Recent events have got me all riled up so I decided to write another letter. My problem is I can’t think of arguments on the fly. If I were to participate in a debate, my rebuttals would be, “oh yeah? Well, fuck off!” And I would be awarded zero points. That’s where this place comes in. Over the last few years if one of your comments made sense I made a screen shot of it to use at a later date. Is this creepy? Probably. So hat tip to Scruffy Nerfherder and Suthenboy for their wisdom, parts of which I incorporated (plagiarized really) into my letter to Senators Alexander and Blackburn, and to Representative Cooper. As with my last letter I failed to receive a response. If I receive anything not automated, I will post an update.
Dear Senator/Congressperson –
You have failed the American people. Either intentionally or inadvertantly you have created an environment full of spite, resentment, and hostility. There is much more to our woes than being murdered by the knee of a police officer as we are all subjected to injustices from all levels of government, regardless of race. You swore to uphold and defend the constitution when you took your oath, and yet you and your fellow senators and representatives continue to look the other way when the rights of the American people are trampled upon. When our assets are seized under civil assest forfeiture laws, did you point out this
violation of the Fourth Amendment? When the government puts its citizens on watch lists and illegally spies on them, did you point out these violations of the Sixth Amendment? When state officials order their citizens to not assemble peacefully, did you point out this violation of the First Amendment? More recently, unarmed citizens are being killed by police, but where are your calls to end Qualified Immunity, destroy the Officer’s Bill of Rights, and dismantle police unions?
Your failure to do your job has allowed abuses of power and corruption to thrive for decades without any accountibility. You were elected to serve the people, not opress them. Authority is not granted to the government by laws passed by elected representatives, authority is granted by the citizens to the government in a contract called the Constitution. You are the hired help. You need to do your job and do as your boss (the citizenry) tells you or you will be replaced.
Sincerely,
I.B. McGinty
PS – here is another example of why I come here:
Q Continuum: “Megan McCain is putting on some weight. I’d still enjoy putting my penis between her tits.”
Scruffy Nerfherder: “I don’t get what you’re saying. Be more explicit.”
Q Continuum: “8====D ( . ) . )”
Yeah, I’ve wanted to write stuff like this to my elected reps, too, but I know that, at best, some twentysomething staffer will send me a form letter in reply.
I just recently signed the petition against the contact tracing bill, hr6666. I got a letter back saying, basically, thanks for your interest in this bill, blah, blah, blah, this is why contact tracing is so important, blah, blah, blah.
During our plague townhall at work yesterday, the head cheese said it’s our duty to keep a notebook to record date/time/place of anyone we come in close contact to in case we get the rona or get contacted by a tracer.
The letter you got back is just marketing.
What actually happened was they registered “one more against”. They have a list keeping track of for and against. They listen to their constituents. If an issue generates a lot of interest and it is all on one side of an issue, they will usually vote that way. Particularly on the vast majority of issues that are more mundane and not particularly ideological. Tons of legislative stuff happens that you never hear about. Regulatory actions that affect one type of company gets added to a funding bill, etc. Maybe it affects 10,000 people. Those 10k are super motivated, so their issue gets handled.
This was the case with my run-in with the legislature. We had huge opposition from the insurance industry. They were spending many millions on lobbyists to push legislation that would have killed our business. But they were not really worried about us in any way… they were worried that our existence would screw up a tax break they get. So we had all 2,000 people in our industry contact their representatives. Against millions who work in insurance.
They changed the language from what the industry wanted to something that protected the tax break. Win-win. A handful of congressmen with 400 families in their district is pretty powerful incentive to get something done…. if the party isn’t invested for some reason.
I assume you replied with a dick pic.
Writing a letter to my state representative was the first direct lesson that I got that the government doesn’t listen to the people. My form letter reply thanked me for my support on a position I had argued against.
I should know better, but I was so pissed off the other day that I sent an angry email to our local supervisor about the shutdowns and the out of control bum situation. I didn’t even get a response from the shithead. The city is looking like the fucking third world right now, bum encampments have sprung up everywhere.
I went to SF about a year ago for court hearing. I walked about half a mile from the hotel to the courthouse. I had to watch the sidewalk nearly the entire way so I wouldn’t step in a pile of human feces.
I don’t write custom things to these fuckers. I will, however, forward GOA email messages and sign my name.
The only elected person I generally appreciate is my PA state rep – Craig Staats.
Well Said Sir!
—twerks—-
That’s the verb I choose.
Good one!
OK DOOMCo. The cuteness has gone too far! Stop it already!
I can never stop!
I’m afraid we are past (getting past) the time for talk. I really hope I’m wrong, but the riots getting positive coverage and resulting in corporations giving massive donations is going to lead to more violence. If the state won’t protect the population at large from extortion to people will push back hard.
In the post apocalyptic world, you are welcome to join my Glib army. Bring bacon and bourbon.
Cheap stuff okay?
How do you feel about hi points?
I’m partial to Ruger, but I have my limits. ?
I like Rugers, too. Good bang for the buck, if you will.
I like Wright’s bacon.
Who is going to push back hard? The people that the media continually call racists and will get fired from their jobs if they speak up? I’d like to believe it too, but I also work for a community college in a lefty state, so I will go ahead and be a coward like everybody else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTmfwklFM-M
Damn straight
You, sir, are polite and civil. I am not the man you are, and would probably end up getting swatted after whichever stupid bastard read the opening sentence of any letter I cared to write, which would probably go something like this: “Dear dumbass waterhead, I see you’ve opened your toothless cock-holster again…” or maybe: “Greetings you feckless thumbsucking inbred shitstain. Dear God you are useless…” Or possibly: “Salutations, you dribble-chin pustulent tumor of a failed human fucking being…”
It’s probably better if I don’t write. To anybody.
How about you pick up an old typewriter from the Salvation Army, write a letter saying you have sex tape of the politician, mail it from a different address, then throw away the typewriter? Also, wear gloves, and don’t lick the stamp (if they still make those).
All good ideas.
Although I would need to get some advice from UCS on appropriate yet fashionable letter writing gloves. I wouldn’t want to wear just any old thing.
Disappointed you didn’t steal from me and Sugarfree call them spineless pieces of shit who can’t hold their meth, according to people who know the Presidents Thinking.
Nice letter, but I’m sure no one will read it.
The low-level staffers read a lot of the letters. My brother worked one summer in a Senator’s office, and he read quite a few constituent letters. Very few of those were passed along to the actual senator, though, but the more entertaining/outrageous letters were often passed around among the staffers. So, you know, get creative and quite a few people with little/no power/influence will in fact read it.
“When our assets are seized under civil assest forfeiture laws, did you point out this”
Huh, wut?
Zero political points to score.
“When the government puts its citizens on watch lists and illegally spies on them, did you point out these violations of the Sixth Amendment? ”
Huh, wut?
Zero political points to score.
“When state officials order their citizens to not assemble peacefully, did you point out this violation of the First Amendment?”
Huh, wut?
Zero political points to score.
“but where are your calls to end Qualified Immunity, destroy the Officer’s Bill of Rights, and dismantle police unions?”
Huh, wut?
Zero political points to score.
You gotta get where the action is and people know that you’re talking about.
“Systemic Racism”
Yes!
I’m going to win!
“Free stuff”
Yes!
I’m going to win!
See how this is done?
Thanks IB, flattery will get you everywhere.
Meghan McCain gets a firm yes. I would consider making it awkward by asking her if she thinks her husband secretly wanted to publish articles much more critical of her old man.
Are you secretly Tres Cool?
Je suis tres cool, but I am not Tres Cool.
That is not how letters to congress work. Your congress critter will not see anything from that.
Here’s how it works. You write this:
Dear Senator X,
I am writing in Opposition to HR 156.
Sincerely
Constituent.
A staffer then opens your envelope and marks down 1 under the column “opposed” on the spreadsheet for HR156.
They then add up all the for and all the against and give that to the boss.
Hey, boss! We got 567 calls on the new Abortion bill…. 260 for, 307 against…
Yup. If they read to the bottom… add one to the “No on XYZ” column. That’s all the boss hears.
If you write a “you suck” letter and there are a lot of you, he might get a tally of “you suck” letters on his summary. He ain’t reading them though.
Two more companies that can fuck right off.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tucker-carlson-advertisers-leave-fox-news-show/
Meh. Two companies I don’t support already and had no plans to.
The local Papa John’s went out of business recently. Haha, fuckers.
They’ll be back in 3 months or so. If Fox can ride it out. You cannot capitulate to these people if you are a major corp… because they will know you are their bitch and they will keep upping the demands.
Oh great. More MyPillow commercials.
L O fucking L.
It’s funny because it’s true
“Asked by a Twitter user the next day if Carlson’s message was one T-Mobile supported, CEO Mike Sievert tweeted back, “It definitely is not. Bye-bye Tucker Carlson! #BlackLivesMatter.””
A twitter user. One.
If you are the CEO.. maybe do not have a twitter account. At least not an identifiable twitter account.
And if you do…. definitely do not respond like that.
It’s been T-Mobile’s schtick since John Legere was there.
I can guarantee that none of them actually listened to the content of his show.
“Two more companies that can fuck right off.”
I support their right to withdraw their advertising dollars from speech they don’t support…IF I CAN ALSO WITHDRAW MY DOLLARS FROM NPR, which has become National Propagandist Radio, the National Milk Council, the National Pork Council, the National Beef Council, the National Forest Service, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, etc, etc, etc…
FUCK OFF, SLAVE
R!I seem to have be censored.
That’s actually a pretty great point. Beyond NPR… where is today’s “moral majority” that is opposed to the propaganda machine? Does it exist? Because if it does exist in the numbers that I believe it does… someone should be able to galvanize opposition to NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN etc. to a level that puts an end to this nonsense. My supposition is that less than 20% of the nation really supports the way the news is being covered. And maybe half of the people are violently opposed to the propaganda.
Unfortunately, without a means to put that opposition into action, that rage is wasted.
Despite all my rage,
I’m still just a rat in a cage.
I hope you are well dressed at least.
Hannity and Tucker are the top two shows in viewership on cable TV. It isn’t even close when comparing to the other networks.
Carlson will fill that ad slot without difficulty.
Sweet filthy lucre. Show me the money.
Meh, Tucker Carlson sucks, he just sucks less than every other talking head.
https://twitter.com/POTUSThump/status/1270544572087705600
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I. B. McGinty,
Do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to? Or maybe a manifesto?
Like it, even though it will do nothing to change your pols minds.
I think PS’ing your senatorial delegation about titfucking Megan McCain might’ve been a little over the top.
They might be into that.
To Derp (wherever I may find him),
“Iran sends advisers to help American rebels overthrow their evil government.”
Seen on FB: “I need to know if Amex stands with the black community or is racist.”
Lookie there. A or Z. Somebody doesn’t know there are also the letters B through Y.
Silence equals violence, doncha know.
This is the best shakedown yet.
Yeah….
This almost never gets coverage. There is an entire industry of “outrage indulgences”… not just the Jessie Jackson Operation Push / Rainbow Coalition folks.
I have an acquaintance who works in the industry. She’s super-progressive and does “diversity” curricula, among other things. So a corp gets in trouble, they call a consultant like her who comes in and puts together “training materials” and such. This is to immunize against lawsuits. Absolutely zero people involved believe a single word of it. Well, except for proggie acquaintance. She’s an idiot… but she’s a true believer. A true believer with a nonsense PhD that allows her to charge for her blessing that you are a wonderful progressive company that should be pardoned of their sins.
Their last CEO, who had a good run, was African American. But I’m sure the poster knew that.
Just another Uncle Tom racist piece of shit.
If I receive anything not automated, I will post an update.
I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that you won’t receive anything not automated.
First (see what I did there?), re Meghan McCain: sure, why not.
Second, this is an interesting article about the guy who was thought to be a kidnapped baby and “returned” to the wrong people. His kidnapper is suspected to be the lady Ronald Reagan called the “welfare queen”, Linda Taylor.
Third, and most importantly, This Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
Um, the “Revolution” is pretty televised these days.
But if you go carryin’ picture of Chairman Mao
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow</em?
Guess the times really have changed.
https://scifanatic-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/facepalm-head.jpg
Quite, you.
Yes, quite.
And quit, you.
I mean, one of the lines is “And no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists”, how is this song not great?
I like the optimism I.B. that writing them might make a difference. Myself, I am too jaded at this point. I spend my time looking at stuff like this as an escape plan.
Here you go ‘sloper,
Sailing Zingaro
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVBc3YzxbJjTJVrlL77MrQ/videos
Kim is very nice to look at.
Yes she is. Lots of youtube sailors out there. I envy them.
Another one:
Sailing Lucky Fish
Aussie dude and his Mongolian wife sail a Wharram
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHpXYj4icqUOkQZqkelyPg/videos
Tryin’ to plan a bareboat chatrer yet this summer. Last year father-in-law rented a 33″ Beneteu on Lake Superior. Not quite big enough. 38′ or 40′ might be the ticket.
Trying to build up enough experience to bareboat in the Caribbeans.
Eventually I want to circumnavigate.
Chicago’s finest. How has that city not burned to the ground and why does Swissy still live there?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-police-caught-tape-lounging-making-popcorn-congressman-s-office-n1230191
1 Asbestos
2 He fights crime by night using the powers of cervicalgia.
1a Chicago’s kryptonite is bovine induced lightning related conflagration
If the cops weren’t ordered to go there and make sure nothing happens to Rush’s office.
Have y’all seen the video of the head of the new commune in Seattle? He might just be the head enforcer. His name is Warlord Raz and he likes to say he is a peaceful man before he punches you in the face.
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1270913390249013248
These people have been in charge of policing for what? 2-3 days? And they are already engaging in police brutality!
The sad thing is Leftist Anarchism is going to set back the anarcho capitalist movement as well.
It will be interesting to see who is Lenin to this guys Stalin.
No problem with that, it’s as much of a pipe-dream.
Not as much of a pipe dream as thinking a minarchy won’t devolve into tyranny eventually.
I’m beginning to think we’re all just monkeys anyway, trapped in a cage known as planet Earth and screaming at the top of our lungs while shaking the bars.
Eventually > 36 hours
I think the path from anarchy to tyranny is even shorter.
Nothing lasts forever. And we aren’t getting either anyway. All we can hope for is to push the needle a bit in the direction of liberty, but usually we can’t even agree on that with half the True Libertarians advocating letting things get worse to ‘wake people up’ rather than take a half measure.
Hey! I resemble that remark.
But I do want Inslee to beg for help. Just because it would be beautiful.
I just realized you may have been speaking nationally instead of about the Seattle shitfest.
In which case, I agree with you.
I’m just speaking generally. LOL, more accurately I am just feeling argumentative because I am on a diet.
*runs from Jarflax, hides*
Shots fired!
“Q Continuum: “Megan McCain is putting on some weight. I’d still enjoy putting my penis between her tits.”
Scruffy Nerfherder: “I don’t get what you’re saying. Be more explicit.”
Q Continuum: “8====D ( . ) . )”
It’s like the Algonquin.
You lying racists! Bloomberg News says everything is peaceful in the New Utopia!
That is some great investigative reporting. I’ll bet they let the CCP write their stories.
Thot Thursday is all we have left in this wasteland.
http://archive.li/jy4bh
Excellent collection.
Today I was offered a job by a competitor of my current employer that would pay me about $8k more a year. I have until Wednesday to decide. My major apprehension is that I only know a little about this company and how it operates on the day to day basis. They do have an A+ rating with the BBB, and offer full benefits, so that’s encouraging.
Decisions, decisions…
8k is 8k
I thought you had issues with your current employer.
I do. Work has been slow but it’s now increasing. And as with most jobs, one grows accustomed to the bullshit after awhile. I just the initial jitters of taking a risk that I wasn’t expecting at all. The offer came out of the blue…I’ll probably take it. It’s not like my feild is so highly paid in general that I can just blow off an extra $4hr like it’s nothing.
So Chippendales offered you a raise to stop fluffing nipples at the Cheetah Club and start fluffing cods?
No, no. I had to mop up the rivulets forming in the aisles caused by soaked middle aged panties after the shows. NOW I get to fluff the man nipples.
Do you like your current boss? Will you be going from an office to an “open space?” Do you feel like your opinion matters at current place. Are you due for an increase any time soon at current place?
$8k buys a lot of steak.
You need to add Ricin to get their attention.
Look at Gropin’ Joe, that mask hanging to one side, like Maverick in Top Gun #sexsymbol
WTF? Did his entire campaign staff take the day off?
I have decided that the mask has become totemic. It is a magical symbol that, if one wears it, like a charm of St Michael, you are granted immunity, whether properly worn or not. Kinda like guns acquire a magical power due totally to the symbolism- with no relation to reality.
^This^ with a healthy dose of in-group signaling or as a token of submission, depending on your perspective.
Yes
I’m a painter
Kinda, depends on who I’m talking to
Yes, but it doesn’t compare to what I was just offered
Bah!
In response to ARV.
“Trump may have forgotten about the coronavirus, but he hasn’t forgotten about us.”
I’m betting that Joe did not mean to say that.
I just tried to do 20 push ups in the normal position. I managed 10. So sad. I used to do 30 with my hands normal position, 30 with hands outstretched, 30 under my chest, and each 3 times. Jesus Christ, no wonder I was thin and didn’t have man boobs.
Ok, I have resolved to get back into fighting shape. Gonna go do 10 more. (Jesus, doing the math, I used to do 180 push ups every night! I’m gonna have a lower goal, but my man boobs have become decidedly non-Putin).
If you want to be more Putin, you need to join a circus to wrestle bears.
180 push ups every night. I made Putin look like he had a desk job.
Relevant
When the coronavirus lockdown started, I was weak from sitting in an office and eating M&Ms for too long. Stuck working from home, I cut down on the crap just a little, and started doing some “Modified” push ups with my son every night, to show him how to do them. That is, start by laying prone, push up, go back down to prone, 1. Ladder up to five and then back down to one for a total of 25. Then 1.5 minutes of planking and 20 squats with overhead presses with 20 lb weights. The push ups became non-modified in about 10 days. I increased the plank to 2 minutes. I leaned up and lost 8 pounds just by doing that little bit every night.
Exercise is great. By the time my wife died, I had aged, become addicted to yummy bad for you foods, and was working online, plus living in OK where the heat prevents you from normal activities, like walking down to the park.
I’m small, 5’8″ with a small build. When she died I weighed over 200lbs.
I moved back to CO and decided that, if I had to start over, I’d at least be in shape. I was still grieving, so I channeled that into working out, with amazing results. I lost 60 lbs.
Then I stopped, for reasons I can’t remember. It’s hard to get started again, but I’m gonna try, and I know that once I get into it, I will be addicted.
It is hard to get back once you quit. I used to run 40 miles a week, and do all sorts of other exercise stuff. Then it just fell by the side. I’m trying to get back into running a little. I ran around Sloan’s Lake the other day but it wasn’t pretty.
I just did ten more pushups, am now at 30 for the night. I’m feeling pumped, maybe I can get back into it.
Seems to be helping my rotator cuff, too.
3 months of working from home, limited menu and closed gym and i dread looking in the mirror
I just dropped below my pre-Wu Flu weight; wife rented a spin bike for our (tiny) condo, so I’ve been alternating that and the rowing machine I’ve not used in far too long.
On the down side, my BP is up a solid 10 points. Maybe stress, maybe allergy meds, maybe drinkin’ too much. It’s a bit concerning, given that my cardio is much improved and my weight is down.
I lost 15 pounds. 7 more pounds and I’ll have the weight from my twenties.
I feel ya, man. I can still do about forty proper push ups in a row but it takes a great deal of effort and I feel it for a few days afterwards and I sure as shit don’t do anymore until the aches stop. That used to be just the beginning of a two to three hour workout in my fighting days. I’ve noticed a considerable decline in my energy and ability to retain muscle mass over the last three years or so. Like yourself, I’m naturally skinny. It’s becoming an effort not to feel frail.
Yeah, the naturally skinny of my youth has turned into naturally fat middle aged man. I’m gonna do it, I have so many summer clothes sized smaller than I am.
Dammit, I think I may have just confused you with DoomCO.
Sorry, all people in Broncos/Donkey Country are the same person to me.
We do all look alike. I have added ten more regukar, and ten with my hands under my center. I think I’m now at 50 for tonight.
10 more hands centered under body. I’m at 60 for tonight
And my rotator cuff is feeling better than it has in months
Nice! Good work, man. Don’t forget to stretch out for several minutes after you finish. I always forget and feel like I’m on the verge of tendonitis by the next evening.
Okay. I’ve obviously had one jibber too many. I can’t thread to save my life at this point. Ha!
Oh well, probably about time to shut down for the evening and try to get some sleep soon. Later, man.
I just tried ten with my palms under my ribs. Total pain. I made 6.
*cough* GlibFit *cough*
New locker installed. All the ammo is now in the locker.
My wife now knows how much ammo we have.
I trust she’ll sleep better tonight – that is, unless you don’t have enough.
I ordered a lot of ammo in the last couple of months. It was stacked up in boxes in the corner of the bedroom.
She didn’t actually know how much was there until she helped me load it into the gun locker.
My wife doesn’t know how much ammo we have. But she does know how big my gun is.
9 mm?
I won’t name a caliber because that is Mrs. Cipping’s secret to share but I’ll say this, it’s a pinfire weapon…
Old, obsolete, and you it doesn’t shoot anymore because there isn’t any ammo…
Brand and model?…
If you can count it all, you don’t have enough.
Our elected representatives are supposed to represent our interests in governing the state. However, as soon as they get elected, their job description changes to representing the state’s interests in ruling us.
If you think about it, there are ways to actually meet your reps in person. Usually through some group you may belong to that invites them to come and give their latest “state of the county” nonsense speech or something. I was in a CofC meeting with the supervisor (a Republican) from the next county over. While he was muttering some nonsense about “to each according to his ability” I shook my head. He stopped mid-speech and asked if I disagreed or something. So I mentioned something about it being part of Marx’s Communist Manifesto. He blew his top and said I was calling him a communist. Later, as I was leaving the building, he confronted me in the parking lot. Surprisingly, we had a nice chat and, in the course of it, found out he was friend of one of the founders of Reason Foundation and was a contributor to them! If you can establish some rapport with them, it is very helpful when you have suggestions for them. Another GOP legislator I met, and stayed in contact with over several years, ended up changing his registration to Libertarian immediately upon the GOP dumping him for not going along with the powers that be in Harrisburg.
“to each according to his ability” – “to each according to his needs”
Pre-law, pre-med – what’s the difference?
Rand Paul doing more good work.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on Thursday to ban no-knock warrants — the type of warrant that ultimately led to the wrongful shooting death of Breonna Taylor, one of multiple black people who died as a result of excessive police force, prompting protests nationwide.
Huzzah!
But, but, he’s a Rethuglikkkan! There must be a special carveout for white supremacists!
I await our putative superiors in the media explaining why this is actually a bad thing.
3… 2… 1…
Based on the Forth Amendment?
http://archive.li/2y3P7/d7bffda859078717104ecfff921b86677c31358a.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/ivH4S/85262c7a787729fcab985c41411ac3fab62e83f8.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/8O1Uh/398e5bc25673032efccfd1a7249f10d81106c26a.jpg
NSFW.
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NSFW.
Tonight’s winner.
seconded though it looks a bit ‘shopped
You shut your vampire mouth!
There’s some weird filter on that.
Niiiice.
As a child of the ’80’s / porn consumer of the 90’s, I will always love the landing strip.
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?
The completely shaved look is a little offputting.
Not for OMWC.
Relevant
USA! USA! USA!
Perhaps, I should relocate to the Orange County before I move to Belarus.
After health officer quits, Orange County to lift mask requirement and reopen gyms, schools and bars
Every day is a good day if I can go through it without putting on a mask. I’m no longer satisfied with walking on a street without a mask, when 95% of pedestrians have it on while staying more than 6 feet from each other. I’m now trying not to wear in every store (absolutely mandatory due to state and town edicts) and I’m the only person there without a mask.
I’d do without but matrimonial peace means I wear it more than I’d like.
I know I’m not alone. While wearing my FUCK SOCIAL DISTANCING t-shirt, I got a thumb up and “good luck” from a local BLM protester. Yes, he was wearing a mask.
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Just got back home and got the kids in bed. It was my nephew’s 4th birthday and we went over to my sister’s place to celebrate. I have a large Irish family, so there were twenty or so of us there. It was a more subdued affair than normal for sure, and she had us all out in the front yard and sidewalk. We need more social proximating,
You didn’t mention a drunken brawl. Are you sure you’re Irish?
There were several blows thrown, but due to social distancing none landed. We don’t have that kind of reach.
Well played.
HALLOOOO!
stop shouting it early morning
I’m so excited! i just spent 5800$ at Amazon for the most coolest things! 55 Gallons of Lube! Marijuana imported from California! and the best part?
Mexican Sex Slaves! Am I a ShitLord or what?
Fuck off Tulpa!
Just came from TOS, thought this was the place for Local news…
What’s Tulpa?
heard of the Turing test? well if people fail the Tulpa test we have issues …
I’m not a Cylon, but hope to be,
Just what Tulpa would say.
So Far so good
Do we have any Seattle glibs? I’d love a first hand account of this shit show.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/11/unreal-seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-tells-chris-cuomo-protesters-could-have-the-summer-of-love-in-the-autonomous-zone/
Seattle glibs either OD on popcorn or prepare to no longer be Seattle glibs, depending on their view of things
Weren’t the people she’s defending just chanting about how she’s going to be out of a job?
Yes they were.
Paul. disappeared a while ago.
Looks like we need you to do reconnaissance GL.
Yes, but I can’t remember his name. I need to work on my Glibs database.
I know Trump needs to stay out of that situation. Nothing to gain. Let that shitshow deteriorate on its own. Don’t play into their hands.
Ok, this can’t wait for the morning thread…
I know you’ve seen the stuff from the left about Trump not leaving office when he loses….
Well, you gotta see this one to believe it
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-2020-election/index.html
I won’t go through the whole thing… it is filled with gems…. but after a long screed with the fabricated premise that Trump is going to refuse to vacate the white house when he loses the election to Biden and not a single nod to HRC refusing to concede and all the instant animosity from the left – they hit you with this beauty:
So… “selected not elected” and still – 20 years later – not admitting that 3 official recounts that were done in highly selective ways entirely designed to skew the results toward Gore (only recounting the heavily democrat counties of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, etc.)…. they still cast shade on the 2000 election results…. in an article about how ONLY TRUMP WOULD EVER DO SUCH A THING!
You know how we are always saying “beyond parody”? Well…. prime example, folks. Prime example.
# This is what they actually believe!
It’s from sniffing their own farts.
Well, I suppose they don’t call it “gaslighting” for nothing…
or the popular vote
As if that mattered a whit.
I’d love Trump to win reelection with a popular vote win (bear with me), if only to quiet down that talking point.
I wonder how many people realize voting patterns would be different if the popular vote mattered…
My opinion, and I may be wrong, is that probably more democrats vote in strong republican areas than republicans in strong democratic area, cause leftists have a fetish for voting. But I may be wrong.
BTW, this is by someone at CNN who carries the title “Editor”.
I’d be embarrassed if an intern wrote this craziness. But this was a guy with a title and everything.
They believe they’re in a revolution. They believe they are the glorious rebels.
Nothing would make them happier to have their deepest fears realized.
Given how well the democrats accepted the election results in 2016, the have a reasonable fear republicans will not
I’ll have “things not mentioned in this article about accepting election results for 2,000 Alex!”
How many Romanians does it take to kill a Vampire?
None! they are all Vampires!
/I’ll bee here til Sun day, get it…….
This doesn’t seem like a winning strategy in Texas.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/11/kim-olson-congress-texas-looting-police/
depends on how many Californians move there
The people leaving California are the middle class and small business owners. In the last Texas election they voted for Ted Cruz over Beto Orourke by 14 percentage points.
So Texas just needs reasonable vetting of who gets in.
Yup, I know it’s not the popular opinion, but I would bet that it’s not the Californians coming to Texas that have made it trend more purple. It’s those damn Northeasterners and furriners what done it.
Kill Furriners! from other St….. ummmm well maybe…….
I can’t believe that is a winning strategy in Caliunicornia. Trying to predict the rest of the year is a fool’s game. Since I’m a fool, I will predict that the soft pedaling on riots and such will not treat the Dems well come November. There are several wild cards, but I am hoping that the hard left has way overplayed its hand, I believe that blatantly obvious, let’s see what the normals say about it.
Listening to cops around the US bitching about how chaz made what is essentially a civil asset forfeiture move.
Also from CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/us/minneapolis-police-discipline-invs/index.html
an article about how police in Minneapolis avoid accountability.
“CNN Investigates!” is the banner.
One name that does not make the article….
Amy Klobuchar.
Apparently she had a case of a questionable shooting by Chauvin before her. Her team wanted him prosecuted, but she stopped it.
I wonder how in the world the crack investigative team at CNN managed to miss that detail?
I’ve heard that she actually wasn’t the one calling the shots at that time. Haven’t bothered to check up on it though.
Daily Beast, so not a good source…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/amy-klobuchar-declined-to-prosecute-derek-chauvin-who-kneeled-on-george-floyd-for-other-violent-encounters
“ But according to a statement sent out by the office of current Hennepin County DA Mike Freeman, “all prosecutorial decisions were made under the direction of Mike Freeman.” By the time the case came to prosecution, Klobuchar had already moved on to the Senate, according to her office.”
Could easily be spin or flat out lies. *Shrugs*
everyone knows Democrats cannot be harmful to black people.
What’s worse than sksksk and iooop girl?
https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1271287507473231872?s=19
Small children cling to their mothers in fear of the foul beast, weeping, and crying “Mommy, make it stop! Please make it stop!”
Good morning, Glibs. A breakfast tune.
Good morning
Good morning, JD (& Sean!) In keeping with the Ohio theme (a personal favorite,) here’s a mellow offering from our local legends.
Sorry for the over-sharing the other day. It was just a weird situation with people which is most of my lived experience.
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/06/11/camden-removes-christopher-columbus-statue-from-farnham-park/
So Columbus day will no longer be a paid day off for gov/union folks, right?
They’ll just rename it for some other unsavory bastard and carry on accordingly.
They already stole the Summer Solstice and renamed it “Aboriginal Day” up here.
So, my employer sent a letter saying we should be out there having ‘ candid’ dialogue about race.
Uh, yeah, fuck no. Its like they want me to get fired.
Being “candid” in the workplace is almost never a good idea.
One reason I hope I win the lottery is so that I can be candid on my way out the door.
Hey now! We save that for the Xmas Follies and Family Day at the Park!
Ask James Damore how that kind of dialogue worked out. If you’re not willing to toe the line keep your damn mouth shut.
I’d have to double check the status of the various lawsuits.
Dismissed last month with an apparent gag order:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fired-google-engineer-james-damore-dropped-his-lawsuit-against-company
Maybe it was worth it after all.
nondisclosure agreement I meant
Morning Glibs.
Finally got a full night’s sleep. It’s nice to not wake up tired. But then I remember that I still have work today, and it’s all filling out pointless forms.
Morning, UCS. I’m reminded of my favorite advice from a book called Fold a Banana and (??) Other Things to Do When You’re Bored – “Fill out your tax return in Roman numerals.”
[Disclaimer: the book never claimed to be GOOD advice.]
The forms today are a scope document for a ludicrously small slice of a larger project, several knowledgebase articles no one will ever read, and a form that makes no sense, no one knows what its for, but it must be filled out anyway.
Have we thus achieved Peak Bureaucratese?
Not even close.
95 percent of British Covid-19 deaths had at least one preexisting comorbidity:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/over-95-uk-covid-19-deaths-had-pre-existing-condition
Not a surprise for anyone here.
Were they bald? That seems to be the important question.
Back up to 185. I thought that old men shrank in their dotage.
And, of course, the pendulum is swinging too far in the wrong direction and not addressing the real problems.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2020/06/police-officer-in-nj-suspended-for-online-comment-calling-looters-target-practice.html
If you’re just starting to practive by shooting the looters, you’re doing training wrong.
You’re supposed to have already had target practice and shooting looters is a live fire event.
That’s exactly what I would like to say to my lefties if I dared. Beware the pendulum because she is coming for you. It’s like they’ve never cracked a history text or two. I’m the beloved Steppin-Fetchit that cleans and nods.
They’ve only read Howard Zinn
Someone recited Zinn. They took notes.