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I got stung by a bee last night, so theres a chance that Ive had an allergic reaction, and hallucinated this weeks news. I understand that its a fairly slight chance, but nobodyll mind if I cling to it like a big ol o-shaped cartoon life preserver, right? Cmon, give me a few short hours to believe none of this shit is really happening. Life is good and nice and normal and certainly Batman didnt get Covid.
(As ever, find this post, WITH nifty news links, here: http://showercapblog.com/trump-2020-mass-pandemic-graves-economic-carnage-also-i-hate-the-troops/)
I see the Department of Homeland Security withheld intelligence about a Russian attack on the Biden campaign, and like, is the NAME OF YOUR FUCKING DEPARTMENT too small for you treacherous fucks to read? I feel like if Americans wanted a Department of Ignoring or Assisting Foreign Attacks, wed ask for one.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, Kool-Aid dribbling down her chin like blood from a freshly-castrated hog, finally took that last sanity-and-decency-abandoning leap demanded by her death cult of a political party, spreading a vile coronavirus conspiracy theory, the kind of mendacious minimization thats been getting Americans killed for six motherfucking months now. Of course, Joni doesnt care that her lies will only further spread the virus and prolong the crisis, so long as she can trick juuuust enough rubes into ignoring the severity of her partys disastrous mismanagement.
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So, Nancy Pelosi got a haircut, and, judging by the tantrums the right-leaning folks I went to high school with have been throwing, this haircut is a Very Big Deal, indeed an Infinitely Larger Deal than the botched pandemic response thats claimed millions of jobs and tens of thousands of lives. Kids, I know it cant be easy to run on your record when your record is a bucket of festering warthog anuses (and unpopular tax cuts for the wealthy!), but if youre counting on Nancys salon trip to deliver you from your electoral woes, Im afraid Ive got some b...
...yknow what? Actually, knock yourselves out. Its a Pelosis Hair election. Obviously. This issue is a goose that lays golden eggs while flawlessly performing oral sex. Promise. You cant possibly lose.
Redactor General William Barr sat down for an interview with Wolf Blitzer, to parrot a few of his Turd Emperors favorite lies, on the alleged evils of voting by mail, and of course the complete absence of racism in American policing. Surprised he didnt toss in a couple of Dr. Ronny Jacksons greatest hits for good measure. Bilious Bill is certainly right at home in the Trump/McConnell post-truth, post-shame Republican Party; what does he care that the fact-checkers eviscerated his drivel? Hes the Attorney General and youre not; so long as he wields that power, it will be wielded corruptly, and in service to institutional white supremacy. Youve quadruple-checked that youre registered to vote, right?
Running out of time and options, Pumpkin Spice Pol Pot apparently figured his best shot at staying out of prison is getting the Children of the Candy Corn to vote twice. I wonder how Republicans will feel about sentencing reform next year when prisons start filling up with all the wee Shartkin drones eagerly committing this extremely-easy-to-detect felony?
Course, maybe he wouldnt be up shit creek with only a paddle thats way too big for his wee impotent baby hands if he didnt constantly try to use the power of his office to fuck over American citizens who live in places that didnt vote for him. This latest pathetic, extremely unconstitutional scheme, to pull federal funding from cities laughably designated as anarchist jurisdictions, only reminds the electorate that hes a petty thug who despises most of us. SPEAKING OF WHICH...
Of course youve already seen Jeffrey Goldbergs piece in the Atlantic, documenting the Bonespur Buttplugs disdain for Americans who serve in the military, most particularly the chump losers and suckers who sacrificed their lives. Its the portrait of a hopelessly broken, turd-souled rat of a man, who despises anyone better than himself*, for the unavoidable disgrace the comparison brings. No wonder he surrounds himself with ziplock-bags-filled-with-anal-leakage like Miller and Bannon.
The Veryfine Valor Thief denied everything, and I bet he wishes he hadnt cried wolf over stupid shit like crowd sizes now. Anyway, outlet after outlet confirmed the story, up to and including Fux Nooz. At least the mystery of why the commander-in-chief doesnt seem to care about Russia putting bounties on our troops has been solved.
If yall dont mind a segue from abominable disrespect to psychopathically misplaced respect, wingnut CongressDolt Thomas Massie felt the need to praise Teen Terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse, for showing incredible restraint, because he only ended two human lives, ysee, he didn't empty a magazine into a crowd. Tom. Bro. Its ok, and actually super normal and healthy, to just say, murdering people is bad and should be avoided whenever possible, rather than appreciating Goldilocks for getting her killing spree just right.
It would be cool if there were just the one story this week about a Republican official normalizing political violence, but if theres one thing 2020 is not fucking around about, its the bloodthirsty rage of the white and subpar. What Im saying is, during this time of unrest and upheaval, when tensions have already boiled over into tragedy too damn many times, Louisiana Congressprick Clay Higgins felt it was extremely important that the world understand just how much he wants to mass-murder Black people.
When Facebook removed his post, (the one expressing his horniness to commit a mass shooting, specifically targeting African-Americans) Higgins felt this, too, was grounds for a lil homicidal ideation, and suddenly Im concerned for the safety of every server wholl ever have to take Clays burger back to the kitchen because its not cooked right.
Oddly, Higgins has never expressed a single word of disapproval towards any previous armed-to-the-teeth rage mob, even the one that stormed the statehouse in Michigan a few weeks back. Weird how its important to preserve the right to carry firearms openly when its a gaggle of spittle-drenched white dudes, but the minute Black folks avail themselves of the same rights, suddenly a U.S. Congressman feels completely comfortable publicly threatening to murder them.
Higgins was of course disciplined by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, JUST KIDDING, Kev is too busy rolling out the red carpet for the Q-addled maniac(s?) set to join his Loser Death Cult Caucus next January.
Anyhoo, theres certainly no better way to push back on a So the President Loathes the Troops scandal than by shutting down Stars and Stripes, the independent military newspaper dating back to the (first?) Civil War. This feels like a shitbag birthday present, an offering from the craven enablers in the Cabinet to their Hemorrhoid God, finally, a media outlet of his very own to crush.
UPDATE: I see Sharty McFly backed down on Stars and Stripes, so theres some tangible good from a piece of high-quality reporting, even if its ultimately only done out of fear of further alienating a crucial voting block. Ive learned to take victories wherever I fucking well find em.
Shit, I better sign off while theres still an up note to end on, you never know what that kooky fascist in the White House will do next, right? Actually feels kinda light tonight, which is great, I think weve all earned a little weekend. Stay safe out there, friends.
*Meaning, of course, nearly everyone
flotsam
(3,268 posts)I have enjoyed every one. Hell-I think I recommended all...
tblue37
(65,336 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,593 posts)I have checked AND double-checked, and YES, both me and my husband are registered to vote, and by GAWD, we will!
For the early risers.
Thanks, yet again.
Stay safe and double up on the vitamins.