John Oliver on the Plague of Horrible Creepy Beach Dolls
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John Oliver discusses a surplus of dolls which have been mysteriously washing up on the beach in Texas, and, crucially, how they can be destroyed.
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John Oliver Rocks.
The supreme court still sucks.
Keep fighting.
Mitt Romney, who has had every chance to vote along with the Democrats in majority to address the very things he whines about, chose almost w/out exception to fall in line with Moscow Mitch to halt gov’t. Unlike us, he is in a position to do something, rather than write op-eds.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 4, 2022
Mass shooting in Highland Park, IL (3+ dead, at least 9 injured):
Highland Park is also one hour from the Indiana border, which basically has no gun laws. That’s why Indiana guns show up in Illinois shootings time and time and time again. https://t.co/PkOfHLw6Fl
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 4, 2022
I can’t wait for the next installment when John Oliver reveals what connection these beach dolls have with the random human feet that keep washing up on the PNW coast.
re: #6 Teukka
Me too.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Chicago, IL Lizardim, stay safe ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Highland Park, IL Mass Shooting: 5 dead 16 hospitalized
JFC. Five dead, 16 hospitalized in the Highland Park mass shooting incident. Suspect still on the loose, apparently.
That’s some fucked up shit. And on the Fourth of July.
Hundreds of empty lawn chairs, strollers and trolleys lining the abandoned Highland Park parade route. Drinks, blankets, balloons left behind. Eerie and surreal. pic.twitter.com/pDzSNrXfgR
— Jake Sheridan (@JakeSheridan_) July 4, 2022
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Just so perfectly American, isn’t it?
😢
Land of the free, and home of life under the gun, where the AR-15 reigns supreme.
Two mass shootings so far today, on Independence Day.
American exceptionalism.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2022
Twenty-five years ago today, a true pioneer touched down. Sojourner proved we could drive on Mars; each rover since has done true overland exploration. I’m the fifth in this line, collecting samples that could one day return to Earth and rewrite history. Onward. pic.twitter.com/ikLdrPOc7c
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) July 4, 2022
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dam, this guy is a laywer and can’t even gather basic facts about things that are easy to figure out. Good luck to a client who hires this guy.
— EstebanTornadoPGA (@ETornado1963) July 4, 2022
I bow before our extremely fit robotic overlords to come. https://t.co/C7SLtq3anX
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTdove) July 4, 2022
Though unconfirmed, seems like the shooter was firing from the top of a business called Uncle Dan’s (don’t know what that is, TBH).
Just spitballing, but I wonder if after exhausting whatever ammo he’d brought with him, he ditched the firearm, got down off the roof, and blended into the crowd that was running away.
That’d be almost perfect cover for a fleeing gunman.
UPDATE: Five people were killed and 16 others wounded when a gunman started shooting 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off Monday morning, authorities said. https://t.co/qNB7Ac1jRG
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 4, 2022
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
That was very cool. I am trying to upbeat but it is not working. :(
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Makes a T-800 look like a wind-up tin robot from the 1960s.
“It’s not safe to be here.” A grimly appropriate birthday message for the country. https://t.co/ydatMhjiMj
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 4, 2022
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
Outdoorsy type store. Like a mom and pop REI. I’ve shopped that exact same location regularly.
re: #22 GlutenFreeJesus
Outdoorsy type store. Like a mom and pop REI. I’ve shopped that exact same location regularly.
How did the shooter get access to the roof of the building (if that indeed is the case)? From an image I saw, it’s just a one-story building and on Street View, I’m not seeing anything that looks like an access ladder on the exterior.
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
Uncle Dan’s is an outdoor clothes and gear shop apparently.
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
There’s an alley behind the building and plenty of adjacent roofs. Probably not too hard to find a fire escape or other way up.
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because THIS IS WHO MITT ROMNEY IS.
Hat in hand asking the Master if he has any position for him in his Reich.
*spit^
re: #18 jaunte
During the 26 years I lived there, there was only one murder I recall — and it was a professional hit against someone with problematic sources of income, while his wife was conveniently away.
Haven’t checked on all years — but during 2010-2019, there were no homicides. Don’t have information on other years right now.
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
Yeah no idea. Could even be an employee with the “white male/scruffy hair” description.like EC said, there’s a back area that all these business have for shipments etc.
re: #28 GlutenFreeJesus
Electric Cyborg noted:
There’s an alley behind the building and plenty of adjacent roofs. Probably not too hard to find a fire escape or other way up.
I admit, my first thought was that I’m sure there’s access to the roof from the inside of the building.
In any event, I hope they find this SOB real quick.
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
How did the shooter get access to the roof of the building (if that indeed is the case)? From an image I saw, it’s just a one-story building and on Street View, I’m not seeing anything that looks like an access ladder on the exterior.
These sort of retail stores are not usually security-tight fortresses, over and above the usual anti-burglary precautions (except if they sell guns).
Probably not easy to access the roof from inside, but probably not overly difficult, either.
SO I wonder which wingnut blogger is already blaming “Antifa”…?
re: #13 Charles Johnson
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I’m sorry but I’m not able to keep up. This is beyond madness. No other civilized country allows guns to proliferate at such an alarming rate.
re: #30 Jay C
These sort of retail stores are not usually security-tight fortresses, over and above the usual anti-burglary precautions (except if they sell guns).
Probably not easy to access the roof from inside, but probably not overly difficult, either.SO I wonder which wingnut blogger is already blaming “Antifa”…?
I looked it up and the store was open today for the holiday (though I imagine it’s been closed by now, as it seems to be a crime scene). They don’t sell firearms, at least from what I could see on their website.
Latest report is 6 dead. The husband of an acquaintance was shot in the leg— he’s at the hospital now.
MANHUNT FOR HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER:
- White male
- Approx. 18-20-years-old
- Long black hair
- Small build
- White or blue T-shirt— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 4, 2022
UPDATE: Police confirm at least 6 dead, 24 injured in shooting at 4th of July parade in Highland Park, IL. Suspect not yet in custody.
— BNO News (@BNONews) July 4, 2022
BREAKING: NorthShore Highland Park Hospital says they are treating 26 people in relation to the 4th of July shooting in Highland park, Illinois - WGNNews pic.twitter.com/vtbqXplrki
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) July 4, 2022
re: #34 Teukka
How soon before we hear that he had “mental issues”? Seems like that’s usually the case if the suspect is White. Hope they catch him.
Law enforcement give description of suspect in Highland Park parade shooting: Described as 18-20yo white male, longer black hair, slight build. A gun was recovered at the scene: https://t.co/bMCmq8AHHx pic.twitter.com/UL33Qn08Lh
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) July 4, 2022
Interesting - a firearm was recovered at the scene.
re: #35 Patricia Kayden
How soon before we hear that he had “mental issues”? Seems like that’s usually the case if the suspect is White. Hope they catch him.
Please do note that wingnuttery and mental issues are not mutually exclusive, those Venn diagrams have a significant overlap…
re: #36 Dr Lizardo
Interesting - a firearm was recovered at the scene.
Dropped it so he won’t stand out when he is evading arrest. May have handgun or other firearms hidden elsewhere.
re: #32 Dr Lizardo
Yeah no firearms. It’s more of the hippy outdoors kind of variety.
re: #38 Teukka
Dropped it so he won’t stand out when he is evading arrest. May have handgun or other firearms hidden elsewhere.
And if he was wearing gloves, there would be no prints on it.
re: #38 Teukka
Dropped it so he won’t stand out when he is evading arrest. May have handgun or other firearms hidden elsewhere.
That’s kind of what I was thinking. Ditch the gun, blend into the fleeing crowd. After all, the cops are gonna be telling everyone to get the hell out of there pronto and not checking IDs to see who’s who.
He’s long gone by now back to his home state of Wisconsin. Just a hunch.
Told the kids. No parade. Those days r over. These are the days of the gun🇺🇸.
— Mia Farrow🇺🇦 (@MiaFarrow) July 4, 2022
re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus
He’s long gone by now back to his home state of Wisconsin. Just a hunch.
Hey now.
re: #15 EstebanTornado1963
Number one error in his “summary” — “tough gun laws”.
No, that’s not true. Nowhere in America has “tough gun laws”.
Actor Jessica Chastain has something to say about the 4th of July.
Happy “Independence” Day from me and my reproductive rights. pic.twitter.com/GoIuu4JhAq
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) July 4, 2022
Another shooting? Murderous individuals having guns? Fine by them. A right to decide with a doctor how to handle pregnancy? Not a chance.
Like many, we are just not feeling it for celebration. When will my wife, and American women, in general, be independent of the misogyny at the GOP, and any courts they control? States?
That’s when we will celebrate.
re: #47 John Hughes
Number one error in his “summary” — “tough gun laws”.
No, that’s not true. Nowhere in America has “tough gun laws”.
I imagine the gun humpers would be screaming that Czech gun laws are JUST LIKE NAZICOMMIE IDEAS! WHADDAYA MEAN I NEED TO DEMONSTRATE PROPER FIREARMS HANDLING?! WHY DO I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISASSEMBLE AND REASSEMBLE MY PISTOL IN FRONT OF A POLICE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR?! SOUNDS LIKE GODLESS BOLSHEVISM!!
Kai is a kid. She fought so hard for Texas trans kids. She sat in front of legislators who would detransition her forcibly and force her through male puberty and appealed to their love and kindness.
Then her state started investigating families of trans kids for child abuse. https://t.co/gNqlYjUIzW— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) July 4, 2022
Fact-checkers are gonna have a field day with this one.
Happy birthday, America. https://t.co/7sfaupjplV— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) July 4, 2022
What a phony. The last thing any of us need is a lecture on “denial” from this opportunistic lying coward. https://t.co/Gfbv7aIRt9 pic.twitter.com/s7ZcZsAHI3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2022
No information whether connected to todays mass shooting, just putting it here:
NBC Chicago: Antisemitic Flyers Found in Highland Park, Other North Shore Communities
Authorities responded to reports of antisemitic flyers littered across Highland Park and other North Shore communities Thursday morning.
The flyers, which contained antisemitic hate speech, appeared in neighborhoods on Yom HaShoah, the Day of Holocaust Remembrance, according to Highland Park police.
Stop grooming our kids, you godbothering weirdos
“…Stop grooming our children, you freaks. Stop indoctrinating them to believe that the God they should believe in is a vapid entity that throws high school sports games based on the whims of abusive authority figures. Stop teaching them that God is a slot machine for them to put quarters in.
I don’t care what religious sect you belong to: If you’re leading children in prayer on the 50-yard line, your religion sucks. I don’t care what you call God or how many gods you believe in; if you’re leading a prayer on the field that ties the outcomes of sporting events to how the deities feel that evening, what is wrong with you.
Teaching kids about the history of lynching in America is not “grooming” them. Teaching our kids the formalities of praying in your religion is absolutely “grooming” them, and is in fact grooming them to be the worst kind of religious charlatans. Performative. Public. Hollow-headed. Insincere. Trivial.”
dailykos.com
Talk about tone deaf…
In response to the mass shooting close to where he is at, IL State Sen and Trump-endorsed candidate for Gov Dan Bailey releases a CAMPAIGN VIDEO: “Now let’s move on and celebrate the independence of this nation .. We have got to get corruption and evil out of our govt.” pic.twitter.com/BNQuZhjl8i
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 4, 2022
My 4th of July weekend plans are off to a good start pic.twitter.com/jFHt5JvHAA
— Dinty W. Moore (@brevitymag) July 3, 2022
Suspect is a white male, 18-20yo, longer dark hair, thin build, wearing white or blue T-shirt
— Dan Ponce (@DanPonceTV) July 4, 2022
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
At one point about 20 years ago it looked like it might be a good idea for me to move to America for employment reasons.
My (African) wife, with many family members living in the US, said “hell, no, you’re not taking my children to that place”.
So I stayed here. Don’t regret it.
America is an interesting place to visit, but “bright shining city on a hill”? Fuck no.
(An aside, cities on hilltops is a sign of a violent society. Peaceful cultures have cities in valleys).
re: #57 Captain Ron
Don’t forget to kiss the chef.
Someone with a young son needs to get with it.
re: #56 Teukka
Talk about tone deaf…
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He’s not tone deaf. HE IS FUCKING CELEBRATING.
I’ve been watching the WGN livestream, which you can find here: wgntv.com
re: #57 Captain Ron
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A bear has a twitter account?
Pretty good considering no thumbs
My 4th of July weekend plans are off to a good start pic.twitter.com/jFHt5JvHAA
— Dinty W. Moore (@brevitymag) July 3, 2022
Video of people fleeing as you hear rapid gunshots.
Video captures spectators fleeing as gunfire rings out at Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, IL.
At least six people were killed and two dozen seriously hurt; police are searching for the suspect, described as a man between the ages of 18 and 20. https://t.co/C5dCdVAJus pic.twitter.com/pphJbvdPee— ABC News (@ABC) July 4, 2022
These are the same. https://t.co/aC7aLxO1xd
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
The fellow they’re talking to on WGN now made a good point: In most of these cases, the shooter is either taken out by police or kills themselves.
Now this guy is apparently on the run, so that makes me think he planned this out - engage and escape. How long he stays on the run is, of course, impossible to guess and it’s possible that the shooter may kill themselves later at some point or do a suicide by cop. But this seems to me there was planning involved.
3…2…1.. that very soon it will be revealed that some sewer site like 4Chan, 8Kun, or whatever fucking mutant hangout is out there was host to this latest American shooter terrorist gloating about an upcoming “event to remember” and some weird ass fascist shit.
re: #66 No Malarkey!
Yep, I counted 18 shots in rapid succession.
re: #69 Florida Panhandler
3…2…1.. that very soon it will be revealed that some sewer site like 4Chan, 8Kun, or whatever fucking mutant hangout is out there was host to this latest American shooter terrorist gloating about an upcoming “event to remember” and some weird ass fascist shit.
Maybe some “manifesto” will turn up on one of those sites. Might already be there.
Having a hard time saying ‘Happy 4th’ and keeping a straight face this year. Some Alts:
“See you at the Rapture tonight!”
“God, guns and guts, white friend!”
“What is your wife doing outside the home?”— Rob Huebel (@robhuebel) July 4, 2022
Tomorrow’s Wordle. I call this one “Fenced Ditch”.
Wordle 381 3/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I’d almost forgotten what a three looked like.
He knew his supporters were armed and would be heading to the Capitol where he told them to “fight like hell, or you won’t have a country anymore.” https://t.co/iY22fmOmOL
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
Firearm was found on the rooftop. As per presser on WGN right now.
re: #56 Teukka
He’s a piece of shit. Pritzker will hopefully embarrass the fuck out of him in November.
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
Firearm was found on the rooftop. As per presser on WGN right now.
These fuckers always have more than one gun. I hope they catch him before he kills again.
JFC, America:
BREAKING NOW: ANOTHER ACTIVE SHOOTER This time IN Macomb County. Multiple shots were fired at police, Harrison township. SWAT on scene at apartment building Clinton and Gratiot. Avoid area, very dangerous scen @GigiGraciette @DevineNews @StewartTVNews @FOXLA @HayleyHerst
— JoolsNews (@JoolsNews) July 4, 2022
Apropos of nothing, I thought I’d share a picture of how small the two zines I made that I attempted to hand out at Grace Community Church (John MacArthur’s cult) are.
I’m going to write another zine with tips about protesting. A woman drove up from Santa Monica to protest with me, and she brought SO. MUCH. STUFF. I am of the Travel Light school of protesting, because even though I’m one of those people who tries to obey the law as much as possible, I never know when things might get weird and it’s a good idea to get out of what might be a bad situation.
re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus
He’s a piece of shit. Pritzker will hopefully embarrass the fuck out of him in November.
I get Hastert vibes.
The authorities are stating the shooter used a “high-powered rifle” but didn’t elaborate.
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
Definitely no bolt-action hunting rifle.
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
$50 says it was an AR-15
re: #82 GlutenFreeJesus
Definitely no bolt-action hunting rifle.
Yeah, that was semi-auto. You could tell by just hearing it.
re: #85 Dr Lizardo
That video. Didn’t hear the gunshots at first. Had to replay. It sounded like parade drummers.
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
$50 says it was an AR-15
Most likely. Could’ve been a Type 56, which is a 7.62x39mm AK-47 copy out of China. Don’t know how widely available those are in the US, though.
Watch the right-wing media try to turn the Highland Park massacre into a story about Black people in Chicago—rather than a story about a gun massacre in a 90% white suburb 30 miles north of Chicago.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) July 4, 2022
Already seeing “Black on Black Crimes” whataboutism posts from conservatives on Facebook.
Made my reservations for Amsterdam in October today. The way this country is going I think I may just stay there.
re: #69 Florida Panhandler
3…2…1.. that very soon it will be revealed that some sewer site like 4Chan, 8Kun, or whatever fucking mutant hangout is out there was host to this latest American shooter terrorist gloating about an upcoming “event to remember” and some weird ass fascist shit.
I was having this thought too. “Hey, someone should do a fourth of July parade while the marching band goes by so that no one knows it’s gunshots!” “That’s sick!” “Yeah it is.”
They’re saying the gunman has been on the run for about four hours now and ATF is tracing the firearm back to hopefully ID the shooter.
Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure this was planned out. And I wonder if the shooter was an out-of-stater.
Wingnuts don’t want to talk about CRT or gender or sex in schools. They think mental health is something you do in the privacy of your own home, or at the office of a certified practitioner.
Certified practitioners are going to be needed at each school to talk about suicide. So many of these mass shootings are suicides with company. They are going to need to find a way to tell each and every child that they matter and we want them to stay. And then show it by taking care of the planet and all the inhabitants.
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
We don’t know that, but we do know that the suspect is white, so if he is apprehended alive he’ll get a trip to McDonald’s on his way to jail.
Waukesha, WI is trending because gun nuts want you to know that it could have just as easily have been a vehicle. (Christmas Parade where dude fleeing police drove through the crowd and killed 6).
re: #93 Ace Rothstein
We don’t know that, but we do know that the suspect is white, so if he is apprehended alive he’ll get a trip to McDonald’s on his way to jail.
Only white suspects who are racist, or anti-Semitic or Trump supporters. After all, Michael Reinoehl, suspected of being “antifa”, was murdered by authorities.
re: #95 Hecuba’s daughter
Only white suspects who are racist, or anti-Semitic or Trump supporters. After all, Michael Reinoehl, suspected of being “antifa”, was murdered by authorities.
Yes, that was a hit for sure.
OT:
Prior to retiring, I was on the Global Fraud team for the major telecom company.
So I am familiar with the actions taken to try and reduce robocalls. It’s a game of whack-a-mole as the robocallers find ways to get around the blocks.
The government mandated that the telecoms implement STIR and SHAKEN to help reduce robocalls (the deadline for large telecoms to implement these protocols was June 2021).
STIR/SHAKEN is a framework created to reduce robocalls by verifying the digital signature of an outbound call. Network providers are able to identify if a call is coming from a legitimate business or a scammer and label the call accordingly. STIR stands for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited.
STIR/SHAKEN uses the principle behind digital certificates to indicate whether a caller has the right to use a given telephone number. Knowing how a call originated in the network is a useful signal of trust. However, inbound call centers require more signals and analysis to authenticate callers.
However, the government mandate only applied to telecoms with over 100,000 subscribers. So the robocallers started routing calls through smaller telecoms which haven’t implemented STIR/SHAKEN. Without STIR/SHAKEN in place, it’s possible to spoof the caller ID on robocalls.
Anyway, it seems the government has now moved up the date for the smaller telecoms to implement STIR/SHAKEN.
The Federal Communications Commission today said it closed a robocall loophole by requiring small phone companies to implement the caller ID authentication technology known as STIR and SHAKEN.
Large voice providers were required to implement STIR/SHAKEN a year ago. But there was an exemption for carriers with 100,000 or fewer customers that would have given those smaller companies until June 30, 2023, to comply.
The FCC voted in December to move that deadline up to June 30, 2022, because small phone companies were apparently carrying a disproportionately high number of illegal robocalls.
This may reduce the number of robocalls. However, as I noted earlier, it’s a game of whack-a-mole trying to close each loophole the scammers use. But this change should at least help.
re: #93 Ace Rothstein
We don’t know that, but we do know that the suspect is white, so if he is apprehended alive he’ll get a trip to McDonald’s on his way to jail.
I’m sure they will be careful and not bang his head against the top of the cop car while carefully placing him in the back seat.
Once he is inside safe in the cop car on his way to jail and a trial I’m also sure they will tell him not to feel so bad, that his terrorism will soon be eclipsed by the next American shootout due in a few days or weeks. That should take some heat off his predicament.
And then they can all rant together in the car about how White Entitlement doesn’t exist and that BLM are the real racists.
I’m just waiting for the GOP spin, which I presume will be something along the lines of “See, everyone, you’re looking at this wrong. This young man was merely celebrating his God-given Second Amendment constitutional rights on this Fourth of July by raining some freedom down upon his fellow countrymen!”
We all know it’s coming….
re: #99 Dr Lizardo
At least they can’t say doors could have helped this time.
re: #89 Ace Rothstein
I’m looking at Portugal. (Or somewhere in Hawaii if I choose to stay in US)
My new hero is @JillWineBanks!!
She’s wearing a ketchup bottle pin!!!! https://t.co/RWrSCX2H0e— Melody speaks gif fluently🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 (@UnpaintedMelody) July 4, 2022
How Jill Wine-Banks Uses Witty Pins to Express Her Progressive Politics (Vogue, 2018)
Another shot from the Highland Park mass shooting.
Hadn’t seen this clip on here.
Sounds like nearly 60 shots fired in this one alone. pic.twitter.com/X66gqEiGHD— Jake (@SiIentRunning) July 4, 2022
JFC….this is a fresh FB video - someone caught the shooting on video.
I’ll have to count how many shots I heard.
re: #104 Dr Lizardo
Roughly 26 shots from the first volley, then a pause - probably to reload - then another 20+ shots fired.
Damn.
That is fucking terrifying. And only semi-auto too.
Mind you, Libertarians think that fully-automatic weapons are a God-given Right. And they are for now ascendant in our political reality.
In our new Libertarian Utopia, this country is going to be a fucking massacre on a daily basis.
re: #105 Dr Lizardo
Recounted: 32 shots first volley, about 25 shots in the second volley before the video ends.
re: #106 Florida Panhandler
That is fucking terrifying. And only semi-auto too.
Mind you, Libertarians think that fully-automatic weapons are a God-given Right. And they are for now ascendant in our political reality.
In our new Libertarian Utopia, this country is
going to bea fucking massacre on a daily basis.
Fixed it for you.
Statement from President Biden on the Shooting in Highland Park, Illinois:
Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day.
Full statement below. https://t.co/Hl0wvYuzWQ— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) July 4, 2022
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
The authorities are stating the shooter used a “high-powered rifle” but didn’t elaborate.
I think we can stop speculating about the GOP talking point that’s coming
We don’t need to regulate guns. We need more dumpsters.
“I put my son in the dumpster”: A father who witnessed the Highland Park parade shooting hid his son while shots were fired. https://t.co/yK1GO6PtrT pic.twitter.com/cytjhX5ExW
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) July 4, 2022
Here is my 4th of July message: Fuck every single, gun-humper in America.
re: #59 John Hughes
I live in Southern Maryland which is pretty liberal and safe. I wouldn’t live in a red state or anywhere in the deep south though. Seems like Republicans have a stranglehold down there.
The ONLY fireworks I acknowledge this #4thOfJuly🇺🇸! pic.twitter.com/dE7U3EXtU9
— Hell is Empty (@Sleestak) July 4, 2022
re: #110 Belafon
If that’s the firearm that was actually used, holy shit. Bipod mounted and scoped.
Yeah, that doesn’t strike me as some spur-of-the-moment sorta thing.
This just came over the transom from elpais.es, so it’s in Spanish. It’s the world we’re facing.
Condenada a 50 años de prisión una joven que perdió un embarazo en El Salvador
Organizaciones feministas alegan que la mujer, de 21 años, tuvo una emergencia obstétrica. Se trata, aseguran, de la primera vez que se aplica la pena máxima desde que se prohibió por completo el aborto
This is a rough translation of the hed and subhed: A young woman who lost her pregnancy in El Salvador was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Feminist organizations allege that the 21 YO woman [19 at the time of the incident], had an obstetric emergency. However, this is the first time that the maximum penalty was applied here.
It should be noted that this incident took place in a very poor part of El Salvador, the young woman is from a poor family, and medical care is scarce on the ground. Nevertheless, she is being held accountable for the failure of her pregnancy, and in fact, she basically had the burden of showing that she did not try to abort her fetus.
I’m hoping that El Pais translates this into English for its English version. I’ll post it, because basically, it is a clusterfuck and we’re looking at this kind of crap in our country.
re: #110 Belafon
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re: #115 Dr Lizardo
If that’s the firearm that was actually used, holy shit. Bipod mounted and scoped.
Yeah, that doesn’t strike me as some spur-of-the-moment sorta thing.
I would assume that’s a cop gun
re: #110 Belafon
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Ahh yes, I know that model of rifle well in that picture… my family used them for hunting deer back in the day…..
Ah..who am I trying to bullshit?
NO CIVILIAN NEEDS THAT LEVEL OF FIREPOWER. PERIOD. This country is verifiably insane.
re: #118 HRH Stanley Sea
I would assume that’s a cop gun
It’s the gun left by the gunman, on the 6 story building he shot from.
The family of Nicolas Toledo tells me he was one of the people shot and killed at the Highland Park 4th of July Parade. “We are all feeling pretty numb. We’re all pretty broken inside,” his granddaughter said. She shared these photos with @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/rDtiq5ijrL
— Tim McNicholas (@TimMcNicholas) July 4, 2022
Comment from a person who was at the Highland Park parade (interviewed on MSNBC).
“It struck me that these kids were little like between 7 and 10. They were scared. They had terrified looks on their faces but they were so composed because they’ve been through active shooter drills and they knew what to do. They knew what to do because of moments like now.”
It’s unconscionable to me that even one person thinks any of this is okay let alone being a mjoar part of the GOP platform. America has absolutely nothing to celebrate today.
Gunman Targets July Fourth Parade in One of Chicago’s Most Jewish Suburbs.
Six killed, 24 hurt in Highland Park, Ill.; suspect still at large, calls for prayers and good deeds:https://t.co/pdY4F2Dkbe pic.twitter.com/nIaNobbeve
re: #114 gocart mozart
A T-Rex would’ve come in handy right about then. A full grown T-Rex would actually be a relatively safe animal to have at Jurassic Park. Humans are too small to be worthwhile for a T-Rex to chase; it would expend more calories chasing a human than it would get from eating one. Just throw it an animal carcass every now and then, like a few cattle, and it would be good.
re: #120 Belafon
It’s the gun left by the gunman, on the 6 story building he shot from.
On the cop shows they would keep that a secret from the public to help weed out false admissions. Maybe possession of a rifle trophy counts as coup. I would rather it be a scalp because I fell asleep listening to Blood Meridian last night. So I plead temporary insanity until that session wears off.
re: #123 Teddy’s Person
If Americans really wanted gun reform legislation, they will not vote for Republicans who have made it very clear that they worship guns. We have two parties and it’s clear which one will at least work towards gun reform legislation even if SCOTUS knocks it down.
re: #110 Belafon
Based on that brickwork, looks like he was shooting from here, from the top of this building:
re: #128 Dr Lizardo
Based on that brickwork, looks like he was shooting from here, from the top of this building:
That’s what people from there in the threads I’ve read are saying.
we cannot regulate guns in any way because it might inconvenience or infringe on the rights of even one law abiding citizen, even if temporarily. (as if, but ok)
so we must live with almost daily mass shootings by people who obviously, in hindsight, should not have had access to firearms
meanwhile
we must regulate with ruthless and draconian efficiency every possible avenue to abortion lest even one slips through, because that one single life is oh so ‘precious’
apparently none of the lives of those people killed by guns are ‘precious’
re: #106 Florida Panhandler
That is fucking terrifying. And only semi-auto too.
Mind you, Libertarians think that fully-automatic weapons are a God-given Right. And they are for now ascendant in our political reality.
In our new Libertarian Utopia, this country is going to be a fucking massacre on a daily basis.
Full auto might cause less damage, right? The full magazine going in the same location?
re: #125 No Malarkey!
A T-Rex would’ve come in handy right about then. A full grown T-Rex would actually be a relatively safe animal to have at Jurassic Park. Humans are too small to be worthwhile for a T-Rex to chase; it would expend more calories chasing a human than it would get from eating one. Just throw it an animal carcass every now and then, like a few cattle, and it would be good.
we’re gonna eventually figure out that T-Rex was actually an herbivore.
their teeth were because the vegetation was much tougher back then
(might have even fought back)
That’s not his gun.
Find me link that says it is?
re: #130 Dangerman
we cannot regulate guns in any way because it might infringe on the rights of a law abiding citizen (as if, but ok)
so we must live with almost daily mass shootings by people who obviously, in hindsight, should not have had access to firearms
meanwhile
we must regulate with ruthless and draconian efficiency every possible avenue to abortion lest even one slips through, because that one single life is oh so ‘precious’
apparently none of the lives of those people killed by guns are ‘precious’
Sacrifices to America’s great blood God, the Tree of Liberty, whose thirst can never be quenched.
The “good guys with guns” solution to gun violence fails again.
As said, I ran through the Highland Park parade route 45 minutes before the shooting. There were police (with guns and body armor, as is now standard) everywhere, handling traffic, helping the setup.
Good guys with guns every six feet.— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) July 4, 2022
re: #134 HRH Stanley Sea
That’s not his gun.
Find me link that says it is?
I think it is a cop’s gun, it has a magazine too short to carry as many rounds as were fired.
Powerful photo by @briancassella at the @chicagotribune pic.twitter.com/Z9i2DLPctO
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) July 4, 2022
If you’re OK with a celebrity TV doctor who ISN’T FROM PA and has a house that used to belong to King George…
I am, uh, not your candidate. pic.twitter.com/zf545GJg5R— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 3, 2022
That weapon looks like it has a suppressor or a Bull barrel.
re: #123 Teddy’s Person
Comment from a person who was at the Highland Park parade (interviewed on MSNBC).
It’s unconscionable to me that even one person thinks any of this is okay let alone being a mjoar part of the GOP platform. America has absolutely nothing to celebrate today.
I have thirty years of military service, three wars plus a war zone tour as a contractor, and 7-10 year old children know what to do under fire as well as I do. This is shameful and insane.
According to a presser from the Lake County Sheriff, the suspect was able to get to the roof (and escape) with a ladder.
That NYT op-ed equating inclusive language to widespread legislative oppression is a reminder that many white, cis women would rather gatekeep and maintain privilege than work in solidarity with other groups.
Patriarchy is crushing us, but y’all wanna play both-sides pattycake.— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) July 3, 2022
re: #143 Dr Lizardo
According to a presser from the Lake County Sheriff, the suspect was able to get to the roof (and escape) with a ladder.
Clearly, we have to start regulating ladders.
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re: #143 Dr Lizardo
According to a presser from the Lake County Sheriff, the suspect was able to get to the roof (and escape) with a ladder.
That is fixed to the building.
Bigfoot looks like the guy on the Shroud of Turin. You don’t think…..nah. pic.twitter.com/zlOOE58lUf
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) July 4, 2022
#BREAKING: Well-Regulated Militia Opens Fire On Fourth Of July Parade In Highland Park, Illinois; Cheap Thoughts And Useless Prayers Now Being Rushed To The Scene … more on this soon-to-be-forgotten-and-then-repeated story as it develops …
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 4, 2022
re: #147 Captain Ron
That’s a scary damn thing to see, even though I can understand it might be necessary. That being said, if, let’s say, the authorities had a SWAT sniper up on a rooftop overlooking the parade route for security purposes, then why didn’t they home in on the shooter?
Fair enough, it happened damn fast.
re: #147 Captain Ron
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This is part of what wingnuts want for schools (just speculating).
We cannot be truly free so long as anyone, anywhere can start shooting at us.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 4, 2022
re: #148 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Where’s Bambi’s Mum?
Later that day, after a difficult day of saving adorable forest critters, Bigfoot kicked back with a beer and a fine venison burger…..
re: #112 Patricia Kayden
I live in Southern Maryland which is pretty liberal and safe.
1. You don’t have universal health care. I do not consider that “safe”. (I live, from time to time, in the “third world”. When I live there I have an insurance policy that will evacuate me to a place where healthcare is not rationed, but there is still a nagging sense of dread).
2. Maryland has a murder rate of 9/100,000 France has 1.2/100,1000. Doesn’t sound too safe to me
I’ve seen interviews with people in Somalia. Most of them talk about how normal and safe it is. Until it isn’t.
re: #154 Dr Lizardo
Later that day, after a difficult day of saving adorable forest critters, Bigfoot kicked back with a beer and a fine venison burger…..
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re: #135 No Malarkey!
Sacrifices to America’s great blood God, the Tree of Liberty, whose thirst can never be quenched.
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I have stared at that cartoon for five minutes and I still can’t understand the point it’s trying to make.
Well, to be honest, I think I do, because I speak wingnut fairly well, and I don’t want to admit I’m right.
Basically the tree is commanding Donald Trump and the GOP to start slaughtering Democrats/liberal/perceived enemies of all stripes so it can drink their blood and grow strong.
Truck murder pic.twitter.com/euANXoJjxT
— ProgressivePower (@OurProgressive) July 4, 2022
re: #155 John Hughes
Well, as someone who also has Canadian citizenship, I agree with you that by comparison, America is a pretty tough country in many ways. I was just pointing out that where I live, I’m relatively okay. It’s in no way comparable to Somalia.
There is a direct connection between destroying opportunities for safe public gatherings and menacing American democracy. 1/
— Heidi Li Feldman (@HeidiLiFeldman) July 4, 2022
(7 tweet thread)
re: #56 Teukka
“Darren (Bailey) is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an advocate for the constitutional right to bear arms. In the Illinois State Senate, Darren voted against sweeping gun control legislation. Darren is an advocate on behalf of gun owners in Illinois and believes that education is crucial for those opposed to gun rights. As an avid outdoorsman himself, he is a proud member of both the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association, as well as Guns Save Life.
As Governor, he will continue to protect the Second Amendment.”
re: #159 Patricia Kayden
Well, as someone who also has Canadian citizenship, I agree with you that by comparison, America is a pretty tough country in many ways. I was just pointing out that where I live, I’m relatively okay. It’s in no way comparable to Somalia.
Eh, I’m across the river from Philly in a “safe” town. Philly has really gotten nuts over the last year. Like, literal innocent bystanders getting murdered for no reason nuts.
As for my area: we went to see the Doc Strange movie a few weeks back. Including the two of us, there was a group of four kids in front of us and a single dude in our row.
Single dude starts acting erratic a few minutes into the movie: muttering to himself, leaving multiple times during the movie. Eventually he doesn’t come back.
I warned my parter and kept my eye on the back of the theater for the rest of the movie. Literally I’m thinking, “Are we going to be two more bodies for the Second Amendment before this film ends?”
America may not be Somalia, but I would strongly urge non-Americans to avoid us at all costs for the while.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
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He posted this less than an hour ago…
The GOP wants to defund the police and let everyone be their own armed private security force.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
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He posted this less than an hour ago…
An infinitesimally small percent of gun owners actually use their guns to protect their families
The vast majority claim they’re doing those other things
re: #162 Moe Avattar
“believes that education is crucial for those opposed to gun rights”
Education about what exactly? The 2nd Amendment refers to a well-regulated militia. SCOTUS and rightwingers conveniently leave that phrase out when talking about gun rights and the Constitution.
re: #166 William Lewis
Sigh. I already couldn’t bring myself to fly my flag today. Highland Park just adds to that…
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I’ve seen numerous posts like yours today on social media. It’s sad. My dad wasn’t an overtly political guy, though he voted Republican until GWB’s second term. But he took pride in taking out an old heavy flag that we stored away the rest of the year to put up on July 4th. I don’t put one out because it’s become a kind of semaphore for Trump supporter where I live.
re: #163 Mattand
You sound a bit like my ex-husband. He would always sit at the back of the theater so that he could watch everyone else in case someone tried something. I thought he was paranoid but now I find myself doing the same thing. Sigh.
Mitt Romney: I hope for a president who can rise above the din to unite us behind the truth.
Rando: Mitt, if you really believed that, you would leave the Republican Party, sit as an independent, and throw your support behind Biden in the kind of “national unity” approach to governing necessary to save democracy.
Danger: Ps mitt, the magas hate you.
re: #159 Patricia Kayden
. It’s in no way comparable to Somalia.
of course it’s comparable to Somalia.
The whole point of comparison is to compare different things, preferably by defined metrics.
If heaven existed you could compare it to hell. One would be better.
To get back to numbers: nice liberal Maryland has a murder rate nearly 9 times that of France (which is, in European terms, one of the more violent countries).
re: #169 Patricia Kayden
I do not go to the theater for a movie; I get a download and watch it at home.
re: #167 Patricia Kayden
Even if you ignore that part, the part they didn’t ignore says NOTHING ABOUT individual rights. It refers to PEOPLE which is a collective.
re: #170 Dangerman
Pps
Nothing says “America in denial” like a mass murder at a 4th of July parade, courtesy of mitt’s own NRA sock puppet political party that has been waging war on safe/sane gun safety legislation for decades.
re: #168 Barefoot Grin
I’ve seen numerous posts like yours today on social media. It’s sad. My dad wasn’t an overtly political guy, though he voted Republican until GWB’s second term. But he took pride in taking out an old heavy flag that we stored away the rest of the year to put up on July 4th. I don’t put one out because it’s become a kind of semaphore for Trump supporter where I live.
That sounds like my mom. She hung the flag (my parents received as a wedding present) on the porch in the morning and took it in at dusk.
re: #163 Mattand
Eh, I’m across the river from Philly in a “safe” town. Philly has really gotten nuts over the last year. Like, literal innocent bystanders getting murdered for no reason nuts.
As for my area: we went to see the Doc Strange movie a few weeks back. Including the two of us, there was a group of four kids in front of us and a single dude in our row.
Single dude starts acting erratic a few minutes into the movie: muttering to himself, leaving multiple times during the movie. Eventually he doesn’t come back.
I warned my parter and kept my eye on the back of the theater for the rest of the movie. Literally I’m thinking, “Are we going to be two more bodies for the Second Amendment by before this film ends?”
America may not be Somalia, but I would strongly urge non-Americans to avoid us at all costs for the while.
I have found myself acting in a similar manner in public places. Always looking for a quick exit strategy especially when with my kids. I also within the past few years have grown increasingly concerned of armed road rage drivers emerging from their vehicles ready to fire. With my kids deep into school I cannot simply pack up and move elsewhere in the world, at least not without some sort of freak job opportunity with generous family benefits. So here we stay for now in our little section of Florida, always looking figuratively over my shoulder for the next American 2nd Amendment well-regulated militia, ready to kill me or anyone else that gets in his way of “freedom.”
re: #165 Dangerman
An infinitesimally small percent of gun owners actually use their guns to protect their families
The vast majority claim they’re doing those other things,**
** And still scream they should not in the least way be even temporarily inconvenienced. As hunters, skeet shooters, etc.
1927, the deadliest school massacre in US history.https://t.co/45aD9nj1kJ
— Tom Tilley (@ttilley64) July 4, 2022
re: #172 PhillyPretzel
I do not go to the theater for a movie; I get a download and watch it at home.
Speaking of movies. Did you enjoy the second Downton Abbey movie?
I didn’t think it was going to be available for download so quickly after it was released in the theater until you posted that you were watching it. Thanks!
re: #180 Teddy’s Person
Yes. It is a good follow up from the first movie.
re: #173 Amory Blaine
Even if you ignore that part, the part they didn’t ignore says NOTHING ABOUT individual rights. It refers to PEOPLE which is a collective.
What they meant by people were white men who were required to “sign up” for militia duty and attend periodic musters instead of having a standing army. That’s the historic context for the 2nd amendment.
No, America and Somalia are not equivalent. If you wanted to go into a bad neighborhood in Somalia, you had to have a whole convoy, preferably with a couple of M-60 tanks (borrowed from the Italians) along for deterrence even though they are bad for what’s left of the pavement.
In America, you can probably manage with a single MRAP, or possibly even an armor kitted Humvee if you have drone support.
re: #183 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
😂 I can safely say that where I live, things haven’t gotten that bad. Thankfully.
re: #183 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
No, America and Somalia are not equivalent. If you wanted to go into a bad neighborhood in Somalia, you had to have a whole convoy, preferably with a couple of M-60 tanks (borrowed from the Italians) along for deterrence even though they are bad for what’s left of the pavement.
In America, you can probably manage with a single MRAP, or possibly even an armor kitted Humvee if you have drone support.
Which, if I recall correctly, is more than our soldiers had in the early years of the forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
re: #182 Teddy’s Person
What they meant by people were white men who were required to “sign up” for militia duty and attend periodic musters instead of having a standing army. That’s the historic context for the 2nd amendment.
That and that said militia existed as a way to put down slave revolts; the 2nd amendment was required by the south so they could have their guns to keep their property in line.
Blaming the NRA shields those who actually have a vote. It also kind of suggests that “but for” the NRA these Republicans would do the right thing. Why give them that alibi? Let’s start naming names. And the NRA is not a name. The NRA is not on the ballot this November. 2/3
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 4, 2022
re: #184 Patricia Kayden
😂 I can safely say that where I live, things haven’t gotten that bad. Thankfully.
I live in the Seattle area so I feel pretty much the same as you do about where you live, execpt for an occasional thought that there’s eastern Washington and Idaho not too far away, although there is a mountain range between us.
He shot approximately 30 people in 22 seconds. https://t.co/627WN6OV6m
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 4, 2022
re: #164 Teddy’s Person
The GOP wants to defund the police and let everyone be their own armed private security force.
Years ago, Grover Norquist, the worst person to come out of Massachusetts, said something just like this.
He used the example of a “real” American couple, who shouldn’t have to pay taxes because, as he put it, “They have the Second Amendment. They don’t need the police. They don’t need to pay for Big Government.
(N.B: A lot of wingnuts will be joking about the shooter being enraged over his taxes. This is a very common trope. As the Boston Marathon bombing was just happening, someone in my FB circles joked that it was “tax day”, which is near Patriot’s Day in Mass.
I never got so angry as I did on that day. Watch for the deflections.)
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
or a hearty stew:
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re: #186 William Lewis
That and that said militia existed as a way to put down slave revolts; the 2nd amendment was required by the south so they could have their guns to keep their property in line.
As we would say today, this is the quiet part no one said out loud.
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But a hunter could want one of those rifles so we can’t possibly regulate it.
You know, feral hogs and such.
He shot approximately 30 people in 22 seconds. https://t.co/627WN6OV6m
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 4, 2022
re: #190 Sherlock Hound
It’s not a remarkable thread, but I love this comeback to an Internet “pundit.”
Are you one of those bible-quoting, anti-abortion “Christians” who supports sending billions of dollars to Israel annually to help pay for their universal healthcare, which includes full access to abortion?
— Justin, Derp State (@capkronos) July 4, 2022
TW: Mass Shooting
We were there. Right there.
We live in Highland Park, IL and today we were in the middle of a murderous attack.
I had to pull my infant child to safety as people were dead and dying around us.
I got separated from my wife when she carried my 6 yo to safety— Bradley Hansen (@bradleyhansen93) July 4, 2022
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Today people are still celebrating “Independence Day.”
Fuck that independence if it means the facilitation of these murders.
For the sake of our children, of our future, we must stand against this tyranny of death.#HighlandPark— Bradley Hansen (@bradleyhansen93) July 4, 2022
On a teacher’s day there was a special passenger… Emotions loading😢 pic.twitter.com/B9v5wifwDV
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) July 2, 2022
In the latest The Orville a physically aggressive bigot first gets shut down by a woman, then by an alien robot.
This is not a show for Republicans.
re: #143 Dr Lizardo
According to a presser from the Lake County Sheriff, the suspect was able to get to the roof (and escape) with a ladder.
I’m sure Ted Cruz will be proposing limitations on ladders within two days on Fox.
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re: #194 Teddy’s Person
Yeah, that is Grover’s kind of couple. We have those types in Mass.
re: #182 Teddy’s Person
What they meant by people were white men who were required to “sign up” for militia duty and attend periodic musters instead of having a standing army. That’s the historic context for the 2nd amendment.
Which was found to not work out so well in the War of 1812 when the militias ran more than once when facing British regulars again. Which led to the President’s Mansion in Washington, D.C. getting burnt out. After which they painted it white to cover up the scorch marks.
re: #186 William Lewis
That and that said militia existed as a way to put down slave revolts; the 2nd amendment was required by the south so they could have their guns to keep their property in line.
In the North, they used it to protect against Indians, Canadians and bears.
(also, to find dinner).
re: #201 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Which was found to not work out so well in the War of 1812 when the militias ran more than once when facing British regulars again. Which led to the President’s Mansion in Washington, D.C. getting burnt out. After which they painted it white to cover up the scorch marks.
As one British officer quipped, “Never did men with arms in their hands make better use of their legs.”
Seeing in the comments on TPM that the suspect has been named. 22 year old rapper who’s father ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019?!? Suspect is a rapper with the stage name “Awake”. WTF!?! I hate this timeline
re: #183 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Ok that’s pretty funny, and you nearly got me to make an outraged reply, but, because I’m a pedantic dick:
I didn’t try to say that the US was as bad as Somalia (although some US citizens aspire to that).
I said that many, possibly most, people in Somalia think things are bearable. They mostly get on with their lives. Yes, occasionally people get murdered for no obvious reason, but that’s the way it is everywhere, right?
Remind you of somewhere?
(Also Somalis spend much less time in the DMV).
re: #182 Teddy’s Person
What they meant by people were white men who were required to “sign up” for militia duty and attend periodic musters instead of having a standing army. That’s the historic context for the 2nd amendment.
Not entirely—Free Blacks were members of militias, though that’s probably only in non-slaveholding states. G. Washington didn’t especially like it, but needs must when the Devil drives.
re: #204 Ferdinand
Seeing in the comments on TPM that the suspect has been named. 22 year old rapper who’s father ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019?!? Suspect is a rapper with the stage name “Awake”. WTF!?! I hate this timeline
Choices for #MAGAMonth… pic.twitter.com/s3aA8grfGv
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTdove) July 4, 2022
re: #200 Sherlock Hound
Yeah, that is Grover’s kind of couple. We have those types in Mass.
Sometimes they escape to the North country. Link is to Ed and Elaine Brown.
re: #209 William Lewis
Great sign, but if I flew it, it would start a local Kome Kowners Kassociation.
Courage. It’s not over. “All things fall and are built again.” Rolling up the sleeves… https://t.co/9y5U2v4vbI
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) July 4, 2022
re: #211 Decatur Deb
Great sign, but if I flew it, it would start a local Kome Kowners Kassociation.
That would be a “Concerned Citizens Committee”. Otherwise known as an ordinary “neighborhood association”. Sadly these exist.
re: #213 Sherlock Hound
That would be a “Concerned Citizens Committee”. Otherwise known as an ordinary “neighborhood association”. Sadly these exist.
Long history—the White Kollar Klan.
re: #206 Decatur Deb
Not entirely—Free Blacks were members of militias, though that’s probably only in non-slaveholding states. G. Washington didn’t especially like it, but needs-must.
Not originally,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia, by the
or Commanding Officer of the company, within whose bounds such citizen shall reside, and that within twelve months after the passing of this Act.
The Militia Act of 1862 amended this to allow African Americans.
Welcome to July 4, 2022, when it’s ok to erase pregnant people completely. And I harp on about my mother nearly dying in childbirth, because, you know when I was a kid, about the only thing my mom mentioned was that I was an expensive baby. As we’ve gotten older, she’s opened up more about what happened and it really was a dicey thing. She didn’t tell me how truly serious it was until after Dad died in 2014.
So yeah, I’m tired, very tired, of anti-abortion fanatics completely erasing pregnant people.
re: #186 William Lewis
That and that said militia existed as a way to put down slave revolts; the 2nd amendment was required by the south so they could have their guns to keep their property in line.
Except, of course, that there were militias in the colonies before there were slaves.
Could we stop with the twitter-eye view of history just for the day? Our ancestors deserve better.
A GOP Cook County commissioner mentions US Rep Sean Casten’s dead daughter when telling him not to point fingers in the Highland Park mass shooting.
Casten responds: “STFU” pic.twitter.com/ijkUciUs0x— Alice Yin (@byaliceyin) July 4, 2022
“Awake the Rapper” is a person of interest in the Highland Park shooting.
re: #199 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’m sure Ted Cruz will be proposing limitations on ladders within two days on Fox.
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Maybe just the rungs
Here he is
Awake the rapper pic.twitter.com/ehj6ZBKlSG— Sherry Krauss (@sherry6767) July 4, 2022
re: #202 sagehen
In the North, they used it to protect against Indians, Canadians and bears.
(also, to find dinner).
You know if feral hogs weren’t a threat at the founding….
re: #176 Teddy’s Person
That sounds like my mom. She hung the flag (my parents received as a wedding present) on the porch in the morning and took it in at dusk.
I only hang my flag on flag observances and federal holidays. My flag is flying today.
The out-of-towner Christian Nationalist crowd in the park across the street from me has grown larger today. Christians do not own our nation’s flag, and i will not allow the wingnuts to take that away from me.
re: #215 Teddy’s Person
The organized militias predate the Revolution, and the British had majority-black Colonial Marines units. One was released from service in this ares, and became part of the garrison of Negro Fort between the Revolution and 1812.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #224 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I only hang my flag on flag observances and federal holidays. My flag is flying today.
The out-of-towner Christian Nationalist crowd in the park across the street from me has grown larger today. Christians do not own our nation’s flag, and i will not allow the wingnuts to take that away from me.
IIRC, my mom put it out on Veterans Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July.
re: #223 Dangerman
You know if feral hogs weren’t a threat at the founding….
I like to think of them as Volunteer BBQ.
re: #211 Decatur Deb
Great sign, but if I flew it, it would start a local Kome Kowners Kassociation.
Ditto
Kinda proves the point behind the sign though, don’t it?
re: #229 GlutenFreeJesus
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Totally not a Nazi … /S
Bobby Crimo III aka “Awake the Rapper” put out this music video. At the 2:34 mark, it takes a dark turn. The link in the video description goes to what looks like a white supremacy discord channel. #HighlandPark #4thOfJuly https://t.co/VRU9LJ4HQG pic.twitter.com/yrX0NskTjw
— keith lyle (@funnykeithlyle) July 4, 2022
re: #225 Decatur Deb
The organized militias predate the Revolution, and the British had majority-black Colonial Marines units. One was released from service in this ares, and became part of the garrison of Negro Fort between the Revolution and 1812.
en.wikipedia.org
My comments were not intended to be a comprehensive history of militias in the US, but the thinking about militias at the time the Constitution was written.
re: #216 mmmirele
Welcome to July 4, 2022, when it’s ok to erase pregnant people completely. And I harp on about my mother nearly dying in childbirth, because, you know when I was a kid, about the only thing my mom mentioned was that I was an expensive baby. As we’ve gotten older, she’s opened up more about what happened and it really was a dicey thing. She didn’t tell me how truly serious it was until after Dad died in 2014.
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So yeah, I’m tired, very tired, of anti-abortion fanatics completely erasing pregnant people.
Doesn’t answer or even address the question of why the “preborn” (smdh) should have superior constitutional rights over the actually born
Room Rater Happy Birthday. Elsa Lessard is 100 years old. Thank you for your service. https://t.co/cCMVWJxsP9
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 4, 2022
It’s time to infringe the living shit out of the 2nd amendment.
ILLINOIS: Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 22, sought in connection with Highland Park mass shooting. Suspect vehicle is a silver 2010 Honda Fit with IL plate DM80653. Call 911 if seen. (Source: FBI) pic.twitter.com/ykICW6W1SX
— U.S. Emergency Alert (@ENSAlerts) July 4, 2022
re: #219 gocart mozart
“Awake the Rapper” is a person of interest in the Highland Park shooting.
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Am I old or is that sick shit? Probably normal….
Watch your sons America.
Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo, aka “Awake the Rapper” recently put out an EP called Brainwashed featuring what looks like an armed elf and a song called “I Am the Storm.” So it’s not like it wasn’t entirely a surprise. pic.twitter.com/8RFOlACOL1
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) July 4, 2022
Apparently it’s a catboy, which someone who knows more about memes (ie, not me) can explain further.
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) July 4, 2022
re: #236 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization
It’s time to infringe the living shit out of the 2nd amendment.
Time to start showing up to elect Dems who will appoint and confirm Justices who will demonstrate some reading comprehension. It’ll be a while.
Powerful photo by @briancassella at the @chicagotribune pic.twitter.com/Z9i2DLPctO
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) July 4, 2022
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Everything will be all right in the end.
If everything isn’t all right… it’s not the end.”
The picture that seems to be emerging so far is an 8chan chud/incel/weirdo.
re: #237 Teukka
That guy has incel tattooed all over his face. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Literally the episode of South Park where Cartman buys himself an amusement park and doesn’t let anybody in https://t.co/HBtxkM9clW
— Zoé (@ztsamudzi) July 4, 2022
Disturbing images
Highland Park shooting done by a Robert E. Crimo III. Quick search of name found this right away. pic.twitter.com/Eyt1CUaUg9
— Rabid Hobo (@NicoleG90_) July 4, 2022
What is a Catboy? Let’s go to the googles
A catboy, sometimes spelled cat boy or catboi, is a boy who dresses up as a cat. The term is usually in reference to a femboy and furry-adjacent persona with both human and cat features. Although they do not always participate in kink, they are often portrayed as sexualized and submissive characters. Contemporary catboys are typically recognizable by their cat ear and tail accessories and they’re often seen wearing maid costumes.
Nazi Connecton: CatboyKami (goes to Know Your Memes) pals around with Nick Fuentis
Happy “Independence” Day from me and my reproductive rights. pic.twitter.com/GoIuu4JhAq
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) July 4, 2022
His father ran for mayor in 2019.
Any relation to the shooter, Bobby Crimo? #HighlandPark #HighlandParkParade pic.twitter.com/qOpcIka8yG
— Alison Bonaguro (@alisonbonaguro) July 4, 2022
re: #230 Teukka
Totally not a Nazi … /S
Most definitively not a Nazi… /S
On a serious note, that discord invite lines up with why he put a symbolic “jew” icon in his video…
On June 29, 1972, President Nixon publicly stated that he would support a national handgun ban law. A bill was passed in the Senate, but the House never took it up on their side of the Capitol.https://t.co/D8ki4jCVDO
— Watergate Day Of - 1972 (@WatergateDayOf) July 4, 2022
Robert Crimo wearing a shirt with Pepe the Frog. A known Alt-right movement symbol and the defamation league categorized it as a hate symbol. pic.twitter.com/X9LUdC5UAw
— 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 🌊Greg Hatfield✊#LGBTQ✊ (@gregoryh325) July 4, 2022
Can’t get over how casual everyone is. The dude just picked-off people at a parade from the a rooftop. https://t.co/tVA88AVm0O
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 4, 2022
We must insist on a return to a livable interpretation of the 2A, more civil accountability for the gun industry - not out of dislike of arms but out of a love for American pluralist democracy. 7/7
— Heidi Li Feldman (@HeidiLiFeldman) July 4, 2022
Here is Bobby Crimo. The Highland Park shooter — at a Trump rally last year. This is the kind of people that support Trump. Is it clear enough now to you that the Trump cult is an actual terrorist organization? pic.twitter.com/HvBBDyKZB4
— 🇮🇹🇺🇸 Anis Jerbi 🇺🇦🇹🇳 (@ArtistAJ17) July 4, 2022
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Has SMOTI claimed Crimo is a registered Democrat yet?
Yep, another proud example of “white supremacism” going on right now.
This guy would fit right in with the Jan. 6 pathetic loons currently rotting in jail right now. This is a national tragedy that this country allows lunatics to arm up with weapons designed and meant specifically to kill humans.
There comes a time in every country throughout history when a significant portion of the population says “welp, time to get the fuck outta this disaster zone of a country.” I feel the USA is right at the tipping point.
Too many humans are simply not capable of responsibly owning guns. So maybe they should be just a little harder to get. https://t.co/ucfzhmFfrX
— Mike Mills 🇺🇦✌🏼🎶🐕⚾️🙄 🍁🇨🇦 (@m_millsey) July 4, 2022
It appears that Robert E. Crimo III who’s wanted for the shooting in Highland Park is a right-wing nut job who supports Trump pic.twitter.com/9w6ri7KcCn
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 4, 2022
re: #251 Teukka
Most definitively not a Nazi… /S
On a serious note, that discord invite lines up with why he put a symbolic “jew” icon in his video…[Embedded content]
Really not a nazi or fash…
This asshole had a 47 tattoo
Here’s Highland Park shooter Bobby Crimo attending a Trump rally last year. pic.twitter.com/OT6lcmwYpJ
— unsubcribe_me_plz (@theeunfluencer) July 4, 2022
A little girl in my street has a very old pug with severe arthritis. Today I saw her gently strap him into a baby stroller & wait for the postie so they could chase after it, running & laughing as the pup barked like hell. You know, just in case you forgot what love means. 💛
— Alison Nicolson-Rae (@Nicolsonraea) July 4, 2022
re: #262 EstebanTornado1963
This asshole had a 47 tattoo
Is that a reference to Trump’s second term, or is it some Nazi reference I’m unaware of?
Europeans will never run out of news from the United States.
Klopjacht gaande op schutter 4 juliparade VS, identiteit bekend https://t.co/06vjgzuYIH
— ad.nl (@ADnl) July 4, 2022
This doesn’t conflict with conservative doctrine.
The patriots then: “No taxation without representation!”
The Republicans now: “No taxation for us, no representation for you!”— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) July 4, 2022
So I just looked up the “Awake the Rapper” YouTube channel and (I’m sure it will not surprise you) dudes music is absolute trash.
Joel’s house in “Risky Business,” Gary’s house in “Weird Science,” Cameron’s house in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Jake’s house in “Sixteen Candles”…all in Highland Park. It’s a place of movie magic and one of the 100 wealthiest cities in America. No place is safe. No place. pic.twitter.com/Hl6R1rLWmr
— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) July 4, 2022
Love his “Where’s Incel?” cos-play at the Trump rally.
Award winning costume, I’d say pic.twitter.com/yGNcbfzsEw
— I’m Jesus, Invite Me To Come Into Your…Heart 🇨🇦 (@SweetJesus3000) July 4, 2022
re: #262 EstebanTornado1963
Where did you see that?
dammit
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction. https://t.co/J6uqGPFEHw
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 4, 2022
I had to get away from twitter. It was too much.
re: #257 No Malarkey!
Has SMOTI claimed Crimo is a registered Democrat yet?
Dunno, but when I searched his name in an incognito window on Youtube, lots of rightwing conspiratorial channels with dubious sounding names popped up, blasting his name and trying to link him to Antifa.
The rebellion started today.. pic.twitter.com/rGhjHoxUcq
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 4, 2022
re: #276 A Three Hour Tour
Dunno, but when I searched his name in an incognito window on Youtube, lots of rightwing conspiratorial channels with dubious sounding names popped up, blasting his name and trying to link him to Antifa.
Of course.
re: #273 PhillyPretzel
I had to get away from twitter. It was too much.
My blood pressure has been higher today than it has been in weeks, probably in combination from pain, lack of sleep, and obsessing over today’s events. It’s like the combined stressors overpowered my medication.
They like to create this fake narrative in their ecosystem that Waukesha supposedly wasn’t covered because he was black. I seem to recall every major media outlet covering it for days, but since the rubes only watch Fox and Newsmax, they don’t know any better. pic.twitter.com/wil5aJtZh3
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 4, 2022
re: #280 A Three Hour Tour
Especially today’s events.
this is fucking psychotic. they just keep saying it. nobody is killing newborns. https://t.co/NUJO5jI5X3
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEmovienerd) July 4, 2022
re: #281 The Pie Overlord!
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Well, yes, Charlie Eyes-too-close. One was a shitbag running from the cops and the other was a guy who lapped up your style of propaganda.
Lately the cycle has been short circuited as the mass shootings come to fast to complete it. https://t.co/5paRbj6fzA
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
American exceptionalism. Damn. And people still try to use it un-ironically.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 4, 2022
Gee, choosing between an incompetent fascist (Trump) or a competent fascist (Cheney)?
“The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less.” Maxim 29— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) July 4, 2022
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When you get mad but you’re one of the nicest people ever…😂🐮🐑 pic.twitter.com/kBdOXXtHEN
— Laughs 4 All 🤟 (@Laughs_4_All) July 4, 2022
re: #287 William Lewis
In the unlikely event she won the nomination, at least we know she wouldn’t attempt a coup when she loses.
BREAKING: 15 minutes ago, Robert Crimo was spotted by police. He fled from police. After a brief chase, he was stopped and arrested, police say. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/JmIsCSXc45
— Tim McNicholas (@TimMcNicholas) July 4, 2022
re: #288 jeffreyw
Looks awesome, my dude. I would eat that right up.
re: #232 Dangerman
Doesn’t answer or even address the question of why the “preborn” (smdh) should have superior constitutional rights over the actually born
“Pre-born” is not a thing. A foetus is not a child, an egg is not a chicken, an acorn is not an oak tree, a berry is not a poison ivy plant.
Crazy to think just a few years ago I was working at a restaurant one block away from this.
re: #291 No Malarkey!
In the unlikely event she won the nomination, at least we know she wouldn’t attempt a coup when she loses.
In theory.
Since she’s a Cheney, her family go to is probably shooting a friend in the face first.
This is the moment parade shooting suspect Bobby Crimo was taken into custody by police in Chicago’s northern suburbs. https://t.co/tvQ02c3mXC @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/TBNgaDlsyw
— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) July 4, 2022
Fireworks are legal in this town. So our local FB page this time of year is full of people pleading for consideration for their pets or their loved ones with PTSD. These people are uniformly called “Karens” by the local shit bags. This year I decided to do just a few google searches on the shitbags. I was wrong. Most of them are just local business people (stands to reason because fireworks are pretty expensive) but there are always a few with felonies. I can’t understand why these people mouth off on FB when they have probation issues. I know I’m biased. I just loved fireworks when I was a kid, but then as an adult stopped being too impressed.
I saw a lot of talk of Cheney running 3rd party, since Trump has such a strangle hold on the GOP. Which in theory would be good, as she’d probably draw enough “This isn’t my GOP” cowards to possibly damage Trump.
Unfortunately, I know enough non-Trump voters who’d vote for her along the lines of “Well, she’s a woman who hates Trump, so that’s good enough for me. We need moderates like her! We need a woman president!!!”
Never underestimate how stupid American voters are.
The thing about 8chan chuds/incels/weirdos is that they’re often hard to pigeon-hole in one political side or another, because they’re so fucked in the head.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2022
And no, I don’t mean “mentally ill.” I’m talking about evil.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 5, 2022
re: #295 GlutenFreeJesus
Crazy to think just a few years ago I was working at a restaurant one block away from this.
Do you recall if you ever saw the creep? Back then, he would’ve been a kid without the tattoos
re: #301 Mattand
DeSantis is shrewd enough to ask Cheney to be his VP.
Whether she accepts is a different story.
DeSantis is going to beat Trump.
This is what we’re up against. Imagine thinking you can both sides an ectopic pregnancy. The both sides are literally dead or alive. Fuck you, @nytopinion https://t.co/N1BoedBjIA
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) July 4, 2022
re: #291 No Malarkey!
In the unlikely event she won the nomination, at least we know she wouldn’t attempt a coup when she loses.
I try to imagine what a Cheney coup would look like.
*Shudder*
“Babies Makin’ Babies” Turkuaz
— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2022
.@CrimoBob, the IL shooter’s father pic.twitter.com/6gpDvY98zr
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) July 4, 2022
re: #307 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I try to imagine what a Cheney coup would look like.
*Shudder*
Unfortunately, the word “competent” comes to mind.
It should have been us.
It was close enough to touch.
It was where we were 30 minutes earlier.
It was all around us.— Bradley Hansen (@bradleyhansen93) July 4, 2022
This culture of death continues to consume people, and there’s no end in sight.
We are lucky because we are all uninjured and we’re finally reunited.
Our story is not anomalous. It is the bloody reality of too many of us.— Bradley Hansen (@bradleyhansen93) July 4, 2022
Do grill up enough meat for all your guests
Don’t forget to invite all your neighbors (and I mean ALL of them)#BarbecueDosAndDonts pic.twitter.com/H2NTsFSl1Z— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) July 5, 2022
re: #307 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I try to imagine what a Cheney coup would look like.
*Shudder*
It won’t be violent.
I think it will be like when apartheid was introduced in South Africa. By the time anyone outside knew about it, it was fait accompli. The political version of the Colts moving to Indianapolis, only a whole lot worse (Baltimore lost a football team, but not their country or their rights.)
Marge has got the mass shooting today all figured out now. pic.twitter.com/Bqcqoq2BkY
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 5, 2022
The Onion front page completely covered again with “No Way to Prevent This” articles.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (The Onion, two hours ago)
HIGHLAND PARK, IL—In the hours following a violent rampage in which a lone attacker killed at least six individuals and injured more than two dozen at a Fourth of July parade, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Monday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. “This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Faye Perkins, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep shooters like this from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what they really wanted.” At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.”
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
Can confirm. My FB is filled with similar thoughts. When the info on the suspect comes out, you’re never gonna hear from these people again on the subject.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
What the fuck does “SSRI” stand for?
Prayer and “God’s Will”. Fuck off with that!
And when someone dies, “God had plans”. They say this nonsense even after their little boy finds mommy’s gun and blows his brains out. Then it’s “God’s Will”. Fuck that. It’s the worst cheap grace.
— David Moisan (@dmoisan) July 5, 2022
re: #319 Sherlock Hound
Prayer and “God’s Will”. Fuck off with that!
“It was his time, and nothing to do with the fact I left a loaded gun where he could reach it.”
re: #318 No Malarkey!
This is what I found at The Free Dictionary:
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
re: #318 No Malarkey!
What the fuck does “SSRI” stand for?
It’s becoming popular to blame psychotropic medicines.
What the likes of MTG fail at, and they fail continually, is understanding causation and correlation.
Many people are diagnosed with emotional disorders and get prescribed medicines by psychiatrists.
This does not mean the medicine is the cause of sociopathic behaviors.
re: #318 No Malarkey!
What the fuck does “SSRI” stand for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.
A class of drugs primarily used for treating mood disorders.
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Photos are now coming out showing the mass shooter is a MAGA die hard Trump rally-goer and QAnon fan. His father a big Trump fan and 2A nut. This mass shooting, in a strongly Democratic, heavily Jewish suburb, needs to be investigated as an act of terrorism and a hate crime.
— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) July 4, 2022
re: #321 PhillyPretzel
This is what I found at The Free Dictionary:
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
She’s blaming the antidepressant. Cause it can’t be the gun that fired all those bullets into peoples’ bodies.
re: #322 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It’s becoming popular to blame psychotropic medicines.
What the likes of MTG fail at, and they fail continually, is understanding causation and correlation.
Many people are diagnosed with emotional disorders and get prescribed medicines by psychiatrists.
This does not mean the medicine is the cause of sociopathic behaviors.
Or perhaps a shorter explanation: All conservatives lie.
She’s not failing, she’s lying.
Zephyr High-Flying Drone Has Been Up For 17 Days As Part Of Army Test https://t.co/swlPPActY9
— The War Zone (@thewarzonewire) July 1, 2022
Nature beauty break Page anyone?
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re: #319 Sherlock Hound
Prayer and “God’s Will”. Fuck off with that!
Do you think the shooters are coming out of God fearing families? Somehow I don’t.
— Born Free (@Mitchg67) July 4, 2022
Why yes, asshole, I do. This is the standard Christian deflection (including so-called “moderate” Christians) that it’s really atheists (when it’s not obviously a Muslim) who are mass murders. That of course despite you know, actual statistics of atheists and criming.
re: #325 No Malarkey!
She’s blaming the antidepressant. Cause it can’t be the gun that fired all those bullets into peoples’ bodies.
I take Lexapro and I have never had the urge to carry out a mass murder.
re: #320 No Malarkey!
“It was his time, and nothing to do with the fact I left a loaded gun where he could reach it.”
If I hear one of those right-wing mommies or daddies whining about the cost of childcare…
My emotional support turkey is the drumstick.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 5, 2022
re: #322 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It’s becoming popular to blame psychotropic medicines.
What the likes of MTG fail at, and they fail continually, is understanding causation and correlation.
Many people are diagnosed with emotional disorders and get prescribed medicines by psychiatrists.
This does not mean the medicine is the cause of sociopathic behaviors.
It’s always been popular to beat on “mind-altering medications”. Always.
I take Prozac.
30 years ago, there was a book called “Talking Back To Prozac”.
More Florida fascism.
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs.
Right out of the Nazi playbook. https://t.co/Mc3QQeX44d— Republicans Are Fascist Scum 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@IVoteDoU) July 3, 2022
re: #264 No Malarkey!
Is that a reference to Trump’s second term, or is it some Nazi reference I’m unaware of?
Duh “47” is usually a reference to an AK-47.
re: #336 No Malarkey!
This is step 1 toward implementation of whiner’s privilege for clown-shoe conservative ideas that are not competitive on their merit (because they have no merit).
First tweets from Mark Meadows in almost a month is him retweeting other people’s 4th of July messages. pic.twitter.com/bIZH6kr84a
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 5, 2022
re: #336 No Malarkey!
“The measure was among three education bills signed by DeSantis Tuesday. Other measures included an expansion of civics education for K-12 schools, including instruction about the perils of communist and totalitarian governments.”
Isn’t what DeathSantis is doing totalitarianism? Why is everyone playing along with this nonsense? Where is the ACLU? Fight back!! Sue.
I used to take Zoloft some time ago, and the worst thing I did was nod off at work.
re: #336 No Malarkey!
“The new standards portray the founders as against the idea of the separation of church and state, downplay the role of the colonies in slavery, and push conservative judicial theories.
“It was very skewed.”https://t.co/LbDng8F2Xl— 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖜𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 (@deOrygun) July 4, 2022
Matt Taibbi: Joe Rogan is to the left of probably 80% of this country, and if he’s too extreme for you, that’s probably something going on in your own political bubble that’s awry… To me, he’s no kind of right-winger, he’s got opinions that are like the average person basically pic.twitter.com/ZjP1raCStY
— Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪 (@themattdimitri) July 4, 2022
My neighbors are shooting off fireworks again.
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 5, 2022
Or maybe it’s just you wrestling with reality.
— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 5, 2022
Identified by advanced image analysis! (Hidden for confidentiality.)
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Pritzker: There are going to be people who say that today is not the day. That now is not the time. To talk about guns. I’m telling you, there is no better day and no better time pic.twitter.com/L5z7FERnYi
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 4, 2022
re: #341 KingKenrod
I used to take Zoloft some time ago, and the worst thing I did was nod off at work.
These days a heavy lunch can do that to me, no drugs needed.
re: #349 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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If PDs are capable of handling situations in such a calm, orderly fashion, with de-escalating language like “do me a favor” then… https://t.co/IVvWp8JVmz
— Most Resplendent Bat (@gildedbat) July 5, 2022
re: #352 PhillyPretzel
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re: #322 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It’s becoming popular to blame psychotropic medicines.
What the likes of MTG fail at, and they fail continually, is understanding causation and correlation.
Many people are diagnosed with emotional disorders and get prescribed medicines by psychiatrists.
This does not mean the medicine is the cause of sociopathic behaviors.
OK, I am a serious mental health consumer of the “better living through chemistry” type. I take mental health medications and they SAVED MY LIFE. I would not be a taxpaying benefit to society without
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If I don’t take them, I know what happens, and it’s the opposite of “taxpaying benefit to society.” There are millions of us, millions, who take these drugs and we’re not going out and shooting up the town. That said, I’m not going to say what my response would be if someone told me my meds were harmful to my face. At the very minimum they’d get the bird.
re: #337 No Malarkey!
Duh “47” is usually a reference to an AK-47.
Or he’s a Pomona College alum, we have special obsession with the number 47.
re: #353 jaunte
He’s a white murderer. Of course, he was gently taken in alive. Probably with a stop at McDonalds too.
Now if he were black and unarmed, he’d be dead with 50 bullets in him.— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) July 5, 2022
I dunno. Looks kinda like a skinnier Stephen Miller. https://t.co/GhTJFiKNS2
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) July 5, 2022
Duckworth: I just listened to the sound of that gunfire from one of the videos that was captured.
And let me tell you that the last time I heard a weapon with that capacity firing that rapidly on a fourth of July was Iraq. pic.twitter.com/dw7H1kAuj5— Acyn (@Acyn) July 4, 2022
And perhaps that looks like the media going to funeral after funeral all damn day until each victim is memorialized for all to see.
— Jenn Budd (@BuddJenn) July 5, 2022
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Guess she missed these 1-6 tourists. pic.twitter.com/3Gzvi5tOAv
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) July 5, 2022
re: #364 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Remember when people got mad that the Idiocracy comparisons were too overblown? https://t.co/Bf1rpO6rb8
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 5, 2022
re: #291 No Malarkey!
In the unlikely event she won the nomination, at least we know she wouldn’t attempt a coup when she loses.
We also know she wouldn’t stab Ukraine in the back or sell us out to Putin. She would be far superior to DeathSantis.
I’m so relieved it is! Bones add a lot of weight you can’t eat. pic.twitter.com/nrz57BfDK7
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTdove) July 4, 2022
One of the local synagogues here in Highland Park— North Shore Congregation Israel— just sent out an email to congregants. One of the people killed in today’s mass shooting was Jacki Sundheim, a teacher there. pic.twitter.com/mjTL43bTTm
— Madison Muller (@g0ingmad) July 5, 2022
re: #355 mmmirele
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@NikkiFried I will represent this young lady pro bono.
— Haas Law (@HaasLawPLLC) July 4, 2022
re: #334 No Malarkey!
Oh how I wish I were an emotional support cat on that plane right now. 🐱😝
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) July 4, 2022
re: #369 Sherlock Hound
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swimming lessons!
From: https://t.co/1ArjmkpFcg pic.twitter.com/GHujsbybKq— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) July 3, 2022
niterz, lizardz!
re: #319 Sherlock Hound
Prayer and “God’s Will”. Fuck off with that!
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What it is is “not my fault” cop out.
Even when it was.
So no need to do anything different
308 mass shootings in the United States as of today.
— P a u l ◉ (@ybarrap) July 5, 2022
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re: #323 RoJo Must Go!
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.
A class of drugs primarily used for treating mood disorders.
So mtg is some kind of expert??
re: #377 Dangerman
So mtg is some kind of expert??
She joins the chorus of people who scold others for taking “mind-altering medications”.
I am autistic and ADHD and I know her kind all too well.
Here’s a refresher on who every single one of these 147 Republicans is.
They’d really like you to forget what they did, especially today, on July 4.
What they did was a direct, horrifying attack on American democracy. https://t.co/QWm6BBVVEu— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) July 5, 2022
Fuck, not again.
DEVELOPING: Two police officers shot near the conclusion of a Fourth of July fireworks show in Philadelphia. https://t.co/PIIsrLWmr0
— ABC News (@ABC) July 5, 2022
re: #381 The Pie Overlord!
Fuck, not again.
Once a tragedy, twice a coincidence, three times enemy action.
Sounds like illegal loud bang night again. Why do you people do this? It scares the crap out of cats and dogs too. pic.twitter.com/Vg9Umi4bMw
— Manksy (Aka Cinnamon), Pepper, Cleo, and Tigger (@TheManksy) July 5, 2022
It’s after sunset here, but still light. The wingnut Christians in the park have started setting up fireworks again in the street whilst singing hymns. I’ve already called the sheriff again for blocking the street without a permit. The department says a deputy is on the way.
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s funny how in making this argument they are basically stating that Republicans are all lame, vanilla people with no tattoos, colored hair, piercings, jewelry, etc.
How boring is that?
re: #385 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s funny how in making this argument they are basically stating that Republicans are all lame, vanilla people with no tattoos, colored hair, piercings, jewelry, etc.
How boring is that?
Almost as if “white” has come to denote a “generic” culture with no uniqueness whatsoever. Almost as if people have to partake in Black American culture to feel American.
Hey, Charles, can we have a new thread, please? This one is getting… unwieldy.
re: #385 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s funny how in making this argument they are basically stating that Republicans are all lame, vanilla people with no tattoos, colored hair, piercings, jewelry, etc.
How boring is that?
I’m a lame, vanilla person with no tattoos, coloured hair, piercings, jewellery, &c. (I managed to survive seventeen years of the US Navy with no tattoos.)
We had a minimum wage hike in Nebraska two elections ago through a ballot initiative. Nebraska’s wage was raised from $7.25 to $9.00.
A new ballot initiative has achieved the required signatures to be placed on the November ballot to raise the minimum wage to $15.00.
Measure to hike Nebraska minimum wage appears ready to qualify for November ballot (Nebraska Examiner)
On Friday, Raise the Wage Nebraska announced that it plans to turn in more than 130,000 signatures next week toward a requirement of submitting 87,500 signatures of valid Nebraska voters. The effort, according to a spokeswoman, is on track to submit enough signatures from 38 of the state’s 93 counties.
The initiative, if it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters, would raise Nebraska’s minimum wage to $15-an-hour by 2026.
(more)
Meanwhile, the medical marijuana initiative looks as though it will fail.
LOL, just as they started launching fireworks from the street, the sheriff’s deputy showed up and shut them down.
If they wanted to do this legally, all they would have had to do was apply to the village clerk in advance for a permit to close the street. It seems unlikely the village would not approve it (we really don’t get a lot of traffic), the village would formally barricade the street, and the fire brigade would provide an on-site truck to be ready if needed.
You can’t tell these folks what to do though.
.@BetoORourke and his son just joined @WillieNelson on stage for his annual 4th of July picnic in Austin pic.twitter.com/2kgr5yDogG
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) July 5, 2022
Yeah, I’m awful late to it, but happy “Fuck The English And Their Taxes!” day, my fellow lizards.
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