Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 6:09:23 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 6:47:20 AM

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doppelganglander 8/18/2020 7:43:13 AM

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Last night Trump told reporters that he would be issuing a pardon today, a yuuuuge pardon, but wouldn't say who. Twitter was full of breathless speculation - Assange? Snowden?

Nope. Susan B. Anthony, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Troll level: Olympian god. 

vxbush 8/18/2020 7:50:20 AM

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In #3 doppelganglander said: Troll level: Olympian god. 

Heh. Excellent. 

JCM 8/18/2020 7:51:36 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 3:

ROFLMAO!

That is beyond priceless! I can imagine the Twitter at a full rolling boiling....

Then the announcement....and 98% of the tweeters Googling Susan B. Anthony.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 7:56:45 AM

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In #5 JCM said: 98% of the tweeters Googling Susan B. Anthony.

I think she invented the dollar, or something like that.

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 7:58:06 AM

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Reply to JCM in 5:

Surprisingly,  the lefties don't find it amusing. The best part, of course, is that they can't object to honoring a feminist icon. Cognitive dissonance makes their little heads explode. 

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 8:27:51 AM

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lucius septimius 8/18/2020 8:46:37 AM

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In #7 doppelganglander said: The best part, of course, is that they can't object to honoring a feminist icon.

But did she support trans rights?  I fookin' doubt it, so CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!! 

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 8:51:08 AM

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Great news!  Palestinians boycotting Dubai expo

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 9:02:43 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 9:

I'm sure someone is tweeting that right now. 

IMO, you can't be pro-trans and a feminist. Trans rights are about men pushing their way into women's spaces and women who feel so devalued as women that they'd rather be men. 

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 9:05:33 AM

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In #11 doppelganglander said: IMO, you can't be pro-trans and a feminist.

You are LITERALLY HITLER!#!!##%!~~!!!!

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 11:40:16 AM

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Out: “Forbes: Capitalist Tool.”

In: Forbes: Leftist Shill

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/17/how-the-murder-of-5-year-old-cannon-hinnant-became-a-conservative-controversy-about-race/amp/

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 12:00:17 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:

There may not have been an overt "racial motive" in the Hinnant killing---but of course the Hinnant family would say so regardless, because they live next door to the killer's family and have to deal with that. 

Then there is the fact that "motive" is not an element in murder, despite what people have falsely learned from "Law and Order" and similar shows; intent is, and you can't get much clearer intent than an adult putting a gun to a five-year-old's head and pulling the trigger.

It is, of course, entirely possible that Darius Sessoms was simply some kind of crazed loon---but, much as we all like to pretend otherwise, "hate the white folks" is a widely socially-acceptable outlet for crazed-loonhood in the black community; one can see this in things like the "knockout game," the rhetoric of many black "racial advocates," and in the comedy work of Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock, among others. 

To the above, I would add that the pre-arrest pictures of Sessoms that appeared in the media had him sporting the orange jumpsuit of the incarcerated criminal.  So far, the minimal news coverage of this incident has managed to avoid considering, let alone discussing, what Sessoms did to merit this mode of dress, and whether it was even appropriate that he be free to walk among law-abiding citizens.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 12:07:17 PM

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In #14 buzzsawmonkey said: There may not have been an overt "racial motive" in the Hinnant killing

And, of course, there is zero evidence of a racial motive in the actions of Officer Chauvin; but that didn't change a thing in "the narrative".  

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 12:09:42 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:

Also true.

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 12:11:31 PM

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In #15 Occasional Reader said: the actions of Officer Chauvin

Of course, Chauvin was

a) Male, and

b) A policeman, which means that he clearly was a male Chauvin-ist pig.

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 1:28:27 PM

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Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 1:31:45 PM

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Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 1:34:48 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 1:34:58 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 19:

+++++++++

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 1:43:45 PM

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Idiot on the local news: "Blacks were only granted the right to vote 55 years ago." Reality: The Civil Rights Act protected rights that already existed from infringement. Black men voted in non-Jim Crow states 100 years earlier and women from 1920.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 1:48:14 PM

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In #21 buzzsawmonkey said: +++++++++

Thank you.

Semi-stolen from Larry David (IIRC), though not about Kamala in particular.

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2020 1:50:29 PM

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In #22 doppelganglander said: Black men voted in non-Jim Crow states 100 years earlier and women from 1920.

Black men---a very few of them---voted in Jim Crow states too.  Were there barriers to blacks voting in Jim Crow states?  Absolutely; both poll taxes (head taxes) and literacy tests---but there were always a handful who actually did vote.  The Civil Rights movement existed for the purpose of <b>expanding</b> that handful, and removing the barriers to the general population.

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 2:15:38 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 24:

Get out of here with your racist facts!

lucius septimius 8/18/2020 3:34:47 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 25:

Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don't stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2020 3:53:26 PM

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In #18 doppelganglander said: Sigh. My city's idiot mayor issued an order that masks must be worn in all public buildings. I am so sick of this crap.

I'm sick of wearing a mask, too,  but when where I  work  requires them,  and  go to great lengths to stop COVID, doing  things I'd never expect them to  do, I  think  there is more to it than we are being told. Note the people who run  where I  work  have at a  minimum  Top Secret SCI clearances.

doppelganglander 8/18/2020 4:38:15 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 26:

You've quoted that before, at least the first four lines. Is it original, or from a source I don't know?

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2020 4:54:11 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 28:

5 seconds with google brings this jukebox

Occasional Reader 8/18/2020 5:53:02 PM

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