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bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
It extra super doesn't matter because the law has already fulfilled it's purpose; attacking the undesirables, owning the libs, and securing political notoriety for the governor.

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bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Hey if you want gun control laws in this country the only way it will happen is people that fail the paper bag test getting loud about how much they appreciate having guns. Open question on whether the monkey's paw curls on that one and we get explicit "only white people can have them" laws at the same time though. Mask is off on the Republicans, I think they'd drop the subtle approach with demographic work arounds like taxes and stuff and just go back to literacy test level poo poo where the local good ol' boy has to say who actually needs a gun and who doesn't.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I guess what that dude did was riding a horse, technically speaking.

Pretty sure the horse rode him.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Looking forward to the inevitable stab in the back when the other bill gets sliced, diced, pureed, folded, spindled, and mutilated in hideously drawn out bullshit negotiations before finally being ignored and not passed. This will, conveniently, take up the entirety of the remaining legislative agenda before midterms and ensure nothing gets done before dems lose it all.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Saw the Dune movie in theaters. Worth the cost, would pay it again. Understandable why they skipped a ton of the world building that was in the book. Would have been even longer if they put it all in, though there were enough two-second nod and wink scenes/background pieces/choices of phrasing there for people that already knew those details to show it was not forgotten, just passed over.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Do you really get the self defense line when you illegally own a firearm that you transport across state lines to an event that you not only know, and anticipate, there to be violence at but where you specifically seek out those situations at?

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
I'll believe Bannon suffers any consequences six months after he's been locked up and even then it would be in better living conditions than half the country has.

Then he'll write a book (pay a ghost writer) about it and make more money than they do as well.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
The problem is that classic fascism, like a disease that got blasted with tons and tons of antibiotics, has mutated. Modern surviving strains don't really go in for the "bullet in the head of every and all political opposition as soon as I can do a coup" approach anymore. Like any good disease they've tempered the stuff that results in quick, showy deaths as that kills the host population too fast before they can solidify a foothold to circulate within and then the disease burns itself out.

The hatred and desire for murder of all their same targets is still there, and is still the end goal, it's just kept on the down-low for a bit longer to cement control. The immediate goals of fascist now are stuff like the judiciary and law enforcement apparatus so the law can give them license to do what they want while still being "legal" and leaving enough fig leafs that the people who are very, very purposefully ignorant of reality can still claim they "don't see what the big deal is you're just over reacting it's only a joke can't you take a joke haha look at you being super serious why so serious owned much lib?"

Jan 6 was a bit of a problem for the current strain infecting the US, they gave away the game. I don't expect more of that or big flashy government overthrowing type stuff. I don't expect us to get a single, shining moment we can point to where the takeover started and everyone had an obvious choice to make. It's just going to be a years long slide of a thousand paper cuts as more and more of the poo poo like gerrymandering and the destruction of the voting rights act gets implemented and everything gets more and more miserable and hate-filled.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

At least Idaho and Florida are considering ending vaccine mandates, period. Could we see polio and diphtheria make a comeback? Who knows!

Look, there's libs to own. We have to prove how their tyrannical over reach with vaccines will cause a socialism and if kids end up in iron lungs along the way well that's just a price they're willing to pay.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Can we just jump right to the point where these people take themselves off in to the jungle and start drinking Flavor-Aid? Would save the rest of us so, so much trouble.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Midjack posted:

When your adversarial prosecutor is that pathetic I guess the defense can do a premature victory lap with little risk of blowback.

There's also the security in knowing that even things go totally off the rails for the legal system of America and he spends time behind bars, it will be extremely minimal and probably the most lucrative thing that could happen to Rittenhouse. That kid is going to make loving bank off being a hero to the fascist persecution complex. His future as a Fox talking head is guaranteed with this and he'll be giving speeches at CPAC for life.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Discussion Quorum posted:

waste so much money

I mean sure if your goal was to get elected you could consider it a waste. The legions of consultants probably have different opinions on this though and guess what's more important to the people with the money?

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

BUG JUG posted:

Oklahoma National Guard Rejecting Vaccine Mandate

How is this even a thing and how long until the OKNG gets federalized and ordered to get the vaccine?

There's much better law speakers and NG-knowers here than me so take my statements for what their worth. I believe that scorched earth "screw you do what I say" tactic is possible, just politically messy. It would absolutely send the message that needs to be sent in this situation though so I'm frustrated it hasn't happened. Everyone who is going to scream about it is already screaming about blood of tyrants and itching to do January 6th 2.0 so gently caress them, put them in their places or fire them all.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

I've read that rear end cancer is a pretty terrible way to die, so if it happens to him because of his own ego I'm all for the poetic justice of him being loving dead.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

CainFortea posted:

I know they can, I'm just saying he's a big wimp who wouldn't. I still think he would get it done though, because he is even more afraid of dying.

Eh, I always figured that was cancelled out by his titanic ego and narcissism. He's so brain broke he believes his own lies and he lies all the time about being a perfect physical specimen with the best genes of anybody on the planet with no medical problems and perfect scores, the best scores, all the doctors say so.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Proud Christian Mom posted:

insane right wingers go looking for a fight, starting to lose and blasting their way out of it is self-defense you say

Given how the chud-o-sphere is reacting to this and the speaking deals/loving blow jobs he's already got lined up on the Tucker Carlson White Power Hour it's going to happen a lot more often.

Welcome to the future.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Yes I do have growing fears that he's running again in 2024. A good headline.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Oxygenpoisoning posted:

Andrew Torba, the guy who runs GAB, declared this an attack on white Christians.

At this point in their rhetoric anything and everything is an attack on white Christians. Not attacking them is an attack because you're just trying to make them look bad when they retaliate for it.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

piL posted:

What's a DV charge?

domestic violence

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
Cult preacher 101.

The outsider is trying to do thing X! (where the value for X is a naturally occurring negative event) Be on your guard, stay faithful! If it happens I have unique special insight follow me. If it doesn't your actions stopped it because of my unique special insight follow me.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
It's Hellworld 2021. Given where we are a Twitter CEO that ruthlessly exploits everyone and everything around them strictly for the most money is an improvement over Jack "Nazi-coddler" Dorsey.

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bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

maffew buildings posted:

https://twitter.com/kylekulinski/status/1465851987061358596?s=21

Really too bad that after this, the reps who aided the insurrectionists, Gosar posting a video where anime him killed AOC, etc that Congress leadership can literally do nothing about any of this behavior from Congress members

I mean, yeah? They are proud. They got the result they wanted. Next time they'll go further. Nothing is stopping them and it's what they want.

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