“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop”
Yesterday he was whining that he hadn't got the Nobel, and threatening Norway because of it.
Today he is announcing that he's fully behind Putin.
Amongst their many hypocrisies, one of the MAGAs' most weird is that they all believe they individually and Trump in particular are tough badasses who will and do fight against tremendous odds to win great victories, yet they are all eager to roll over for any strongman who impresses them shirtless. They make memes of this tit raising his fist and saying "fight fight fight" after his ear was cut by some glass, but when presented with a man who actually is leading his country against a much larger opponent, which was the aggressor, and somehow not only holding out but also striking back for literally years after that initial assault they demand he stops.
I apologize for being a reactionary, but honesty compels me to testify my sincerely held belief that the first Jack Reacher movie with Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall was a good movie. Best exchange:
Sticking to the message; "Hating on Transgendered people will not fill up your tank, treat you when you're sick or help you out with groceries" is a winner. Caving to bullies never works, never will.
In the meanwhile, maybe she could be flogged in the public square for making a dumb mistake. Sure I care, but bunch of gay friends and I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be altogether bad if the trans population were not heard from for about 6 weeks. This is like the perfect setup- a female physician in one of the most bigoted states in America thrown this situation where any answer will create animosity and rile up the yokels.
She hasn't developed the soothing lie or the ability to make a promise with no intention of keeping it. Lindsay was good at that, and he was so waspish that people stayed away.
What I think I’m asking you to do is to give them that message
I’ve worked on national campaigns — it just may not have occurred to her comms staff that she needs to be messaging in exactly that way
The way you’re replying here it sounds as if you expect them to figure it out by themselves, and I am telling you based on having been in the chair watching these candidates that that’s not usually how things work
But the other way you can frame this is — you have had a great idea; why would you not share it with them?
I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m suggesting some direct action on an issue we all care about when you’ve had a great idea and the people whom you want to act on that idea have not had it yet, based on the way they’re behaving right now.
On the spur of the moment, I decided to ditch most of my Thanksgiving supper menu. Oh, there'll still be turkey, but I'm planning on a citrus marinade for it (using the marinade later as the base for a glaze); I'm also planning on a wild mushroom risotto in lieu of stuffing. Still planning on Indian pudding with ice cream for dessert, though.
MAGA voter [NPR this AM] says yes, it's true Trump promised no more wars, but the war in Iran will pay off in the long run.
Just like the dividend from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq started by the other republican war criminal president of the 21st century.
But it's not a cult.
This is your regular reminder that this - violating international law, defense spending that enriches the one percent at the expense of everyone else, a new generation of veterans to provide lifetime care for - is the xxxThomas Friedmanxxx Michael Ledeen doctrine. "Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business." The fucking pundit class who NEVER EVER fucking suffer the consequences of their idiocy - nay, who profit from their idiocy - need some god damned throwing against the wall. Which reminds me - was the award of the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday the moment Trump truly became president?
ETA: Turns out I'd misattributed that quote to Thomas Friedman. Friedman expressed the same idea but phrased it differently in his "suck on this" soliloquy.
"it's true Trump promised no more wars, but the war in Iran will pay off in the long run."
That's not "no more wars", is it? Like, even if it were true and there were some mitigating factor here he has still demonstrably (and fatally) broken a promise, a promise a lot of you were using as your main justification for voting for him in the first place.
I am ready to vote for him and have him as senator.
He sends out Substack newsletters nearly daily and they aren't purely money begs, which I appreciate.
He lets people know where his campaign is and offers hope.
He had a message for Husted, and JD Vance who was in Ohio to help prop up Husted.
"When they actually have the power to do the right thing, JD Vance and Jon Husted vote in step with industry interests, and say Ohio is the problem – not their own corruption.
You know what I think of that? They should be ashamed. You don’t sell out your own state. You do everything you can to fight for it.
THE OHIO I SEE
I see families working harder than ever just to get pushed further behind by a rigged system. I see the price of groceries and gas forcing Ohioans to take a second mortgage on their home. I see small businesses closing down because the costs are just too much to bear.
And I see teachers, truck drivers, farmers, who show up and demand better anyway – even when it’d be reasonable for them to feel cynical.
If you look down on that Ohio? You sure as hell shouldn’t be representing us in Washington."
Come now, let us not rush to judgement because we disagree with the esteemed Ms Loomer. After all, she's a cosmetic surgery fetishist 𝘢𝘯𝘥 a t̶h̶e̶o̶c̶r̶a̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶theological scholar of some repute!
In part because JV Dunce is a pompous know-nothing SOB ... but also because the Pope is mixed race
Come on, now -- the identical minute we discovered the Pope was mixed race we knew there would be some stupidness and "I know better" from know-nothing White people
Ta, Dok. Yes, Dr. Andrews should watch Brown's ads to see how it's done. Trans rights are human rights, period. Nothing else, nothing less will do. Ever!
I have my voter guide so I can research the ballot measures before I vote early in person on October 24th. Check your registration, have a voting plan in place, and use your vote to get *every* Republican out of office, wherever possible. When we vote, we WIN!!
OT: While running errands this morning, I stopped at an ATM to withdraw my weekly folding money. I got five 20s, and noticed something strange. I received brand new, uncirculated bills, and all five of them had Mnuchin’s signature on them. It makes me wonder if fuckface’s administration pulled all the bills with Janet Yellen’s signature and kept printing the other fuckface’s signature. I wouldn’t put it past them.
It's rope-a-dope. Attack the trans and make Democrats defend their rights. If they do, they lose the Right; if they don't, they lose the Left.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mxjxangn4o2v
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop”
Yesterday he was whining that he hadn't got the Nobel, and threatening Norway because of it.
Today he is announcing that he's fully behind Putin.
Amongst their many hypocrisies, one of the MAGAs' most weird is that they all believe they individually and Trump in particular are tough badasses who will and do fight against tremendous odds to win great victories, yet they are all eager to roll over for any strongman who impresses them shirtless. They make memes of this tit raising his fist and saying "fight fight fight" after his ear was cut by some glass, but when presented with a man who actually is leading his country against a much larger opponent, which was the aggressor, and somehow not only holding out but also striking back for literally years after that initial assault they demand he stops.
Fuck that puling putrescent pig.
"...MAGA voters who genuinely believe that Democrats want to abort every baby and force children to become transgender..."
But if we abort all the babbies, we can't trans them as kids!
OT
I apologize for being a reactionary, but honesty compels me to testify my sincerely held belief that the first Jack Reacher movie with Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall was a good movie. Best exchange:
"Hey, I can't afford you."
"I'm not a hooker!"
"Oh, then I really can't afford you."
"I'm not a hooker!!"
"I know. A hooker would have got that joke."
(the joke is that he's a loosehead prop)
Sticking to the message; "Hating on Transgendered people will not fill up your tank, treat you when you're sick or help you out with groceries" is a winner. Caving to bullies never works, never will.
In the meanwhile, maybe she could be flogged in the public square for making a dumb mistake. Sure I care, but bunch of gay friends and I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be altogether bad if the trans population were not heard from for about 6 weeks. This is like the perfect setup- a female physician in one of the most bigoted states in America thrown this situation where any answer will create animosity and rile up the yokels.
She hasn't developed the soothing lie or the ability to make a promise with no intention of keeping it. Lindsay was good at that, and he was so waspish that people stayed away.
Maybe send her campaign comms folks that messaging right now?
I can't imagine they don't have some sort of social media presence or a campaign phone #
It goes for all Dems. Just do the fucking right thing. I can imagine having no sort of social media presence, because I don't.
What I think I’m asking you to do is to give them that message
I’ve worked on national campaigns — it just may not have occurred to her comms staff that she needs to be messaging in exactly that way
The way you’re replying here it sounds as if you expect them to figure it out by themselves, and I am telling you based on having been in the chair watching these candidates that that’s not usually how things work
But the other way you can frame this is — you have had a great idea; why would you not share it with them?
I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m suggesting some direct action on an issue we all care about when you’ve had a great idea and the people whom you want to act on that idea have not had it yet, based on the way they’re behaving right now.
Why not help them out
?
He rod. Sherrod. Let's call the whole trans thing off
On the spur of the moment, I decided to ditch most of my Thanksgiving supper menu. Oh, there'll still be turkey, but I'm planning on a citrus marinade for it (using the marinade later as the base for a glaze); I'm also planning on a wild mushroom risotto in lieu of stuffing. Still planning on Indian pudding with ice cream for dessert, though.
The wine with dinner will be a Sauvignon Blanc.
You make me wish I still lived in Florida. Sort of.
Every time I start thinking of moving out of FL, my brain immediately starts generating pros and cons.
MAGA voter [NPR this AM] says yes, it's true Trump promised no more wars, but the war in Iran will pay off in the long run.
Just like the dividend from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq started by the other republican war criminal president of the 21st century.
But it's not a cult.
This is your regular reminder that this - violating international law, defense spending that enriches the one percent at the expense of everyone else, a new generation of veterans to provide lifetime care for - is the xxxThomas Friedmanxxx Michael Ledeen doctrine. "Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business." The fucking pundit class who NEVER EVER fucking suffer the consequences of their idiocy - nay, who profit from their idiocy - need some god damned throwing against the wall. Which reminds me - was the award of the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday the moment Trump truly became president?
ETA: Turns out I'd misattributed that quote to Thomas Friedman. Friedman expressed the same idea but phrased it differently in his "suck on this" soliloquy.
Trump has made so much money "fighting" Iran come next year he's gonna find another country to "fight" for profit . . .
"it's true Trump promised no more wars, but the war in Iran will pay off in the long run."
That's not "no more wars", is it? Like, even if it were true and there were some mitigating factor here he has still demonstrably (and fatally) broken a promise, a promise a lot of you were using as your main justification for voting for him in the first place.
I wish they'd get to the guzzling Flav-R-Aid part of the festivities.
Fuck yeah Sherrod!
I am ready to vote for him and have him as senator.
He sends out Substack newsletters nearly daily and they aren't purely money begs, which I appreciate.
He lets people know where his campaign is and offers hope.
He had a message for Husted, and JD Vance who was in Ohio to help prop up Husted.
"When they actually have the power to do the right thing, JD Vance and Jon Husted vote in step with industry interests, and say Ohio is the problem – not their own corruption.
You know what I think of that? They should be ashamed. You don’t sell out your own state. You do everything you can to fight for it.
THE OHIO I SEE
I see families working harder than ever just to get pushed further behind by a rigged system. I see the price of groceries and gas forcing Ohioans to take a second mortgage on their home. I see small businesses closing down because the costs are just too much to bear.
And I see teachers, truck drivers, farmers, who show up and demand better anyway – even when it’d be reasonable for them to feel cynical.
If you look down on that Ohio? You sure as hell shouldn’t be representing us in Washington."
https://sherrodbrown.substack.com/p/a-pattern-i-cant-stomach?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
Will you take the Holy Bicycle of Peace down to the Voting Place?
I will be riding Xena Warrior Scooter to the Community Center to vote!
I like Scooters of Peace.
My Birbcycle, for which we just got a new front tire, sends its regards.
Does Annie think this will help her get elected?
I'm sure she thinks it will help, but I think she's wrong.
In South Carolina, it's possible.
"Annie Andrews is for they/them. NOT for our values. NOT for South Carolina.”
I certainly hope and expect that she is "not for (your) values', you MAGA dickheads. Your values suck.
I'm a better Christian than you, and I'm an atheist.
A lot of nonbelievers understand Jesus' teachings better than those who claim to follow them.
Some of us have actually read the Bible.
It helps.
Jesus: "Love one another, in the way I have loved you"
Atheists and agnostics: "Okay, he's got a point"
Right-wingers: "Now wait a minute"
Jesus: "Did I fucking stutter?!"
Still one of my favorite memes.
OT
https://bsky.app/profile/danielwaweru.bsky.social/post/3mxjugyotkk2q
Laura Loomer is decrying the Pope for not liking capital punishment.
Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga came from Chicago with Pope Frank, he's First Private Secretary... Geebuzz, we hardly ever hear him say"fuck"!
I'm guessing that, if there was a reaction, it'd be closer to "Who?"
I would also like to hear her views on the transubstantiation of the host.
Tuckum's podcast ? . . .
She thinks that's when Joe Rogan takes a week off his podcast.
Will Laura complain about bears shitting in the woods next ? . . .
Maybe he could comfort her by bringing back the red-hot poker.
Come now, let us not rush to judgement because we disagree with the esteemed Ms Loomer. After all, she's a cosmetic surgery fetishist 𝘢𝘯𝘥 a t̶h̶e̶o̶c̶r̶a̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶theological scholar of some repute!
"OK, Loomer."
- His Holiness, Pope Frank
It’s the right month for him to get a word in.
She can:
1. Shut
2. The entire fuck UPPE
This. Entirely.
They're trolling THE FUCKING POPE?!?!?!?!
Fucking ingrates! Their Indulgences seem to be working just fine.
They've *been* doing that
JV Dunce started it
In part because JV Dunce is a pompous know-nothing SOB ... but also because the Pope is mixed race
Come on, now -- the identical minute we discovered the Pope was mixed race we knew there would be some stupidness and "I know better" from know-nothing White people
They should have left her handcuffed to the Twitter building.
They should have removed the door from its hinges, but not the handcuffs.
Let her try and get home like that.
they should have cuffed her to a revolving door
Or a moving escalator.
And walk past her through the unlocked door every day.
I mean, who would rob the place? They’d have to make eye contact with her.
Let's let Blur have the final word.
https://youtu.be/WDswiT87oo8
Also a great song:
Witchcraft, a metal band from Sweden
"A Boy and a Girl"
https://youtu.be/bJyb-W4IYRo?si=rTgNw1mxeRl5-ytw
Ta, Dok. Yes, Dr. Andrews should watch Brown's ads to see how it's done. Trans rights are human rights, period. Nothing else, nothing less will do. Ever!
I have my voter guide so I can research the ballot measures before I vote early in person on October 24th. Check your registration, have a voting plan in place, and use your vote to get *every* Republican out of office, wherever possible. When we vote, we WIN!!
My walk turned in toilet repair. Now considering lunch options.
Well, now you don’t need to be as careful in choosing.
Me, I would fix the toilet first. But I'm just weird like that.
OT: While running errands this morning, I stopped at an ATM to withdraw my weekly folding money. I got five 20s, and noticed something strange. I received brand new, uncirculated bills, and all five of them had Mnuchin’s signature on them. It makes me wonder if fuckface’s administration pulled all the bills with Janet Yellen’s signature and kept printing the other fuckface’s signature. I wouldn’t put it past them.
Yeeeecchh! It's got Mnuchin on it! Get the bleach!
I refuse to accept any currency that has Trump's signature on it. Period.