WATCH LIVE: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki vs. The White House Press Corps
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She has more patience than I ever could muster. I would be in jail for slapping the shit out of stupid.
who could have predicted this unorthodox banking method? https://t.co/6o1haHxGf6
ā Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 3, 2021
from downstairs
re: #397 Belafon
What I think would have happened is the cops would have showed up, asked about the parents, found out that they left him at school, and would have decided itās not worth the effort.
maybe.
and you do it anyway
we are heightened and sensitized to this kind of violence
weāre past deciding if itās just up to but not over the line
he was shopping for ammo. he drew pictures. what sign were they waiting for?
using the system (calling the police) is not passing the buck
you get their opinion
you ask ādo you want our next call to beā¦ā what it turned out to be
re: #2 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
Iām wondering if an employee was slipping them into the wall if there was a gap by a towel dispenser or something, either planning to come back and get them one day, or just to screw their evil employer.
Last string:re: #374 No Malarkey!
Pretty safe bet when they describe everyone to the left of Ayn Rand as a ācommunist.ā
Law of unintended consequences. What these goober-terrorists are doing is suggesting to young people that communism may not be a bad thing. āIf these crazy fascists hate it so much, it must have something going for it.ā
When Republicans refuse to restrict the rights of women, minorities, or LGBTQ+, they get primaried by someone more extreme.
When Democrats fail to get everything passed, voters just stay home.
The system is biased in favor of conservatives, but Democrats turning out can overcome it.
re: #353 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
I bought two biggish chewy treats for my dogs this morning.
Odysseus consumed his rapidly, as is the norm.
Shelby is entering hour two of chewing and looks to have more than an hour or two remaining.
Ody is starting to get jealous and whining
Ody has managed to gain control of the remaining treat.
Which is also quite typical.
Now Iāll grab the leashes and drain the dogs, weāll see how ownership goes from there
lol
re: #5 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Law of unintended consequences. What these goober-terrorists are doing is suggesting to young people that communism may not be a bad thing. āIf these crazy fascists hate it so much, it must have something going for it.ā
It certainly wonāt help grow the cult when they tell people that they were raised by communists in a communist country. Only the crankiest maladjusted cranks are attracted to that. This shit is how we got a crank Republican party.
re: #2 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
The funny part is checks. They do stale date, or maybe then got replaced and deposited. Emergency TP?
BTW best (real) White House Press Secretary everā¦
re: #9 Rightwingconspirator
Whoever stashed the bundle was probably in a hurry.
re: #7 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
Ody has managed to gain control of the remaining treat.
Which is also quite typical.Now Iāll grab the leashes and drain the dogs, weāll see how ownership goes from there
lol
If I heard somebody at the dog park calling their fur-baby Ody, Iād probably assume they meant Odie.
Doocy really wants to provoke Jen Psaki into an angry response with his dumbass questions. She refuses to give it to him.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
Doocy really wants to provoke Jen Psaki into an angry response with his dumbass questions. She refuses to give it to him.
Like a schoolteacher dealing with a really dumb kid.
re: #14 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Like a schoolteacher dealing with a really dumb kid.
Sorry but not dumb. Obstinate and very wrong.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
Doocy really wants to provoke Jen Psaki into an angry response with his dumbass questions. She refuses to give it to him.
Something tells me on her last day as Press Secretary, she going to bitch slap that little turd so hard those sitting next to him are going to need a shower and change of cloths. Hey! A girls can dream.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
Doocy really wants to provoke Jen Psaki into an angry response with his dumbass questions. She refuses to give it to him.
Doocy couldnāt get a rise out of Biden earlier
Peter Doocy asks Biden if heās okay. Biden says he has a cold. pic.twitter.com/ofrPZN4uDO
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2021
Exactly. The outcome would have fallen somewhere between MOVE and Attica, with some Tulsa thrown in, as the comments suggest.
ā jelani cobb (@jelani9) December 3, 2021
Persephoneās ready for her handcuffs https://t.co/xSyRo1KAIX pic.twitter.com/eY85SjYIzj
ā Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) December 3, 2021
re: #18 sagehen
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Yep, there would have been attacks on black sections of towns, especially in the South, all over the country.
Sheās absolutely right on this. https://t.co/zgRrYVWrzf
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2021
re: #2 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
Iām just curious about why whoever it was bothered stuffing checks into the wall. The person who wrote the check would realize it had never been cashed, and it would look suspicious if someone showed up at a bank trying to cash a bunch of old checks. Itās odd.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Iām just curious about why whoever it was bothered stuffing checks into the wall. The person who wrote the check would realize it had never been cashed, and it would look suspicious if someone showed up at a bank trying to cash a bunch of old checks. Itās odd.
sounds to me like they have so much money they cant keep track of it.
Men: If you donāt want to get pregnant just donāt have sex.
Women: We enjoy sex for pleasure just like you.
Men: In my experience that is false.
Women: You are not making the point you think youāre making.ā The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) December 3, 2021
āThe Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried ā about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosivesā¦ā https://t.co/ojHCFWoUcy
ā Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) December 3, 2021
You could argue that this is just a small amount of explosives given the massive size of the militaryās stockpile. But it wouldnāt have been small if it was in the hands of the domestic terrorists that attacked the Capitol on January 6th.
ā Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) December 3, 2021
re: #23 I Would Prefer Not To
sounds to me like they have so much money they cant keep track of it.
The yachts, planes, and mansions canāt be built fast enough.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Iām just curious about why whoever it was bothered stuffing checks into the wall. The person who wrote the check would realize it had never been cashed, and it would look suspicious if someone showed up at a bank trying to cash a bunch of old checks. Itās odd.
Maybe somebody just got tired at the end of their shift logging donations, and got rid of a bag-full so they could go home.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Didnāt they report a bunch of cash being stolen from them a few years ago? Like 600K?
Knowing Osteen, if I was that contractor I donāt think I could have forced myself to be honest and just clean out that wall. I guess that makes me an awful human. Still not as awful as Osteen though.
re: #24 jaunte
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According to Dear Abby, there are no frigid women. Just clumsy and/or selfish men.
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
āDuring the summer of 2016, Glosser feared Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in the presidential election, & society might disintegrate. So he began accumulating leftovers until he had what he described as āa respectable amountā of C4ā 10 blocks, weighing nearly 13 pounds.ā
ā Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) December 3, 2021
Joel Osteenās wife on Instagram pic.twitter.com/JVxJvT4Jtg
ā blaire erskine (@blaireerskine) December 3, 2021
This dogās memory is unrealā¦ pic.twitter.com/1TeKxJ5U7l
ā Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) December 3, 2021
Thereās that dogā¦ and then thereās my dogā¦ pic.twitter.com/IWwxpgS6EX
ā DAPPER DON DHARSHI ā¢ K A M I L ā¢ (@SoloFlow786) December 3, 2021
re: #18 sagehen
There sure as hell wouldnāt have been anyone describing them as ātourists.ā
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meanwhileā¦ @gus_izzy pic.twitter.com/DQin6KzIBg
ā Ally (@allyaranda) December 3, 2021
āARRESTINGā THE GRINCH: Officers saved Christmas in Hewitt, Texas, on Thursday, as they stopped the Grinch from ruining the cityās tree-lighting. pic.twitter.com/58zpGuYEPy
ā CBS News (@CBSNews) December 3, 2021
We banned the book in TX. So ending is unclear.
ā Aaron Chamberlain (@elmachuca) December 3, 2021
re: #21 Charles Johnson
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itās also true that only one side respects āconsistencyā
Sheās absolutely right on this. https://t.co/zgRrYVWrzf
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2021
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
My desktop setup cuts the top and bottom halves off those upright videos. I can only see the dogās face. I only lasted a couple of seconds on Mrs. Osteen.
Got my Friday guitar lesson coming up at noonā¦with TG weekend away I havenāt touched my guitar in a couple of weeks. My instructor sent me Misty Mountain Hop to learn - just printed it outā¦god he knows how to give me songs that are accessible and make me feel less guilty for not practicing more. Looking forward to my lesson today.
Lindsey Graham is claiming that there is going to be a new CBO score on Build Back Better, so Jen Psaki replied, āThatās not how it works.ā pic.twitter.com/ug81lb1zLm
ā Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) December 3, 2021
re: #4 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Iām wondering if an employee was slipping them into the wall if there was a gap by a towel dispenser or something, either planning to come back and get them one day, or just to screw their evil employer.
Also a method for making money ādisappearā between when it went onto the collection plate and was counted after services.
Laying people off during the holidays is badā¦this is so much worse.
Vishal Garg, CEO of mortgage lender startup better.com, told 900 employees he was laying them off in a brutal and bizarre one-way video chat announcement on Thursday.
āThis is the second time in my career Iām doing this and I do not want to do this, the last time I did it, I cried, this time I hope to be stronger,ā Garg says early in the video, before noting that he is laying off āaboutā 15 percent of the companyās workforce just before the holidays. More than a minute into the call, Garg says āIf youāre on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off. Your employment here is terminated effective immediately.ā
re: #4 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Iām wondering if an employee was slipping them into the wall if there was a gap by a towel dispenser or something, either planning to come back and get them one day, or just to screw their evil employer.
Claim $600,000 is stolen, shove all the checks and some cash in the walls while you are awaiting the insurance check to show up.
re: #42 jaunte
Why is Lindsey Graham getting attention again? He should still be on time-out for supporting Trump.
DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control - (Dressed in Brown shirts?) CNNPolitics https://t.co/egmLRLyRzw
ā Harvey J Kaye (@harveyjkaye) December 3, 2021
DeSantis personal Interahamwe
I swear Elon is evolving into a supervillain. pic.twitter.com/sPCyPFX9EG
ā Strictly īØ (@StrictlyChristo) December 3, 2021
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
I do not get men who think this is an attractive hairstyle. It looks really weird and stupid.
re: #38 stpaulbear
My desktop setup cuts the top and bottom halves off those upright videos. I can only see the dogās face. I only lasted a couple of seconds on Mrs. Osteen.
In case you donāt know, its comedian Blair Erskine, not the actual Mrs. Osteen.
President Bidenās economic agenda and whole-of-government vaccination strategy are working. pic.twitter.com/K7QcOCNE0t
ā The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 3, 2021
āSo the Crumbleys are missing now?ā
āCorrectā pic.twitter.com/fbFTocjReMā Acyn (@Acyn) December 3, 2021
āSo the Crumbleys are missing now?ā
āCorrectā pic.twitter.com/fbFTocjReMā Acyn (@Acyn) December 3, 2021
re: #55 Charles Johnson
Fleeing arrest doesnāt make one look guilty in the least.
re: #51 jaunte
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Looks like something ate my comment referencing Gary Oldmanās Zorg before it could post. Oh, well, you beat me to it fair and square.
Iām just happy they are going after the parents. Lock up your guns or face arrest when your kids kill. Sound responsible to me.
re: #58 A Three Hour Tour
I hope Elon hasnāt attracted the flaming ball of evil.
Iāve scheduled a Phizer booster for Tuesday. My initial vaccinations were Moderna.
The Boebert issue is a great example of why I think Democrats donāt fight hard enough, or sometimes AT ALL.
If this situation were reversed Republicans would be screaming bloody murder, 24/7.
Oakland Co, MI prosecutor Karen McDonald explains why she charged the parents in the recent school shooting: āI am by no means saying than an active shooter situation should always result in criminal prosecutions against parents, but the facts of this case are so egregious.ā pic.twitter.com/EiTIfydYWH
ā Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 3, 2021
re: #60 jaunte
I hope Elon hasnāt attracted the flaming ball of evil.
Itās currently residing in that weird Saudi orb.
re: #50 A Mom Anon
I do not get men who think this is an attractive hairstyle. It looks really weird and stupid.
My brain has a nasty auto-prejudice that assumes that anyone who has their sides cut short like that has fascist leanings. Iām trying to get over it.
If I tried that on myself, I would look like I was wearing a set of parentheses.
re: #59 I Would Prefer Not To
Iām just happy they are going after the parents. Lock up your guns or face arrest when your kids kill. Sound responsible to me.
Woke culture trying to cancel real American parents for exercising their God given Second Amendment right to arm their severely disturbed teenager with as much firepower as possible.
re: #52 No Malarkey!
In case you donāt know, its comedian Blair Erskine, not the actual Mrs. Osteen.
Ahh. I didnāt know.
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
Texas declared war on womenās rights, and as employers who care about their employees look to move out, heās bringing business to Texas. I donāt think the fascist haircut is accidental.
ā Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) December 3, 2021
re: #66 No Malarkey!
Woke culture trying to cancel real American parents for exercising their God given Second Amendment right to arm their severely disturbed teenager with as much firepower as possible.
guilty
re: #57 No Malarkey!
Fleeing arrest doesnāt make one look guilty in the least.
These two are going to be found, but what Iām wondering is if they are going to kill themselves, like Brian Laundrie did when it became clear he was going to be indicted for the death of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.
pool time at the doggy daycare
(Bubble Puppy Playhouse FB) pic.twitter.com/ZdCAgdp0VAā theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) December 2, 2021
re: #54 jaunte
The story at the bottom is interesting: The FTC is trying to stop Nvidia from acquiring ARM.
re: #54 jaunte
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tourist behavior
āSo the Crumbleys are missing now?ā
āCorrectā pic.twitter.com/fbFTocjReMā Acyn (@Acyn) December 3, 2021
re: #12 sagehen
If I heard somebody at the dog park calling their fur-baby Ody, Iād probably assume they meant Odie.
You would not be completely wrong
re: #379 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
ā¦
And Odysseus allowed me to use Ody for short, to give a nod to somewhat famous beagle
re: #70 mmmirele
These two are going to be found, but what Iām wondering is if they are going to kill themselves, like Brian Laundrie did when it became clear he was going to be indicted for the death of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.
As long as they donāt try to take anyone else with them, Iām good with that. They should be considered armed and dangerous.
re: #54 jaunte
Interstate flight to avoid justice is a Fed offense I do believe.
Nothing to suggest https://t.co/pW1ztg8Xv0
ā southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 3, 2021
i think someone posted this AM some tweets about how delta spread and then, assuming a similar situation, extrapolated that to omicron
āUnderscoring growing concerns about Omicron, scientists in South Africa said on Friday that the newest coronavirus variant appears to spread more than twice as quickly as Delta, until now the most contagious version of the virus,ā the New York Times reports.
āOmicronās rapid spread results from a combination of contagiousness and an ability to dodge the bodyās immune defenses, the researchers said, but the contribution of each factor is not yet certain.ā
re: #70 mmmirele
These two are going to be found, but what Iām wondering is if they are going to kill themselves, like Brian Laundrie did when it became clear he was going to be indicted for the death of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.
They and a bunch of Michigan militia-ists are probably dreaming of their own glorious Waco, with 4 FBI informants already in the planning group. They donāt seem to be smart about that.
re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nothing to suggest https://t.co/pW1ztg8Xv0
ā southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 3, 2021
i just read this headline at politicawire.com
Koch Buys GOP Senate Candidateās Company
i said, wait, what?
then realized both interpretations are true
DEVELOPING: Police are still searching for the parents of the suspected Oxford High School shooter after a prosecutor issued involuntary manslaughter charges against them on Friday. https://t.co/E2UX65qzkE
ā Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) December 3, 2021
āJohn Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination,ā Politico reports.āEastmanās decision is an extraordinary assertion by someone who worked closely with Trump to attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.ā
step back and see what this means in light of:
āIf youāre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment,ā Trump said as a candidate in 2016ā¦
They are heading to Tucker Carlsonās studio
ā š Sydās Soapbox Is Wearing A Damn Mask š· šŗšø (@heysyd) December 3, 2021
yeah, I was gonna say it looked more like a plane than a car
Republicans looking to add to the diseases they are trying to kill their constituents with.
State Rep. Bill Wesley, R-Ravenna, prefiled a bill today that would exempt places of worship and religious schools/daycares from any vaccine or mask requirements. As written, it would apply to vaccines for any disease.https://t.co/0w7LI4UFPj
ā Austin Horn (@_AustinHorn) December 3, 2021
Our playground? Wherever! š“āā”š„³š https://t.co/BbhytRJgDK#GreypBikes #GreypG6 #emtb #ebike #mtb #bikerides pic.twitter.com/x4KUzmDOLb
ā Greyp Bikes š“āāļø (@GreypBikes) December 3, 2021
You havenāt seen anything yet, stay tuned for more spectacular drone flying
ā Greyp Bikes š“āāļø (@GreypBikes) December 3, 2021
re: #85 No Malarkey!
Republicans looking to add to the diseases they are trying to kill their constituents with.
Weāre sharing a nation with fruitcakes who have rejected science and embraced religious extremism. Itās killing them, and theyāre taking sane people who could not be vaccinated with them.
ā Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) December 3, 2021
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
If the parent bought the gun and didnāt have it properly secured, then yeah, the parent should absolutely be charged with negligent homicide. It was a foreseeable outcome that someone who was not privileged to use the gun would take it and use it.
In this case, the parents should be charged with felony homicide and now fleeing from justice. Because innocent people flee all the time. /
re: #85 No Malarkey!
Republicans looking to add to the diseases they are trying to kill their constituents with.
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State Rep. Bill Wesley, R-Ravenna, prefiled a bill today that would exempt places of worship and religious schools/daycares from any vaccine or mask requirements. As written, it would apply to vaccines for any disease.https://t.co/0w7LI4UFPj
ā Austin Horn (@_AustinHorn) December 3, 2021
more important question:
can the āplaces of worship and religious schools/daycaresā themselves choose to exclude ādiseasedā people or do they got to let everyone in?
Saw where Representative Marjorie Green (Q-Deliverance) has called President Biden a communist. Pretty ironic for someone who is effectively a tool of the Kremlin, whether she knows it or not. In any case, she wouldnāt know a communist if Trotsky rose from the grave and whacked her with an ice-axe.
whut?
weird that this sheriff would say āintuitivelyā he doesnāt think the fugitive Crumbleys are dangerous pic.twitter.com/csRSp8ZAOT
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2021
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Did they bump his head into the door frame of the cruiser?
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
whut?
There is something about them; you can tell they arenāt dangerous just by looking at them. /
re: #96 No Malarkey!
Anyone giving shelter, aid, or comfort to James Robert Crumbley and Jennifer Lynn Crumbley must be treated as accomplices and charged accordingly.
And once again, cops and prosecutors gave white folks a whole lot of wiggle room to pull this off.ā lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) December 3, 2021
No matter what happens with the Supreme Court, abortion is legal here in Oregon. In 2017, I proudly signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act because everyone deserves safe, equal access to abortion and reproductive health care. https://t.co/M4vTCBGOVb
ā Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) December 3, 2021
re: #94 Barefoot Grin
Did they bump his head into the door frame of the cruiser?
That turned out to be a minor example compared to his record in general, but the failed former President told us over and over again that heās a really bad guy, and that was a small sample of what was to come.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
whut?
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their behavior in the last week demonstrates they are very dangerous
weird that this sheriff would say āintuitivelyā he doesnāt think the fugitive Crumbleys are dangerous pic.twitter.com/csRSp8ZAOT
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2021
re: #101 Dangerman
When Donāt Get Caught is the family motto.
re: #102 jaunte
When Donāt Get Caught is the family motto.
Thatās going to haunt them if they donāt kill themselves.
re: #99 Belafon
He wouldnāt have arrested their son if the school called.
that may be true
and weād be looking at a whole different dynamic right now with the sheriff on the run and the parents on tv crying āwe had no idea because the police said our son wasnt a threatā
re: #101 Dangerman
their behavior in the last week demonstrates they are very dangerous
White, semi-affluent gun cultists whose world just came crashing down? Yep, there will be a bloody shootout. With any luck it will all be theirs.
Iām going to bet they arenāt in church ā¦ https://t.co/CId1W2Npd7
ā Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) December 3, 2021
re: #103 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Thatās going to haunt them if they donāt kill themselves.
theyāre probably heading for āsanctuaryā in northern idaho
or maybe the bundy ranch
The parents of the 15 year old who shot up a Michigan high school have fled.
Why? Because the police decided to hold a press conference announcing charges against them BUT DIDNT ARREST THEM FIRST https://t.co/QYLjAggWf6ā chris evans (@chris_notcapn) December 3, 2021
re: #100 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That turned out to be a minor example compared to his record in general, but the failed former President told us over and over again that heās a really bad guy, and that was a small sample of what was to come.
Yep, it was a little nudge-nudge wink-wink humor with the police.
re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Iām going to bet they arenāt in church ā¦ https://t.co/CId1W2Npd7
ā Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) December 3, 2021
re: #101 Dangerman
their behavior in the last week demonstrates they are very dangerous
Wanted on manslaughter warrants. Potentially armed. Long rap sheets for past petty offenses.
Different defendants, this sheriff would be all geared up to defend an officer-involved shooting. https://t.co/ZWKRg8ZtDdā The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 3, 2021
re: #97 lawhawk
Lot of white privilege going on in this whole story.
re: #103 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Thatās going to haunt them if they donāt kill themselves.
That would be worse. They should at least be there for their son, even if their actions led to this tragedy. They created him; they should not be abandoning him now. If they have any decency, maybe this will lead them to rethink their life choices. Of course, given the mother is a MAGAt, thatās not likely but people sometimes do repent.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Announces a Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, and the Mount Vernon Police Department https://t.co/S5Lbsew21l
ā DOJ Civil Rights (@CivilRights) December 3, 2021
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
I watched his press conference yesterday and he actually made sense. Said the gun laws are lax and need to be tougher, that law enforcement is frustrated with people who violate gun laws getting light sentences and getting done with one charge and end up charged again because of lack of consequences. He said if the laws were tougher these crimes would not be so common. Not sure what his backpedaling is about.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The parents of the 15 year old who shot up a Michigan high school have fled.
Why? Because the police decided to hold a press conference announcing charges against them BUT DIDNT ARREST THEM FIRST https://t.co/QYLjAggWf6ā chris evans (@chris_notcapn) December 3, 2021
Seems Like Old Times:
Glenda Gardenia Parks: If youāre innocent, theyāll never send you to jail.
Nick Gardenia: Is that how it works, Chester?
Chester: Not in my neighborhood.
re: #116 A Mom Anon
I watched his press conference yesterday and he actually made sense. Said the gun laws are lax and need to be tougher, that law enforcement is frustrated with people who violate gun laws getting light sentences and getting done with one charge and end up charged again because of lack of consequences. He said if the laws were tougher these crimes would not be so common. Not sure what his backpedaling is about.
This is Michigan, militia territory. Probably received an onslaught of calls from NRA members who feel our gun laws are too strict.
re: #114 Hecubaās daughter
That would be worse. They should at least be there for their son, even if their actions led to this tragedy. They created him; they should not be abandoning him now. If they have any decency, maybe this will lead them to rethink their life choices. Of course, given the mother is a MAGAt, thatās not likely but people sometimes do repent.
Their son is going to spend the rest of his life in prison; he might have a better chance at some kind of redemption without them.
re: #114 Hecubaās daughter
That would be worse. They should at least be there for their son, even if their actions led to this tragedy. They created him; they should not be abandoning him now. If they have any decency, maybe this will lead them to rethink their life choices. Of course, given the mother is a MAGAt, thatās not likely but people sometimes do repent.
Does a parent in one wing of a prison get to visit their kid in another wing? Asking for the Crumbleys.
re: #114 Hecubaās daughter
That would be worse. They should at least be there for their son, even if their actions led to this tragedy. They created him; they should not be abandoning him now. If they have any decency, maybe this will lead them to rethink their life choices. Of course, given the mother is a MAGAt, thatās not likely but people sometimes do repent.
True, normal, run of the mill violent low-life would probably have enough shreds of humanity not to abandon their child. These two nutburgers? Not so sure.
re: #121 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Do parents in one wing of a prison get to visit their kid in another wing? Asking for the Crumbleys.
The Trumps would like to know too.
canāt stop laughingā¦
This woman played a scammer at their own game and people loved it #recaphttps://t.co/pMkeAlpWXg pic.twitter.com/TN7H7an5eY
ā The Poke (@ThePoke) December 3, 2021
re: #107 Barefoot Grin
āHavenāt they suffered enough?ā //////
Get back to me on that in 20 years.
(tunes into FOX News to await their appearance)
They did say BOLO
BREAKING: Police sources tell us a āBe On the Lookoutā alert has been issued for the parents of Ethan Crumbley on charges of involuntary manslaughter related to Tuesdayās deadly shooting at Oxford High School. This comes hours after charges were announced. https://t.co/Zz50tcXkac
ā FOX 17 (@FOX17) December 3, 2021
When one of my GOP colleagues suggested that in response to the Oxford school shooting we can only, in effect, throw our hands in the air and accept that there are people out there with murderous hearts, I felt compelled to tell him why I think he is wrong. pic.twitter.com/QiM9oAfEXp
ā Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki) December 2, 2021
re: #107 Barefoot Grin
āHavenāt they suffered enough?ā //////
I think that only works when the killing stays in the family, like the entrepreneur kid who recently shot his sister, or the father that recently killed his daughter clearing a gun in her direction.
re: #127 Punish Domestic Terrorists
ā aagcobb (@aagcobb1) December 3, 2021
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I had to steal this from a commenter over at LGM because it made me chuckle (dark humor is how I cope with a lot of things).
Mom ignored concerned VM from school about it, texted son: āLOL, not mad at u. You have to learn not to get caughtā
āMom, is you texting notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?ā
re: #131 Teddyās Person
I had to steal this from a commenter over at LGM because it made me chuckle (dark humor is how I cope with a lot of things).
Little Green Mothballs?
We should start a pool to see which Republican Congressperson gives aid and comfort to the Crumbleys. My money is on Madison Cawthorne.
Fam on the Runš¶š¼Fam on the runš¶š¼š¶ https://t.co/BIwMoeeTWH
ā David Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) December 3, 2021
re: #134 Teddyās Person
We should start a pool to see which Republican Congressperson gives aid and comfort to the Crumbleys. My money is on Madison Cawthorne.
Madison did tell parents to raise monsters.
Does Tucker Carlson have a video crew with them?
School shooterās missing parents have stopped responding to their attorneyhttps://t.co/GVIXXJxG12
ā Steve Lookner (@lookner) December 3, 2021
re: #137 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That would be the attorney claiming they arenāt fugitives.
re: #137 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Does Tucker Carlson have a video crew with them?
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This is going to end up like Mickey and Mallory in Natural Born Killersā¦ isnāt it. /half
I donāt know what soccer team this is but all sports need to implement this type of entrance pic.twitter.com/HjmVY6OsIB
ā Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) December 3, 2021
I think that last pup found a forever home before even entering the stadium
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Tweet, NO RUNNING AROUND THE POOL. TWEET TWEET, NO RUNNING AROUN ā¦. aw screw it
@rachelnostrant @dave_brown24 @Diana_Correll @JimLaPorta @haltman @USCG
OK, I get that itās a tradition. But Iām sorry, sending personnel into a toxic environment to hang Christmas decorations just doesnāt pass the smell test, hazmat suits or not. https://t.co/8FAryM5D6K pic.twitter.com/a2bHmVNDTAā šš½ šš¤šŖš£š šš No Captān š· Trips (@FormerDirtDart) December 3, 2021
Iām sure the Crumbleys are just out making America great again somehowā¦
Given the shitshow that passes for conservatism in the US, I wonāt be surprised if the the Crumbleys show up in a white Bronco.
re: #143 darthstar
Iām sure the Crumbleys are just out making America great again somehowā¦
I think they will suicide by cop. Hopefully they donāt take anyone else with them.
Move over, Watergate https://t.co/OWceAAOZLd
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2021
re: #143 darthstar
Iām sure the Crumbleys are just out making America great again somehowā¦
or holed up somewhere trying to book themselves an interview with OANN to broadcast to the nation how āvictimizedā they are by āthe woke left mobā,and/or setting up a funding drive to pay their legal bills and/or PRā¦.
re: #143 darthstar
Iām sure the Crumbleys are just out making America great again somehowā¦
They couldnāt cancel their long weekend hotel reservations.
re: #22 stpaulbear
Iām just curious about why whoever it was bothered stuffing checks into the wall. The person who wrote the check would realize it had never been cashed, and it would look suspicious if someone showed up at a bank trying to cash a bunch of old checks. Itās odd.
thereās a grifter movie in which an evangelist charlatan doesnāt bother to cash checks for 5 bucks because itās too much hassle. so they just get bagged and stuffed somewhere. The same might be true of one and five dollar bills. Maybe the grift is so large that it just wasnāt worth having someone actually count through the small bills.
re: #145 EPR-radar
I think they will suicide by cop. Hopefully they donāt take anyone else with them.
If they killed a cop, which side would Republicans support?
Black cop? Hmm.
ā Liz šØš¦š³š±š (@figi1966) December 3, 2021
Meanwhile across the pond:
Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom
All good https://t.co/WYXxGyO82P
ā Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 3, 2021
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #154 Teddyās Person
Meanwhile across the pond:
Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom
Trips and falls can be hazardous.
Your moment in art:
I am a real painter šØ pic.twitter.com/akMg5XpS32
ā GįĘĘĘ GOįŖ (@iGreekGod) November 20, 2021
re: #155 FormerDirtDart šš No Captān š· Trips
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re: #83 Dangerman
step back and see what this means in light of:
āIf youāre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment,ā Trump said as a candidate in 2016ā¦
re: #61 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Iāve scheduled a Phizer booster for Tuesday. My initial vaccinations were Moderna.
i think iām going to break down and take a pfizer booster sometime in the coming week. I donāt even think Iāll schedule it. Iāve got a CVS local that apparently gives it, and Iāll probably just walk in. Iām not really looking forward to it, as the second dose left me pretty punky for two days after, and Iām just not wanting to go through that again.
re: #154 Teddyās Person
Meanwhile across the pond:
Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom
who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/NH2J5nVl2h
ā Paul Bufano, City Ent (@CafeteriaJangle) December 3, 2021
re: #154 Teddyās Person
Meanwhile across the pond:
Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom
The local chemist run out of laxatives?
re: #161 A Mom Anon
So, my husband got me an early Christmas present. And I am crying like a baby nowā¦.
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re: #143 darthstar
Iām sure the Crumbleys are just out making America great again somehowā¦
[EXT - Beachside road. Florida. Dusk]
As a blazing orange sunset covers the horizon, a beat-up Ford pickup truck with a Confederate Flag Decal races down the road, blaring a Toby Keith song from its open windows. We then go toā¦
[INT. Truck cab]
MS. CRUBMLEY looks nervously at the driver (MR. CRUMBLEY) and then at her mobile phone. We can see it is running a GPS app that is directing them to Mar-A-Lago.
MR. CRUMBLEY
Itās okay, honey. Weāre almost there. Theyāll help us. I swear to you, theyāll help us.
MS. CRUMBLEY doesnāt seem so sure of that. As she looks into the passenger side mirror, she notices flashing lights approaching quicklyā¦
re: #162 steve_davis
i think iām going to break down and take a pfizer booster sometime in the coming week. I donāt even think Iāll schedule it. Iāve got a CVS local that apparently gives it, and Iāll probably just walk in. Iām not really looking forward to it, as the second dose left me pretty punky for two days after, and Iām just not wanting to go through that again.
My 2nd dose was pretty bad as well, fortunately I can think and understand that COVID is so much worse. Iām getting the flu shot at the same time, and took the next day off so I donāt have to be productive.
re: #154 Teddyās Person
We all know painful this can be:
Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottomhttps://t.co/2c2Hp4jx5A pic.twitter.com/BjUebr6nWRā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2021
re: #162 steve_davis
i think iām going to break down and take a pfizer booster sometime in the coming week. I donāt even think Iāll schedule it. Iāve got a CVS local that apparently gives it, and Iāll probably just walk in. Iām not really looking forward to it, as the second dose left me pretty punky for two days after, and Iām just not wanting to go through that again.
Same. I just keep telling myself itās way the fuck better than getting Covid.
re: #141 Eventual Carrion
Tweet, NO RUNNING AROUND THE POOL. TWEET TWEET, NO RUNNING AROUN ā¦. aw screw it
weāre not runningā¦ā¦
re: #150 Belafon
If they killed a cop, which side would Republicans support?
whoever theyāre told to
Former FBI official Chuck Rosenberg says that the US Marshalls and the FBI will catch the Crumbleys, and they cost themselves any chance of bond, and their running will impact the prison sentence that they receive. pic.twitter.com/P2bKYvyDiC
ā Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) December 3, 2021
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Same. I just keep telling myself itās way the fuck better than getting Covid.
Thereās a YouTube channel I watch where the host made a gleeful announcement that he was moving to TX to be nearer to some other YouTubers he worked with. Within a couple weeks of moving there, he was coughing up a storm, said his kids were all sick, disappeared for a month and has just started to reappear looking like crap.
I say get the shot.
Lāre: #177 A Cranky One
Should have taken up music as a hobby instead.
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Now thereās a real āwindā instrumentā¦.
re: #177 A Cranky One
Should have taken up music as a hobby instead.
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That was a pretty small section in my high school band.
re: #177 A Cranky One
Should have taken up music as a hobby instead.
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Heh, I played the Bass Clarinet in band one year in high school (after having played the regular (Soprano) Clarinet for many years.
These reactions show that your piece hit a nerve. But people should be more outraged about Barrettās bizarre assertion that women can just go through an unplanned pregnancy and then give the baby up for adoption, as if itās no big deal. That was stunningly obtuse.
ā Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2021
re: #182 Charles Johnson
Forgive my ignorance, but what is a VC?
re: #168 Punish Domestic Terrorists
My 2nd dose was pretty bad as well, fortunately I can think and understand that COVID is so much worse. Iām getting the flu shot at the same time, and took the next day off so I donāt have to be productive.
My reaction to Moderna booster wasnāt nearly as bad as my reaction to Moderna dose 2.
These things are pretty variable.
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
Venture capitalist.
re: #176 stpaulbear
Thereās a YouTube channel I watch where the host made a gleeful announcement that he was moving to TX to be nearer to some other YouTubers he worked with. Within a couple weeks of moving there, he was coughing up a storm, said his kids were all sick, disappeared for a month and has just started to reappear looking like crap.
I say get the shot.
Just left the house for lunch. Happy to see about a hundred people in line for their boosters at the pop up clinic on our street. All the seats were full.
That tweet is referring to this article:
I wrote about Amy Coney Barrettās blithe suggestion that no one needs abortion because women who donāt want to be mothers can just give their kids up for adoption and why, as an adoptee, I find that argument abhorrent: https://t.co/53ImpaFJlu
ā Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) December 3, 2021
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
Forgive my ignorance, but what is a VC?
I thought the same thing. Viet Cong? Venture Capitalist?
re: #189 Eventual Carrion
I thought the same thing. Viet Cong? Venture Capitalist?
Vicious Conservative.
:P
Is Mein Kampf still permitted? https://t.co/VNklsHjWhN
ā Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 3, 2021
re: #186 Charles Johnson
Venture capitalist.
I always call it Vulture capitalist, but Iām old enough that the first thing I thought was Viet Cong.
re: #177 A Cranky One
Should have taken up music as a hobby instead.
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re: #191 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I suppose if someone bought all those titles and put them in a curbside library in front of their house near the school, it would get run over pretty quick by a pickup truck and the homeowner arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
re: #107 Barefoot Grin
āHavenāt they suffered enough?ā //////
Wait until the lawsuits begin. Methinks thereās a whole world of hurt in their futures.
re: #195 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Wait until the lawsuits begin. Methinks thereās a whole world of hurt in their futures.
Iām sure there will be fundraisers to support whatever judgements may be handed down.
re: #191 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
The Lottery?
Bloody hell, I remember reading that in 9th grade.
re: #198 A Cranky One
Iād say it should be called āWho Let the Dogs out?ā, but unfortunately thatās already takenā¦
re: #191 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Including the Handmaidās Tale makes it pretty obvious they donāt want their kids to find out what theyāre trying to do.
re: #137 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Does Tucker Carlson have a video crew with them?
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Does anybody here watch FBI: Most Wanted?
Iām thinking thereās a āripped from the headlinesā episode comingā¦ (they already did a 1/6 episode)
re: #200 Belafon
Including the Handmaidās Tale makes it pretty obvious they donāt want their kids to find out what theyāre trying to do.
V for Vendetta is also about an uprising against a Fascist regime.
re: #181 aatharuv
Heh, I played the Bass Clarinet in band one year in high school (after having played the regular (Soprano) Clarinet for many years.
I played in several symphony orchestras, so an familiar with the instrument. That experience turned me into an audiophile, since I knew well what all the instruments sound like.
I must confess missing the experience, the power of the orchestra from inside was awesome.
re: #197 Eclectic Cyborg
The Lottery?
Bloody hell, I remember reading that in 9th grade.
We also read it in the 9th grade (in 1964). We had a super-religious kid in our class who was sophisticated enough to recognize it as an attack on his superstition and complain about it. I canāt remember which mob he belonged to, but they also refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance (which Repugs of course treat as a recent development by Demo-commies). Incidentally, Miles Hyman, whose graphic novel adaptation of āThe Lotteryā was banned, is the grandson of the storyās author, Shirley Jackson.
I really like Boehlert, and I havenāt read the opinion piece by Bullock, but I agree with the sentiment in Bullockās tweet instead of what I think was a near miss by Eric. Itās not enough to fix the roads and build Broadband in rural America. There has to be a huge PR campaign around it that would include, yes, discussions in diners about why itās the Democrats who get shit done.
Dems just passed infrastructure bill that will rebuild rural roads and provide broadband but yeah, Dems just keep talking down to rural voters https://t.co/cxWy0M6mJM
ā Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 3, 2021
re: #189 Eventual Carrion
I thought the same thing. Viet Cong? Venture Capitalist?
Victoria Cross (recipient)
*Update: The prosecutor misspoke and said Nov. 21 in the press conference.
The corrected date for the alleged cellphone ammunition search happened on Nov. 29, the day before the shooting.ā Aaron Parseghian (@AaronParseghian) December 3, 2021
I wonder if the Leanderists will ban Moby Dick because the villainous whale is white? They even represent his badness as inherent in his nature; white=scary, gotta be CRT. Never mind that Captain Ahab is a drooling maniac in a position of power: They donāt have a problem with that.
āHow many David Dukes are there waiting in the wings without such a taint (of having worn a Nazi uniform and being the Grand Imperial Wizard of the KKK)?ā āRon Paul, 1990
ā Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) December 3, 2021
re: #210 prairiefire
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re: #201 sagehen
Does anybody here watch FBI: Most Wanted?
Iām thinking thereās a āripped from the headlinesā episode comingā¦ (they already did a 1/6 episode)
More like the other way round: the Crumbleysā flight seems more like it was inspired by some hackneyed TV cop-drama theyāve watched too much of.
Though hopefully they arenāt going to be counting on it ending in the typical TV cop-drama fashion, I.e. a loud shootoutā¦ā¦
re: #82 stpaulbear
Great name!!
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all right, so now I have to post a new band, because you stole my Bubble Puppy one :-) Hereās a band with a guitarist who really, painfully wants to be Richie Blackmore from one of the Tegrammaton albums, but the singer ultimately makes this worth it:
re: #209 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I wonder if the Leanderists will ban Moby Dick because the villainous whale is white? They even represent his badness as inherent in his nature; white=scary, gotta be CRT. Never mind that Captain Ahab is a drooling maniac in a position of power: They donāt have a problem with that.
The story arc in Moby Dick reads quite differently if youāre, say, a whale.
re: #182 Charles Johnson
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That VC is disgusting. Elizabethās personal experience/opinion is āidioticā, but his is totes the one and only true way?
Fuck him.
āHow many David Dukes are there waiting in the wings without such a taint (of having worn a Nazi uniform and being the Grand Imperial Wizard of the KKK)?ā āRon Paul, 1990
Well, one at least. And getting shot didnāt seem to cause him to have a second look at his life decisions.
re: #211 gocart mozart
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Ida changed that last panel
Abort or donāt.
āMeā humanizes it (for them)
re: #206 Barefoot Grin
I really like Boehlert, and I havenāt read the opinion piece by Bullock, but I agree with the sentiment in Bullockās tweet instead of what I think was a near miss by Eric. Itās not enough to fix the roads and build Broadband in rural America. There has to be a huge PR campaign around it that would include, yes, discussions in diners about why itās the Democrats who get shit done.
I havenāt read the article, but what kind of talking down do we do?
re: #206 Barefoot Grin
Governments always propagandize their own people, but I hope the goal of the US government will be to do as little as that as possible.
And this gets us to the āruralā problem. No matter what program Biden and company may wish to bestow upon red-rural-America, there is no going back on the culture wars.
This is where I think our society has reached: weāre just going to have to wait until the Reaganism Republicans all die off.
In an ideal world people would all politely debate each other and be willing to follow the facts on whatever issue.
But we donāt live in an ideal world.
Still, I do think the Democrats have to be quite clear in their publicity.
It needs to be driven home daily that life in the 21st century requires 21st century solutions, not 18th century practices.
For a starters, I think Biden really needs to do a twice weakly TV/radio show. Iāve written this before, and Iāll repeat it again. Biden needs to be more visible and audible.
re: #220 Belafon
I havenāt read the article, but what kind of talking down do we do?
Iāve been caught using the subjunctive, south of the Pea River.
re: #220 Belafon
I havenāt read the article, but what kind of talking down do we do?
I donāt want to argue about that part, but rather if the BBB passes I think it will be very importantāknowing that they think we talk down to themāto have a full-court press rather than constantly conceding rural America to the GOP. Thatās where SCOTUS appointments dwell.
re: #221 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Who would it be carried by?
re: #206 Barefoot Grin
I really like Boehlert, and I havenāt read the opinion piece by Bullock, but I agree with the sentiment in Bullockās tweet instead of what I think was a near miss by Eric. Itās not enough to fix the roads and build Broadband in rural America. There has to be a huge PR campaign around it that would include, yes, discussions in diners about why itās the Democrats who get shit done.
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Ok, Dems āneed toā āshow up, listen, and respect voters in rural America by finding common ground instead of talking down to them,ā
what does ārural Americaā āneedā to do?
Anything at all?
I guess it was dumb to post based on a tweet from an opinion I havenāt even read. But Iāll own it. I stand by my other points. My extended family were reliable Dems in my dadās generation (farmers in Illinois), but the next generations became increasingly attracted to local Republicans who then took that support to presidential elections. Their kids (in their 20s and young 30s) became Trumpists. The message was lost in there somewhere.
re: #215 Decatur Deb
The story arc in Moby Dick reads quite differently if youāre, say, a whale.
How can a whale hold a book and keep the right page open?
re: #227 Dangerman
How can a whale hold a book and keep the right page open?
Gotta keep kraken those books.
re: #177 A Cranky One
Should have taken up music as a hobby instead.
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So thatās the company that also makes the special mortar shellā¦
re: #214 steve_davis
all right, so now I have to post a new band, because you stole my Bubble Puppy one :-) Hereās a band with a guitarist who really, painfully wants to be Richie Blackmore from one of the Tegrammaton albums, but the singer ultimately makes this worth it:
Taken a look at my name icon. Iāve had it for quite a while now.
re: #206 Barefoot Grin
I really like Boehlert, and I havenāt read the opinion piece by Bullock, but I agree with the sentiment in Bullockās tweet instead of what I think was a near miss by Eric. Itās not enough to fix the roads and build Broadband in rural America. There has to be a huge PR campaign around it that would include, yes, discussions in diners about why itās the Democrats who get shit done.
Yeah, but what neither guy seems to want to face (and what SO many politicians and political commentators tiptoe around), is that the real āappealā to so (too) many of those āruralā voters is that Republicans make their main political pitch by pandering to peoplesā prejudices and painting their opponents as āenemiesā implacably hostile to them and their entire ācultureā. So pointing out that Democrats āget shit doneā - however true it is, and however much gets done, isnāt going to garner many votes when the other sideās appeal is mostly to simply paint the Ds as communist atheist baby-killer race-traitorsā¦.
re: #230 Rightwingconspirator
So thatās the company that also makes the special mortar shellā¦
The photo that accompanied that article was not a mortar, it was for something breech-loaded, though that could be another problem.
re: #233 Decatur Deb
The photo that accompanied that article was not a mortar, it was for something breech-loaded, though that could be another problem.
Fire in the hole?
*DUCKS*
re: #232 Jay C
Yeah, but what neither guy seems to want to face (and what SO many politicians and political commentators tiptoe around), is that the real āappealā to so (too) many of those āruralā voters is that Republicans make their main political pitch by pandering to peoplesā prejudices and painting their opponents as āenemiesā implacably hostile to them and their entire ācultureā. So pointing out that Democrats āget shit doneā - however true it is, and however much gets done, isnāt going to garner many votes when the other sideās appeal is mostly to simply paint the Ds as communist atheist baby-killer race-traitorsā¦.
Welp, gotta start somewhere. Otherwise itās just conceded territory. The New Deal is why my family were Dems.
re: #226 Barefoot Grin
I guess it was dumb to post based on a tweet from an opinion I havenāt even read. But Iāll own it. I stand by my other points. My extended family were reliable Dems in my dadās generation (farmers in Illinois), but the next generations became increasingly attracted to local Republicans who then took that support to presidential elections. Their kids (in their 20s and young 30s) became Trumpists. The message was lost in there somewhere.
Sounds like the switch occurred when Democrats started openly supporting minority rights, like what happened here in Texas.
Iāve made the same points in my head to Anymouseās posts, but the difference is that IF BBB passes, there will be something to showāyou canāt let that go to waste, and you canāt get the message across entirely with media ads. There has to be groundwork. Thatās all.
re: #236 Belafon
Sounds like the switch occurred when Democrats started openly supporting minority rights, like what happened here in Texas.
Iām not saying it wonāt be the hardest sell theyāve faced, but why not try. Say you get just a fraction of white voters to change their minds on purely economic groundsāit would be worth it.
re: #237 Barefoot Grin
Agree. And we can send Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Pete, AOC, and Omar to talk about it. :)
Maybe Bullock can do it in Montana with some help from Biden. But i am curious what you think rural voters might want that doesnāt involve screwing minorities, womenās rights, or gay rights.
Anyway, thanks for your responses. Time for dinner. If I can, Iām going to chime back in later, but not on this. I really donāt have a deeper point than āBBB would be the New Deal equivalent and it has to be sold to at least gain a few seats in the states that seem poised to control our lives in the coming years.ā Thank you for listening to my Fred Talk.
re: #233 Decatur Deb
The photo that accompanied that article was not a mortar, it was for something breech-loaded, though that could be another problem.
It got ābreech loadedā alright lol
re: #145 EPR-radar
I think they will suicide by cop. Hopefully they donāt take anyone else with them.
I donāt care if they suicide by cop. But I want their kid to stay in prison until heās 40.
re: #225 Dangerman
Ok, Dems āneed toā āshow up, listen, and respect voters in rural America by finding common ground instead of talking down to them,ā
what does ārural Americaā āneedā to do?
Anything at all?
rural America needs to grow the fuck upā¦BackwoodsSleuth, rural American
re: #242 darthstar
I donāt care if they suicide by cop. But I want their kid to stay in prison until heās
4065.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
That VC is disgusting. Elizabethās personal experience/opinion is āidioticā, but his is totes the one and only true way?
Fuck him.
VCs tend to have very serious god complexes.
re: #221 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
For a starters, I think Biden really needs to do a twice weakly TV/radio show. Iāve written this before, and Iāll repeat it again. Biden needs to be more visible and audible.
This. I see this as necessary and truthful D propaganda, much like allied propaganda in WWII could be (and mostly was, IIRC) truthful.
D messaging canāt be left to the mercy of mass media that is under enemy control.
re: #246 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lawyers say parents of Oxford High suspect returning to area as authorities search for them (Detroit News)
Theyāre coming back to turn themselves inā¦they really didnāt runā¦they just remembered they left their passports in the underwear drawer.
Fuck those parents with a rolled up set of charges.
re: #205 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
We also read it in the 9th grade (in 1964). We had a super-religious kid in our class who was sophisticated enough to recognize it as an attack on his superstition and complain about it. I canāt remember which mob he belonged to, but they also refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance (which Repugs of course treat as a recent development by Demo-commies). Incidentally, Miles Hyman, whose graphic novel adaptation of āThe Lotteryā was banned, is the grandson of the storyās author, Shirley Jackson.
He would have been Amish, and yes, a story about people stoning a sacrificial victim in order to bring in a good harvest, because thatās the way itās done, would probably have had the Amish squeaking around uncomfortably in their desks.
re: #197 Eclectic Cyborg
The Lottery?
Bloody hell, I remember reading that in 9th grade.
Pretty sure we read it in sixth grade. (I know we read it, not 100% sure what year. We read Jonathan Swiftās āModest Proposalā around then too. Everyone recognized that it was satire.)
re: #246 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lawyers say parents of Oxford High suspect returning to area as authorities search for them (Detroit News)
That headline is from before they hit the road. Article has been updated.
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