Seth takes a closer look at President Trump’s former secretary of defense saying Trump wanted to shoot protesters and called his own senior officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, “fucking losers.”
I can’t believe this has to be said but banning any form of birth control will lead to more abortions.
— Ally Sammarco (@Ally_Sammarco) May 9, 2022
Sadness envelopes the land. Soon eternity’s gates will open wide and time shall be no more. pic.twitter.com/zD8ZGhirTU
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) May 10, 2022
re: #1 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Pineapple!
NEW VIDEO: “God Comes Out as Pro-Choice (2,000 Years Ago)”https://t.co/1LGGEugSiK
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) May 5, 2022
Transcript from an FSB torturer. It is SYSTEMIC.
Systemic. It goes all the way back.
Hidden because extremely disturbing.
Ukrainian army released a tapped phone call between a Russian soldier and his mother. The soldier describes excited how he tortured and killed Ukrainians, and says he enjoys mutilating people. I have translated the calls in this #THREAD. Please be aware of extreme violence. /1
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) May 4, 2022
Posting this because Chris Evans calls them adorable:
Watching a Property Bros marathon — first time ever seeing this show. They’re adorable. And I didn’t realize one of them is dating Zooey Deschanel?
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 10, 2022
Marijuana is not harmless, it ruins lives. My daughter went to prison for 10 years after I reported her to the police. Tough love is always better than an overdose.
— Claire Foster PHD🌊 (@ClaireFosterPHD) May 7, 2022
If marijuana was so safe, Cheech and Chong would still be alive, smart guy.
— frost the entire pop tart already (@1JasonMitchell) May 8, 2022
re: #11 Captain Ron
Add Willie Nelson and Snoop Dog to our list of mary jane casualties.
I shouldn’t laugh but who plagiarizes an apology?
Jumi Bello’s debut novel, “The Leaving,” was pulled in February after evidence of plagiarism was uncovered https://t.co/SmFDRz1n4j
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) May 10, 2022
re: #11 Captain Ron
They would have let her off with just probation. But I told the judge she identified as black.
— Claire Foster PHD🌊 (@ClaireFosterPHD) May 7, 2022
It’s really quite something that the country was founded in a literal violent revolution against tyrannical undemocratic rule and now the aristocracy tells us it is scandalous to peacefully demonstrate against an unelected tribunal attempting to limit people’s freedoms.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) May 9, 2022
re: #13 Florida Panhandler
Add Willie Nelson and Snoop Dog to our list of mary jane casualties.
Zombie Elon is doing mighty well…
re: #15 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Ahhhhh, I knew that had to be a Poe.
Agreed. https://t.co/vvRDe74M7K
— COL Vindman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@YVindman) May 10, 2022
re: #13 Florida Panhandler
Remembering my health class and the reel-to-reel film from the 1970s with shaggy-haired Sonny Bono telling us not to smoke weed.
Only later would I learn that getting stoned and listening to the Ramones “Loco Live” was a great way to clean the house and do the laundry!
— Pyramid Chad (@chadpencil) May 7, 2022
re: #22 Patricia Kayden
There’s also a charming SCOTUS precedent protecting the “first amendment rights” for people to picket at the homes of abortion clinic staff.
Here’s a simple idea. Justices have to face exactly the level of in-your-face protesting they have allowed at abortion clinics.
Alabama’s star-crossed prison lovers are resolved. He surrendered, she shot herself.
Bet its only reconstituted chicken too! 🤔🐔
— Still a mask & 2 metres for me!! . ⚽🍺⚓ (@GregMerseyexile) February 15, 2022
Do Republicans in Congress do anything other than take rights away from groups they hate? Now they are worried about tv ratings? Can’t parents manage their kids’ TV time on their own?
— SBS (@sbschulte) May 9, 2022
Very satisfying. pic.twitter.com/p6VWLrw2DV
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) May 10, 2022
— Jakub B3/\sT 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@JakubBeAsT) May 8, 2022
re: #26 TedStriker
She destroyed her life, then ate a bullet, for some murderous dude who no doubt strung her along in order to break out…some things, I just don’t get.
I’d guess that she’s on her own, and he made her feel wanted for the first time in a long time, and now instead of enjoying her retirement, she’s dead from terrible judgement.
re: #2 Patricia Kayden
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What folks like this have to realize is that the people they’re trying to talk sense to genuinely believe that the ideal solution to “illegal” immigration is a weaponized border and concentration camps for those manage to get into the country, because such will serve as a “deterrent” to other “illegals.”
They don’t just intend to pass bans, they intend to make examples of as many “sinners” as they possibly can. They’re not just going to write laws banning abortions and/or contraceptives, they’re going to make the punishments so draconian that Nelson Mandela’s incarceration will seem kind by comparison. They crammed little kids into cages, they’re gonna do it to women next.
re: #32 Targetpractice
What folks like this have to realize is that the people they’re trying to talk sense to genuinely believe that the ideal solution to “illegal” immigration is a weaponized border and concentration camps for those manage to get into the country, because such will serve as a “deterrent” to other “illegals.”
They don’t just intend to pass bans, they intend to make examples of as many “sinners” as they possibly can. They’re not just going to write laws banning abortions and/or contraceptives, they’re going to make the punishments so draconian that Nelson Mandela’s incarceration will seem kind by comparison. They crammed little kids into cages, they’re gonna do it to women next.
Especially once the draconian abortion bans are enacted in red states and are then treated with the contempt they deserve by a significant fraction of the population. That will enrage the theocrats, setting up a vicious positive feedback loop.
My hope is that this mess ends the GOP before the body count gets too high, but both things (end of the GOP and a low body count) are unlikely.
re: #33 EPR-radar
Especially once the draconian abortion bans are enacted in red states and are then treated with the contempt they deserve by a significant fraction of the population. That will enrage the theocrats, setting up a vicious positive feedback loop.
My hope is that this mess ends the GOP before the body count gets too high, but both things (end of the GOP and a low body count) are unlikely.
What we can look forward to in red states, if not a GQP-controlled Congress, is almost immediate efforts to not simply ban abortion (assuming there’s not already laws that will “snap” in place at a preset time) and contraception, but to do so much damage to the access and usage of both that even if the laws are eventually overturned, the it will take even longer to rebuild from the rubble. They’re going to not simply drive Planned Parenthood out of business, they’re going to salt the earth and then nuke the site from orbit. And they will do it to as an example to any other such organizations that if they even think of trying to compete with religious-based “family planning” services, they will face the same or worse.
Reading..
“Shaving waiver” yeah, probably racist, need to do a video on this..
Two lines later…. I’m sorry what? https://t.co/fQK0dUpilk— Beau of The Fifth Column (@BeauTFC) May 9, 2022
Okay…just discovered a new show due to not being able to launch BritBox at our VRBO…Ridley Road. Looks really promising. 1962 English Jews vs fascists.
TL:DR - Putin’s dick is smaller even than Trump’s. https://t.co/s6sDGsxRmL
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) May 10, 2022
re: #35 Belafon
I have no doubt that Belafon, as a veteran, fully gets this, but for those not having been in the military.
Males with heavy beards of thick, curly hair can often get ingrown hairs from closely shaving. This can cause infections, scarring, and other medical issues.
In the Army it was compounded in Combat Arms units which were often out in the field. Hygiene often can’t be as well maintained in the field.
Some of these folks are given waivers so they do not have to shave as closely or as often as other troops. Many of those with thick curly beards are African-American.
re: #38 ckkatz
Thank you. It had occurred to me that it might be a religious exemption, but this makes more sense.
re: #38 ckkatz
I have no doubt that Belafon, as a veteran, fully gets this, but for those not having been in the military.
Males with heavy beards of thick, curly hair can often get ingrown hairs from closely shaving. This can cause infections, scarring, and other medical issues.
In the Army it was compounded in Combat Arms units which were often out in the field. Hygiene often can’t be as well maintained in the field.
Some of these folks are given waivers so they do not have to shave as closely or as often as other troops. Many of those with thick curly beards are African-American.
The sender of that text needs a BCD and a boot from the Air Farce.
Congratulations to @Kaniehtiio Horn, winner for Best Supporting Actress, Comedy for “Letterkenny”. @CraveCanada @Crave_PR #CdnScreenAwards pic.twitter.com/OVvO9PIJwX
— The Canadian Academy (@TheCdnAcademy) April 8, 2022
Honoured to have been nominated. Genuinely shocked that I won.
Tanis is a role I have loved playing for 10 seasons now. Wish I could’ve
been all glam n on stage for the acceptance speech, but was with
my silly side kick awake after his bed time in one of my “good hoodies”. pic.twitter.com/hPLm1aQBZQ— Kaniehtiio Horn (@kaniehtiio) April 14, 2022
re: #40 William Lewis
The sender of that text needs a BCD and a boot from the Air Farce.
While all organizations, including the military, have this problem, the Air Force seems to have been particularly afflicted by this and other forms xenophobia.
I suspect that if the quoted text conversation proves true, the sender and his chain of command are going to come under some serious scrutiny.
Which is a less direct way of saying what you described above. :)
re: #40 William Lewis
The sender of that text needs a BCD and a boot from the Air Farce.
Given my cynical nature, I suspect the USAF brass will be more outraged that the whole thing was made public rather than “going through the proper channels,” i.e. uselessly taking it higher up the chain of command only to be told that it would be “investigated.”
re: #42 ckkatz
While all organizations, including the military, have this problem, the Air Force seems to have been particularly afflicted by this and other forms xenophobia.
I suspect that if the quoted text conversation proves true, the sender and his chain of command are going to come under some serious scrutiny.
Which is a less direct way of saying what you described above. :)
Couple of beers and some rum leaves me less… subtle … about it ;)
Look at this outrage. We’re trying to have a civilization here. https://t.co/saBe4g3Vnc
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 10, 2022
Susan Collins calls the cops to investigate “defacement of public property” after someone wrote a message in chalk on the sidewalk near her home asking her to codify Roe. https://t.co/YY7ehcDxLv
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 10, 2022
re: #46 jaunte
Poor, fragile, concerned snowflake.
re: #46 jaunte
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We truly do have an aristocracy in this country that thinks the only time voters may have their voices heard is the 5 minutes (give or take) that they spend filling out an electoral ballot…and, if many get their way, they won’t even have that in the near future.
Schrödinger, it’s alive‼️ pic.twitter.com/gDuWPLRDLD
— Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬 (@LaurelCoons) May 9, 2022
I hate to toss around the loaded term “elites,” but I’m really feeling that they’re all nervously aware that everything is on a dangerous brink right now and they have nothing but wrong ideas on what to do about it.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 10, 2022
Trump supporters were protesting outside of a Democratic state representative’s home… *checks notes* …a little over three months ago.
I know it’s old hat to point out their hypocrisy and that they don’t care, but this wasn’t a national news story.https://t.co/RRpUctJa07— Katherine Cross (@Quinnae_Moon) May 10, 2022
Reminder that early protests in America could include dismantling the houses of unpopular public figures, brick by brick, into tidy piles. https://t.co/6ts8JuOdUP
— K.B. Spangler (@KBSpangler) May 9, 2022
We think shit’s bad now but in Boston, the Knowles Riots got so weird that Commodore Knowles POINTED BATTLESHIPS AT THE CITY.https://t.co/p73lMrHWwh pic.twitter.com/0wtRnbpkBs
— K.B. Spangler (@KBSpangler) May 9, 2022
From downstairs:
re: #209 Dangerman
Cause of this?
Interesting article by Steve Schmidt but I do have at least one criticism: he tries to downplay his role in the disastrous Sarah Palin selection. He admits to being the one to suggest her for consideration, without knowing much about her, because the other choices appeared to guarantee a loss. But then he declined McCain’s request to be present when McCain had his first interview of Palin. McCain had every reason to believe that she had been appropriately vetted; as the senior campaign advisor, Schmidt was truly derelict in his responsibilities by not joining McCain for this meeting. He could have prevented the fiasco if this meeting would have revealed the depth of her ignorance to him. It is convenient for him that he now could claim it was McCain’s error in judgement, since he wasn’t there. It is equally possible that he too would have succumbed to her superficial charm — and only realized the mistake later on.
In 2008 before McCain made his announcement of running mate, I attended a party where one of the other guests who had ties to various politicians told me that Palin would be the likely selection. He felt she would be a good complement to McCain. Palin was seen as a rising star. Too many who seem experienced and knowledgeable make superficial assessments, because style trumps substance in the political world, and we are all paying the price for that.
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