Murder Among The Mormons
LDS Murder Most Foul. Continue reading Murder Among The Mormons
Category: Terrorism
Haven’t They Heard Of The 20th Amendment?
Q chatter craps out. Continue reading Haven’t They Heard Of The 20th Amendment?
Merrick Garland’s Time
“Do not bury the crime in the clutter.” Continue reading Merrick Garland’s Time
The Two Andys
The no longer failing New York Times has an article today about how police departments across the country are making attempts to weed out “political extremists” (the rest of us call them Fascists) from their ranks. Imagine that, far right wingnuts patrolling our streets, armed and pretty much impervious to judicial oversight. Who could have imagined? The article centers on an Oklahoma sheriff who was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6. He claims he was just there for the donuts…er…I mean the rally, but information obtained by other law enforcement officials and passed on to … Continue reading The Two Andys
Quote Of The Day: Josh Hawley Edition
Josh Hawley meets Timothy McVeigh. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Josh Hawley Edition
Homeland Insecurity
Abolish the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading Homeland Insecurity
Still Numb
It’s been awhile since I wrote about an American mass shooting. The reason is genuinely horrible: they’ve become so commonplace that we’re *almost* getting used to them. That’s an appalling place to find ourselves in, but that’s how things stand in the summer of 2019. The El Paso shooting is particularly horrific: the shooter went to that Walmart because so many people cross the border to shop there. It’s what happens when Mexicans are demonized by a sitting president* for his short-term political advantage. As always, the GOP is offering thoughts and prayers without informing the public what will happen … Continue reading Still Numb
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Here today, gun tomorrow” edition
You know, ‘m just going to stop planning mini-vacations from First Draft. Every time I do….
At first – he’s psychotic!
Christchurch mosque shootings – Trump-supporting ‘Brit’ gunman wrote chilling manifesto
The [UK] Sun ^ | 03-15-2019 | Jenny AwfordPosted on 3/14/2019, 11:45:31 PM by Trump20162020
To: Trump20162020
To: NorseVikingNo, he’s insane. When someone is as psychotic as this guy is I never take what they say about politics and culture seriously. They could just as well claim to be helping the Martians invade.
Apparently he has three accomplices though so it will be interesting to see what kind of mental cases they are.
7 posted on 3/14/2019, 11:54:52 PM by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
So – he’s insane. And his hatred had NOTHING to do with the coziness of The Darnold’s regime with white supremacists.
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Nothing at all.
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This is how I see it:
Crazy person: “Those (fill in the blank) are dangerous.”
Crazier person: “Yeah!”
Crazy person: “Those (fill in the blank) are all terrorists.”
Crazier person: “Yeah!”
Crazy person: “Those (fill in the blank) need to be wiped out in a holy war.”
Crazier person: “Yeah!
Crazy person: “Those (fill in the blank) are all animals.”
Crazier person: “YEAH!!”
Crazy person: “There’s a war coming against those (fill in the blank), and we have all the guns.”
Crazier person: “YEAH!!!!!!”
Crazier person shoots up a building full of (fill in the blank)
Crazy person: “Where in the hell did you get THAT idea? You’re just a crazy person.”
And so on….
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Of course, only crazy people hate other people because they pray in a different language.
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Right?
To: Kaslin
I’m sorry – was that a Freeper, or the New Zealand nutcase live-streaming his mass murder?
It’s getting harder and harder to tell you apart.
To: KaslinMuslims should not be shocked that some fruitcake hit back. Their terrorist “martyrs” have been killing innocents for years and now when they get hit, the whole world’s left wing establishment screams its head off about innocents being killed. You live by the sword, someone is going to die by the sword.
4 posted on 3/15/2019, 1:53:17 PM by Midwesterner53
They were asking for it. They’re ALL ASKING FOR IT!!!
To: Kaslin
So – we should arm all the Muslims?
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Interesting 180.
To: Trump20162020Here we go with the false flag bullsh!t…
24 posted on 3/15/2019, 12:16:42 AM by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
Beat me to it.
To: Mr. KOwn goal is known in military circles as a “false flag” operation, a term from naval history where ships raised their enemies’flag and attacked another partisan to start a war. This is what we have here.
37 posted on 3/15/2019, 2:46:39 PM by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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And now – the post of the thread!
To: HighSierra5Any conservative minded person in their right mind would shudder at the idea of doing something like this. Do you really think that makes the first bit of difference?
I’ll give the guy this much: he certainly understands the American right, at least as far as FreeRepublic goes.
Can I have an amen?
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More (if you can stomach it) at the link below.
Today on Tommy Ts Obsession with the Freeperati – Foregone Conclusions edition
A quick one today, people – just finished a trip from Dallas to Houston,, then back to Dallas – and boy, are my dogs tired.
Let’s see – hmmm – Freeperville seems to have turned into the Jussie Smollet / fake noose show.
Every. Single. Post. Geez, how boring is this?
Whups – some real news sneaked in. Behold – no noose is good noose!
Coast Guard Officer Accused of Terrorist Plot Targeting Media, Lawmakers
Military,com ^ | February 20, 2019 | By Hope Hodge Seck
“military.com”? Damn that liberal media!!
Posted on 2/20/2019, 5:11:56 PM by Hojczyk
A Coast Guard lieutenant assigned to the service’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., has been arrested on drug and gun possession charges, and is accused of plans to “murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country,” according to documents filed in Maryland District Court.
Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson, an acquisitions officer for the National Security Cutter Acquisition Program, was arrested Feb. 15 and charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful user or addict of controlled substances, and possession of Tramadol, a Schedule IV pain medication.
A motion for detention pending trial, filed by U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur, paints a much more menacing portrait of Hasson’s crimes and planned crimes.
“The current charges, however, are the proverbial tip of the iceberg,” Hur wrote. “The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life that are intended to affect government conduct.”
Hur cited a draft email written by Hasson in June 2017 in which he said he was “dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth” using a “Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax” or some other mass toxin.
Another draft letter to a “known American neo-Nazi leader” identified Hasson as a white nationalist looking for an opportunity for “a little focused violence” to establish racial supremacy.
When Hasson was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland, earlier this month, the document states, law enforcement agents found 15 firearms, including shotguns, rifles and handguns, and “conservatively, over 1,000 rounds of mixed ammunition.”
A list of potential targets allegedly compiled by Hasson in January included “prominent Democratic congressional leaders, activists, political organizations, and MSNBC and CNN media personalities” including TV host Chris Hayes; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California; Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York; and many others.
Posted on 2/20/2019, 5:11:56 PM by Hojczyk
Is this the Rubicon that Trump and his nutjob supporters have finally crossed?
Have they, at long last, no sense of decency?
To: Hojczyk
I’m guessing that’s a “NO”.
To: Hojczyk
Tricksy tricksy Feds – always causing Coast Guard Lieutenants to draw up death lists of political opponents. How do they get away with it?
To: PghBaldy
And a double-wide is not a “house”.
Just so ya know.
To: Hojczyk
…because they’re famous for drawing up hit lists of liberals to kill. Yep.
To: Hojczyk
So the Juicy Smell-it meme has collapsed and it’s time to move on to this.
13 posted on 2/20/2019, 5:30:49 PM by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
Because publicity scammers are SO much more dangerous than mass murderers.
Of course, to some Freepers, the REAL crime is that he didn’t go far enough :
To: HojczykOnly 15 firearms?
Yep. Only 15. Piker.
How many can he shoot at once anyway?
Um – two?
And anything less than 10,000 rounds is not significant.
I’ll pass that info along to the residents of Thousand Oaks, the Pittsburgh Synagogue, Jacksonville Landing, Orlando, Fla., Scottsdale, Ca, Santa Fe, Tx., Stoneman Douglas High School, etc, etc, etc.
As far as his koko’s list goes who doesn’t have one of those?
Who indeed? In related news, the FBI just got its probable cause warrant to search Free Republic’s server for this nitwit’s IP address.
The guy is a piker
I already said that.
and as usual the government is vastly overstating its position. “If the federal government was put in charge of the Sahara Desert tomorrow in five years we would have a sand shortage”. Milton Friedman.
17 posted on 2/20/2019, 5:34:59 PM by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
I can’t imagine what’s keeping the “false flag” contingent…..
To:moonhawkWhy do these people always write down/publicize their stupid plots?yeah, how convenient. Maybe because for a false flag to work, the “ evidence” needs to be indisputable?
You can set your fucking clock by them.
More rationalization / bugfuck crazy / whataboutism at the friendly link.
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Kristallnacht In Broad Daylight
Writing for First Draft is one of my passions. It’s often my therapy. This has been one of those times. The MAGA Bomber’s failed attempt at mass assassination shook me to the core. Then, the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh left many of us questioning what it means to be an American in the Trump era. I am proud to be an American, but I am ashamed of our current leadership’s inability to respond with an ounce of human decency or a scintilla of empathy. As far as the president* is concerned, it’s an inconvenient interruption of … Continue reading Kristallnacht In Broad Daylight
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – letting your freak false flag fly edition
Good morning, all.
Well, it doesn’t take Carnac The Magnificent to figure out what the topic of the day is in Freeperville, so let’s get cracking!
Suspicious package sent to Obama intercepted by Secret Service
The Hill ^ | October 24, 2018 | Avery AnapolPosted on 10/24/2018, 9:09:53 AM by EdnaMode
The Secret Service has intercepted a suspicious package addressed to former President Obama in Washington, D.C.
The Secret Service said in a statement that the package, and another sent to the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton in New York, were identified as “potential explosive devices and appropriately handled as such.”
The statement said that the Obamas and Clintons did not receive the packages, and were not at risk of receiving them.
The package sent to the Clintons was reported earlier Wednesday and was intercepted late Tuesday night, according to the Secret Service.
“The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said in a statement. “The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.”
The Secret Service said it had initiated “a full scope criminal investigation that will leverage all available federal, state, and local resources to determine the source of the packages and identify those responsible.”
NBC New York reported that the package sent to the Clintons is similar to the explosive device found at the home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Monday.
Well, I wonder what the first comment is going to be….
********************************Soros yesterday, The Clintons and Obama today. Right before midterms. Has to be a hoax.
Hey now – can’t you morons even wait until the first comment before going all Alex Jones on me?
To: EdnaMode
This hoax false flag is the Dems October Suprise.
7 posted on 10/24/2018, 9:12:34 AM by Democrats hate too much
This thread is gonna get repetitive REALLY fast.
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Come on, guys – at least use your imaginations.
To: EdnaMode
Theres nothing suspicious about it…
its Obamas monthly Fentanyl shipment from Mexico…
10 posted on 10/24/2018, 9:14:24 AM by Tennessee Nana
OK – maybe a little too much imagination on that one.
To: EdnaMode
As I said on the Clinton thread, this is not the MO for conservatives.
We enact change at the ballot box or if necessary the cartridge box.
It is typical for the left to try to send bombs through mail because they have no problems with scaring people into compliance or killing them if the person disagrees with them.
15 posted on 10/24/2018, 9:15:50 AM by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified… 1 Corinthians 1:23)
Do tell.
At age 29, Rudolph was the perpetrator of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, which occurred on July 27, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympics. He called the police, warning about the bomb before it detonated. The blast killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others. Melih Uzunyol, a Turkish cameraman, who ran to the scene following the blast, died of a heart attack. Rudolph’s motive for the bombings, according to his April 13, 2005 statement, was political (…)Rudolph has made it clear in his written statement and elsewhere that the purpose of the bombings was to fight against abortion and the “homosexual agenda.” He considered abortion to be murder, the product of a “rotten feast of materialism and self-indulgence”; accordingly, he believed that its perpetrators deserved death, and that the United States government had lost its legitimacy by sanctioning it. He also considered it essential to resist by force “the concerted effort to legitimize the practice of homosexuality” in order to protect “the integrity of American society” and “the very existence of our culture”, whose foundation is the “family hearth.”
After Rudolph’s arrest for the bombings, The Washington Post reported that the FBI considered Rudolph to have “had a long association with the Christian Identity movement, which asserts that Northern European whites are the direct descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, God’s chosen people.” Christian Identity is a white nationalist religion which holds the view that those who are not white Christians can not be saved. In the same article, the Post reported that some FBI investigators believed Rudolph may have written letters that claimed responsibility for the nightclub and abortion clinic bombings on behalf of the Army of God, a group that sanctions the use of force to combat abortions and is associated with Christian Identity.
DAMN those lefties!!
To: EdnaMode
And even if it was a “rightie”, whose fault is this?
To: EdnaMode
I don’t care who is doing this, they need to be found, found fast, before anyone hurt. This violence is what comes from, or rather, an escalation and response of what Democrats have done, directly and through proxies like Antifa.
Thanks for clearing that up for us.
All need to be shut down. Immediately and completely. Good to see White House is out front on this. Make it across the board, no violence by anyone will be tolerated.
24 posted on 10/24/2018, 9:19:18 AM by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
“White house is out front on this“??
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President Pence put the official statement out, and a day later The Darnold spewed some ghost-written poop that he IMMEDIATELY (the same night, at one of his pep rallies) blew out of the water with some cunning BSDI.
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Maybe I can find something original in the rest of the thread.
Read on.
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Florida Man, MAGA Bomber
I try my best not to take the news personally. That’s been impossible this week after I realized that the most analogous event in American history to pipe bomb mania was the Lincoln-Seward conspiracy. Then, the MAGA Bombers enemies list … Continue reading Florida Man, MAGA Bomber
The MAGA Bomber’s Enemies List
As of this writing, here’s who the MAGA Bomber is telling to pipe down by mailing them a pipe bomb: George Soros The Clintons The Obamas Eric Holder John Brennan Debbie Wasserman Schultz Maxine Waters Joe Biden Robert DeNiro Robert Fucking DeNiro? It’s a good thing that he’s not in his prime or he just might go Raging Bull or even Taxi Driver on someone’s ass. I guess that makes him the Paul Newman of this dangerously crazy incident: the salad dressing mogul was on Nixon’s enemies list. Bobby D is in good company. Trump made a statement yesterday at the … Continue reading The MAGA Bomber’s Enemies List
Clockwork Creeps
The cries of “false flag” are already flying on the right after this bombtastic morning. Mercifully, no one has been hurt, but we know who has been inciting violence. It’s the creep I call the Kaiser of Chaos. He has called Democrats members of the “party of crime.” One of his idiot supporters has decided that it’s okay to bomb our past nominees and the “fake news enemies of the people” at CNN. Words have consequences. My friend the Scrabble Shark tweeted this right after the CNN story broke: The #MAGA bombers have started. Just say #MAGAbomber !!! — racymind (@racymind) … Continue reading Clockwork Creeps
The Three Thousand & Where Power Lies
It doesn’t matter whose fault it is: “When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria.” The Washington Post. This was long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64 PEOPLE. Then, like magic, “3000 PEOPLE KILLED.” They hired…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2018 He’s a feral animal, of course, who can only see things in terms of how they affect him. You know this and so do I and I think so does he, not that it matters. I’m so tired … Continue reading The Three Thousand & Where Power Lies
Caucus with the Democrats
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
Families Belong Together: Chicago
Fifty thousand strong in the streets yesterday, including Mr. A and Kick and I, in the 100-degree heat. I took this photo from my friend Amy’s office window just before the march itself. For longtime immigrant and labor rights organizer … Continue reading Families Belong Together: Chicago
Separations
Kick has had the same caregiver since she was eight weeks old. We are unendingly blessed to have, in our life-with-newborn state of dazed terror, stumbled upon a woman who has spent the past four years filling our daughter’s life with joy and adventure. I fully believe this person puts my child’s happiness above her own on a daily basis and would stop at nothing to keep Kick from harm. She has keys to my house and we’ve borrowed each other’s cars and I trust her completely. Yet at least once a day I freak out at my desk because … Continue reading Separations
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – random vandals edition
Hi, all – a bunch of bits and pieces this week. Let’s get right into it with – Bimb? Oh No?
Ex-Playboy Model Karen McDougal Sues to Break Silence on Trump
New York Times ^ | 03/20/2018 | By JIM RUTENBERGPosted on 3/20/2018, 2:08:04 PM by SeekAndFind
A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies’ efforts during the presidential campaign to bury stories about extramarital relationships.
The model, Karen McDougal, is suing the company that owns The National Enquirer, American Media Inc., which paid her $150,000 and whose chief executive is a friend of President Trump’s. The other woman, the adult entertainment star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, was paid $130,000 to stay quiet by the president’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen. She filed suit earlier this month.
Both women, who argue that their contracts are invalid, are trying to get around clauses requiring them to resolve disputes in secretive arbitration proceedings rather than in open court. Mr. Trump has denied the affairs.
Ms. McDougal, in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that Mr. Cohen was secretly involved in her talks with A.M.I., and that the media company and her lawyer at the time misled her about the deal. She also asserts that after she spoke with The New Yorker last month after it obtained notes she kept on Mr. Trump, A.M.I. warned that “any further disclosures would breach Karen’s contract” and “cause considerable monetary damages.”
In an email to The New York Times, her new lawyer, Peter K. Stris, accused A.M.I. of “a multifaceted effort to silence Karen McDougal.”
To: DIRTYSECRET
What is the whole point, was there a rape or sexual assault committed, if not who cares.
11 posted on 3/20/2018, 2:12:48 PM by the_individual2014
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Not guilty!
20 posted on 3/20/2018, 2:15:26 PM by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: albie
Ah, the Freeperati – always ready to forgive and forget.
Well, ALMOST always…
Let the Bimbo Eruptions Commence! Is Bill Clinton back in predatory mode? NY POST ^ | 10/13/06 | Richard Johnson Posted on 10/13/2006, 8:48:49 AM by MAD-AS-HELL
Hillary Fans Took No Chances
SAVVY Democrats pushing Sen. Hillary Clinton for president were so worried last year about a possible “bimbo eruption” involving Bill Clinton, they had his friend, former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, confront him, according to a new book. In “The Way to Win,” authors Mark Halperin of ABC News and John Harris of the Washington Post report that rumors swept political circles last year that Clinton had resumed the wayward habits that nearly brought down his presidency in 1998. Concern among his allies grew so intense that McAuliffe was tapped for the delicate assignment of confronting him at his Chappaqua home, according to Democrats briefed on the awkward encounter. “The former president assured McAuliffe that there was nothing to the rumors, although Clinton had been known to make such promises in the past,” Halperin and Harris write. They add that others around the senator believe her husband “has learned from his errors” and is so determined that she become president that he’ll “bring only support and good behavior to a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.”
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Oh how I would love to see an avalanche of woman come out and accuse Bill of unwanted advances
Yeah – that would really suck, wouldn’t it?
on the eve of the Democratic National Convention where Hitlery is to accept the nomination. Or even better, Hillary and her goon squad intimidating those same women in order to keep them quiet about the BENTONE.
Maybe Michael Cohen is available?
To: MAD-AS-HELL
“The former president assured McAuliffe that there was nothing to the rumors”
Yea, right. Once a whorehound, always a whorehound. Bubba is as addicted to chasing women as an alcoholic is to booze.
17 posted on 10/13/2006, 9:01:28 AM by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel – Martin Luther)
Yeah – but is she hot?
To: MAD-AS-HELL
In the past Hillary was in charge of putting down “Bimbo Eruptions”. Now who’s going to do it?
40 posted on 10/13/2006, 10:26:31 AM by TruthWillWin
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More after the linky thing…
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What’s in a name and how many lives is it worth?
When we discuss the idea of “fame” as a newsvalue in my journalism classes, I make a point that famous people can actually be infamous. “How many of you have heard the name Jeffrey Dahmer?” I ask. Every hand goes up, even though he committed his crimes and died in prison before most of them were born. Dahmer is a name that remains as prominent now as it was in the early 1990s. A mass murder with an eating disorder, a TV show once quipped. I thought about the man, the name and the crime this week when I heard … Continue reading What’s in a name and how many lives is it worth?
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the KKK – getting in Dutch edition
I’m going to have to hire some staff.
The “Obsession” post today after this one was written first, but then this thing happened, and Ms. A gave me permission to post both. So – bonus “Obsession” today.
The Freeper stupidity just keeps coming and coming and coming.
This thread, however, is……………..special.
Car Runs into Crowd at White Nationalist Protest in Charlottesville Virginia [BREAKING NEWS]
US News Today ^ | Aug 12, 2017 | US News TodayPosted on 8/12/2017, 1:49:17 PM by dragnet2
Car plows into protesters during clashes at Unite the Right rally. Car Runs into Crowd at White Supremacist Protest in Charlottesville Virginia [BREAKING NEWS]
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VIDEO at linkMultiple injuries
First reaction is to deny that the murder was intentional:
To: dragnet2
Three car wreck at an intersection a block from the site of the protests.
Even the CNN announcers on your link say they don’t know if it was an accident or intentional.5 posted on 8/12/2017, 1:53:51 PM by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: dragnet2
Fox News is wondering if the car sped though the crowd because people were throwing objects at it (as it sped down the street) and that is why the driver was speeding therefore it must have been accidental…..
30 posted on 8/12/2017, 2:06:50 PM by pinkandgreenmom
To: grey_whiskersEven the CNN announcers on your link say they don’t know if it was an accident or intentional.A video just surfaced showing the car driving down the side street as it was being bombarded with bottles, rocks and other debris by peaceful ANTIFA protesters.
In my opinion, it wasn’t intentional, it was self preservation………..
SELF DEFENSE !!!
Of course, we all know who’s REALLY behind this :
To: wastoute
Bless your heart.
Of course, the Freepers have no doubt about the religion of the murderer self-defending patriot :
To: deks
Pajamahadeen on the case!
64 posted on 8/12/2017, 2:21:52 PM by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
I can hardly wait for the “Allahu Snackbar” comments to start…
To: wastoute
Man, those Amish—you let them behind the wheel and all hell breaks loose…
247 posted on 8/12/2017, 3:31:12 PM by American Quilter (President Trump’s making good on his campaign promises–it’s morning in America!)
Close enough.
More below, as the Freeperati try to blame everyone from the Dutch to President Obama…
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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Pete and re-Pete edition
Folks – this is going to be a quickie because frankly, Freeperville is caught in an endless loop.
I might as well just take last week’s Manila shooting “Obsession” and just set it to endlessly repost once a week.
Think I’m kidding?
‘Multiple fatalities’ in Orlando shooting, officials say
Fox News ^ | June 5, 2017Posted on 6/5/2017, 8:25:15 AM by Zakeet
Police are investigating a shooting in Orlando Monday morning with “multiple fatalities,” officials said.
MASSIVE TRAFFIC backups along Forsyth Rd in Winter Park. OCSO working shooting investigation
SURVEY SAYS….
To: Zakeet
If this is terror, the SCOTUS should review and uphold the travel ban tomorrow.
If it’s not “terror” you should review drinking a bottle of bleach.
To: Zakeet
I’ll just let Sybil take this one :
More after the you-know-what…
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Everything In The World
It’s Trump’s World. We just live in it. Continue reading Everything In The World
‘This is someone’s child’
It’s important to know that somebody fought back: “I was saying, ‘Creator – provide comfort to his family who don’t know you’re here,” she recalled. An officer called out to her: “You did what you could, it’s time to come off the train.” [snip] The next night, Macy met Namkai-Meche’s mother and father at a vigil held by the train stop. She handed his father a purple-painted, heart-shaped rock, her prayer rock. She said the victim’s parents thanked her for being with their son, telling her that she was “a mamma to our boy in that moment.” Macy, a single … Continue reading ‘This is someone’s child’
Save One
We are arguing about how much of the house is on fire, with the refugee/immigrant ban. We are arguing closet versus attic versus living room, instead of picking up a damn bucket and putting the fire out: President Trump and his aides love to cite a small number and a big number in order to minimize the impact of the president’s executive order suspending the visas of citizens of seven countries. But these figures are incredibly misleading, so let’s go through the math. Let’s not, because it doesn’t fucking matter. I don’t care if this executive order affected one person. I don’t … Continue reading Save One
It Hurts to Take the Story Apart. Do It Anyway.
There’s a story we’ve been telling ourselves for a long time now, about how democracy works, about how it has to work in order for us all to get up in the morning. It involves how campaigns operate, how elections take place, how power is handed from one person to another and what is done with that power and to whom. The story’s called America. It’s a few years old now. Maybe you’ve heard it: We are free, and we choose who leads us, and we have chance after chance to make things better. We’re in charge, you and me, for good and … Continue reading It Hurts to Take the Story Apart. Do It Anyway.
You Aren’t Safe
I read so many of those stories after 9/11 and they all made me insane, the stories about some asshole in a mall in Oklahoma saying that what had happened to New York had made him go back to church, or made her call her mother, or inspired them to go back to church or change into a complete pile of garbage and paint their chests red white and blue and beat up Sikh cab drivers. If you needed 9/11 to teach you that you were not safe, the proper response was not to freak the fuck out, it was … Continue reading You Aren’t Safe
Things That Began to Make Sense Again
It’s hard to remember, I wrote in the intro to the First Draft book, just how many people lost their entire minds right after 9/11. I was at work, and so was almost everyone I knew, and by the end of week 3 I was so exhausted of hearing stupid shit that I could barely speak to anyone. There were a couple of things that made immediate sense in a way that the sheltered columnists screaming about torture and the unemployed dimwits beating up shopkeepers couldn’t. The first was this, which I try to post every year around this time: More people … Continue reading Things That Began to Make Sense Again
Saturday Odds & Sods: Wish You Were Here
First, a prologue. There’s been another horrendous terrorist attack in a beautiful place in a country that’s our oldest friend: Nice, France. The French Counsel General, Grégor Trumel, made the following remarks at a Bastille Day event at the New Orleans Museum of Art:
“I think more than ever we should stick to our values together — French people, American people,” he said, citing the national motto of France to hearty applause. “The words ‘liberté, égalité and fraternité’ are stronger than ever.”
Trumel led the crowd in a moment of silence and later, a rendition of the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise.” But before that, Trumel thanked supporters for attending the reception and reminded gatherers that France is not just a country, but an ideal.
“Perhaps for 5 seconds, 3 seconds, we thought that we could cancel the reception, but no — never,” he said. “Never. Never. It would be a victory for our enemies, and we should not compromise with violence, terror and horror.”
In the spirit advocated by Monsieur Trumel, let’s resume our regularly scheduled programming:
It’s been a less stressful week here in New Orleans. The weather remains blisteringly hot but we’ve had the odd bit of rain to cool things down and the tropics are quiet for the moment. Plus, the news from Red Stick may not be good but it’s not as bad as last week at this time. It will simply have to do.
I watched Hillary-Berniepalooza this week. It went fairly well. Bernie was scowling at the beginning but, eventually, warmed to his task. It had the hardcore Dudebros squealing like stuck pigs, which warmed the cockles of my heart whatever the hell those are. Watching it, I realized that if I were casting an actor to play Bernie it wouldn’t be Larry David (who can only play himself) but Walter Matthau circa Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys:
You’ll have to see the movie or play to get the running “enter” gag. Y’all should see it anyway. Have I mentioned lately how much I love Neil Simon? The man knew his way around a joke. His work has become somewhat overlooked. It’s a crime, I tell ya.
Let’s move on to this week’s theme song. I’ve picked two repeat artists, Nick Lowe and Pink Floyd, with different songs with the same title. Nick’s song features the great Paul Carrack on second lead vocal and is pretty darn chipper. The more famous Pink Floyd tune is wistful but awesome nonetheless.
Now that I’ve alternatively pepped you up and gloomed you out, it’s time for the abominable showman to take a bow and go to the break.
Speaking Of Dictators
Adrastos on Trump’s crushes on Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin. Continue reading Speaking Of Dictators