Month: July 2018

Athenae, Current Affairs, Economy

Self taught, self made, bet, self styled

Allison Hantschel

This, pretty much: The language of “self-made” deeply bothers me because it assumes that individuals do everything by themselves & ignores the support systems, the people, who help us when we succeed or fail. — 💀Dr. Kelly J. Baker is supposed to be writing💀 (@kelly_j_baker) July 16, 2018 I always feel like at least part of it’s projection, like if you did it all yourself then nobody can take it from you. If you did all this yourself, and you weren’t beholden to any system you didn’t control, then not only do you get to give yourself credit but you … Continue reading Self taught, self made, bet, self styled

Athenae, Law/Justice, Race, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

How DID the GOP Become the Party of White Supremacy So Fast?

Allison Hantschel

It’s an eternal mystery. IRWINTON, Ga., Jan. 21— G. Harrold Carswell, President Nixon’s Supreme Court nominee, during a campaign for the Georgia Legislature in 1948, made a speech in which he said that he would always be governed by the “principles of white supremacy.” A. Continue reading How DID the GOP Become the Party of White Supremacy So Fast?

Athenae, Immoral Values, Stupid Everything Tricks, Stupid Republican Tricks, Terrorism5 Comments

Caucus with the Democrats

Allison Hantschel

Hey, Jeff Flake. Hey, John McCain. Hey, Susan Collins. Lisa Murkowski. Ben Motherfucking Sasse. Hey, Bob Corker, probably. I mean, I haven’t looked, I assume he’s still a disingenuous attention-whoring shitbag like the rest of them. Hey, all you assholes. STFU. Get off Twitter. Get off TV. And start making phone calls. Because until you caucus with the Democrats to stop this bullshit, I don’t want to hear another word out of your cheeto-dusted mouths. In the early days maybe this shit was cute, this whole “the president of the United States is a traitor I am powerless to stop … Continue reading Caucus with the Democrats

Free Republic, Q, The Darnold, Tommy T

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Mods gone wild!”edition

Tommy T

Good morning, all!

You know, being a mod in Freeperville has to be a thankless gig. You work for free while Jim Rob and his son rake in all the sweet Freepathon bucks (BTW, the Spring freepathon has now officially overlapped with the Summer freepathon)  and you have to constantly patrol to make sure all the posters are using “G_d” instead of “God”.

And then there’s the “Q” threads, which are too conspiracy-y even for Freepers:

Q Anon: 07/11/18 “Trust The Plan”
qanon.pub/ ^ | 07/11/2018 | FReepers, vanity

Posted on 7/12/2018, 12:42:10 AM by ransomnote

Thank you to all who submitted links to good Q resources. I am presently creating an “overflow table” that will house and good resource and information that doesn’t end up on the table above. Thank you for your patience while I sort through and rearrange information. 🙂
1 posted on 7/12/2018, 12:42:11 AM by ransomnote
I’ll cut to the chase here and let you know that as of this thread’s date, “Q” has disappeared and no cryptic messages (“drops”) have been issued for over a month.
To: ransomnote; 1_Rain_Drop; 103198; 31R1O; 4Liberty; Hemingway’s Ghost; acrolect; Aevery_Freeman; …
Q Ping – NO NEW Drops
3 posted on 7/12/2018, 12:53:15 AM by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
And no dew drops!
And then:

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Wow. That’s four out of five posts in a row!

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I wish I had found this thread early enough to capture these deleted comments before the mods did.
But there is one undeleted reply that quotes one of the dispatched posts:
To: 1_Inch_Group
“Don’t make it seem like it’s real. Because it isn’t.”
What’s your PROOF that it isn’t real? 

51 posted on 7/12/2018, 4:44:51 AM by MagnoliaB (You can’t always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)

FallacyProofReversal

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To: 1_Inch_Group

Are you kidding me? So you come on here yakking about crap and you don’t even know what you are talking about. I’m not going to drop the hammer because I don’t have time to go through a year’s worth of proof to you. I think you are done here since you are not willing or able to offer one itty bitty smidgen of proof that it’s fake. Shouldn’t you be able to if you really knew anything about it?

In the past I have scoffed at a LOT of ‘conspiracy theories’. There was one in particular, which I won’t go into, a MAJOR one that I thought was so stupid for people to possibly think was not as it seemed. Of course I was stupidly naive at that point too. One day I was looking for something to watch on Youtube and I landed on a person that was going to explain the inconsistencies of the event. My thought at the time was ‘OK sweetheart, give me your best info’. By the time I finished watching, I was sick to my stomach and MAD at how badly this country was duped. In case you are wondering this documentary wasn’t about 9/11.

But enough about Hillary’s pizza parlor basement…

People that come to this thread calling people names and claiming it’s a cult, blah, blah, blah but are unable to offer ANYTHING to back up their claim that it is fake are SHILLS.

59 posted on 7/12/2018, 5:55:01 AM by MagnoliaB (You can’t always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)

Rebuttal?
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This may take a while.  The rest after the jumparoonie…

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Stop Expecting Shame To Do the Job Votes Will

Allison Hantschel

By the framework of politics pre-Bush administration, most of this would have ended somewhere around “lock her up” or the pussy-grabbing tape or on day one where he called Mexicans rapists so the fact that it hasn’t should really tell you something: I continue to not get why liberals talk about the Garland seat theft as if it’s anything they will ever shame Republicans for. McConnell openly brags about it being his proudest achievement. When you go “well what about Garland?” Right-wingers respond “heh. Yeah.” — August J. Pollak (@AugustJPollak) July 10, 2018 There is no shame anymore. That was … Continue reading Stop Expecting Shame To Do the Job Votes Will

Athenae, Big Damn Heroes, Do Something

Not Everything Sucks

Allison Hantschel

Those of you moaning that nothing will ever change? Read this before you tape your pieholes shut:  Love is a lawyer tirelessly devoted to an immigrant sector most in need of legal aid: the rural one. In 2014, she launched the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, which serves immigrant families where there is traditionally no legal aid. Love and her team of three other lawyers go out to the people—via a roaming RV office, community center, and church pop-ups, and by organizing community leaders. The whole thing is amazing. We are saving one another every single day, and always will. Donate … Continue reading Not Everything Sucks

Adrastos, Art, Books, British Politics, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Fog Of Scandal, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

Saturday Odds & Sods: Dimming Of The Day

Peter Adrastos Athas
New Orleans Window by Lee Friedlander.

Happy Bastille Day. I’m not planning on storming anything, it’s too damn hot for that. I *am* spending some time in the heat by attending San Fermin New Orleans. It’s our zany version of the running of the bulls in which the bulls are rollergirls with plastic bats. I’m not running, I’m drinking mimosas, eating donuts, and hanging out with Dr. A, our friend Cait, the child army, and whoever else shows up. It’s a sweaty, fun, and deeply silly time.

I predicted that the president* would make an ass of himself in the UK and he has done so. He gave an inflammatory interview to the Murdoch owned Sun wherein he praised Boris Johnson, criticized Theresa May, bashed immigrants, and wished people would call the country England again. He apparently re-annexed Ireland while he was at it. The next day, he denied attacking May and called The Sun “fake news” even though it’s owned by his pal Rupert. It was just another day in Trump World.

The featured image is one of my favorite photographs from the New Orleans Museum of Art’s Lee Friedlander in Louisiana exhibit. The New York based photographer has a passion for New Orleans, which is on display at NOMA until August 12th.

This week’s theme song was written by Richard Thompson for Pour Down Like Silver the third album he and then wife Linda recorded together. We have three versions for your listening pleasure. The original version followed by covers by the Neville Brothers and Bonnie Raitt. RT plays on the latter recording.

Now that we’re feeling a bit on the dim side,  let’s brighten things up by jumping to the break.

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Adrastos, Congress, Fog Of Scandal, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Sports, Stupid Republican Tricks, Teabaggery1 Comment

The Strzok Hearing: Shitshow Or Kangaroo Court?

Peter Adrastos Athas

The post title is a rhetorical question: that fakakta hearing was both. It was inevitable in the Trump era that a joint hearing of two Congressional committees would be a shitshow. I only watched a few hours of the Strzok … Continue reading The Strzok Hearing: Shitshow Or Kangaroo Court?

Michael F

This Is Your Brain On Trump

mmferry1965

President-as-Amateur-Hour/Putin’s Stooge continues on…sure, the extended white wingnut cri de coeur (cri de Coors?) is the reddest of red meat to the GOP base, but I think that underscores the real division in the country. It’s less left versus right and more grownup versus selfish brat. I’m not sure what else we need to motivate grownups to get out and vote. Trump’s an embarrassment, an affront to the democratic process, a sexist, racist, boor…and the living embodiment of undiluted white, racist, wingnut id. Hell, THEY’RE motivated, motivated enough to attend rallies where the scatterbrained ricochet reactionary babbling incoherence is the … Continue reading This Is Your Brain On Trump

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media5 Comments

10 Ways to Cover a Trump Rally

Allison Hantschel

In today’s installment of “mild criticism on Twitter necessitates a nuclear hissyfit,” Beltway journalists act like being asked to not air Trump’s unhinged racist ranting live is tantamount to telling them to all quit their jobs and make butter in the country: “There’s nothing new” at Trump rallies so news media shouldn’t cover them, argues @ezraklein on @ReliableSources. As if what president says, even repeatedly, isn’t newsworthy? — Paul Farhi (@farhip) July 8, 2018 (They should all quit their jobs and go make butter. Butter is useful and has hurt nobody. Then we can give their jobs to people who … Continue reading 10 Ways to Cover a Trump Rally

Free Republic, Tommy T

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – bang gang edition

Tommy T

OK people – ISO suits on – airlock open – let’s go!

92 year old woman woman accused of fatally shooting son over plans to put her in assisted living
WABC ^ | July 4, 2018

Posted on 7/4/2018, 11:29:48 AM by SMGFan

PHOENIX, Arizona — A 92-year-old woman is charged with murder after deputies say she fatally shot her own son because she thought he wanted to move her to an assisted living facility.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says Anna Mae Blessing had lived with her 72-year-old son Thomas and his girlfriend at the girlfriend’s condo for the last six months.

Court records show she believed her son and his girlfriend were talking about putting her in the facility because she had become “difficult to deal with.”

According to detectives, Blessing hid two handguns in the pockets of her robe and confronted her son in his room Monday morning.

1 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:29:48 AM by SMGFan
The Freeperati are torn asunder on this one.
MORON LABE!
To: SMGFan

 

Oh the irony!

They’ll put granny in one. Its called a prison.

2 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:31:49 AM by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)

Somehow this has to be those damned libtards’ fault….
To: SMGFan

 

Just call it a late term abortion and let her go.

4 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:32:09 AM by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)

To: lowbridge

 

218th trimester abortion. Nothing to see here. Move along

50 posted on 7/4/2018, 8:55:03 PM by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it’s that history rarely teaches us anything.)

To: lowbridge

 

The feminazi’s would just say this was a late term abortion, so it’s okay.

40 posted on 7/4/2018, 8:19:20 PM by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He’s the Truth.)
TA DA !!
To: SMGFan
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now she’s gonna end up in the gray bar assisted living facility …
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5 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:32:19 AM by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
To: catnipman

 

Actually the gray bar assisted living facility is probably better than most voluntary assisted living facilities. All paid for by your tax dollars.

8 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:34:43 AM by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)

“Are there no ice floes?”
To: lowbridge

 

This can be a touchy time. If my mom offs me I guess I’m ok with it.

2 posted on 7/4/2018, 7:17:33 PM by The Toll

Nice to know.
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And in the “understatement of the year” competition, we have:
To: lowbridge

 

She seems a little judgemental…

6 posted on 7/4/2018, 7:21:43 PM by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)

To: SMGFan

 

sounds like Sonny was correct…she definitely was difficult to deal with…

11 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:35:43 AM by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)

To: SMGFan
Sad story all the way around.Somebody should’ve hid the guns.

27 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:51:51 AM by Drew68
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YaThinkNickCage
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To: SMGFan

 

She’s a feisty one.

38 posted on 7/4/2018, 12:08:36 PM by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)

Her son? Not so much.
“livius” offers prayers and hopes :
To: lowbridge

 

I think he should have put her in there about 20 years ago. She probably had Alzheimer’s, and often there’s an anger and paranoia problem that goes with that. Not always, but frequently enough.

Prayers for the family because it must be horrible for them.

4 posted on 7/4/2018, 7:18:38 PM by livius

And “azjoe” starts a pissing match :
To: livius

 

Or he could have taken care of his mother himself.

5 posted on 7/4/2018, 7:20:35 PM by Az Joe (I AM TRUMP!)

Shot her first, you mean?
To: Az Joe

 

“Or he could have taken care of his mother himself.”

Really easy to SAY…unless you have an elderly parent with dementia that you are taking care of 24/7!

13 posted on 7/4/2018, 7:30:53 PM by VikingMom (I may not know what the future holds but I know Who holds the future!)

To: Az Joe

 

Seriously? She was 92 and obviously crazy. It sounds like he tried to do his best. Cannot believe you are blaming him. HE’S DEAD.

66 posted on 7/4/2018, 10:27:44 PM by Hildy (The worst part of betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.)

AZ Joe ups the ante :
To: livius

 

Hey big asshole, you need to stop speaking out of your ass so much.

I know EXACTLY how it is you pos. She died 7 years ago June 29th at 91.

You’re lucky you aren’t right in front of me right now you GD pos!

72 posted on 7/4/2018, 11:49:39 PM by Az Joe(I AM TRUMP!)

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Or what? You’d shoot him?
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For all I know, you may very well BE Trump.
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More victim-bashing after the thingy…
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Athenae, Diary1 Comment

‘Live faithfully, fight bravely, and die laughing.’

Allison Hantschel

My ‘hood had been setting off fireworks for like two weeks straight. I raised Kick the first three years of her life across the alley from a crack house, so she was used to loud random bangs and yelling and the occasional 3 a.m. garbage-dump-recliner inferno. Not to mention the night somebody turned said crack house into a drive-thru with his Buick. It gave her an extravagant tolerance for noise. When she’s asleep you can set off a hundred M80s and she won’t even stir. This was our first 4th in the new house, though, and it was intense. Last … Continue reading ‘Live faithfully, fight bravely, and die laughing.’

Adrastos, Bigotry, British Politics, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Food and Drink, Iran, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Race, Sports, Television, Twitter2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Get Together

Peter Adrastos Athas
Flying Eyeball by Rick Griffin.

To say that New Orleans is a football town is a grotesque understatement. Between the Saints and LSU Tigers, gridiron love runs deep in the Crescent City. But last Monday, local sports fans were talking about the NBA Pelicans. Our local hoopsters lost 2 players to free agency: Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus (Boogie) Cousins. The latter Boogied to the Warriors and the surly Rondo signed with the Lakers. I was one of the few  local hoops fans to take this in stride. Rondo was a team leader last year after 12 years as a locker room cancer and occasional gay basher. Boogie Cousins had a torn ACL, which is an injury that usually diminishes big men when they return. I had a torn ACL myself. It ended my unpromising career as a little leaguer. So it goes.

In other local news, new Mayor LaToya Cantrell continues her incomprehensible PR campaign:

I still haven’t the foggiest notion as to what “being intentional” means. Of course, I may just be unintentionally dim. I had an intentionally amusing twitter exchange inspired by the Mayor’s tweet. Two of my twitter friends evoked the image of Matt Foley, Chris Farley’s failed motivational speaker, culminating in this tweet from my old pal Liprap:

This week’s theme song is a bona fide hippie anthem. Get Together was written by Dino Valenti who is best known as lead singer for Quicksilver Messenger Service. Valenti was a man of many names: he was born Chester Powers and also wrote songs as Jesse Orris Farrow.

We have three versions of Get Together for your listening pleasure. First, the Youngbloods, a band so hippie dippy that their keyboard player was nicknamed Banana, followed by the pre-Grace Slick Jefferson Airplane, and a recent live version by Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

In case you’re wondering, the featured image is by Rick Griffin who was one of the legendary Sixties rock poster artists. The image itself was originally on a poster for a Youngbloods show at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.

Now that we’ve discussed the Flying Eyeball, let’s make like Evel Knievel and jump to the break.

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Michael F1 Comment

The Cheeto Dust Was Thick Enough To About Kill A Man

mmferry1965

Apologies if you’ve already seen it, but if not…Alex Jones’s most recent desperate attempt to incite his brain dead listeners was an assertion that libruls and Democrats were planning a second Civil War, starting…yesterday. Well…between the local heat and humidity, plus personal business keeping me super busy, sigh, I was forced to opt out, along with the rest of the cohort…that said, a number… a very large number…took to Twitter to give Jones and his minions a fair share of well deserved scorn and derision. I think this one was my favorite. Continue reading The Cheeto Dust Was Thick Enough To About Kill A Man

Athenae, Current Affairs1 Comment

Where They Cross, The Place is Holy

Allison Hantschel

Civility, restaurants, and what we expect in society:  “You’ve been paying about 50 bucks a night to stay in a D.C. condo that’s connected to an energy lobbying firm, while approving their dirty sands pipeline,” Mink continues, reading from notes. “We deserve to have somebody at the EPA who actually does protect our environment, somebody who believes in climate change and takes it seriously, for the benefit of all of us, including our children.” Mink concluded: “So, I would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out.” The video does not show Pruitt getting up and leaving the … Continue reading Where They Cross, The Place is Holy

Athenae, Do Something2 Comments

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Candidates

Allison Hantschel

Gimme your people nobody’s paying any attention to right now who deserve more attention, lest they shock the New York Times and actually, you know, get elected to represent their districts/people. Jude will start, with Arvina Martin, who’s running to become Wisconsin’s first Native American Secretary of State.   You can donate to her here. Post yours in the comments and peruse, those of you with means, so as to give your dollars to races not already swimming in money. A. Continue reading Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Candidates