"But the reality is anybody, any victim, any victim’s lawyers, any victims’ rights group can reach out to us and say, “Hey, Department of Justice, there’s a document, there’s a photo, there’s something within the Epstein files that identifies me.” And we will then of course pull that off and investigate it."
This is, of course, complete and total bovine scat:
* Why the fuck is an investigation needed, other than as a stalling tactic? The way to do it would be to pull the pic, redact the faces in question, and repost... easy peasy.
* Many of the victims (the girls, not the pervs who raped them) have already self-identified and are compiling their own list of victims:
> "Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who are fed up with the government run-around said they will compile their own "client list" on Wednesday during a rally on Capitol Hill after the House Oversight Committee released 33,000 pages of documents already seen by the public.
(Congress was "underwhelmed" in Sep, imagine how much less whelmed they are with the run-around the DOJ and the Fulvous Fuckwad are doing to protect those they see as the victims -- the poor souls of the rich and famous seduced by San Quentin Quail... unless there's a (D) after their name.)
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"BLANCHE: Let me finish. First of all, I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons. So every decision that they make lands on my desk to the extent it needs to."
Wow, what a non-answer to a direct question. Is he saying that the decision was not important enough to reach his desk, or is he saying he signed off on the move? Either way, the question remains: why the fuck was she moved in the first place?
Blanche is just doing a slightly more polite Megyn Kelly. Any time someone gets pedantic about hebephilia vs. pedophilia, you know that the person they're talking about is diddling children.
You guys it's so complicated for me to be pleased with Thomas Massie this much. He's not my representative but he's getting more done than my representative who is the only Democrat from Kentucky in Congress right now. You guys remember he's the one with the Christmas card where every member of the family is holding an assault rifle?! He's an isolationist as well so he refuses to vote for sending Israel more weapons to murder Palestinians. Of course he also doesn't want to send anyone anything so it's not out of kindness.
'Todd Blanche says we all need to talk to the Bureau of Prisons about why Maxwell was moved and admits he is the final decision-maker responsible for the Bureau of Prisons."
Further Todd Blanche:
"You want clarification? Fuck you. How's THAT for clarification, Chump?"
I called out the moderators on the Oblivion forum for allowing the right wing anti-trans, pretty much anti-HUMAN hatred to proliferate, and now I'm permanently banned on the forum.
Fucking incels. Goddamned fucking Nazi incels.
ETA: I mis-read. I'm only banned for a couple of weeks, at which point I will rinse and repeat b/c I will NOT cede ANY of the spaces I inhabit to these fucking WORTHLESS, RIGHT WING WASTES OF GODDAMNED SKIN AND HAIR.
The dude knowingly and completely devoted his life to working to bring someone like Donald J. Trump to the head of his party. He also married Kelly Anne something-or-other.
Opportunist. Grifter. Another Kelly Ann. People argued from the beginning that his never-Trump stance was his latest ploy to shear the sheep. He's playing the long con game.
The Trump Administration is comprised of such terrible liars, terrible in the sense that these lies are abhorrent, but also in the sense that the lies are ridiculous and don't stand up to the barest scrutiny. For example, Karoline Leavitt says, with a straight face, that the reason that Trump's hand is rotten and is covered by spackle is that he shakes so many hands - "A man of the people", blah blah. As if everyone is clamoring to grasp that decaying flesh. If that's the case, then stop shaking hands for a while, maybe do the Obama Muslim terrorist fist bump.
Shake hands with someone--the back of the hand never gets involved. At all. And the bandaids mean bleeding. It's an IV, coming or going. Just like my Mom with dementia had many times.
If my own experience is any indication, it could be just that aged, sun damaged skin, especially on the hands, tends to bruise easily and dramatically.
I have figured something out.... I am an absolute gentleman when it comes to meeting strangers in public, always hold the door for M or F, pick up litter that is near a trash can and deposit it.... always smile... let people holding groceries go in front of me when I have a shopping cart....
but let me get behind the wheel and all bets are off. If I have been waiting in a line of traffic for 10 minutes and someone zips up the left side of me and then stops with a blinker on, they can fuck right off down to the next exit and turn around and try again.
some might think of me as an asshole driver. I prefer to think of myself as providing helpful lessons in driving.
Massie is right in that sweet-spot of legislative effectiveness. He's more ambitious than he's been in the past so he knows he's got to get some shit done to get his name out there. He's moving fast and breaking things. As soon as he's achieved a high enough level of name recognition, at least in Kentucky, he'll start trading horses like a common Tim Kaine.
"But the reality is anybody, any victim, any victim’s lawyers, any victims’ rights group can reach out to us and say, “Hey, Department of Justice, there’s a document, there’s a photo, there’s something within the Epstein files that identifies me.” And we will then of course pull that off and investigate it."
This is, of course, complete and total bovine scat:
* Why the fuck is an investigation needed, other than as a stalling tactic? The way to do it would be to pull the pic, redact the faces in question, and repost... easy peasy.
* Many of the victims (the girls, not the pervs who raped them) have already self-identified and are compiling their own list of victims:
> "Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who are fed up with the government run-around said they will compile their own "client list" on Wednesday during a rally on Capitol Hill after the House Oversight Committee released 33,000 pages of documents already seen by the public.
The documents released Tuesday night underwhelmed lawmakers from both sides of the aisle." https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/we-know-the-names-jeffrey-epstein-victims-say-they-will-compile-their-own-client-list-virginia-giuffre-capitol-hill-house-oversight-committee-files-convicted-sex-offender-ghislaine-maxwell-human-trafficking-massages-justice-department-trump
(Congress was "underwhelmed" in Sep, imagine how much less whelmed they are with the run-around the DOJ and the Fulvous Fuckwad are doing to protect those they see as the victims -- the poor souls of the rich and famous seduced by San Quentin Quail... unless there's a (D) after their name.)
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"BLANCHE: Let me finish. First of all, I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons. So every decision that they make lands on my desk to the extent it needs to."
Wow, what a non-answer to a direct question. Is he saying that the decision was not important enough to reach his desk, or is he saying he signed off on the move? Either way, the question remains: why the fuck was she moved in the first place?
fnord
Blanche is just doing a slightly more polite Megyn Kelly. Any time someone gets pedantic about hebephilia vs. pedophilia, you know that the person they're talking about is diddling children.
Hebephilia gives me the heebie-jeebies.
There's a plant genus named Hebe after the goddess of youth and I really like it. Does that make me hebephile?
it’s funny how words work, folks from the island of Squeam are squeamish by default …
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation by Ammon Shea is a neat and very entertaining little book on the subject.
You guys it's so complicated for me to be pleased with Thomas Massie this much. He's not my representative but he's getting more done than my representative who is the only Democrat from Kentucky in Congress right now. You guys remember he's the one with the Christmas card where every member of the family is holding an assault rifle?! He's an isolationist as well so he refuses to vote for sending Israel more weapons to murder Palestinians. Of course he also doesn't want to send anyone anything so it's not out of kindness.
Accidental allyship is weird, isn't it?
So much weird.
'Todd Blanche says we all need to talk to the Bureau of Prisons about why Maxwell was moved and admits he is the final decision-maker responsible for the Bureau of Prisons."
Further Todd Blanche:
"You want clarification? Fuck you. How's THAT for clarification, Chump?"
Time to make Self-owning part of the Patriot Games competition. Team Blanche (Colorado) should be a top contender.
Will there be bows and arrows?
"The photo will go back up. And the only question is whether there will be redactions on the photo."
And the next question is "Who's the fat guy standing next them ?"
Orson Welles?
Santa?
Fuck Steam.
I called out the moderators on the Oblivion forum for allowing the right wing anti-trans, pretty much anti-HUMAN hatred to proliferate, and now I'm permanently banned on the forum.
Fucking incels. Goddamned fucking Nazi incels.
ETA: I mis-read. I'm only banned for a couple of weeks, at which point I will rinse and repeat b/c I will NOT cede ANY of the spaces I inhabit to these fucking WORTHLESS, RIGHT WING WASTES OF GODDAMNED SKIN AND HAIR.
fighting the good fight can be extremely frustrating.
Fuck it all!
OT: "George Conway, a conservative lawyer and vocal critic of President Donald Trump, filed paperwork on Monday to run as a Democrat for the seat Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is vacating." https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/george-conway-ny-house-seat-nadler-00702755
Of all the never-Trump ex-Republicans I don't trust, this guy is in the top three of untrustworthy.
The dude knowingly and completely devoted his life to working to bring someone like Donald J. Trump to the head of his party. He also married Kelly Anne something-or-other.
Any questions? Do. Not. Trust.
Opportunist. Grifter. Another Kelly Ann. People argued from the beginning that his never-Trump stance was his latest ploy to shear the sheep. He's playing the long con game.
I wish him a truly grotesquely ugly primary
It's a pretty full field – NYT a couple weeks ago: "Who’s Running to Replace Jerry Nadler? 9 People and Counting." https://archive.ph/Bpckb
Jesus
Anything to get out of the house...
hahahahaha!
The Trump Administration is comprised of such terrible liars, terrible in the sense that these lies are abhorrent, but also in the sense that the lies are ridiculous and don't stand up to the barest scrutiny. For example, Karoline Leavitt says, with a straight face, that the reason that Trump's hand is rotten and is covered by spackle is that he shakes so many hands - "A man of the people", blah blah. As if everyone is clamoring to grasp that decaying flesh. If that's the case, then stop shaking hands for a while, maybe do the Obama Muslim terrorist fist bump.
Shake hands with someone--the back of the hand never gets involved. At all. And the bandaids mean bleeding. It's an IV, coming or going. Just like my Mom with dementia had many times.
If my own experience is any indication, it could be just that aged, sun damaged skin, especially on the hands, tends to bruise easily and dramatically.
I experience bruising like that for those very reasons. But not repeatedly in the same spot.
I’ll write my own headlines, due to failures of humanity:
“Trump Babbies Shit the Bed in All Directions, Trying to Distract From “Pedo-Traitor”
Still-Sane(?) Americans, With Fuhrriners, Grasp at Bedding, Trying to Hold It Together”
Nobody would actually volunteer for this stinky job. But I guess we’ve all been drafted.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r3ne23e4go
OT: Singer Chris Rea, who had lots of hits in the U.K., has passed away. He was 74.
A song of his that is big this time of year is "Driving Home for Christmas."
He was surrounded by his family. Rest in peace.
He sang "Fool If You Think It's Over" (which I remember from my childhood).
I think my dad also liked some of his more guitar-y stuff.
I love that song, even though the lyrics are a bit creepy.
I like it, too. XD
You know what makes me angry about all this shit?
That I fully expected this, they're doing exactly what I thought they would, I KNEW this was coming, yet I'm still irritated by it all.
WTF? I knew this was all going to happen. FACT. Yet here I am, all bent out of shape about something I fully expected.
getting hit with it all day every day is an experience that our imaginations did not really prepare us for
I guess we live in hope even when the odds are against us. I know I do.
I guess that's true.
I buy a lottery ticket once in a while, so there's that....
Eh, I fully expect other drivers to be assholes. I still cuss when it happens.
I have figured something out.... I am an absolute gentleman when it comes to meeting strangers in public, always hold the door for M or F, pick up litter that is near a trash can and deposit it.... always smile... let people holding groceries go in front of me when I have a shopping cart....
but let me get behind the wheel and all bets are off. If I have been waiting in a line of traffic for 10 minutes and someone zips up the left side of me and then stops with a blinker on, they can fuck right off down to the next exit and turn around and try again.
some might think of me as an asshole driver. I prefer to think of myself as providing helpful lessons in driving.
Same.
How else are they going to learn?
True dat!
We all are. We were Cassandras, and no one listened.
Speaking of Sunday shows, Bari Weiss spiked a story about CECOT for “reasons” prompting this unbeatable retort from Adam Parkhomenko
“Bari Weiss is just Elise Stefanik without the winning personality.”
I've luckily never seen or heard Bari Weiss, yet this rings true.
'You better wise up.... Bari Weiss!'
Your biased journalism just ain't too nice!
CBS is now the 'Trump Network'
60 Minutes is now 'Trump Minutes'
"No one has minutes like me!"
Also can now be called "60 Minutes of Shit"
Massie is right in that sweet-spot of legislative effectiveness. He's more ambitious than he's been in the past so he knows he's got to get some shit done to get his name out there. He's moving fast and breaking things. As soon as he's achieved a high enough level of name recognition, at least in Kentucky, he'll start trading horses like a common Tim Kaine.
All the redactions and photo fuzzouts are part of TFG's official duties.
The most transparent Administration in history, only if black ink is transparent.
Transparent, no. Obvious, yes.
'Sharpie King'
In related news, barely-sentient Wonderbread loaf Tim Kaine is still in Congress.
My Senator, and such a disappointment.