US Politics: Biden Hood - Prince of Plebs

[Mlle. Zabzie]

1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said:

Correct, and I should have been more clear. Top Shot is a NFT, but in an interview I heard a few weeks back it sounded like they (can't recall the name of the person representing them) think with time those lines could be blurred a bit. It didn't seem possible to me, but I'm no authority on the subject and it's possible I misunderstood what they meant by following a Bitcoin like model.

They meant that the authentication is through blockchain.

[Morpheus]

Chris Christie is starting his 2024 bid by kissing Trump’s ass and defending Giuliani.

I don’t kinkshame, but I feel violated that this dipshit makes us all a party to his humiliation fetish.

[A Horse Named Stranger]

19 minutes ago, Morpheus said:

Chris Christie is starting his 2024 bid by kissing Trump’s ass and defending Giuliani.

I don’t kinkshame, but I feel violated that this dipshit makes us all a party to his humiliation fetish.

How does that guy assume to have any credibility left with anybody?

I mean he bowed to Trump in 2016, and got nothing out of it. Then when the writing was on the wall for a one term presidency he was moderately critical of him. He also got covid, and was more critical of the Trump administration's handling, and now he is back to bootlicking. So with whom is he supposed to have any credibility left?

[SpaceChampion]

U.S. Investigating Directed Energy Attacks Near Whitehouse similar to the Havana Embassy attacks

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Washington (CNN)Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad.

Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and other agencies probing the matter have reached no clear conclusions on what happened, the fact that such an attack might have taken place so close to the White House is particularly alarming.

Defense officials briefed lawmakers on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the matter earlier this month, including on the incident near the White House. That incident, which occurred near the Ellipse, the large oval lawn on the south side of the White House, sickened one National Security Council official, according to multiple current and former US officials and sources familiar with the matter.

In a separate 2019 episode, a White House official reported a similar attack while walking her dog in a Virginia suburb just outside Washington, GQ reported last year.

 

 

Those sickened reported similar symptoms to CIA and State Department personnel impacted overseas, and officials quickly began to investigate the incident as a possible "Havana syndrome" attack. That name refers to unexplained symptoms that US personnel in Cuba began experiencing in late 2016 -- a varying set of complaints that includes ear popping, vertigo, pounding headaches and nausea, sometimes accompanied by an unidentified "piercing directional noise."

 

[A Horse Named Stranger]

And Newsmax have decided that they don't want their in court against Dominion and reached a settlement. So Coomer has dropped them from his law suit.

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Since Election Day, various guests, attorneys, and hosts on Newsmax have offered opinions and claims about Dr. Eric Coomer, the Director of Product Strategy and Security at Dominion Voting Systems.

Newsmax would like to clarify its coverage of Dr. Coomer and note that while Newsmax initially covered claims by President Trump’s lawyers, supporters and others that Dr. Coomer played a role in manipulating Dominion voting machines, Dominion voting software, and the final vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, Newsmax subsequently found no evidence that such allegations were true. Many of the states whose results were contested by the Trump campaign after the November 2020 election have conducted extensive recounts and audits, and each of these states certified the results as legal and final.

There are several facts that our viewers should be aware of. Newsmax has found no evidence that Dr. Coomer interfered with Dominion voting machines or voting software in any way, nor that Dr. Coomer ever claimed to have done so. Nor has Newsmax found any evidence that Dr. Coomer ever participated in any conversation with members of “Antifa,” nor that he was directly involved with any partisan political organization.

On behalf of Newsmax, we would like to apologize for any harm that our reporting of the allegations against Dr. Coomer may have caused to Dr. Coomer and his family. For more on this, please go to our website at Newsmax.com, and read “Facts About Dominion, Smartmatic You Should Know.”

If it weren't so lazy, I'd ask what's the next Domino to fall.

[ThinkerX]

3 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said:

And Newsmax have decided that they don't want their in court against Dominion and reached a settlement. So Coomer has dropped them from his law suit.

If it weren't so lazy, I'd ask what's the next Domino to fall.

That'd be Rudy.  Right wing types are getting freaked out over the FBI investigation into Rudy's role in the whole Ukrainian fiasco.  The smarter ones appear to realize that if Rudy gets convicted for...call it lying about everything Ukraine, then that means Trumps impeachment might actually have been justified - which is totally unacceptable in the far right world.  (this is from reading the comments sections of various articles)

[A Horse Named Stranger]

Rudy is certainly a candidate, but he really wouldn't be my top pick of people named in the Dominion law suit. I think it will be somebody from the Media circus like Malkin, or the American News Network. Rudy has just invested way too much to backdown. In poker you would say is pot committed, no way he can just lay down his cards.

[ThinkerX]

DeSantis takes a stand to defend free speech against the machinations of evil social media giants.  I figure this can of worms has a fair shot of reaching the Supreme Court.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ban-trump-not-so-fast-florida-is-about-to-pass-a-law-to-stop-facebook-and-twitter-from-censoring-politicians/ar-BB1gf8hp?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580&fbclid=IwAR2Pjv1YNMf3d-Z60TAZg8PEL50G7kLc_pmJF82G0o2E0_S3Tyhm3Aexcz4

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign into law a bill that would prevent social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube from “deplatforming” politicians like former President Donald Trump from their platforms.

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It orders social media companies to publish standards with detailed definitions of when someone would be censored or blocked and makes companies subject to as much as $250,000 daily fines for deplatforming a Florida candidate. The bill also requires a social media company to notify users within seven days that they could be censored, giving them time to correct the posting.

Republican lawmakers in Florida say legislation is needed to curb the influence the nation’s leading social media companies have over the national conversation. 

"What this bill is about is sending a loud message to Silicon Valley that they are not the absolute arbiters of truth," state Rep. John Snyder, a Republican from the Port St. Lucie area, said Wednesday, according to NBC News.

 

[Zorral]

Who were the anglo saxons?  How long did they last?

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/05/the-anglo-saxons

 

 

[Martell Spy]

Gaetz Probe Expands From Sex Trafficking To Cannabis And Corruption
What began as an inquiry into sex trafficking has reportedly grown into a larger review of public corruption.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign and a former colleague in the Florida Legislature.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-investigation-cannabis-sex-trafficking_n_608db6a2e4b09cce6c1f2667

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The Republican congressman, Dr. Jason Pirozzolo and Halsey Beshears were united in their enjoyment of politics, fancy travel and the company of beautiful women. They also had another mutual interest: Florida’s $1.2 billion medical marijuana industry.

The Bahamas trip is a central element of a federal investigation surrounding Gaetz that has suddenly endangered his political career. What began as an inquiry into sex trafficking and whether Gaetz paid women and an underage girl in exchange for sex has grown into a larger review of public corruption, according to people familiar with the investigation.

Investigators are looking at whether Gaetz and his associates tried to secure government jobs for some of the women, the people said. They are also scrutinizing Gaetz’s connections to the medical marijuana sector, including whether Pirozzolo and others sought to influence legislation Gaetz sponsored. The investigation includes legislation from 2018, when Gaetz was in Congress, and earlier work in the Legislature, according to one of the people.

 

 

[Zorral]

None of this matters because they aren't Dems.  When its Repubs committing sex crimes it is different. Unlike with Dems sex crimes or harassment or abuse or any of it, their party and their voters rally 'round and keep them in office. 

[mcbigski]

2 hours ago, Martell Spy said:

Gaetz Probe Expands From Sex Trafficking To Cannabis And Corruption
What began as an inquiry into sex trafficking has reportedly grown into a larger review of public corruption.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign and a former colleague in the Florida Legislature.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-investigation-cannabis-sex-trafficking_n_608db6a2e4b09cce6c1f2667

 

As far a conviction goes, is that expansion good or bad?  Sounds like they are going from the specific to the unprovable, with a side dose of misdemeanor at best (in most jurisdictions).  But solid headline writing as far as shaping narrative.  So full marks there.

9 minutes ago, Zorral said:

None of this matters because they aren't Dems.  When its Repubs committing sex crimes it is different. Unlike with Dems sex crimes or harassment or abuse or any of it, their party and their voters rally 'round and keep them in office. 

You and I have had very different life experiences.

[A True Kaniggit]

21 minutes ago, mcbigski said:

You and I have had very different life experiences.

Well yeah man. If you're not lying about the fact your profile picture is you, and you're not lying about your income, then you are a wealthy white male.

And you vote for the party of the wealthy white males. AKA Republicans.

 

I believe @Zorral has made it abundantly clear they are not a wealthy white male.

Am I not correct? (Apologies if I'm wrong Zorral)

[A True Kaniggit]

1 hour ago, Chataya de Fleury said:

: ...and somewhat off-topic; my photo is of a bird. I am not a bird. 

You’re not really a bird? 
 

That’s disappointing 

 

Bird joke: How is it that birds type?

 

By hunting and pecking.

[Maithanet]

4 minutes ago, A True Kaniggit said:

You’re not really a bird? 

That does help the dating thread make a little more sense.

[Fragile Bird]

34 minutes ago, A True Kaniggit said:

You’re not really a bird? 
 

That’s disappointing 

 

Bird joke: How is it that birds type?

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By hunting and pecking.

I can attest to the accuracy of the joke!

[A Horse Named Stranger]

Mocking birds 3.0. They started by mimicking the song of other birds, then they went to mimicking ring tones, now they on the internet pretending to be humanoids. That's evlotuion for you. And that suspicious denial. Why would a mocking bird go thru all the troubles of posting here, only to then give the game away, would you do that, if you were a bird? No, neither would I.

To be clear, I am not saying that chats is defiantely a bird, I am merely pointing out the possibility.

 

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

Lizard people downrising? Bird impostors? The Knicks are okay at basketball?

The hell is going on here?!?!?

[Martell Spy]

Why are Republicans so threatened by universal daycare?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/01/republicans-threatened-biden-universal-daycare-week-in-patriarchy

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Free childcare equals class warfare, say Republicans
Joe Biden wants to spend big money on small children. On Wednesday the president announced an ambitious $1.8tn plan to boost family assistance programs, childhood education and student aid. If passed, the American Families Plan would overhaul the current (dire) childcare system and inject billions into universal preschool, paid family leave and subsidized childcare. It would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy.

Sounds great, right? Who wouldn’t support investing in children? The party of “family values”, of course! The party that loves advocating for embryos but doesn’t seem quite so keen on helping kids. Predictably Republicans are up in arms about the idea that the US, which one recent survey ranked as the second-worst place in the world to raise children, might become a little more family-friendly. As soon as Biden had finished speaking, out came the usual talking points about how Biden was pushing a dangerous socialist agenda and trying to indoctrinate American children. “You know who else liked universal day care?” the Republican senator Marsha Blackburn tweeted, linking to a 1974 article about day care in the Soviet Union.

Think that’s an unhinged response? I think it may have been surpassed by JD Vance’s incomprehensible contribution to the debate. On Thursday, the Hillbilly Elegy author and vocal Republican tweeted that “‘Universal day care’ is class war against normal people.” His line of reasoning, if you can call it that, was that: “normal Americans care more about their families than their jobs, and want a family policy that doesn’t shunt their kids into crap daycare so they can enjoy more ‘freedom’ in the paid labor force”.

Perhaps Republicans should just cut to the chase and say that they don’t support any policy that makes it easier for women to leave their houses. When you think women are just walking wombs then it’s expedient for childcare costs to be so staggeringly high that they push women out of the workforce. Earlier this year, Idaho lawmakers turned down a $6m federal grant to support early childhood care and education. Let me repeat that, they turned down millions of dollars earmarked for children. Why? Well as the Republican state representative. Charlie Shepherd explained, that money would hurt “the family unit”.

“[A]ny bill that makes it easier or more convenient for mothers to come out of the home and let others raise their child, I don’t think that’s a good direction for us to be going,” Shepherd said. Really saying the quiet part out loud there!

 

 

[Fragile Bird]

I assume the Republicans have the same attitude to daycare as the Conservatives in Canada have.

Children should be brought up by their families, not by strangers. Strangers will fill their heads with heaven only knows what kind of heretical crap. Like the way universities twist and destroy their good children once they get there.