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Footage has surfaced of protestors speaking with Kyle pre-murder spree, calling him out for pointing his weapon at cars and people earlier in the night.#Kenosha #KenoshaProtests #KyleRittenhouse pic.twitter.com/69IrtIUOrC
— Police Brutality Tracker Bot (@CopsRBad) August 30, 2020
“Self-Defense.”
re: #3 DodgerFan1988
Huh. So, basically, committing assault.
He fucked up doing it in Wisconsin. We aren’t a third world state like Florida or Mississippi and as a result he’s probably going to due of old age or suicide in Waupun Wis no matter how many fascists pretend he’s a hero.
That video was an immense pleasure to take in.
In retrospect, Kimberly Guilfoyle was the highlight of the #RNC. I loved her red dress. I wonder if it comes in her size?
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) August 30, 2020
re: #253 jaunte
There appears to have been a shooting near third and Morrison. I do not know how many customs or their status. The police have closed down third between Morrison and alder. I spoke to one person who did not wish to be identified no subtitles at this time so sound on. pic.twitter.com/MF5aojn0xd
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) August 30, 2020
Let me repeat this for those inventing the idea of “Black Lives Matter riots.” BLM doesn’t “riot.” They march against police violence. And note that those caught setting fires, assaulting and shooting people are consistently of the RIGHT, not the left. https://t.co/3qSk5Ym7l7
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 29, 2020
In the category of “2020 continues to suck”:
Afghanistan Hit By New Wave Of Polio Cases Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Radio Free Europe)
Afghanistan’s long battle to eradicate the crippling polio virus has been thwarted by conflict, migration, and myths over the vaccine.
But the war-torn nation of around 30 million people has faced a new hurdle: the coronavirus pandemic.
Polio vaccination drives in Afghanistan, which has the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict, were halted in March to limit the risk of transmitting COVID-19 to children, parents, and health workers.
Although vaccination campaigns resumed this month, health authorities are grappling with a surge of new cases of polio, a childhood virus that leads to deformed limbs, paralysis, and even death.
Africa was just declared free of polio. The only remaining countries in the world are Afghanistan and Pakistan. More at the link.
A man has been shot, police and ambulance are attending pic.twitter.com/GgkB6acetH
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 30, 2020
Don’t wait!
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Find the location of the nearest ballot DROPBOX from your local election office (or use https://t.co/goeBEUgRwH).
Each person who Votes By Dropbox makes one less person in line Nov 3. pic.twitter.com/3jZCyMmFMR— J. StormoGipson, MD (@JStormogipson) August 30, 2020
Trump caught window peeping, disguise useless.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) August 30, 2020
re: #14 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Michelle Malkin kitchen counter fact-finding group.
Times reporter shot with nonlethal projectiles by supporters of the President who have amassed as vigilantes in Portland, along with demonstrators.
It is time for everyone to open their imaginations and stare into the darkness that is coming. It is the only way to prepare. https://t.co/7ggBIaUYHN— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) August 30, 2020
This is how ISIS entered Mosul https://t.co/tqPa4sCgNi
— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle1) August 30, 2020
That is assault. https://t.co/3Yd41ltMcm
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) August 30, 2020
re: #10 Belafon
Conservaparrots taking over the commentary of that thread. Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout.
Civility police are also all over it on “peaceful protest” and “violence is never the answer” (too bad they don’t tell their conservative compatriots that in the same thread).
re: #20 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Conservaparrots taking over the commentary of that thread. Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout.
Civility police are also all over it on “peaceful protest” and “violence is never the answer” (too bad they don’t tell their conservative compatriots that in the same thread).
Violence is never the answer. Unless some ni-CLANGs need to die.
* even though their caravan map showed they were supposed to drive around PDX, they drove through downtown
* they sprayed people in PDX from the back of their pick-up trucks with paintball and pepper spray
* someone has been shot. Police are on the scene.
2/2— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) August 30, 2020
Portland police confirm the person shot has died. They are sending homicide detectives to the scene, according to The Oregonian.
— Jason Rosenthal (@JasonCRosenthal) August 30, 2020
This asshole just tried to run over and kill protesters. That’s terrorism. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/hCmnfEE0Rw
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) August 30, 2020
“…Tensions boiled over in downtown Portland last weekend when pro-police, pro-Trump demonstrators fired paintball guns and used pepper and bear spray against anti-racist protesters. One man named Alan Swinney, a member of the Proud Boys hate group, which frequently engages in violence at protests, even pulled a handgun on demonstrators at one point. Police intentionally did not intervene to break up fights, to much criticism. (For his part, Swinney appeared at another rally this week, again armed with a handgun and a paintball gun.)”
opb.org
Stirring the pot
It’s already been confirmed MULTIPLE times that the shooter was a Trump supporter. Your buddies came in armed, as outside agitators, and just killed somebody. There had been no deaths in Portland before tonight. None.
— FireTuckerCarlsonNow (@CarlsonNow) August 30, 2020
re: #24 DodgerFan1988
Lots of people cheering running over protestors.
When conservatives lose power, they get violent. All through our nation’s history, all through every nation’s history.
It shows they’re desperate.
You mean #Terrorism. Because that’s all you clowns are. Terrorists and murders.
— The Wind Cries “Transparency.” (@DaveoutofAustin) August 30, 2020
re: #26 Dave In Austin
Stirring the pot
Andy Ngo is a libertarian fascist. Twitter will not kick them off.
re: #29 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Andy Ngo is a
libertarian fascistneo-Nazi propagandist. Twitter will not kick them off.
FTFY.
On Sen. Rand Paul’s snowflakery:
The way this works is that a loud group of protesters angrily heckling an elected official on a public street is abhorrent and threatening, but masked gunmen menacing legislators inside the state capitol is peaceful protest.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 28, 2020
(video, 0:45)
We know this well. In February, a hearing for a common sense gun safety bill drew 400 gun rights advocates, many of them armed with automatic rifles, to gather inside our State Capitol, mostly around the hearing rooms outside my office. That’s the job…pic.twitter.com/GWDaifECGQ https://t.co/YSWmWWcdi9
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) August 28, 2020
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Now the gun terminology pedants are after Sen. Hunt:
I would tell you the vast majority (if not all) were not carrying automatic rifles. It’s not legal without lots of paperwork and an expensive tax stamp. Please don’t spread misinformation.
— Mediocre_ace (@mediocre_ace) August 28, 2020
re: #33 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
An automatic weapon is difficult to obtain, locked behind at least 6 months of wait time after paperwork is filed and an expensive tax stamp. Is there room for reform? Absolutely! But to say these weapons are automatic is completely untrue.
— Mediocre_ace (@mediocre_ace) August 28, 2020
Why are any weapons needed in the state capitol, asshat?
Tense situation in Portland. Patriot Prayer rightwing activist Joey Gibson was cornered in a gas station. Police swooped in to protect him. Here’s Gibson talking on phone behind a line of cops #BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtests #pdxprotest pic.twitter.com/1JAyCuq91E
— Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) August 30, 2020
From my vantage it very much looked like Portland Police acted as Joey Gibson’s private security team, protecting him from the hundreds of anti-fascist #BlackLivesMatter protesters who had encircled Gibson in the Chevron #PDXprotests #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/KfHLe6K4gQ
— Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) August 30, 2020
BREAKING VIDEO: After being attacked by Trump supporters, riot police arrest a protester. #TrumpViolence #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/UZBcBwg9wF
— Anoncat Ⓐ☂️🏴 ➐ (@anoncatanoncat) August 30, 2020
And of course, the overwhelming response to the last one is “FUCK YEAH, GO COPS, FUCK ANTIFA FOREVER, WE WIN!!!!” shows where we’re going at this point.
Trump now has his army and they’re ready to deploy and kill as many of those deemed Trump’s ‘enemies’ now, and the cops seem set to let it fucking happen because fuck us, I guess.
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
There are far fewer of the fascist accellerationists than they want you to believe (most of the Portland protestors came from Idaho).
And they still haven’t figured out liberals will defend themselves and others.
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There are far fewer of the fascist accellerationists than they want you to believe (most of the Portland protestors came from Idaho).
And they still haven’t figured out liberals will defend themselves and others.
I’m not sure how much difference it makes when it’s clear they have full faith and support of the police who will allow them to basically stampede over us at full whim.
re: #38 Citizen K
I’m not sure how much difference it makes when it’s clear they have full faith and support of the police who will allow them to basically stampede over us at full whim.
That goes back to the long game of suing a municipality into bankruptcy if the politicians won’t get their police under control.
Meanwhile in Omaha now:
Black Lives Matter supporters protest in Omaha’s Old Market (Omaha World-Herald)
Everyone here knows the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t some simple sit-in kumbayah moment. It contained lots of violence against protestors.
All that’s happening now is the continued struggle against conservatives who would pull us back into the Dark Ages with their fear of everything their religions tell them to be afraid of.
Society sometimes takes steps backwards when conservatives temporarily gain control of them. Conservatism contains the seeds of its own destruction, since the goal is gathering and conserving power. That means they turn on each other.
LOL
Received word from Secretary of State Bob Evnen will not withhold the medical marijuana initiative from the ballot!
— Senator Adam Morfeld (@Adam_Morfeld) August 27, 2020
What do you think the odds of passing are?
— BDSoftley (@BDSoftley) August 28, 2020
— Senator Adam Morfeld (@Adam_Morfeld) August 28, 2020
Trump has his martyr. Can martial law be far away? “The man who was shot and killed was wearing a hat with the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in Portland that has clashed with protesters in the past.” https://t.co/s4rcq8tciz
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) August 30, 2020
re: #41 DodgerFan1988
I thought Patriot Prayer was based in Vancouver, Washington - granted, that’s right across the Columbia and it’s considered part of the Portland/Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Joey Gibson lives in Vancouver, that’s pretty well-known.
re: #41 DodgerFan1988
Be clear: one Trump supporter shot another while intending to shoot an antiracist protester. No passive voice vague bullshit now. https://t.co/QxhQ3oTghI
— Kevin Moore (@kevinwmoore) August 30, 2020
re: #43 teleskiguy
Be clear: one Trump supporter shot another while intending to shoot an antiracist protester. No passive voice vague bullshit now.
FFS, if that’s really what happened, there isn’t enough facepalm in all the known universe to cover this.
“The biggest, bloodiest disturbance in Los Angeles since Watts five years earlier lasted several hours. When it was over, @LATimes columnist Ruben Salazar was dead and two others mortally wounded.” Read about the #ChicanoMoratorium, 50 years ago today. https://t.co/4Joa7SxbOX
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) August 29, 2020
Atlantic tropics are getting busy, with a wave SW of Cabo Verde, another wave about to enter the Caribbean Sea, and a third wave over north Florida expected to move off the East Coast and develop.
re: #44 Dr Lizardo
Stupid untrained people doing stupid untrained things is not surprising. These folks are more likely to hit people closest to them. Which often includes their friends and colleagues.
This can also happen with trained people as well in combat situations. (There were several incidents of friendly fire portrayed in the movie series “Band of Brothers”.)
The better units spend a lot of time in small unit training. A major reason is that everybody needs to know where everybody else is. And hopefully will be less likely to shoot them.
I was on one set of night maneuvers where I was in a foxhole watching my field of fire. When somebody stood up right in front of me. He got a three round burst from me. (Fortunately, it was blanks.)
It turned out to be my squad leader. A man not known for deep thought. For example, considering why he was in front of my defensive position in the middle of the night,without telling me.
While I felt that the unit leadership was much improved by my response, I was kind of irritated that he caused me to give away my position.
Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming, but you know, freedom.#COVIDIOTS
— Bob Mina (@HurricaneBobM) August 29, 2020
re: #48 Dread Pirate Ron
If this is done immediately, in 6-8 weeks we could be below <1R contagion (Less than 1 case transmission per infection). That is feasible. If we do not do that, the death count will be in the millions. The death toll rate is currently exponential.
— Bobby Don Welch (@Bobby_Don_Welch) August 29, 2020
Unfortunately we have genocidaires conservatives in charge of both the Senate and South Dakota.
re: #49 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
His recommendations are entirely correct. Sadly, it won’t happen simply because the Clown King thinks he knows more about everything than everyone else on the planet.
If Biden wins this November, with any luck, you’ll probably see something like this being phased in around late January to mid-February. Cold comfort for those already dead or their loved ones, of course.
On the upvote of Dr. Lizardo, my Internet service dropped out. It’s acting very intermittently now, so I’m going to pack it in.
I like how they showed us this shit in school in the 80’s as a warning and now we’re all living it. pic.twitter.com/QRIaWWUzEi
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) August 30, 2020
CONFIRMED: Similarly to that of the violent ‘call to arms’ in Kenosha WI, this evening’s confrontational “Trump Caravan” utilized a Facebook event page to market their event and create space for violent inspiration in their discussion tab. https://t.co/6bv1Cvk2wG pic.twitter.com/5UBWLuQC0I
— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) August 30, 2020
In my view, there’s a massive criminal liability staring Facebook in the, er, face. You can make some sort of fairness/ignorance argument for passively hosting violent terrorist content, I guess, however bullshit.
But Facebook has been suggesting these kinds of groups to people who weren’t in them. And, I assume, people for similar groups around the planet. Most countries have specific counterterrorism laws against recruitment and facilitation for terrorist organizations, and are not very happy about people who do this. We now have a global social media superpower involved in recruiting and facilitating terrorism, and this can’t go on.
I really shouldn’t look at Twitter, even when directed there from here. Or in that case I need to not look on the sides.
“Only 6%” is Trending (in the US of course) on Twitter. Why you may ask… because a bunch of stupid MAGAts and Al Qaren operatives are posting (a verbatim cut and paste might even be bots doing it) little blurb about how the CDC “quietly” admits only 6% of the deaths are from COVID-19.
Because the CDC stated that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths had no comorbidities.
So they are either TOO STUPID TO BE ALIVE and think 94% of those people died of something else (which would include… obesity, asthma, etc. sure do see hundreds of thousands of people dropping dead of these things on ventilators all the time //)
or they are fucking intentionally lying.
If the US didn’t have nuclear weapons, and countries other than 2 that are arguably *worse* than the US were around to sweep in as a replacement super power… I’d say “let it die, I’m going to Canada”, but we can’t let a nation of these fucking evil morons have nuclear weapons.
Seems as if the deceased was a CHUD with tactical gear and a ‘Thin Blue Line’ patch on his leg.
re: #55 BigPapa
Seems as if the deceased was a CHUD with tactical gear and a ‘Thin Blue Line’ patch on his leg.
Yeah, looks like the deceased was a Trumpite. Story floating around - unconfirmed for the time being - is that he might have been shot by another Trumpite in a “friendly fire”-type incident.
re: #56 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, looks like the deceased was a Trumpite. Story floating around - unconfirmed for the time being - is that he might have been shot by another Trumpite in a “friendly fire”-type incident.
Negligent homicide.
And is this a sort of Viking-style “stand your ground” thing starting where you go to someone else’s place and “stand your ground” there?
The Portland Police should have, and probably do, know better than to just let this stuff go. Their leadership and maybe rank and file might be viewing these asshats as allies, but giving them double standard special treatment and protecting them from the citizens of the city rather than vice-versa is simply going to convince a lot more people that the department and associated union need to be completely removed and rebuilt from the ground up.
Presumably this will lead to a number of civil lawsuits as well against whomever organized this piece of stupidity. Assuming they can be identified.
re: #57 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
With all the security camera footage, and probably a lot of private cellphone footage, I’d imagine they’ll find the shooter in fairly short order.
biiiig ddos energy on the west coast rn. predictable and predicted flex.
— 🌊ʇᴉɯᴉl ɐɯǝɥɔs®🌊🤘🏼 (@TimForgot) August 30, 2020
re: #61 teleskiguy
Is there some kind of DDoS attack going on?
re: #56 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, looks like the deceased was a Trumpite. Story floating around - unconfirmed for the time being - is that he might have been shot by another Trumpite in a “friendly fire”-type incident.
That’ll change and quickly. He’ll soon be a martyr, a Trump supporter cut down by a BLM “thug.” And any reports of the shooter being a fellow MAGAt will be dismissed as the authorities “covering up the truth” because they’re all liberals who support BLM.
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
Twitter is super wonky, Centurylink’s homepage takes minutes to load, even LGF a few minutes ago wasn’t loading right away.
re: #63 Targetpractice
That’ll change and quickly. He’ll soon be a martyr, a Trump supporter cut down by a BLM “thug.” And any reports of the shooter being a fellow MAGAt will be dismissed as the authorities “covering up the truth” because they’re all liberals who support BLM.
Of course, I know it’d be foolish to discount the herculean mental gymnastics the MAGAts are capable of. They are stubbornly resistant to facts and truth; it’s an almost impressive feat of real-life Orwellian doublethink. They’d make great IngSoc “Inner Party” members - I have little doubt that if Trump told them that two plus two equals five, they’d believe it wholeheartedly.
re: #3 DodgerFan1988
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“Self-Defense.”
It’s only a matter of time before somebody comes forward with footage of the start of the whole thing. My personal belief remains that the little shit tried to pick fights while hiding behind his gun. And that the first video we’ve seen of him running away from a thrown plastic bag was the result.
Meanwhile, orange lardshit has tweeted about three dozen times in one hour.
re: #67 teleskiguy
Meanwhile, orange lardshit has tweeted about three dozen times in one hour.
Huh, must not be hitting the links today.
BTW, took a gander over at Reddit and the Portland, OR subreddit has been set to private for the time being. They must’ve been getting hardcore brigaded by the MAGAts.
As of this morning more than a thousand students have tested positive for COVID-19 at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. Almost 40% positivity rate.
We’re going to see an astronomical and catastrophic rise in COVID-19 cases, it’s already starting. September is going to be ugly.
For me Wikipedia is down, Twitter is down, Centurylink’s homepage is down.
Reddit’s not loading. I’m hearing Discord is not working. It’s a DDoS attack or DNS servers are not working.
re: #72 teleskiguy
For me Wikipedia is down, Twitter is down, Centurylink’s homepage is down.
Huh. Wondering if that’s why I’m getting nothing on my online tutoring. I know the online tutoring company’s HQ is in San Francisco.
Thanks to those of you who are bringing us news about what’s going on in Portland. It should be obvious to anyone paying attention that the police is composed of White Supremacists. The Portland City Council needs to reign them in. They work for the public and should act accordingly instead of acting like protectors of Neo Nazis.
re: #56 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, looks like the deceased was a Trumpite. Story floating around - unconfirmed for the time being - is that he might have been shot by another Trumpite in a “friendly fire”-type incident.
Either that or the Putin auxiliaries are finally seeing what I have been saying for a long time: They don’t have all the guns.
This is what I saw as well. One stupid Trumpster is claiming that the shooter aimed his gun and the victim “reacted wtih pepper spray.” The object in the victim’s right hand doesn’t look like any pepper spray container I have ever seen.
This looks like the guy was closing on the shooter and holding something in his right hand that he had reared back and was getting ready to throw or swing. The shooter only turns at the very last second to ward off what looks to be an imminent threat. #PortlandShooting #Portland pic.twitter.com/wwtWIeFvYb
— Hey, Dave! (@davegreenidge57) August 30, 2020
I should add that Dave is wrong in the first post. It is definitely a gun shot. With the shot spacing and the smoke, I’m guessing that the weapon is probably a revolver.
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) August 30, 2020
I mean, does it even cross his mind to think “Wow, that’s quite an incredible claim. Perhaps I should call one of the thousands of experts I have almost instant access too before retweeting this?”
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2020
Jesus H. Christ, what is going on in America. I go to sleep, wake up in the morning to a pro-Trump gang in Portand inciting violence and murdering a man, and the DC police violently repressing protests with tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets.
re: #81 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Don’t ask me. I just got here myself.
Here come the big layoffs - and just in time for the election.
American Airlines, barely airborne, is preparing to lay off 19,000 workers on October 1. In a letter to employees, CEO Doug Parker pointed out that an aid package for airlines Congress passed in March assumed the coronavirus pandemic would be under control by September. “That is obviously not the case,” he said.
Delta, for its part, is planning to lay off more than 1,900 pilots. “We are six months into this pandemic and only 25% of our revenues have been recovered,” a top executive explained to employees recently. “Unfortunately, we see few catalysts over the next six months to meaningfully change this trajectory.”
Coca-Cola, struggling with lost sales from closed restaurants, said this week it’s cutting 4,000 jobs through buyouts and layoffs. Salesforce said on August 26 it’s cutting 1,000 jobs. Thousands of smaller companies and other organizations are throwing in the towel and starting to slash staff permanently. This, of course, comes on top of the 13 million jobs that have been eliminated since February, raising the unemployment rate from 3.5% to 10.2%.
More large layoff announcements are probably coming. Trump is touting an economic recovery, but if big companies with access to all necessary financing can’t keep payrolls intact, the hole might be getting deeper rather than shallower. This week’s Trump-o-meter reads SAD, the lowest rating.
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
People who have lost their jobs tend to remember who and what caused that to happen.
re: #84 PhillyPretzel
People who have lost their jobs tend to remember who and what caused that to happen.
The problem is, Trump cultists (and looking at Delta and Coca-Cola, their headquarters are in Georgia) are so indoctrinated that no matter what happens to them, they will always blame Democrats. This is why partisan politics in America is so fucked up - one party accepts responsibility and plays with honor, by the rules; one party literally blames everything on the other party no matter what and brazenly cheats just to maintain power.
re: #84 PhillyPretzel
People who have lost their jobs tend to remember who and what caused that to happen.
Thanks Obama. /
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
Here come the big layoffs - and just in time for the election.
This is the part that says it all:
In a letter to employees, CEO Doug Parker pointed out that an aid package for airlines Congress passed in March assumed the coronavirus pandemic would be under control by September. “That is obviously not the case,” he said.
The illusion that the pandemic has “ended” and things are returning to “normal” is breaking down. Now that people have had their summer fun, look for self-quarantines to resume and the resulting economic carnage to settle back in.
And here is another one against DT.
yahoo.com
Hmm. Do we have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers?
re: #89 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. Do we have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers?
You monster.
/
Odd. My credit union’s website is loading very slowly. I will try later today.
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
Delta got out in front and offered early retirement and other voluntary separation enticements (not to mention retiring their entire 18 Boeing 777 jets from their fleet and using their new Airbus A350’s as replacements.)
re: #93 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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Where have I seen this before? pic.twitter.com/j0qvTkSaB2
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) August 30, 2020
The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Studios will pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman tonight with a special commercial-free airing of “Black Panther” on ABC, followed by a special examining the actor’s life and work.The unusual move is a sign of respect from the studio behind the Marvel movie that brought Boseman his greatest fame and pop culture impact. The respected actor died Friday at the age of 43 after privately battling colon cancer for four years.
re: #93 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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He’s undoubtedly thrilled that they killed someone. Violence in Trump’s America is celebrated. Until he’s on the campaign trail, then he blames it on Democrats and says this will be daily reality in Biden’s America.
“Pro-life,” folks:
Christian fundraising site has raised over $220,000 for accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhousehttps://t.co/yRA4XdAAAU
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 30, 2020
This is a powerful thread by the “Canadian Rush Limbaugh,” denouncing his former right-wing past and embracing the liberalism of his parents.
This was tweeted by the Conservative MP representing the South Surrey-White Rock, @KerryLynneFindl The MP later apologized for retweeting a video on this tweet that was harvested from a hate site. Hardly a fulsome unambiguous apology for composing & disseminating #AntiSemitism pic.twitter.com/o44gNUSL9r
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) August 30, 2020
re: #99 Targetpractice
“Pro-life,” folks:
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I don’t want to live in this reality anymore.
This is the part that makes me want to puke:
The Give Send Go campaign for Rittenhouse, titled “Raise money for Kyle Rittenhouse Legal Defense,” contains a statement reading, “Kyle Rittenhouse just defended himself from a brutal attack by multiple members of the far-leftist group ANTIFA – the experience was undoubtedly a brutal one, as he was forced to take two lives to defend his own. Now, Kyle is being unfairly charged with murder 1, by a DA who seems determined only to capitalize on the political angle of the situation. The situation was clearly self-defense, and Kyle and his family will undoubtedly need money to pay for the legal fees. Let’s give back to someone who bravely tried to defend his community.”
IT WASN’T HIS COMMUNITY, YOU GHOULISH ASSHATS! HE LIVES IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT STATE!
Asking why we should elect Biden without referring to Trump is like asking why someone should get in a lifeboat without referring to the sinking ship.
— JRehling (@JRehling) August 30, 2020
re: #94 Targetpractice
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Nah, can’t be Trump supporters. They wouldn’t be caught dead in those scrawny compact pickups. Otherwise it’s an exact match.
re: #100 The Pie Overlord!
This is a powerful thread by the “Canadian Rush Limbaugh,” denouncing his former right-wing past and embracing the liberalism of his parents.
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Wow. That was incredibly moving.
re: #102 Targetpractice
This is the part that makes me want to puke:
IT WASN’T HIS COMMUNITY, YOU GHOULISH ASSHATS! HE LIVES IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT STATE!
Indeed. The victims were Kenoshans. Kyle isn’t from their state let only county or town. He went there intending to shoot people. And I’m optimistic that he will be convicted or forced to plead guilty to the charges.
New level of tension from Lukashenka.
Infantry fighting vehicles are on the streets of #Minsk
Via @Belsat_TV pic.twitter.com/vsv4iiEfsb— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) August 30, 2020
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Another video depicting the scale of today’s rally
via @rianru pic.twitter.com/FxkvlDOwGp— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) August 30, 2020
re: #75 Patricia Kayden
Thanks to those of you who are bringing us news about what’s going on in Portland. It should be obvious to anyone paying attention that the police is composed of White Supremacists. The Portland City Council needs to reign them in. They work for the public and should act accordingly instead of acting like protectors of Neo Nazis.
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.
The president has just arrived at his Sterling, Virginia golf club pic.twitter.com/hI3mYttbM4
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) August 30, 2020
You can’t say Dems support big government socialism AND anarchy. They’re two opposite things you psychotic ignorant troll. https://t.co/OJBgNBtTJj
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 30, 2020
The propagandists from 2016 are out in full and coordinated force this morning under the trending “antifa.” Twitter needs to boot the lot. Posobiec, Ngo, PJW, Cernovich, Ian Miles Cheong, and many more that we’ve regrettably come to know. As predictable as noon.
Donald Trump didn’t build a wall around America, the world built a wall around us. pic.twitter.com/lLY8S92cSb
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 28, 2020
I wonder what will happen when school starts up:
U.S. virus cases are starting to inch back up again. Yesterday’s total of 47,860 cases was the highest in two weeks, @business data show.
There have now been 5.9 million confirmed Covid cases and 181,000 deaths in the U.S.https://t.co/id6FMiAGze pic.twitter.com/VKa30Hrex6— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) August 29, 2020
re: #112 Belafon
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It gets to my general feeling that America First has become America Isolated.
Even with a better government, you can’t avoid idiots:
Germany coronavirus: ‘Anti-corona’ protest in Berlin draws thousands https://t.co/LHOFyWnQWi
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 29, 2020
I’m picking through the tweets Anne Laurie has collected on the virus, and while a few are good:
Mount Sinai researchers were among the 1st to show anticoagulation therapy is linked to improved survival among hospitalized COVID patients. But many questions remained, especially how much of a benefit & what dosage for the drug? Now, there are answers https://t.co/1zghEp0Kcr
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 29, 2020
So many of them are just about how idiotic people are:
Deadly workplace: Merced County health officials have ordered the shutdown of Foster Farms’ poultry processing plant because 8 workers have died of #COVID19 and 358 have tested positive for the virus. The outbreak at the plant described as out of control https://t.co/qSjOKdl21F pic.twitter.com/T0kiBLbO42
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 29, 2020
~30,000 students enrolled at Alabama
~1,000 students already diagnosed with COVID, with unknown undiagnosed and asymptomatic cases
So, 1/30th of the campus is sick with an exponentially spreading virus and classes started 10 days ago.
This aint working. https://t.co/zWeYTsvtPf— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) August 29, 2020
Not in response to this specifically, but because of overall trends, my 16yo son asked if he could donate to the ACLU (which meant using my credit card, but that’s neither here nor there). I am proud of him.
Our client Christopher David, a US Navy veteran, asked federal agents in Portland why they weren’t upholding their oath to the Constitution.They beat and gassed him in response.He’ll now have to get his answer in court. pic.twitter.com/XmfIPqoPS7
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 30, 2020
So the back to school plan at #Catholic schools is a recruitment strategy? @universalhub @CardinalSean @WCVB a #Covid testing strategy would be nice… https://t.co/lFbLnpfkS4
— bostonscigirl (@bostonscigirl1) August 28, 2020
re: #114 Belafon
I am tired of America’s chief export being dangerous, selfish assholery. First it was southern fried Nazism and now this idiocy.
re: #119 A Mom Anon
I am tired of America’s chief export being dangerous, selfish assholery. First it was southern fried Nazism and now this idiocy.
QAnon is starting to catch in Germany, apparently. I’m seeing it more and more here in Czech Republic on the local-language conspiracy and disinformation websites as well.
Changed my laundry detergent and I love the new scent!
re: #114 Belafon
Even with a better government, you can’t avoid idiots:
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When I got instructed to work from home in April, I stopped shaving. I’ve grown a COVID beard since then, which has come in almost completely gray.
Now on the few occasions when I’ve needed to shop, I’ve been asked multiple times (and for the first times ever) if I qualify for the senior discount.
Trying to decide if that means I should shave or keep the beard.
And I qualified for the senior discount years ago. ;-)
re: #120 Dr Lizardo
I guess the only upside to this is that it’s all an instant asshole identifier. Which makes some things easier to sort out.
re: #126 A Mom Anon
I guess the only upside to this is that it’s all an instant asshole identifier. Which makes some things easier to sort out.
I’m afraid of Q becoming a 21st century Protocols or Turner Diaries.
re: #127 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m afraid of Q becoming a 21st century Protocols or Turner Diaries.
It’s well on its way.
re: #127 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m afraid of Q becoming a 21st century Protocols or Turner Diaries.
I long for the days when Q was either an oddball alien character on a TV show, or an elite technological and engineering genius in the movies. (Or both, for people like me who are fans of both franchises.)
re: #54 Jack Burton
I really shouldn’t look at Twitter, even when directed there from here. Or in that case I need to not look on the sides.
“Only 6%” is Trending (in the US of course) on Twitter. Why you may ask… because a bunch of stupid MAGAts and Al Qaren operatives are posting (a verbatim cut and paste might even be bots doing it) little blurb about how the CDC “quietly” admits only 6% of the deaths are from COVID-19.
Because the CDC stated that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths had no comorbidities.
So they are either TOO STUPID TO BE ALIVE and think 94% of those people died of something else (which would include… obesity, asthma, etc. sure do see hundreds of thousands of people dropping dead of these things on ventilators all the time //)
or they are fucking intentionally lying.
If the US didn’t have nuclear weapons, and countries other than 2 that are arguably *worse* than the US were around to sweep in as a replacement super power… I’d say “let it die, I’m going to Canada”, but we can’t let a nation of these fucking evil morons have nuclear weapons.
Something like three hundred million people have twitter accounts. In the world. If you look to it to be representative of anything,… well, you shouldn’t.
re: #128 Dr Lizardo
It’s well on its way.
It is. We’ll have a Q Senator at some point. We’re already in our way to Q Congresspeople.
re: #129 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I long for the days when Q was either an oddball alien character on a TV show, or an elite technological and engineering genius in the movies. (Or both, for people like me who are fans of both franchises.)
Seriously we are in a full out information war.
re: #132 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Seriously we are in a full out information war.
And losing, because people would rather believe an obvious lie than the truth.
re: #64 teleskiguy
Twitter is super wonky, Centurylink’s homepage takes minutes to load, even LGF a few minutes ago wasn’t loading right away.
I haven’t read through everything, but there was a outage at CenturyLink impacting all clients (why yes, I did get awakened by pages but rolled over and went back to sleep). It is now (08:00 PT) resolved.
re: #85 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The problem is, Trump cultists (and looking at Delta and Coca-Cola, their headquarters are in Georgia) are so indoctrinated that no matter what happens to them, they will always blame Democrats. This is why partisan politics in America is so fucked up - one party accepts responsibility and plays with honor, by the rules; one party literally blames everything on the other party no matter what and brazenly cheats just to maintain power.
People who are the type to follow DT are oblivious to what happens until it happens to them. This is happening to them.
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re: #133 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And losing, because people would rather believe an obvious lie than the truth.
Trump and his followers are overthrowing the Age of Reason and returning to the Dark Ages- where religion rules over actual facts and evidence and the notion that “might makes right.”
Where Power itself makes and defines reality. It is a mindset doomed for failure in the long run, but does incredible damage to most people along the way.
re: #136 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #113 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It gets to my general feeling that America First has become America Isolated.
The only wall Trump has built is the one around the White House. And it seems to be mainly trying to keep reality out.
re: #134 mmmirele
I haven’t read through everything, but there was a outage at CenturyLink impacting all clients (why yes, I did get awakened by pages but rolled over and went back to sleep). It is now (08:00 PT) resolved.
I had trouble connecting with sites when I fired up the desktop at about 9:00 this morning, but things seem to be almost normal now. I’ve got CenturyLink DSL service so I just expect it to be slow.
— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) August 30, 2020
OFFS
Mark Meadows says Trump doesn’t own street violence: ‘Donald Trump’s America is peaceful’https://t.co/CqjwaaFAUI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 30, 2020
re: #143 Targetpractice
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A GODDAMN POSSE OF TRUMP IDIOTS JUST SHOT A MAN IN PORTLAND. YOU DON’T GET TO SAY THAT!
Calling these cities and states “Democrat controlled” is horseshit. They’re American states and cities. Trump doesn’t get to skirt responsibility because a region didn’t vote for him.
re: #146 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Calling these cities and states “Democrat controlled” is horseshit. They’re American states and cities. Trump doesn’t get to skirt responsibility because a region didn’t vote for him.
Excellent point. Besides, if you call our cities “Democrat Controlled” you understand neither American cities nor Democrats lol lol lol.
re: #146 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Calling these cities and states “Democrat controlled” is horseshit. They’re American states and cities. Trump doesn’t get to skirt responsibility because a region didn’t vote for him.
And he still continues to persist in the intentional delusion that the violence and unrest is *because of* these Democrat administrations, just because they’re not crawling on their knees to him to let him shoot all the protesters.
I see Michael Moore is all out with his latest Trump’s gonna win if you don’t listen to me. Fuck him. He got 2017 correct but he’s gotten everything else wrong.
re: #147 Rightwingconspirator
Excellent point. Besides, if you call our cities “Democrat Controlled” you understand neither American cities nor Democrats lol lol lol.
Biden himself pointed out after he visited here in 2008 when Palin bragged about being in real Virginia. Joe pointed out it’s all Virginia just like all this is America. A President for all Americans. That’s what Biden will be and that’s why I’m voting for him and not just against Trump.
re: #136 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #146 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Calling these cities and states “Democrat controlled” is horseshit. They’re American states and cities. Trump doesn’t get to skirt responsibility because a region didn’t vote for him.
For Trump, “Democrat controlled” = Enemy occupied.
For years right wingers and their allies have claimed that some Americans are more than others. That if you reside on the coasts or in a city, you are either an out of touch elite or a minority that doesn’t appreciate this country’s greatness.
I suspect Portland PD wanted a few people to get shot. Now then can justify locking it down.
What they should do is outlaw all weapons: run your mouth, bullhorn, whatever, as soon as any offensive weapon is seen swarm and arrest. Nothing.
re: #150 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And so this then occurred to me.
What is it that allegedly makes the midwest or Virginia or farms “Real America” and the coasts, cities, and deserts not? At least these three things-Right wing/Republican arrogance, a sense of white entitlement and a fundamental misunderstanding of what America stands for.
I was genuinely shocked by this:
Whoa, stoped clock moment. https://t.co/3ceolLyGnJ
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2020
re: #127 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m afraid of Q becoming a 21st century Protocols or Turner Diaries.
It is already the Protocols.
re: #157 Rightwingconspirator
And so this then occurred to me.
It’s something I wish more Democratic strategists and liberal pundits will call out. It’s definitely entitlement and a belief that your America is the only America.
re: #159 Sherlock Hound
It is already the Protocols.
It thankfully hasn’t inspired a Holocaust yet but it’s on its way.
re: #158 Ace-o-aces
I was genuinely shocked by this:
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Well we know the CDC has been kneecapped and many states are getting, how shall we say, “creative” with how they report Covid deaths (since there are no nationwide guidelines) so this is probably a side effect from that I.e significantly distorted data not showing the real picture.
Q is actually the Protocols, but live, crowdsourced, organic.
Adrenochrome/Frazzledrip is the Blood Libel.
Globalists are ‘the Joooos’
History is a wheel, ever turning.
Amazing where things are in this country when the PRESIDENT can tweet out an F Bomb and it barely registers in the news cycle.
That people keep responding with valid additions to the list says everything. https://t.co/5ppE7toq5z
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 30, 2020
re: #163 BigPapa
Q is actually the Protocols, but live, crowdsourced, organic.
Adrenochrome/Frazzledrip is the Blood Libel.
Globalists are ‘the Joooos’
History is a wheel, ever turning.
I think that’s why I get distressed. I have a BA in history. I can recognize repeating bad patterns.
re: #155 Eclectic Cyborg
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One photo shows a radicalized group of terrorists heading into a city to harass resisters, indoctrinate children and pillage resources.
The other photo is ISIS of course.
I made use of that with a different twist on my FB.
My brother has a Trump-Pence sticker in the room that used to be my dad’s office. It’s not stuck on anything (it’s propped up on a shelf) and I have debated whether to steal that mf and dispose it ritually in a dumpster when I’m over there today.
Trump loves chaos.
He loves violence.
He loves aggression.
He loves turning people against each other.
Bottom line.
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
Well we know the CDC has been kneecapped and many states are getting, how shall we say, “creative” with how they report Covid deaths (since there are no nationwide guidelines) so this is probably a side effect from that I.e significantly distorted data not showing the real picture.
No, I mean I was shocked Carmine wasn’t buying into the conspiracy theory and actually took the time to read and try and understand what they study was saying. He’s usually a full steam ahead Trumpkin.
re: #157 Rightwingconspirator
It’s ‘Real America’ if it looks like Leave It To Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, or The Waltons, which were all works of fiction written and filmed in California.
re: #174 stpaulbear
It’s ‘Real America’ if it looks like Leave It To Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, or The Waltons, which were all works of fiction written and filmed in California.
With all white casts
REAL means Right-wing Entitled Asshole Losers?
re: #174 stpaulbear
It’s ‘Real America’ if it looks like Leave It To Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, or The Waltons, which were all works of fiction written and filmed in California.
It’s a very white driven narrative. It’s why I try to point out to people who complain about representing minorities of any kind that the white cis gender experience has for long been the default in how popular culture defined itself. There were exceptions of course. That’s why they’re called exceptions.
re: #156 BigPapa
And as anyone who read the manual would tell you, a security clampdown will not successfully stop those protests.
The “manual” is not metaphorical. It is, literally a manual describing these types of events and the potential responses to those events.
That manual is FM3-24, a copy of which is freely available to the public here:
re: #149 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I see Michael Moore is all out with his latest Trump’s gonna win if you don’t listen to me. Fuck him. He got 2017 correct but he’s gotten everything else wrong.
He also said Romney was going to win. He also said McCain was going to win. He’s the ultimate stopped clock and it’s his stupid tired shtick.
re: #178 Sufficient unto the day…
That’s some highly useful reading, because I reckon if Trump goes down in flames this November, we could well be looking at a full-blown (if somewhat low to mid-level) MAGA insurgency in the aftermath.
re: #179 ericblair
He also said Romney was going to win. He also said McCain was going to win. He’s the ultimate stopped clock and it’s his stupid tired shtick.
I’m so tired of him.
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
That’s some highly useful reading, because I reckon if Trump goes down in flames this November, we could well be looking at a full-blown (if somewhat low to mid-level) MAGA insurgency in the aftermath.
I had the horrible and belated realization that Trump’s rhetoric concerning violence being the norm in “Biden’s America” is him signaling to his frothing violent followers that they should riot when he loses, thus forcing Biden to deal with a literal insurgency at the beginning of his presidency.
re: #151 A Cranky One
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re: #183 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
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re: #182 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I had the horrible and belated realization that Trump’s rhetoric concerning violence being the norm in “Biden’s America” is him signaling to his frothing violent followers that they should riot when he loses, thus forcing Biden to deal with a literal insurgency at the beginning of his presidency.
Then it’s more important than ever to crush him at the ballot box. It doesn’t stop all the crazies, but more than a few would lose their courage if they knew they were a small minority.
If I use a public restroom and there is any santizer inside or outside, I get a lot on my hands so it’s still moist then use the door, then keep wiping around after I pass through. When contact with sanitizer-laden hands still doing it’s job before evaporation. The cumulation of all these little things will help a lot.
re: #148 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And he still continues to persist in the intentional delusion that the violence and unrest is *because of* these Democratic administrations, just because they’re not crawling on their knees to him to let him shoot all the protesters.
Let’s not fall for the attempt to relabel the Democratic Party as the democrat, party.
re: #187 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Let’s not fall for the attempt to relabel the Democratic Party as the democrat, party.
Thank you, my mistake.
re: #182 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I had the horrible and belated realization that Trump’s rhetoric concerning violence being the norm in “Biden’s America” is him signaling to his frothing violent followers that they should riot when he loses, thus forcing Biden to deal with a literal insurgency at the beginning of his presidency.
Yep - if he loses, he’s taking America down with him. And he’s gonna use his followers to do the damage. He might well be thinking that if he loses, then America itself must be destroyed.
re: #184 PhillyPretzel
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re: #189 Dr Lizardo
Yep - if he loses, he’s taking America down with him. And he’s gonna use his followers to do the damage. He might well be thinking that if he loses, then America itself must be destroyed.
My relief is the military high command detest him.
re: #191 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
My relief is the military high command detest him.
And they have been studious in not taking sides, which is not a thing that should need to be said, but Trump has literally turned America into a banana dictatorship.
re: #192 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And they have been studious in not taking sides, which is not a thing that should need to be said, but Trump has literally turned America into a banana dictatorship.
It’s crazy when you begin to digest all that’s been done the past four years.
re: #193 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s crazy when you begin to digest all that’s been done the past four years.
I can barely even process the last 6 months without instinctively reaching for the whiskey.
re: #187 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Let’s not fall for the attempt to relabel the Democratic Party as the democrat, party.
I missed the nuance of this and am sloppy with it. What’s the deal with Democrat vs Democratic party? So much fuckery and bad faith angles at play it’s sometimes hard to keep up.
re: #189 Dr Lizardo
Yep - if he loses, he’s taking America down with him. And he’s gonna use his followers to do the damage. He might well be thinking that if he loses, then America itself must be destroyed.
Consider the logistics before you get too panicked about this. Sure, there might be some violent incidents, but general uprisings take planning. And desperation.
Smart money says that somewhere along this path there’s a point of coordination between the caravans and the official Trump apparatus — there was during the 1970’s hard hat riots : smithsonianmag.com
I’m in an extremely pessimistic mood this morning.
* One of my online friends, mother of four girls, all minors, is sourcing bulletproof vests for people.
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It was because of her online selling that friends were asking her if she knew where to get bulletproof vests, while at the same time warning people that things could get very nasty very quickly and to protect themselves.
* All this talk about the Insurrection Act on Twitter, and Trump retweeting QAnon types.
* Me remembering how quickly the former Yugoslavia just seemed to fall apart.
* Yeah, finding that sticker in the office. It wasn’t there last week. Oh, and my brother and I had a huge fight about Jacob Black, so loud it penetrated my deaf as a post mother’s usually impervious shell. He thinks the cops should be able to shoot if they feel threatened. My point was that cops are not judge, jury and executioner.
Damn, it really does feel like a civil war is coming and I’m not liking it one bit.
re: #195 BigPapa
I missed the nuance of this and am sloppy with it. What’s the deal with Democrat vs Democratic party? So much fuckery and bad faith angles at play it’s sometimes hard to keep up.
The GOP decided to do the equivalent of deciding someone named Rob was really Bob and continually referring to him as Bob because he doesn’t understand his own name.
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
That’s some highly useful reading, because I reckon if Trump goes down in flames this November, we could well be looking at a full-blown (if somewhat low to mid-level) MAGA insurgency in the aftermath.
One ray of hope is that if Trump goes down, Barr and Wolf will be gone too. The federal govt. won’t be actively supporting the insurgency any more. The patch between Novermber and January is going to be brutal though.
re: #194 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I can barely even process the last 6 months without instinctively reaching for the whiskey.
I reach for the j a lot too these days. Puts me in a different place. I’m trying to understand all this in a historical context. About what it means not just for our present and future but our past too because these times will be studied by American students looking back.
re: #195 BigPapa
I missed the nuance of this and am sloppy with it. What’s the deal with Democrat vs Democratic party? So much fuckery and bad faith angles at play it’s sometimes hard to keep up.
Someone (on the far right) years ago thought it was cute to call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party. Since then, it’s been used by the right as another way to own the libs.
I find it a useful indicator for people I don’t have to listen to. If asked, I would say I don’t call it out because it’s not nice to point out other people’s handicaps — like not knowing the difference between a noun and an adjective.
re: #196 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Consider the logistics before you get too panicked about this. Sure, there might be some violent incidents, but general uprisings take planning. And desperation.
To be fair, I think it’ll be largely confined to relatively small and sporadic incidents. Maybe a couple OKC-type incidents in there as well, but for the most part, nothing like an all-out uprising.
And as others have noted, if Trump is defeated resoundingly enough (an electoral curb-stomping), that will serve to demoralize a good many of his fanatics.
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re: #200 stpaulbear
One ray of hope is that if Trump goes down, Barr and Wolf will be gone too. The federal govt. won’t be actively supporting the insurgency any more. The patch between November and January is going to be brutal though.
That’s going to be most dangerous moment.
re: #197 Thanos
Smart money says that somewhere along this path there’s a point of coordination between the caravans and the official Trump apparatus — there was during the 1970’s hard hat riots : smithsonianmag.com
If they’re as good as that as they are at everything else, we’ll manage just fine, thank you.
Llre: #204 stpaulbear
Moore and Maher both.
Yeah. Both have been singing the same song for years. Still can’t forgive either for whining that Obama didn’t act “black” enough for them instead of being his own man.
re: #197 Thanos
Smart money says that somewhere along this path there’s a point of coordination between the caravans and the official Trump apparatus — there was during the 1970’s hard hat riots : smithsonianmag.com
see also, 2000 Brooks Brothers riot.
re: #205 goddamnedfrank
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re: #198 mmmirele
Yugoslavia was glommed together and held together by force, of course it fell apart as soon as the strong man died.
I was here for the ’60s. It looked like a split was coming then, too. All the “insurgents” fell apart as soon as they stopped hearing encouragement from the top. I don’t expect this to be a whole lot different.
re: #194 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I can barely even process the last 6 months without instinctively reaching for the whiskey.
Whiskey, pistol, what’s the difference, right?
(/// I suppose thought there are times…)
re: #202 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Someone (on the far right) years ago thought it was cute to call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party. Since then, it’s been used by the right as another way to own the libs.
I find it a useful indicator for people I don’t have to listen to. If asked, I would say I don’t call it out because it“‘s not nice to point out other people’s handicaps — like not knowing the difference between a noun and an adjective.
I’ve called people out for it. I see it as a huge sign of disrespect. John Boehner was horrible about it. I don’t recall if it was popular before he started abusing it, but his overuse made me hate him, and there will be no redemption for John in my eyes.
re: #212 William Lewis
Whiskey, pistol, what’s the difference, right?
(/// I suppose thought there are times…)
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re: #213 stpaulbear
I’ve called people out for it. I see it as a huge sign of disrespect. John Boehner was horrible about it. I don’t recall if it was popular before he started abusing it, but his overuse made me hate him, and there will be no redemption for John in my eyes.
I think Limbaugh popularized it.
re: #100 The Pie Overlord!
This is a powerful thread by the “Canadian Rush Limbaugh,” denouncing his former right-wing past and embracing the liberalism of his parents.
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I got into an email argument with him yrs ago. He was as dishonest in his representations of what others said as Rush.
re: #213 stpaulbear
I’ve called people out for it. I see it as a huge sign of disrespect. John Boehner was horrible about it. I don’t recall if it was popular before he started abusing it, but his overuse made me hate him, and there will be no redemption for John in my eyes.
I’m in a very blue part of blue California, so I don’t get the opportunity much.
re: #209 sagehen
see also, 2000 Brooks Brothers riot.
I had forgotten that Roger Stone was involved in that as well., thx
re: #211 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Yugoslavia was glommed together and held together by force, of course it fell apart as soon as the strong man died.
I was here for the ’60s. It looked like a split was coming then, too. All the “insurgents” fell apart as soon as they stopped hearing encouragement from the top. I don’t expect this to be a whole lot different.
It took 10 years before it blew up. Momentum carries a lot.
re: #213 stpaulbear
Interestingly, though, the Democratic Party here isn’t even the Democratic Party. We run under the auspices of the DFL - the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
re: #216 b_sharp
I got into an email argument with him yrs ago. He was as dishonest in his representations of what others said as Rush.
He was a right-wing asshole and he has apologized for that.
re: #195 BigPapa
I missed the nuance of this and am sloppy with it. What’s the deal with Democrat vs Democratic party? So much fuckery and bad faith angles at play it’s sometimes hard to keep up.
Some like to put the emphasis on the rat part as a slur, others I think don’t want the word democratic associated with their enemies, others, so knows. I can but guess.
re: #214 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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re: #220 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Interestingly, though, the Democratic Party here isn’t even the Democratic Party. We run under the auspices of the DFL - the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
Does the Minnesota GOP have a counterpart to that?
re: #224 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Does the Minnesota GOP have a counterpart to that?
No, actually. It’s the Republican Party of Minnesota.
🚨BREAKING: In a late-Friday filing, Trump and @GOP ask Federal Court to BLOCK the counting of mail-in ballots cast in Pennsylvania via drop boxes, that lack inner envelops, or have been delivered via third party.
This assault on voting rights will fail!https://t.co/d4mNNfZrbh pic.twitter.com/9zyiAaqpvS— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 29, 2020
re: #225 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
No, actually. It’s the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Ah ok. We don’t have anything like that here. Just Dems and Republicans.
re: #223 William Lewis
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re: #227 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Ah ok. We don’t have anything like that here. Just Dems and Republicans.
It’s a good branding strategy, and as you can see, it represents why Minnesota is so blue. Our rural farmers and miners aren’t die-hard Republicans. Our Republican contingent is largely made up of rich lakeshore suburbanites.
re: #229 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s a good branding strategy, and as you can see, it represents why Minnesota is so blue. Our rural farmers and miners aren’t die-hard Republicans. Our Republican contingent is largely made up of rich lakeshore suburbanites.
Yeah I discovered I have distant ancestors that went to Minnesota. Slovenians like Klobuchar’s family who worked in the mines.
re: #211 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Yugoslavia was glommed together and held together by force, of course it fell apart as soon as the strong man died.
I was here for the ’60s. It looked like a split was coming then, too. All the “insurgents” fell apart as soon as they stopped hearing encouragement from the top. I don’t expect this to be a whole lot different.
I remember sitting in a Military Intelligence school during the aftermath of Gulf One and telling people Yugoslavia was going to melt down. Many of the fellow students didn’t believe me but none of the instructors would say one way or the other. Made _me_ wonder what briefings they’d had that they couldn’t discuss with the peons.
Not too long after I got an invitation of Uncle to spend a vacation in the Balkans. Since I was very close to my ETS, I was allowed the privilege of volunteering. I declined the trip; way too many landmines and submunitions laying around, literally and metaphorically.
OTOH, Wes Clark did a damn good job there for America and for the locals and it’s why I did support his run for President.
re: #226 The Pie Overlord!
I am not surprised by this. DT has a huge grudge against PA because of our Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and he is trying to make PA pay for it.
re: #232 PhillyPretzel
I am not surprised by this. DT has a huge grudge against PA because of our Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and he is trying to make PA pay for it.
Pennsylvania coming home away from Trump will make me so happy.
re: #229 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s a good branding strategy, and as you can see, it represents why Minnesota is so blue. Our rural farmers and miners aren’t die-hard Republicans. Our Republican contingent is largely made up of rich lakeshore suburbanites.
Plus racists and extreme “Christians” and Fox-indoctrinated morons (much overlap among the three).
re: #234 stpaulbear
Plus racists and extreme “Christians” and Fox-indoctrinated morons (much overlap among the three).
I was going to say, most of those are rich lakeshore suburbanites. There are obviously exceptions.
re: #182 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I had the horrible and belated realization that Trump’s rhetoric concerning violence being the norm in “Biden’s America” is him signaling to his frothing violent followers that they should riot when he loses, thus forcing Biden to deal with a literal insurgency at the beginning of his presidency.
It’s also an attempt to write the beginning of Biden’s presidency as starting right now. It’s not Trump’s fault that he openly incites violence, it’s Biden’s fault for wanting to stop it.
Nope, not me
And I’ve done some seriously stupid shit in the past
I got a request from Sky Brown to help her learn @elliotsloan’s “Mega” ramp. I hadn’t done it for a few years so it was a good excuse to relearn while helping her. Here’s the video I shot of her first & THIRD attempts (there was an airbag below)
Full edit: https://t.co/L6Tg6IkxVG pic.twitter.com/mWcVB8ls3b— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 26, 2020
So what happens if some of these lawsuits that could impact voting (mail in and otherwise) aren’t settled by Election Day?
re: #238 Eclectic Cyborg
So what happens if some of these lawsuits that could impact voting (mail in and otherwise) aren’t settled by Election Day?
That’s the point.
re: #238 Eclectic Cyborg
This is why I am keeping all of my options open. I will be taking off from work and I may even take the Election Day lessons but I do not want to be a room with crowds of people for 13 hours.
re: #237 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Whoa! That’s awesome.
re: #202 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Someone (on the far right) years ago thought it was cute to call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party. Since then, it’s been used by the right as another way to own the libs.
I find it a useful indicator for people I don’t have to listen to. If asked, I would say I don’t call it out because it’s not nice to point out other people’s handicaps — like not knowing the difference between a noun and an adjective.
Oh I remember back in the 60s when the Birchers called my Dad a member of “the Democrat Party” and Dad told them to fuck off.
re: #220 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Interestingly, though, the Democratic Party here isn’t even the Democratic Party. We run under the auspices of the DFL - the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
IIRC, Minnesota Republicans rebranded themselves as the “Independent Republican Party” back in the 70s/80s…
re: #121 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Someone wants to die a slow and painful death I see.
My thought was that it should have said, “my ex-husband texted…”
re: #243 🌹UOJB!
Do Minnesota Republicans still call themselves the “Independent Republican Party”?
Per Wikipedia:
The Independent-Republicans of Minnesota (I-R) was the name of the party from November 15, 1975 until September 23, 1995. The name change was made because the “Republican” name was damaged by the Watergate Scandal. Polls conducted in the early-mid-1970s indicated people in Minnesota were more likely to vote for a candidate who identified as an “Independent” versus a “Republican”. During that time, the state party became more dependent on grassroots fundraising and eventually went bankrupt.[citation needed] After the National party pumped money into the party, in the early-mid-1980s, their image and base began turning more conservative. During this time the party had both US Senate seats and briefly held control of the state House of Representatives. By 1994, the grassroots had turned socially more conservative, and changed the name back in 1995. Attempts to drop the term “Independent” had been defeated in 1989, 1991 and 1993.
The only two republicans I ever voted for were during this period: Governor Arne Carlson, and Senator Dave Durenberger. Durenberger was censured by the senate for not reporting some book-based income, but he was very good on health care. Both of these guys are endorsing Biden now.
Here’s Multnomah County Chair @dkafoury’s statement on last night’s shooting in Portland. pic.twitter.com/jYdo5WueLz
— Dirk VanderHart (@dirquez) August 30, 2020
re: #219 wrenchwench
It took 10 years before it blew up. Momentum carries a lot.
Another argument not to worry about our imminent collapse. But it’s not a coincidence that Yugoslavia held together while the Soviet Union did.
Still no more data on the Patriot Prick getting murdered. I heard rumors about the shooter, not corroborated. The only thing I do know is there was a street confrontation between a few people. I do see a blast of clouded smoke or spray then a gunshot and what appears to be distinct gunshot smoke: looks like a sprayed cloud of mace one instant before the gunshots which produced more smoke/spray.
The victim did have on a ‘Think Blue Line’ patch on his leg and was in military cosplay gear, and what looked like a Patriot Prayer ball cap (unconfirmed, alleged).
That’s all I know.
Just so I’m clear, was it one of the Trump-humpers who was killed last night in Portland? If so, that’s definitely going to feed the frenzy today.
re: #220 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
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re: #237 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I read that as Maga Ramp at first and got really confused lol.
re: #87 Targetpractice
This is the part that says it all:
In a letter to employees, CEO Doug Parker pointed out that an aid package for airlines Congress passed in March assumed the coronavirus pandemic would be under control by September. “That is obviously not the case,” he said.
The illusion that the pandemic has “ended” and things are returning to “normal” is breaking down. Now that people have had their summer fun, look for self-quarantines to resume and the resulting economic carnage to settle back in.
There’s something similar happening in the UK, but thankfully not as bad because, as iffy as the UK government response has been, at least the spread of COVID has been put under enough control for enough easing of lockdown for enough return of normality so that it isn’t as bad.
Add to that the (Generally, far better) response from the devolved governments, (In Northern Ireland, Wales, and my native Scotland) it means that schools have been able to re-open (With restrictions), you can go into shops or get a haircut (Although you have to wear a mask), and I’ve been able to return to work. (From home.) It’s mostly been sectors where you can’t work from home, or sectors that depended on people turning up in the period between March and now, that have been badly affected by job losses.
re: #239 The Pie Overlord!
That’s the point.
Right, I get that but again, what happens? Prevailing law gets applied and any changes that come from the lawsuit aren’t implemented until the next election?
re: #254 wrenchwench
Kinda stochastic, eh?
So many people dying that I wasn’t sure if that was the incident he was referencing.
re: #231 William Lewis
Not too long after I got an invitation of Uncle to spend a vacation in the Balkans. Since I was very close to my ETS, I was allowed the privilege of volunteering. I declined the trip; way too many landmines and submunitions laying around, literally and metaphorically.
Someone I used to house-share with, Kenny was an active-service British Army squaddie. He had been a Blue Helmet UNPROFOR during the Serb-Croat faceoff in the FY and had some lovely stories to tell. As a Fusilier he got detailed to a EOD squad going around and recovering artillery ammo and other big-bang items from the eighteen different sides in the still-simmering conflict. One time his squad did a surprise inspection of a Serb-held police station following a tipoff. After the AFV parked outside pointed its 30mm cannon at the station’s windows the police officers inside graciously allowed Kenny and co. in to have a look around.
Their opinion, after they backed slowly out of the station’s cell block was “We’re going to need a bigger truck. Actually we’re going to need several big trucks.” The cells were filled, floor to ceiling with transport crates full of anti-tank mines, the sort that could flip a Main Battle Tank upside down and toss it into the next county. If they had gone off in the police station it would have razed the little town around it.
re: #252 Alephnaught
Also, people in a not insignificant portion of the country spend a LOT more time indoors in the winter (because it’s damn cold outside).
Guess where the virus spreads best?
U.S. counterintelligence officers never actually investigated Trump’s financial and other ties to Russia because Rod Rosenstein prevented Mueller from doing it and kept that a secret from the FBI. This remains a huge national security blindspot for America.https://t.co/FxA7GsQOw8
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) August 30, 2020
re: #255 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
So many people dying that I wasn’t sure if that was the incident he was referencing.
We need a program detailed obit book.
Ron Rosenstein secretly quashed an investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia. These people are traitors in the classic sense. The GOP must be stopped by any legal means necessary. https://t.co/DNRVZHG6l7
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 30, 2020
Without further comment. pic.twitter.com/1T09qjXgGJ
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 30, 2020
MAGAts
So DOJ gave Trump a pass on Russia and the NYT kept it from us until one of their reporters could put it in a book.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 30, 2020
By the middle of 1970 many leaders of the anti war movement had come to believe that tactics of mass marches that had been used during the past six years would not end the war, and that more aggressive actions were needed. Rennie Davis of the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice and Jerry Coffin of the War Resisters League began planning the actions; later in 1970 Michael Lerner joined their number.[3] A group known as the “May Day Tribe”[4] was formed: it was made up of Yippies and others among the more militant members of the anti-war movement. It was decided that small groups of protesters would block major intersections and bridges in the capital, under the slogan, “If the government won’t stop the war, we’ll stop the government.”
[…]
Next several days
On Tuesday, May 4, another 2,000 people were arrested at a sit-in outside the headquarters of the Justice Department. On Wednesday, May 5, 1,200 more people were arrested at a legal rally on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, bringing the total to 12,614 people, making this the largest mass arrest in U.S. history
A couple years later, the US got out of Vietnam. Take the long view.
It’s easier for me to take the long view, because my husband helped organize the events in DC in May, 1971, and he persists to this day.
re: #202 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Someone (on the far right) years ago thought it was cute to call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party. Since then, it’s been used by the right as another way to own the libs.
I find it a useful indicator for people I don’t have to listen to. If asked, I would say I don’t call it out because it’s not nice to point out other people’s handicaps — like not knowing the difference between a noun and an adjective.
re: #195 BigPapa
I missed the nuance of this and am sloppy with it. What’s the deal with Democrat vs Democratic party? So much fuckery and bad faith angles at play it’s sometimes hard to keep up.
Whenever our brother calls it the Democrat Party, I tell him that I don’t know what he’s talking about until he finally uses the proper name. I believe there are two reasons for this usage (1) The GOP doesn’t want anyone to associate the party with democratic principles and (2) Democrat Party puts an emphasis on the “rat” and thereby feeds into their efforts to portray Democrats as “rats”. I correct anyone who uses that term..
re: #266 Hecuba’s daughter
If you remove enough letters from the Republican party you get Pubic.
re: #220 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Interestingly, though, the Democratic Party here isn’t even the Democratic Party. We run under the auspices of the DFL - the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
That’s interesting. In Scotland, the official title of the Conservative Party is actually the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, as it’s a merger between the UK Conservative Partly in Scotland and the Scottish Unionist Party, who were at the time of the merger in 1965 the largest Conservative party in Scotland.
Good time to point out Rod Rosenstein is now in private practice representing an Israeli tech firm that the Senate Intelligence Committee identified as a foreign interference actor for the Trump Campaign.
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 30, 2020
“…Rod Rosenstein, a former deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, has been providing counsel on cybersecurity and national security to NSO Group, the Israeli software surveillance firm accused of spying on human rights activists and journalists, according to court documents obtained by CyberScoop.”
cyberscoop.com
re: #211 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Yugoslavia was glommed together and held together by force, of course it fell apart as soon as the strong man died.
I was here for the ’60s. It looked like a split was coming then, too. All the “insurgents” fell apart as soon as they stopped hearing encouragement from the top. I don’t expect this to be a whole lot different.
The only true Yugoslav was Tito. If he had lived another 50 years, he may have transformed this collection of republics into a single nation because under him the next generation was beginning to intermarry and accept this identity. Unfortunately, when he died, one of his heirs was a rabid Serb who detested the other nationalities and religions within the nation and wanted to retain power instead of following Tito’s vision.
With help from Israeli officials, notorious Israeli firm NSO Group Technologies sold spyware to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf dictatorships, allowing them to hack into cellphones to monitor anti-regime activists and dissidents.https://t.co/DQvouGkOBT
— Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (@CJPME) August 25, 2020
“…NSO is one of the most active Israeli companies in the Gulf, and its Pegasus 3 software permits law enforcement authorities to hack into cellphones, copy their contents and sometimes even to control their camera and audio recording capabilities. The company’s vulnerability researchers work to identify security threats and can hack into mobile devices independently (without the aid of an unsuspecting user, who, for example, clicks on a link).
The company works only with state authorities, but it doesn’t distinguish between democracies and dictatorships, as in the Gulf; despite its claims, it does little to supervise how its technology is used.”
haaretz.com
re: #231 William Lewis
I remember sitting in a Military Intelligence school during the aftermath of Gulf One and telling people Yugoslavia was going to melt down. Many of the fellow students didn’t believe me but none of the instructors would say one way or the other. Made _me_ wonder what briefings they’d had that they couldn’t discuss with the peons.
Not too long after I got an invitation of Uncle to spend a vacation in the Balkans. Since I was very close to my ETS, I was allowed the privilege of volunteering. I declined the trip; way too many landmines and submunitions laying around, literally and metaphorically.
OTOH, Wes Clark did a damn good job there for America and for the locals and it’s why I did support his run for President.
Me too!! He was my candidate for President!! Maybe he was the one who could have defeated Bush 43. He actually was a distant cousin to friends of ours.
re: #259 jaunte
Evan McMullin
@EvanMcMullin
U.S. counterintelligence officers never actually investigated Trump’s financial and other ties to Russia because Rod Rosenstein prevented Mueller from doing it and kept that a secret from the FBI. This remains a huge national security blindspot for America.
So from the beginning, the Mueller report was sabotaged from within. This is such a disgrace — as is Rod Rosenstein.
re: #220 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Interestingly, though, the Democratic Party here isn’t even the Democratic Party. We run under the auspices of the DFL - the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. Which is very apropos for Minnesota.
It’s the Democratic-NonPartisan League in North Dakota. The NPL is the reason the Bank of North Dakota exists - the only state-owned bank in the country. The farmers in ND felt exploited by the Minneapolis bankers and grain and mill elevator operators. It also led to ND seceding from the Union in 1934 (almost, anyway).
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