The News Thread

[HamburgerBoy]

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/8/31/17763462/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticism-fact-check

I half-agree with the article in that Ocasio-Cortez is experiencing disproportionate criticism, not only from Reps/conservatives but also her own party. They don't get all the reasons right though.

“This is a person not ready for prime time, certainly not ready for Congress,” the ever-quoted voice of the Washington establishment Norm Ornstein tweeted in response to her answer on a question about Israel. “She should stop campaigning & do a crash course on basics, including economics and foreign policy. Otherwise, she will stumble badly out of the blocks and do major damage. Early impressions hard to erase.”

Can't imagine why a Norm Ornstein doesn't want a strong independent woman not giving her unconditional support to the Jewish ethnostate.

EDIT: Meant to post this in Mort's thread but whatevs

 

[CiG]

She's a fucking dunce, I'd love to see her and Trump have a debate. It'd be the most entertaining thing to come out of America since Jerry Springer and To Catch a Predator.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I haven't seen anything to indicate that she's dumber than the average congressman or senator. Just prone to hyperbole, much like Trump.

 

[CiG]

I have no idea how dumb the average congressman or senator is, but she's certainly about as uneducated and clueless as Trump as well as just as prone to hyperbole. That's why I'd love to see them debate. What the fuck would they even talk about? Simply enthralling.

 

[Dak]

She is a fellow alumnist of Ein's. Apparently an expensive undergraduate education does get you connections, if not education. Chalk one up for Caplan's signaling theory.

 

[rms]

No one saw these statements and said Ryan is unfit to serve in Congress. No one told him to go put training wheels back on. No one told him he wasn’t ready for primetime.

I feel like i've read the exact opposite for many years now?

 

[no country for old wainds]

 

[The Ozzman]

Steal that from Stormfront?

Funny that BO doesn't give a shit about people making fun of Jews unless I do it.

 

[CiG]

I think that's the first time I've ever made fun of a Jew.

 

[no country for old wainds]

https://twitter.com/RandyRRQuaid/status/1035509816335187969

even by randy quaid's standards this is quite something

 

[no country for old wainds]

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1035618997230821377

 

[The Ozzman]

She dindu nuffin

 

[CiG]

The hell.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

That was pretty mild compared to many videos displaying black violence that you can find. Standing in front of the car of a crazy person is just dumb. Someone commented that he likely did it so that the charges could be upgraded from vandalism to assault, lmao, the things we have to do to get violent trash off the streets.

 

[The Ozzman]

False flag?

Mysterious Illness Aboard Emirates Flight Prompts CDC Response At JFK Airport. https://tiny.iavian.net/okba

 

[Bloopy]

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/fatal-explosion-when-i-turned-around-shed-was-flat

But it wasn't until O'Neill went to grab him by the arm that he realised the extent of Miller's injuries.

"I reached down for his arm. I looked down and there was no arm there...

"I thought, 'I can't grab that because it was all shredded up'. Then I went to grab his legs and there were no legs there."

O'Neill said he could just see Miller's abdomen the organs exposed.

 

[CiG]

Alex Jones vs GOP cuckservatives.

I've never in my life watched an episode of whatever Alex Jones does with his show, but anytime he appears in some viral clip I can't get enough of the guy. He told Marco Rubio to go back to his bath house.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Anyone wondering why a guy that livestreamed himself patting and harassing a US senator got shut down by social media needs some perspective. I love Alex Jones, but the dude is a disruptive attention-whoring junk-peddling clown.

 

[Dak]

What does it have to do with Twitter?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

What does it have to do with Twitter?

Didn't he livestream that on Twitter?