Yard Act Live on the Tonight Show: "We Make Hits"

Yard Act Live on the Tonight Show: “We Make Hits”

MusicMarch 2024 • Views: 12,040

We make hits
Two broke millennial men
And we’d do it again
Every night on the back of the bus
You know it ain’t no fuss

We’re on the same wage
And we ain’t afraid to get paid on stage
Fan fiction caught in the act is a fact
If you get your back backed up at that

You won’t be missed (watch me now)
Now we make hits (but not hits like Nile Rodgers)
(Just that we ain’t hook dodgers)
We make hits, we make hits

Musical guest Yard Act performs “We Make Hits” for The Tonight Show.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 10, 2024 • 5:34:47pm

Protesters march near Oscars site, decry Hollywood support of Israel

They are calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and for industry leaders in Hollywood to take action.

Hundreds of protesters marched through Hollywood Sunday ahead of the 96th Academy Awards to highlight what they called “Hollywood’s active support of the U.S.-funded Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”

The demonstration began around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue. It was co-sponsored by a coalition including the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, Centro CSO, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Black Lives Matter LA, the Free Democratic Palestine Movement and the International League of Peoples’ Struggle.

Organizers said their goal was to “disrupt the Academy Awards” and expose “retaliation against anyone in the film industry who speaks out against Israel’s atrocities and war crimes.”

The Los Angeles Police Department said at 2:43 p.m. that a dispersal order was issued in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Cherokee Avenue for unlawful assembly. Police were advising the public to avoid the area if possible and to expect traffic delays.

A separate march was scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday beginning at the Cinerama Dome at 6360 Sunset Blvd. That demonstration was being sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Los Angeles and other activists responding to reports that Israeli Defense Forces are planning to invade Rafah, a small town in the southern Gaza Strip with a population that has ballooned to more than 1.5 million people due to the displacement of refugees fleeing the ongoing fighting in the region.

They are calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and for industry leaders in Hollywood to take action.

nbclosangeles.com

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:37:35pm

they are *concerned* about Charlotte’s hand…better to be more concerned on both hands of son on the left side.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:38:01pm

re: #2 Backwoods Sleuth

they are *concerned* about Charlotte’s hand…better to be more concerned on both hands of son on the left side.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Mar 10, 2024 • 5:39:53pm

EXCLUSIVE: Century-old film believed to be lost forever turns up in Omaha parking lot

Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 5:44:01pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

His hand is in a strange position, but, if you cross your middle finger over your ring, you get the same creases his does. So I’m not sure that’s evidence of it being fake.

Charles Mar 10, 2024 • 5:44:40pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

I grabbed the high res image to take a look and it’s really hard to call this one. The kid’s right hand is odd, but it’s not impossible to cross your middle finger over the ring finger like that. And his left actually looks normal if you zoom in; it’s partly obscured by the handle of the chair. And I don’t see the usual bad hand rendering in any of the other hands.

I have to say I’m leaning toward it’s probably genuine, but I wouldn’t swear to it in court.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:47:03pm

re: #5 Belafon

His hand is in a strange position, but, if you cross your middle finger over your ring, you get the same creases his does. So I’m not sure that’s evidence of it being fake.

i was just saying mostly because I didn’t see anything suspicious about Charlotte’s hand

prairiefire Mar 10, 2024 • 5:47:47pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

Those are not Kate’s hands.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:48:46pm

re: #8 prairiefire

Those are not Kate’s hands.

didn’t say they were?

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 5:50:04pm

re: #6 Charles

I grabbed the high res image to take a look and it’s really hard to call this one. The kid’s right hand is odd, but it’s not impossible to cross your middle finger over the ring finger like that. And his left actually looks normal if you zoom in; it’s partly obscured by the handle of the chair. And I don’t see the usual bad hand rendering in any of the other hands.

I have to say I’m leaning toward it’s probably genuine, but I wouldn’t swear to it in court.

I’m thinking it might be the teeth. All of them on the kids look, well, odd. The daughter looks a little snaggle-toothed. And, it could be likely that both the younger ones may not have missing/coming in teeth in those spots. which wouls tip off any parent.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:50:23pm

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prairiefire Mar 10, 2024 • 5:50:43pm

re: #9 Backwoods Sleuth

Just an observation, I hadn’t thought that when I first saw the photo.

Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 5:53:43pm

re: #10 silverdolphin

I’m htinking it might be the teeth. All of them on the kids look, well, odd. The daughter looks a little snaggle-toothed. And, it could be likely that both the younger ones may not have missing/coming in teeth in those spots. which wouls tip off any parent.

They look fairly normal in the range of what kids’ teeth look like at that age. Until the side teeth fully come in the front ones can look big.

ckkatz Mar 10, 2024 • 5:55:24pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

Discussions seem to focus on the possibility that Kate’s head was photoshopped onto somebody else’s body. Ie no wedding ring. And the possibility that the palace photographer attempted to either combine several photos or fix via editing the picture that the palace sent out.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:56:57pm

family health news:

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jaunte Mar 10, 2024 • 5:56:59pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

Why would anyone bother?

Dangerman Mar 10, 2024 • 5:56:59pm

Sometimes the smallest snapshots show the biggest contrasts. After the State of the Union, Trump cruelly mocked Biden for his childhood stutter. Here’s how Biden previously interacted with a child he met who was struggling with a stutter. Watch this. pic.twitter.com/1osTzme6c0

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 10, 2024

The stories im reading everywhere people explaining their personal experiences.
This was a real unforced error. And a sign of fear right after the sotu performance.
Think all stutterers are dems?
Think again.

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 5:57:07pm

re: #13 Belafon

They look fairly normal in the range of what kids’ teeth look like at that age. Until the side teeth fully come in the front ones can look big.

What I was thinking is what if the two teeth shown coming in on the daughter or the missing one on the boy on the left are not the actual ones in the real child. A parent would know immediately that is was a fake if the missing teeth were in the wrong place.

Just speculating.

DodgerFan1988 Mar 10, 2024 • 5:58:33pm

Mr. Freeze and The Penguin had a classic showdown against The Batman at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/nk0pbB9tYR

— DC Film News (@DCFilmNews) March 11, 2024

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 5:59:42pm

re: #16 jaunte

Why would anyone bother?

indeed

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 6:01:46pm

re: #15 Backwoods Sleuth

family health news:

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Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 6:02:24pm

re: #19 DodgerFan1988

My wife was telling me about this. It sounded funny.

nines09 Mar 10, 2024 • 6:06:13pm

re: #15 Backwoods Sleuth

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Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 6:09:22pm

re: #17 Dangerman

About the kid:

Brayden has grown into such a great young man now, too. And they keep in touch 🥰https://t.co/1mhy5XSgz6

— ǤᎥᖇᒪᔕ ꀭꐇꌚ꓅ աǟռռǟ ĦΔV€ ᖴᑌᑎᗪᗩᗰᗴᑎ丅ᗩᒪ ⦑human⦒ Rıɠɧɬʂ (@CeliaFateEsq) March 10, 2024

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 10, 2024 • 6:09:41pm

re: #16 jaunte

Why would anyone bother?

Because the palace has been very tight lipped about Kate having unidentified abdominal surgery and being away from royal duties since January (until after Easter). Lots of conspiracies (Kate’s dead!) and the palace continues to step on its own dick.

OTOH, she deserves privacy, so there’s that.

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 6:12:44pm

Teared up with what the Ukrainian director of long-form documentary said when getting his oscar for “20 Days in Mariupol”. Really an effective way to bring politics into a speech.

Slava Ukraini. Fuck the GOP.

Decatur Deb Mar 10, 2024 • 6:12:53pm

re: #24 Belafon

About the kid:

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Dark Brayden.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 6:14:07pm

People Will Talk

Cary Grant’s Classic Movie I People will talk (1951) I Retrospective

some things just don’t change

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 6:15:23pm

I’m watching the Oscars on Youtube TV. When I pause it and then start to scrub it along the timeline, instead of a little red circle, it is a little Oscar. Very cute.

ANyone else seeing this?

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 6:16:22pm

re: #23 nines09

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ckkatz Mar 10, 2024 • 6:16:29pm

re: #3 Backwoods Sleuth

Chris Ship “TV NEWS Royal Editor. Tweeting the newsworthy (and the occasional non-newsworthy) from the British Royal households.”

Ship Xitter post

DodgerFan1988 Mar 10, 2024 • 6:17:39pm

re: #26 silverdolphin

Teared up with what the Ukrainian director of long-form documentary said when getting his oscar for “20 Days in Mariupol”. Really an effective way to bring politics into a speech.

Slava Ukraini. Fuck the GOP.

This is an Oscars moment worth watching. pic.twitter.com/4hEvOEc0xq

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 11, 2024

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Mar 10, 2024 • 6:18:23pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle won’t lend the Japanese any more ammunition until they return the lawnmower.

Click to Reveal

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 10, 2024 • 6:25:08pm

I forgot to mention re: Kensington palace…Kate is THE most popular royal, Charles is… Charles. William is ok. They (the British common folk) like Harry. But they love Kate. Which makes this whole medical thing a very big deal.

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 6:25:18pm

20 Days In Mariupol won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. You can still watch it for free online.

pbs.org

sizzzzlerz Mar 10, 2024 • 6:26:43pm

re: #17 Dangerman

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The stories im reading everywhere people explaining their personal experiences.
This was a real unforced error. And a sign of fear right after the sotu performance.
Think all stutterers are dems?
Think again.

Normally, I’d agree but, if you remember, he’s insulted gold star families, members of the military, people with disabilities, in addition to his usual complement of blacks, asians, and latinos. Being an equal opportunity asshole doesn’t seem to be an impediment with the cult.

Ace Rothstein Mar 10, 2024 • 6:28:02pm

re: #35 teleskiguy

20 Days In Mariupol won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. You can still watch it for free online.

pbs.org

Thank you very much.

Dangerman Mar 10, 2024 • 6:29:38pm

re: #36 sizzzzlerz

Normally, I’d agree but, if you remember, he’s insulted gold star families, members of the military, people with disabilities, in addition to his usual complement of blacks, asians, and latinos. Being an equal opportunity asshole doesn’t seem to be an impediment with the cult.

I’m feeling like its another brick in the wall
And this year the walls gonna be finished

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 6:33:09pm

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Dangerman Mar 10, 2024 • 6:33:29pm

ckkatz Mar 10, 2024 • 6:33:52pm

re: #1 Joe Bacon ✅

Btw, I didn’t see it reported much, but President Biden was late to the SOTU because a group of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic and forced his limousine to take a different route.

And, of course, some 18 year old idiot driver thought that he could rev his engine and threaten to push his way through the protesters. Which was not a wise decision.

About two dozen demonstrators wearing black T-shirts that read “Biden’s legacy = genocide” locked arms and held hands to form a chain to briefly block traffic. A second group of demonstrators sat down across Pennsylvania Avenue and unfurled a large green and white flag.

WaPo: Driver accused of menacing crowd at pro-Palestinian protest near Capitol

Dangerman Mar 10, 2024 • 6:36:07pm

During a rally in Rome, Georgia, Donald Trump began his speech by mocking President Joe Biden’s stutter, but ironically, Trump concluded his rally by struggling to deliver his own speech, renewing concerns that he is suffering from some form of aphasia. https://t.co/w1a05m5SQ9

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 10, 2024

lol this guy who criticizes others for speaking incomprehensible foreign languages https://t.co/QdUeNLYIMp

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 10, 2024

BeachDem Mar 10, 2024 • 6:36:39pm

re: #35 teleskiguy

20 Days In Mariupol won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. You can still watch it for free online.

pbs.org

Chernov said, “Cinema forms memories and memories form history.”

Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 6:38:45pm

The “I’m Just Ken” performance was worth the watch.

No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 6:40:59pm

re: #10 silverdolphin

I’m thinking it might be the teeth. All of them on the kids look, well, odd. The daughter looks a little snaggle-toothed. And, it could be likely that both the younger ones may not have missing/coming in teeth in those spots. which wouls tip off any parent.

British teeth are infamously bad./

ckkatz Mar 10, 2024 • 6:42:10pm

re: #15 Backwoods Sleuth

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BeachDem Mar 10, 2024 • 6:43:21pm

Openheimer won for best score—i thought it was the worst part of the movie. Rustin should have won for score but wasn’t even nominated. And Lenny Kravitz should have been at least nominated for song, but hey, nobody asked me.

CleverToad Mar 10, 2024 • 6:43:48pm

re: #21 Backwoods Sleuth

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No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 6:43:54pm

Billie Elish has her second Oscar already at age 22.

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 6:45:31pm

re: #45 No Malarkey!

British teeth are infamously bad./

Not true anymore. In the 70s, they did have a lot of bad teeth but have really done a lot to improve themselves such that Brits may actually have better teeth than Americans.

No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 6:46:58pm

re: #40 Dangerman

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 6:49:13pm

re: #49 No Malarkey!

Billie Elish has her second Oscar already at age 22.

And I think that is her brother’s second also. The pair of the them could be the youngest EGOT winners at this rate.

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 6:51:04pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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BeachDem Mar 10, 2024 • 6:54:40pm

Powerful trailer

Navalny - Official Clip - Alexei Navalny’s Final Message

retired cynic Mar 10, 2024 • 6:55:00pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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CleverToad Mar 10, 2024 • 6:56:52pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 10, 2024 • 6:57:30pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 10, 2024 • 6:59:35pm

My dad has made it very clear he has a DNR. Both my brother and I are fine with that.

retired cynic Mar 10, 2024 • 6:59:47pm

Charlie Pierce just had a column on the administration approving an intelligence transfer to TFG. It ends: Biden-Harris ‘24—All this, and a (full) bag of chips.

Comments were really on point!

The Lord didn’t see fit to give him intelligence, why should Biden?

The SOTU in 4 words:
Biden Strong
Katie Britt(le)

watch this fall for Katie Britt in a new TV series… Real Housewives of Gilead (I stole that, by the way)

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 10, 2024 • 7:01:49pm

re: #10 silverdolphin

Well. They ARE Brits…

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 7:02:51pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

My dad has made it very clear he has a DNR. Both my brother and I are fine with that.

Dad was stubborn. It wasn’t signed until he lost his ability to speak.

The week right around Halloween 2023 was the most wrenching and stressful, I still haven’t really processed it five months later.

Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 7:04:19pm

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ckkatz Mar 10, 2024 • 7:05:31pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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Backwoods Sleuth Mar 10, 2024 • 7:10:20pm

I’m off to sleep … maybe…

niterz, lizardz.

No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 7:11:30pm

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 7:12:48pm

re: #65 Backwoods Sleuth

take care, it’s late

drink plenty of water

❤️ U

No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 7:15:09pm

Emma Stone wins for Poor Things

Vicious Babushka Mar 10, 2024 • 7:16:38pm

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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BeachDem Mar 10, 2024 • 7:19:35pm

Ok jimmy Kimmel just killed it with a text slamming him, ending with MAGA. Not sure if it was real,but it was funny

No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 7:22:02pm

re: #70 BeachDem

Ok jimmy Kimmel just killed it with a text slamming him, ending with MAGA. Not sure if it was real,but it was funny

It sounded like a Trump post on his hate site

silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 7:23:12pm

re: #71 No Malarkey!

It sounded like a Trump post on his hate site

Just checked. It is a real post from Trump on Truth Social. WHat an asshole. Loved Kimmel’s response.

austin_blue Mar 10, 2024 • 7:23:55pm

Yay! Emma won for Poor Things!

jaunte Mar 10, 2024 • 7:24:07pm

@glegum.bsky.social
Good god, it’s real.

jaunte Mar 10, 2024 • 7:24:50pm

Old Man Yells At Oscars

Patricia Kayden Mar 10, 2024 • 7:25:13pm

re: #66 No Malarkey!

These are the people who want to push their Christian rightwing ideology down our throats. They’re disgusting excuses for human beings. I wouldn’t let them near my dogs.

Patricia Kayden Mar 10, 2024 • 7:26:17pm

re: #74 jaunte

So glad I don’t have to read his nonsense or hear his voice. I hope this lasts.

BeachDem Mar 10, 2024 • 7:27:16pm

re: #74 jaunte

@glegum.bsky.social
Good god, it’s real.

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Thanks. Once again proving “truth” is stupider than fiction.

jaunte Mar 10, 2024 • 7:27:21pm

“I wore my top ratings on my belt, which was the style back when America was Great.”

Dangerman Mar 10, 2024 • 7:30:11pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 10, 2024 • 7:37:46pm

re: #66 No Malarkey!

The Kansas Republican Party wants to go back to the glory days of “Bleeding Kansas”…

Ace Rothstein Mar 10, 2024 • 7:42:31pm

Every MAGAt in Congress should be made to watch “20 Days in Mariupol.” Then have them explain their support for that Putin cocksucker and his buttplug Trump.

coin operated Mar 10, 2024 • 7:45:12pm

re: #72 silverdolphin

Just checked. It is a real post from Trump on Truth Social. WHat an asshole. Loved Kimmel’s response.

I don’t watch the Oscars (I watch like maybe one movie a year) but had to find the clip of Kimmel roasting Trump. *chef’s kiss*

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 7:45:20pm

Some EXCLUSIVE content! Shared right now ONLY here and on Mastodon…

Mastodon

terraincognita Mar 10, 2024 • 7:48:58pm

re: #74 jaunte

Just think, this time next year Trump could be watching the Oscars from a prison dayroom as soon as he is done washing the tables in the cafeteria. So there is that.

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 7:52:17pm

re: #84 teleskiguy

More girls than boys on the telemark team, I noticed… The seniors noted how inclusive and fun it was…

I’ll be back coaching this November and I can’t wait!

teleskiguy Mar 10, 2024 • 7:58:10pm

If I’d asked myself five fucking years ago if I’d see myself as a telemark ski coach for a private school in Vail I’d tell myself “Huh?!”

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 7:58:19pm

Heard this on Pandora today…really good cover. Now to learn it on the geetar.

Oh, and I think Jimmy Kimmel killed it tonight on the Oscars…”Isn’t it past your jail time?” and the Barbie cast and crew stole the show by calling out the academy at every turn…the only theme song that wasn’t an abbreviated version was Ken…and it was fun.

Trampled By Turtles - Wildflowers - (Tom Petty cover) Official Video

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 7:58:57pm

re: #87 teleskiguy

If I’d asked myself five fucking years ago if I’d see myself as a telemark ski coach for a private school in Vail I’d tell myself “Huh?!”

Welcome to the next level in ski enjoyment.

Ace Rothstein Mar 10, 2024 • 7:58:58pm

re: #85 terraincognita

Just think, this time next year Trump could be watching the Oscars from a prison dayroom as soon as he is done washing the tables in the cafeteria. So there is that.

Or he could die before then.

TedStriker Mar 10, 2024 • 7:59:52pm

re: #85 terraincognita

Just think, this time next year Trump could be watching the Oscars from a prison dayroom as soon as he is done washing the tables in the cafeteria. So there is that.

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

Or he could die before then.

Don’t threaten me with a good time…

/sorta

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 8:00:50pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

Or he could die before then.

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 8:06:34pm

Jesus…the sooner he’s gone the better.

Mastodon

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 10, 2024 • 8:07:33pm

re: #91 TedStriker

Don’t threaten me with a good time…

/sorta

A real good time is trump being penniless, in prison, his name used like Ponzi’s…a crook, really shitty business guy and having to make license plates so he can eat baloney sandwiches.

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 8:08:58pm

re: #93 darthstar

Jesus…the sooner he’s gone the better.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Mar 10, 2024 • 8:09:07pm

pic.twitter.com/opAVUzzOPV

— Dad 2.0 - soon to contain more corn (@DadaBaseThought) March 11, 2024

austin_blue Mar 10, 2024 • 8:14:20pm

re: #74 jaunte

@glegum.bsky.social
Good god, it’s real.

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What a putz. What an insecure fuckwit. What a joke of a human being.

I wouldn’t trust this walking carcinoma to lick my toilet clean, much less be my President again.

darthstar Mar 10, 2024 • 8:15:07pm

The acceptance speech brought me to tears. “I am the only person winning one of these awards tonight who wishes he didn’t have the opportunity to make his film.”

Mastodon

Odie Hugh Manatee Mar 10, 2024 • 8:32:51pm

re: #97 austin_blue

“… I wouldn’t trust this walking carcinoma to lick my toilet clean…”

Neither would I but I would be more than happy to watch him do it if he offered.

You know, just to make sure he didn’t skip the rim.

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 8:34:32pm

The Night President Biden Woke Up

LOve checking out progressives, who, even when congratulating Biden with a backhanded compliment, are still upset that they do not have their pony (ie Biden somehow kicking Bibi out of the PM spot).

They do not understand politics at all. For example, when did Biden’s approval take a dive? In August of his first year. Why? Getting out of Afghanistan.

First if you have to do something that could be a problem, do it in August,. And do it 3 years before the next election instead of during the election year.

Does he care about approval over the next 2 years? Nope because what is important is how may votes he gets in 2024. So Biden is not going to campaign in 2023. He will solve these issues in 2024 or make it obvious he needs Congress.

So is anyone going to be surprised when Biden makes some really progressive turns before the election? I expect that they will be well on his side by elelction day, even as they complain he should have done it faster. That is when he needs their support.

Because he can count.

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Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 8:41:45pm

AAARRRGGGHHH!

My son can’t find his keys this evening. He’s up at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and was planning on driving home this coming Saturday because of Spring Break. And, because I got the car used, it only came with one key.

102

Romantic Heretic Mar 10, 2024 • 8:42:54pm

re: #81 Joe Bacon ✅

As long as they’re not the ones doing the bleeding.

Then they’ll whine about how unfair it is that their victims fought back.

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austin_blue Mar 10, 2024 • 8:46:28pm

re: #101 Belafon

AAARRRGGGHHH!

My son can’t find his keys this evening. He’s up at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and was planning on driving home this coming Saturday because of Spring Break. And, because I got the car used, it only came with one key.

What did we learn on the show tonight, Craig?

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 10, 2024 • 8:53:40pm

Happy to see Cillian Murphy take Best Actor. Guy was underrated for years, IMO.

105

Ace Rothstein Mar 10, 2024 • 8:56:26pm

re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg

Happy to see Cillian Murphy take Best Actor. Guy was underrated for years, IMO.

60 Minutes did a great piece with him last week.

106

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 10, 2024 • 8:57:20pm

Seems Barbie got shut out of all the big ones.

I’m sure that will ruffle some feathers.

107

Belafon Mar 10, 2024 • 9:03:37pm

re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg

Seems Barbie got shut out of all the big ones.

I’m sure that will ruffle some feathers.

Once neither Greta Gerwig nor Margo Robbie were nominated, everyone kind of knew they weren’t going to get much.

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mmmirele Mar 10, 2024 • 9:05:40pm

Japan had a good night at the American Academy Awards.

Hayao Miyazaki won Best Animated Feature for “The Boy and the Heron.” This is not his first Oscar for Best Animated Feature; he won in 2003 for “Spirited Away.” And, as in 2003, he was not present to pick up his award.

“Godzilla Minus One” won for Best Visual Effects (which has to be a backhanded slap at all those bloated movies with tens of millions of dollars of animation). The Godzilla team went up, all holding little Godzillas (the one the director, Takashi Yamazaki, was holding was golden). Their shoes also had Godzilla claws for heels.

So now Godzilla finally has an Oscar in his 70th year!

At the Japan Academy Awards on Saturday, “Godzilla Minus One” won Best Picture. This is not the first Godzilla film to win Best Picture; “Shin Godzilla” also won in 2016. (Personally, I like Shin better than Minus but they’re both good movies.)

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Targetpractice Mar 10, 2024 • 9:06:32pm

re: #100 silverdolphin

The Night President Biden Woke Up

LOve checking out progressives, who, even when congratulating Biden with a backhanded compliment, are still upset that they do not have their pony (ie Biden somehow kicking Bibi out of the PM spot).

They do not understand politics at all. For example, when did Biden’s approval take a dive? In August of his first year. Why? Getting out of Afghanistan.

First if you have to do something that could be a problem, do it in August,. And do it 3 years before the next election instead of during the election year.

Does he care about approval over the next 2 years? Nope because what is important is how may votes he gets in 2024. So Biden is not going to campaign in 2023. He will solve these issues in 2024 or make it obvious he needs Congress.

So is anyone going to be surprised when Biden makes some really progressive turns before the election? I expect that they will be well on his side by elelction day, even as they complain he should have done it faster. That is when he needs their support.

Because he can count.

It’s the “Green Lantern Theory of Leadership” back again for another run around the block, the idea that presidents failing to give the voters what they want is due to a lack of willpower and so if they never get the ponies they demanded it’s because the president didn’t want them to have ponies. And that if it was the opposition party that stood in the way of ponies being given out to everyone, then it’s only because the president either lacked the will to force them to accede to the demands of his voters or it’s because he lacked the willpower to go around them.

As for the idea that you can just cut off funding to Israel and they’ll have to obey you, I invite these children to stop and ask themselves “Which of the superpowers was first to recognize Israel as an independent state and support them financially?” The answer may surprise you.

110

TedStriker Mar 10, 2024 • 9:20:28pm

re: #96 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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At this point, Keith Richards will be the only one around for the heat death of the universe.

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 9:20:53pm

re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg

Seems Barbie got shut out of all the big ones.

I’m sure that will ruffle some feathers.

Being snubbed is somethiong all Greta, Ryan and Margot are used to. They have each been nominated multiple times without a single win.

I expect the principals all have made a bit of money - Robbie is expected to gross over $50 million as an actor. I expect she will also get a lot as a producer. Since 2017, when her production company, LastCance, was founded, it has earned 18 Oscar nominations,

It just got a big undisclosed amount from Warner for first looks at new movie projects and Amazon for TV. I think that while the awards are nice, the money to continue the projects they want, to support women, may have a much greater impact in the long run.

Her production company will make it even harder to ignore womennext time.

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Semper Fi Mar 10, 2024 • 9:23:08pm

re: #85 terraincognita

Just think, this time next year Trump could be watching the Oscars from a prison dayroom as soon as he is done washing the tables in the cafeteria. So there is that.

And he will wonder why he’s in prison because he WON the election by millions of votes.

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Targetpractice Mar 10, 2024 • 9:24:08pm

re: #110 TedStriker

At this point, Keith Richards will be the only one around for the heat death of the universe.

There will be nuclear war and it’ll just be Keith and the roaches left.

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TedStriker Mar 10, 2024 • 9:24:45pm

re: #113 Targetpractice

There will be nuclear war and it’ll just be Keith and the roaches left.

It’ll have a hell of a soundtrack.

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 9:25:29pm

re: #109 Targetpractice

It’s the “Green Lantern Theory of Leadership” back again for another run around the block, the idea that presidents failing to give the voters what they want is due to a lack of willpower and so if they never get the ponies they demanded it’s because the president didn’t want them to have ponies. And that if it was the opposition party that stood in the way of ponies being given out to everyone, then it’s only because the president either lacked the will to force them to accede to the demands of his voters or it’s because he lacked the willpower to go around them.

As for the idea that you can just cut off funding to Israel and they’ll have to obey you, I invite these children to stop and ask themselves “Which of the superpowers was first to recognize Israel as an independent state and support them financially?” The answer may surprise you.

What they do not seem to realize is that Biden is actually a super-hero. He will, I beleive, get a lot accomplished. But he has to pull Americans along. If he had cut Israel off first, he would have lost a lot of the Jewish vote, likely to the GOP which is trying to reach out to them.

I believe he wants to get much closer to where they are but you cannot turn a ship of state by just signaling. It takes time. And Biden has been moving towards their position faster than they can even believe. But it will not be flashy and in public.

He has told Bibi that if things do not change quickly, therte will be a cone to Jesus meeting. And Biden knows exactly how that sounds.

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 9:30:35pm

Biden Campaign Says It Brought In $10 Million in 24 Hours after State of the Union Address

Biden raised more money in 24v housrs than Trump did in the entire month of January. Who says the dems have no enthusiasm.

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sizzzzlerz Mar 10, 2024 • 9:31:33pm

re: #114 TedStriker

It’ll have a hell of a soundtrack.

The Satisfaction riff echoing out through the Universe of dead stars and galaxies, to become the interstellar background noise after Big Bang II.

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Vicious Babushka Mar 10, 2024 • 9:33:11pm

Mastodon

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Targetpractice Mar 10, 2024 • 9:38:44pm

re: #115 silverdolphin

What they do not seem to realize is that Biden is actually a super-hero. He will, I beleive, get a lot accomplished. But he has to pull Americans along. If he had cut Israel off first, he would have lost a lot of the Jewish vote, likely to the GOP which is trying to reach out to them.

I believe he wants to get much closer to where they are but you cannot turn a ship of state by just signaling. It takes time. And Biden has been moving towards their position faster than they can even believe. But it will not be flashy and in public.

He has told Bibi that if things do not change quickly, therte will be a cone to Jesus meeting. And Biden knows exactly how that sounds.

The “Ship of State” handles like a barge, with a turn rate that’s measured with a calendar, the idea that any amount of political will could cause it to change direction overnight is laughable. It also lacks subtlety, only really responding to “hard port” and “hard starboard,” such that the man at the helm will never get credit for small movements in the “right” direction and all the blame for the ship continuing to plow on in the “wrong” one. It’s how you end up with a democratic republic changing into an authoritarian dictatorship, when the demand for swift “action” overtakes the reality that reaching a consensus takes time.

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Dr Lizardo Mar 10, 2024 • 10:01:35pm

LOL Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” was award-worthy in and of itself….

Ryan Gosling Performs “I’m Just Ken” | Academy Awards 2024

Perfection.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 10, 2024 • 10:03:05pm

He won’t budge because he’s afraid of Trump.

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Dr Lizardo Mar 10, 2024 • 10:07:50pm

re: #121 Joe Bacon ✅

He won’t budge because he’s afraid of Trump.

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That means a discharge petition must be done ASAP. We cannot let Donald fucking Trump hold American foreign policy hostage by proxy.

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silverdolphin Mar 10, 2024 • 10:10:16pm

re: #119 Targetpractice

The “Ship of State” handles like a barge, with a turn rate that’s measured with a calendar, the idea that any amount of political will could cause it to change direction overnight is laughable. It also lacks subtlety, only really responding to “hard port” and “hard starboard,” such that the man at the helm will never get credit for small movements in the “right” direction and all the blame for the ship continuing to plow on in the “wrong” one. It’s how you end up with a democratic republic changing into an authoritarian dictatorship, when the demand for swift “action” overtakes the reality that reaching a consensus takes time.

TL:DR Hierarchical structures cannot make wise decisions in a tremendously complex enviroments. So they will do stupid stuff. A better balances organizational structure, using more distributed processes will make better decisions.
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All social hierarchies amongst social mammals have at least a 3 fold ratio as you go up a level (ie 1, 3-5, 9-15, 36-50, 100-150), yielding the famous Dunbar number of 150. This is seen across a variety of systems with humans (cell phone, Facebook, Twitter, small hunter groups). Why 3?

Well, hierarchy evolved to make quick decisions. If a problem can be broken into a binary choice, then 3 will always result in a definitive answer. Think flipping 3 coins. There will always be a winner.

So, not surprisingly, authoritarians want to reduce any complex problem into a binary choce (ie with us or against us). This lets it take a rapid action, even if that action is stupid because the problem cannot be simpified to a binary choice.

So they always win early because they are quicker to action, even if the action is stupid.Because the hierarchy is really only as smart as the person at the top.

The balancing aproach is a distributed, democratic approach that pushed power to the edges and tries to reach consensus while realizing that complexity produces shades of gray not black and white.

These sorts of networks are great at finding wise solutions to complex questions - diverse, collaborative, leaderless - they can move a huge amount of information around rapidly, making it smarter than any one individual. But they are slow to action because they feel that a little bit more talking and better concensus will get even beter answers. So they are slow to take action.

The most successful communities have a balance of the two approaches. I worked at one. We would talk for 45 minutes, letting everyone have a chance to talk, even forcing some people to take part. Then someone would say, we need to decide in the next 10 minutes. We would go bom, boom, boom and be ready to accept that action.

Then we would vet that decision 3 months later and do it again to arrive at a better decision.

Over the last 200 years, the communities that added more distributed democracy to a lower amount of hierarchy have won. Britain vs America. North vs South. Axis vs Allies.

You can already see how to balance these 2 approaches. Business and capitalism is a tremendous selector of good and bad approaches. Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia all are organized in a very different fashion than Boeing or GM. All break hierachies and distribute power away from the top. Is it any surprise they are the 3 most valuable?

Politics is a trailing marker for these changes. We are seeing both parties being forced to re-organize their coalitions to find success. Since the GOP is fighting tooth and nail to not do this, it will fail. They will continue to do stupid shit as the side with too much authoritarian approaches always does. The world is simply too complex for them to be successful.

A feudal organizational structure cannot succeed in an IT world.

Biden and the dems are actually re-organzing (ie his ads are being seen first on social media, with rapid response after EVERY Trump speech) and will win this as we move thorugh the new political party system. I think it is likely that 2024 will be the beginning of the end. But maybe not. The world is complex.

It will be hard but we will generally make better decisions because we are organized better to make wise decisions using complex information in a complex cultural environment.

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Dr Lizardo Mar 10, 2024 • 10:20:55pm

OK, off to work. Back later.

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Mattand Mar 10, 2024 • 10:21:59pm

Word on the street is Jon Stewart saw this headline and his skull exploded, Scanners-style, from sheer delight.

The ultimate MBF headline

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No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 11:16:46pm

There is no right wing racism.

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No Malarkey! Mar 10, 2024 • 11:20:31pm

re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg

Seems Barbie got shut out of all the big ones.

I’m sure that will ruffle some feathers.

A billion dollar box office soothes the pain.

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piratedan Mar 10, 2024 • 11:30:58pm

re: #127 No Malarkey!

they satisfied their target audience, reached multitudes more. I would think that while getting accolades within their industry would be awesome, they know that their lack of nominations will lay the groundwork for future movies to get that recognition.

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Targetpractice Mar 10, 2024 • 11:59:19pm

re: #126 No Malarkey!

There is no right wing racism.

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Yeah, no, it’s called “demographics.” And if these shitheels wanna talk about the native population changing due to outside “invasion,” then the native tribes of California would like a word.

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ckkatz Mar 11, 2024 • 12:11:32am

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 12:19:12am

re: #126 No Malarkey!

There is no right wing racism.

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Is it possible that the organization is not real? That it’s some parody account?

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Targetpractice Mar 11, 2024 • 12:22:52am

re: #131 Hecuba’s daughter

Is it possible that the organization is not real? That it’s some parody account?

I thought the same thing, but a quick bit of Googling seems to indicate that they’re legit. Page on the UCLA official website, a post about them on a subreddit 2+ years old, and mention in an LA Times article. They appear to be the real deal.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 11, 2024 • 12:36:04am

Mastodon

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silverdolphin Mar 11, 2024 • 12:42:20am

re: #133 Patricia Kayden

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They thought he was going to be like all the old guys from Congress, like Mcconnell. But he acts more like them than any other politician I know.His ideas resonate similarly. I fully expect that by the election he will even have the hard core progressive on his side. Mabe not happily but definitely.

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DodgerFan1988 Mar 11, 2024 • 1:36:32am

No surprise that John Cena is walking on stage naked at the Oscars during prime time TV that children are most likely watching. This is not just a humiliation ritual — the Hollywood pedophiles, rapists and perverts are certainly getting off on this. I’m sure Jimmy Kimmel is as… pic.twitter.com/PJ37tv0hRF

— LIZ CROKIN (@LizCrokin) March 11, 2024

I wonder if @JohnCena is going to apologize to the parents of the children that watched his naked ass onstage at the Oscars, similar to how he apologized to China when he called Taiwan a country. 🤔#oscars2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/xLxXjxRSUD

— VINCENT OSHANA (@VincentOshana) March 11, 2024

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These fucking people are sick!The World would be a better place without these degenerates. #JohnCena #Oscar #Oscar2024 #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/kCxVPLyQDO

— Destiny (@Destiny15_FL) March 11, 2024

The Right Wing Twitterverse going batshit crazy over John Cena’s naked sketch.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 1:39:04am

re: #135 DodgerFan1988

Notably, when the latest scandal about Vince McMahon broke, Cena sort of came to his defense in a backwards way.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:09:44am

re: #25 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Because the palace has been very tight lipped about Kate having unidentified abdominal surgery and being away from royal duties since January (until after Easter). Lots of conspiracies (Kate’s dead!) and the palace continues to step on its own dick.

OTOH, she deserves privacy, so there’s that.

No, she is a Royal. The flip side of all that wealth and privelege is that you have to live your entire life in a fishbowl. If you want to be a normal citizen with a right to privacy, then abdicate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:11:37am

re: #39 teleskiguy

you could move to Arizona, but the skiing is not very good there…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:12:59am

re: #42 Dangerman

During a rally in Rome, Georgia, Donald Trump began his speech by mocking President Joe Biden’s stutter, but ironically, Trump concluded his rally by struggling to deliver his own speech, renewing concerns that he is suffering from some form of aphasia.

There is something seriously wrong with any person who would vote for him at this point.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:21:30am

re: #50 silverdolphin

Not true anymore. In the 70s, they did have a lot of bad teeth but have really done a lot to improve themselves such that Brits may actually have better teeth than Americans.

It is all a matter of class. Of course in America you have meth teeth.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:22:27am

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

My dad has made it very clear he has a DNR. Both my brother and I are fine with that.

I also filled out a Living Will and sent a copy to my oldest daughter and informed the other children where the original is located.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:24:51am

re: #85 terraincognita

Just think, this time next year Trump could be watching the Oscars from a prison dayroom as soon as he is done washing the tables in the cafeteria. So there is that.

I cannot imagine him getting anything worse than house arrest. I just don’t want to see him in the White House again.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:33:30am

re: #126 No Malarkey!

FFS, all those people didn’t get exterminated or deported, they just moved to the suburbs.

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Targetpractice Mar 11, 2024 • 2:34:29am

re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

During a rally in Rome, Georgia, Donald Trump began his speech by mocking President Joe Biden’s stutter, but ironically, Trump concluded his rally by struggling to deliver his own speech, renewing concerns that he is suffering from some form of aphasia.

There is something seriously wrong with any person who would vote for him at this point.

These are people who tune into Faux to hear Maria Bartiromo babble “Great Replacement Theory” BS to them about how Dems are hiring “illegals” to out and sign up people to vote Democrat. How did her friend who told her this totally true story know the men she talked to were “illegals”? One had facial tattoos! Of course he had to be an “illegal,” no good American boy would ever get facial tattoos!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:48:34am

Remember that the assholes in the Arizona House are trying to pass a bill that would make it legal to shoot someone “suspected” of being illegal if they tresspass on your property.

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Targetpractice Mar 11, 2024 • 2:57:54am

re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

FFS, all those people didn’t get rubbed out or deported, they just moved to the suburbs.

Looking through past tweets and reddit posts about these douchebros is pretty illuminating. According to a post at the r/UCLA subreddit, the Bruin Republicans were your typical “Young Republicans” outfit before 2016. Then the majority abandoned the group because they were anti-Trump and (wait for it) joined the “Bruin Libertarians.” So what’s left are the sort of immature degenerates who sit around telling each other the reason none of the women on campus would fuck them even out of pity is because they’re all librul feminazis who exclusively bang black guys.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 3:27:31am

My only personal exposure to a Libertarian was at Indiana University in the late 70’s. A housemate. But he had great taste in music and did not seem to have a lot of trouble pulling chicks.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 3:41:36am

re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My only personal exposure to a Libertarian was at Indiana University in the late 70’s. A housemate. But he had great taste in music and did not seem to have a lot of trouble pulling chicks.

Libertarianism is great until you actually try living it

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 3:42:59am

Up early to take the car in for service
Transmission issues
Great opportunity to get fleeced
I hope we don’t

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William Lewis Mar 11, 2024 • 3:43:52am

re: #148 Dangerman

Libertarianism is great until you actually try living it

This. They make Communists look down right pragmatic…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 3:44:19am

re: #148 Dangerman

Libertarianism is great until you actually try living it

Yeah, he was a confirmed Ayn Randian, whom I had hear of but never really been exposed to.

And yes, if we were all born fully grown ready to be implanted with a basic education chip and then sent out into the world to realize our full potential, then a Randian/Libertarian system would be ideal.

But we are born helpless and often end up that way at the end of our lives and I want a system that recognizes our interdependence on each other and values human life over property rights.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 4:33:46am

That was a wild ride. Probably should have had it in three; I blame Monday.
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 11, 2024 • 4:35:14am

re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Yeah, 4/6 here as well.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 4:40:41am

Britt used this woman’s personal story for her own personal benefit against a political opponent to try to blame him for something he had zero to do with. It happened in another country, years ago.

The woman whose story Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Biden’s failed immigration policies told CNN she was trafficked before Biden’s presidency and said legislators lack empathy when using the issue of human trafficking for political purposes.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 4:46:31am

re: #154 Dangerman

Britt used this woman’s personal story for her own personal benefit against a political opponent to try to blame him for something he had zero to do with. It happened in another country, years ago.

Ohh wait, there’s more

Jacinto said she met the senator at an event at the southern border with other government officials and anti-human-trafficking activists, instead of one-on-one as Britt stated.”

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 4:46:42am

re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My only personal exposure to a Libertarian was at Indiana University in the late 70’s. A housemate. But he had great taste in music and did not seem to have a lot of trouble pulling chicks.

I worked with one. Also a rabid antivaxxer, believed the Bell Curve was an accurate book, didn’t believe in either the big bang theory (he was a solid state NMR physicist with a Ph.D.) or evolutionionary theory (but was not a creationist), doesn’t belive in any governmental duties (worked for FDA for about 15 years before moving to a K St. Law firm as a support scientist) e.g., fire, roads, etc. Told me once that I should get the people on my street (cause that always works cooperatively) to fix the sidewalk; wanting the local gov. to do it is what is wrong with ‘merika and take charge.

Also dated a really close friend of mine. When I told her to run, it took her five years before she realized everything I told her about him being a self-centered bastard was true. She’s still bitter. Though does give me the credit for telling her, even if she ignored the warning and red flags along the way.

He also thought that, not only did Ayn Rand get economics right, she was also a good writer. 😹

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 11, 2024 • 5:05:11am

re: #156 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

He also thought that, not only did Ayn Rand get economics right, she was also a good writer. 😹

I don’t mind Ayn Rand as a writer but as a philosophy she was nuts.

There must be a selfish “gene”. Almost everyone has it as a child but then grows out of it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 5:07:42am

re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I don’t mind Ayn Rand as a writer but as a philosophy she was nuts.

There must be a selfish “gene”. Almost everyone has it as a child but then grows out of it.

She was also traumatized by the Russian revolution and experienced over-the-top, ideologically driven collectivization, to which she responded with over-the-top, ideologically driven individualism.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 5:08:38am

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 5:14:16am

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 5:15:35am

Trump is evil and malicious, and sides with Putin explicitly. He puts Putin over the US, our national interests, and global security. He thinks siding with Putin is advantageous to the US.

John Hudson
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Viktor Orban describes Trump’s plan for Ukraine following their meeting in Florida: “He has a very clear vision that is hard to disagree with. He says the following: first, he will not give a single penny for the Russo-Ukrainian war. That’s why the war will end…

Trump is explicitly insisting that he’s going to end Ukraine to please Putin.

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 5:17:10am

is Oppenheimer/Godzilla Minus One the first time a movie and its sequel both won Oscars in the same year?

— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) March 11, 2024

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 5:19:17am

BREAKING

NH GOP Governor Chris Sununu, a Trump critic, says he’ll vote for Donald Trump in November: “I’m going to support Donald Trump. But my focus is definitely going to be here in the state.”

This is what putting party before country looks like
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— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 8, 2024

There’s a nihilism in this that is disturbing but also predictable when you’re swaddled in a certain type of privilege that comes from having a father and brother who were also involved in national politics and nothing Trump could do in a 2d term affects you personally. https://t.co/9ZilPgvalf

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) February 23, 2024

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JC1 Mar 11, 2024 • 5:42:20am

re: #164 Belafon

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I’m surprised by this one. He’s one of the good Republicans.

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Targetpractice Mar 11, 2024 • 5:43:47am

re: #165 JC1

I’m surprised by this one. He’s one of the good Republicans.

There were plenty of “Good Germans” when they lost the war…

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 5:55:01am

re: #164 Belafon

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ericblair Mar 11, 2024 • 5:55:48am

re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

you could move to Arizona, but the skiing is not very good there…

Sunrise Park isn’t too bad. It’s a bit of a weird drive there, where you start off in the desert looking at saguaros, then it turns into a bunch of fir trees, and then it’s piles of snow.

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A Cranky One Mar 11, 2024 • 5:56:05am

re: #52 Backwoods Sleuth

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 5:58:31am

Trump: There is a lot you can do in terms of cutting Social Security and Medicare pic.twitter.com/wYb19U2u8p

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 11, 2024

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 5:59:03am

re: #168 ericblair

Sunrise Park isn’t too bad. It’s a bit of a weird drive there, where you start off in the desert looking at saguaros, then it turns into a bunch of fir trees, and then it’s piles of snow.

Only ever skied the Snow Bowl. Point is, Arizona skiing is nothing compared to Colorado.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 5:59:10am

re: #173 Dangerman

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 5:59:33am

re: #172 Patricia Kayden

What kind of sick f*cks would do this?

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 6:00:46am

re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

What kind of sick f*cks would do this?

The kind of people for whom the only policy that matters is “making sure the other guy doesn’t win,” even if that means voting directly against their own best interests.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:03:49am

re: #177 Nerdy Fish

The kind of people for whom the only policy that matters is “making sure the other guy doesn’t win,” even if that means voting directly against their own best interests.

The GOP congresscritters are voting in the interests of their donors from the pharmaceutical industry for sure. And for the ideology that Government is Bad and We Should Not Rely on it for Anything, and it is Better to Die than be Government Dependent.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 6:03:50am

Donald Trump’s sudden opposition to a bill forcing the sale of TikTok is a “big headache” for House Republican leadership — and some of them are working to get Trump’s allies to lobby the former president on the bill, Punchbowl News reports.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:05:26am

re: #179 Dangerman

Donald Trump’s sudden opposition to a bill forcing the sale of TikTok is a “big headache” for House Republican leadership — and some of them are working to get Trump’s allies to lobby the former president on the bill, Punchbowl News reports.

This could likely be due to a business conflict arising from DJT’s involvement in China

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:08:48am

So it turns out that the Royal Photo was in fact Ye Olde Photoshopped.

They should know that in the age of AI, every detail is going to be meticulously inspected.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 6:17:22am

well, 1st period is coming in…

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 6:19:03am

re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This could likely be due to a business conflict arising from DJT’s involvement in China

It’s mostly just “Biden can’t win.”

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 6:20:54am

re: #183 Belafon

It’s mostly just “Biden can’t win.”

This is what I was trying to say earlier. The Republicans can come up with all sorts of plausible-sounding reasons to do things like repeal the $35 cap on insulin, but all of them boil down to, “Our party leader has commanded us to ensure that the other guy can’t get a win, so we must stymie him at every turn and undo all his work, even if it is to our own detriment.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:25:19am

re: #184 Nerdy Fish

But how can they blame it Biden when it goes back up? That is the part that astounds me. Like with the Border, they totally hoisted themselves on their own petard with that one.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 6:26:31am

re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But how can they blame it Biden when it goes back up? That is the part that astounds me. Like with the Border, they totally hoisted themselves on their own petard with that one.

I mean, it’s pretty easy for them. They have a whole echo chamber dedicated to turning their propaganda into news that the media then reports uncritically.

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JC1 Mar 11, 2024 • 6:31:10am

re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This could likely be due to a business conflict arising from DJT’s involvement in China

One of his billionaire pals, Jeff Yas, has a 20-30 billion stake in tiktok and lobbied him.

inquirer.com

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 6:32:20am

Now do Bannon.

Mastodon

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 6:35:20am

re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This could likely be due to a business conflict arising from DJT’s involvement in China

Biden for
Trump must be against

Plus tfg thinks this would help facebook, who he hates. Ie they’d fill the vacuum.
But it wouldnt. Cause tfg doesn’t understand the bill. Whoever bought it would be competing with fb

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 6:42:16am

re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So it turns out that the Royal Photo was in fact Ye Olde Photoshopped.

They should know that in the age of AI, every detail is going to be meticulously inspected.

This is pffft.
Unless the alterations were intentionally deceptive to hide something
Vs just take another picture ffs

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 6:42:54am

re: #183 Belafon

It’s mostly just “Biden can’t win.”

^^^ayep

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 6:46:11am

re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But how can they blame it Biden when it goes back up? That is the part that astounds me. Like with the Border, they totally hoisted themselves on their own petard with that one.

“Biden took away your right to directly negotiate your own drug prices. Were giving it back”. //

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:57:20am

re: #192 Dangerman

“Biden took away your right to directly negotiate your own drug prices. Were giving it back”. //

Because a “level playing field” means individuals with limited incomes and assets on the one hand, and on the other, multi-billion-dollar international corporations.

What could be more equitable? After all, corportions are people, too!

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 6:59:03am

re: #193 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because a “level playing field” means individuals with limited incomes and assets on the one hand, and on the other, multi-billion-dollar international corporations.

What could be more equitable? After all, corportions are people, too!

“Just negotiate with your HR department. They always have your best interests in mind and will be happy to help you.”

[cough.]

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 6:59:16am

re: #187 JC1

One of his billionaire pals, Jeff Yas, has a 20-30 billion stake in tiktok and lobbied him.

inquirer.com

One of the big pro-Trump arguments was “He is independently wealthy and not beholden to corporate interests!”

But at a certainl level, business is politics and politics is business.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 7:16:37am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

One of the big pro-Trump arguments was “He is independently wealthy and not beholden to corporate interests!”

But at a certainl level, business is politics and politics is business.

I don’t think the qualification is needed.

Mostly because money is tokens to not die and both business and politics propose redistribution schemes. Politics parses what is possible in business and business parses what is possible in politics.

But also businesses control market sectors that are effectively governance: not to belabor the point, but health insurance companies literally decide whether it’s worth it whether you live. Conversely, even in a “free market” politics allocates commonwealth to and removes oblgations from private actors in ways that amount to ideological directives.

Contrary to how it’s presented, “leaving industry alone” is not a neutral position; it requires constant tending even in it’s minimal rest state, before you ever get to the loop of monetary influence.

And for all intents and purposes borders and citizenship exist as the boundary between some limits on exploitation and open season.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 7:21:15am

re: #196 The Ghost of a Flea

and again, look at Boeing, around 40% of their contracts come from the US government (and other foreign governments requiring US State Department approval)

That has little to do with what we call Free Market Entrepreneurship.

Agricultural deals almost all depend to a great extent on subsidies and tariffs, which are political decisions.

And any sort of financial deals and/or financing of large projects depend on interest rates and overall monetary policy, which again are set by governments.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 7:21:44am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

One of the big pro-Trump arguments was “He is independently wealthy and not beholden to corporate interests!”

But at a certainl level, business is politics and politics is business.

he does it horribly overtly and dares anyone to question it

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 7:22:40am

re: #198 Dangerman

he does it horribly overtly and dares anyone to question it

and nobody does. Jared and his $2 billion payout from the Saudis? *yawn*

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 7:24:15am

re: #195 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

More amusingly, that line is like voting for Dracula over Renfield.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 7:27:10am

re: #200 The Ghost of a Flea

More amusingly, that line is like voting for Dracula over Renfield.

“Why should I eat flies when I can have nice, juicy spiders?”

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 7:35:53am

re: #198 Dangerman

he does it horribly overtly and dares anyone to question it

Donald Trump is an aspirational figure for a lot of people, and you can learn a lot by looking at what’s projected on him. He’s the cultural things that Americans value but only speak about in euphemism.

Hyperindividualism doesn’t actually scrape away any of the preceding group-based thinking, it just announces that there’s a tip-over point in which you can afford violate norms however you want…but in the stories it means something moral and intellectual to get rich…

…and the fucked thing we’re seeing with all our constantly-online billionaires and their courts is that they have none of the independent, Great Man largeness of vision that we’ve been told . They are rubes, they are basic-ass bigots, they are surrounded by entire teams of Wormtongues and Falstaffs.

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jeffreyw Mar 11, 2024 • 7:40:50am

beef veggies on basmati rice

Good morning!

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 7:42:57am

Like, a wakeup call for me is the number of men and women I know who unashamed argued that Melania Trump was a marker of her husband’s virtue, a sign of him being “good” to be a leader.

Not her as a person, but that she was hot and younger and that’s a measure of success and power.

Like, as much as I was expecting crass pro-Trump arguments, that one really floored me. It expressed a sincerely held value.

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BeenHereAwhile Mar 11, 2024 • 7:45:26am

re: #188 darthstar

Now do Bannon.

“Former #Trump WH aide Peter #Navarro has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a 4 month sentence for defying a subpoena from Jan6 select committee.

Navarro, who is urging a federal appeals court to stay the sentence while he attempts to overturn his conviction, faces the prospect of becoming the first top adviser to Trump to serve jail time for offense related to the effort to subvert election.”

politico.com

FCI Miami (MCC) is one of the nicer federal minimum security facilities.

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Dr. Matt Mar 11, 2024 • 7:47:19am

re: #188 darthstar

Now do Bannon.

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 7:48:37am

re: #205 BeenHereAwhile

FCI Miami (MCC) is one of the nicer federal minimum security facilities.

Real linen with your bologna sandwich.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 7:49:13am

re: #202 The Ghost of a Flea

Donald Trump is an aspirational figure for a lot of people, and you can learn a lot by looking at what’s projected on him. He’s the cultural things that Americans value but only speak about in euphemism.

I still think it is because he sold himself successfully as the anti-politician, a way for the disaffected to lash out against the powers-that-be for everyone sick of politicians and politics as usual. It allowed him to get away with things that would have derailed the campaign or even the career of any professional politician.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 7:51:28am

re: #204 The Ghost of a Flea

Like, a wakeup call for me is the number of men and women I know who unashamed argued that Melania Trump was a marker of her husband’s success, a sign of him being “good” to be a leader.

Not her as a person, but that she was hot and younger and that’s a measure of success and power.

Like, as much as I was expecting crass pro-Trump arguments, that one really floored me. It expressed a sincerely held value.

It’s an extension of the toxic masculinity culture, that because women are property, certain attributes of women have intrinsic value. In this case, the younger and “hotter” she is (though this is subjective, hence the quotes), the more value she has. Because men are measured in their world by their worth, possessing a more valuable woman increases one’s status. Men look upon those with more attractive female companions with a mix of jealousy and respect; jealous that they themselves cannot obtain the favor of such a lovely specimen, and respect that their idol has enough masculinity to do so. That there are many other factors in play besides “masculinity” never enters into their mental processing.

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Eventual Carrion Mar 11, 2024 • 7:52:04am

re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

That was a wild ride. Probably should have had it in three; I blame Monday.
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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 8:00:25am

re: #202 The Ghost of a Flea

Donald Trump is an aspirational figure for a lot of people, and you can learn a lot by looking at what’s projected on him. He’s the cultural things that Americans value but only speak about in euphemism.

Hyperindividualism doesn’t actually scrape away any of the preceding group-based thinking, it just announces that there’s a tip-over point in which you can afford violate norms however you want…but in the stories it means something moral and intellectual to get rich…

…and the fucked thing we’re seeing with all our constantly-online billionaires and their courts is that they have none of the independent, Great Man largeness of vision that we’ve been told . They are rubes, they are basic-ass bigots, they are surrounded by entire teams of Wormtongues and Falstaffs.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 8:01:28am

re: #208 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I still think it is because he sold himself successfully as the anti-politician, a way for the disaffected to lash out against the powers-that-be for everyone sick of politicians and politics as usual. It allowed him to get away with things that would have derailed the campaign or even the career of any professional politician.

Concur, although I think that he hit a moment where vulgarity was viewed as a form of authenticity because the alternative…constant polishing of image…has become so familiar that it no longer functions.

But I think he got away with it because his act was consistent with what conservatives had become accustomed to, and enjoyed, through their cultural authorities. They’ve been wanting permission to be this way for decades while their politicians had been given them only half the titillation they wanted. As I’ve said for years, we’re watching the audience expect a more explicit show.

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Vicious Babushka Mar 11, 2024 • 8:11:08am

re: #109 Targetpractice

As for the idea that you can just cut off funding to Israel and they’ll have to obey you, I invite these children to stop and ask themselves “Which of the superpowers was first to recognize Israel as an independent state and support them financially?” The answer may surprise you.

ISTR it was the USSR but I could be wrong.

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ericblair Mar 11, 2024 • 8:11:09am

The fact that Trump libeled @ejeancarroll on @CNBC @SquawkCNBC is highly significant for a procedural reason in addition to a substantive one. Were E. Jean to sue Trump just for the speech he gave in northwest Georgia the other day, she would have had to sue in the U.S.… https://t.co/Iw4aDEKwH4

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 11, 2024

The fact that Trump libeled @ejeancarroll on @CNBC @SquawkCNBC is highly significant for a procedural reason in addition to a substantive one.

Were E. Jean to sue Trump just for the speech he gave in northwest Georgia the other day, she would have had to sue in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

But now that he libeled her on Squawk Box, which is anchored in Manhattan, she may now sue in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

If she does that, the case would be assigned to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan as a case related to the earlier two cases that produced $88.3 million in damages awards.

YouTube

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BeenHereAwhile Mar 11, 2024 • 8:11:42am

re: #207 Decatur Deb

Real linen with your bologna sandwich.

MCC has an open area inside where you can land a helicopter.

(Ben Cramer’s brother landed a helicopter inside MCC in an effort to break Ben - who was facing life without parole - out of MCC. The attempt failed when Ben took over the controls and cashed the helicopter. (Just another Miami story - Ben was a codefendant with one of our clients)

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:14:56am

re: #76 Patricia Kayden

These are the people who want to push their Christian rightwing ideology down our throats. They’re disgusting excuses for human beings. I wouldn’t let them near my dogs.

And here is another exhibit of Xtian Nationalism—This Twat from Texas…

friendlyatheist.com

Texas State Rep. Matt Schaefer: Every elected official in America is required “to worship God”

You have two choices, said the Christian Nationalist: “Obedience or rebellion.”

Texas State Rep. Matt Schaefer Provides A Case Study In Christian Nationalism

… as Christians, we have a biblical mandate to visit the orphan in their distress. And we do that through public policy. We do that through our elected representatives. How can you neglect that? How can we neglect the orphan inside the mother’s womb when we have a chance to vote on people who will decide whether that is legal or not?”

That argument might make more sense if Schaefer hadn’t previously sponsored a bill allowing people to carry guns without permits, a situation that would inevitably create orphans. Or if he hadn’t responded to a mass shooting that left eight people dead (creating more orphans!) by promising to do absolutely nothing to prevent future acts of gun violence. Or if he didn’t oppose mask mandates despite a deadly virus that took millions of lives.

Schaefer’s Christianity has also pointed him toward a different kind of cruelty. In 2015, before Roe v. Wade was overturned, he proposed an amendment to a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks even if the “fetus has a severe and irreversible abnormality.”

In other words, even if the fetus had no chance of survival, Schaefer wanted to force women to go through with the pregnancy anyway. During debate on his amendment, when critics said he would only cause pregnant people more misery, Schaefer defended his amendment by saying suffering was “part of the human condition, since sin entered the world.”

This is what Christian Nationalists do: They use their faith to justify anything, even emotional torture. They use God as a weapon to push bills that would never make any rational sense on their own.

In response to the criticism of his words, Schaefer said on Friday that he rejects the Christian Nationalist label… but added, “I stand by every word I said.”

This is what Radical Xtians want to force on all of us.

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Mar 11, 2024 • 8:17:08am

R. Kelly is not a p*dophile (technically speaking) | Gianmarco Soresi | Stand Up Comedy

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Vicious Babushka Mar 11, 2024 • 8:20:19am

re: #216 Joe Bacon ✅

How can we neglect the orphan inside the mother’s womb when we have a chance to vote on people who will decide whether that is legal or not?

WTAF. I read this 3 times and it makes no sense.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:20:44am

Inside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’

A trove of documents obtained by TPM reveal the society’s inner workings.

Josh and the TPM Posse expose a group of even more radical Xtians hell bent on overthrowing the government and imposing a theocracy that makes Iran look like San Francisco…

A secret, men-only right-wing society with members in influential positions around the country is on a crusade: to recruit a Christian government that will form after the right achieves regime change in the United States, potentially via a “national divorce.”

It sounds like the stuff of fantasy, but it’s real. The group is called the Society for American Civic Renewal (the acronym is pronounced “sacker” by its members). It is open to new recruits, provided you meet a few criteria: you are male, a “trinitarian” Christian, heterosexual, an “un-hyphenated American,” and can answer questions about Trump, the Republican Party, and Christian Nationalism in the right way. One chapter leader wrote to a prospective member that the group aimed to “secure a future for Christian families.”

It’s an uncanny mimicry of the clandestine engine that, in the right-wing’s furthest imaginings, has driven recent social changes and left them feeling isolated and under siege: a shadowy network occupying the commanding heights of business, politics, and culture, open only to a select, elite few, committed to reshaping the United States to align it with the group’s radical values.

The men TPM has identified as behind this group — and they are all men — have a few things in common. They’re all a certain kind of devout Christian traditionalist. They are white. They have means, financial and social, and are engaged in politics.

Until TPM began reporting this story several weeks ago, the membership of the group had remained largely secret. Its existence was known and has been previously reported on by The Guardian, but the details of the group’s mission, membership criteria, board, and internal communications remained outside of public view. Beginning late Thursday, some of the leading members of the group identified by TPM through our reporting came forward publicly to acknowledge their memberships in the organization and published an internal document that TPM had already obtained. They said they were doing so in anticipation of another story by The Guardian.

The members identified by TPM don’t necessarily fit the profile of the disaffected, disgruntled loner or the amped-up, testosterone-fueled militia types often found on the paranoid right-wing fringe. TPM’s reporting has identified as SACR members the president of the influential, Trump-aligned Claremont Institute, Harvard Law grads, and leading businessmen in communities scattered across America.

There’s more at the link!

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 11, 2024 • 8:24:38am

re: #216 Joe Bacon ✅

In response to the criticism of his words, Schaefer said on Friday that he rejects the Christian Nationalist label… but added, “I stand by every word I said.”

“I’m not a racist, but…”

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:24:51am

You ride the tiger of Trumpism until the tiger kills you.

And now in Wisconsin this corrupt Speaker is getting the karmic retribution he deserves!

politico.com

Trump backers push forward on recall of Wisconsin GOP leader

They are upset about how Robin Vos responded to Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, among other things.

Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday that they’ve collected enough signatures to force a recall vote.

Supporters of the recall campaign plan to present signatures Monday to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, saying they have more than the required 6,850 signatures from voters in Vos’ southeast Wisconsin district.

“With more than 10,000 signatures on our recall petition, they’ve said it loud and clear: they’re tired of the status quo and demand new representation,” Matt Snorek, who started the campaign in January, said in a statement.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 8:25:03am

re: #218 Vicious Babushka

WTAF. I read this 3 times and it makes no sense.

“Your body is not your own. It belongs to God, but in God’s silence you must answer to me.”

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 8:25:13am

re: #219 Joe Bacon ✅

The type of ppl why GLBT folks are getting weapons.

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 8:26:18am

re: #221 Joe Bacon ✅

Burn those greenbacks, mofos.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:29:29am

re: #218 Vicious Babushka

WTAF. I read this 3 times and it makes no sense.

Same. I interpreted to reflect his opinion that the woman carrying said fetus is not a person. A thought that too many people have about women in general.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:29:39am

re: #218 Vicious Babushka

WTAF. I read this 3 times and it makes no sense.

What that piece of morally bankrupt garbage said really pissed me off.

But it’s just more proof that what Radical Xtians really get off on is hurting people. They love to see people suffer in the name of Jay-Zuss. And I f’n HATE those motherfathers.

Haven’t Right Wing Xtians fucked this country up enough?

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 8:29:42am

re: #222 The Ghost of a Flea

As always, it comes down to that they are Steve, God’s Buddy That Exclusively Hears God.

If it’s a cult, God needs Steve to fuck your wife.

If it’s a religion, God needs your kids to die in a munitions factory accident so Steve can keep living in a mansion.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Mar 11, 2024 • 8:30:27am

re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

That was a wild ride. Probably should have had it in three; I blame Monday.
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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 8:33:22am

re: #223 Scottish Dragon

The type of ppl why GLBT folks are getting weapons.

“Getting” weapons in any effective sense is a multi-month $1k enterprise. That time and money might be better spent crippling the RW nutcases politically. That said, when you first wish you had defensive firepower, it’s usually too late to get it.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:34:44am

And Tacky Tim the Tactless Twat from Tennessee explains why it took Joe so long to get to the podium…

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 8:36:39am

re: #229 Decatur Deb

“Getting” weapons in any effective sense is a multi-month $1k enterprise. That time and money might be better spent crippling the RW nutcases politically. That said, when you first wish you had defensive firepower, it’s usually too late to get it.

The Holocaust denying GOP wingnut running for governor of NC publicly wants ppl like me dead. At some point, we have to start organizing for community self defense.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 8:41:08am

re: #231 Scottish Dragon

The Holocaust denying GOP wingnut running for governor of NC publicly wants ppl like me dead. At some point, we have to start organizing for community self defense.

You’re not alone. That freak wants to kill my people.

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 8:42:35am

re: #231 Scottish Dragon

The Holocaust denying GOP wingnut running for governor of NC publicly wants ppl like me dead. At some point, we have to start organizing for community self defense.

Organize at all costs—the weapon end of it is less important. It takes the Army 4 months and tens of thousands of dollars to make an effective rifleman, and that’s going at it full time. Anything much less means you’re a lone target who might luck out and take one with you.

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 8:46:22am

Let me see if I got this.

A woman gets murdered and they scream to shut down the border but entire classrooms are mowed down by maniacs with AR15s but that’s acceptable to the repubes . pic.twitter.com/7Gev494PiE

— Kimberly Morgan🐟 26947 #FollowBackResistance# BLM (@ColinMorgan65) March 11, 2024

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 8:53:06am

re: #232 Joe Bacon ✅

You’re not alone. That freak wants to kill my people.

And would want two of my sons dead.

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 8:53:50am

Yay, my son found his keys. Now, while he’s home, I have to see if I can find a relatively cheap place to get a copy of the key.

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 8:56:20am

re: #236 Belafon

Our Lowes has an automated DIY station.

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Vicious Babushka Mar 11, 2024 • 8:56:53am

Mastodon

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 9:00:37am

re: #237 Decatur Deb

Our Lowes has an automated DIY station.

It’s the car key, so I will need a fob and have it programmed.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 9:00:43am

re: #233 Decatur Deb

Disagree.

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 9:02:38am

re: #239 Belafon

It’s the car key, so I will need a fob and have it programmed.

Ah. One of those new Testament keys. (Actually many electronic key fobs contain a physical key which can be copied.)

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 9:05:20am

re: #240 Scottish Dragon

Disagree.

Please yourself. Get very good hearing protection and range eyewear.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 9:08:17am

re: #242 Decatur Deb

Please yourself. Get very good hearing protection and range eyewear.

I’ve been shooting for decades, and I was a door gunner in the aircav.

Right now, I’m focusing on learning armed hand combat.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 9:09:23am

re: #243 Scottish Dragon

I am learning fruit:

Monty Python - Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit

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retired cynic Mar 11, 2024 • 9:09:46am

re: #230 Joe Bacon ✅

And Tacky Tim the Tacky Twat from Tennessee explains why it took Joe so long to get to the podium…

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jerk

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piratedan Mar 11, 2024 • 9:12:43am

re: #245 retired cynic

bet he doesn’t even like ice cream…. that the Congressman chose to admit his petty motivations really does show how weak they are doesn’t it? I mean who doesn’t enjoy the odd tease, but at the SOTU? To what end? to troll millions of viewers?

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 9:13:14am

re: #215 BeenHereAwhile

MCC has an open area inside where you can land a helicopter.

(Ben Cramer’s brother landed a helicopter inside MCC in an effort to break Ben - who was facing life without parole - out of MCC. The attempt failed when Ben took over the controls and cashed the helicopter. (Just another Miami story - Ben was a codefendant with one of our clients)

Charles Bronson got Robert Duvall out that way

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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 9:14:55am

re: #243 Scottish Dragon

I’ve been shooting for decades, and I was a door gunner in the aircav.

Right now, I’m focusing on learning armed hand combat.

Then you’re a good bit ahead of the game. Most of your team won’t be. I know my skills on the -14, -16 and 9mm have gone to shit. If it gets bad enough I’ll upgrade the junk I have to 12 gauge semi, but that would just be making a dramatic statement. Nazis are easier to prevent than to dislodge.

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Florida Panhandler Mar 11, 2024 • 9:17:24am

re: #74 jaunte

Keep in mind that a Presidential candidate insists over and over on getting directly involved with award shows and industry awards. This stuff actually means something to him as a matter of state interest. Madness.

Trump will get directly involved going forward if he is in the White House, as he will be concerned with who gets what award at Oscars and “Noble” Prizes as he is currently in how to be the cruelest he can towards his enemies and immigrants …and get away with it.

American Dystopia entering year 9 now. This is not a fully functioning country. The continuing popularity of Trump proves it.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 9:17:30am

re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg

In response to the criticism of his words, Schaefer said on Friday that he rejects the Christian Nationalist label… but added, “I stand by every word I said.”

“I’m not a racist, but…”

if i may…

“I stand by every word I said, but dont you call me that”

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Dave In Austin Mar 11, 2024 • 9:18:11am

re: #248 Decatur Deb

Then you’re a good bit ahead of the game. Most of your team won’t be. I know my skills on the -14, -16 and 9mm have gone to shit. If it gets bad enough I’ll upgrade the junk I have to 12 gauge semi, but that would just be making a dramatic statement. Nazis are easier to prevent than to dislodge.

Beware of Grandpa’s and Grandma’s bearing gifts of Coffee and Nuttybars………

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 9:19:16am

re: #146 Targetpractice

Looking through past tweets and reddit posts about these douchebros is pretty illuminating. According to a post at the r/UCLA subreddit, the Bruin Republicans were your typical “Young Republicans” outfit before 2016. Then the majority abandoned the group because they were anti-Trump and (wait for it) joined the “Bruin Libertarians.” So what’s left are the sort of immature degenerates who sit around telling each other the reason none of the women on campus would fuck them even out of pity is because they’re all librul feminazis who exclusively bang black guys.

The 2016 Libertarian ticket was sane and more qualified than the GOP — and the Presidential candidate had a great sense of humor. Could certainly see young Republicans switching to that party that year.

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gwangung Mar 11, 2024 • 9:19:26am

re: #250 Dangerman

if i may…

“I stand by every word I said, but dont you call me that”

If you talk like a racist, if you act like a racist, then, by god, I’ll call you a racist.

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 9:21:44am

re: #152 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

That was a wild ride. Probably should have had it in three; I blame Monday.
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Decatur Deb Mar 11, 2024 • 9:22:29am

re: #243 Scottish Dragon

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 9:25:01am

re: #225 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Same. I interpreted to reflect his opinion that the woman carrying said fetus is not a person. A thought that too many people have about women in general.

they don’t want valid, competing rights. where a woman’s can somehow be balanced against what she’s carrying.

their approach is to ‘legally’ instill in the blastocyst/zygote/embryo/fetus etc the presumptive and virtually unchallengable superior right to compel the actually existing and born human into subjugation to it. even if it can’t survive.

they want to have that power enforced by the state.

because the ‘unborn’ doesnt have agency.

And mostly because they know women can be trusted to decide promptly if they want a pregnancy or not, and therefore cannot be allowed to do so.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 9:27:28am

re: #230 Joe Bacon ✅

And Tacky Tim the Tactless Twat from Tennessee explains why it took Joe so long to get to the podium…

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that may have been your goal, tim

but what you actually did on national tv is make the president look engaging and interested and accessible by talking to you, an R, for so long.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 9:30:46am

re: #257 Dangerman

that may have been your goal, tim

but what you actually did on national tv is make the president look engaging and interested and accessible by talking to you, an R, for so long.

Right? I was going to say, hearing that anecdote, “That sounds like genuine Joe Biden. He’s such a kind and compassionate man, he even stops to make small talk with a Republican asshole despite knowing he’s going to be late for his big speech.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 9:31:00am

re: #246 piratedan

bet he doesn’t even like ice cream…. that the Congressman chose to admit his petty motivations really does show how weak they are doesn’t it? I mean who doesn’t enjoy the odd tease, but at the SOTU? To what end? to troll millions of viewers?

To demonstrate their total lack of good faith in any endeavor they undertake.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 9:31:51am

re: #253 gwangung

If you talk like a racist, if you act like a racist, then, by god, I’ll call you a racist.

“Then your the racist!”

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 9:33:53am

re: #165 JC1

I’m surprised by this one. He’s one of the good Republicans.

Really??? Doesn’t appear so. Or just a coward, with no real ethics at the end.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 9:36:25am

So I need to hire some movers, and I’m checking online for reviews and…

… I find myself wondering if the reviews I am reading are real or were generated by bots using AI.

We’ve reached that point, and it’s a bit scary.

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 9:38:14am

re: #184 Nerdy Fish

This is what I was trying to say earlier. The Republicans can come up with all sorts of plausible-sounding reasons to do things like repeal the $35 cap on insulin, but all of them boil down to, “Our party leader has commanded us to ensure that the other guy can’t get a win, so we must stymie him at every turn and undo all his work, even if it is to our own detriment.”

I can’t imagine that the GOP base (not the donors) supports this.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 9:40:00am

re: #263 Hecuba’s daughter

I can’t imagine that the GOP base (not the donors) supports this.

They don’t, but that’s not the point anymore. The only thing that used to keep Republicans grounded was the fact that voters would vote against them if they did unpopular things. That’s no longer true; thanks to gerrymandering, at a local and House of Representatives level, and the mainstreaming of identity politics, at all levels, Republican politicians can do whatever the hell they feel like and face little to no political repercussions.

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 9:45:17am

Mastodon

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 9:46:45am

re: #219 Joe Bacon ✅

Inside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’

A trove of documents obtained by TPM reveal the society’s inner workings.

Josh and the TPM Posse expose a group of even more radical Xtians hell bent on overthrowing the government and imposing a theocracy that makes Iran look like San Francisco…
…

i’ve said this before and i know it’s not a popular opinion

‘justification’ for laws doesn’t matter.

arguing things like “alabama’s ivf laws are forcing their religion on everyone’ are dead end arguments (imo).

in the US you absolutely can (imo) 100% justify your advocacy for a law because it is based on your religious views.

if the constitution continues to have any meaning, what you can’t do is pass laws (or courts make judgments) that force others to practice your religion, or prevent them from practicing theirs
- praying
- or dress
- or say diet
- or in commerce what you can’t sell, or must sell

There’s nothing inherently unconstitutional about blue laws.
Even though some religions might prefer a different day, the courts have said no, it’s uniform enough and ‘rest’ based, not religiously based, whatever the history.

There’s nothing inherently unconstitutional about allowing abortion. There is case law and a not unlimited right to privacy.

‘Why’ laws are passed doesn’t matter.
What matters is whether the law is constitutional.

Laws against murder are just as valid whether they were passed because ‘the ten commandments”, or because morality, or because civil order.

Laws codifying that there be absolutely no abortion limits would probably be constitutional. Unless we somehow got to the unborn being citizens.

Laws defining *any* abortion limits for whatever reason at whatever time are probably constitutional as well. And that’s whether passed because ‘my religion says so’, or morality, or more definitive scientific discovery.

That’s unless and until we somehow get to ‘any intervention between a woman and her doctor’ is inherently not constitutional.

- pointing out their hypocrisy is pointless
- pointing out they are guided by their religion is pointless
- pointing out their religion doesn’t say that is pointless
- pointing out just because they don’t want to do something doesn’t mean no one can, is pointless.

ultimately everyone mostly knows where they stand already

Sure persuasion rallies people to your side and may change the balance of power so you can pass laws.

and that’s the key. don’t let these people anywhere near the power.

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 9:47:39am

re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Use Yelp reviews that are two years old. Or query Nextdoor for your area and see what your neighbors recommend

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 9:49:20am

re: #212 The Ghost of a Flea

Concur, although I think that he hit a moment where vulgarity was viewed as a form of authenticity because the alternative…constant polishing of image…has become so familiar that it no longer functions.

But I think he got away with it because his act was consistent with what conservatives had become accustomed to, and enjoyed, through their cultural authorities. They’ve been wanting permission to be this way for decades while their politicians had been given them only half the titillation they wanted. As I’ve said for years, we’re watching the audience expect a more explicit show.

He got away with it because the respectable MSM demonized Hillary at every point and Comey then pulled his stunt. Yes — men fantasized over having a Melania rather than a Hillary as their spouse, and voted accordingly. But Trump would not have won without his collaborators in the MSM.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 9:51:25am

re: #264 Nerdy Fish

It’s this unmooring of political consequences that is leading to all this culture war bullshit, Governor DeathSentence, etc. The radical fringe is in charge of the mainstream party because there’s no one left in the party’s base to hold them accountable. I know several people here have talked about the great political realignment that’s coming with the death of the Republican Party; this is how we know it’s in progress. The generation of “vote Republican or die” fanatics is coming to a close, and when it does, so too will the Republican Party.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 11, 2024 • 9:53:11am

re: #267 darthstar

Or query Nextdoor for your area and see what your neighbors recommend

Nextdoor is a dumpster fire, in general, though.

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William Lewis Mar 11, 2024 • 9:53:18am

re: #248 Decatur Deb

Then you’re a good bit ahead of the game. Most of your team won’t be. I know my skills on the -14, -16 and 9mm have gone to shit. If it gets bad enough I’ll upgrade the junk I have to 12 gauge semi, but that would just be making a dramatic statement. Nazis are easier to prevent than to dislodge.

God knows it takes a lot to stay up on it and my skills with my PPK/S and my AK are no where near what they would need to be if the balloon went up and that’s even considering that I carry the PPK/S daily and do get regular range time with it. (mumble, need to order another $$$ of .380 +P carry ammo to burn out the ones currently in the mags to a) remind myself of how much more they recoil in order to get that extra 100 foot/lbs in a pure blow-back firearm and b) to make sure it’s always fresh ammo in the mags.).

Prevention is, as the saying goes, worth a pound of cure…

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Dr. Matt Mar 11, 2024 • 9:55:44am

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 9:56:47am

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 9:58:51am

re: #271 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

Nextdoor is a dumpster fire, in general, though.

Depends on the neighborhood. Ours isn’t too bad. When I have shit to give away for free I post it there and it’s gone in a day or two. (granted, I’ll get a dozen IMs asking if it’s still available. I reply they should drive by and look. If it’s there, it’s available)

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 10:02:52am

re: #272 William Lewis

If the end times come I’ll go over to my brother’s house and retrieve my 44-40 - lever action, packs enough punch, and near zero chance of accidentally going off because I never keep a round in the chamber.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:05:28am

re: #274 darthstar

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We. Don’t. Care.

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 10:08:55am

re: #277 Dangerman

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We. Don’t. Care.

TBF — It was NBC and its Apprentice that conned millions of Americans. Without that, there would be no Trump presidency.

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William Lewis Mar 11, 2024 • 10:09:30am

re: #276 darthstar

If the end times come I’ll go over to my brother’s house and retrieve my 44-40 - lever action, packs enough punch, and near zero chance of accidentally going off because I never keep a round in the chamber.

I have a lever action in .357 magnum. I am thinking of getting a modern single action revolver (with a safe travel bar action) to pair with it because my non-gun nut son could use them safely and both would take the same ammo.

And with that, I’ve been up too long having worked last night and working tonight. L8ter, all.

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Backwoods Sleuth Mar 11, 2024 • 10:09:33am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 10:10:07am

re: #270 Nerdy Fish

It’s this unmooring of political consequences that is leading to all this culture war bullshit, Governor DeathSentence, etc. The radical fringe is in charge of the mainstream party because there’s no one left in the party’s base to hold them accountable.

And by the time of the next Presidential election cycle, AI will likely have advanced enough so that it is indistinguishable from real footage, at which point the nation will splinter into separate realities, each governed and determined by its own ideology and preconceived notions of how things are supposed to work and look and sound.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 10:12:41am

re: #267 darthstar

Use Yelp reviews that are two years old. Or query Nextdoor for your area and see what your neighbors recommend

Good advice.

I asked Clause to write me three reviews for the SooperDooperMoovers company.

Here’s what Claude gave me:

Review 1:
★★★★★ (5 stars)
“SooperDooperMoovers was simply amazing! From start to finish, they made our move stress-free. The crew showed up right on time and got to work immediately. They were incredibly efficient and had everything packed up in no time. At our new place, they carefully unloaded and reassembled all of our furniture. Not a single item was damaged. The crew was also very friendly and professional. We’ll definitely be using SooperDooperMoovers again for any future moves!” - J.R., March 3, 2024

Review 2:
★★★★☆ (4 stars)
“I’m so glad I went with SooperDooperMoovers for my recent move. The online booking process was simple, and they gave me a fair quote upfront. On moving day, the crew arrived promptly and got right to work. They made sure to wrap and protect all of my furniture and belongings. Even with a few challenging pieces, they handled everything with care. Unpacking at my new place was a breeze thanks to their labeling system. My only minor complaint was that some of the movers seemed to lack experience, but they made up for it with their positive attitudes. Overall, it was money well spent!” - S.M., February 22, 2024

Review 3:
★★★★★ (5 stars)
“Outstanding service from SooperDooperMoovers! I’ve never had such an easy and seamless moving experience. The crew worked quickly but thoroughly, and they treated my belongings like they were their own. They even went above and beyond by helping me disassemble a large entertainment center and reassembling it perfectly in the new house. Not a single scratch or dent anywhere. The movers were also incredibly polite and good-natured throughout the whole process. I can’t recommend SooperDooperMoovers enough!” - A.T., January 18, 2024

Nothing witten can be trusted anymore.

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gocart mozart Mar 11, 2024 • 10:15:48am

[This tweet may have been deleted.]

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 10:16:28am

re: #278 Hecuba’s daughter

TBF — It was NBC and its Apprentice that conned millions of Americans. Without that, there would be no Trump presidency.

Yep - it was The Apprentice that sold millions of Americans on the notion that Trump was successful.

Before that, he was pretty much the butt of a joke, regarded as tabloid fodder and a carnival barker, a hawker of mediocre wares to mediocre people. He was the guy at the party with a gaudy fake Rolex he bought on Canal Street and tried to pass it off as the real deal, and people in the know were well aware of this.

But The Apprentice came along and built him a major fanbase, mostly disillusioned types who bought into his schtick. They bought the fake Rolex - and worse yet, they bought it knowing it was fake, but hey….their fellow rubes were impressed.

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gocart mozart Mar 11, 2024 • 10:17:27am

[This tweet may have been deleted.]

Is this Elon fuckery over a “Fuck Trump” ad? I can play it on Twitter

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 10:18:09am

Since I’m using Claude currently, I asked Claude to write me a blog post for LGF, in the style of Charles Johnson:

The Lies Just Keep On Coming

Once again, we’re seeing a torrent of disinformation and outright lies being spread by the far right fever swamps. This time it’s about the tragic events in [current event being lied about].

As usual, the claim being pushed by these cesspools of fascist propaganda couldn’t be further from the truth. The real facts, as reported by credible news sources, are [lay out the facts].

But of course, the truth doesn’t matter to these people. They have an agenda to push - sowing division, spreading hate, and undermining our democracy at every turn.

The sheer scale of the lie this time is staggering, even for the bottom-feeders who populate these vile echo chambers. But I shouldn’t be surprised. We’ve seen this same malicious playbook over and over from them:

Something happens

They concoct wild, unsubstantiated claims

The lies rapidly spread through their networks of naive true believers

Even when the lies are definitively debunked, they double and triple down

It’s a never-ending grift, fueled by anger, hatred, and an utter disregard for honesty or decency. All in service of seizing power by any means necessary.

We can’t let them get away with this, my friends. The fate of our republic may very well depend on having the courage to relentlessly combat their lies and conspiracy theories with truth and facts.

No matter how loud their bullhorns get, we must be louder. No matter how outrageous their claims, we must push back harder with reality. It’s exhausting, but it’s one of the most important battles we face.

So once more unto the breach, dear friends. The fight against fascism’s toxic lies continues. Stay frosty.

We are all becoming redundant.

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 10:18:30am

Trump’s asking for NY to delay the election interference case based on immunity.

Good luck with that.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:19:05am

Just came across this tidbit on wikipedia about Dune 2. King move by Villeneuve and Zimmer:

Ahead of Dune: Part Two’s release, Zimmer revealed he was already writing music for a third film after Villeneuve came in and “wordlessly” put Dune Messiah on his desk.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:19:13am

Tfg, idiot

“I believe we have a cumulative inflation of over 50 percent”

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sizzzzlerz Mar 11, 2024 • 10:19:22am

🎶Highway to the danger zone 🎶

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:20:04am

re: #285 gocart mozart

[This tweet may have been deleted.]

Is this Elon fuckery over a “Fuck Trump” ad? I can play it on Twitter

It may be from an account that only allows followers to view.

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Backwoods Sleuth Mar 11, 2024 • 10:20:16am

re: #287 darthstar

Trump’s asking for NY to delay the election interference case based on immunity.

Good luck with that.

Mastodon

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:20:23am

re: #287 darthstar

Trump’s asking for NY to delay the election interference case based on immunity.

Good luck with that.

Much of the charges are for actions before he was POTUS

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:21:22am

re: #286 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

We are all becoming redundant.

It took the internet for you to figure that out. //

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:21:51am

re: #284 Dr Lizardo

Yep - it was The Apprentice that sold millions of Americans on the notion that Trump was successful.

Before that, he was pretty much the butt of a joke, regarded as tabloid fodder and a carnival barker, a hawker of mediocre wares to mediocre people. He was the guy at the party with a gaudy fake Rolex he bought on Canal Street and tried to pass it off as the real deal, and people in the know were well aware of this.

But The Apprentice came along and built him a major fanbase, mostly disillusioned types who bought into his schtick. They bought the fake Rolex - and worse yet, they bought it knowing it was fake, but hey….their fellow rubes were impressed.

If you lived in metro ny, you knew

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gocart mozart Mar 11, 2024 • 10:22:28am

Same account as the deleted post

This is old but we are again being revisited by @realDonaldTrump and the GOP who voted against The peaceful transfer of power. “Power of the people” given to the person who has been chosen to lead the United States. For Trump they would see this destroyed. #VoteBlue2024 pic.twitter.com/k54AJXVnQN

— Jerry_Saiyan (@JerryWillResist) October 2, 2023

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 10:23:01am

re: #293 Scottish Dragon

Much of the charges are for actions before he was POTUS

He’s just flailing, and playing his old game of delay as much as he can. He probably reckons he’ll be found guilty and senses that a guilty verdict could potentially torpedo his candidacy.

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Belafon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:23:19am

re: #292 Backwoods Sleuth

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Next up: You can’t convict me because the Oval Office only has one wall.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:23:48am

re: #286 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Since I’m using Claude currently, I asked Claude to write me a blog post for LGF, in the style of Charles Johnson:

We are all becoming redundant.

Is my job at the Department of Redundancy Department in jeopardy?

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 10:25:24am

re: #295 Dangerman

If you lived in metro ny, you knew

I lived in L.A., and pretty much everyone knew Trump was a real estate shyster, a fast-talking, two-bit conman. Maybe it’s a sense of intuition and the street smarts that comes with living in a major metro area - you develop a knack for spotting a huckster

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:27:29am

re: #297 Dr Lizardo

He’s just flailing, and playing his old game of delay as much as he can. He probably reckons he’ll be found guilty and senses that a guilty verdict could potentially torpedo his candidacy.

He’s apparently claiming much of the evidence is privileged.

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Dave In Austin Mar 11, 2024 • 10:27:56am

Happy Lock Down Day During The Incompetent Republican Response To The Pandemic Anniversary, to all who celebrate. pic.twitter.com/SNpBwiPjDA

— Sgt Joker (@TheSGTJoker) March 11, 2024

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:28:19am

Believe Trump when he tells you what he intends to do. If Social Security & Medicare matter to you or people you love, you might want to work to keep this sociopath out of office. https://t.co/Bqty7LSwqb

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 11, 2024

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 10:28:25am

re: #286 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Wait… Did I write that? /

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sizzzzlerz Mar 11, 2024 • 10:29:35am

re: #284 Dr Lizardo

Yep - it was The Apprentice that sold millions of Americans on the notion that Trump was successful.

But The Apprentice came along and built him a major fanbase, mostly disillusioned types who bought into his schtick. They bought the fake Rolex - and worse yet, they bought it knowing it was fake, but hey….their fellow rubes were impressed.

They didn’t just buy into it, they mainlined it directly into their veins. Like H, it quickly consumed them. Soon, one fix wasn’t enough, so they did another, stronger dose. Then another, and another. Essentially, ODed on T, they’ve become the walking dead, constantly in search of another fix. And they’ll do anything to protect their source.

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Backwoods Sleuth Mar 11, 2024 • 10:29:44am

Mastodon

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prairiefire Mar 11, 2024 • 10:29:46am

re: #304 lawhawk

It is spooky how spot on it is.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:29:50am

re: #299 Dangerman

Is my job at the Department of Redundancy Department in jeopardy?

Develop a new skill!

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Vicious Babushka Mar 11, 2024 • 10:31:46am

See below 👇

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Vicious Babushka Mar 11, 2024 • 10:37:36am

Worst “Pro-Palestinian” Messaging Ever (when they say the quiet part out loud & even have a professional print up a bunch of big stickers to deface hostage posters)

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 10:39:10am

re: #301 Scottish Dragon

It’s weird that he’s waiting until days before the trial starts to claim that this privilege exists, even though he could have made that known at the outset in his pretrial objections and motions. This delaying tactic should not stand, but it could definitely short circuit the start of the trial pending SCOTUS ruling in his favor.

For anyone who thought the courts could save us, we’re learning just how corrupt Trump has made them and their rulings. The NY case should not be affected by any of the immunity claims, since the acts arose before he took office. He wasn’t president at the time. The payments and the acts involved were prior to entering the WH.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 10:39:31am

re: #310 Vicious Babushka

Worst “Pro-Palestinian” Messaging Ever (when they say the quiet part out loud & even have a professional print up a bunch of big stickers to deface hostage posters)

Because to them it is about birth and birthright.

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 10:39:42am

re: #301 Scottish Dragon

He’s apparently claiming much of the evidence is privileged.

He can claim anything he wants. Hell, he can even claim he’s the God-Emperor of the Known Universe and that he shits gold.

Like I said, he’s just flailing. He’s panicking because that trial kicks off two weeks from today.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 10:41:15am

re: #313 Dr Lizardo

He can claim anything he wants. Hell, he can even claim he’s the God-Emperor of the Known Universe and that he shits gold.

Like I said, he’s just flailing. He’s panicking because that trial kicks off two weeks from today.

He has managed to dither and delay things and delay things but time is inexorably running out.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 10:42:56am

re: #311 lawhawk

It’s weird that he’s waiting until days before the trial starts to claim that this privilege exists, even though he could have made that known at the outset in his pretrial objections and motions.

Is there a world in which the NY judge says, “Hey, you doofus, you could’ve raised this defense in pre-trial motions, but you didn’t, so now it is forfeited”? I doubt it, because the court system gives deference to the defense specifically to ensure the fairest trial possible, but I’m curious.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:43:25am

re: #309 Vicious Babushka

WTAF

[Embedded content]

Yeah that’s bad.

I’ve been blocking the HAMAS DID NOTHING WRONG terror apologists along with the ALL PALESTINIANS ARE VALID TARGETS ethnic cleaning types on BlueSky with determination.

I got kind of nasty with a hammer and sickle type tankie who was calling me the usual stuff last week: YOU’RE A GENOCIDAL ZIONIST DANCING IN THE BLOOD OF GAZA’S CHILDREN sort of stuff after I said I was absolutely going to vote for Joe Biden because I’m trans, and my own survival and my family’s safety take precedence over the gnashing sounds of a beardy neck white guy who appropriated a no-risk cause for himself from his own living room.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:44:22am

re: #301 Scottish Dragon

He’s apparently claiming much of the evidence is privileged.

(It isnt)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 10:47:32am

re: #301 Scottish Dragon

He’s apparently claiming much of the evidence is privileged.

a point which could have been brought up when the charges were first filed.

this is all just obfusticating now

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:48:26am

re: #311 lawhawk

…

The payments and the acts involved were prior to entering the WH.

Yeah but the cover-up was while I was prez//

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:48:53am

re: #318 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

a point which could have been brought up when the charges were first filed.

this is all just obfusticating now

Unfortunately we cannot assume the courts will see it that way.

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 10:49:00am

re: #315 Nerdy Fish

Is there a world in which the NY judge says, “Hey, you doofus, you could’ve raised this defense in pre-trial motions, but you didn’t, so now it is forfeited”? I doubt it, because the court system gives deference to the defense specifically to ensure the fairest trial possible, but I’m curious.

I’m not sure of the timelines on criminal defense motions/defenses, and whether he waived it by not raising it sooner, but the problem is that the acts he engaged in occurred before he was in the WH, and he’s trying to claim that statements made by his fellow defendant/coconspirator(s) like Michael Cohen made after Trump entered the WH are somehow privileged, which is not an actual thing, since the proximate act for which he was testifying under oath was something that occurred before he entered the office and had nothing to do with his being in office.

It’s another attempt to expand “privilege” beyond all recognition to give Trump absolute immunity from prosecution for any acts, including those occurring before he was he even POTUS.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 10:50:54am

re: #320 Scottish Dragon

Unfortunately we cannot assume the courts will see it that way.

He is hoping this will buy more time

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 10:51:34am

re: #293 Scottish Dragon

Much of the charges are for actions before he was POTUS

Yeah, but he didn’t repay Cohen until after he was POTUS, so he gets retroactive immunity.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:51:43am

re: #321 lawhawk

I’m not sure of the timelines on criminal defense motions/defenses, and whether he waived it by not raising it sooner, but the problem is that the acts he engaged in occurred before he was in the WH, and he’s trying to claim that statements made by his fellow defendant/coconspirator(s) like Michael Cohen made after Trump entered the WH are somehow privileged, which is not an actual thing, since the proximate act for which he was testifying under oath was something that occurred before he entered the office and had nothing to do with his being in office.

It’s another attempt to expand “privilege” beyond all recognition to give Trump absolute immunity from prosecution for any acts, including those occurring before he was he even POTUS.

Joyce Alene on twitter noting that Trump already waived Presidential immunity, then unsuccessfully tried to appeal that.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 10:53:23am

re: #323 darthstar

Yeah, but he didn’t repay Cohen until after he was POTUS, so he gets retroactive immunity.

I hired the hit man before I was prez
He did the hit
Then I won
Then I paid him

Yeah that works

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 10:55:11am

re: #324 Scottish Dragon

Joyce Alene on twitter noting that Trump already waived Presidential immunity, then unsuccessfully tried to appeal that.

Trump: “WAIT, NO! I DIDN’T MEAN TO WAIVE THAT! I MADE A MISTAKE! I WANT THAT BACK!!”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 10:55:32am

So I asked Claude to write the Gospel of Donald Trump:

1 In the beginning was Mammon, and Mammon was with God, and Mammon was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

3 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And that light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

4 There was a man named Donald Trump, who was sent from Mammon. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of Mammon, that all men through him might believe.

5 He was not Mammon, but was sent to bear witness of that Mammon. That was the true Mammon, which giveth light unto every man that cometh into the world.

6 He was in the world, and the world was made by Mammon, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

7 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become rich, even to them that believe on Mammon’s name:

8 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Mammon.

9 And Donald Trump dwelt among us, full of riches and opulence, and we beheld his glory, the glory of one sent by Mammon.

10 Donald Trump bore witness, teaching the acquisition of wealth through Mammon, as the path to freedom and light.

11 And Mammon shall make you free, spoke Donald Trump.

I think it could have been a bit more creative, but I did ask Claude to write in the style of the KJV.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 10:55:43am

re: #316 Scottish Dragon

Internet discourse has base-rate normalized hyperbole, but social media also algorithmically puts distressing and angering things in front of users because fear and distress cause high levels of retention. It’s like basing your understanding of reality on a room full of people having panic attacks, plus a few people deliberate causing panic attacks.

At some point…and this is why I’m literally not on social media other than a tiny, torpid FB…you have to acknowledge that no matter how hard people are yelling, it’s not really about the subject, it’s about the way they’ve been procced to affective bypass by the very system they’re interacting with. That, combining with fractal inauthenticity—the user can be a counterfeit, the post can be a counterfeit, the cited material in the post can be a counterfeit, all of the above can be circulating in good faith by someone engaging in fast thinking—means that the whole thing is just corrosive to the self.

And that’s great for social media companies…creating alienation means that community and connection can be further financialized.

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darthstar Mar 11, 2024 • 10:56:31am

Mastodon

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 10:56:57am

So Claude 3 does seem to be an improvement on the prior Claude.

I’m using the freebie version so that is the “Sonnet” version.

The pro version is supposedly better but I’m too cheap to fork over the $$.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 10:57:09am

re: #326 Dr Lizardo

Trump: “WAIT, NO! I DIDN’T MEAN TO WAIVE THAT! I MADE A MISTAKE! I WANT THAT BACK!!”

Lawyers on twitter all noting this is Law of the Case, since the court has already ruled on the issue and no new facts have emerged. The original ruling should hold.

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 11:01:08am

re: #331 Scottish Dragon

Lawyers on twitter all noting this is Law of the Case, since the court has already ruled on the issue and no new facts have emerged. The original ruling should hold.

IANAL — But isn’t the situation that the actual crime occurred after he was in office? That’s when the payoff and the dishonest bookkeeping took place?

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 11:01:41am

re: #331 Scottish Dragon

Lawyers on twitter all noting this is Law of the Case, since the court has already ruled on the issue and no new facts have emerged. The original ruling should hold.

Trump’s just desperately trying to push back the day of reckoning. It’s so blatantly obvious.

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dat_said Mar 11, 2024 • 11:02:52am

And now for something different (I’m acquainted with some of these moosers):

The Moosers

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:03:10am

re: #332 Hecuba’s daughter

IANAL — But isn’t the situation that the actual crime occurred after he was in office? That’s when the payoff and the dishonest bookkeeping took place?

The stuff with Cohen happened after he took office.

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danarchy Mar 11, 2024 • 11:03:23am

re: #293 Scottish Dragon

Much of the charges are for actions before he was POTUS

Cohen paid Stormy I believe in October, So I am guessing most of the false documents ie. checks and accounting entries that Trump made back to Cohen came over then next few quarters so likely after he was in office. Although that should be irrelevant as there is nothing official about those actions. I suspect the goal is to just try to delay with motions.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:03:44am

re: #333 Dr Lizardo

Trump’s just desperately trying to push back the day of reckoning. It’s so blatantly obvious.

It’s also been working.

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 11:05:10am

re: #317 Dangerman

(It isnt)

Ps…not official acts

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 11:08:52am

re: #332 Hecuba’s daughter

IANAL — But isn’t the situation that the actual crime occurred after he was in office? That’s when the payoff and the dishonest bookkeeping took place?

You mean the cover-up of the original crime?
Pretty sure that’s a crime too
Hence not an official act

Aside from what he waived or didnt

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No Malarkey! Mar 11, 2024 • 11:09:34am

re: #337 Scottish Dragon

It’s also been working.

It should fail in this case, because Trump waived the issue previously. Two weeks until jury selection begins!

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gocart mozart Mar 11, 2024 • 11:11:22am

Maybe he is talking about alternate universe Donald Trump, the one wear he has a goatee and is smart, honest, sane and doesn’t rape women.

— Ed Mix (@EdMix13) March 11, 2024

Where. I is stupid

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 11:12:55am

re: #341 gocart mozart

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The man who has explicitly said he wants to kill and jail his political enemies “will bring the country together.” Yeah, right. They really do think only Republicans are real Americans.

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dat_said Mar 11, 2024 • 11:13:36am

re: #334 dat_said

Since you all are otherwise occupied, here’s the proper response to a moose video:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Opening Credits

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Teukka Mar 11, 2024 • 11:14:09am

re: #310 Vicious Babushka

Worst “Pro-Palestinian” Messaging Ever (when they say the quiet part out loud & even have a professional print up a bunch of big stickers to deface hostage posters)

[Embedded content]

And they wonder why a lot of people call them Pro-hamas… Stickers and placards like that, people wearing clothes like this:

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Dangerman Mar 11, 2024 • 11:14:47am

re: #341 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

Where. I is stupid

Think of’ Vic there bas seen one of tfgs recent word salad speeches?

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 11:16:34am

re: #341 gocart mozart

Ah, yes, alternate universe Trump:

…where he gives thoughtful answers to questions, is extraordinarily well-read - indeed, a veritable polymath, possessing deep knowledge and wisdom and he’s respectful to women, PoC and other minorities and always emphasizes that we must treat all people, even those we don’t always agree with, with respect, empathy and understanding.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:17:16am

Same font and design as the earlier image above. This looks like someone is ratfvcking for lulz and is putting these out to poison the discourse even more. Nobody sincerely calls for rape in propaganda. That’s always what you use as an accusation whenever possible.

Note that whoever is doing this need not be a pro IDF actor trying to be cute. Any number of neo Nazi types are happy to play angles.

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Teukka Mar 11, 2024 • 11:21:35am

re: #347 Scottish Dragon

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Same font and design as the earlier image above. This looks like someone is ratfvcking for lulz and is putting these out to poison the discourse even more. Nobody sincerely calls for rape in propaganda. That’s always what you use as an accusation whenever possible.

Sadly, there is a real possibilty that this isn’t ratfucking, but the real deal… Like, I’ve seen some pro-Palestinians claim that international law is white colonizer law, and that Hamas doesn’t have to abide by it…

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Dr. Matt Mar 11, 2024 • 11:21:44am

re: #341 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

Where. I is stupid

Victor Davis Hanson was a “Democrat” who turned into a Republican voting for dubyah twice. Enough said on his viewpoint.

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Mike Lamb Mar 11, 2024 • 11:22:07am

re: #347 Scottish Dragon

[Embedded content]

Same font and design as the earlier image above. This looks like someone is ratfvcking for lulz and is putting these out to poison the discourse even more. Nobody sincerely calls for rape in propaganda. That’s always what you use as an accusation whenever possible.

Note that whoever is doing this need not be a pro IDF actor trying to be cute. Any number of neo Nazi types are happy to play angles.

That was my immediate thought.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 11, 2024 • 11:25:52am

re: #347 Scottish Dragon

There is so much hate here it is easy to play one group off the other. Remember, most Nazis hate Jews only moderately less than they hate Arabs.

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Teukka Mar 11, 2024 • 11:27:21am

re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There is so much hate here it is easy to play one group off the other. Remember, most Nazis hate Jews only moderately less than they hate Arabs.

Not to mention how the extremists on either side hate each other with a vengeance. Veritable Hatepalooza…
*sighs*

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:29:02am

re: #348 Teukka

Sadly, there is a real possibilty that this isn’t ratfucking, but the real deal… Like, I’ve seen some pro-Palestinians claim that international law is white colonizer law, and that Hamas doesn’t have to abide by it…

That would take monumental stupidity to blatantly call for rape when Hamas’ leadership has been denying that rape happened on Oct 7th (despite copious evidence that quite a lot of rape did happen)

Propaganda relies on motivating your own followers by promoting your virtue and promoting the malfeasance and evil of your enemy. This does the absolute opposite of that to cartoonish effect. Basically WE ARE EVIL AND LET’S DO ALL THE EVIL.

Rape is what you really want to accuse your enemies of. I’ve never, ever seen any propaganda leaflet before that called for defiling the women of an opponent from the past 120 years. That’s a sort of thing you used to entice mercenaries in the 30 Years War. Somebody is screwing around and playing with fire.

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Teukka Mar 11, 2024 • 11:32:28am

re: #353 Scottish Dragon

That would take monumental stupidity to blatantly call for rape when Hamas’ leadership has been denying that rape happened on Oct 7th (despite copious evidence that quite a lot of rape did happen)

Propaganda relies on motivating your own followers by promoting your virtue and promoting the malfeasance and evil of your enemy. This does the absolute opposite of that to cartoonish effect. Basically WE ARE EVIL AND LET’S DO ALL THE EVIL.

Rape is what you really want to accuse your enemies of. I’ve never, ever seen any propaganda leaflet before that called for defiling the women of an opponent from the past 120 years. That’s a sort of thing you used to entice mercenaries in the 30 Years War. Somebody is screwing around and playing with fire.

I had to leave a chat where some of the pro-Palestinian participants basically slut-shamed the victims of the systematic rapes on the 7th. And yeah, this be playing with a class E bonfire, rat copulative or not…

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 11:37:48am

re: #341 gocart mozart

VDH has been spewing that claptrap for months in some form or other in video ads. It’s not in the slightest bit persuasive, when Trump’s policies would absolutely fuck over the people he claims he wants to help.

Trump has gone on record as saying he wants a 10% tarriff on stuff from CHYNA. That’s a 10% tax that purchasers would pay - a hefty tax on most everything we get from China, and a substantial part of the inventory at Walmart and dollar stores nationwide. It doesn’t reduce taxes, or reduce inflation. It’s a huge hit to budgets already strained.

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Nerdy Fish Mar 11, 2024 • 11:42:23am

re: #355 lawhawk

VDH has been spewing that claptrap for months in some form or other in video ads. It’s not in the slightest bit persuasive, when Trump’s policies would absolutely fuck over the people he claims he wants to help.

Trump has gone on record as saying he wants a 10% tarriff on stuff from CHYNA. That’s a 10% tax that purchasers would pay - a hefty tax on most everything we get from China, and a substantial part of the inventory at Walmart and dollar stores nationwide. It doesn’t reduce taxes, or reduce inflation. It’s a huge hit to budgets already strained.

Wasn’t his 25% tariff while he was President the first time a major economic disaster? Why does he think this is going to go any better?

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IngisKahn Mar 11, 2024 • 11:45:27am

Republicans: I don’t care what Trump does or says, I’m voting for him.

Democrats: Biden supports Israel, I won’t vote for him.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:46:54am

re: #354 Teukka

I had to leave a chat where some of the pro-Palestinian participants basically slut-shamed the victims of the systematic rapes on the 7th. And yeah, this be playing with a class E bonfire, rat copulative or not…

Yeah that’s a typical reaction to ameliorate cognitive dissonance when faced with evidence that your own side did really bad shit. You blame the victims and say that they had it coming after the fact. See the American public reaction to My Lai: ppl overwhelmingly supported Lt Calley and blamed the villagers for their own massacre.

That’s still a very different critter from recruiting ppl to go rape and massacre from the very beginning. Not only is it ineffective and counterproductive as propaganda, it also is a massive demotivator in recruitment! Unless your target audience are psychopaths that you can’t control anyway, ppl almost always see themselves in the best and most heroic light even when they are doing really horrible stuff. Telling ppl up front to go do horrible and non heroic things that are almost universally understood as a social anathema is an automatic fail. I have to come down as seeing this as mustache twirling villain ratfvcking just on the barest assumption that Hamas apologists have the basic competency of a high school student and know that insanely sociopathic statements are counterproductive.

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lawhawk Mar 11, 2024 • 11:46:58am

It’s Monday…. and it’s blue skies outside…

New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 11, 2024 • 11:47:05am

re: #341 gocart mozart

Years ago many of us concluded that VDH was just a racist nutjob.

Unfortunately for Stanford, they’re stuck with him in one of their associated organs.

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 11:49:40am

re: #359 lawhawk

Alternatively…..

Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts

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Dr Lizardo Mar 11, 2024 • 11:52:10am

re: #360 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Years ago many of us concluded that VDH was just a racist nutjob.

Unfortunately for Stanford, they’re stuck with him in one of their associated organs.

Yeah, he just gives his racism a nice intellectual veneer.

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Teukka Mar 11, 2024 • 11:52:43am

re: #358 Scottish Dragon

Yeah that’s a typical reaction to ameliorate cognitive dissonance when faced with evidence that your own side did really bad shit. You blame the victims and say that they had it coming after the fact. See the American public reaction to My Lai: ppl overwhelmingly supported Lt Calley and blamed the villagers for their own massacre.

That’s still a very different critter from recruiting ppl to go rape and massacre from the very beginning. Not only is it ineffective and counterproductive as propaganda, it also is a massive demotivator in recruitment! Unless your target audience are psychopaths that you can’t control anyway, ppl almost always see themselves in the best and most heroic light even when they are doing really horrible stuff. Telling ppl up front to go do horrible and non heroic things that are almost universally understood as a social anathema is an automatic fail. I have to come down as seeing this as mustache twirling villain ratfvcking just on the barest assumption that Hamas apologists have the basic competency of a high school student and know that insanely sociopathic statements are counterproductive.

Or it could be that they see the writing on the wall, there’s no way of denying what happened on the 7th, there’s no denying that Hamas et al. did it, but are too invested or sympathetic to the cause to be able to distance themselves.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 11:54:21am

re: #360 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Years ago many of us concluded that VDH was just a racist nutjob.

Unfortunately for Stanford, they’re stuck with him in one of their associated organs.

Anyone that imagines there’s an impermeable cultural barrier at the Bosphorous that stretches across the Mediterranean to Gilbratar is fundamentally unserious before you ever get to mental pathology.

Most of European of history in the three centuries has been written by people absolutely intent on denying that culture doesn’t match modern nationalists’ understanding of volk.

Americans that want America to be white and Christian have to enforce the idea that Europe was intuitively, axiomatically white and Christian…as opposed to those being identities that were actively enforced on Europe’s interior by violence and top-down indoctrination as a way to exert state power over far more diverse and amorphous ways of belonging and believing.

The older I get the more I notice that the Renaissance’s fetishization of the Greeks and Romans was simply about gilding their patrons with a sheen of intellectualism while the actual project of The Enlightenment immediately started creating categories of excluded outsiders.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 11:54:39am

re: #363 Teukka

I hope that the person posting these is seen and named.

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 11, 2024 • 11:58:11am

re: #358 Scottish Dragon

Yeah that’s a typical reaction to ameliorate cognitive dissonance when faced with evidence that your own side did really bad shit. You blame the victims and say that had it coming after the fact. See the American public reaction to My Lai: ppl overwhelmingly supported Lt Calley and blamed the villagers for their own massacre.

That’s still a very different critter from recruiting ppl to go rape and massacre from the very beginning. Not only is it ineffective and counterproductive as propaganda, it also is a massive demotivator in recruitment! Unless your target audience are psychopaths that you can’t control anyway, ppl almost always see themselves in the best and most heroic light even when they are doing really horrible stuff. Telling ppl up front to go do horrible and non heroic things that are almost universally understood as a social anathema is an automatic fail. I have to come down as seeing this as mustache twirling villain ratfvcking just on the barest assumption that Hamas apologists have the basic competency of a high school student and know that insanely sociopathic statements are counterproductive.

Why is it ineffective? You dehumanize the opposition (like slaveholders who routinely raped slaves even though they argued they were less than human) and tell your followers that rape is an effective tool in humiliating and harming those on the other side. For millennia, it’s been a very common policy in warfare. So I don’t think it would be unusual to legitimize that crime to your supporters.

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 11, 2024 • 11:58:28am

This is the internet.

Your speculation is futile because everything is vastly easier to fake than it is to debunk.

At some point you have to just acknowledge that you’re viewing stuff through an aperture set by a unknown third party, and that not drawing conclusions is actually a productive activity.

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Eventual Carrion Mar 11, 2024 • 12:13:15pm

re: #356 Nerdy Fish

Wasn’t his 25% tariff while he was President the first time a major economic disaster? Why does he think this is going to go any better?

Because he is a fucking idiot

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 12:14:40pm

re: #366 Hecuba’s daughter

Why is it ineffective? You dehumanize the opposition (like slaveholders who routinely raped slaves even though they argued they were less than human) and tell your followers that rape is an effective tool in humiliating and harming those on the other side. For millennia, it’s been a very common policy in warfare. So I don’t think it would be unusual to legitimize that crime to your supporters.

You never, ever see it legitimized up front as I already explained. Legitimization of sex crimes or massacres in war is always a ex post facto occurrence. I’ve seen more than my fair share of war propaganda leaflets and broadsides, and I cannot recall an example more recent than the late 18th century where soldiers are directly enticed to go fight with the promise of grabbing some women (General Burgoyne recruiting for an elite dragoon cavalry unit used this angle specifically in the 1760s)

People have an innate need to see themselves as heroes fighting for a just cause (even when that is badly mistaken as in this case) That’s why Hamas has pushed back so directly against rape allegations even after we all had figured out that rape had happened extensively on Oct 7th. It looks really bad to the global audience as well as to their own heroic self image.

ISIL might be a possible exception here since they were basing war crimes and enslavement of women on bizarre religious dogma instead of nationalistic tropes like Hamas, but I am not familiar with their online recruitment pitches.

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Scottish Dragon Mar 11, 2024 • 12:18:43pm

re: #367 The Ghost of a Flea

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Bingo.

Jack Posobiec pretending to be an anti Trump protester.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Mar 11, 2024 • 2:14:22pm

re: #353 Scottish Dragon

That would take monumental stupidity to blatantly call for rape when Hamas’ leadership has been denying that rape happened on Oct 7th (despite copious evidence that quite a lot of rape did happen)

Propaganda relies on motivating your own followers by promoting your virtue and promoting the malfeasance and evil of your enemy. This does the absolute opposite of that to cartoonish effect. Basically WE ARE EVIL AND LET’S DO ALL THE EVIL.

Rape is what you really want to accuse your enemies of. I’ve never, ever seen any propaganda leaflet before that called for defiling the women of an opponent from the past 120 years. That’s a sort of thing you used to entice mercenaries in the 30 Years War. Somebody is screwing around and playing with fire.

Francoist general Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, who commanded Moroccan troops during the Spanish Civil War, did not issue pamphlets calling for rape but he certainly supported it on radio, a medium he was noted for using.

Our brave Legionaries and Regulares have shown the red cowards what it means to be a man. And, incidentally the wives of reds too. These Communist and Anarchist women, after all, have made themselves fair game by their doctrine of free love. And now they have at least the acquaintance of real men, and not milksops of militiamen. Kicking their legs about and struggling won’t save them.

Mohamed Mizzian was another Francoist commander who did nothing to hide his tolerance for rape:

After the battle for Navalcarnero American historian John Thompson Whitaker wrote that among the Spanish Republican prisoners were two young militia women that Mizzian personally interrogated, after which he handed them over to his men. When Whitaker expressed his concern about the fate of the girls he “attended horrified in helpless anger” when Meziane stated that the two teenage women “will not live more than four hours” once at the hands of his troops.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Mar 11, 2024 • 2:28:26pm

re: #356 Nerdy Fish

Wasn’t his 25% tariff while he was President the first time a major economic disaster? Why does he think this is going to go any better?

Because the red meat base thinks that a tariff on Chinese goods would be paid by China.

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