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Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

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Darn you, modern printshop technology! It’s even better if you can listen to the mocking commentary by the film-taker.
 

… In a statement provided to BuzzFeed News, a spokesperson for GoDaddy said that Spencer was given 48 hours to transfer the Altright.com domain to a different host before it was removed…

Spencer told BuzzFeed News that he has not yet found a new host for the site.

“We’re working on solving the problem, and solving it in a permanent way. So this might take some time,” Spencer said…

The removal of Altright.com comes only a few weeks after Facebook removed two Facebook pages associated with Spencer. The takedown was first reported by Vice, which said the pages were removed after the outlet contacted Facebook about hate groups using the platform…

Tech platforms have been locked in a back-and-forth with far-right internet communities since the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last summer. The Daily Stormer, an infamous neo-Nazi website, has continued to have similar issues with hosting. GoDaddy suspended the site’s hosting the same week that Google canceled the site’s domain registration in August last year.

The loss of Spencer’s internet hosting also comes only two days after he was removed from the WePay online payment service, effectively cutting his main revenue stream. Spencer is also currently embroiled in a lawsuit following the events of the “Unite the Right” rally. Unable to find a lawyer who would defend him, Spencer is representing himself.…

 
Even better:

… The jury recommended a sentence of 10 years, with the option of suspending some of the time, and a $20,000 fine. The presiding judge, Richard E. Moore, will set the sentence on Aug. 23…

The assault on Harris, 20, a former special education instructional assistant, was so ferocious that he suffered a spinal injury, a broken arm and head lacerations that required eight staples.

Online footage of the beating has been viewed online tens of thousands of times and attracted a group of online sleuths, led by Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King. They tracked down the alleged perpetrators’ identities, including that of Goodwin, who lives in Ward, Ark. Goodwin was arrested about two months after the rally…

When Goodwin took the stand, he told the jury he’d seen Harris assault Crews and then saw Harris charging toward him.

“I thought he was a hostile. . . . To be honest, I was terrified,” Goodwin said, adding that he thought, “I’d probably perish or be sent to the hospital and be terribly hurt.”

He said he engaged in self-defense and felt he had only one choice, which was to kick Harris four times while Harris was falling down on the garage floor and scrambling to get back up multiple times…

Three other men have been also been arrested in connection to the attack on charges including felonious assault to malicious wounding: Alex Michael Ramos of Georgia, whose trial began Wednesday; and Daniel Borden of Ohio and Tyler Watkins Davis of Florida, who face trials this summer…

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  2. 2.

    jl

    I see on youtube that there is a growing demand for ‘Rudy experts’ as pundits on the news talkies.
    Will be a growing job opportunity field, I think. These guys could move on to that.

  3. 3.

    Mnemosyne

    Also, I hope this verdict convinces the two perpetrators who are waiting to go on trial to take a plea bargain so the victim and his family don’t have to sit through two additional trials.

    Though you have to “love” (gag) that he tried to use the old I thought that Black man had superpowers! claim that got the cops who beat Rodney King off. I guess having three of your buddies also beating and kicking the guy makes your “self defense” claim look shaky to a jury.

  4. 4.

    jl

    @Mnemosyne: The black buy had dangerous hostile superpowers while he was falling down some stairs away from the perpetrators? I think that is what happened. The lesson is, I guess, that superpower are really really scary. But not scary enough to fool this particular jury.

    Edit: Superman would be able to fly up the stairs backwards and and knock you out with a reverse elbow punch using the back of of his head vision. Everyone knows black people have those kinds of superpowers. Many people are saying that.

  5. 5.

    Yarrow

    I saw that top video linked yesterday but didn’t have time to watch it. Just did–it’s hilarious. Ridicule is one of the best tactics against these fascists. Plus, they’re lame and dumb.

    Thank goodness some of the white supremacists have been found guilty and will have to pay for their actions.

  6. 6.

    lamh36

    Ugh…my pet peeve…when folks say “with all due respect” when they know thay bout to say something mad disrespectful!!

    Good on April Ryan, for da clap back!

    @Yamiche
    2h2 hours ago
    More
    Fireworks today.

    .@AprilDRyan: You were blindsided by the news of that the president repaid Michael Cohen for the $130K hush payment to Stormy Daniels.

    Sarah Sanders: “With all due respect, you don’t know how I feel.”

    April Ryan: I’ve been here 21 years, I know how this works.

  8. 8.

    Mary G

    @Yarrow: Agreed. I don’t usually turn the sound on, and I am glad AL recommended it, because the woman narrating was great.

  11. 11.

    Mary G

    NBC walking back the wire tap story:

    NBC corrects Cohen wiretap report on air: “Three senior US officials are telling us that this was not a wiretap. Instead it was what is referred to as a pen register. That means it is a log of phone calls that were made from a specific phone line or a specific phone lines."— Jon Passantino (@passantino) May 3, 2018

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    Damn NBC…smh…this is all they need for Faux News to blair their FAKE NEWS headline…

    @justinsink
    whoa: NBC is correcting its wiretap story on MSNBC right now, saying it was not a wiretap on Cohen phone. Says it was instead a log of phone calls known as a “pen register,” so couldn’t listen in

  18. 18.

    Mary G

    @lamh36: The race to be able to write “SCOOP” is resulting in a lot of sloppy journalism that plays into the right wing’s hands.

  21. 21.

    The Moar You Know

    Proud Boy in Seattle finds a sign he doesn’t like during #MayDay & tries with all his might to rip it up. It doesn’t work out. [h/t @nategowdy] #MayDaySea pic.twitter.com/Z2P0KhQw0J

    — Ash J (@AshAgony) May 2, 2018

    You MUST listen to the woman narrating. She is a hero and a half. Castrated his ass with sweet, sweet verbiage. Just the most savage verbal beatdown I’ve heard in years.

  23. 23.

    lamh36

    @Tom_Winter
    4m4 minutes ago
    More
    Correction: Earlier today NBC News, and this reporter, said that Michael Cohen’s phone lines were wiretapped. 3 Senior U.S. Officials now dispute that, saying the monitoring was limited to a log of calls (pen register) not a wiretap of Cohen’s lines. We will continue to report.

  24. 24.

    jl

    If the Trumpsters yell ‘absence of evidence is not evidence of absence’ and now demand an investigation into whether HRC covered up a hush payment to a porn star before the election, I think it’s time for mass demonstrations and a general strike. Because, well,, there would be public health crisis with people having nervous breakdowns and becoming too disoriented to perform the normal activities of daily living.

  26. 26.

    lamh36

    @Mnemosyne: ah…ya lost it at “Ceasar”…LOL

    Funny enough, I don’t really like potato salad, so usually, I don’t eat it, but when I do eat it, it has to be made by my ONE fav auntie. Anyone else…ah…no…

    And definitely NOT an office pot luck potato salad…NOPE.

  28. 28.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    It’s really good, but not what people think of when they think of “potato salad.” Omnes would like it since it has no mayonnaise.

    ETA: If you like Caesar salad but wish it had more starch, it’s the right one. ?

  30. 30.

    Chyron HR

    In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!

    Odds are at least 50/50 this sign was posted by someone who refused to vote against the fascists because Hillary only wanted to raise the minimum wage by $5 an hour, but that’s none of my business. (Sips iced tea)

  32. 32.

    lamh36

    @raven: yeah…no..lol…some folks here put sweet relish in their potato salad…but it’s regular ole potatos, not sweet potatos

  33. 33.

    jl

    @B.B.A.: As a general rule, a potato salad is a good salad, IMHO.
    I like Mnem’s type of potato salad, but my personal version is even more depraved. You chop up crispy lettuce and mix it in. Lots of garlic. Maybe some wasabi too.
    And green onions.

  34. 34.

    lamh36

    @Mnemosyne: that’s def one of the reasons I don’t at potato salad or chicken salad, or tuna salad much if at all…I’m not a fan of Mayo

  35. 35.

    jl

    @lamh36: ” some folks here put sweet relish in their potato salad ”
    OK, let me get this straight now. You just typed that, but you are doubting on Mnem’s potato salad.
    Something don’t fit there.

  41. 41.

    ruemara

    I love how Talcum X is called a BLM activist. Lord.

    @lamh36: I must confess, I’m Jamerican and I thought it was hilarious, but I really never knew there was such fervor over potato salad.

    … we will fight you over implying Puerto Rican rum is better than ours tho.

  42. 42.

    jl

    @lamh36: Thanks. That is me with potato salad with sweet relish. But it’s potato salad, so I’ll get up the courage and dive in after I finish rolling my eyes. I mean, it’s potato salad, so you have to try it out.

  43. 43.

    Mnemosyne

    @B.B.A.:

    You’d probably like the Caesar version, then. Next time, I might add some roasted pepitas and add a little chipotle sauce to the dressing to make it a little more Mexican. ?

  45. 45.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @B.B.A.: There’s a family story associated with that kind of potato salad. Not that interesting a story except that it was the day in 1978 I met the girl I am still married to, so German Potato Salad (as we know it) is all wrapped up in those memories.

    Personally I like curried potato salad. And I’m with T’Challa, I don’t raisins or apples or grapes in my potato or chicken salad.

  46. 46.

    jl

    I for one, on principle, approve of all these damn potato salads, because, potato salad.

  48. 48.

    debbie

    @lamh36:

    He left out the best line in the skit:”She will probably add something unnecessary, like raisins.”

    I couldn’t stop laughing!

  49. 49.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @ruemara:

    … we will fight you over implying Puerto Rican rum is better than ours tho.

    You may consider me an ally in this fight.

    @debbie:

    Mayonnaise is excellent, providing it’s Hellman’s.

    This is simply not true.

  54. 54.

    lamh36

    @Omnes Omnibus: I really am NOT a fan. At the most, I use it to cut the mustard on a sandwich. I do like mustard, but is can be tart and salty…and the sandwich can be a bit dry…

  56. 56.

    No Drought No More

    I mentioned Keith Richards in a thread yesterday, and that I’ve read his autobiography. I’ve decided a great subtitle for future editions would be: The Proud Nail*. British cops were once told Richards was a butterfly on a wheel that they were unjustly trying to destroy. To this day, if they were honest, they’d say, no, they had tried to kill a cockroach after a nuclear war, and that he lived to take their surrender.

    *(as in, “meets hammer”).

  65. 65.

    VeniceRiley

    Say no to mayo.

    1 ½ pounds fingerling potatoes
    1 ¼ teaspoons salt
    2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 teaspoon sesame oil
    1 small red bell pepper (thinly sliced)
    2 green onions (thinly sliced)
    ½ jalapeno pepper (seeded and minced)
    ½ cup cilantro leaf (loosed packed and coarsely chopped)

  66. 66.

    lamh36

    @Omnes Omnibus: YESSS… Undercover Brother…SOOOO undervalued as a movie.

    EVERY LINE from Dave Chappelle as Conspiracy Brotha…is QUOTEABLE and hilarious!!!

  68. 68.

    TenguPhule

    @jl:

    As a general rule, a potato salad is a good salad, IMHO.

    All Potato Salads are abominations against the term salad.

  70. 70.

    TenguPhule

    @ruemara:

    we will fight you over implying Puerto Rican rum is better than ours tho.

    All Rums are equally good.

  72. 72.

    TenguPhule

    @debbie:

    You cannot have a peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich without the mayonnaise.

    Missing the ham, bologna and American cheese.

  76. 76.

    Sab

    @debbie: I like peanut butter a lot, and I love mayonaise, but I cannot imagine combining them.

    I read your comment to my husband because I was so appalled, and he screamed “Peanut butter and mayonaise is awesome!”

    Almost twenty years of marriage and I just learned this.

  77. 77.

    sukabi

    @Mary G: that particular incident might not have been a wire tap, but what are the odds that there isn’t a wire tap?

    Adding, and how do we know that the “senior officials” cited for the walk back aren’t John Barron and friends?

  78. 78.

    ruemara

    Hellman’s. Best Foods. You savages. The only mayo is homemade. That is the best. All over mayos are blech.

    @Omnes Omnibus: This is why some people should be ignored.

  84. 84.

    debbie

    @Sab:

    Sanity! There is sanity in this world!

    Toast the bread and the peanut butter becomes all melty and delicious!

  85. 85.

    Sab

    @debbie: Spouse says he never thought of that but probably yes.

    I use Medina County as an insult, about people who will never try anything new.

    He just pointed out that I am being Medina County about a sandwich.

    That hurts.

  88. 88.

    Kathleen

    @ruemara: I guess it’s not appropriate for me to mention that I love Miracle Whip on my potato salad because that’s how my mom made it and she made the best potato salad ever.

  89. 89.

    Sab

    @Kathleen: America is divided into Miracle Whip v mayonaise. This is known. I assume Omnes and lamh are not on either side?

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    @Mnemosyne: I hadn’t bothered to look at the recipe because I don’t like mayo, miracle whip, sour cream, etc. But when you said “no mayo”, I had to look. I left the tab open,thinking I might try it.

  95. 95.

    J R in WV

    @ruemara:

    Zacapa rum is the best, from Guatemala, 28 years old. No offense, but if you try it, you will see what I mean. Really good.

    I make potato salad with a vinegar and oil dressing. If ramps are in season, I mince them as tiny as I can. Else I mince green onions, a little garlic. No mustard, no, no not ever!

    This makes a potato salad you can take on a picnic, with no fear of food poisoning because it was allowed to sit out warm, like a mayo based potato salad may. Salt and pepper, that kind of addition as well.

  96. 96.

    Sab

    @J R in WV: Anything edible is better with ramps.

    ETA my niece is a major ramp supplier in our area. I never knew. She is also a lovely person.

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