Seth takes a closer look at federal investigators executing search warrants at Rudy Giuliani’s home and office to seize his electronic devices.
#BREAKING #JoshDuggar “Duggar is charged by indictment with receiving and possessing child pornography.” pic.twitter.com/xwijXUYNyN
— Garrett Fergeson (@Garrett_Photo) April 30, 2021
Ugh. I really worry some of his own kids might have been involved in this…
.@SRuhle asks WV Gov. Justice about signing a bill restricting transgender athletes.
Ruhle: “Can you give me one example of a transgender child trying to get an unfair advantage? Just one in your state, you signed a bill about it.”
Justice: “No, I can’t really tell you one.” pic.twitter.com/RmOyWBUuZY— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 30, 2021
re: #2 Dangerman
“Uh, I can’t name one but Jay-Zuss told me to ban them transgenders…”
re: #176 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I think making them more personally concerned about bad behavior is the key. And tying the lawsuit settlements to police pension funds and not general town budgets will certainly get the point across since illegal behavior will be coming out of *their* future income.
You can’t tie it to a police pension fund.
Collective punishment for an individual’s behaviour is Old Testament justice, not secular American justice.
The only way you could do that is if you could uncover a criminal conspiracy by the union to engage in such conduct.
Tying it to the town budget and opposing all general bonds sends the message to taxpayers that they are responsible for the politicians they elect and the police they hire.
re: #2 Dangerman
I saw that mess this morning. He did a great job with vaccines, but after that the whole conversation went to shit. I’m glad Stephanie stayed on his ass about this. Seriously, how many transgender kids are also playing sports? He himself admitted there might be a dozen kids in the whole state this fucked up law would effect. Truly sick of conservatives being so concerned with genitalia and what people do with it. Maybe that energy might be better spent policing what conservatives do with their penises, like Gaetz and Duggar for starters.
Cannot stop thinking about this passage about how the Anglo-Saxons had to massacre the Vikings because they were too hot pic.twitter.com/BoIKKZbvFh
— Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack) April 30, 2021
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re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You can’t tie it to a police pension fund.
Collective punishment for an individual’s behaviour is Old Testament justice, not secular American justice.
The only way you could do that is if you could uncover a criminal conspiracy by the union to engage in such conduct.
Tying it to the town budget and opposing all general bonds sends the message to taxpayers that they are responsible for the politicians they elect and the police they hire.
Require the officers to carry “malpractice”, for lack of a better word, insurance and require that all payments come from that since it is collective punishment of all taxpayers as it currently stands. And, as with doctors, if the insurance isn’t enough…
Without further comment:
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 30, 2021
re: #8 William Lewis
Require the officers to carry “malpractice”, for lack of a better word, insurance and require that all payments come from that since it is collective punishment of all taxpayers as it currently stands. And, as with doctors, if the insurance isn’t enough…
how about just dont abuse your authority
then everybody wins
not a chance, i know
A Delaware County man admitted he cast an illegal ballot for ex-President Trump and gets sentenced to probation
Last fall, Bartman used the driver’s license of his dead mother, Elizabeth Bartman, to register her to vote online, and then requested and filled out an absentee ballot in her name, prosecutors said. He repeated the process for Elizabeth Weihman, his deceased mother-in-law, using her Social Security number, though he did not cast a ballot for her.
“There’s not public benefit to him being incarcerated,” Stollsteimer said. “This defendant from the beginning has accepted responsibility for his actions, and he has paid the price for them.”
Meanwhile, in Texas,
CRYSTAL MASON THOUGHT SHE HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE. TEXAS SENTENCED HER TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRYING.
re: #2 Dangerman
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Hope the next bill is to stop rampaging rhino’s from trampling kids on the playground.
re: #3 🌹UOJB!
“Uh, I can’t name one but Jay-Zuss told me to ban them transgenders…”
Just part of the endless conservative culture war. Like Starbuck’s cups or critical race theory or antifa or … .
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will watch the watchers?)
It’s an interesting question.
I am pleased that the issues with law enforcement are being publicized and debated. I suspect that they have been there as long as there have been law enforcement organizations.
I suspect that in as large and fractious a democracy as ours, progress is going to be slow, uneven, and unsatisfying.
In the end, we can possibly mitigate some of, but cannot entirely remove the human element. Or as Pogo said: “We have met the enemy. And they is us.”
Or as another wit said: “As soon as you invent an idiot proof system, they’ll invent a better idiot.”
re: #10 Dangerman
how about just dont abuse your authority
then everybody winsnot a chance, i know
Dad served as Borough Constable for 18 years and he HAD to be bonded and insured per state law.
re: #18 ckkatz
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will watch the watchers?)
It’s an interesting question.
I am pleased that the issues with law enforcement are being publicized and debated. I suspect that they have been there as long as there have been law enforcement organizations.
I suspect that in as large and fractious a democracy as ours, progress is going to be slow, uneven, and unsatisfying.
In the end, we can possibly mitigate some of, but cannot entirely remove the human element. Or as Pogo said: “We have met the enemy. And they is us.”
Or as another wit said: “As soon as you invent an idiot proof system, they’ll invent a better idiot.”
“It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.”
re: #17 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Gotta say, bathing more than once a season would be a strong point in favor of the Danes. Hair combing wouldn’t hurt either.
What about traditional values? ///////////
Apple Crumble Muffins pic.twitter.com/Wa6h2ZKM9E
— Liddle Rainbow Pie 🌈🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) April 30, 2021
re: #20 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
“It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.”
A programmers job is to make a program idiot proof. Mother natures job is to create better idiots. Mother nature is winning.
Having every opportunity in life, other than good parenting, results in this.
Wow, Ben, you’ve really got an innate ability to take the pulse of the American people. Great analysis! pic.twitter.com/qWUpKNeeV4
— Cliff Spab ~ Barely GenX-Daywalked w Millennials (@DSmizzle55) April 29, 2021
re: #24 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Having every opportunity in life, other than good parenting, results in this.
“That doesn’t count, they’re all libs!”
Now this is REAL infrastructure that makes a difference.
Thanks, Biden! https://t.co/V8Afz33WfJ— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) April 30, 2021
re: #24 Punish Domestic Terrorists
These Ben Shapiro stories always remind me of the old story about the commander’s first annual evaluation of a new Second Lieutenant:
“His men would follow him anywhere. Mostly out of curiosity.”
re: #29 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That’s what the loonies are saying.
That said, I would be interested in the political split of speech viewers. I’m actually betting it skews pretty hard left, because Republicans hate Democrats so much that they wouldn’t want to watch the speech.
re: #30 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
That said, I would be interested in the political split of speech viewers. I’m actually betting it skews pretty hard left, because Republicans hate Democrats so much that they wouldn’t want to watch the speech.
That’s also what morons are saying. Inspiring speeches from a great President are only for “Libtards.” I mean, the guy didn’t even shout out to white supremacists.
re: #17 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Gotta say, bathing more than once a season would be a strong point in favor of the Danes. Hair combing wouldn’t hurt either.
Suspect that on more than one occasion the besieged Anglo-Saxon town’s treasure and women of age would be put outside the gates as compensatory distraction for the Danes.”
The Vikings haven’t disappeared. They get along better with the Anglo-Saxons now, though.
Just found out the Swedish army’s mortar variant of the CV90 is called the Mjolnir (Thor’s hammer) and I fucking love it pic.twitter.com/LoBEK09DtT
— Boomer Bear (@barefootboomer) April 30, 2021
I’ve come up with a great plan to address the National debt:
Charge people $5 each to punch Ben Shapiro in the face.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve come up with a great plan to address the National debt:
Charge people $5 each to punch Ben Shapiro in the face.
Raise it to $5,000 and people would still borrow on their Master Cards for the privilege!
re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You can’t tie it to a police pension fund.
Collective punishment for an individual’s behaviour is Old Testament justice, not secular American justice.
The only way you could do that is if you could uncover a criminal conspiracy by the union to engage in such conduct.
Tying it to the town budget and opposing all general bonds sends the message to taxpayers that they are responsible for the politicians they elect and the police they hire.
100% disagree. Let the police police themselves or everyone’s pensions go down. Consider it a service charge for continuing the thin blue line.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve come up with a great plan to address the National debt:
Charge people $5 each to punch Ben Shapiro in the face.
Everyone but the first person would be punching a little man who’s on the ground crying. You’d get some takers, but I’m not in.
Looks like there are going to be travel restrictions against most people from entering the US from India starting May 4th.
The only people allowed will be US Citizens/Permanent residents and some limited other individuals (not specified, but I _suspect_ diplomats, airline crew, seafarers, and people who have to be allowed to enter the US by treaty and spouses/minor children of those allowed). Of course those allowed still need to pass a covid test, and quarantine after entering US soil. I’m a bit surprised this didn’t happen earlier.
U.S. Will Impose New Ban On Travel From India, As Coronavirus Rages - NPR
re: #39 Punish Domestic Terrorists
The same fuckers who were able to social distance and work from home insist that restaurant workers and other “disposables” return to work so that the economy can resume working for the rich people.
We see that with Fox nonstop. Reopen, go back to work despite lack of social distancing, masking, and basic decency applying, all while these people stay at home or work remote or have the luxury of working at a distance from others.
These are the people who fled to their luxury homes, taking covid19 with them far and wide. It’s the global travelers who sent covid19 flying all around the world and to the far reaches. It’s the well-heeled who did much of the traveling, but once covid19 got embedded in a given country, it was the poor who suffer disproportionately. They’re the ones least able to social distance, work remote, or their jobs require in-person and close contact with others.
Right now, in India, there’s reports that the official death toll is 5-10 times higher than the official count of 200,000. That means anywhere from 1 to 2 million people dead from covid19. The crematoria and cemeteries buckling under the strain of nonstop funerals tells that story, not the official count.
And it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. While the US seems to be on its way to having enough vaccinations for US residents, we’ve got dumbfuckers who wont vaccinate or social distance or mask because they think it somehow infringes on their rights, all while other nations are desperate to get vaccines to save lives of their people.
👏🏻 Biden is cancelling projects to build a wall along the southern border using diverted defense funds and will use some funding to repair environmental damage from the wall’s construction.
https://t.co/FwoBB7Rg5t— Laffy (@GottaLaff) April 30, 2021
do they take venmo?
— Mr. Fungi 🚂 (@Mister_Fun_Guy) April 30, 2021
re: #40 lawhawk
The same fuckers who were able to social distance and work from home insist that restaurant workers and other “disposables” return to work so that the economy can resume working for the rich people.
We see that with Fox nonstop. Reopen, go back to work despite lack of social distancing, masking, and basic decency applying, all while these people stay at home or work remote or have the luxury of working at a distance from others.
These are the people who fled to their luxury homes, taking covid19 with them far and wide. It’s the global travelers who sent covid19 flying all around the world and to the far reaches. It’s the well-heeled who did much of the traveling, but once covid19 got embedded in a given country, it was the poor who suffer disproportionately. They’re the ones least able to social distance, work remote, or their jobs require in-person and close contact with others.
Right now, in India, there’s reports that the official death toll is 5-10 times higher than the official count of 200,000. That means anywhere from 1 to 2 million people dead from covid19. The crematoria and cemeteries buckling under the strain of nonstop funerals tells that story, not the official count.
And it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. While the US seems to be on its way to having enough vaccinations for US residents, we’ve got dumbfuckers who wont vaccinate or social distance or mask because they think it somehow infringes on their rights, all while other nations are desperate to get vaccines to save lives of their people.
Yes, monitoring the fires they’re burning bodies on makes it clear the number is much higher than reported.
I saw Kirstie Alley upset that people aren’t there to serve her because they can get unemployment during the pandemic. She had no idea that that’s inappropriate.
I really liked her back in 1982 before I knew she was in a cult, and long before that cult started worshipping Trump.
re: #42 Dread Pirate Ron
Is she into teenage prostitutes as well? I wouldn’t do anything with Gaetz.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 30, 2021
This thing is such a travesty of democracy. The Republican assault on democracy continues unabated. https://t.co/f95Ar7Lv9s
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) April 30, 2021
re: #45 jaunte
The Big Lie will hang its hat on this phony audit. The GQP will use it as incontrovertible evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. No evidence will suffice to dislodge the conclusions of this audit; any complaints about its methodology will be dismissed as partisan propaganda.
re: #46 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
The Big Lie will hang its hat on this phony audit. The GQP will use it as incontrovertible evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. No evidence will suffice to dislodge the conclusions of this audit; any complaints about its methodology will be dismissed as partisan propaganda.
That seems to be the plan. Patriotic Americans need to tell them to fuck off.
re: #45 jaunte
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count votes decide everything.” — 21st century Republicans.
re: #26 🌹UOJB!
Gee, I wish I could post a snarky remark to Benjyboy but @jack won’t permit insulting his pals!
my proposal from earlier today:
‘wear a mask’ is a great universal retort
its more of insult to these people than ‘fuck off and die’
it cant be misconstrued or twisted as some ‘terms and conditions’ breach
and it does double duty as public service message to others reading later
win, win, win
re: #47 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That seems to be the plan. Patriotic Americans need to tell them to fuck off.
I’m honestly surprised that my opinion of Republicans still gets worse every week, despite four long years of Trump’s crime circus and clown show.
re: #48 EPR-radar
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count votes and recount them, if necessary, to get to the right result decide everything.” — 21st century Republicans.
re: #50 EPR-radar
I’m honestly surprised that my opinion of Republicans still gets worse every week, despite four long years of Trump’s crime circus and clown show.
They do seem to have a special talent for being assholes.
re: #50 EPR-radar
I’m honestly surprised that my opinion of Republicans still gets worse every week, despite four long years of Trump’s crime circus and clown show.
The freakshow didn’t stop. They’re still trying to please Trump.
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
They do seem to have a special talent for being assholes.
Yeah. Their main project at the moment is a concerted effort to prop up their Big Lie about the stolen election.
This is likely to become the “backstab legend” of fascism in America.
Young people and women more likely to report Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID vaccine side effects, UK survey shows (ABC - Austrailia)
Mostly minor stuff, much better than getting Covid.
re: #56 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Young people and women more likely to report Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID vaccine side effects, UK survey shows (ABC - Austrailia)
Mostly minor stuff, much better than getting Covid.
Indeed. There are prescription medicines that have been on the market for decades that have worse side effects than that.
The one time leader of the free world who now lives alone in a hotel sharing buffets, common areas, and staff with strangers, yearns for attention and relevance so badly, he now stands on a patio step every night ranting to tens of people about a 6 month old election that he lost pic.twitter.com/xIuZ7jAkZD
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) April 30, 2021
Former President Donald Trump has become “fixated” on the work of the Cyber Ninjas, the little-known firm that has undertaken an audit of the 2020 election in Arizona, the Washington Post reports.
Said one aide: “He talks about it constantly.”
The aide noted that Trump asks for updates multiple times a day and at one point carried on for 45 minutes on the subject.
re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You were in the military. You know for a fact that you can hold a group accountable for actions of their members. We do it all over the place. We hold companies accountable for the actions of their employees. We hold the person in the getaway car for the actions of those who rob a bank.
It’s entirely reasonable to hold police groups accountable for the actions of their members because if cop A doesn’t stop cop B, then cop A is allowing it to happen and is part of the problem.
re: #59 Dangerman
He’s so utterly broken, and morons still think he should be President, even after the failed coup.
re: #56 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Young people and women more likely to report Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID vaccine side effects, UK survey shows (ABC - Austrailia)
Mostly minor stuff, much better than getting Covid.
In other words, all of the vaccines are having more effects on women. A facebook friend was pointing out that, while your body is processing the vaccine, do not go get a mammogram.
“I don’t know, but I’m sure it was going on.”
— Florida state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia (R), quoted by the New York Times, when asked if he could identify any real-world instances of illegal ballot collection in Florida.
re: #62 Belafon
We know the blood clots are in women, but as to the less severe side-effects, men may be less likely to report them. Some of us don’t go to the doctor unless a limb has been severed.
re: #62 Belafon
In other words, all of the vaccines are having more effects on women. A facebook friend was pointing out that, while your body is processing the vaccine, do not go get a mammogram.
Or women are just more likely to report the side effects. It is already know women are more likely to seek medical help if something is wrong.
re: #60 Belafon
You were in the military. You know for a fact that you can hold a group accountable for actions of their member. We do it all over the place. We hold companies accountable for the actions of their employees. We hold the person in the getaway car for the actions of those who rob a bank.
It’s entirely reasonable to hold police groups accountable for the actions of their members because if cop A doesn’t stop cop B, then cop A is allowing it to happen and is part of the problem.
those observing chauvin for nearly 10 minutes are proof of that
lately, i am embarrassed for florida nearly every day
it feels like a micro-play of the last 4 years
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) calls the idea of systemic racism “a bunch of horse manure.”
“Give me a break … It’s a very harmful ideology, and I would say really a race-based version of a Marxist-type ideology.” pic.twitter.com/xcTuLmZtoE— The Recount (@therecount) April 30, 2021
re: #68 Dangerman
lately, i am embarrassed for florida nearly every day
it feels like a micro-play of the last 4 years
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“Do you just pull random words out of your butt because you think it makes you sound intelligent?”
re: #68 Dangerman
lately, i am embarrassed for florida nearly every day
it feels like a micro-play of the last 4 years
Florida really is two different states: The southern part is relatively progressive, the northern part is practically South Alabama.
re: #68 Dangerman
oh and forget that this is desantis playing up to trump because trump said he’d ‘consider’ running in 2024 with desantis
nope
republican pres/vp from the same state is never gonna happen
a sitting governor cant move out of state
and if he lost, he’s worse damaged
trump leaving mar-a-grifto?
for where?
NY - that would be insane on many levels
so where else?
re: #68 Dangerman
DeSantis has probably never read Das Kapital or the Grundrisse.
6 hours out from Pfizer 2nd shot and my arm is sore as hell. Still better than COVID-19.
re: #74 A Mom Anon
6 hours out from Pfizer 2nd shot and my arm is sore as hell. Still better than COVID-19.
That’s the only symptom I have left from my Moderna #2 shot. I banged that arm against my fridge earlier when I was making lunch. OUCH.
re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s the only symptom I have left from my Moderna #2 shot. I banged that arm against my fridge earlier when I was making lunch. OUCH.
dont do that
In other news, Atlanta has experienced 14 fucking random shootings on the interstates that run in and out of the city since January. The latest was earlier today. Sigh. What the actual fuck?
Just looks like a generic Trump fan to me.
The #FBI continues to seek information on individuals involved in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you think you know the person in these photos, submit a tip at https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. Refer to photo 320 in your tip. pic.twitter.com/lmgHfZ9FUV
— FBI (@FBI) April 29, 2021
re: #78 A Mom Anon
In other news, Atlanta has experienced 14 fucking random shootings on the interstates that run in and out of the city since January. The latest was earlier today. Sigh. What the actual fuck?
Sounds like those D.C. assholes from a several years ago. Some people just want to be evil.
re: #80 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Just looks like a generic Trump fan to me.
Okay, so we’re looking for an overweight white guy with a beard and a cap, wearing tactical gear that doesn’t fit properly….gee, that really narrows it down.
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so baby swordfish are born with a TINY sword, have a good day pic.twitter.com/DlBjv4cxuR
— Rob N Roll (@thegallowboob) April 30, 2021
Two separate realities - one factual, the other based on the “big lie”:
CNN POLL CONDUTED BY SSRS
Did Biden Legitimately
Win Enough Votes for
The Presidency?
Yes No
Democrats 97% 3%
Independents 69% 27%
Republicans 23% 70%— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 30, 2021
the roast the VP ordered was Wakanda Black Coffee Blend and Harris offered a “Wakanda Forever” as she left the shop https://t.co/yTtarPwwlc
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) April 30, 2021
Fox News will undoubtedly spend several segments of every show for the next week dedicated to explaining why this an outrage.
re: #85 Dread Pirate Ron
Did you know that Wakanda isn’t real? - Ben Shapiro.
Two members of Congress high on the list of recipients of pharmaceutical industry PAC contributions are pushing back against a patent waiver that would help developing countries to produce much-needed COVID vaccines. We need campaign finance reform.https://t.co/ZXqxO32lbO
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) April 30, 2021
re: #87 Dread Pirate Ron
Can I take a wild guess which party those two members belong to?
EDIT: They’re actually Democrats. Go figure.
re: #12 BeachDem
A Delaware County man admitted he cast an illegal ballot for ex-President Trump and gets sentenced to probation
A conservative nitwit committing fraud is from Delco?
My shocked face, etc…
Not that strange when you consider that the radicalized-right think the secular Americans who protect their rights are the enemy. At this point they have more in common with Putin than patriotic American leaders, because he condemns gay people and panders to religious extremists.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 30, 2021
re: #90 Mattand
A conservative nitwit committing fraud is from Delco?
My shocked face, etc…
So much for the claim that it doesn’t happen because the penalties are so severe.
re: #74 A Mom Anon
6 hours out from Pfizer 2nd shot and my arm is sore as hell. Still better than COVID-19.
Both my partner and I just had slightly sore arms from either shot. One of my doctors told me that the people experiencing symptoms from Shot #2 is around 30% Not an insignificant number but I thought the percentage was higher, given all the press about it.
re: #92 Punish Domestic Terrorists
So much for the claim that it doesn’t happen because the penalties are so severe.
Well, he’s white and Republican. I’d be willing to be the judge said something in court about it being “an honest mistake”, or some bullshit like that.
re: #94 Mattand
From #12:
“There’s not public benefit to him being incarcerated,” [Judge] Stollsteimer said. “This defendant from the beginning has accepted responsibility for his actions, and he has paid the price for them.”
re: #95 Belafon
What’s the price for voting fraud?
re: #94 Mattand
Well, he’s white and Republican. I’d be willing to be the judge said something in court about it being “an honest mistake”, or some bullshit like that.
Also, it was Delaware, not Texas.
I guess Pence still imagines he might be able to win Trump’s love back so he can run for President in 2024, except Trump never loved Pence, and he is running for President himself.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) April 30, 2021
re: #99 No Malarkey!
I do wonder what the support for the coup would be like now if they had gotten their hands on Pence or Pelosi. Some people would leave the party in horror, but others would be delighted.
re: #95 Belafon
From #12:
Actually, Stollsteimer is the DA/ The judge, Capelli, said the case is serious and “goes to the heart of our democracy,” but he commended Bartman for acknowledging his crimes.
How very understanding of him////////////
(Yeah, Bartman blamed it on lockdown/isolation and called it a stupid mistake—uh, huh—I always make the mistake of voting for dead people because I’m isolated)
I’m giddy.
One juicy nugget from the Roger Stone & Joel Greenberg texts involving Matt Gaetz…
Roger Stone specifically mentions that the pardon Greenberg is trying to buy for $250K needs to be discussed with “Jared & Rudy”…
Jared Kushner & Rudy Giuliani are implicated here.— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) April 30, 2021
re: #100 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I do wonder what the support for the coup would be like now if they had gotten their hands on Pence or Pelosi. Some people would leave the party in horror, but others would be delighted.
GOP support for the coup would be much higher if the mob had gotten to Pelosi. That one is a no brainer.
It’s harder to say what Pence getting caught by the mob would have done to later GOP support for it.
Newsmax-Fox Business sync-up pic.twitter.com/S1C8iV0F8b
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) April 30, 2021
This has aged like limburger cheese sitting in a hot car. https://t.co/lQ71QjczSS
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 30, 2021
re: #106 teleskiguy
So raping your sisters and a babysitter and watching child pornography are Christian values? If that’s the case, someone should have gone after him, Ben. I hate that evil little shit. He’s an awful person.
re: #106 teleskiguy
The Venn diagram for “garbage fire” and “loudly advocates right wing Christian ‘values’” is a single circle.
re: #12 BeachDem
WOW! That means Dan Patrick owes another $1 million to John Fetterman!
re: #107 A Mom Anon
So raping your sisters and a babysitter and watching child pornography are Christian values? If that’s the case, someone should have gone after him, Ben. I hate that evil little shit. He’s an awful person.
Ben Shapiro’s life work is to become a Kapo in a second holocaust. It really is difficult to be a worse piece of shit than that.
re: #110 teleskiguy
I agree! That’s such a great photo. Do It! I’m so jealous of you sometimes. I never could get the hang of skiing, I am too clutzy and a danger to myself and others lol. Now I physically can’t unless I want to end up in traction.I’d love to live in Colorado, I hated leaving after our visit there a few years ago.
My dude, here’s a pic of nuns visiting the same stretch of border. None of us needed tactical gear 🙃 https://t.co/Ni7mSRgQRA pic.twitter.com/IWYSuyChSZ
— Jeremy Dickey (@JeremyDDickey) April 30, 2021
In the beginning I was watching India, assuming it would be a major disaster. They somehow made it through the year.
How did it not hit this bad till now I wonder?
32.69% positivity rate in Delhi, India https://t.co/XIREss0QpM
— Steve Lookner (@lookner) April 30, 2021
re: #114 HRH Stanley Sea
India locked down hard early in the pandemic. That seems likely to account for the delayed disaster there.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 30, 2021
re: #114 HRH Stanley Sea
In the beginning I was watching India, assuming it would be a major disaster. They somehow made it through the year.
How did it not hit this bad till now I wonder?
E. W. Jackass with another one of his asshole rants…
re: #106 teleskiguy
You lie to idiots to demonize the left for a living, and it made you defend a pedophile. A smart person would look at their life and make changes, but you had every opportunity in life and still made all those terrible choices to wind up where you are today.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 30, 2021
All to promote bigotry and demonize civilized Americans. What an asshole.
re: #119 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Josh Duggar only advocated “Christian values” as weapons against other people, never as principles to guide himself.
The left is exhausted by this brand of garbage fire hypocrisy so popular with the right.— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 30, 2021
There is no Republican ass Ben Shapiro won’t kiss.
re: #113 gocart mozart
Of course Kemp is there. On a taxpayer funded trip to stir up hate and fear. He’s such a sack of shit with eyeballs and feet.
Here is a quick tutorial on how to keep your meat safe from Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/QpWOqFRBe0
— Nick Lutsko (@NickLutsko) April 28, 2021
re: #85 Dread Pirate Ron
Fox News will undoubtedly spend several segments of every show for the next week dedicated to explaining why this an outrage.
Fox will undoubtedly make it a story about the media and who cares what coffee they ordered why aren’t the media more curious about Hunter Bidens laptop or the crisis at the border.
“…disillusioned burners…” = moneyed white hippies sad they can’t do a bunch of drugs in the desert for a week for a second year in a row. https://t.co/rhscKq456u
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 30, 2021
Josh Duggar is a class of person that can be forgiven…over and over and over…because he’s higher in the cross-indexed characteristics used to graph the Amercian conservative version of the caste system.
When he fucked up the first time and the second time, it was attributed to other people—bad people of lower status—making him fuck up, and the “treatment” for the problem was to further isolate him from sources of “corruption.”
This time he’s fucked up so bad, and so directly in line with his previous fuck-ups, that it’s likely that blaming evil outsiders won’t be sufficient…so conservatives will just pretend that he’s always been secretly one of the bad people and there’s absolutely no systemic component to how people like him get away with shit over and over.
Not that this is 100% just on conservatives; there’s more than one species of shitty in-group bias. Don’t fucking trust people with power and status and don’t put them on fucking pedestals, ever.
There’s just something in my eye.
(lovelifewoof/TT)▪︎❤ pic.twitter.com/hc8z1lRqYU— Stef (@VG_Stef) April 29, 2021
re: #109 🌹UOJB!
WOW! That means Dan Patrick owes another $1 million to John Fetterman!
Patrick offered up to a million dollars total, 25000 for each tip leading to conviction.
Interesting list:
Hopefully it will expand to include both of Eichenwald’s list tweets. (I am experiencing so much spiritual dissonance finding myself actually agreeing with Walsh on something.)
…@WalshFreedom 5. Contract, 19906. Analyst review of finances of Trump Taj, ‘90.7. Scotsman of Year award: 2012 (he claimed double voting, dead voting.)8. Emmys, 2004-2012Ask them, what’s more likely: Sore loser or world is rigged?
— Kurt “Masks Save Lives” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 30, 2021
re: #128 danarchy
Patrick offered up to a million dollars total, 25000 for each tip leading to conviction.
Offering that much money shows that he knows that there is very, very little voter fraud, and it was just a lame Republican stunt. If the claims that fascists make were true, he’d be out billions if he paid out. I love that Fetterman called him on it.
The true QAnon target the whole fucking time was their own people.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 30, 2021
re: #5 A Mom Anon
It’s always about beating up on the most marginalized people. Fucking despicable.
When your lawyers tell you you have to print a retraction like this… you may be doing “journalism” wrong.
re: #133 ipsos
When your lawyers tell you you have to print a retraction like this… you may be doing “journalism” wrong.
Has OAN published a similar retraction?
Shackleton’s voyage is one of the all-time great survival epics. It is just chance, an amazing and wonderful chance, that authentic color photographs of it exist.
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917. The ship is named ‘Endurance’. My previous set of Babelised images from their voyage proved popular, so I offer you 4 more, taken on that expedition by Frank Hurley 106 years ago. They are not colourised. pic.twitter.com/U6Q15h7msf
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) April 30, 2021
The Defense Department is canceling all contracts for wall construction on the US-Mexico border that used funds originally intended for military missions and functions, the department said https://t.co/f9VK4T9rx0
— CNN (@CNN) April 30, 2021
I 1) didn’t read the paper, 2) don’t know anything about it, and 3) don’t care because this is my favorite headline.
Glowing Pumpkin Toadlet Can’t Hear Its Own Tiny Scream https://t.co/0SIraejRQ4— Rob Denton (@RD_Denton) April 28, 2021
Anyway here’s the paper, congrats to the authors:https://t.co/16XoqhVboR
— Rob Denton (@RD_Denton) April 28, 2021
re: #135 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Shackleton’s voyage is one of the all-time great survival epics. It is just chance, an amazing and wonderful chance, that authentic color photographs of it exist.
Wow. Truly astounding. The Antarctic is a fascinating place, and I would love to visit sometime. I would not, however, want to visit in the fashion of Sir Robert Falcon Scott.
UPDATE I deleted retweet that showed ballot at audit table where ex GOP State Rep. Anthony Kern was counting ballots. Media agreed not to show ballots when shooting images/video at Coliseum. But point remains: Today, Kern counting ballots. Jan. 6, he was at Capitol insurrection. pic.twitter.com/ZGy0Ds3JjV
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) April 30, 2021
re: #106 teleskiguy
Child porn is a Christian value?
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) April 30, 2021
re: #126 The Ghost of a Flea
And this is a nuanced fucking statement, but:
The system of exceptions-to-rules provides cover for terrible abuses of power, but to protect from consequences the milder power-abuses of your average oligarch you have to have a system that periodically creates monsters, then lets them haunt the world. It’s built into oligarchy that every generation there will be individuals that can’t balance their personal appetites versus minimal moral and social concessions that help maintain the status quo—some kids learn the “those people don’t really matter rule” too well—but the larger system of excuse-making for abuses of power is more important than any one person who needs help or needs stopping.
Fucked up kids are allowed to mature into genuinely dangerous adults because the alternative is…admitting something’s going wrong and imposing moral and ethical standards that are in opposition to the libertine worldview.
Fucked up kids that are traumatized and can’t perform normalcy are shamed until they’re compliant, or just discarded, because merely by existing and not-functioning they pose uncomfortable questions about the system that raised them.
Severity and revanchism is part of this set-up: periodically one of the elect who fucks up to the point of embarrassment—victim or perp or both—is fed through a meat grinder… which justifies the commercial meat grinder in the town square that proles are chucked into daily.
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