Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Deep Thoughts
If someone declares you to be stubborn, there's no difference between denying the assessment and accepting it.
Today's Tweet
"I can't guarantee anything"
"You can see the heart of who he is by his actions," says Sarah Huckabee Sanders, describing her consistently racist boss who's also accused of abusing more than 20 women, who committed adultery with a porn star, and scammed war widows at a fake University pic.twitter.com/iFKS9r3QqI— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 14, 2018
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Today's Tweet
I don't know if this points at something specific, but it seems like a good idea to remind ourselves of how totally hollow Republican office-holders are.
FLAKE: "I will be sure to show my contempt for Trump via a stern facial expression as I support him 100% on the next floor vote."— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) August 14, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
Forgot His One-Iron
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. -- Around 12:30 Sunday afternoon, a call came into Walker County dispatchers regarding someone being struck by lightning.
The Argo Area Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Argo Church of God on Highway 78. When they arrived, they found Pastor Ricky Adams who had been hit by an indirect lightning strike.
Adams said he was about to lock the front door of the church, when lightning struck nearby, traveled through the ground and eventually shocked him. Argo Area Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Pickett said Adams was alert and talking when first responders arrived. Pickett added that church members were assisting Adams after it happened. Adams did not sustain any major injuries and did not need to be transported to the hospital.
The Argo Area Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Argo Church of God on Highway 78. When they arrived, they found Pastor Ricky Adams who had been hit by an indirect lightning strike.
Adams said he was about to lock the front door of the church, when lightning struck nearby, traveled through the ground and eventually shocked him. Argo Area Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Pickett said Adams was alert and talking when first responders arrived. Pickett added that church members were assisting Adams after it happened. Adams did not sustain any major injuries and did not need to be transported to the hospital.
Everybody Plays The Fool
...sometimes.
No exception to the rule.
It may factual; may be cruel,
but everybody plays the fool.
From Early 2018 - Renee Elliott
No exception to the rule.
It may factual; may be cruel,
but everybody plays the fool.
From Early 2018 - Renee Elliott
Today's Tweet
Just a faint and nebulous inkling.
#ItIsNotThatWeird to speculate that maybe there's just a teensy-weensy little chance that perhaps some people may find it hard to #resist getting a wee bit of an impression that there could be just the slightest hint of a possibility that #DonaldTrump might be a fucking #traitor. pic.twitter.com/bSHzWG58Cw— Patrick Randall (@PatrickRandall) August 13, 2018
Break It Down
In the wake of the far right’s flop and the left’s success, it’s worth looking at how both media and law enforcement have treated white nationalists and those protesting them. Police sheltered the Unite the Right attendees from when they arrived at Vienna Metro station in Virginia, through the rally where they were protected by multiple rows of fencing to after the rally when the attendees were loaded into vans and driven away. That law enforcement wanted to avoid violent clashes is understandable. But contrast this with how other protests are often handled both in the District and across the country. As the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer noted, “In Ferguson, black protesters had police snipers trained on them. In DC, the Nazis get a police escort.” If Black Lives Matter is going to be treated as potential troublemakers, white supremacists should at least face the same suspicion.
Press Poodles just can't help themselves sometimes. "...the far right's flop and the left's success..." - no fellas, the fact that a gigundous majority of us aren't malignant bigots doesn't make anybody "the left".
Yeah, OK, it can be kinda hard to sort thru it, but your insistence on framing everything in binary terms is a big part of your problem - which you're making our problem.
And that's a fucking problem.
I think we're starting to push you to make some progress towards realizing that sometimes, there aren't two sides at all - that objective fact is a real thing.
2+2=4
Human activity is a big part of what's driving Climate Change
Vaccination works, and vaccines are not causing autismBut sometimes there are many many sides - or maybe we should drop the "sides" paradigm altogether and see if we can get a handle on the concept of 'aspects' or 'facets' or 'angles' - or whatever the fuck gets you out of the idiotic commitment that everything has to be perfectly equalized in order to thread the needle that the Marketing Dept says you have to thread in order to maximize ad revenues because "stoopid people buy boner pills and reverse mortgages too, y'know".
Stop it.
Just. Fucking. Stop it.
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