re in a fucking cult.
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) October 24, 2022
And covering your license plate out of fear…
Bannon today: “On 8 Nov, when we destroy the Dem Party as a national political institution and end the regime, the hunted become the hunters. The whole Fauci family - welcome to the investigations. Paybacks across the board.” pic.twitter.com/gPUPZ7oE2y
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2022
“When you believe in things that you don’t understand, then you suffer…”
Word. Then. Now. Always. https://t.co/Ah1IBwkL5K— Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) October 24, 2022
re: #130 Egregious Philbin
I flew out there a good 25 years ago for a football game at the old U of Miami stadium. It was scary. We won..woo
If you were at the Orange Bowl during UM football games, you were probably in one of the safest neighborhoods in Miami. The residents of homes surrounding the stadium made a lot of money during home games renting parking spaces on their lawns and streets to football fans.
Anybody looking to create difficulties and problems for patrons providing that annual cash cow would quickly find UDFU’d.
Folk who had rafted across the Gulf Stream tend to not be impressed by some street punks.
Middle Age Riot
@middleageriot
During a school shooting, children hide under their desks.
After a school shooting, Republicans hide under theirs.
So, I’m forced to believe Rubio or the police? That’s a tough one … pic.twitter.com/HzbRIGsI6M
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2022
Yes…very challening.
re: #142 Eclectic Cyborg
Yes…very challening.
also:
New w/ @joshceb:
The man attacked last night while canvassing for @marcorubio has been ID’d as Christopher Monzon, ex-member of the white supremacist group League of the South.https://t.co/zFYiahf4F8— Alex DeLuca (@AlexLDeLuca) October 24, 2022
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
$10 says that’s Halloween makeup on his face
re: #144 Eclectic Cyborg
$10 says that’s Halloween makeup on his face
That’s what I thought, but going rate for a thought is about a penny.
It’s that time again!
65 clips in 5:57.
Another terrifying episode of …
THIS IS MAGA
Week in Review
October 16-23, 2022 pic.twitter.com/EBr1PCayqp— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2022
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of course, there’s no actual criminal or civil liability included in that code section, so it’s more a “guideline” than a law.
I suppose an enterprising member of the House could draw up articles of impeachment based on this code section… and were it to get 218 votes in the House it would then go to the Senate for a trial, where every fucking Republican would vote against it because that’s the world we live in.
re: #128 CleverToad
In my suburban Colorado county, you have to put two stamps on to mail your ballot. Probably true for the whole state. But there are so many handy drop boxes I haven’t mailed a ballot in years. (I assume it’s a different experience in the rural counties.)
Throughout Nebraska where mail ballots are mandatory, the state pays all postage.
We just got back from town … we have a rental Mitsubishi while the Smart gets a mechanical overhaul.
I do not like having a starter button on the dash and a key fob which only unlocks doors. I lost the key fob while we were at the market, tore the car apart looking for it, searched the parking lot, drove back to the rental agency, they tore the car apart, and found the door lock fob deep in a cubbyhole that I can put my arm all the way to my elbow in.
It is not possible for me to lose my Smart key fob when the car is running, since the key is in the ignition.
If I accidentally leave the Mitsubishi unlocked, someone can steal it.
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
@AlexLDeLuca
New w/ @joshceb:The man attacked last night while canvassing for @marcorubio has been ID’d as Christopher Monzon, ex-member of the white supremacist group League of the South.
Another Miami story:
In the early 2000s that area of Hialeah had a pirate FM radio station that was so well established, during its hours of operation it took request calls.
hatchling:
🦎 Leopard Gecko - Eublepharis macularius 📷 Vitaliy Halenov pic.twitter.com/pEHxqXc58l
— Lizards Every Hour 2.0 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@HourlyLizards) October 24, 2022
re: #149 wrenchwench
Hi. How are you?
Eh, hanging in there. Still haven’t won the powerball, so not living on a private island in the Mediterranean.
I find it absurd that official ballots require postage when sent in the mail.
Around these parts, the ballot return envelope is clearly marked no postage necessary. And there is a tracking bar code (like with Priority Mail) so that once the USPS scans it there is notification sent to the one who paid the postage (State of California) and thus our online system can send me email right away about where the ballot is located.
All of that is not hard. USPS has been tracking mail since forever.
It boggles my mind that there are states who don’t do voting this way.
re: #154 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I find it absurd that official ballots require postage when sent in the mail.
Around these parts, the ballot return envelope is clearly marked no postage necessary. And there is a tracking bar code (like with Priority Mail) so that once the USPS scans it there is notification sent to the one who paid the postage (State of California) and thus our online system can send me email right away about where the ballot is located.
All of that is not hard. USPS has been tracking mail since forever.
It boggles my mind that there are states who don’t do voting this way.
There’s a decent argument that requiring postage on mail in ballots is a poll tax.
re: #154 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I find it absurd that official ballots require postage when sent in the mail.
Around these parts, the ballot return envelope is clearly marked no postage necessary. And there is a tracking bar code (like with Priority Mail) so that once the USPS scans it there is notification sent to the one who paid the postage (State of California) and thus our online system can send me email right away about where the ballot is located.
All of that is not hard. USPS has been tracking mail since forever.
It boggles my mind that there are states who don’t do voting this way.
Wasn’t there a court case in some state that decided that state couldn’t pay the postage because that was a payment for a vote or some such nonsense?
re: #156 calochortus
Wasn’t there a court case in some state that decided that state couldn’t pay the postage because that was a payment for a vote or some such nonsense?
Speaking of which, I filled out my ballot and tucked it into its postage paid envelope last night. I’ll probably actually stick it in a drop box when I’m out and about tomorrow.
Can you walk a straight line??? https://t.co/tJ6WWHl8M1
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) October 24, 2022
oh
In an important first, a newborn rat brain accepted lab-grown human brain cells and integrated them into its own neural circuitry. https://t.co/FOGgcZPNS4
— Quanta Magazine (@QuantaMagazine) October 24, 2022
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s a complete scumbag and feels no need to hide it.
Trump has a damaged mind. Projecting that onto Biden while calling for a return of the criminal to office after he attempted a coup and stole documents shows that you’re entirely lawless and will lie about the most serious matters. You betray America.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) October 24, 2022
JUST IN: 11th Circuit, which seems to be focus of a lot of Trump-related litigation, says it will live-stream nearly all oral arguments effective tomorrow. Announcement: https://t.co/ypR9aAz0PA
— Josh Gorestein (@joshgerstein) October 24, 2022
re: #153 KGxvi
Eh, hanging in there. Still haven’t won the powerball, so not living on a private island in the Mediterranean.
It’s good to have a goal.
Nothing happened at Stewart Rhodes’ court thing today because he has Covid and is in quarantine at the jail
Hubba Hubba…😏🤣🥴 pic.twitter.com/5zw2dLp6s2
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) October 24, 2022
dark city street noir style with lurking dimly lit figures and strange large insects (via NightCafé)
re: #166 Charles Johnson
There’s an Indie video game called Hollow Knight that that would make a great cut scene for a future sequel.
re: #121 jaunte
I am not sure what Matthew’s argument is, but they are made to look like candy.
I am not sure why you would even promote this point of view. It is senseless.
I know it isn’t fentanyl, it is THC gummies.
A Virginia mother has been charged with murder and felony child neglect after her 4-year-old son died from eating THC gummies, police said
It depends on the seasoning and/or condiments used on the bible. I definitely wouldn’t be on the side of anyone who slathered it with ketchup, for example. pic.twitter.com/0orL5qOOtw
— Charred Monsterson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2022
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
But enough about Ted Cruz…
re: #169 Charles Johnson
You can either eat the Bible or be part of a group that thinks they’re participating in eating the founder’s flesh.
re: #175 Shropshire Slasher
“Appears to be” is doing some very heavy lifting here.
Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the media, this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.
Thanks, Donald Trump, for making this necessary. https://t.co/yYWHIt3Fph
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 24, 2022
re: #176 Crush White Nationalism
“Appears to be” is doing some very heavy lifting here.
No it isn’t. Why the hell would you argue otherwise? It is the scourge of America. It is disgusting. So much pain and suffering.
re: #178 Shropshire Slasher
No it isn’t. Why the hell would you argue otherwise? It is the scourge of America. It is disgusting. So much pain and suffering.
You’re acting like you took a clownshoes DEA release seriously. I’d the hell argue otherwise because it was stupid.
re: #181 Shropshire Slasher
It’s OK to question law enforcement when they exaggerate, yes.
My wife and I got both the Moderna Covid-19 booster and flu shots today after we dropped our car off at the mechanic. It seems while we were out of the country, the state governor finally loosened up the restrictions on getting vaccinations.
The place was packed with people trying to get Covid boosters (that’s a good sign here in Conservatopia).
re: #178 Shropshire Slasher
No it isn’t. Why the hell would you argue otherwise? It is the scourge of America. It is disgusting. So much pain and suffering.
I would argue undermining democracy is the scourge of America, or maybe free-wheeling gunslinging, not fentanyl, but that’s just me.
re: #181 Shropshire Slasher
LOL. So it is okay to question the DEA. Tell me more.
The people who say maryjane should be a Schedule I drug?
PONTIAC, Mich. — A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and put an extraordinary focus on the boy’s home life and the alleged role of his parents in the tragedy.
Ethan Crumbley, 16, pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, nearly a year after the attack at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan. In the gallery, some relatives of the victims wept as assistant prosecutor Marc Keast described the crimes.
“Yes,” Crumbley replied, looking down and nodding in affirmation, when asked if he “knowingly, willfully and deliberately” chose to shoot other students.
The prosecutor’s office said no deals were made ahead of Monday’s plea. A first-degree murder conviction typically brings an automatic life prison sentence in Michigan, but teenagers are entitled to a hearing where their lawyer can argue for a shorter term and an opportunity for parole. (more)
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Jacob Wohl is rightfully suffering the consequences of his actions.
But seeing his father scrub Jacob’s name & image from his profile after a lifetime of ENCOURAGING his son’s behavior, I can understand the damage that comes from being raised in a home of conspiracy-theories. pic.twitter.com/yh7A9QaaPl— Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) October 24, 2022
2 sauce long pic.twitter.com/5lilfjVwWe
— lined cats (@lined_cats) October 24, 2022
re: #154 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I find it absurd that official ballots require postage when sent in the mail.
Around these parts, the ballot return envelope is clearly marked no postage necessary. And there is a tracking bar code (like with Priority Mail) so that once the USPS scans it there is notification sent to the one who paid the postage (State of California) and thus our online system can send me email right away about where the ballot is located.
All of that is not hard. USPS has been tracking mail since forever.
It boggles my mind that there are states who don’t do voting this way.
They don’t want it to be easy
Here are the Emerging Hazards from the American Poison Center:
re: #193 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We definitely have an opioid problem, but we would have it even if all the pills were white.
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Deep in my heart I know it’s fair, but nearer the surface I’m fuming.
My wife and I just received our Alaska mail-in ballots. We will have to pay the postage. One curious thing is that the upper right corner where the stamp is placed has just one block that states “First Class Postage Required”. Because of the size and weight of the ballot, two stamps are required on the envelope as the required postage is $0.84 or 2 First Class stamps since no one has a proper collection of smaller value stamps to get to $0.84.
The USPS has stated that all ballots with or without the required postage will be delivered in a timely manner.
re: #196 Cheechako
My wife and I just received our Alaska mail-in ballots. We will have to pay the postage. One curious thing is that the upper right corner where the stamp is placed has just one block that states “First Class Postage Required”. Because of the size and weight of the ballot, two stamps are required on the envelope as the required postage is $0.84 or 2 First Class stamps since no one has a proper collection of smaller value stamps to get to $0.84.
The USPS has stated that all ballots with or without the required postage will be delivered in a timely manner.
re: #192 Dangerman
They don’t want it to be easy
Ben Sasse previously led Fremont University in Nebraska (a small school) before his election to the US Senate.
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse could receive a vote of no confidence by University of Florida faculty before he even is confirmed as that university’s president.
The UF Faculty Senate will consider a vote of no confidence regarding the university’s presidential selection process at an emergency meeting Thursday. Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, was announced as the sole finalist for the school’s 13th president last month, leading to immediate backlash.
During his first visit to campus, Sasse faced a large student protest mainly focused on his stance on same-sex marriage and other LGBTQ+ issues. That prompted current University of Florida President Kent Fuchs to announce Monday that he was enforcing a 20-year-old regulation banning protests inside campus buildings.
Several LGBTQ+ UF Faculty Senate members expressed disappointment and fear about Sasse’s potential selection at the body’s latest meeting Oct. 20. Other members called for the vote of no confidence, with some pressing Chair Amanda Phalin to hold the vote that day. That was not possible under the Faculty Senate’s bylaws.
The Faculty Senate resolution focuses on the selection process university officials followed that led Sasse to be the sole finalist, claiming it “undermined the trust and confidence” of the Faculty Senate in Sasse’s selection. It also indicated that the body doubted Sasse’s qualifications for the role.
“The next President should come already equipped to lead an institution of this caliber rather than aiming to learn on the job,” the resolution read.
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University of Florida faculty to consider no-confidence vote on Ben Sasse this week (Omaha World-Herald)
If approved, he’s expected to resign his Senate seat. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has said he would leave Sasse’s replacement to the state’s next governor. Sasse’s successor would serve until 2024, when a special election would be held to fill the seat.
Sen. Deb Fischer is also up for election in 2024. If Sasse is selected to run UF, that would leave Nebraska with the same situation Georgia just faced, with two Senate seats up at the same time. Should Jim Pillen (R) win the governor’s race, speculation is in the state he would appoint Pete Ricketts to the Senate.
Pennsylvania:
Hundreds of students gather to protest the appearance of Gavin McInnes and Alex Stein at Penn State pic.twitter.com/LMcISmlfGI
— The Daily Collegian (@DailyCollegian) October 24, 2022
A line of police donning riot gear approach the Thomas Building pic.twitter.com/lEd5SbwIJ9
— The Daily Collegian (@DailyCollegian) October 24, 2022
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
The event at the Thomas Building has been cancelled https://t.co/srAY06SIhy
— The Daily Collegian (@DailyCollegian) October 24, 2022
re: #194 jaunte
Opium has long been popular. The poppy is one of the big discoveries in herbal medicine.
Humans like to self medicate. The primary drug is ethyl alcohol, but many others are used, of which opium is highly desired.
Some societies were/are extremely reactionary when it comes to this plant and its derivatives, and then the synthetics.
Japan is very hard-core wrt this issue.
America - not so much, at least in the deeper past.
But the entire Prohibition movement really started to change things in this country, in trying to stop the sale of self-medication.
Drug use, overdoses, are symptoms of a troubled society. We just don’t want to spend the money to get people the help they really need. Many people have emotional challenges that therapy can help, but they never get it.
Mental health is one of those things over which we engage in our culture wars. The religious conservatives have never liked the modern science of psychiatry.
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
If the protestors are part of the audience inside the Thomas building, do the police go in?
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
— Northbound (@Northbound_LIVE) October 24, 2022
Before going inside the Penn State event, Proud Boys have used some kind of chemical spray to attack multiple reporters, including @FordFischer as caught here on livestream: https://t.co/s4A4Il9sPL
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) October 24, 2022
re: #202 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We just don’t want to spend the money to get people the help they really need. Many people have emotional challenges that therapy can help, but they never get it.
This is what gets missed in every drug scare story. Conservatives prefer to invest in enforcement and punishment instead of health.
Well got peppersprayed by a Proud Boy. Several other media got direct hit. Thankfully it hit my glasses but my face and body is burning like the worst sunburn. #PennState campus cops watched and did nothing. pic.twitter.com/d1q0SJKkSL
— Zach D Roberts - Photojournalist for hire (@zdroberts) October 24, 2022
live tweeting the debate in this thread:
It’s debate night for DeSantis and Crist in Fort Pierce, Florida. I’m in the room for their sole debate…here we go… #flgov
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) October 24, 2022
In a discussion of “critical race theory,” DeSantis says it’s not true that the country was “built on stolen land.”
— Buzz Burbank (@MichaelJElston) October 24, 2022
re: #206 jaunte
This is what gets missed in every drug scare story. Conservatives prefer to invest in [faux ] enforcement and punishment instead of health.
“After waiting…for the inevitable miscarriage, [she] suddenly deteriorated… Dangerously low blood pressure. Rapidly spreading bacterial infection, sending her body into sepsis.”
Denied life-saving care because of an abortion ban. Absolutely appalling. https://t.co/mkT2eX5VEr— Catholics for Choice (@Catholic4Choice) October 24, 2022
DeSantis asked abt teaching race/history in pub school, re his Stop WOKE Act. “FL requires teaching *all of U.S. history…it’s important that that’s taught,” he said. But “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” #flgov
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) October 24, 2022
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Thread, twelve tweets, on how Russian oligarchs can evade sanctions on entering the USA by buying their way into other countries first.
In a Telegram channel with more than 300,000 subscribers and dedicated to helping Russians find ways out of their country, United Passport appeared to take advantage of the geopolitical situation.https://t.co/gvMopFNW1f pic.twitter.com/fy8QDaYyIv
— Insider International (@InsiderIntl) October 23, 2022
I can’t believe this is real. https://t.co/AP2xFKaeWW
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 24, 2022
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
DeSantis with the ‘I don’t see color’ evasion.
re: #216 jaunte
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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it’s an interesting book, but it was a hard slog to get through
re: #219 jaunte
DeSantis with the ‘I don’t see color’ evasion.
‘I don’t see color”…
…Unless people of a different color start to threaten my own personal sense of power, social status and opportunities for wealth.
-from the typical “I have a black friend” guy.
I think I confused a Russian bot with a Bugs Bunny reference.
Help me understand. Who is Nimrod in this?
— Eva-Maria Naburtowitz (@evanabou) October 24, 2022
re: #214 Dangerman
My fear is that the parade of women’s and girls’ deaths over pregnancies gone wrong, coupled with stories of children raped and denied care, will become like that of gun violence.
The story (the cruelty and death by conservatism) will just fade into the background of the average voter’s mind.
re: #222 gocart mozart
Nimrod was “a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
You could send them down a real rabbit trail.
re: #222 gocart mozart
I think I confused a Russian bot with a Bugs Bunny reference.
Ask him what he thinks of Obama’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Could just be a bog standard conservative voter and not a Russian.
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NEWS: Leading up to the general election WyoFile will highlight leg races to watch. In HD 33, which encompasses the Wind River Indian Reservation, voters will choose between a left-leaning Northern Arapaho incumbent & a GOP-supported non-tribal challenger. https://t.co/LHnTKcm8db
— WyoFile (@WyoFile) October 24, 2022
Great answer by Crist to Desantis’s whitewashing of history. pic.twitter.com/lCuwogZT55
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2022
Only a few miles from me.
We are recognizing the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory in Sidney, Nebraska for 150 years of COOP service. Please join us in congratulating them today! We are very PROUD of our OBSERVERS. If you would like to become a weather observer, please message us anytime! #WYwx #NEwx pic.twitter.com/j81uljf3gj
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) October 24, 2022
It was in the eighties here a couple days ago. It was starting to snow in Scottsbluff when we came home with our rental car.
[10-24-2022 3:30pm MDT]
Did anyone put in an order for snow?
Watch for visibility restrictions in the northern Panhandle with this snow moving through!#NEwx pic.twitter.com/3CyUUA1Be0— NWS North Platte (@NWSNorthPlatte) October 24, 2022
I’m starting to feel like crap (that’s a technical term used by professionals) from my two vaccines, so I’m going to shuffle off for a nap.
More than $12.3 million has been spent in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, including nearly $7.4 million in outside spending. https://t.co/9z1qbGerH1
— York News-Times (@yorknewstimes) October 24, 2022
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was a big Penn State fan up to the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
They let that motherfucker have the run of the place, with keys and consent of the University.
People would say “Nothing happens in State College that Joe don’t know.
Then when the lid came off, it was “Well Joe is not, Joe didn’t know, Joe don’t understand….
And I drove weekly through DuBois, Clearfield, Kylerstown, and all the local newspapers gave a riveting account of the scandal.
It all came down to a single mother and her 12 year old boy.
Sandusky would make appearances at the High Schools and give coaching advice to the football teams. He was a “god” as a defensive coordinator and who didn’t want a PSU ex coach as a mentor?
So Jerry was at that kids school and he came home with his hair wet.
His mother asked why.
He said they took a shower. WITH Jerry Sandusky.
She went to the school and demanded answers. Refused to shut up. Was threatened with all manner of payback.
She was going to “ruin out program” and didn’t she know who Jerry was and how much everyone loved him?
She stood her ground and was the main reason the case gained traction and national attention.
They about ruined her and his life.
When you in a small town, they can rip you to pieces.
Job? Might not have one.
Neighbors? Now they see you as ruining Happy Valley.
Cops? Jesus Christ did the cops know?
So the high and mighty at PSU did damage control.
One lawyer disappeared, never to be found.
Found his car in Lewisburg Pa, and a few months later a fisherman found his laptop by the RT 45 bridge over the Susquehanna in the river. Too damaged to be able to read anything.
Joe was canned.
His statue taken down.
The Paterno Division in the Big Ten yanked.
And Beaver Stadium will never have his name.
But what really set me off was the so called fans.
The football program, which was the reason Sandusky was still there was banned from Bowl games. Lost some other perks. They were lucky they did not get the death penalty, but you as well as I know that would never happen.
The fans were livid “their” Nittany Lions were being punished.
Why?
What did they do?
wah wah wah.
I called out a few folks and said, “Yeah fuck them kids, My football team did nothing wrong.”
Fuck you.
So with this piece of shit being booked on campus? Really?
WTF is wrong with these people?
The students stopped them.
GOOD.
Keep Nazis off campus. You already have enough baggage.
PS.
Jerry Sandusky could have left for another University and made millions of dollars. I, among others, thought he wanted the head coaching position Joe Paterno had, but Joe would die on field before he retired.
And Jerry had that “charity” that “helped” disadvantaged youth.
He had hunting grounds and cover. Why blow that deal when little boys is what you are after?
It added up later.
Somebody, I cannot recall who, said something to me many moon ago. It was about secrets.
Told me “Nobody walks around with a loaf of bread that big with no crumbs falling off. You have to be able to see the crumbs, and if you look, they are there.
Yes they are.
re: #219 jaunte
DeSantis with the ‘I don’t see color’ evasion.
Even so,
The people who support you do
Tell us something we don’t know, World-Herald
The 3rd Congressional District is by far Nebraska’s geographically largest, encompassing about three-fourths of the state. It’s also a Republican stronghold.https://t.co/9Z8dvF4KIA
— Omaha World-Herald (@OWHnews) October 24, 2022
I just took an Uber from Manhattan to Philadelphia. In one hour and 45 minutes different governments charged me $140 in various tolls and taxes. pic.twitter.com/4ObTXtV9TK
— Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦 (@martinvars) October 24, 2022
The bus takes an hour and half and costs $15
— Rozea (@Marengo234) October 24, 2022
Is this guy related to the $28 Taco Bell guy?
— Ryan Marshall (@RMarshallFNP) October 24, 2022
She claims to be German but the people she chooses to follow scream bot.
That was under W, nimrod.
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) October 24, 2022
You, Natasha.
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) October 24, 2022
God would approve of our current trajectory? Greeting from Germany!
— Eva-Maria Naburtowitz (@evanabou) October 25, 2022
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) October 24, 2022
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
An Uber to Philly from Manhattan? The other responses were better choices and cheaper. Doesn’t this guy know how to manage his money?
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
He was charged for two round trips because Uber drivers had to make two trips.
One picked him up in NY and went to Philly and back. One picked him up in Philly and went to NY and back.
So, that’s actually two trips not one…and then they tacked on added fees and tolls.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 24, 2022
re: #27 ckkatz
Looks like Tucker Carlson is inserting himself into the GQP. Including fights over Russia vs Ukraine. It will be interesting to see whether he takes over the party, or if it rejects him as an invasive parasite:
So an awful lot of Americans and Republican voters are imbibing Russian propaganda tropes without knowing it.
Narrator: They know it. And they approve.
re: #223 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My fear is that the parade of women’s and girls’ deaths over pregnancies gone wrong, coupled with stories of children raped and denied care, will become like that of gun violence.
The story (the cruelty and death by conservatism) will just fade into the background of the average voter’s mind.
Half of the voters are women, so they’re less likely to recede into the background.
re: #240 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s a common assumption that about 50% of Tucker Carlson’s audience is in lock-step with the 100% fascist views promoted by his show, and about 50% are wishy-washy about hurting other people…they would like to find another way.
The awful truth is that about 100% of Tucker Carlson and just about any other regular viewer of Fox News is perfectly fine about diminishing, imprisoning, or killing of “undesirables” and non-Christians (the right sort of Christians) en mass. This also means family members.
I know this personally.
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