A day without stupid?

[Swammerdami]

Welcome to the Stupidest of times.
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[Rhea]

She's got a point.

 

[southernhybrid]

She's got a point.

Yes. It's good to see SE Cupp is realizing that the party she once supported is now totally nuts.

 

[TomC]

She's got a point.

Yes. It's good to see SE Cupp is realizing that the party she once supported is now totally nuts.

On the one hand, that was a pretty biased diatribe. She seems unaware of stupidity from other people, like Democrats.

But she did explain why I've gone(over the last 20+ years), from studiously bipartisan independent to straight ticket Democrat voter. I don't see what she's talking about as news exactly.
What I see happening is the GOP running out of steam concerning ideas and policies. They're increasingly resorting to stupid extremism, because they haven't much else to offer anymore.
Tom

 

[Keith&Co.]

Where the fuq does Bonespurs get his lawyers?

The NYT published an opinion article on Trump, based on the Muelker investigation, saying Florida Man had a 'quid pro quo' arrangement with the Russians in 2016, that they'd help him win, he'd do Russia+ governing.. The Bonespurs re-election campaign sued the NYT for defamation, animosity towards the campaign on the part of the Times
A judge just tossed the case.

It's an opinion, so not actionable, the language used was not defamatory, and, by the way,

The article was about Florida Man. But the plaintiff listed in the lawsuit was The Re-election Campaign, not the man. So even if there had been a case hrre, it wasn't their case.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...0PADegQICxAB&usg=AOvVaw0EPPXfIKCq7VdXfK1V53On

 

[Shadowy Man]

Where the fuq does Bonespurs get his lawyers?

The NYT published an opinion article on Trump, based on the Muelker investigation, saying Florida Man had a 'quid pro quo' arrangement with the Russians in 2016, that they'd help him win, he'd do Russia+ governing.. The Bonespurs re-election campaign sued the NYT for defamation, animosity towards the campaign on the part of the Times
A judge just tossed the case.

It's an opinion, so not actionable, the language used was not defamatory, and, by the way,

The article was about Florida Man. But the plaintiff listed in the lawsuit was The Re-election Campaign, not the man. So even if there had been a case hrre, it wasn't their case.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...0PADegQICxAB&usg=AOvVaw0EPPXfIKCq7VdXfK1V53On

But It would mean he could spend his political donations on it instead of his personal money.

 

[Swammerdami]

Meh. They're still meeting with him. Traveling to meet with him.
Parroting his lies. Or at least not denouncing them.
They're still very much aware that he's got a following and when he finds a really good way to connect to them, he'll be a power.
They're scared shitless he'll put them on his hit list of People To Punish for either embarrassing him or not sufficiently working to protect him from embarrassment. I doubt a Twitter presence would make any difference.

Given the chance to show any virtuous qualities — integrity, compassion, respect for their party, constituents or country, hope for future, concern for the unity and prosperity of the U.S., or even simple rationality — the Republicans have been tried and found wholly wanting.

Shame!

Shame not just on the liars, crooks and morons who are hanging on to a crime family for personal profit; But also Shame on the few Republican leaders who are not licking the Orange Ass, but still unwilling to abandon a party that has no convictions left but criminality and treason.

 

[Keith&Co.]

But It would mean he could spend his political donations on it instead of his personal money.

Meh. He uses them both. Just takes more steps to move between one pile and the other.

 

[Ford]

Meh. They're still meeting with him. Traveling to meet with him.
Parroting his lies. Or at least not denouncing them.
They're still very much aware that he's got a following and when he finds a really good way to connect to them, he'll be a power.
They're scared shitless he'll put them on his hit list of People To Punish for either embarrassing him or not sufficiently working to protect him from embarrassment. I doubt a Twitter presence would make any difference.

Given the chance to show any virtuous qualities — integrity, compassion, respect for their party, constituents or country, hope for future, concern for the unity and prosperity of the U.S., or even simple rationality — the Republicans have been tried and found wholly wanting.

Shame!

They don't have any of that. Integrity, compassion, respect, shame...especially not the shame.

Remember, Ted "Cancun" Cruz was brutally lambasted by Trump (who also insulted his wife) when he was a candidate in the primaries, but when Trump won the nomination Cruz tried real hard to be Trump's number one lap dog. A job which eventually went to Lindsey Graham, who had spent the time before the nomination calling Trump every name in the book.

And as Keith pointed out, part of this is fear. Look, most of these people know full well that Trump's claim of election fraud is completely false. Yet they're echoing his claims and kissing the ring because if he turns on them, their political careers are in danger, and perhaps even their lives. When riled up, it took Trump supporters mere hours to go from "Mike Pence is a great VP" to "let's hang that traitorous bastard Mike Pence." Mitt Romney had to run from them, and if Trump whips them up again, some of them will contemplate violence. At the very least anyone who turns on Trump faces a primary from a QAnon Caucus challenger, and given the level of support Trump has among the GOP base, it would work.

They're also caught between a rock and a hard place. They can't turn on Trump, but they also know that following him is a dead end. He got beat handily by the safest, most establishment candidate the Democrats could offer, he embarrassed himself on the way out of office, and his chances for coming back and being anything but a failure in 2024 are slim and none, but they hung that albatross on their own necks.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Guam offers cookies and geography lessons, history book, to Marjorie Taylor Dumbass after she refers to Guam as a foreign country at CPAC.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...-greene-history-book-after-falsely-calling-us

"I'm a regular, normal person. And I wanted to take my regular – normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America – not for what, China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam – whatever, wherever," the Georgia Republican said.

 

[Swammerdami]

I didn't see a thread for ranting about right-wing liars like the Murdoch Empire; the "Stupid" thread seemed close enough.

Google News showed me that FoxNews' take on the Stimulus package is that prisoners are eligible for benefits. (Is that really the most important aspect of the package to discuss?) The punchline is that prisoners were also eligible in last year's stimulus package, passed when the Republioturds had control! Don't these liars even try anymore? Have FauxNews' most competent liars all moved back to Russia?

And now I see that FauxNews carried Biden's historic speech ... but with Tucker Carlson continuously visible in a corner inset, grimacing and groaning to help Faux Potatoes know how to think about Biden's words.

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

 

[ZiprHead]

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

Uh, cuz they're not whiny little bitches?

 

[Keith&Co.]

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

What rules would you suggest?

First Amendment covers lies, exaggerations, fantasies, and a straight-up denial of 'fair and balanced' reporting.

Dictating the news Fox needs to cover, or the way they cover it, would kinda be a fascist thing, nu? They have the same right to talk about Biden that everyone else had to talk about Bonespurs.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I didn't see a thread for ranting about right-wing liars like the Murdoch Empire; the "Stupid" thread seemed close enough.

Google News showed me that FoxNews' take on the Stimulus package is that prisoners are eligible for benefits. (Is that really the most important aspect of the package to discuss?) The punchline is that prisoners were also eligible in last year's stimulus package, passed when the Republioturds had control! Don't these liars even try anymore? Have FauxNews' most competent liars all moved back to Russia?

And now I see that FauxNews carried Biden's historic speech ... but with Tucker Carlson continuously visible in a corner inset, grimacing and groaning to help Faux Potatoes know how to think about Biden's words.

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

Cruz was all over this, like flies on... well... not to get too disgusting, but Ted Cruz.

Cruz and his aides did not explain the newfound ardor for blocking payments to inmates and illegal immigrants.

Detractors see grandstanding and selective outrage now that Democrats are in charge.

“He didn’t share the same concern when the Republicans passed their stimulus bill last year,” noted Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party. “Ted Cruz is taking a page out of the GOP playbook by trying to scare the American public into believing the American Rescue Plan is bad. But the fact remains: This bill is massively popular and will help millions of Americans.”
Cruz did reiterate his new concerns about stimulus eligibility.

“Not only does this COVID bill fail to address the real needs of the American people who are suffering, but it hands out billions in taxpayer dollars to illegal immigrants. That is wrong. We need to stand for the American people, get our kids back to school, and reopen our small businesses,” he said Tuesday through an aide.

 

[Swammerdami]

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

What rules would you suggest?

First Amendment covers lies, exaggerations, fantasies, and a straight-up denial of 'fair and balanced' reporting.

Dictating the news Fox needs to cover, or the way they cover it, would kinda be a fascist thing, nu? They have the same right to talk about Biden that everyone else had to talk about Bonespurs.

Are arbitrary private citizens allowed access to venues like the Capitol? Are they allowed to bring video cameras? Assuming there is some sort of "pool" video feed, are arbitrary citizens given direct access to that feed? Is a Kremlin news agency given direct access to that video? Didn't Bonespurs bar certain reporters or organizations from the WH?

I am NOT proposing that FoxNews be "censored." I DO think that access to the Capitol or to video "pools" is a privilege, not a right.

It might be very bad politics — Fox Potatoes would think it unfair to their heroes like Hannity and Carlson — but I should think it would be legal and constitutional.

 

[Patooka]

My question is: What's to stop the White House from denying FoxNews access to camera feeds if they don't follow certain rules?

What rules would you suggest?

First Amendment covers lies, exaggerations, fantasies, and a straight-up denial of 'fair and balanced' reporting.

Dictating the news Fox needs to cover, or the way they cover it, would kinda be a fascist thing, nu? They have the same right to talk about Biden that everyone else had to talk about Bonespurs.

Are arbitrary private citizens allowed access to venues like the Capitol? Are they allowed to bring video cameras? Assuming there is some sort of "pool" video feed, are arbitrary citizens given direct access to that feed? Is a Kremlin news agency given direct access to that video? Didn't Bonespurs bar certain reporters or organizations from the WH?

I am NOT proposing that FoxNews be "censored." I DO think that access to the Capitol or to video "pools" is a privilege, not a right.

It might be very bad politics — Fox Potatoes would think it unfair to their heroes like Hannity and Carlson — but I should think it would be legal and constitutional.

It would also be very short sighted. Making Faux the victim would restore its "credibility" in the eyes of Trumptards and Dumb Qunts. I suspect Jen Psaki is more than capable of calling FOX out on its bullshit during Press Briefings - just leave it at that.

 

[Keith&Co.]

I am NOT proposing that FoxNews be "censored." I DO think that access to the Capitol or to video "pools" is a privilege, not a right.

So, let me ask a completely different question.
What rules?
You complained about their coverage and said thrir access should be dependent on certain rules. I assume you do not mean the reporters wear ties or knee-length skirts.
It appears you would tie their access to the administration approving their coverage. If this is incorrect, please explain what you meant.

It might be very bad politics — Fox Potatoes would think it unfair to their heroes like Hannity and Carlson — but I should think it would be legal and constitutional.

Depends. Please describe the rules you envision. Not even need to be specific, but a starting point. We cannot judge constitutionality without specifics.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Dictating the news Fox needs to cover, or the way they cover it, would kinda be a fascist thing, nu?

.... Didn't Bonespurs bar certain reporters or organizations from the WH?

...yes. because he didn't approve of the things they said.
So, "If you want access, wfite stories to please the President."

What would you call it? Fascist? Childish? A 'quid pro quo'?
Certainly not a free press.

 

[ZiprHead]

Bomb Squad Finds More Explosives at Newaygo Student’s Home, Father Charged

The Michigan State Police is reporting a second search of a home in Newaygo turned up even more explosive materials.

The home belongs to the Newaygo High student who reportedly brought a bomb to school on Monday.

The student’s father, 33-year-old named David Saylor, is facing charges related to the explosion Monday morning that injured the 16-year-old student who brought the bomb, four others, and a teacher.

Saylor’s charges include the manufacture or possession of a Molotov Cocktail and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Law enforcement searched the student’s home on Monday and found explosive devices that had to be detonated.

Now the bomb squad is reporting on Tuesday that it has found even more explosive materials at the residence and unstable materials were counter-charged.

Here's the bomb maker's house.

 

[Patooka]

Clearly an Antifa false flag op.