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Updated just now with a WONKETTE EXCLUSIVE SCOOP, we think. No, not a kitty litter scoop, pay attention. We think we found the source of Tuberville's furry-airline-panic, a zombie website for furry enthusiasts in the airline industry. It hasn't been updated since shortly after it went up in the summer of 2022. Refresh your browser if you don't see the update at the end of the story.

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Dok, I think you missed this important quote from the link on their website, ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam elementum, nulla nec maximus cursus, lectus libero porta nisi, eget pellentesque massa velit at diam."

Sleepmonger's avatar

Besides the placeholder text, the article "12 TIPS FOR YOUR NEXT MEDICAL EXAM"

has the subhead, "Be proactive with your health and wellness. When on and off duty, remember: E-6-2-1." Apparently, e621 is a furry imageboard a la FurAffinity, and E621 is the EU food additive designation for MSG.

Also, the example name for the ID badges is Alfalfa Millefeuille. The given name is obviously derived from ALFA (Air Line Furries And Lambda Furries Association) but the surname seems to essentially be "1000 furries" if it's correct that the UK pronunciation is "fur-yuh." :D

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Damn! I knew I should have taken Latin in high school. I bet that report's a ballbuster.

Craig Nixon's avatar

ILLUMINATI!!

33RD DEGREE FREEMASONRY.

Bagels of Doom's avatar

Tommy Tupperware is smrt like that.

mzf's avatar

To be fair, his hair does look like a Tupperware lid.

Craig Nixon's avatar

Someone should try to burp his lid.

ciaobella's avatar

I now actually want a Wonkette-branded kitty litter scoop. Please advise the merch desk at Wonkette Conglomerated Industries.

Craig Nixon's avatar

What is this...actual JOURNALISM!?!?

Miss Grundy's avatar

What? You expect the MSM to do some actual research for their stories????

Pauly2coffees's avatar

Best they can do is stealing it from here.

Craig Nixon's avatar

They would do well to steal from here.

Over at Common Dreams, op/ed writer Abby Zimet is a Wonkpal, and shows off a LOT of our influences.

And she quotes us now and then, which is always a help.

Sk8erChoi's avatar

There's a good chance this is a satire of ALPA, the Air Line Pilots Association. The reason I think so is the way they choose "air line" instead of "airline", which is a very ALPA thing for reasons that have never been explained to me.

Opalescent Riddles's avatar

APA was already taken, so I kind of understand ALPA.

ArgieBargie's avatar

You can't spell "ALAPACA" without "ALPA"!

Craig Nixon's avatar

Thankfully, ALDO Nova wasn't.

Pauly2coffees's avatar

Life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life?

Mavenmaven's avatar

It looks like a parody site: "a website and Twitter page in the parodied style of a particular large aviation union of which we have no affiliation."

I suppose it is suspicious in that to idiots like Tuberville all those pages in "Latin" with secret messages like "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" means they are the illuminati also too

Maybe's avatar

Or it means that they are using nonsense placeholders in order to fill space or check out formatting.

Mavenmaven's avatar

yes, my joke was that they would not be aware of this and assume it was some secret society text

Hollysdower's avatar

From the Who are we, really section: "We are a group of people who are part of the furry community, many of which live and work in the lovely aviation industry. Our love of aviation materialized from various Telegram and Discord groups where we would chat, hang out, and support each other; to a website and Twitter page in the parodied style of a particular large aviation union of which we have no affiliation. Our site has absolutely no affiliation with any company or union, and our shared content and written views are our own. In a sense, this site and social media presence is merely a love-letter to our jobs, our industries, and the groups that work to keep us safe and keep us employed!"

I see nothing threatening here.

Maybe's avatar

Apparently it is hugely threatening to The Tuber. Of course, he's one of those macho guys who are terrified of practically everything. Mostly of women, of course.

Miss Grundy's avatar

Unless you took some hits to the head while playing football or being hit by a football player intent on catching the ball.

Christopher Bosch's avatar

Oh goody, and here I was afraid he wouldn't have a reputable source for his nonsense. The fucking New York Post, the only newspaper that is neck and neck with the National Enquirer for hard hitting investigative reporting, at least since Weekly World News disappeared up its own ass, which was inevitable.

beebo jr's avatar

well that explains why i haven't been getting my issues of weekly world news.

Georgiaburning's avatar

George Wallace in Hell is shaking his head

Underdawg23's avatar

Wallace at least repented.

Pexas Teat's avatar

Lurleen at least wanted some land conserved for parks in the state.

CambridgeKnitter's avatar

The neoliberals running My Less and Less Fair City would denounce her for such wrongthink. I have it on good authority that talking about trees is usually cover for being antidevelopment. In fact, the city employee I was quoted as having told me that screamed at me in City Hall outside the Sullivan Chamber where a City Council meeting was happening for quoting him accurately.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

William Wallace, wherever he happens to be is holding his various body parts together.

FREEDOMMMMMMMMM!!!!

William Donnell's avatar

Marcellus Wallace ain't look like no bitch.

Russell Jones's avatar

And he's pretty fucking far from OK.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

That's what she said although I didn't know what that meant at the time.

William Donnell's avatar

Pay attention? Hahaha. Dok, who do you think I am, Rain Man?

goCatgo's avatar

Uh oh! 10 minutes to Wapner!

beebo jr's avatar

<snort>

Elviouslyqueer's avatar

So what I'm hearing is that our taxpayer monies are going to pay one of this idiot's staff minions to literally scour the internet for airline pilot furry groups.

Good to know.

ArgieBargie's avatar

Especially since he was going to do it for free anyway.

Pauly2coffees's avatar

His staff was doing the research. He was โ€œreviewingโ€ the results in the privacy of his room.

Jamoche's avatar

And if the AI behind the search engine canโ€™t find one, theyโ€™ll make one up.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

Nor the A1. Even if it had a steak in the outcome.

William Donnell's avatar

Sweet gig, if you can find it.

Cincinnatus's avatar

One finds it difficult to disagree with the posted material:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam ut vehicula odio. Quisque elit nibh, venenatis vel feugiat non, faucibus id nulla."

https://airlinefurries.com/news/an-open-letter-to-all-airlines/

Maybe's avatar

I qwerty uiop asdf ghjkl; zxcv bnm disagree.

VwllssWndr's avatar

OH MY GOD THEY'RE SUMMONING DEMONS

Maybe's avatar

I believe that, much like the clowns, the demons are already here in DC.

Opalescent Riddles's avatar

They plagiarized my dissertation!

Russell Jones's avatar

>>Curabitur nulla mi, ultricies non dictum dictum, venenatis iaculis est. <<

Go tell it on the mountain, my brother!

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

That always sounds better in the original Linear A.

AIB's avatar

Right. When I really want to nail an argument, I finish with โ€œfaucibus id nulla.โ€

Nicholas Harpole's avatar

Timor mortis conturbat me

zuludaddy (seamonkey!)'s avatar

(I did lol)

James Yakura's avatar

Senator, if my pilot isn't yiffing in the cockpit, whether or not they yiff at all is frankly none of my business. And if they are, it's the mile-high club aspect of it that's more concerning.

Suzie Greenburg's avatar

How about instead we force Tuberville to stop being paid by taxpayers

Rebecca B's avatar

Know something even scarier? Thereโ€™s a TON of us in healthcare and IT.

bcb's avatar

I'm proposing a new Constitutional Amendment that all members of Congress must wear fursuits at all times while in the Capital building, or while appearing in a video meeting in the Capital building. Additionally, they must wear fursuits during all campaign events.

Bob's avatar

It would be easier and more effective to lock Tuberville up in an institution so that he leaves other people alone. He clearly exhibits anti-social behavior.

Kirsty Gnome #squattor's avatar

"And the Animes. Get rid of them. They all have pointy ears."

Pexas Teat's avatar

When I was a young child, I remember my grandmother (a psychiatrist) taking me to her workplace: an Alabama mental institution. It was an imposing building from the outside, and on the inside it was loud, chaotic, and smelled weird.

Nothing that I've ever heard or read about mental institutions, especially in the deep South, makes me think they deserve a comeback.

(My grandmother was a deeply empathetic and wonderful physician, and she was opposed to heavily medicating patients. As bad as Alabama's system might have been, she tried to make people better.)

Tuberville should be removed from the ballot. Allowing him to run is election fraud, seeing as he lives in Florida.

larry gassan's avatar

"Son, your ego is writing checks your litterbox can't cash!"

Crabman's avatar

What is really depressing to me is that this asshole will most likely win the election for governor of Alabama.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I wonder how big the step is from, "transgender's a mental illness, lock 'em up," to "liberalism's a mental illness, lock 'em up," in Tommy's world?

Jim's avatar

Tommy Tuberbrain, pride of Alabama

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

When he's Governor, people will open every door for him, which will at least cut down on the head injuries.

Glennis Waterman's avatar

Iโ€™m pretty sure Tommy Tuberville has overtaken Ron Johnson in the competition for Stupidest Man in the Senate.

Dore Richard's avatar

Sounds like Tommy is applying for a job at the FBI in this dumb fuck Tommy is talking about such things because heโ€™s inexperienced not likely his dates donโ€™t dress up as sheep. They are sheep or donkeysโ€ฆ.

Tuberville shouldnโ€™t be in the news heโ€™s garbage quit covering him

Glennis Waterman's avatar

Weird there seems to be a conflation of trans with furry. I have a feeling these guys are thinking about these issues a WHOLE LOT.

boo radley's avatar

OT: I strongly recommend The Stranger Times by CK McDonnell, particularly for the staff of Wonkette, for a most enjoyable jump into non-political journalism. The audiobook is fucking glorious.