I've long held that the problem with Trump was not his wretched policies or his very illegal actions, it is that he blabbed his stupid mouth about it all.
And last go around, it was the bureaucracy that saved us in sooooo many ways. Despite how people TSK! about "holding on to norms" and what not. Not even joking, check those years and the sheer amount of civil servants who went no, not today, thanks.
It makes sense then for a fascist that the first step would be a purge
Mongoloid is a slur and a pretty shocking one.I come across the r-word once in a while from people who are privileged to think it doesn't matter or think it's funny to be assholes, but I thought Mongoloid was so far out of use that it wasn't even really remembered. I'm disappointed in Wonkette.
I understand your feeling and I agree with Zyxomma in that one case, but let me ask this question -
Do you approve of songs by rappers and others that use the n-word a lot? Or the VILE extremely untalented misogynist Snoop Dogg, who at Xmastime would regularly appears with scantily clad black women with Santa caps on and would say Ho! Ho! Ho! ?
The use of the n-word goes all the way back to the late 1960s and a song by Sly and the Family Stone (who were racially initegrated) called ''Don't Call me N*****, Whitey''
Point being where does the line get crossed? Sly had good intentions, Snoop has always been an extreem asshole.
Funny thing is that McCarthy's ploy was plausible -- there were indeed communists in the world, and some of them had indeed expressed the desire to see the Government of the United States overthrown by force. Plausible, but barely.
This contemporary muck is only about people in government employ who might be expected to see the laws be faithfully executed, who might consider any instruction at odds with the law an illegal order. The might consider illegal orders, as their oaths demanded, to be void and of no effect.
"Conservative agenda" in this case must mean illegal orders. If "conservative" means what it has always meant, there should be no fear. There's nothing more conservative than strictly executing the law.
These jerks are looking for disloyal people. Being on their list of public servants loyal to the law should be considered a badge of honor. As harassment is a crime, these fascist list makers should be afraid that that law will be strictly enforced against them should any family be harassed.
"Tom Jones and his American Accountability Foundation"
What is it with hard Right asshats and organization names that couldn't be more ironic::
* American Accountability Foundation: who is being held accountable, and for what? The only people Jones wants to hold to account are those who stand in the way of the MAGA (bowel) movement. It's certainly not the members of the Psychiatric Facility Escapee Caucus (unless they slip up and don't march in lockstep with the demands of the Fulvous Flatulence), federal and state legislators doing everything possible to usher in a tyranny of the minority, state legislatures passing laws that create winners and losers (winners being those who follow obediently, doing what they are told, and toeing the party line; losers being everyone else), state legislatures enacting onerous laws targeting women and minorities, or New GOP RINO governors instigating then signing into law the most forked up laws possible;
* The House "Freedom" Caucus: a bunch of right wingnuts who believe they were elected to suppress the freedoms enjoyed by Americans that run counter to the wishes of the Mango Malignancy, who are trying to form a theocratic government (complete with American Sharia) based on their perverse interpretations of the teachings of the Christ. They are free to obstruct (the "O" in New GOP) any legislation that grants additional rights -- or any other bills -- if there is the slightest chance that a law could be of benefit to the Dems;
* America First: first? First?!?!? These fine folk have set themselves a goal of turning the US into a third-world hermit kingdom. If they truly are America first then they should realize that it is in the country's best interests to remain engaged with and supportive of our allies, friends, and financial partners. It is impossible for the US to be self-sufficient, we will always have to acquire goods from other countries, and the AF crowd must think that if we screw another nation to remain first... well... what goes around comes around, Karma's a bitch. To use a favored word of the Goldenrod Grotesqueness', just not in the way he would like, those few which will continue to be trade partners will have vengeance using extensive price gouging and tariffs on American goods.
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"This project, which has a $100,000 grant from the Heritage Foundation"
And is receiving a moral reacharound from the Federalist Society.
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"By “bad actors,” he means government employees who have sworn an oath to the Constitution, not to the president. Unfortunately, Trump and his cultists don’t see a difference."
Sure they do. The Cadmium Orange Cancer has made it abundantly clear that he will tear up the Constitution for toilet paper next to his pyrite plated Thrown, and call for a Constitutional Convention -- composed of 95% his toadies and 5% from the *loyal* opposition -- to write up a new one that would basically make him omnipotent. If that doesn't work, then since they *do* recognize two tiers, the wacks will just reverse the order of loyalties expected; fealty to the MAGA oberster Fuhrer above the Constitution.
Got my 35 year plaque beginning of the year. Don't plan on leaving until I hit 40. I like my work and I am not going to let PAB or his minions get in the way of my deep statin'. 😸
Ahhhh, lists of names. They love them some lists of names. Big long lists of enemies to cross off once they build the places to send them to. My grandfather stood up to the guys with the lists and ended up in one of those places. A place they built in 1936, because they always knew that those lists meant that one day they'd need a spot to hold and eventually kill off those that said no to them.
Wow, Monica Crowley, who could have been on Trump's NSC if she hadn't plagiarized her dissertation. Probably no longer a barrier if Trump gets a second term.
I guess if we all do manage to survive this era and it somehow ends, I'd really like to know what the cause-effect deal was with these people.
I would also note that the IRS's issues with the AAF go back to 2021 - so it appears that they think the "accountability" in their name doesn't apply to them.
Having grown up in the 1960's and 1970's I must sincerely disagree.
With presidents like Nixon I have NEVER felt ''American'' to be a positive tern. And then Ronnie Raygun and the Bushes came to make my impressions even more fulsome*. Having said this about the FAILED experiment, it does not mean I hate all those who call themself Ameicans.
I never have - the most I have ever said is that I am a proud resident of New York state. But the entire country? NO FUCKING WAY.
So when Trump won I was not a all surpriesd, in fact I wondered why it hadn't happened earlier
It almost did when President Dick Cheney** started abrogating civil rights on November 12, 2001 whcih lead to the resulting USA Patriot Act.
Go ahead - attack me - Ican take it.
*Excessively flattering or insincerely earnest. synonym: unctuous.
Disgusting or offensive.
**if you REALLY beleiev thah Shrub was in control ypu were not alive then.
Once we get the votes, we badly need to find ways to criminalize stochastic terrorism. And we need to stop thinking that it's a Free Speech issue. Yelling "Fire" in a crowded movie theater has never been constitutionally protected, and stochastic terrorism is no different.
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity or nonprofit institution, and often referred to simply as a nonprofit (thus the word becoming a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. Wikipedia
Do they use media? Of course. But they are not actual media.
This post originally contained a slur.
I am horrified and we are sorry.
Thank you so much for addressing it! You are awesome and thanks for this site!
I've long held that the problem with Trump was not his wretched policies or his very illegal actions, it is that he blabbed his stupid mouth about it all.
And last go around, it was the bureaucracy that saved us in sooooo many ways. Despite how people TSK! about "holding on to norms" and what not. Not even joking, check those years and the sheer amount of civil servants who went no, not today, thanks.
It makes sense then for a fascist that the first step would be a purge
>>Wonkette is not supported by $100,000 grants from the Heritage Foundation<<
I'm just picturing the "FUCK YOU!" (and various other epithets) Trix would give the Heritage Foundation if they tried to give her money.
Ta, Gary. The only proper use of Mongoloid is the Devo song. Period.
I've only just been informed about this. We are sorry.
Mongoloid is a slur and a pretty shocking one.I come across the r-word once in a while from people who are privileged to think it doesn't matter or think it's funny to be assholes, but I thought Mongoloid was so far out of use that it wasn't even really remembered. I'm disappointed in Wonkette.
Thanks for letting me know. Everybody's been spoken to. I'm shocked too.
I understand your feeling and I agree with Zyxomma in that one case, but let me ask this question -
Do you approve of songs by rappers and others that use the n-word a lot? Or the VILE extremely untalented misogynist Snoop Dogg, who at Xmastime would regularly appears with scantily clad black women with Santa caps on and would say Ho! Ho! Ho! ?
The use of the n-word goes all the way back to the late 1960s and a song by Sly and the Family Stone (who were racially initegrated) called ''Don't Call me N*****, Whitey''
Point being where does the line get crossed? Sly had good intentions, Snoop has always been an extreem asshole.
Funny thing is that McCarthy's ploy was plausible -- there were indeed communists in the world, and some of them had indeed expressed the desire to see the Government of the United States overthrown by force. Plausible, but barely.
This contemporary muck is only about people in government employ who might be expected to see the laws be faithfully executed, who might consider any instruction at odds with the law an illegal order. The might consider illegal orders, as their oaths demanded, to be void and of no effect.
"Conservative agenda" in this case must mean illegal orders. If "conservative" means what it has always meant, there should be no fear. There's nothing more conservative than strictly executing the law.
These jerks are looking for disloyal people. Being on their list of public servants loyal to the law should be considered a badge of honor. As harassment is a crime, these fascist list makers should be afraid that that law will be strictly enforced against them should any family be harassed.
"Tom Jones and his American Accountability Foundation"
What is it with hard Right asshats and organization names that couldn't be more ironic::
* American Accountability Foundation: who is being held accountable, and for what? The only people Jones wants to hold to account are those who stand in the way of the MAGA (bowel) movement. It's certainly not the members of the Psychiatric Facility Escapee Caucus (unless they slip up and don't march in lockstep with the demands of the Fulvous Flatulence), federal and state legislators doing everything possible to usher in a tyranny of the minority, state legislatures passing laws that create winners and losers (winners being those who follow obediently, doing what they are told, and toeing the party line; losers being everyone else), state legislatures enacting onerous laws targeting women and minorities, or New GOP RINO governors instigating then signing into law the most forked up laws possible;
* The House "Freedom" Caucus: a bunch of right wingnuts who believe they were elected to suppress the freedoms enjoyed by Americans that run counter to the wishes of the Mango Malignancy, who are trying to form a theocratic government (complete with American Sharia) based on their perverse interpretations of the teachings of the Christ. They are free to obstruct (the "O" in New GOP) any legislation that grants additional rights -- or any other bills -- if there is the slightest chance that a law could be of benefit to the Dems;
* America First: first? First?!?!? These fine folk have set themselves a goal of turning the US into a third-world hermit kingdom. If they truly are America first then they should realize that it is in the country's best interests to remain engaged with and supportive of our allies, friends, and financial partners. It is impossible for the US to be self-sufficient, we will always have to acquire goods from other countries, and the AF crowd must think that if we screw another nation to remain first... well... what goes around comes around, Karma's a bitch. To use a favored word of the Goldenrod Grotesqueness', just not in the way he would like, those few which will continue to be trade partners will have vengeance using extensive price gouging and tariffs on American goods.
-----
"This project, which has a $100,000 grant from the Heritage Foundation"
And is receiving a moral reacharound from the Federalist Society.
-----
"By “bad actors,” he means government employees who have sworn an oath to the Constitution, not to the president. Unfortunately, Trump and his cultists don’t see a difference."
Sure they do. The Cadmium Orange Cancer has made it abundantly clear that he will tear up the Constitution for toilet paper next to his pyrite plated Thrown, and call for a Constitutional Convention -- composed of 95% his toadies and 5% from the *loyal* opposition -- to write up a new one that would basically make him omnipotent. If that doesn't work, then since they *do* recognize two tiers, the wacks will just reverse the order of loyalties expected; fealty to the MAGA oberster Fuhrer above the Constitution.
fnord
Got my 35 year plaque beginning of the year. Don't plan on leaving until I hit 40. I like my work and I am not going to let PAB or his minions get in the way of my deep statin'. 😸
Come at me, brother. I am 6 short years away from retirement, and I ran out of fucks to give these assholes the last time around.
Ahhhh, lists of names. They love them some lists of names. Big long lists of enemies to cross off once they build the places to send them to. My grandfather stood up to the guys with the lists and ended up in one of those places. A place they built in 1936, because they always knew that those lists meant that one day they'd need a spot to hold and eventually kill off those that said no to them.
I imagine someone has already pointed this out but these people are filthy traitors to our country.
Monica Crowley was singing the praises of old Tail-Gunner Joe on Saturday at the "Faith and Freedom" conference made up of theofascist scum.
Wow, Monica Crowley, who could have been on Trump's NSC if she hadn't plagiarized her dissertation. Probably no longer a barrier if Trump gets a second term.
I guess if we all do manage to survive this era and it somehow ends, I'd really like to know what the cause-effect deal was with these people.
That American Accountability Foundation is under investigation by the IRS for failing to account for funds spent on political ads:
[From Mar, 2024] Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/22/american-accountability-foundation-lobbying-political-spending-00148510
I would also note that the IRS's issues with the AAF go back to 2021 - so it appears that they think the "accountability" in their name doesn't apply to them.
Typical conservative fuckheads
neither does "American" it must be said
Having grown up in the 1960's and 1970's I must sincerely disagree.
With presidents like Nixon I have NEVER felt ''American'' to be a positive tern. And then Ronnie Raygun and the Bushes came to make my impressions even more fulsome*. Having said this about the FAILED experiment, it does not mean I hate all those who call themself Ameicans.
I never have - the most I have ever said is that I am a proud resident of New York state. But the entire country? NO FUCKING WAY.
So when Trump won I was not a all surpriesd, in fact I wondered why it hadn't happened earlier
It almost did when President Dick Cheney** started abrogating civil rights on November 12, 2001 whcih lead to the resulting USA Patriot Act.
Go ahead - attack me - Ican take it.
*Excessively flattering or insincerely earnest. synonym: unctuous.
Disgusting or offensive.
**if you REALLY beleiev thah Shrub was in control ypu were not alive then.
Once we get the votes, we badly need to find ways to criminalize stochastic terrorism. And we need to stop thinking that it's a Free Speech issue. Yelling "Fire" in a crowded movie theater has never been constitutionally protected, and stochastic terrorism is no different.
The AAF and the Heritage Foundation should sued out of existence for these libelous personal attacks based on anonymous tips and gut feelings.
Technically, they're "media." Suing them is tough as hell.
They ARE NOT. they are non-profiit groups...
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity or nonprofit institution, and often referred to simply as a nonprofit (thus the word becoming a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. Wikipedia
Do they use media? Of course. But they are not actual media.
I discovered that even free speech gets sliced and diced, to wit the definition of'fighting words':
'Fighting words are words meant to incite violence such that they may not be protected free speech under the First Amendment'
I do like how they MAY NOT BE PROTECTED. So, it's up to the judge to decide?
Yep. And there's incitement to riot, too. Not to mention all those anti-terrorism laws that certainly apply in a moral sense, if not yet a legal one.
A Democracy that cannot defend itself will not remain a Democracy.
Why in the world would you use the term “mongoloid”. It’s incredibly offensive.
I am so sorry. I'm off on Mondays, and only got alerted about it this morning. We are ... fuck we're sorry.
one of those archaic barbarisms we olds grew up with, they can be hard to shake off.
I picture Joseph R. McCarthy in hell with Nikita Khrushchev, pointing and laughing at the country destroying itself.