A day without stupid?

[robnisch]

Where do they come up with these psychopaths?

They are sought out and carefully curated for the pleasure of trumpsuckers.
Enjoy! This is Trump’s Murka.

Racial and ethnic composition of the 2022 electorate was quite similar to previous midterms in 2018

www.pewresearch.org

White over 50. Something happened to this group that made them ignorant and angry. What?

 

[Elixir]

What?

Donald Trump and his Fake News bubble.

 

[Patooka]

Where do they come up with these psychopaths?

They are sought out and carefully curated for the pleasure of trumpsuckers.
Enjoy! This is Trump’s Murka.

Racial and ethnic composition of the 2022 electorate was quite similar to previous midterms in 2018

www.pewresearch.org

White over 50. Something happened to this group that made them ignorant and angry. What?

They were 20 when they started listening to Rush Limbaugh.

 

[ZiprHead]

Fox News Runs Indignant Segment on Gay Nutcrackers and Black Santas on Sale at Target: ‘Gone Way Too Far’

Fox News host Jesse Watters dedicated a segment of his show on Thursday to gay nutcrackers and Black, disabled Santa Claus Christmas ornaments on sale at Target, before questioning whether the mega-chain is “sexualizing Christmas for children.”

On Jesse Watters Primetime, the host announced:

We sent one of our producers to Target and they found this: gay nutcracker, complete with a rainbow hat, a trans flag. Full price, $12, but right now it’s on sale for eight. Target also sells Santa ornaments, but Target Santa is in a wheelchair and is Black. And it’s a good thing our chimney is wheelchair accessible so Jesse Jr.’s gonna get all the gifts he wants. Gay nutcracker and wheelchair Santa might be the only items in Target that don’t get looted.

After Watters asked Outkick host Riley Gaines whether she would “have gay nutcracker around the Christmas tree this Christmas,” Gaines replied, “What’s my other option? Black, disabled Santa?”

“Yes, you have Black Santa in the wheelchair— we don’t have anything against Black Santa, or disabled Santa. I think if Santa has a disability then that’s fine,” declared Watters, before asking Gaines, “But why do you think Target is selling this type of merch?”

Gaines responded:

Back in 2005, Target banned the word “Christmas,” the phrase “Merry Christmas.” Employees weren’t allowed to say it, no merchandise was allowed to have the word ‘Christmas’ on it because it implied that, you know, the idea of Christ exists. Now, I believe that’s still in effect, yet they’re allowed to have Black, disabled Santa and gay nutcracker? It doesn’t make sense.
You have to ask yourself, you know, why do they keep pushing this? Who are they trying to appeal to? Because despite what the media portrays or how politicians are voting, this doesn’t represent the overwhelming majority of how this country— really, how the world feels on this issue. I think the majority of people, parents especially, they can acknowledge that gay nutcracker, Black disabled Santa has gone way too far.

Watters then remarked, “The gay nutcracker, I mean, this appeals to children. The Christmas spirit. You decorate the house, you put nutcracker up there. Is this sexualizing Christmas for children?”

Fuck Fox.

 

[ZiprHead]

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Fox is helping Trump prove that FAKE NEWS is a real thing: From your link: Quote: Gaines responded: Back in 2005, Target banned the word “Christmas,” the phrase “Merry Christmas.” Employees weren’t allowed to say it," Snopes: "Target prohibited store employees from using the phrase "Merry Christmas" with customers: False." Quote: no merchandise was allowed to have the word ‘Christmas’ on it because it implied that, you know, the idea of Christ exists. FALSE. Merchandise had 'Christmas' on it. What didn't have the word on it were the signs and promotional material: "Target eschewed use of the word "Christmas" in its promotional material at the start of the 2005 holiday season: True." (Snopes) This is common for many retailers because 3 holidays coincide in December making 'Holidays' advertising and signage more useful. "We do note that this year [2005] a confluence of several holidays occurs in late December: Hanukkah begins on Christmas Day and ends just after New Year's Day, and Kwanzaa takes place during that same period." (Snopes) Quote: Now, I believe that’s still in effect, yet they’re allowed to have Black, disabled Santa and gay nutcracker? It doesn’t make sense. FALSE: "Target responded to public pressure during the second week of December 2005 and began using the word "Christmas" in its promotional material: True." (SNOPES) ALLOWED to have? Does Gaines believe "gay" nutcrackers come alive at the stroke of midnight and crawl into the children's bedrooms to 'groom' them? A black Santa in a wheelchair could be very real: A racist right-wing nutcase shooting a Black Santa in a mall for daring to have white children on his lap and paralyzing him is entirely plausible in MAGA World.

 

[ZiprHead]

DeSantis rips Trump for remarks about debating Clinton after ‘Access Hollywood’ tape

Republican presidential hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday took aim at former President Trump for suggesting his choice to debate Hillary Clinton after the infamous “Access Hollywood…

thehill.com

Speaking at the annual gala Saturday, Trump recalled his decision to debate Clinton just after an audio clip leaked with Trump claiming his fame awarded him the ability to grab women by their genitals without consequence.

Trump claimed that after that debate, a general praised him for the bravery he showed.

“But I went onto that stage just a few days later. And a general, who’s a fantastic general, actually, said to me, ‘Sir, I’ve been on the battlefield, men have gone down on my left and on my right. I stood on hills with soldiers who were killed. But I believe the bravest thing I’ve ever seen was the night you went onto that stage with Hillary Clinton after what happened,’” Trump said during Saturday’s speech.

“And then that woman asked you the first question about it. And I said, ‘Locker room talk! It’s locker room talk! What the hell?’” Trump recalled.

 

[ZiprHead]

‘Parental Rights’ Mom Accused of Slugging Kid at Boozy Teen Party She Hosted

Conservative activist Clarice Schillinger punched a teenager in the face after doing shots with her daughter’s friends, according to court documents.

www.thedailybeast.com

A one-time Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania and anti-woke “parental rights” crusader is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly furnishing her 17-year-old daughter’s friends with alcohol and punching one of them in the face when the freaked-out teen tried to leave.

It was the second time in five days that cops had been called to Clarice Schillinger’s home in the Philadelphia suburb of Doylestown, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Daily Beast. There were roughly 20 minors at the “underage drinking party,” some as young as 15, the affidavit states.

“Schillinger not only provided the alcoholic beverages, but poured shots and drank along with the minors, even participating in drinking games,” the affidavit alleges.

On Sept. 30, a little after 3 a.m., police received a call from the mother of a 16-year-old boy who had been assaulted at Schillinger’s rented home, the affidavit states. The report involved “intoxicated adults assaulting juveniles, while hosting an underage drinking party,” it explains.

Cops had been called to the same address on Sept. 24, according to the affidavit, which says responding officers that night had found “[m]ultiple beer cans” on the property and “approximately 20 minors that fled into the house upon police arrival.”

“On that date, Schillinger was intoxicated and uncooperative with police,” the affidavit states. “Then in the midnight hour of Friday, September 29, 2023, officers were again dispatched to this same residence for a noise complaint involving intoxicated subjects.”

In the latest instance, the boy, identified in the affidavit as “A.M.,” told police that Schillinger had thrown a party to celebrate her daughter’s 17th birthday, and about 15 to 20 kids ranging in age from 15 to 18 had shown up between 9:30 and 10 p.m. Schillinger “directed all of the minors to stay in the basement area of the residence,” where a “bar area… was stocked with alcoholic beverages to include New Amsterdam vodka and Malibu Bay Breeze rum,” the affidavit says.

Another holier-than-thou busy body.

 

[ZiprHead]

Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.

apnews.com

Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.

Nebraska will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children — or Summer EBT — program, Gov. Jim Pillen said in a written statement. That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to sign up for the program.

The program — part of federal assistance made available during the COVID-19 pandemic — would provide pre-loaded EBT cards to families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school. Those families would receive $40 per eligible child per month over the summer. The cards can be used to buy groceries, similar to how SNAP benefits are used.

Merry Christmas.

 

[James Brown]

If you feed children, they'll just grow up to become voters. And then where would we be?

 

[Ford]

If you feed children, they'll just grow up to become voters. And then where would we be?

It's part of the GOP plan to both motivate and make the poor suffer. When asked about the unofficial program, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Zodiac Killer) said "if you ask me, it's a brilliant hybrid of Republican ideas. The lazy little bums can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and then eat the straps. I hear they taste like beef jerky and tears. It's a win-win!"

 

[Shadowy Man]

If you feed children, they'll just grow up to become voters. And then where would we be?

Only about half of them will.

 

[Swammerdami]

Is this the thread for general discussion of Americans' political stupidity? That stupidity is the reason I have zero urge to visit the country of my birth.

Today I ate lunch at a crowded food court. A guy saw me looking for a table and invited me to join his party. He was a Thai who had spent his life in the U.S. and had dual citizenship; he was visiting with his born-in-the-USA son and that son's girlfriend; he asked me a lot of questions. When he got up to get some juice, the son took over, asking if I missed the US. I replied No, I wanted to avoid the US because of the political polarization. And that we shouldn't discuss politics. (I was proud of myself for saying that!)

But HE wanted to talk about it! He described himself as "apolitical" but sure wanted to discuss politics. Everything he said was a variation of "Same - same." Whenever he paused for breath, I suggested we change the subject. Finally I got exasperated and said the parties were NOT same-same, that one of them wanted to elect a malignant narcissistic criminal and traitor to be President! Without pausing or any hint of sarcasm he answered "You mean Biden?" (I can't blame American genes. This guy was 100% Thai genetically but born and raised in the USA.)

This was not an isolated example. I am at the point where I should just run the other way when I hear an American accent. "Same-same" is almost the universal attitude, even from a black American man who described himself as a "news junkie." I suppose most of the "Same-same" crowd doesn't vote at all; but some probably do vote for QOPAnon but are still sentient enough to realize that admitting this would make them look like dolts.

Good luck, America! You're going to need it!

 

[lpetrich]

I marvel at the right wing's projection of great villainy on President Biden. He strikes me as essentially a competent administrator or bureaucrat and not much more.

Much like how the right wing depicted Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as extreme left-wing ogres, even though both of them were more centrist than anything else, much like Joe Biden himself.

 

[Ford]

I marvel at the right wing's projection of great villainy on President Biden. He strikes me as essentially a competent administrator or bureaucrat and not much more.

Much like how the right wing depicted Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as extreme left-wing ogres, even though both of them were more centrist than anything else, much like Joe Biden himself.

An oft-repeated thing I've seen on many comment sections is what GOP stands for now: Gaslight Obstruct Project.

Take, for example, this gem from Trump at his latest rally:

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The GOP (and affiliated media): "Many are wondering if President Joe Biden has the mental acuity to continue in his role. He clearly is showing signs of early onset dementia. Why won't someone on the left point this out?"

Then of course there's the campaign to impeach him on the basis that he's some sort of super-criminal for (checks notes) maybe making some money when he was out of office. Meanwhile, a recent report showed that Trump wiped his enormous backside with the Emoluments Clause, doing millions of dollars in business with foreign companies. And as far as Hunter and "the Big Guy," again...all happened when "the Big Guy" was in between executive branch gigs, and Hunter was never in the White House as anything other than a visitor. Ivanka? Sitting at her desk in the White House making deals for her company with business interests in China.

And I'm willing to bet that anyone commenting on social media yesterday about the attack on the Capitol was immediately met with a right winger/Trump supporter bemoaning the fact that BLM and Antifa completely burned down both Portland and Seattle in the course of one long summer of nationwide left-wing violence.

 

[James Brown]

It's right out of the Karl Rove playbook. Find your biggest fault, then accuse your opponent of it.

It worked for George W. Bush and the SwiftBoaters, and it's still working today.

 

[Elixir]

I marvel at the right wing's projection of great villainy on President Biden.

I marvel at the credulousness of drooling RW morons who lap up Republicans’ vitriolic BS, in complete ignorance of the complete vacuity of the accusations their “leaders” fling about.

 

[southernhybrid]

I marvel at the right wing's projection of great villainy on President Biden. He strikes me as essentially a competent administrator or bureaucrat and not much more.

Much like how the right wing depicted Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as extreme left-wing ogres, even though both of them were more centrist than anything else, much like Joe Biden himself.

An oft-repeated thing I've seen on many comment sections is what GOP stands for now: Gaslight Obstruct Project.

Take, for example, this gem from Trump at his latest rally:

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The GOP (and affiliated media): "Many are wondering if President Joe Biden has the mental acuity to continue in his role. He clearly is showing signs of early onset dementia. Why won't someone on the left point this out?"

Then of course there's the campaign to impeach him on the basis that he's some sort of super-criminal for (checks notes) maybe making some money when he was out of office. Meanwhile, a recent report showed that Trump wiped his enormous backside with the Emoluments Clause, doing millions of dollars in business with foreign companies. And as far as Hunter and "the Big Guy," again...all happened when "the Big Guy" was in between executive branch gigs, and Hunter was never in the White House as anything other than a visitor. Ivanka? Sitting at her desk in the White House making deals for her company with business interests in China.

And I'm willing to bet that anyone commenting on social media yesterday about the attack on the Capitol was immediately met with a right winger/Trump supporter bemoaning the fact that BLM and Antifa completely burned down both Portland and Seattle in the course of one long summer of nationwide left-wing violence.

You left out that George Soros paid for the whole thing and it was his idea. I've read that so it must be true.

Poor old George. Who are they going to blame when he dies?

 

[Ford]

You left out that George Soros paid for the whole thing and it was his idea. I've read that so it must be true.

I dunno about you, but I've been saving my George Soros Bucks ever since I got that bonus for voting Barack Obama in 2008 and again in 2012. All I had to do to earn them was show up to a polling place not wearing any overt political statement on my t-shirt. It was weird, but I went along with it and next thing you know I got an invitation to the annual Christmas Party at Antifa headquarters in 2015. I can't say much (NDA and all) but when that drag queen popped out of the cake at midnight with a copy of the 1619 project in their hands? Santos was fire back in the day. Just saying.

 

[Patooka]

 

[Swammerdami]

I've no doubt Fox Bimbo said something hilariously stupid, but not being up on Star {Trek,Wars} lore, and not having an X account, I don't know what it was.