When the going gets tough...

Botch

JohnInCarolina said:

This one’s for you, @dmchicago

Thank you for the incredible boost to my weight loss program.  Given the size of the traitor, and his McD's diet, and the visualizations of my sick mind, I won't be able to eat for days.  
(and I doubt the above is truly authentic...)  

dmchicago

JohnInCarolina said:

https://twitter.com/4lisaguerrero/status/1483231802735009792?s=20

JohnInCarolina

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1483633733890682882?s=20

nolaegghead

JFC.  Hilarious that you have a Russian troll flaggot John.

Kayak

JohnInCarolina said:

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1483633733890682882?s=20

Jesus Christ! Agreeing with Tucker Carlson! I'm not likely to agree with anything else he says, thankfully'

nolaegghead

Looks like, while Hitler and the Axis lost WWII, fascism actually won decades later in Russia.

Kayak

nolaegghead said:

Looks like, while Hitler and the Axis lost WWII, fascism actually won decades later in Russia.

You should be careful throwing the Hitler slurs around. The folks we're backing in Ukraine are pretty loud and proud of their preferences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/15/ukraines-ultra-right-militias-are-challenging-the-government-to-a-showdown/

Since that article was written, they've moved into the mainstream military and some branches of the government.

nolaegghead

Kayak said:

nolaegghead said:

Looks like, while Hitler and the Axis lost WWII, fascism actually won decades later in Russia.

You should be careful throwing the Hitler slurs around. The folks we're backing in Ukraine are pretty loud and proud of their preferences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/15/ukraines-ultra-right-militias-are-challenging-the-government-to-a-showdown/

Since that article was written, they've moved into the mainstream military and some branches of the government.

That's a good point.  Ukraine's sovereignty definitely suffers threats from right wing Ukrainian fascism as well as right wing Russian nationalism.   That they fight each other makes for a rough road for the Ukranian people. 

My point is that Russia is currently a fascist government and it encourages fascism because it counters Western style democratic republics, which are perceived as their enemy.   The link to Hitler is purely historical.

Kayak

nolaegghead said:

Kayak said:

nolaegghead said:

Looks like, while Hitler and the Axis lost WWII, fascism actually won decades later in Russia.

You should be careful throwing the Hitler slurs around. The folks we're backing in Ukraine are pretty loud and proud of their preferences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/15/ukraines-ultra-right-militias-are-challenging-the-government-to-a-showdown/

Since that article was written, they've moved into the mainstream military and some branches of the government.

That's a good point.  Ukraine's sovereignty definitely suffers threats from right wing Ukrainian fascism as well as right wing Russian nationalism.   That they fight each other makes for a rough road for the Ukranian people. 

My point is that Russia is currently a fascist government and it encourages fascism because it counters Western style democratic republics, which are perceived as their enemy.   The link to Hitler is purely historical.

Hmmm. That position would have to be proven. I’m trying to think who it was that helped overthrow the democratically elected government of Ukraine in 2014? Who was it that interfered in the governments of somewhere north of 40 countries since WWII? Who has military facilities in over 700 locations around the world, and who has less than a dozen? Who encircles whom?

I don’t believe that their gov’t is virtuous vs ours, but they have the right to defend themselves, and a buffer against NATO seems like a reasonable strategy. Especially when both of our political parties seem determined to start a war with a well armed nation like them and China.

I personally think we choose our military enemies strictly on the basis of who our economic competitors are, and not because they are evil and we are good. War is a racket, you might say.

dmchicago

A noun a verb and $9-11. 

JohnInCarolina

Can a senile old man hold a press conference for nearly two hours?  Asking for a friend…

dmchicago

JohnInCarolina said:

Can a senile old man hold a press conference for nearly two hours?  Asking for a friend…

Well, he's a robot programed by Soros, so...

dmchicago

fishlessman

dmchicago said:

when i read that, somehow walsh was whispering creepily the second part

dbCooper

Interesting article shedding light on those most likely to spread misinformation and their reason(s) for doing so. 

@JohnInCarolina The authors are connected to Duke.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/14/we-found-the-one-group-of-americans-who-are-most-likely-to-spread-fake-news-526973

lousubcap

@dbCooper - good read.  Thanks for posting.

nolaegghead

The fairly recent history (before covid) of anti-vaxxers were primarily elite (rich) west coast liberals and what started that modern post-dark-age trend was a flawed, published article on the relationship between autism and MMR vaccination (a paper that has been long rejected and retracted).  Andrew Wakefield and 12 of his colleagues published a case series in the Lancet that created the seeds of much of what we see today, including a resurgence of previously controlled disease.

People who like chaos (think Steve Banon) do cross political lines and have been posting the real "fake news".  The berating of news organizations and government have real world trust at a low point in the public eye.  The environment is easy to instill a feeling of "reasonable doubt" (which isn't necessarily reasonable) in public sentiment.

JohnInCarolina

dbCooper said:

Interesting article shedding light on those most likely to spread misinformation and their reason(s) for doing so. 

@JohnInCarolina The authors are connected to Duke.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/14/we-found-the-one-group-of-americans-who-are-most-likely-to-spread-fake-news-526973

Thanks for posting that and tagging me.  I don't know of either author, but this seems like an interesting study/findings for sure.

JohnInCarolina

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1484332491695554561?s=20

Yep, it’s a mystery!

nolaegghead

That guy must resonate with the clueless.

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman

im beginning to think fox news keeps tucker and hannity around for the extreme far right and the democrats, does anybody else keep track of those two.....

JohnInCarolina

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1484354265946607626?s=20

dmchicago

I guess better for him to pick “wall” to riff on. 

Could’ve been “bang”. 

fishlessman

found nolas "cat toys",   they are right behind that stolen box on the right

nolaegghead

"We need a cleanup on Underpass 4!"

Gulfcoastguy

In the old days trains hired armed guards who would shoot robbers.

nolaegghead

Gulfcoastguy said:

In the old days trains hired armed guards who would shoot robbers.

...back when there were stagecoaches and pony express, yes

dbCooper

A political ad presently airing in Nebraska*, for the upcoming gubernatorial election.  This is not a fringe candidate, he has been endorsed by the current governor and a couple formers, along with being on the University of Nebr. Board of Regents.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRW_pqkockw

*"Honestly, it's not for everyone"   https://visitnebraska.com/press-releases/nebraska-tourism-launches-springsummer-campaign-nebraska-honestly-its-not-everyone

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

In the old days trains hired armed guards who would shoot robbers.

maybe better locks and/or powerful glitter bomb devices