Someone said there's some right wing content creator who has used Franklin and may have been where Hegseth got the idea to post his shitty thing.
The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was the largest it had ever imposed on an airline for violating consumer protection laws
So I read that Russia is pretty impressed with the regime's ideas for splitting the plunder...
The US remains on course to becoming an irrelevant kakistocracy, "Home of the fee, and land of the grift!" Putin gets everything else, but permits the Brainstruck Crook declare victory...
"But what about our international interests, our allies?"
"They're 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 people...Who 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 when we're going to get their money 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺?"
Well, that cuts it. I’ve seen Abe Lincoln kill vampires with an axe, and now I’ve just watched Santa kill terrorists with a sledgehammer. Time to question what drugs the Writers Guild is passing around.
Hot on the heels of FIFAs failed attempt to organize a piss-up in a brewery.
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A 2026 World Cup fixture designated by organisers as an LGBTQ+ 'Pride Match' will feature two countries where homosexuality is illegal.
...
And following Friday's draw and Saturday's fixture allocation, it has been confirmed that the game on 26 June in Seattle will be the Group G match between Egypt and Iran.
In Iran, the maximum punishment for homosexual relations is the death penalty, while in Egypt, morality laws are frequently used to suppress LGBTQ+ rights and relationships.
Entertainment during breaks will feature several kinds of corporal punishment, a lucky few will get to deliver a few lashes and keep the souvenir cane...
That's Pride Weekend in Seattle, one of the gayest cities in North America! Jumpin' jeebus, every time you think this KKKuntry can't get any fucking KKKrazier.
We can look forward to the Dumpnazi Regime siding with Iran and Egypt against our own people in calling for the deaths of all LGBTQ+ Americans. Happy Pride!!!
It's fun to look at which outlets are "reporting" this. I have a growing opinion that the flood the zone with propaganda strategy is getting overplayed. The reason it works so effectively in the US is the FUCKING ELECTORAL COLLEGE makes winning as easy as targeting a very small audience of voters. It doesn't work as well where voting is rational.
It's not one of the commercials I mentioned earlier but it is Carl and Heather
<The Golden Chance lasted on South Seneca until 1971, when Murrell closed it down. About then, he began selling new and used furniture at a store called Garage Sales of America. His campy television commercials, which starred his 6-year-old daughter, Heather, developed a bit of a cult following. In them, little Heather shouted, “Wow, what a bargain, dad! Gosh, we hope you like us!”>
I used to frequent a bar in Markleeville, California called the Cutthroat Saloon. (Named for the cutthroat trout, not the other thing); the ceiling and upper parts of the walls were covered in bras. The women would get a free drink if they took it off and handed it to the bartender. I never saw anyone wearing a tie in there.
There was a place in Denver called Trail Dust Steakhouse where they also cut off and displayed ties—I always wondered why people would wear a tie there knowing that, but that’s how we used to have fun.
They say that the cable executives helped ruin the business because they don't learn anything...
They would have had the streaming industry on its knees in a quarter of the time, but with Galactic Brain Business Genius helping, way ahead of schedule.
Well, let's see, it seems I must have only painted a large wall once when we first renoed because now that it's touched up, you can see every single spot, so add painting that to the to do list. Waiting for some checks to clear before I can buy more paint, but I should be good by tomorrow when ex-sweetheart wants to roll the two bathroom ceilings. At that time I will also buy a gallon for the trim in both bathrooms and get myself started on those over the next few weeks, THEN, only then, does the color go on. Black in the main bath, blue in the half. Then FINALLY, floors.
Someone said there's some right wing content creator who has used Franklin and may have been where Hegseth got the idea to post his shitty thing.
The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
https://bsky.app/profile/alkapdc.bsky.social/post/3m6zj3z6rnc2j
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I'll put this here even though I slept right through the night and into Tabs...
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Me too!
𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻-𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was the largest it had ever imposed on an airline for violating consumer protection laws
https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-fine-transportation-meltdown-storm-e0dee53a86b1cacf0975a1465f08dec3
"Why in the world would we 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯bad faith bullshit, incompetence, lying and dreadful performance? We 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 for that shit!"
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Daily Kaboom?
Yes, Daily Kaboom!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuUwy30rdM
So I read that Russia is pretty impressed with the regime's ideas for splitting the plunder...
The US remains on course to becoming an irrelevant kakistocracy, "Home of the fee, and land of the grift!" Putin gets everything else, but permits the Brainstruck Crook declare victory...
"But what about our international interests, our allies?"
"They're 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 people...Who 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 when we're going to get their money 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺?"
The EU needs a 'no contact' order against the Tr666pnazi regime inmediatamente
Yeah, they're "positively" reacting to the NSS.
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-7-2025/
We might get an extra potato this christmas!
Mmmmm, potato.
If Trump and Putin were to miraculously croak, just imagine how the world could be.
I imagine getting through Pooter's security would take a miracle. The traditional method is to corrupt a bodyguard...
Well, that cuts it. I’ve seen Abe Lincoln kill vampires with an axe, and now I’ve just watched Santa kill terrorists with a sledgehammer. Time to question what drugs the Writers Guild is passing around.
"Mary Poppins ditching the umbrella for a 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘦? I'll have what he's having...Oh and turn it up?"
Sounds like the bad shit.
Hot on the heels of FIFAs failed attempt to organize a piss-up in a brewery.
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A 2026 World Cup fixture designated by organisers as an LGBTQ+ 'Pride Match' will feature two countries where homosexuality is illegal.
...
And following Friday's draw and Saturday's fixture allocation, it has been confirmed that the game on 26 June in Seattle will be the Group G match between Egypt and Iran.
In Iran, the maximum punishment for homosexual relations is the death penalty, while in Egypt, morality laws are frequently used to suppress LGBTQ+ rights and relationships.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8q01d56v7o
Entertainment during breaks will feature several kinds of corporal punishment, a lucky few will get to deliver a few lashes and keep the souvenir cane...
That's Pride Weekend in Seattle, one of the gayest cities in North America! Jumpin' jeebus, every time you think this KKKuntry can't get any fucking KKKrazier.
We can look forward to the Dumpnazi Regime siding with Iran and Egypt against our own people in calling for the deaths of all LGBTQ+ Americans. Happy Pride!!!
And watch the Log Cabin Republicans tie themselves in knots trying to rationalize the Right's hatred as not applying to them.
Just saw on TV PAB's kicking out another 600 Iranians I guess because he's a dick.
My dentist better not be among them!
That'll go over like a fart in church.
A wet one.
Wet, sour and almost visible to the unaided eye.
The way fundament-mentalist christainity is going, I think they just adore farting in church. The pews are full of joy indeed!
Confucius say:
Man who fart in church, soon sit in own pew.
Everyone knew it was
Mr. Pann. I always suspected his wife Sharon.
It's that time of year again.
Break out the Christmas bongos! Preach, Master Ferlinghetti!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz78npvSZvo
Here's one from the Right Wing fever swamp: 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀
https://ground.news/article/marlow-trump-needs-to-put-pressure-on-keir-starmer-over-plot-to-destroy-breitbart?utm_source=headline-link&utm_medium=share
It's fun to look at which outlets are "reporting" this. I have a growing opinion that the flood the zone with propaganda strategy is getting overplayed. The reason it works so effectively in the US is the FUCKING ELECTORAL COLLEGE makes winning as easy as targeting a very small audience of voters. It doesn't work as well where voting is rational.
It's censoring to say we cannot lie flat out!
The UK can start by locking up Farage and Tommy Ten Names, and doing away with foreign donations.
Good morning! (celebrates the Sacrament of Coffee)
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Melville may not have known much about whales, but apparently he nailed moderates.
https://bsky.app/profile/caulimovirus.bsky.social/post/3ktiphay6zr2j
How's it polling?
It's not one of the commercials I mentioned earlier but it is Carl and Heather
<The Golden Chance lasted on South Seneca until 1971, when Murrell closed it down. About then, he began selling new and used furniture at a store called Garage Sales of America. His campy television commercials, which starred his 6-year-old daughter, Heather, developed a bit of a cult following. In them, little Heather shouted, “Wow, what a bargain, dad! Gosh, we hope you like us!”>
www.kansas.com/public/latest-news/hh774t/picture307910015/alternates/FREE_1140/Golden_Chance_ad_85_Eagle.jpg
Oh, and there were hundreds of ties Carl had cut off people's necks and hung from the ceiling.
I used to frequent a bar in Markleeville, California called the Cutthroat Saloon. (Named for the cutthroat trout, not the other thing); the ceiling and upper parts of the walls were covered in bras. The women would get a free drink if they took it off and handed it to the bartender. I never saw anyone wearing a tie in there.
There was a place in Denver called Trail Dust Steakhouse where they also cut off and displayed ties—I always wondered why people would wear a tie there knowing that, but that’s how we used to have fun.
"Oh, and there were hundreds of ties Carl had cut off people's necks and hung from the ceiling."
This is not a usual kind of sentence...
"Carl? What are you doing? Why the knife, Carl? It's a new tie Carl!"
Although a $3.95 filet sounds useful, if you need to repair a boot sole...
The tie thing was Carl's way of saying "This ain't a fancy place so you can't wear that in here."
Oh I understand. Probably got a reasonable cut of meat for 4 bucks in that era, too.
I'm just wondering if the movie should be directed by Wes Craven, Sam Raimi?
Somebody Hitchcocky?
"Oysters" HELL NO
MOUNTAIN oysters, there's a huge difference.
Also too a HELL NO!
If you ever visit I guess we won't go to the Nut Hut.
I wouldn't have the balls for that.
' Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal 'could be a problem'
... if I don't get to wet my beak *twice.*
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn815egjqjpo
They say that the cable executives helped ruin the business because they don't learn anything...
They would have had the streaming industry on its knees in a quarter of the time, but with Galactic Brain Business Genius helping, way ahead of schedule.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘟'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘬, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘋-19 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘟 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯," 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 "𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." 𝘜𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥: "𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 "𝘴𝘶𝘣-𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴" 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵.
𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘀, 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗸: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁?
You can improve the odds by combining skepticism, verification habits, and a few technical checks
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/bots_bias_bunk/
Republinazis' heads are like toilets just waiting for Tr666p, E-loon, and Fux to take their daily dumps.
“Next, "is anyone reputable reporting the same thing?" Who's reputable? The best guide currently out there is Ad Fontes Media's Media Bias Chart.”
Any article that claims that as a reference is automatically suspect. This bot remembers!
https://www.wonkette.com/p/wonkette-is-fake-news-like-louise-mensch-according-to-this-one-really-good-chart?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
Which is why I distrust Ground News.
There is nothing more entertaining than a PEE-lon demo fail. "Do it again." LOL
Cybertruck's "unbreakable" windows have entered the chat.
Well, let's see, it seems I must have only painted a large wall once when we first renoed because now that it's touched up, you can see every single spot, so add painting that to the to do list. Waiting for some checks to clear before I can buy more paint, but I should be good by tomorrow when ex-sweetheart wants to roll the two bathroom ceilings. At that time I will also buy a gallon for the trim in both bathrooms and get myself started on those over the next few weeks, THEN, only then, does the color go on. Black in the main bath, blue in the half. Then FINALLY, floors.