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Uncle fester wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:40 pm

Biffer wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:23 pm

laurent wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:09 pm The Onion bought Infowars , looks like things are getting interesting in the US...

That even sounds like an Onion article.

They're planning to relaunch as a parody site taking the shit out of people like Jones. A few more years and I'll have trouble following what's real anymore.

It's real.
The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/ ... re_btn_url

Maybe I'm not understanding what Infowars is but have they just paid money for a YouTube channel that has the name Infowars?
How does this help? Jones will just start up a different channel and his fan base will move over there.

Uncle fester wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:42 pm RFK has health.

epwc wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:45 pm

Uncle fester wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:42 pm RFK has health.

Tragedy

fishfoodie wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:55 pm

epwc wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:45 pm

Uncle fester wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:42 pm RFK has health.

Tragedy

Ah well; maybe a few hundred thousand children dying unnecessarily will be enough to move the dial ..... but then again

Elon just posted this list of government waste and all I can think of is that episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer gets fired from a job he doesn't actually have by a man who points out to him that he exhibits no sign of understanding the industry he's in

I have no idea what I'm even looking at here

tabascoboy wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:46 am https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.b ... xxompcpc23

So bluesky posts won't embed...?

Elon just posted this list of government waste and all I can think of is that episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer gets fired from a job he doesn't actually have by a man who points out to him that he exhibits no sign of understanding the industry he's in

I have no idea what I'm even looking at here

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:04 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:46 am https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.b ... xxompcpc23

So bluesky posts won't embed...?

Elon just posted this list of government waste and all I can think of is that episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer gets fired from a job he doesn't actually have by a man who points out to him that he exhibits no sign of understanding the industry he's in

I have no idea what I'm even looking at here

Seems Musk drinks even more than the tramp on the bench outside my local.

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:57 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:04 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:46 am https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.b ... xxompcpc23

So bluesky posts won't embed...?

Seems Musk drinks even more than the tramp on the bench outside my local.

He ingests champion quantities of ketamine if reports are to be believed.

Democratic Senators Jack Reed & Jeanne Shaheen are urging a probe into Elon Musk's alleged contacts with Russian officials, including Putin, over national security concerns. With Musk's SpaceX holding major Pentagon contracts, they demand the DOJ & Pentagon investigate if these ties warrant exclusion from future government projects. Musk denies recent talks with Putin, claiming his security clearance remains intact.

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:18 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:57 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:04 pm

Seems Musk drinks even more than the tramp on the bench outside my local.

He ingests champion quantities of ketamine if reports are to be believed.

By reports, you mean the words from his own mouth ?

He, I believe the term is; "Self-Medicates"

It's too much to hope he'll drown in a hot tub like whats-his-name from Friends.

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:52 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:18 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:57 pm

He ingests champion quantities of ketamine if reports are to be believed.

By reports, you mean the words from his own mouth ?

He, I believe the term is; "Self-Medicates"

It's too much to hope he'll drown in a hot tub like whats-his-name from Friends.

I know he's open about the fact of using, but I'm not aware of him having been particularly open about the sheer amount of it he supposedly gets through.

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:58 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:52 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:18 pm

By reports, you mean the words from his own mouth ?

He, I believe the term is; "Self-Medicates"

It's too much to hope he'll drown in a hot tub like whats-his-name from Friends.

I know he's open about the fact of using, but I'm not aware of him having been particularly open about the sheer amount of it he supposedly gets through.

It should be irrelevant, because he's abusing a prescription drug, & that alone should prohibit him holding any position in Government, same as any other Joe who got caught with a random drug test.

Niegs wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:41 am Thought this small bit (time stamped) from a youtuber (an American who's lived in the UK for more than a decade) was interesting re: being inundated by political ads and misleading attack ads.

epwc wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:03 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vl63pzpwzo

Fox News presenter as defence secretary?

epwc wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:30 pm Makes perfect sense

fishfoodie wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:47 pm

epwc wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:30 pm Makes perfect sense

Well he isn't a blonde scrubber with fake tits, that looks like his daughter, so he isn't the perfect pick ....

epwc wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:48 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:47 pm

epwc wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:30 pm Makes perfect sense

Well he isn't a blonde scrubber with fake tits, that looks like his daughter, so he isn't the perfect pick ....

You can’t always get what you want…

Flockwitt wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:19 am While the US Presidency may have devolved into the proverbial chocolate mess we do still have and maintain rules and at #1:

JM2K6 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:48 am She looks like she's an AI composite of every Friday night scene in Newcastle, you guys need better standards

JM2K6 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:48 am She looks like she's an AI composite of every Friday night scene in Newcastle, you guys need better standards

Slick wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:44 am

JM2K6 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:48 am She looks like she's an AI composite of every Friday night scene in Newcastle, you guys need better standards

A coat? AI is still shit.

Kiwias wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:21 pm Trump still trying to find the lowest possible candidate for a cabinet position.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/19/poli ... index.html

fishfoodie wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:26 pm

Kiwias wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:21 pm Trump still trying to find the lowest possible candidate for a cabinet position.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/19/poli ... index.html

She's a fuckload better candidate that most of the ones he's already named.

I'm almost sure she can count to 11 without taking off her shoes & socks, & I'm not aware of her every being accused of raping anyone.

Kiwias wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:45 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:26 pm

Kiwias wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:21 pm Trump still trying to find the lowest possible candidate for a cabinet position.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/19/poli ... index.html

She's a fuckload better candidate that most of the ones he's already named.

I'm almost sure she can count to 11 without taking off her shoes & socks, & I'm not aware of her every being accused of raping anyone.

I don’t know that I would go as far as saying she is a fuckload better but your point is taken.

fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:08 am Let's not pretend that these nominations are serious; they're mostly about finding where the buckle point is for the GOP.

A promise from the the Traitor is worth the square root of fuck all; but it's a useful exercise for him to find out where the line is for what the GOP will sign off on, & where they'll balk.

If they sign off on them all; then he can run for a 3rd, a 4th term & they'll do nothing, & say nothing.

If the GOP says Gaetz is unacceptable, but RFK Jr somehow is, or they negotiate between them; then he knows; or rather the scum working thru him know, where the lines are, & who in the GOP are the people they need to get onside on appointments etc.

This is still going to be a fucking awful 4 years for the US, & the rest of us.

Kiwias wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:27 am

Kiwias wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:45 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:26 pm

She's a fuckload better candidate that most of the ones he's already named.

I'm almost sure she can count to 11 without taking off her shoes & socks, & I'm not aware of her every being accused of raping anyone.

I don’t know that I would go as far as saying she is a fuckload better but your point is taken.

Maybe I should have used appointing Dr. Oz to be in charge of Medicaid and Medicare as my example of bottom-fishing.