Precambrian Video Games posted:

Tom Friedman writes that he's troubled by Gaza protests because they're not condeming Hamas or specific Israeli government policies (lol).

Bret Stephens writes an extremely I'm not mad column sarcastically thanking campus protestors for giving him moral clarity into his zionism.

Neither are worth reading but the cowards also disabled comments on both (free speach!!!)

www.seattletimes.com - Wed, 08 May 2024 posted:

Re: “Respect the boundary between ‘Momala’ and vice president” [May 2, Opinion]:

Columnist Charles Blow zoomed past reality when he took offense to the fact that after Vice President Kamala Harris shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” that her blended Jewish family affectionately calls her “Momala,” Barrymore told Harris, “We need you to be Momala of the country.”

This term has nothing to do with being a “mammy” or a “nanny” or a subservient caregiver.

Every Jewish person grew up with a very strong and demanding “Momala.”

Jewish moms shape the future. Jewish moms command respect and earn love. Every Jewish child lives for one purpose — make Momala proud.

Momala Harris, just like all Jewish moms, Black moms and all matriarchy legacies of every ethnic heritage, is elevated by being tenderly respected as “Momala Harris.”

My Momala would be very proud of me for defending that moniker. Momalas are never fooled and they know where to draw the line.

These days we need a respected Momala within the White House walls reminding us all to do the right thing.

I pity Blow because he has to answer to his Momala. I can see her “don’t you ever …” finger-wagging warning now.

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Al! posted:

drew barrymore was trying to call her a mamaluke, which is very offensive

Eason the Fifth posted:

mawarannahr posted:

‘Momala’: Defending a beloved moniker

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/d_boeckner/status/1789118956025839981?t=HfJQBf49unM3o4VmYIZaqQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/christiolson/status/1788812754406568131?t=Bg5cfWRTbpLhc1uMUHItIg&s=19

Davethulhu posted:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cancel-culture-free-speech-poll.html

Orange Devil posted:

The right to speak your mind without fear of being shamed or shunned. Where is that in the bill of rights again, exactly?

Davethulhu posted:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cancel-culture-free-speech-poll.html

quote:

. If Mr. Biden wants to serve another four years, he has to stop being dragged to the left and chart a different course closer to the center that appeals to those voters who favor bipartisan compromises to our core issues, fiscal discipline and a strong America.

Zokari posted:

wow an op-ed telling a democratic president to move right? now i've seen everything

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

he's just too far left, like when he gets lost trying to leave a stage.

brugroffil posted:

He tried a bipartisan right wing compromise on immigration and the Republicans blew it up

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/d_boeckner/status/1789118956025839981?t=HfJQBf49unM3o4VmYIZaqQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/christiolson/status/1788812754406568131?t=Bg5cfWRTbpLhc1uMUHItIg&s=19

joepinetree posted:

november excuse has already dropped

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/opinion/joe-biden-swing-voters.html

quote:

Eighty-three percent of voters want shoplifting laws to be enforced strictly

Precambrian Video Games posted:

lol that poll says it's a 78/90 partisan split. Honestly could not have predicted that this one issue would have such overwhelming bipartisan support.

(the poll question was a binary choice between strict and lax enforcement)

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/d_boeckner/status/1789118956025839981?t=HfJQBf49unM3o4VmYIZaqQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/christiolson/status/1788812754406568131?t=Bg5cfWRTbpLhc1uMUHItIg&s=19

Nitevision posted:

Weebrews

Some Guy TT posted:

Back in April 2023, Fox News showed Tucker Carlson the door. At the time, I shared a few thoughts on his firing and offered my best guesses for his life after Fox News. Let’s see how I did.

In fact, to truly understand how far off base I was with that guess, I’m going to insist that you watch this 5:02 video by Kat Abughazaleh of Media Matters for America. She does a great job explaining just how bad the past year has been for Carlson’s career:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu6o8L6Z8Ak

Rarely am I happy to say I was wrong, but this is certainly one very pleasant exception. I was wrong. Carlson’s career has taken a massive hit since leaving Fox. Sure, he’s still a millionaire many times over. And yes, he still has millions of fans. That’s nothing to sneeze at, for sure. But this is a man that people, myself included, used to think might one day become (a horrible, tyrannical) president. He’s just a year removed from being one of the most influential political voices in the country, and that’s just wild to me.

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Lol

nypost.com - Sun, 12 May 2024 posted:

It seems no one is safe on the streets of the Big Apple these days — not even beloved hometown actor and Brooklyn native Steve Buscemi.

Buscemi, 66, was strolling through Kips Bay last week when a brute walked up and struck the “Boardwalk Empire” star in a broad-daylight attack — one of the latest unprovoked assaults in the five boroughs, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The actor suffered swelling to his face and left eye and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, his deranged assailant took off and is still on the lam, police sources said.

“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” Buscemi’s publicist said in a statement to The Post.

“He is OK and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to him while also walking the streets of New York.”

Cops said the random attack happened around 11:48 a.m. Wednesday in front of 369 Third Ave.

“I saw he was with a woman, and then through the corner of the window I saw him trip and fall backwards,” a worker in the area who witnessed part of the assault told The Post. “He right away got up and ran in the opposite direction. I didn’t see who hit him.

“It worries me for when we close because we close at 11 and it can get scary around that time,” said the woman, who asked to be identified only as Nat. 

The NYPD released surveillance photos of the alleged attacker, a bearded man wearing a baseball cap, a blue T-shirt and black sweatpants.

The actor, a former FDNY firefighter, has a movie career that has spanned four decades, and includes roles in award-winning films like “Fargo” and “Reservoir Dogs.”

Buscemi earned wide acclaim for his portrayal of corrupt Atlantic City pol Enoch “Nucky” Thompson in the hit HBO series “Boardwalk Empire.”

Last week’s unprovoked attack makes him the second actor from the popular series to fall victim to random New York City street violence this year.

On March 31, actor Michael Stuhbarg, who played gangster Arnold Rothstein on the show, was out for a run on the Upper East Side when he was struck in the back of the neck with a rock.

The NYPD arrested a deranged vagrant, Xavier Israel, 27, in the assault, which took place around 7:45 p.m. near East 90th Street and East Drive.

Israel had previously been arrested for assault and robbery in 2022.

Stuhlbarg chased after the thug, who ran into the hands of police stationed outside the Russian Consulate.

Meanwhile, an NYPD spokesperson said Sunday that Buscemi’s attacker remains at large.

Buscemi has been a beloved figure in his native New York and famously rushed to the site of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terror attacks to join his former fire company, Engine 55.

The former Emmy Award winner was one of New York’s Bravest in the 1980s.

In 2021, he dressed up as a character he played in the hit show “30 Rock” to hand out candy to children on Halloween from a stoop in Park Slope.

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Lol