John Oliver discusses the current presidential election in The Philippines and why Bongbong Marcos is – albeit in a very limited and unflattering way – sort of like Ant-Man.
The Philippines had an election???
re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The Philippines had an election???
Lots of countries have elections. Does not mean they have democracies, though…
When I lived in Hawaii I knew people who hung out with Bongbong Marcos. He was notorious for consuming large amounts of cocaine.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
When I lived in Hawaii I knew people who hung out with Bongbong Marcos. He was notorious for consuming large amounts of cocaine.
Still probably better than Trump.
re: #6 Dopamine Fish
Oh you dear, sweet summer child.
re: #5 Dangerman
“Liberals Worship on the Altar of Abortion”
I forget who that quote was from, but that sums up their attitude about anyone who does not oppose all abortions under all circumstances.
re: #5 Dangerman
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Again, the counter-argument: “But what about the fetus? Does she have the right to make decisions on its behalf?”
Never mind the biology.
Never mind the science.
Never mind the facts.
There is never going to be any persuading any of these people, because they have been taught that a soul enters a body at the moment of conception, and that their spiritual beliefs are entitled to the highest level of veneration and cannot be assailed.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
When I lived in Hawaii I knew people who hung out with Bongbong Marcos. He was notorious for consuming large amounts of cocaine.
So you’re saying he’s got an appropriate name, then?
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re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Liberals Worship on the Altar of Abortion”
I forget who that quote was from, but that sums up their attitude about anyone who does not oppose all abortions under all circumstances.
And even further out are the guys nearby who want the state to execute women who get abortions. That is the end of the road, it is murder and death.
re: #12 mmmirele
And even further out are the guys nearby who want the state to execute women who get abortions.
Not to mention those who perform them.
As if it isn’t. https://t.co/v8o36j8a9h
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
And now they’re racist, stupid and smelly. https://t.co/b8kwiAXydd
— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) May 10, 2022
A QAnon influencer who has also declared herself the “Queen of Canada” has advised her followers that paying for utilities is optional, with predictably disastrous consequences.
The trouble started when QAnon leader Romana Didulo decreed that her followers should stop paying for water, gas, property tax and credit card bills, while also pre go along with the recommendation pressure other followers who are still paying their bills, reported Vice.
“The more who do it, the quicker we can be free of enslavement,” said one follower on the group’s Telegram channels. “Those still living in fear are making it harder to get out. Don’t be afraid, because we’re in this together.”
Didulo told her followers that electricity was free, and several have appeared to be surprised their service was shut off due to nonpayment.
James Olson, ‘Andromeda Strain’ and ‘Rachel, Rachel’ Actor, Dies at 91 (TheWrap via MSN)
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Bongbong won.
Yeah, I had to google it. Amazing what goes on in this world that doesn’t easily make my radar. I think like most Americans I don’t pay enough attention to what goes on in this world (outside of my own special interests.)
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 9, 2022
Elon haz thoughts
“I’m confident we will be able to sell all the cars we can make,” @ElonMusk says at FT conference when asked if he thinks his buyout of @Twitter will affect @Tesla’s sales.
— Ernest Scheyder (@ErnestScheyder) May 10, 2022
“Banning Trump from Twitter didn’t end Trump’s voice. It will amplify it among the right, and this is why it is morally wrong and flat-out stupid,” @ElonMusk says.
— Ernest Scheyder (@ErnestScheyder) May 10, 2022
“Iron phosphate batteries are completely recyclable,” Musk says.
— Ernest Scheyder (@ErnestScheyder) May 10, 2022
Humor from Ukraine:
I know it’s old, but every time in see it, I laugh like an idiot pic.twitter.com/6M1qFbG47p
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) May 10, 2022
re: #14 Charles Johnson
Did he leave and denounce the party, or are you talking out of your ass? You may not understand how sick Americans are of the radicalized right, people who intentionally spread a disease, attempted a coup, and want to harm the poorest Americans.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2022
It didn’t “end” Trump’s voice, but the idea that it made him stronger is what’s REALLY flat-out stupid.
This guy is an ignorant fool and he wants to turn Twitter into 8chan. https://t.co/eJAEPCG065— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Here we go with the civility finger-wagging again. https://t.co/DQDcOrQrit
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #17 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yeah, I had to google it. Amazing what goes on in this world that doesn’t easily make my radar. I think like most Americans I don’t pay enough attention to what goes on in this world (outside of my own special interests.)
Between Putin, Trump, Alito, and the rest of the GOP wannabe dictators, I think my bandwidth for worrying about fascists is about full up. Seems like the Philippines have been ruled by rightwing populists for years now.
re: #22 Charles Johnson
He may just be a hardcore white nationalist. He certainly panders to them, and has even replied to and supported the lisping Nazi Mike Cernovich.
He’s either very stupid, a white nationalist, or both. He definitely goes along with the pro-bigotry crowd’s narrative.
re: #24 Charles Johnson
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Evidence-based.
There is evidence that the court bases decisions on personal opinions. What those opinions are based on is personal.
The Washington Post is usually a bit better than other mainstream newspapers, but this editorial verges on delusional.
There is NO HOPE of an independent judiciary with this court. It was stacked with religious fanatics for exactly this purpose. https://t.co/DQDcOrQrit— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #27 A Cranky One
We already did that with the Voyager probes.
If you’ve watched Barry, you know at least the hook of this song, but the full version is absolute fire:
Mediate is on the ball! Emerging news! Fox news is racist and is called out for it.
Clip Emerges of Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Telling Joy Reid Fox News is ‘Racist’https://t.co/trnh6We2UL
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 10, 2022
A CLIP HAS EMERGED https://t.co/pk5xmC6uX9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #33 Charles Johnson
And she will now be roasted for telling the truth.
You knew the RWNJs would attack a black woman as soon as humanly possible.
It’s what they do.
A newish author I just started reading killed off my favorite character, the one who I always considered the protagonist. I’m hoping it’s a mistake and he’ll wind up being alive by the end of the book but I’m getting not hopeful.
Bummer.
re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg
You knew the RWNJs would attack a black woman as soon as humanly possible.
It’s what they do.
Aaand… Roll clip(s)!
- Tucker Carlson every night.
- Fox News every night.
- Hannity pretty often.
- Ingraham so the time (toss in a cute little Nazi salute)
I couldn’t give one fucking shit less what Fox says. Not one. Because: 1) Fox is racist and 2) fuck Fox.
re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m expecting multiple memes being born from expressions Karine makes from the podium. She’s not going to take anything lying down.
This is how democracy is supposed to work. The filibuster just obscures which party is doing what and makes it harder for ordinary people to know who to hold accountable.
Let the GOP try to outlaw abortion nationwide if they win and can take the heat. https://t.co/VqP8RAuTfJ— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) May 10, 2022
This is how Democrats defeat themselves every time, by not even trying to fight.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #42 Charles Johnson
It’s been the same tired arguments for the entirety of the past year. “The grand traditions of the Senate.” “The greatest deliberative body in the world.” “If we do it, they can do it.” You know what, FUCK IT. The majority in this country is TIRED of shit not getting done. At this point, you’re using these as EXCUSES for not having to do anything that requires effort, or risk. You’re playing it safe and hiding behind Senate procedures as a cop-out, and holding the threat of, “Oh, what if Republicans get power back?” as a threat to force us to vote for you. And we. DO. NOT. Appreciate. It.
re: #42 Charles Johnson
If the only purpose for the Senate is to not do anything, why even have a Senate? Yes, if the GOP wins control, they could pass some stuff we don’t like; that’s kind of the point in having elections. Otherwise, we could just replace the entire Senate with a big “NOPE” sign, and save us all the bother of voting.
And now, our right wing faceplant of the day. https://t.co/6WDFg8kkcV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #45 Charles Johnson
To interfere in the 2020 presidential election… that had already happened? The… fuck?
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Bongbong won.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
When I lived in Hawaii I knew people who hung out with Bongbong Marcos. He was notorious for consuming large amounts of cocaine.
As someone whose parents fled the Marcos regime, I am….reasonably concerned about this development. Moreso after Duterte’s regime already featured a good bit of Marcos nostalgia behind it.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
You’d think he’d remember that date, since it’s only a few days after his son Brent Bozell IV smashed a window and invaded the U.S. Capitol on Trump’s behalf, while wearing a sweatshirt from his grandkid’s school! pic.twitter.com/tVb1z7okBA
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 10, 2022
re: #47 Citizen K
As someone whose parents fled the Marcos regime, I am….reasonably concerned about this development. Moreso after Duterte’s regime already featured a good bit of Marcos nostalgia behind it.
I made a comment earlier about Marcos possibly being worse than Trump. If his name is being thrown about in the same conversation as Duterte, I retract my statement as being ill-advised and uninformed.
re: #24 Charles Johnson
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I kind of think reminding SCOTUS justices that their decisions aren’t just an academic exercise for attorneys is a pretty good idea….
re: #4 Charles Johnson
When I lived in Hawaii I knew people who hung out with Bongbong Marcos. He was notorious for consuming large amounts of cocaine.
Good. Maybe he won’t be long for this world. He’s nothing but bad news for the Philippines.
re: #32 Ming5000
Mediate is on the ball! Emerging news! Fox news is racist and is called out for it.
What you’re telling me is that she’s going to be as good as Psaki.
There are big problems with wishful thinking.
He must have been the only person in the US who didn’t see this coming. https://t.co/l03BpNRdd3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #49 Dopamine Fish
I made a comment earlier about Marcos possibly being worse than Trump. If his name is being thrown about in the same conversation as Duterte, I retract my statement as being ill-advised and uninformed.
I mean…all things considered, the best parallel I can consider here is if Trump Jr. was elected years after TFG got the dictatorship he wanted before finally being ousted. It’s hardly exact, but it’s a good way to consider it.
re: #46 Dopamine Fish
To interfere in the 2020 presidential election… that had already happened? The… fuck?
To the right wing nutjobs it was (and still is) in dispute well after November 2020.
At the #VictoryDay after party Sechin took some pictures of me with all my friends. pic.twitter.com/VVxjbWccX5
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) May 10, 2022
Since he deleted it… pic.twitter.com/wVhJE28DYq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #53 Charles Johnson
There are big problems with wishful thinking.
The old GOP is gone and is never coming back. However, bipartisanship still polls well with voters, so I understand why Biden would promise to govern in a bipartisan manner. Since its obviously futile, he can dispense with the pretense.
re: #54 Citizen K
I mean…all things considered, the best parallel I can consider here is if Trump Jr. was elected years after TFG got the dictatorship he wanted before finally being ousted. It’s hardly exact, but it’s a good way to consider it.
Marcos I had never heard of, but even my sheltered brain knows Duterte was nothing but bad news. If they’re in the same class and running the same playbook, then I’m sorry I dared make a comparison. At least our genocidal maniac was only able to enact his genocide through a global pandemic.
re: #59 Dopamine Fish
Marcos I had never heard of, but even my sheltered brain knows Duterte was nothing but bad news. If they’re in the same class and running the same playbook, then I’m sorry I dared make a comparison. At least our genocidal maniac was only able to enact his genocide through a global pandemic.
Gosh you must be young. You should google Imelda Marcos and her shoe collection.
re: #59 Dopamine Fish
Not judging you, just genuinely curious: how in the world did you avoid knowing about the Marcos family?
re: #60 No Malarkey!
Gosh you must be young. You should google Imelda Marcos and her shoe collection.
I’m still on the south side of 40, so yeah, a lot of people would say I’m young. Sheltered is definitely a better term; I knew little of the world outside of the United States until I was probably 20.
Putin gets a statue in Kyiv. But probably not quite what he’d like it to be. The place is symbolic - it’s only meters aways from where Lenin used to stand in Kyiv. You know, the one who “created Ukraine” acc to Putin. Lenin is no longer there - his statue was demolished in 2013. pic.twitter.com/3zLzK4WllS
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) May 7, 2022
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
Elon haz thoughts
The “morally bad decision” would have been to let him continue to flout the TOS, merely because he was president
And another one…
A statue of Putin eating himself has been put up outside the Russian embassy in Sweden, and it looks awesome. pic.twitter.com/zF4QHJApif
— 🇺🇦Tactical OSINT🇺🇲 (@TactictalOSINT) May 10, 2022
re: #14 Charles Johnson
Rick Scott is running for president.
It’s his plan.
if he wins, how is that not the R plan?
re: #59 Dopamine Fish
Marcos I had never heard of, but even my sheltered brain knows Duterte was nothing but bad news. If they’re in the same class and running the same playbook, then I’m sorry I dared make a comparison. At least our genocidal maniac was only able to enact his genocide through a global pandemic.
The US did a lot in helping prop up the Marcos regime, and that stuff seems to kinda be memory holed, so I guess I can’t blame you terribly much. I know about it because it’s literally family history, but still.
re: #67 Citizen K
Remember those famous SE Asian “dominoes” about to fall to the godless commies.
“…Senator Fulbright exploded after hearing additional testimony in the same vein. ‘This seems to be the ultimate in corruption for us to make deals like this in pursuit of an illusionary policy all designed to prove to the world that we have great support in Vietnam, which we do not…and no one except the Australians and New Zealanders pays for its own troops.’ Fulbright asked about the Philippines extracting a price for PHILCAG, since they were pro-interventionalists. Wilson said that the official reasons given by President Marcos were, first, ‘that the [overseas] allowances were so great that he could not afford it in his defense budget,’ and second, ‘the equipment needed by this unit in South Vietnam would cost so much that again he could not afford this extraordinary expenditure for it.’
historynet.com
re: #66 Dangerman
Rick Scott is running for president.
It’s his plan.
if he wins, how is that not the R plan?
As though the GOP doesn’t regularly accuse every Democrat of plotting to grab all the guns, turn your children gay, lesbian or transgender, close your church and replace you with immigrants.
re: #69 No Malarkey!
As though the GOP doesn’t regularly accuse every Democrat of plotting to grab all the guns, turn your children gay, lesbian or transgender, close your church and replace you with immigrants.
Ding!
re: #34 No Malarkey!
And she will now be roasted for telling the truth.
You would think she called them fake news or enemy of the people or something.
re: #69 No Malarkey!
As though the GOP doesn’t regularly accuse every Democrat of plotting to grab all the guns, turn your children gay, lesbian or transgender, close your church and replace you with immigrants.
Just like they won’t stop accusing Democrats of blocking abortion legislation or universal healthcare as a fundraising tactic.
Sorry, that’s the far left.
Musk added: “It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Twitters job wasn’t to take trump’s voice away
It was to enforce its TOS consistently and fairly
Or musk: tfg was banned from Applebee’s but he could still eat at mcdonalds so why ban him from Applebee’s?
Ffs
re: #27 A Cranky One
Or as we call them, “a menu”.
Michael Tracey is not happy that there is overwhelming bipartisan support for Ukraine.
Pew poll shows conservatives are most likely to say the US is “not doing enough” to “support Ukraine.” Hard to disentangle how much of this is just a proxy for knee-jerk anti-Biden sentiment, and how much is genuine conviction in the need to ramp up “support” for Ukraine pic.twitter.com/SlK8wEmbpP
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 10, 2022
Yep, overwhelming bipartisan support for Ukraine. Why don’t Americans understand that if we just appeased Putin with Ukraine, he would have no more territorial demands, and we would have peace in our time? pic.twitter.com/qF3Slsh3cS
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) May 10, 2022
re: #73 Dangerman
Musk added: “It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Twitters job wasn’t to take trump’s voice away
It was to enforce its TOS consistently and fairlyOr musk: tfg was banned from Applebee’s but he could still eat at mcdonalds so why ban him from Applebee’s?
Ffs
It took a coup attempt for Twitter to ban Trump. Had they applied their TOS consistently and fairly, the coup attempt might not have happened.
re: #76 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It took a coup attempt for Twitter to ban Trump. Had they applied their TOS consistently and fairly, the coup attempt might not have happened.
We all know where Trump’s ban from Twitter came from. It came from Twitter corporate legal because Trump used Twitter as part of inciting J6.
If Musk is serious about letting Trump back on Twitter, Musk will need to install a stooge as head of Twitter corporate legal.
I started reading Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime,” and was struck by his first sentence:
“The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other.”
Hate and bigotry are always thus.— Michael Little (@Michael_Little_) May 9, 2022
re: #77 EPR-radar
We all know where Trump’s ban from Twitter came from. It came from Twitter corporate legal because Trump used Twitter as part of inciting J6.
If Musk is serious about letting Trump back on Twitter, Musk will need to install a stooge as head of Twitter corporate legal.
Devin Nunes prob has some free time
re: #79 Dangerman
Devin Nunes prob has some free time
According to 538, Gaetz is 6 points behind Rebekah Jones, the woman that was fired by DeSantis for disclosing how badly he was fudging the covid numbers.
re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I have been to over 50 countries, traveled the world quite a lot (retired airline employee), and I can say that the Philippines was one of my least favorite places I’ve ever been. I’ve been to much much poorer countries, and countries that were more dangerous, but I found Manilla, Cebu and Dumaguete, where I went to go diving were all just awful places. Lots of grifters, lots of really creepy expats, and the food sucked too. No desire to ever go back.
He’s a complete idiot. He has no idea what he’s doing. https://t.co/w3BQFihni3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
Reason 10001 to get the fuck out of this State as soon as I can. She’s even worse than Michele “crazy eyes” Bachmann. She is so bad that even the Idaho GOP is begging people to change affiliation and vote against her in the Primary.
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is not subtle about what she envisions for the state if she becomes governor: “God calls us to pick up the sword and fight, and Christ will reign in the state of Idaho.” pic.twitter.com/pJcJi6yWZf
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 9, 2022
A group of Texas Democrats is urging the Biden admin to probe whether their state misused federal COVID relief funds, after Greg Abbott relied on that pandemic relief to pay for his crackdown on the U.S.-Mexico border.https://t.co/3K26mP5nl3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 10, 2022
re: #84 Charles Johnson
Sure, but he has a personality disorder and money, so we’re damn lucky he’s not qualified to be President. Being a complete idiot is not a roadblock for that sort of thing.
At least it will be really easy for Musk to rewrite Twitter’s terms of service.
“Wrong and bad tweets will be deleted. No one will be permanently banned.”
Done.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #84 Charles Johnson
So he wants to censor individual thoughts just not people wholesale
He’s a complete idiot. He has no idea what he’s doing. https://t.co/w3BQFihni3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
Sleepy… pic.twitter.com/S20fSFG444
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 10, 2022
re: #82 Egregious Philbin
I have been to over 50 countries, traveled the world quite a lot (retired airline employee), and I can say that the Philippines was one of my least favorite places I’ve ever been. I’ve been to much much poorer countries, and countries that were more dangerous, but I found Manilla, Cebu and Dumaguete, where I went to go diving were all just awful places. Lots of grifters, lots of really creepy expats, and the food sucked too. No desire to ever go back.
so really, the ideal place to HQ 4-chan and 8chan.
Reminds me of one of my all-time favorite politics tweets https://t.co/s0neFpfhPp pic.twitter.com/1TDA8QQOoG
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) May 10, 2022
Rick Scott 2022: raise taxes on the middle class, cut taxes on billionaires, end Social Security and Medicare. Inflation solved, because you won’t have any money!
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) May 10, 2022
re: #84 Charles Johnson
OK, Elon, actually he’s serving consecutive twitter suspensions for a whole bunch of tweets that violated TOS.
Protests are *supposed* to be “troubling.” That’s the whole point of protesting. https://t.co/oXnJZvoBBQ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #96 Charles Johnson
I will forever think of a tweet I saw yesterday that said “The reason Democrats don’t fight is WHITE. PEOPLE. WON’T. LET. THEM.”
re: #94 No Malarkey!
This is an incompetent person telling the lies that Republican propagandists feed the rubes, projecting the wreck of a former President who attempted a coup onto Biden. See the liar blame global inflation on Biden. Hear him spew nonsense because he has no substance.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2022
re: #5 Dangerman
I see nothing wrong with being pro-abortion but I get the sentiment,
Odd how the elite media civility finger-waggers only seem to start wagging their fingers when rich white people are the target of protests. The people who live in the same neighborhoods.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #37 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
A newish author I just started reading killed off my favorite character, the one who I always considered the protagonist. I’m hoping it’s a mistake and he’ll wind up being alive by the end of the book but I’m getting not hopeful.
Bummer.
You must never have read GRRM!
re: #100 Charles Johnson
See generally, the Black Lives Matter movement.
Democrats are responsible for what a college freshman writes in their school paper.
But Republicans are not responsible for what a Republican senator who heads the National Republican Senate Committee put in print as the Republican plan.
OK then. https://t.co/xYvG5zFhG2— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 10, 2022
.@SarahPalinUSA You and I have unfinished business. I’ll do everything I can to make sure you never hold a position of responsibility in the United States Congress. You are an unstable, narcissistic, ignorant, grifting quitter. Magnificent, Majestic, Alaska deserves better.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 9, 2022
Here’s a nice catch: It was Susan Collins herself, not a member of her family or staff, who picked up the phone and called the cops to complain about the sidewalk chalk in front of her house. https://t.co/2E9TI49pi1
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) May 10, 2022
onare: #60 No Malarkey!
Gosh you must be young. You should google Imelda Marcos and her shoe collection.
My younger sister was a personal shopper for one of the upscale Texas department stores when Imelda came thru Houston TX on one of her shopping trips to the US. In those days Imelda traveled by private 747.
So my sister arranged to have a personal showing of store apparel for Imelda and her entourage.
The showing was held and Imelda and entourage selected numerous items. and asked how much?
When told mid 5 figures, one of Imelda’s entourage opened a trunk containing US currency, counted out the appropriate stacks, and it was a good day for my sister and her employer.
re: #104 Patricia Kayden
Magnificent, Majestic, Alaska deserves better.
Praising the scenery, rather than the people.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
Are they sure whether it was a clip or a magazine?
re: #81 TedStriker
From the r/funny subreddit…
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Even for the late 50s/early 60s, that is one the most inappropriate font choices I’ve seen a specific subject matter. Ever.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
And now, our right wing faceplant of the day.
Dude was pretty pissed when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, too.
That is a shameful confession, but most of the party is fascist now, so a Republican and a Traitor’s Republican are the same thing. People who are OK with the coup attempt are the enemies of our democracy.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2022
Collins did that bullshit just for the publicity. Guaranteed.
Tomorrow’s Wordle. I call this one “Sunrise Over Manhattan”
Wordle 326 4/6
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We shall see if I’m back to getting the same word as everyone else.
re: #112 Eclectic Cyborg
Collins did that bullshit just for the publicity. Guaranteed.
“I’m a victim. That’s why I’m voting against anything that would help people.”
Morally wrong? Dude is such a mess. pic.twitter.com/CVLQfQzmS4
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) May 10, 2022
re: #62 Dopamine Fish
I’m still on the south side of 40, so yeah, a lot of people would say I’m young. Sheltered is definitely a better term; I knew little of the world outside of the United States until I was probably 20.
Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown in 1986. If you were born after 1982, you would likely not have remembered him or jokes about Imelda’s shoe collection.
re: #77 EPR-radar
We all know where Trump’s ban from Twitter came from. It came from Twitter corporate legal because Trump used Twitter as part of inciting J6.
If Musk is serious about letting Trump back on Twitter, Musk will need to install a stooge as head of Twitter corporate legal.
Which will lead to exciting times for Twitter. Maybe the pressure of being a billionaire was too much and on a subconscious level he just wants to lose it all.
Q: “Are you comfortable with the protests that we saw outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend?”@SenSchumer: “If protests are peaceful; yes. My house, there’s protests 3-4 times a week outside my house.” pic.twitter.com/Mlu5dbHDbr
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 10, 2022
More “groomer” panic bullshit.
Warning: A group of Republican senators — Mike Braun, Roger Marshall, Mike Lee, Kevin Cramer, and Steve Daines — is calling for the country’s television ratings system to warn parents about “sexual orientation and gender identity content” on children’s TV shows.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 10, 2022
re: #119 No Malarkey!
More “groomer” panic bullshit.
“Warning: Heterosexual parents are displayed in this episode. Viewer discretion is advised.”
“Protests intended to be peaceful can provide can easily provide cover for a single armed maniac.”
Counterpoint: Why in hell SHOULD our out-of-touch ruling elites be safer from random violent armed maniacs than the rest of us average people in schools and shopping malls?
Not advocating. Just asking questions.
re: #121 A Three Hour Tour
“Protests intended to be peaceful can provide can easily provide cover for a single armed maniac.”
Counterpoint: Why in hell SHOULD our out-of-touch ruling elites be safer from random violent armed maniacs than the rest of us average people in schools and shopping malls?
Not advocating. Just asking questions.
Because they’re our betters, natch…
You know the competition is fierce.
I can definitely relate to the bolded. At my current employer, I had an entirely unpredictable manager for a couple of years. It was horrible.
Rep. Victoria Spartz topped a nonpartisan group’s “Worst Bosses” list last year, winning the dubious title of most staff turnover in the House. Her retention record is only getting worse.
Four aides are departing the Indiana Republican’s office this month after another exited weeks ago, leaving a skeleton crew of staffers in the first-term lawmaker’s D.C. office. Spartz’s exodus is on the radar of GOP leadership, which has tried to address her performance as an employer at least twice since the end of last year, according to a senior Republican close to the matter.
The frequent departures stem from an allegedly unhealthy work environment, according to interviews with eight people, including more than a half-dozen former staffers as well as Republicans familiar with her office dynamics who were granted anonymity to speak candidly. They described Spartz as an unpredictable boss whose temper can rocket from tepid to boiling.
Amid an uproar over Capitol staff mistreatment, meet the House’s ‘worst boss’ (Politico)
HE’S ALIVE!! My protagonist!
I feel so much better!
MTG Bought $92,000 Vehicle With Campaign Money - https://t.co/uUOPZrODOg pic.twitter.com/4kbJc3ma9r
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 10, 2022
re: #125 Captain Ron
Someone should show her that still to remind her that she comes across as a complete lunatic.
re: #124 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
HE’S ALIVE!! My protagonist!
I feel so much better!
it was all a dream, right? //
re: #5 Dangerman
I’m pro abortion. But just as I would never tell any woman to not have one, I’ll never tell her to have one. It’s none of my business. It’s between her and her doctor.
Abortion is a medical procedure. My feelings about it are the same for removing a bunion, a tumor, or a lipoma. If you have a tumor I’m pro removal. My concern about abortions revolves around the safety of the patient and ensuring it’s done in the safest possible way.
re: #106 BeenHereAwhile
ona
My younger sister was a personal shopper for one of the upscale Texas department stores when Imelda came thru Houston TX on one of her shopping trips to the US. In those days Imelda traveled by private 747.
So my sister arranged to have a personal showing of store apparel for Imelda and her entourage.
The showing was held and Imelda and entourage selected numerous items. and asked how much?
When told mid 5 figures, one of Imelda’s entourage opened a trunk containing US currency, counted out the appropriate stacks, and it was a good day for my sister and her employer.
Less well-known but very much in the same class was Hope Portocarrero, aka Madame Somoza, wife of Nicaraguan dictator Anastazio Somoza. She probably had better taste than Imelda and frequently appeared on “10 best dressed” lists.
She was covered in the media for her fashionable wardrobe. During her husband’s time in office, she served as a hostess for many state visits, among them U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
Anastazio was a major horndog and his philandering eventually led to the couple separating while he was still president. Hope moved to New York, where she still was when Anastasio was blown up with an RPG-2 in Asuncion, Paraguay, in 1981. She remarried the following year. She maintained many high society connections until her death in 1991. For example, her daughter, Carolina, is married to James Minskoff Sterling, son of New York real estate developer Henry H. Minskoff and his wife.
Same energy:
MTG Bought $92,000 Vehicle With Campaign Money - https://t.co/uUOPZrODOg pic.twitter.com/4kbJc3ma9r
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 10, 2022
re: #124 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
HE’S ALIVE!! My protagonist!
I feel so much better!
That reminds me. My wife told me that when she was young she was reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and when Gandalf fell with the Balrog in the Mines of Moria, she was so upset she shut the book, and never finished the trilogy until years later because she didn’t know Gandalf came back.
re: #131 No Malarkey!
That reminds me. My wife told me that when she was young she was reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and when Gandalf fell with the Balrog in the Mines of Moria, she was so upset she shut the book, and never finished the trilogy until years later because she didn’t know Gandalf came back.
That’s why it’s always wise to read until the end or, if you’re at a movie, stay after the credits.
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
Elon haz thoughts
I look forward to Elon allowing unfettered call for Unionzing with the walls of his factories.
You know, free speech and all.
re: #75 No Malarkey!
I am convinced the only real reason the American right wing fell out of joyful love with Putin so quickly is that instead of the shirtless gun-toting he-man he put on display over the years in real life he is the worst military commander in world history.
Period .
re: #132 BigPapa
Elon is Tony Snark. I’ve heard wingnuts compare him to the super hero and that was my immediate reaction.
re: #130 Eclectic Cyborg
Same energy:
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One thing that irks me about the present state of society is how trashy rich people have become. One can see this in today’s loathesome and architecturally illiterate McMansions vs. the stately homes built 50 or a hundred years ago. The same is true in many areas; today’s ugly, bloated, over-decorated floating brothel yachts and the graceful, beautifully proportioned yachts of the early twentieth century (quite a few of which are still afloat.) A century ago, a rich person might well be a rapacious, soul-dead robber baron but they either had good taste or enough sense to pay attention to someone who did. The result is a great legacy of art and architecture and style that will stay with us essentiallly forever.
Lol wtf pic.twitter.com/OuCRuF4jnM
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 10, 2022
“Better Call Saul” is the best show on TV, and has been for years.
If you do not agree, I will fight you.
re: #138 The Pie Overlord!
He was there to represent the most stupid Americans and did an excellent job of that.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2022
I always wonder what Republicans who claim god told them to run for office think when they lose an election. Was god just fucking with them?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #42 Charles Johnson
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right, because having a pointless battle about the filibuster, when two of your members have stated they will not vote to change the rules for that, would be a useful endeavor. Just another in the “democrats are responsible for everything because Republicans have no actual agency” litany.
jfc these people https://t.co/f0Z2p6p0se
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #62 Dopamine Fish
I’m still on the south side of 40, so yeah, a lot of people would say I’m young. Sheltered is definitely a better term; I knew little of the world outside of the United States until I was probably 20.
well, let’s put it this way: would it surprise you to learn that Marcos almost got the Beatles killed, and probably pretty strongly contributed to John Lennon never being willing to tour again with them?
re: #139 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
No spoilers! I haven’t watched last nite’s episode. Fortunately our cable service allows us to watch back episodes of some shows for free. AMC decided to move the show to a pay service AMC+. Bastards.
re: #139 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
“Better Call Saul” is the best show on TV, and has been for years.
If you do not agree, I will fight you.
I should probably give it another chance at some point. It didn’t hook me in the few episodes I watched.
Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a ‘Hurricane Gun’
The then-leader of the free world also inquired whether the U.S. could bomb China in retaliation for the alleged hurricane attack
re: #113 Grunthos the Flatulent
We’re looking south?
re: #144 Charles Johnson
Umm, earth is kind of overpopulated right now. Humans are NOT an endangered species (although climate change may drive us there eventually).
Fucking stupid apples and oranges comparison.
What’s the difference between a banker and a vulture? One is an ugly, smelly, skulking, disreputable carrion eating scavenger. The other is a bird.
re: #144 Charles Johnson
And yet the GQP oppose any laws to protect endangered or threatened species. They really, really suck at this.
Musk says @jack agrees with him that there shouldn’t be permanent bans on individual Twitter users.
Reminder that Dorsey was CEO when such bans were implemented.— Dan Primack (@danprimack) May 10, 2022
I do agree. There are exceptions (CSE, illegal behaviour, spam or network manipulation, etc), but generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and don’t work, which I wrote about here after the event (and called for a resilient social media protocol): https://t.co/fQ9KnrCQGX
— jack⚡️ (@jack) May 10, 2022
re: #128 BigPapa
. It’s between her
and her doctor.
Uh, no.
The doctor does what they’re told to do.
They can advise.
But the patient decides on the treatment.
re: #145 steve_davis
well, let’s put it this way: would it surprise you to learn that Marcos almost got the Beatles killed, and probably pretty strongly contributed to John Lennon never being willing to tour again with them?
Not familiar with this. What’s the full story?
Seems like Psaki came prepared for this question pic.twitter.com/RCd1iqZjdt
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 10, 2022
re: #144 Charles Johnson
um, why are we allowed to eat chicken eggs?
jfc these people https://t.co/f0Z2p6p0se
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2022
re: #144 Charles Johnson
jfc these people
Daines on Abortion: Why do we have laws in place to protect the eggs of a sea turtle or the eggs of eagles…
Literally a US Senator in 2022 saying American women are the equivalent of animals when it comes to reproductive rights.
re: #154 John Hughes
Uh, no.
The doctor does what they’re told to do.
They can advise.
But the patient decides on the treatment.
So, as I was saying, it’s between her and her doctor. No need to mansplain it.
re: #131 No Malarkey!
I mostly thought:
That’ll teach you. You knew how to make gunpowder you twat. Why aren’t you attacking Mordor with fucking machine guns.
The process was not controlled, evidence based or rational. https://t.co/Bq1iHaM5zp
— skullsinthestars - Black lives matter (@drskyskull) May 10, 2022
re: #155 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Not familiar with this. What’s the full story?
The Beatles were big in the Philippines, just like in a lot of countries around the world at that time, so when they landed on July 3, 1966 the group was welcomed warmly by the Filipinos. Despite a change in venue from Araneta Coliseum to Rizal Memorial Stadium, their first two shows were a massive success, with over 80,000 fans coming to watch them—the largest crowd to see The Beatles in concert. Their problems started, however, when they didn’t do a courtesy call to former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos in Malacañang Palace. Apparently, the request for a private meeting was previously declined by The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, while they were still in Japan in line with the band’s policy regarding being invited to embassies and other functions while on tour.
On their final day in the country on July 5, the group was subjected to unkind treatment as they were ready to leave. The hotel staff wouldn’t answer their requests and their security was suddenly pulled out. The Beatles and their group were forced to fend for themselves. They got their own cabs and carried their own luggage to the airport to catch their flight. However, the intimidation from Marcos loyalists made things so much more difficult. When they arrived at the airport, they were jostled and heckled. The airport manager, Willy Jurado, even mandated that the escalators be shut down and that no employee should offer any assistance to the tour party. It didn’t stop there, as The Beatles and their staff were also physically beaten while waiting to board their plane. Jurado later bragged about punching both John Lennon and Ringo Starr in the face, saying that they deserve it for humiliating the Marcoses.
For what it’s worth, there were fans who empathized with The Beatles for how they were being treated, but they, too, were reprimanded by the Marcos loyalists. After The Beatles had left the country, Marcos issued a statement saying that the band’s inability to visit Malacañang Palace wasn’t intentional despite previous reports from the government-owned network. This made it sound as if the whole snafu wasn’t premeditated by the administration, although it did seem like the whole thing was planned considering the progression of events. The Beatles never returned to the Philippines, and after everything that they experienced, who can blame them?
Source: screenrant.com
re: #156 jaunte
The murder rate in the White House Press Room is higher than all major American cities combined.
re: #150 Eclectic Cyborg
Umm, earth is kind of overpopulated right now. Humans are NOT an endangered species (although climate change may drive us there eventually).
Fucking stupid apples and oranges comparison.
Might I go a couple of rungs higher on that ladder? BECAUSE WOMEN ARE NOT VESSELS FOR YOU TO FORCE PROCREATION UPON. Full. Fucking. Stop.
(Not aimed at you, BTW.)
re: #163 Mattand
The murder rate in the White House Press Room is higher than all major American cities combined.
just like in the cartoons, the same character pops up tomorrow unscathed to be steamrolled again
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
Yikes!
Reminds me of something that happened right here in Texas a few years ago. Governor Rick Perry held up the Community College appropriation for weeks, causing chaos and anxiety in the system, because the board of the Community College Association failed to make their customary obeisance courtesy call at the governor’s mansion before they testified to the legislature.
re: #164 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Might I go a couple of rungs higher on that ladder? BECAUSE WOMEN ARE NOT VESSELS FOR YOU TO FORCE PROCREATION UPON. Full. Fucking. Stop.
(Not aimed at you, BTW.)
Educated women are a genie that fascists will not be able to put back in a bottle.
re: #142 Charles Johnson
No, they think they were beaten by Satan.
The idea that this is blasphemy never crosses their minds.
Let’s get real. Almost all Christians in America (and lots of the rest of the world) worship something that is totally unlike* the person called “Jesus” in the “new testament”.
(Actually the direct opposite of).
PS, no hate for actual Satanists, some of whom are too close to glibertarians, but nowhere near as bad as almost all “Christians”.
re: #150 Eclectic Cyborg
Umm, earth is kind of overpopulated right now. Humans are NOT an endangered species (although climate change may drive us there eventually).
Most humans have quite a low resource footprint. There are a bit less than a billion of them who are causing almost all the problems.
I.e. you and me.
re: #154 John Hughes
Uh, no.
The doctor does what they’re told to do.
They can advise.
But the patient decides on the treatment.
Excuse me?
So ivermectin, unlimited opioids, Michael Jackson’s sleeping anesthesia, doctors are just there to do what they’re told? No.
They consult together. After which, patients can refuse. or doctors can refuse. Sometimes doctors are ethically required to refuse.
re: #170 sagehen
Yeah, you’re right, I overstated my case.
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