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Soledad O'Brien tweet about Lindell's crazy whiteboard: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2021 OP
it used to be that people like this would be placed in a psychiatric hold drray23 Jul 2021 #1
Reagan (and his crew) did such harm to this country TxGuitar Jul 2021 #34
If you're rich, you can act crazy. Only poor people with no friends get put away. tclambert Jul 2021 #50
$100 says they take out anyone holding an eraser. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2021 #2
On the surface, this appears to be Glenn Beck on steroids LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #3
That's what I was gonna say... OneGrassRoot Jul 2021 #4
Interesting reply to her tweet: tblue37 Jul 2021 #5
I recall someone with a similar disorder Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #13
Intriguing analysis. I was thinking exactly the same thing about bipolar/manic manifestations. 3catwoman3 Jul 2021 #39
+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #45
The author of this is really asking for help. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2021 #6
two Mikey's begging for political rehab !! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #30
Complete with Prayer quotes!! Budi Jul 2021 #7
Sean Spicer made the cut? Where's Maru Kitteh Jul 2021 #55
I wonder what would happen if... skypilot Jul 2021 #8
It would either be back the next morning from memory, Volaris Jul 2021 #21
The scary thing is... skypilot Jul 2021 #44
It sure is pointing a lot of fingers at Trump. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #9
Did it start inside-out or outside-in? czarjak Jul 2021 #10
Look At What's In The Middle ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #14
If that's not a scream for help, then I don't know what one looks like. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #11
Katy Porter Traildogbob Jul 2021 #12
LOL! nt tblue37 Jul 2021 #18
That much info on Criminal Minds usually takes a whole room. rickyhall Jul 2021 #15
And the BAU is right at first guess. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #23
Send them all to Idaho and build, or let them build, a wall around the state. fwvinson Jul 2021 #37
Kind of reminds me of Bart Simpson iscooterliberally Jul 2021 #16
It reminds me of a Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap bottle TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #40
Totally! smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #46
I didn't realize they started watering it down TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #47
The last few times I tried buying it at natural food stores it was really watery. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #48
Reminds Me Of The Question smb Jul 2021 #64
I would love to walk by that thing MontanaMama Jul 2021 #17
Any missing women in areas pillow guy frequents? MoonRiver Jul 2021 #19
Their names... skypilot Jul 2021 #52
I think so. Bring in the FBI, stat! MoonRiver Jul 2021 #71
That's definitely not the work of a sane person. patphil Jul 2021 #20
yup LiberalLovinLug Jul 2021 #22
Luv. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #24
Indeed smb Jul 2021 #65
It's nice to see that the TimeCube guy is still keeping it real. LudwigPastorius Jul 2021 #25
Whoa! Maggiemayhem Jul 2021 #54
Arts and Crafts for Tweakers Politicub Jul 2021 #26
That is some pukeworthy shit right there. dchill Jul 2021 #27
Sure it wasn't Nic Cage that did this? Aviation Pro Jul 2021 #28
He's going for the insanity defense. Iggo Jul 2021 #29
It kind of looks like the Eye Of Sauron! Initech Jul 2021 #31
Or A Diagram Of A Rectum With Arrows Pointing At A Hemorrhoid nt smb Jul 2021 #66
IT'S the " I don't wanna pay tax's party "- sound familiar? monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #32
Looks like the Orange Anus has gone..... bearssoapbox Jul 2021 #33
OMG, James O'Keefe Has A Prominent Spot On The Chart n/t DallasNE Jul 2021 #35
Well what does THAT tell you! calimary Jul 2021 #75
Two comments NQAS Jul 2021 #36
Well. world wide wally Jul 2021 #38
The Bible Verses,... ruet Jul 2021 #41
Kinda reminds me of a big fat white man mooning me. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #42
So Mustard, at last I have you. Dread Pirate Roberts Jul 2021 #43
Curses. My Nefarious Plot Was Uncovered! COL Mustard Jul 2021 #60
Ugh. It's called HYPERGRAPHIA, and it's associated with several different mental illnesses TrollBuster9090 Jul 2021 #49
Agree that the author is warped, but to MAGAs it is PROOF. Never mind what it says. flying_wahini Jul 2021 #51
WAIT!! That board is real?!?! Yavin4 Jul 2021 #53
The Republican Party in one image. Truly deranged. LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #56
Me and a shop rag could fix that in two minutes. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2021 #57
Rant on... ZZenith Jul 2021 #62
also agree lookyhereyou Jul 2021 #76
What a waste of a perfectly good whiteboard! Aussie105 Jul 2021 #58
Um..... Blue Owl Jul 2021 #59
Honestly, does this tell us anything about the MyPillock guy we didn't already know ? nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #61
Spencer North Shore Chicago Jul 2021 #63
Pepe Silvia Loki Liesmith Jul 2021 #67
I saw whiteboards like this in a house for sale, along with photo/digital equipment, etc. chia Jul 2021 #68
duplicate chia Jul 2021 #69
Seems more like the work of a maximum security psych ward resident. ecstatic Jul 2021 #70
Ages ago, a friend of mine was somehow singled out for some supercreepy harrassment by a total loon. BobTheSubgenius Jul 2021 #72
Its actually quite sick the way they take advantage of someone with mental illness. LiberalLovinLug Jul 2021 #73
That so outdoes Glenn Beck that I think he'd better just retire, if he hasn't already. n/t MrModerate Jul 2021 #74

drray23

(7,615 posts)
1. it used to be that people like this would be placed in a psychiatric hold
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 02:51 PM
Jul 2021

for further evaluation. Now, apparently with the advent of the social media and dismantling of the mental health care system since Reagan everything goes.

TxGuitar

(4,168 posts)
34. Reagan (and his crew) did such harm to this country
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:03 PM
Jul 2021

I wish there was a hell they could be burning in.

OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
4. That's what I was gonna say...
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 02:56 PM
Jul 2021

lol. Beck’s infamous chalkboard (which I found myself on years ago) on meth.

tblue37

(65,206 posts)
5. Interesting reply to her tweet:
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 02:57 PM
Jul 2021


Text

Folks this is an example of hypergraphia, it's what happens when a person's brain chemistry is in overdrive. The end product is drivel. This is often seen with mania in ppl w/BiPolar Disorder and also in ppl using amphetamines.

3catwoman3

(23,931 posts)
39. Intriguing analysis. I was thinking exactly the same thing about bipolar/manic manifestations.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:15 PM
Jul 2021

Some years ago, during my husband's last Air Force assignment at what is now Joint Base Andrews, we had a neighbor who gave us concerns for his own safety, and the safety of his 2 young children - divorced custodial father. He was friendly and talkative - very talkative. Sometimes he had pressured speech, and he often talked about various things he had done in his Air Force career that seemed highly unlikely, including being a spy. He was on the younger side, maybe mid-30s, and not a high ranking officer, and didn't seem either old enough or senior enough to have done all the things he claimed to have done. He had guns in his home, IIRC.

One evening, he came over to out house and knocked on our door, all excited, claiming that, "I've finally figured out the Ethos." He showed me a very elaborate drawing that was a lot like Pillow Guy's white board, altho a lot smaller - 11x17. Rather than ethos, I think he meant cosmos. He rambled on and on and on. I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner, not a psychiatric nurse, but my clinical alarm bells were ringing and I was pretty damn sure he was in a severe manic phase.

I was in the Air Force myself for a while. We knew what squadron he was assigned to, so I took it upon myself to call his commander and share my observations. The officer thanked me for contacting him, and said they knew something was wrong, but weren't sure what, and that my information would help them get him the care he needed.

It was very a very strange experience.

Maru Kitteh

(28,313 posts)
55. Sean Spicer made the cut? Where's
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 10:41 PM
Jul 2021

Herman Cain?
Ol' Herman is coming up on his anniversary. Maybe he can come back with TFG in August, you know, like an escort?



Volaris

(10,266 posts)
21. It would either be back the next morning from memory,
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 03:40 PM
Jul 2021

Or a bomb would go off at the closest federal building.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
9. It sure is pointing a lot of fingers at Trump.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 03:27 PM
Jul 2021

It looks like one of those crime shows where they are plotting the criminal network to find the Capo at the center.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
15. That much info on Criminal Minds usually takes a whole room.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 03:33 PM
Jul 2021

I don't think we have enough hospitals and prisons to lock all the trump crazies. Florida might be big enough though.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
46. Totally!
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:29 PM
Jul 2021

I used to love that soap, but the writing on the bottle was just bizarre.

I stopped buying it once they started watering it down. And it's not cheap.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,116 posts)
47. I didn't realize they started watering it down
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:45 PM
Jul 2021

You're right. It isn't cheap. It's still run by the Bronner family. They're big supporters of legalizing cannabis and psychedelics.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
48. The last few times I tried buying it at natural food stores it was really watery.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:52 PM
Jul 2021

It used to be much thicker and had some body to it, but the last few times I bought it, it was only slightly more viscous than water and just didn't seem to lather up the same way.

MontanaMama

(23,285 posts)
17. I would love to walk by that thing
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 03:38 PM
Jul 2021

with a fuzzy polar fleece on and take half of that craziness off with my sleeve. Wonder if Mr. Pillow would have a come apart about that?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,164 posts)
22. yup
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 03:43 PM
Jul 2021
?&targetx=-94&targety=0&imagewidth=888&imageheight=499&modelwidth=700&modelheight=500&backgroundcolor=8A7952&orientation=0

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
36. Two comments
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:03 PM
Jul 2021

Remember, one of the guys photographed in front of that madness was a three star general and head of the DIA. Given his madness now, I have said repeatedly that his time at DIA must be investigated. His special kind of madness doesn’t come out of nowhere.

Next comment, does anyone have the stomach to go through that gibberish to lust every name and identify every connection? Or do you think the NYT already has that under way?

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
43. So Mustard, at last I have you.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:16 PM
Jul 2021

I've proven with geometric logic that it was YOU, yes you, in the library with a candlestick. Oh, you wanted us to believe that it was Professor Plum or Miss Scarlet with the clever plant of the lead pipe in the conservatory, but no it was you all along, imagine thinking that you could fool someone with my keen senses. It was no use, you couldn't fool me, I've been in prison with meth heads and crack heads and know just how the criminal mind works. Just when you thought you had gotten away with everything, you never counted on someone of MY intellect getting on this case-a day you will rue for the rest of your life. Now if only someone, anyone would listen to me. Ahh, ha ha ha ha.....

COL Mustard

(5,864 posts)
60. Curses. My Nefarious Plot Was Uncovered!
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 02:25 AM
Jul 2021

I’d have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for you meddling kids!!!!

🤣🤣🤣

flying_wahini

(6,576 posts)
51. Agree that the author is warped, but to MAGAs it is PROOF. Never mind what it says.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 08:41 PM
Jul 2021


Facts and lies all jumbled up enough to where it sounds plausible.
They embrace it just to say “I have seen the facts with my own eyes.”

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
57. Me and a shop rag could fix that in two minutes.
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 12:18 AM
Jul 2021

Just a bunch of made-up bullshit to keep our nation divided, confused and distracted from real issues. I believe much of this is planned and orchestrated behind a high-level right-wing curtain by groups of very evil players in think tanks and advocacy groups that pass this crap down to the faithful messengers like Lindell and Faux News.

Same tactics used during all Republican administrations and Congressional majorities and in their vast media operations. Remember that W's people said "we create our own reality".

Regardless, their objective has always been to diminish the influence and benefit of our government to nearly zero and thereafter hand it all over to corporations and the ultra-wealthy. However, they know they must keep the public distracted with bullshit while they, like a slow-growing cancer, eat way at our democracy.


KY rant done........

lookyhereyou

(140 posts)
76. also agree
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 05:40 PM
Jul 2021

long time top down disseminating of information/mind control

demanding vote, adherence to party line etc.

Aussie105

(5,308 posts)
58. What a waste of a perfectly good whiteboard!
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 12:40 AM
Jul 2021

Still, it makes good evidence in the padded cell and straight jacket solution it proposes.

chia

(2,244 posts)
68. I saw whiteboards like this in a house for sale, along with photo/digital equipment, etc.
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 08:54 AM
Jul 2021

I was with a real estate agent so I didn't get a chance to linger long enough to read any of it beyond the general impression that it was about current events/politics. They were very much like the whiteboard in the OP. Disturbing.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,557 posts)
72. Ages ago, a friend of mine was somehow singled out for some supercreepy harrassment by a total loon.
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 12:24 PM
Jul 2021

On his way home from work, the loon followed him for ages, inches off his rear bumper, and as my friend neared home, he realized he couldn't go there, for obvious reasons. As he sat at a curb, wondering what to do, the loon had apparently lost interest, because he pulled out from the curb, button-hooked so he was perpendicular to the street and broadsided a parked car as hard as possible.

As he was driving a decommissioned police car, it had plenty of power, and pushed the formerly very nice car onto the curb, across the boulevard and semi-crushed it against a stone retaining wall.

An elderly lady had seen the mayhem and started yelling at the guy. Faster than my friend could react, the guy jumped out of the car and beat the living daylights out of the poor old lady. Apparently, someone had called 911, because the cops arrived right about then. (no cell phones in those days). When the guy was cuffed and on his way to wherever they took him the police checked out his car. Here is the point of this bizarre little story.

Inside the trunk, in tiny letters made with a Sharpie or equivalent, the loon had written as much of the New Testament as could be fit on the painted surfaces, which was quite a lot. This anecdote popped into my head IMMEDIATELY upon seeing that word salad.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,164 posts)
73. Its actually quite sick the way they take advantage of someone with mental illness.
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 01:04 PM
Jul 2021

Lindell has other problems of narcissism and ignorance, but its pretty clear he also is maybe the only one of Trump's sycophants that truly believes the windmill he is fighting is a real injustice.

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