

Didn't see it, do you mean far more?Kiwias wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:25 amDespite there actually being far from detail on policies than in the Pres debate last week. People are stupid.
It's obviously a gift from god.Fonz wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:23 amI see twitter is blowing up, not about anything he said, but about this and his red-ish eye.
We're so fucked.
Will that fly have to quarantine now?Ted. wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 5:45 amIt's obviously a gift from god.![]()
People seem to need to take their lighter moments where they can these days. There is little enough genuine humour.
That poll shows they were more anti-immigration than literally everyone else being polled, no? And much more of them wanting deportation efforts.Fonz wrote: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:09 pmThey did, but like any popular or "grassroots" movement in this day and age, there was no central leadership, organization, focus, etc. You had anti-Obamacare protests, anti-immigration rallies, "stop the spending" protests, anti-socialism protests, the list goes on. Probably a good deal of regional variation too. Point being, the movement's aim soon became pretty imprecise, not unlike BLM.JM2K6 wrote: Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:23 pm Fonz, I fear that poll, like so many, doesn't display the darker beliefs driving movements like the tea party. They held loads of anti immigration rallies.
If you believe Pew, most committed Tea Partiers were actually pro-citizenship for illegal immigrants:
I think if there's a line to be drawn from the Tea Party to Trump, it's mostly going to have something to do with anti-establishment sentiment.
Doesn't Pence refer to his wife as Mother in that weird religious nutcase fashion.Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:42 am Worse, early reports suggest Pence was alone with a female fly and will now have to lash himself until repentance is earned before god and Karen. But only for the flies, Mike believes god is down with his lies.
It's the same kind of, "Branding", that the Minister for the 19th Century does. He wants to be seen as some kind of down home, pious, preacher character.Hal Jordan wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:35 pmDoesn't Pence refer to his wife as Mother in that weird religious nutcase fashion.Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:42 am Worse, early reports suggest Pence was alone with a female fly and will now have to lash himself until repentance is earned before god and Karen. But only for the flies, Mike believes god is down with his lies.
Stolen from another bored - In his own way he looks as much like an alien wearing a human skin-suit as his boss does – it's the oddly smooth face, the squinty little close-set eyes, the Lego hair, but mostly it's the utterly dead expression. He gives off a sort of terrifying evil blankness, behind which though evidently lurks an ideologue who actually knows what he's doing and means it. Which makes him more disturbing and dangerous even than Trump's merely narcissistic and aggressive, empathy-devoid scattergun brand of witless mayhem.
Someone else likened him in appearance to Odo from Star Trek Deep Space 9.
and these are the kind of, "Good People", that the Plague gibbon was encouraging to protest about lockdowns, & wearing masks, & in one of the States he urged them to Protest; because if happens to have a Democrat GovernorThere were good people on both sides !
I know that when I plan on committing terrorist acts, I like to make sure I get the training on video ... no point is being half-arsed about about being a cretin.The Beeb wrote: The FBI says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Officials say the kidnapping plot involved six men and plan to hold a news conference. Mrs Whitmer's office has yet to comment on the arrests.
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According to a sworn FBI affidavit, an undercover law enforcement source attended a June meeting in Dublin, Ohio, where a group of Michigan-based militia members discussed overthrowing state governments "that they believed were violating the US Constitution".
"Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," the charging document states.
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The group wished to gather about "200 men" to storm the capitol building and take hostages, including the governor. They hoped to enact their plan before the November presidential election. If that failed, they planned to attack the governor at her home, officials say.
The militia members held weapons training in several states, and at times attempted to create bombs that were faulty![]()
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Pence displays the classic demeanour of someone living in perpetual denial. He is obviously intelligent enough to know his whole life is a charade, but external forces (community, marriage, political orientation, fear of death, cultist DNA, etc.) created a robotic personality which I found absolutely fascinating, if not actually disturbing. The American experiment - never fails to deliver.
Them, and Jim Jones...fishfoodie wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:43 pmIt's the same kind of, "Branding", that the Minister for the 19th Century does. He wants to be seen as some kind of down home, pious, preacher character.Hal Jordan wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:35 pmDoesn't Pence refer to his wife as Mother in that weird religious nutcase fashion.Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:42 am Worse, early reports suggest Pence was alone with a female fly and will now have to lash himself until repentance is earned before god and Karen. But only for the flies, Mike believes god is down with his lies.
Stolen from another bored - In his own way he looks as much like an alien wearing a human skin-suit as his boss does – it's the oddly smooth face, the squinty little close-set eyes, the Lego hair, but mostly it's the utterly dead expression. He gives off a sort of terrifying evil blankness, behind which though evidently lurks an ideologue who actually knows what he's doing and means it. Which makes him more disturbing and dangerous even than Trump's merely narcissistic and aggressive, empathy-devoid scattergun brand of witless mayhem.
Someone else likened him in appearance to Odo from Star Trek Deep Space 9.
You just need to see who he crawled into the sewer with, to see that his Christian credentials are non-existent.
All the while, Rhodes said, Jones was telling them they would "meet in another place" and chanted, "mother, mother, mother"—"an apparent reference to his wife who lay dead not far from the altar,” according to the Post.
As Mayor Pete rather bluntly pointed out to a couple Fox robots yesterdayfishfoodie wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:43 pmIt's the same kind of, "Branding", that the Minister for the 19th Century does. He wants to be seen as some kind of down home, pious, preacher character.Hal Jordan wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:35 pmDoesn't Pence refer to his wife as Mother in that weird religious nutcase fashion.Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:42 am Worse, early reports suggest Pence was alone with a female fly and will now have to lash himself until repentance is earned before god and Karen. But only for the flies, Mike believes god is down with his lies.
Stolen from another bored - In his own way he looks as much like an alien wearing a human skin-suit as his boss does – it's the oddly smooth face, the squinty little close-set eyes, the Lego hair, but mostly it's the utterly dead expression. He gives off a sort of terrifying evil blankness, behind which though evidently lurks an ideologue who actually knows what he's doing and means it. Which makes him more disturbing and dangerous even than Trump's merely narcissistic and aggressive, empathy-devoid scattergun brand of witless mayhem.
Someone else likened him in appearance to Odo from Star Trek Deep Space 9.
You just need to see who he crawled into the sewer with, to see that his Christian credentials are non-existent.
Nice!sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:08 pm
As Mayor Pete rather bluntly pointed out to a couple Fox robots yesterday
Yes,I did mean "far more detail".Fonz wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:37 amDidn't see it, do you mean far more?
I dearly hope you do. Low bar though tbf
mat the expat wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:06 pmNice!sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:08 pm
As Mayor Pete rather bluntly pointed out to a couple Fox robots yesterday
He's very good
Showing his consummate lack of spineSinkers wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:55 am Mitch throws them under the bus.
Admits he’s been too scared to visit the WH since August because of the lack of covid measures
Or chin... are we sure he's actually a vertebrate?mat the expat wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:02 amShowing his consummate lack of spineSinkers wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:55 am Mitch throws them under the bus.
Admits he’s been too scared to visit the WH since August because of the lack of covid measures
In a way then we're on the same page, there's a big connection to be drawn in terms of the angry anti-establishmentarianism they fostered.JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:54 amThe other point I'm making which is getting lost a bit is that the Tea Party directly pushed candidates and "names" that were happy to outright lie and spread conspiracy theories from the start. It was anti-intellectual and anti-reason. It just got taken over by someone who literally embodies all of that.
I think it's a looooong reach from anti-establishmentarianism to "will literally just lie about anything and promote liars and anti-intellectuals".Fonz wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:32 amIn a way then we're on the same page, there's a big connection to be drawn in terms of the angry anti-establishmentarianism they fostered.JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:54 amThe other point I'm making which is getting lost a bit is that the Tea Party directly pushed candidates and "names" that were happy to outright lie and spread conspiracy theories from the start. It was anti-intellectual and anti-reason. It just got taken over by someone who literally embodies all of that.
"Maybe I'm immune"Even if Trump is feeling better since receiving the steroid, he still has a more than one in five chance of dying of COVID-19 given that he required supplemental oxygen, Bob Wachter, chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, told Business Insider.
That probability increases given his additional risk factors, such as age and weight, and he has an even higher chance of needing intensive care if his respiratory symptoms worsen down the line.
"He's on a medicine, dexamethasone, that can kind of cover up some of the symptoms," Wachter said. "It can make you feel good even though the disease is still pretty bad in you. It doesn't really change the risk that much."
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If prescribed to healthy patients or those with mild symptoms, dexamethasone can destroy a well-functioning immune system, Galiatsatos said. Trump's getting prescribed the steroid would suggest that he's sicker than his doctors are letting on.
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Michelle Gong, the director of critical-care research at Montefiore Medical Center, said in a Q&A with the Journal of the American Medical Association in March that COVID-19 patients often seem to be "doing OK, and then at around the five- to seven-day mark they start to get worse and then develop respiratory failure."
Are you going to narrow that one down?
I think his being openly gay is, sadly, but probably correctly, still perceived as too much of a threat to electability. At least to the office of president.Sandstorm wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:16 pm Imagine if the Dems had used their brains and chosen Pete to go up against Trump?
I don’t think that being mayor of a smallish city gives him enough experience. But for me a big plus is that he isn’t a geriatric. Personally I prefer Amy Klobuchar.sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:18 pmI think his being openly gay is, sadly, but probably correctly, still perceived as too much of a threat to electability. At least to the office of president.Sandstorm wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:16 pm Imagine if the Dems had used their brains and chosen Pete to go up against Trump?