The News Thread

[rms]

J.D. Vance wins Ohio, but Fetterman beat Oz. Boebert's out in Colorado, Maura Healey won in MA. Kari Lake and Herschel Walker are too fucking close for comfort in AZ and GA, respectively. All in all, not the red wave people feared but definitely not good. If GA elects fucking Herschel Walker, man...

EDIT: shit, might have called CO too soon. Fucking insane.

georgia and Colorado that close and ohio with vance, a mess lol

 

[Bloopy]

so then this horribly fucked-up thing happened



https://getpocket.com/explore/item/schlitterbahn-s-tragic-slide?utm_source=pocket-newtab

List of unusual deaths is probably my favourite Wikipedia article, and it's where I got these from.

On a related note, this documentary came out not too long ago. Need to see it:

 

[CiG]

Fetterman beat Oz.

 

[no country for old wainds]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63599287

biggest news of the year so far

 

[CiG]

Democrat re-elected by a landslide in Pennsylvania – even though he’s dead.

 

[Bloopy]

Reminiscent of this from the unusual deaths files:

On 4 June 1923, Jockey Frank Hayes (USA) suffered a fatal heart attack while riding his horse Sweet Kiss in a race at Belmont Park in New York City, USA. Despite his sudden death, Hayes somehow remained in the saddle long enough for the 20–1 long shot to jump the final fence and cross the finish line in first place, making him the only jockey to ride to victory after his own death.

 

[CiG]

Democrats retain the senate by a (Nevada) cunt hair.

 

[CiG]

Copium is off the charts.

 

[Burkhard]

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Copium is off the charts.

Didn't know what Copium meant, but looked it up and learned something new.

 

[Bloopy]

Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?

I scored 92%. I thought the one I got wrong sounded a bit too clever for a real life fat cat.

 

[Krow]

Damn I was hoping Boebert moved to OF. Kinda wanna see that butthole.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?

I scored 92%. I thought the one I got wrong sounded a bit too clever for a real life fat cat.

i got 3 wrong. the

Spoiler

tarred and feathered

one seemed pure mr burns haha

 

[SonOfNun]

Damn I was hoping Boebert moved to OF. Kinda wanna see that butthole.

Sorry to spoil that for you.

 

[CiG]

Trump called on lawmakers to institute the 'death penalty for drug dealers' despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs.

In his first rally appearance since the Mar-a-Lago raid on August 8, Trump criticized the FBI, the Department of Justice, and President Joe Biden, labeling him an "enemy of the state" in a lengthy speech.

"Under Democrat control the streets of our great cities are drenched in the blood of innocent victims," Trump said, adding that drug dealers were responsible for killing hundreds of people every year.

It's unclear where the numbers Trump cited came from.

This dude is so unhinged at this point. Can't wait to see how the "I'm not a fan of Trump but..." dickriders spin this, especially the ones who love to talk about how much Trump cares about underserved minority communities.

 

[mutantllama]

The rights response to the club Q shooting is a new level of fucked..

 

[Einherjar86]

They have been cultivating a base of homophobic, xenophobic, racist misogynists for years now. This is both unsurprising and utterly terrifying. Trump saying he could shoot someone in broad daylight and not lose votes may have been hyperbole at the time, but it’s not anymore. It’s like the twilight zone.

 

[CiG]

View attachment 32211 The rights response to the club Q shooting is a new level of fucked..

He also Tweeted this:

 

[Einherjar86]

He also Tweeted this:

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I saw this too; it’s a deflection. He glosses over the fact that the groomer moral panic has almost exclusively targeted the queer/trans community. The right has already articulated the association between grooming and queerness.

 

[CiG]

Oh I'm aware. I was posting it as evidence that he's so brainwashed that he can't even disavow the violence without staying on message.

 

[Burkhard]

Trump called on lawmakers to institute the 'death penalty for drug dealers' despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs.

Thinking about it, conspiracy theories also are drugs. They have got strong hallucinating effects - at least on those susceptible to them. Thus I'd consider those spreading them also drug dealers. However, instead of death penalty, I'd rather prefer sentences like these:

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/23/alex-jones-texas-lawsuit-damages/

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/10/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages/index.html

This dude is so unhinged at this point. Can't wait to see how the "I'm not a fan of Trump but..." dickriders spin this, especially the ones who love to talk about how much Trump cares about underserved minority communities.

To some people, religious fundamentalists and Qanonanists do count as "underserved minority communities".