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The band: Chris Thile, Sarah Jarosz, Mike Elizondo, Jeff Babko, Stuart Duncan, Chris Eldridge, Trevor Lawrence Jr., and Noam Pikelny.
More from this week’s show: livefromhere.org
My First CL
For Darth.
“Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”
This is my favorite quote of Mark Twain. I want it to be true. I want there to be heaven for dogs. Dogs deserve paradise and we don’t. But I just don’t know.
One love,
Glaciers are disappearing. 7 Then And Now Pictures That Prove The Tragic Consequences Of Climate Change https://t.co/ajEzFT56J8 via @UnofficialNet
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 29, 2019
Game of Thrones spoiler:
Yeah, Arya Stark is a badass who saved Westeros, but is she likable enough?
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) April 29, 2019
The whole thread is worthwhile…
A Lizard lost a dear family member.
I tried. He never stopped giving back. pic.twitter.com/7qeezMsrvc
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 29, 2019
There has to be hundreds of pictures of Banjo posted at LGF. He was one of us. Thank you darthstar for sharing his ocean-going ball-chasing red-International-pickup-guard/wind machine. I cry a tear of sorrow, and I rejoice that Banjo got to, well, be Banjo.
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Hugging my pooch a little harder tonight in memory of dear sweet Banjo.
Prison officials at Guantanamo Bay were told to draw up plans to keep the prison open for another 25 years, through 2043. They are preparing for prisoners to grow old and die there. https://t.co/JzQFC17ddN
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) April 27, 2019
I’m SOOOOOOOOOO disappointed…. Aw crap!
Hillary reading the part of the Mueller report where Trump says “I’m f***ed” is hilarious. pic.twitter.com/vS6xLVTcox
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) April 28, 2019
re: #9 Dave In Austin
I think that’s the joke. I’ve seen the video a few times, and I don’t think Hillary says ‘fucked.’ She says ‘effed.’ And they bleeped it anyway.
re: #7 Dave In Austin
I’m SOOOOOOOOOO disappointed…. Aw crap!
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Well we know what FAUX and FIENDS will lead off with Monday Morning.
re: #11 Joe Bacon 🌹
Well we know what FAUX and FIENDS will lead off with Monday Morning.
Doubtful. If they play it, they’re playing the Mueller report.
So I went out today to Ap*l*g** Church and damn if they didn’t love bomb me. They had a chair sitting outside waiting for me. They brought me ice water and iced tea (unsweetened). One little girl gave me a note. Holy crap, and they wondered why I called them a cult????
I did get to explain to a girl of about 11 what “unconstitutional” meant, though and give an example. She said that Arizona still has a law on the books making abortion illegal. I noted that Roe v. Wade made that law unconstitutional, even if it was still on the books. I proceeded to give her the example of Loving v. Virginia, where states in a big chunk in the USA made it illegal for whites and blacks not to marry. This was declared unconstitutional in 1967. I then noted that some states didn’t get rid of their anti-miscegenation (and yeah, I explained what that meant) statutes until the last decade. I concluded with, at present, the Arizona law is unconstitutional. That does not mean that abortion will be banned if Roe is overturned. I noted that the states of California and Kansas (oh yes, I mentioned KS) have said abortion is a right under their state constitutions.
The conversations weren’t nearly as fraught as in previous weeks, because an unhappy foster kid forced to go to church pretty much sucked all the air out of the room with an abstruse discussion of “where do you get your morals from,” a discussion I completely hate with the heat of a billion suns. I was OK with that. I did get to point out to the kiddies that God wasn’t always against killing the unborn, why he told Joshua to genocidally wipe out Canaan*. A parent had to run in and do damage control—“those were evil people passing their children through the fire to Molech”—but the point was made.
* For the record, I think the book of Joshua is a crapton of wishful thinking. I don’t believe, in all the excavating that has been done in the land that used to be Canaan, that signs of massacres have been turned up. Not saying they can’t turn up, but we know from executing the ruins of Jericho that it was uninhabited in the period where the book of Joshua says the walls fell down. It’s not that people didn’t do crazy, crazy things in their service of their gods, however. I read recently about a Peruvian mass grave dating from between 1400-1450, where the Chimu people sacrificed 140 children and 200 llamas. It’s not understood why, but it’s thought that it might have occurred due to years of bad weather conditions. news.nationalgeographic.com
re: #13 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Doubtful. If they play it, they’re playing the Mueller report.
Oh I think the Three Assholes will have a lot of Grassley and Graham’s Investigations into “Democrats spying on Trump”…
I actually cried a little when I found out Banjo had passed. Just typing this here comment is choking me up a little.
re: #17 teleskiguy
Yeah, me too. Banjo was part of our crew.
re: #18 Amory Blaine
That last picture darthstar took of Banjo, all goofy looking…
Kills me. So beautiful and sad.
I never met Banjo in real life, but I miss that pooch now. My condolences, darthstar.
I have to stay off Twitter until I’ve seen the latest episode of Game of Thrones, because some people there just can’t keep quiet about it.
re: #22 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Some people?!? I’m not even hip with GoT in any respect, and the last three Sundays my Twitter feed is *polluted* with GoT stuff.
re: #22 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I have to stay off Twitter until I’ve seen the latest episode of Game of Thrones, because some people there just can’t keep quiet about it.
I had to stay off Facebook; accidentally saw one generic comment and realized I had to avoid it entirely until I watched the episode — which I finally did about 3 hours late.
re: #24 Hecuba’s daughter
I had to stay off Facebook; accidentally saw one generic comment and realized I had to avoid it entirely until I watched the episode — which I finally did about 3 hours late.
It’s on my agenda for this evening. IOW about five hours from now.
Trump’s ex-cabinet heads are becoming lobbyists almost as soon as they’re out the door. During Trump’s campaign he said he would make sure none of them would be lobbyists for 5 years after leaving government. Just another lie.😡😡😡👇👇👇https://t.co/j1A1lqIlNO
— Ladywolf (@NorskLadyWolf) April 28, 2019
Activity indicating the movement of radioactive material at North Korea’s main nuclear facility revealed by @BeyondCSISKorea.
Read the full report: https://t.co/4bZVbnzNZU pic.twitter.com/W5g86o16N5— CSIS (@CSIS) April 28, 2019
Chinese maritime militia is another name of marine jihadis. Game just like it’s patner Pakistan is same but turf is different.
*blink* *blink*
re: #27 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
Where is Trump’s Noble Peace prize for resolving the North Korea issue?
Trump benefits from our news cycle’s goldfish memory. We have all forgotten about his boasts and claims about North Korea.
AOC’s tweet threads are some of the ripest blocking grounds around.
Just wanted to add my condolences to the ones here for darthstar. I loved all the photos and stories about Rango. Such a sweet boy. It’s just crazy how they leave a hole in our hearts shaped just like them when they leave us. I think we have dogs and cats to remind us that love is always possible if we choose it. Plus the friendship, there’s not a lot of things better than that, seriously.
I had to say goodbye to my Abby in September. It hurts still, all the time. And yet this morning I found my self on the county animal shelter’s site looking at dogs for the first time since then. Because life without a dog just isn’t my normal. Big hugs to you.
Hi, had a bottle of wine, how you guys and gals doin?
As for myself I’ve been doing ok.
On my last part of the Dialectic Behaviour Therapy “curriculum” which I should finish in a few months. Twitter is my realm. Not so healthy I guess, so I retreat from there every so often too.
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I also forgot about the massive-ass time difference :)
re: #40 Decatur Deb
Above ground, here.
Same here. Too cold to go to basement right now. 32F this morning in NW PA. Winter is just flipping us the bird on the way out.
re: #41 Eventual Carrion
Same here. Too cold to go to basement right now. 32F this morning in NW PA. Winter is just flipping us the bird on the way out.
We’re finally firmly above temps where tomatoes will set OTOH—Alabama.
Meanwhile in the 50 and rain coming our way in Los Angeles today.
Calling attention to Nate Silver’s recently-introduced “Silver Bulletpoints” feature. It includes an update of his data-flavored (but admittedly subjective) primary tiers.
tl;dr Biden is a half-step ahead.
Listen, I love the competitive & exciting 2020 primary, and:
*Multiple* presidential candidates have each raised enough money in a single day to fund @runforsomething operations for the cycle. For $6m, we could elect literally thousands of local & state legislative candidates!— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) April 26, 2019
So after you’ve given $5 or $50 or $500 to your favorite presidential wanna-be(s), please donate what you can to @runforsomething. Thousands of candidates aren’t waiting for someone to save the world. You shouldn’t wait, either: https://t.co/Wwnck6vwXj
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) April 26, 2019
Purdue needs to be put out of business and the entire Sackler family needs to be locked up for the rest of their evil lives.
re: #38 jeffreyw
Fresh fruit feeder? Avian catering service!
re: #40 Decatur Deb
Above ground, here.
Everyday above ground is an excellent day unless you’re into spelunking.
Good morning. Little bit wet, maybe lightning later. Do you know what I can’t stop watching? The wounded Rabbi from the Synagogue shoot. Bandaged up missing his index finger, on camera excoriating terror. Telling his story. What a powerful man.
re: #49 Unshaken Defiance
Good morning. Little bit wet, maybe lightning later. Do you know what I can’t stop watching? The wounded Rabbi from the Synagogue shoot. Bandaged up missing his index finger, on camera excoriating terror. Telling his story. What a powerful man.
One good thing—Alex Jones will do his False Flag shit and will be ignored.
re: #50 Joe Bacon 🌹
Watching irrelevance haappen is a fine grade of shadenfreud. Just walked the big cat and it is pretty wet out there, checked the rain gauge and the bottom is barely covered. ..01 inch maybe.
re: #38 jeffreyw
You get Baltimore Orioles at your feeders? I can’t attract any. Need to try harder; moar oranges, etx.
re: #47 Unshaken Defiance
Fresh fruit feeder? Avian catering service!
Yeah, we bought that last year amidst a bunch of reported oriole sightings - didn’t see any. Then this year we put it back up and had a visit right away. Just the one visit so far, at least that we observed. Fingers crossed.
re: #36 Teukka
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re: #50 Joe Bacon 🌹
One good thing—Alex Jones will do his False Flag shit and will be ignored.
Likely harder to manage when the shooter is alive and proclaiming his guilt.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Darth, my condolences on the loss of your beloved Banjo. So sorry to hear dude….
Woodward and Bernstein watch Nixon’s first TV speech on Watergate, announcing that he has fired Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Dean—this week 1973: #Godfrey pic.twitter.com/x7JpLUNaYe
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 29, 2019
Sitting on the floor—the best way to watch Nixon on TV.
re: #55 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
They’ll say he was MK-Ultra’d.
re: #58 Sufficient unto the day…
They’ll say he was MK-Ultra’d.
Or that he’s a deep cover liberal operative.
I’m sure this diary written by Markos himself will go well with some people there:
Bernie Sanders isn’t any more popular than ‘generic Democrat’:
We’ve been tracking the approval ratings of several key Democrats over the past several years at Civiqs. It’s not data we generally make public, but I’ll try to surface some of this when interesting stuff happens.
For example, it turns out that Bernie Sanders—protected by Republicans and Russians seeking to damage Hillary Clinton in 2015-16—now looks like a pretty generic Democrat once those protections are removed.
While it’s been a while since he’s been as popular with the general public as some seem to think (and it’s not just us seeing that decline in his numbers), his popularity took a real dive the day after the 2018 elections. Once he was seen as a presidential candidate, particularly in this crowded field with several great candidates, his numbers tanked.
A big chunk of that decline has come from independents (from 46-42 approvals the day before the election, to 35-50 today), not sure why that might be. What is probably easier to explain is his marked decline among Democrats:(What he shows here isn’t opening in the work version of my browser.)
Now I know how people feel about Sanders, so I don’t think we need to rehash that since this isn’t about something he said or did. But, outside of the blogosphere, he’s not some mystical figure. We have to watch our own feedback loop, and make sure we don’t succumb to epistemic closure.
I’ve made good on my promise to republish the Mueller report bit-by-bit on my blog. So far, I’ve got the Introduction
wheatdogg.com
and the Executive Summary to Volume I up
wheatdogg.com
They are also republished on Medium, Steemit and hopefully LinkedIn. The Facebook API is a tire fire, and I’ve got to work out the kinks there.
Asylum is not a loophole. https://t.co/UyUVkrHAj7
— Matthew Hoppock (@MatthewHoppock) April 29, 2019
re: #62 wrenchwench
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Asylum is very hard to get. It like other things in immigration should be easier than it is. Albence is going to tell the rubes that watch FNC including the President that it’s easily exploited. It’s not. Same thing with most immigration visas. There’s a reason why illegal immigration happens and it’s because unlike when most new immigrants were white, it’s more pricey.
re: #60 Belafon
I’m sure this diary written by Markos himself will go well with some people there:
Bernie Sanders isn’t any more popular than ‘generic Democrat’:
Now I know how people feel about Sanders, so I don’t think we need to rehash that since this isn’t about something he said or did. But, outside of the blogosphere, he’s not some mystical figure. We have to watch our own feedback loop, and make sure we don’t succumb to epistemic closure.
Jon Eric Democrat has my vote.
/I actually know a ‘Jon Eric xxx’
Ellen DeGeneric
re: #63 HappyWarrior
There’s a reason why illegal immigration happens and it’s because unlike when most new immigrants were white, it’s more pricey.
This needs to be shouted to the skies. If exploiting ‘loopholes’ in immigration law were so simple, we Would.Not.Have.Undocumented Laborers. I used ‘laborers’ instead of ‘people’ (as I did on the first pass) because the residents in this country exploit most of the undocumented people as cheap labor. It’s an evil, codependent cycle.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had it up to here with Vladimir Putin.
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) April 29, 2019
re: #66 Colère Tueur de Lapin
This needs to be shouted to the skies. If exploiting ‘loopholes’ in immigration law were so simple, we Would.Not.Have.Undocumented Laborers. I used ‘laborers’ instead of ‘people’ (as I did on the first pass) because the residents in this country exploit most of the undocumented people as cheap labor. It’s an evil, codependent cycle.
agriculture, food processing & packagin, food service, hotel & domestic services, construction, gardening & landscaping are just some of the industries that would totally have to rework their business models without a reliable source of cheap & easily exploited labor.
re: #62 wrenchwench
Seems time for the House to call another government official in for a meeting.
Gosh, I wonder why Tweetfarter will not bestow the Teacher Of The Year Award to this year’s selection?
Once again, your true colors come out. You’re against unions, you’re against firefighters, and you and the GOP continue to deny funds to help first responders sickened after 9/11.
Some things never change.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 29, 2019
re: #72 Joe Bacon 🌹
Gosh, I wonder why Tweetfarter will not bestow the Teacher Of The Year Award to this year’s selection?
Serious differences over the Oxford comma.
re: #72 Joe Bacon 🌹
Gosh, I wonder why Tweetfarter will not bestow the Teacher Of The Year Award to this year’s selection?
I bet he’ll bestow it on the runner-up.
re: #66 Colère Tueur de Lapin
This needs to be shouted to the skies. If exploiting ‘loopholes’ in immigration law were so simple, we Would.Not.Have.Undocumented Laborers. I used ‘laborers’ instead of ‘people’ (as I did on the first pass) because the residents in this country exploit most of the undocumented people as cheap labor. It’s an evil, codependent cycle.
And that really is the conversation we should be having. The people who employ these people definitely take advantage of the fact that minimum wage here is still better than it is in rural Central America. But politicians and demagogues like Trump and Lou Dobbs blame the laborers.
“Measles can be deadly, especially for babies and young children.”
VACCINATE. VACCINATE. VACCINATE.
U.S. officials say measles cases hit 25-year record https://t.co/so8n31RrYC— Anita (@AnitaM86) April 29, 2019
re: #73 lawhawk
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Because they know the truth that on 9/11 you sat on your ass and proclaimed that you now had the biggest building in NYC. They know that you don’t give a shit about firefighters. But yeah rage against firefighters Baby Donnie, what a great look for you. Someone should kick oyur ass for being such a pathetic boob.
re: #77 jaunte
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We have the most anti-science President in ages, that’s not a coincidence IMO.
re: #79 HappyWarrior
Americans have to begin understanding that we are under attack.
re: #81 Unshaken Defiance
The latest Trump tyrannical rant-My added italics
“The NRA is under siege by (New York Gov. Andrew) Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are illegally using the State’s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very important organization, & others,”cnn.com
Yeah I saw that. Wonder what juvenile nickname he will come up for AG James.
Putin studied judo.
“It is called kuzure-no-jotai (state of broken balance). Sometimes the opponent himself loses the balance, and at other times you positively destroy the opponent’s balance, leading him to a vulnerable posture.”
judoinfo.com
re: #44 Decatur Deb
Calling attention to Nate Silver’s recently-introduced “Silver Bulletpoints” feature. It includes an update of his data-flavored (but admittedly subjective) primary tiers.
tl;dr Biden is a half-step ahead.
Also:
It may also mean Sanders’s upside is limited since it’s hard to win the Democratic nomination when running against the Democratic Party.
Before we forget about Maria Butina… pic.twitter.com/TAq1fkDkpD
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) April 29, 2019
re: #52 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You get Baltimore Orioles at your feeders? I can’t attract any. Need to try harder; moar oranges, etx.
I have them, way up in the pecan trees, but I can’t get them to come down for fruit or nectar.
re: #84 retired cynic
Also:
He might be lucky and pull it out in New Hampshire and Iowa but he won’t win in South Carolina and Nevada.
This is a riot from @MollyJongFast https://t.co/oPnhoQGJDG
— Andrew ‘It’s Still Easter’ Egger (@EggerDC) April 29, 2019
re: #63 HappyWarrior
Asylum is very hard to get. It like other things in immigration should be easier than it is. Albence is going to tell the rubes that watch FNC including the President that it’s easily exploited. It’s not. Same thing with most immigration visas. There’s a reason why illegal immigration happens and it’s because unlike when most new immigrants were white, it’s more pricey.
further to this
- there is a large increase in the number of people seeking asylum over years past
- a fair point of view is that the ‘system’ wasn’t necessarily designed to handle these much larger numbers, nor did it adapt quickly enough
that doesnt change the fact that more people are coming here because
- things in other parts of the world are getting worse
- things here are still relatively better
re: #89 DangerMan
further to this
- there is a large increase in the number of people seeking asylum over years past
- a fair point of view is that the ‘system’ wasn’t necessarily designed to handle these much larger numbers, nor did it adapt quickly enoughthat doesnt change the fact that more people are coming here because
- things in other parts of the world are getting worse
- things here are still relatively better
Exactly on all counts. We do need immigration reform but we need to be doing policies that are as opposite of what Trump/Miller want. The fundamental truth is this. People want to come here and despite what Trump says, we’re not full. In fact, the most sparsely populated parts of the country are the parts that should be welcoming immigrants but they choose to be threatened by it.
There should be a word for slaves who agreed to be salves, w/o extortion or other illegitimate pressures. E.g. Sally Hemings & brother made deals w/ Jefferson. Different word could highlight its lower moral culpability.
— Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) April 27, 2019
“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
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“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
Slaves agreed to be SALVES????????
This is cool
Amazing: Hold your phone a couple feet away and you will see the classic art https://t.co/8QLZGPqopu
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 29, 2019
Also
Riding a bike can be challenging enough for humans, so seeing inventor Masahiko Yamaguchi’s remote-controlled miniature robot tooling along on an equally miniature bicycle is always quite a thrill https://t.co/Gb4Bo4lWhP pic.twitter.com/dVk5Ft1ipe
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 28, 2019
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
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“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
The idea that a slave has the ability to ‘agree’ to anything shows a basic lack of understanding.
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
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“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
She didn’t exactly have a choice. Do people even listen to themselves when they type tripe like this.
re: #94 wrenchwench
The idea that a slave has the ability to ‘agree’ to anything shows a basic lack of understanding.
She already was in a tough situation since her mother was raped by Jefferson’s father in law, John Wayles. We’re never going to be able to discuss slavery in this country until we are honest about the actions of slave owners like Jefferson, Washington, and Lee towards slaves. There’s too much damn sugar coating bullshit.
re: #93 gocart mozart
This is cool
[miniature robot tooling along on an equally miniature bicycle]
They gotta put a brake on that bike or the robot will wear out its little shoesies.
The slave had a choice. Gonna stop you there dude.
re: #40 Decatur Deb
Above ground, here.
Finally going to see the Blue Angels tomorrow, may wave in your general direction.
Republicans allowed an Authoritarian to rise, obstructed investigations of Russia’s attacks/role of installing Trump, refuse to honor the Constitution, are failing to protect America from ongoing/future attacks by Russia, allow human rights abuses
but let’s attack Hillary. SMH https://t.co/p2jBObvqI3— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) April 29, 2019
re: #96 HappyWarrior
She already was in a tough situation since her mother was raped by Jefferson’s father in law, John Wayles. We’re never going to be able to discuss slavery in this country until we are honest about the actions of slave owners like Jefferson, Washington, and Lee towards slaves. There’s too much damn sugar coating bullshit.
‘Consent’ is going to have to be in the national syllabus from pre-K to post-grad.
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Start by calling all the confederate statues monuments to rape.
re: #100 jaunte
Let’s talk about the two old white men running for the Democratic nomination as well, shall we, if we’re really going to go that route?
re: #86 retired cynic
I have them, way up in the pecan trees, but I can’t get them to come down for fruit or nectar.
The pictured oriole is hitting the grape jelly in the cup. Didn’t go for the orange halves but they may have acted as an attractant.
re: #102 jaunte
Start by calling all the confederate statues monuments to rape.
I’ll say this. The Confederate States of America resembled a feudal fiefdom more than a Republic.
re: #101 wrenchwench
‘Consent’ is going to have to be in the national syllabus from pre-K to post-grad.
Absolutely.
re: #104 jeffreyw
The pictured oriole is hitting the grape jelly in the cup. Didn’t go for the orange halves but they may have acted as an attractant.
The birb wanted to complete the decorative arrangement.
re: #104 jeffreyw
The pictured oriole is hitting the grape jelly in the cup. Didn’t go for the orange halves but they may have acted as an attractant.
Noted!
“I’m just so heartbroken”
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, shot during an attack on a San Diego synagogue, describes coming face to face with the gunman
[Tap to expand] https://t.co/u5kQsa3UdE pic.twitter.com/g0AzPpJoaZ— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 29, 2019
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
They’re called slaves. Hennings was a slave. Period. Her “agreement” was that Jefferson wouldn’t treat her worse in “exchange” for getting being available for sex. That’s still slavery.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) April 29, 2019
re: #107 wrenchwench
The birb wanted to complete the decorative arrangement.
So.. you think he was wanting some peanut butter?
re: #110 Belafon
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And quite frankly it’s the actions of a monster. He wrote our Declaration of Independence but Jefferson the man was quite honestly an awful person. And his inability to live his own life in accordance with what he wrote is as much if not more history than the words he wrote since slavery did in fact outlive him and the Founders.
re: #110 Belafon
They’re called slaves. Hennings was a slave. Period. Her “agreement” was that Jefferson wouldn’t treat her worse in “exchange” for getting being available for sex. That’s still slavery.
simpler:
- if you can’t leave, you’re a slave
- if you don’t have autonomy over your own self, you’re a slave
I hate saying that as a Virginian because we’re taught about Jefferson and Washington almost as secular saints but what Jefferson and other slave owners did to those women were the actions of a sexual abuser. The same things that horrified us about Ariel Castro. Now you still can discuss their contribution to our nation’s founding but the contradictions between what they wrote and how they actually lived their lives is history.
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
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“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
Oh, and Robin wrote salves, not slaves.
re: #115 Belafon
Oh, and Robin wrote salves, not slaves.
That is of lower intellectual culpability than the ‘agreed’ idea.
re: #88 jaunte
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“Kushner is often described as a moderating force in the White House, though in truth he seems to be more of a rank-and-file member of the kakistocracy. It’s his incompetence that makes him look moderate. Kushner focused on peace in the Middle East and managing relations with China (and Mexico) and solving the opioid crisis and fixing the VA and making government more like a business. He did not succeed at any of this. Though in fairness, he had to do it all while juggling a bunch of real-estate debt which he did (miraculously!) succeed in getting rescued from at the very last minute by Qatar.”
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“Like so many clusterfuckeries in Trumpworld it’s extremely hard to figure out who to root for. You might assume that the guy who doesn’t want to gas children is technically the good guy. But it’s hard to choose kleptocracy over more typical governance, even if that typical governance is horrifying.”
re: #117 sagehen
“Kushner is often described as a moderating force in the White House, though in truth he seems to be more of a rank-and-file member of the kakistocracy. It’s his incompetence that makes him look moderate. Kushner focused on peace in the Middle East and managing relations with China (and Mexico) and solving the opioid crisis and fixing the VA and making government more like a business. He did not succeed at any of this. Though in fairness, he had to do it all while juggling a bunch of real-estate debt which he did (miraculously!) succeed in getting rescued from at the very last minute by Qatar.”
Has anyone asked Jared, Ivanka, or Trump if Jared would be anywhere near the Presidency if he wasn’t Trump’s son in law? I mean at least RFK when there was criticism of nepotism when JFK made him his AG was a lawyer who had experience investigating labor racketeering.
re: #117 sagehen
getting rescued from at the very last minute by Qatar
A theft from taxpayers he should be put in jail for.
re: #119 jaunte
A theft from taxpayers he should be put in jail for.
Looked like ‘moderate window dressing’ until he stole the drapes.
re: #74 Decatur Deb
Serious differences over the Oxford comma.
That’s a might generous that the orange shit-goblin would know an Oxford comma from an apostrophe.
Bob Mueller was a great HERO to the Radical Left Democrats. Now that the Mueller Report is finished, with a finding of NO COLLUSION & NO OBSTRUCTION (based on a review of Report by our highly respected A.G.), the Dems are going around saying, “Bob who, sorry, don’t know the man.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2019
he was the coffee boy…
moron whines
The New York Times has apologized for the terrible Anti-Semitic Cartoon, but they haven’t apologized to me for this or all of the Fake and Corrupt news they print on a daily basis. They have reached the lowest level of “journalism,” and certainly a low point in @nytimes history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2019
re: #67 jaunte
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had it up to here with Vladimir Putin.
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) April 29, 2019
This has gone beyond merely supporting fringe elements to destabilize nations to soften them for Kremlin strong-arming. These are actions which are a clear and present hazards for peoples health and lives. /END
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Whiny baby needs to get his diaper changed again. And you don’t give a shit about Antisemitism. You think the press exists to kiss your ass. You’re nothing but a thin skinned fascist crybaby who has never learned the word no because you were pampered from the start.
re: #127 Teukka
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I really want the US and West to get some payback on Putin. Make Putin worry about having to protect his own ass rather than spreading disinformation to the WEst.
Someone should probably tell the Catholic Church that one of their saints was using the infinity stones to perform her miracles. https://t.co/arr3aePrBJ
— EndMonkey (@VitruvianMonkey) April 29, 2019
So, how has your day been going? (Lincoln Journal Star 1941, via @_newspapers) pic.twitter.com/YVnad6wjHz
— Undine (@HorribleSanity) April 29, 2019
What would you do? pic.twitter.com/6AxG5zKxsI
— Alisha 🧀✌🌊🤘🌊 (@Cptnrwrpnts) April 29, 2019
MY DAD IS ITALIAN. WE DO NOT PUT PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA. PERIOD. https://t.co/SajPSji4sV
— sarah Beretta (@sarah_beretta) April 29, 2019
EXACTLY https://t.co/46m7Hqalyt
— sarah Beretta (@sarah_beretta) April 29, 2019
re: #133 gocart mozart
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You will be shot at dawn in the morning, every day for a month.
— Bernadette O’Grady (@BernadetteOGra2) April 29, 2019
re: #129 HappyWarrior
I really want the US and West to get some payback on Putin. Make Putin worry about having to protect his own ass rather than spreading disinformation to the WEst.
I would prefer actions which basically pull the pants down on uncle Vova and the Kremlin Crew and give them an atomic wedgie. If possible, let them be burned by their own actions.
re: #134 jaunte
Sharpie.
But you can draw! I’d find the nearest sharp thing, or maybe an ultra-fine point Sharpie.
re: #133 gocart mozart
Italians didn’t originally put tomato sauce on pizza either.
#Woke pic.twitter.com/CZNvor14XT
— Devin Nunes’ Drug Dealer (@GuadalahonkyToo) April 28, 2019
Chernow was decent enoughhttps://t.co/snUXytK0BW
— Mr. B (@BRamos0289) April 28, 2019
I’d listen to all 400+ pages if they were narrated this way.
pic.twitter.com/ffRph3Gklz— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) April 28, 2019
re: #136 Teukka
I would prefer actions which basically pull the pants down on uncle Vova and the Kremlin Crew and give them an atomic wedgie. If possible, let them be burned by their own actions.
That’s what I mean. Put Vladdy on the defensive.
D’Souza thinks he’s Lincoln cause he beat Dixie.
— Roger Ailes (@RogerAiles3) April 28, 2019
re: #132 gocart mozart
Safe concentration* of scatole in distilled water* solution with brown hypoallergenic pigment*. Delivery device which apart from delivering solution delivers loud flatus audio effects, both with high directivity.
Direct at crack, make scene…
*: Important for legal reasons.— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
I posted this yesterday but she didn’t respond
@Ale_Mussolini_ mussolini
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! https://t.co/DqwPNPGYPx— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 28, 2019
re: #105 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this. The Confederate States of America resembled a feudal fiefdom more than a Republic.
And, we as country seem to be moving towards a feudal system with 0.1% of the population with all the resources to dole out to the rest as they deem fit.
This is a great thread about an American hero I had never heard of before.
Thread https://t.co/OEKc96icuh
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 28, 2019
Peculiar news from Norway: Fishermen have found a whale wearing a harness. The harness says “equipment of St Petersburg” and has a camera attachment. Russian marine biologists say they don’t put harnesses on whales. The Norwegians think it may be a “military whale”. @ErikSolheim https://t.co/uM4GzoVQGz
— Elisabeth Braw (@elisabethbraw) April 28, 2019
re: #148 gocart mozart
This is a great thread about an American hero I had never heard of before.
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Now he deserves a statue.
re: #104 jeffreyw
The pictured oriole is hitting the grape jelly in the cup. Didn’t go for the orange halves but they may have acted as an attractant.
Mouldy oranges and squiribel eated jelly was all I’ve managed so far…
Correction: William Barr May fail to appear before Congress as required.
Witnesses don’t get to ‘cancel’ hearings. https://t.co/8BOw5OOmiB— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) April 29, 2019
This seems as if it would be a lot more interesting than it is, it’s basically noise. Also how much LSD did Nick Mason before this jam?
Pink Floyd & Frank Zappa - Interstellar Overdrive (Live) https://t.co/gxR6weLldI via @YouTube
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 28, 2019
in Greater Cincinnati:
Awaiting an update from West Chester Police after four people were found dead in an apartment last night - @wcpo.com and WCPO FB streaming at 11:15 pic.twitter.com/MbCPfDXy0s
— Evan Millward (@EvanMillward) April 29, 2019
We have confirmed this family went to the Sikh temple in West Chester - @JakeWCPO is speaking with the president https://t.co/D7Qx63s2hK
— Evan Millward (@EvanMillward) April 29, 2019
dammit
For your information:
h/t @jjmacnab https://t.co/F0B5IYZSKx— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #151 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Mouldy oranges and squiribel eated jelly was all I’ve managed so far…
MrsJ brings the jelly and oranges in every night for fear that the ‘coons will discover them. We have squirrels, maybe they will leave it alone in favor of the seeds and peanuts nearby.
Thread. https://t.co/td1Fopb2Qh
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #149 Belafon
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Or it might just be into BDSM. Whales need hobbies, too, you know.
— Benjamin Compson (@BengyCompson) April 28, 2019
Ever heard of the “yelling fire in a crowded theatre” case?
Supreme Court’s 1919 decision in the case Schenck v. United States.
The Court ruled unanimously that the First Amendment, though it protects freedom of expression, does not protect dangerous speech.— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
Trump is pissed that the firefighters union is endorsing Biden. Here Trump shows his huge hostility to labor unions. Unions need dues to survive as strong institutions, and any politician who attacks union dues is someone who wants unions to be as weak & ineffective as possible.
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) April 29, 2019
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Biden can take Pennsylvania away from the Trump thing. I hope he can finish the job before the actual voting primaries.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 29, 2019
re: #160 Teukka
We have no mechanism in law to deal with stochastic terrorism with any level of efficacy.
Early train travel in Michigan. More historical images in the gallery: https://t.co/0k13aE6JfO pic.twitter.com/zXWdOjDNRl
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) April 29, 2019
re: #162 wrenchwench
Biden can take Pennsylvania away from the Trump thing. I hope he can finish the job before the actual voting primaries.
yeppers…he’s worried about PA
Sleepy Joe Biden is having his first rally in the Great State of Pennsylvania. He obviously doesn’t know that Pennsylvania is having one of the best economic years in its history, with lowest unemployment EVER, a now thriving Steel Industry (that was dead) & great future!……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2019
Fox News reporter having a very public meltdown on Twitter today. https://t.co/TJq7xZpkDw
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) April 29, 2019
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
yeppers…he’s worried about PA
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LOL — @MariaBartiromo desperately tried to wrap up her phone interview with Trump, but Trump refused to stop talking about “cleaning the swamp” and how Clapper is “a dumb guy.” pic.twitter.com/z1NrlTHw7d
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2019
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
yeppers…he’s worried about PA
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Hey Donnie, come to my town in PA and show me what is thriving.
re: #160 Teukka
Bad example. Schenck was sentenced to 10 years for handing out fliers outside an army recruitment office that denounced U.S involvement in WWI. The same reasoning was used to imprison Eugene Debbs for giving a speech critical of capitalism and racism.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 29, 2019
After Trump tweets about “Dues Sucking firefighter leadership,” Biden follows up an hour later with a defense of unions. We’re in for a long day, let alone 18 months, if this rate of back-and-forth continues. https://t.co/NYVLxlKUbd
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) April 29, 2019
My sons are not allowed to be around their 11 unvaccinated cousins. Not at houses, not at family reunions, nothing.
Do I think they’d get something from them? No. Am I choosing to shun them? Damn right. They can take their selfish paranoia in the name of their god somewhere else.
One of my cousins was recently hospitalized and I went to see him. His sisters are the ones that don’t vaccinate. They were there. The worst of them made a crack of, “You’re here with all of us plague-riddled people.” I responded with, “Yes, I have traveled to Africa and India. I have multiple booster shots to my existing vaccines. I won’t get your plague.”
re: #167 jaunte
This is bizarre
Andrew, Andrew, Andrew. Really? You’re proud of this? Tell you what. I’ll give you a free guitar lesson if you report that Joe Biden voted to re-instate Robert E. Lee’s citizenship. I’ll even throw in a harmonica lesson.
I don’t play, but from available evidence, neither do you— Doug McKelway (@dougmckelway) April 29, 2019
If you want lessons in reporting, btw, I’m happy to offer those. That is something you seem to need some help with—despite your title. Not a great look to lash out personally at someone reporting about a professional spat, bud.
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) April 29, 2019
Are you OK, Doug? Seriously. You sound like you need some help. Lashing out on Twitter because people reported about your reporting? Yikes, man. I really hope you find solace.
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) April 29, 2019
re: #171 gocart mozart
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In any case, I think it’s obvious that the use of the freedom of expression at the [beep]chans is putting peoples lives and healths at risk.— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #170 Eventual Carrion
Hey, Donnie, come to Philly.
Gritty wants a word with youse.
re: #175 gocart mozart
Some people just can’t take disagreement.
A short history of #Democrats & #Republicans, from Reconstruction to the Southern Strategy #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/RKqx9ild02
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 29, 2019
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
Biden strikes with a combination and DOWN GOES TRUMP!
*Drops tweet, runs for cover:*
According to Facebook, this video reached over 1,500,000 people. I feel almost Russian. pic.twitter.com/ztw2JhpnFf
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 29, 2019
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump is pissed that the firefighters union is endorsing Biden. Here Trump shows his huge hostility to labor unions that don’t support him. Unions need dues to survive as strong institutions, and any politician who attacks union dues is someone who wants unions to be as weak & ineffective as possible.
just helpin’ out
oh
Since Twitter apparently thinks reporting on public databases à la Spicy is grounds for suspension, we’ll be examining its own financial disclosures to investors from the SEC EDGAR database. Nazis are OK on here. Is this? Let’s find out. pic.twitter.com/mfcsQFawBj — Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 29, 2019
re: #149 Belafon
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Harness-wearing whale was ‘trained by Russian military,’ researchers say https://t.co/bMBYzDRLZv pic.twitter.com/bTiXqqlFdb
— WCPO (@WCPO) April 29, 2019
re: #181 Teukka
When I go to Youtube to watch that video… there is the pre-vid commercial from Youtube… and it is.. surprise, that Huckabee commercial for Hillsdale college!
A statement from the Office of the New York State Attorney General:
“Attorney General Letitia James is focused on enforcing the rule of law. In any case we pursue, we will follow the facts wherever they may lead.
We wish the President would share our respect for the law.”— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) April 29, 2019
#WhoWoreItBetter ? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/on5WJQTWsg
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) April 29, 2019
Hi.
Darth, I’m terribly sorry about Banjo. [[[internet hug]]]
Well, three trips to Scottsbluff this week (today for water, tomorrow for wife’s dentist, Thursday for mammogram).
I get to drive sixty miles each way through this:
It’s still winter.
In which Elaina Plott says it’s “silly” and “pearl-clutching” for REPORTERS to call Trump out for lying about EXECUTING BABIES. She’s a White House reporter. Shame. https://t.co/8AR3pC2mY1 pic.twitter.com/9bH5P0AaGm
— Tormund XtopHodor, First of His Name (@tommyxtopher) April 29, 2019
re: #190 gocart mozart
“Elaina received the William F. Buckley, Jr. fellowship for the National Review in 2015 following her graduation from Yale.”
marathi.tv
RIP Damon Keith, The Once And Forever Crusader For Justice (goes to emptywheel)
A brief article about federal Judge Damon Keith, who died Sunday. It includes a link to the Detroit News for his full obituary. Judge Keith was ninety-six.
Judge Keith was appointed to the federal bench by President Johnson, after training under Thurgood Marshall. He was the grandson of slaves, and had a major impact on court decisions in the Civil Rights Era.
His last decision was last week (the ruling that chalking tires on cars for parking tickets is a violation of constitutional rights).
I have no doubt that Mitch McConnell will be looking to slide a wingnut into his seat on the Sixth Circuit.
Barr spokesperson: “Members of Congress should be the ones doing the questioning. He remains happy to engage with members on their questions regarding the Mueller report”
Sort of stunning that the nation’s top lawyer wants to dictate how a coequal branch conducts its business.— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) April 29, 2019
re: #190 gocart mozart
She is a propagandist, not a reporter.
re: #187 lawhawk
The proposed Woodstock 50 concert has apparently been canceled.
Big summer for 50th anniversaries. Hard to believe now that the Chappaquiddick incident (July 18), the first Moon landing (July 20), the Manson murders (August 8-9) and Woodstock (August 15-18), all occurred in the span of a month. The world was spinning out of control and hasn’t been the same since.
re: #199 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Big summer for 50th anniversaries. Hard to believe now that the Chappaquiddick incident (July 18), the first Moon landing (July 20), the Manson murders (August 8-9) and Woodstock (August 15-18), all occurred in the span of a month. The world was spinning out of control and hasn’t been the same since.
My mother considers the first manned Moon landing to be a birthday present from NASA to her.
Once gramps starts yelling at clouds, all you can do is wait for him to run out of gas. https://t.co/9pidfWwo83
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2019
irish93
2 hours ago…disqus
Longer version could easily have been The President Committed Crimes And it Won’t Make a Damn Bit of Difference. Listening to him lash out this weekend like a broken manure-spreader, slinging out-of-control shit about babies being executed and the NRA being illegally investigated, makes one realize that the whole notion of the rule of law in America has been supplanted by the rule of the loudest voice, and the grossest spectacle
Lie lie lie lie you liar
You lie lie lie, tell me why
Tell me why, why d’you have to lie
Should’ve realized that you
Should’ve told the truth
Should’ve realized you know what I’ll do
You’re in suspension you’re a liarhttps://t.co/9am4snsX5G— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 29, 2019
re: #91 goddamnedfrank
“Lower moral culpability” what the fuck? Jefferson literally held their family members as hostages to get what he wanted out of them.
“Voluntary slaves?” There ain’t no such thing.
Lost causers will do anything to escape the immorality of slavery and try to cast it as rectitude.
I agree with the poster above who said we should call those statues across Dixie “rapist statues.” Let ‘em defend that.
Am I too harsh?
So you’re okay with this?https://t.co/1tv8tD56NX
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #205 Teukka
Why is 8chan still up and running? It’s a racist domestic terrorist incubator and has also hosted everything from Gamergate and swatting schemes to child porn and the QAnon hoax.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 28, 2019
Because we have a racist terror incubator in the White House.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Barr spokesperson: “Members of Congress should be the ones doing the questioning. He remains happy to engage with members on their questions regarding the Mueller report”
Christine blasey Ford managed it and she’s not the nation’s top lawyer
re: #204 Anymouse 🌹
“Voluntary slaves?” There ain’t no such thing.
Lost causers will do anything to escape the immorality of slavery and try to cast it as rectitude.
I agree with the poster above who said we should call those statues across Dixie “rapist statues.” Let ‘em defend that.
Lost Causers know their world will disintegrate completely if the underlying myth collapses. They are going to cling to it for all they are worth.
re: #207 DangerMan
Barr and GOP hypocrites are in no position to dictate to a coequal branch of government how it should conduct oversight.
Is Barr that concerned he’d need to respond to questions with 5A assertions? Because I’m sure Reps. Porter, Lieu, and others can make sure Barr goes there.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 29, 2019
re: #205 Teukka
Am I too harsh?
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 29, 2019
re: #200 Anymouse 🌹
My mother considers the first manned Moon landing to be a birthday present from NASA to her.
My older brother took part in a contest to guess the day (I forget how far in advance it was held). He guessed his birthday, July 18. *insert Maxwell Smart ‘missed it by that much’ gif*
Need to get ready to go into town, so I’ll catch y’all later.
At least you admit to who and what you’ve become.#Hacks come in many forms.
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) April 29, 2019
re: #205 Teukka
Am I too harsh?
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The phrase you need to remind that shit bird of is “yelling fire in a crowded theater”.
EVERY right has a limit. [4,8]chan are far beyond it and need to be shut down.
The best thing to do would be to find out who is providing DNS & hosting services for these scum and flood them with emails until they’re shut down permanently like Der Stormer was.
re: #204 Anymouse 🌹
“Voluntary slaves?” There ain’t no such thing.
Lost causers will do anything to escape the immorality of slavery and try to cast it as rectitude.
I agree with the poster above who said we should call those statues across Dixie “rapist statues.” Let ‘em defend that.
Like women in prison who get pregnant, and the guard swears there was no coercion, that it was totally voluntary on her part. As if.