October CE: Well if Herschel Walker gets to pretend to be a cop, so does Boebert.

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/lukeoneil47/status/1577062563929415680

# ¿ Oct 4, 2022 00:51

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 13:05

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

TheWeedNumber posted:

We just covered it fam. It�s wild to us too.

Ah yeah I missed the last page

# ¿ Oct 4, 2022 01:02

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1576918038422904832?s=20&t=IC3_-uCnvEHwvy-XUYcBdQ

New excess death study. Interesting. Since its based on excess would also indicate if the vaccine was killing people (as many idiots claim).

This is a pretty clear cut demonstration that the politicization of anti-vaxx rhetoric has a real substantial bodycount.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2022 11:41

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

BadOptics posted:

Lol. Forgetting about 2 buck chuck. Also, while stationed in Korea I mostly drank wine because for some reason it wasn't rationed like beer/hard liquor was.

Edit: Not to mean this as anti-Fetterman, just it's kind of a dumb tweet.

Edit 2: Big news!!!

https://twitter.com/NeilBreen/status/1577035864881840128

Its... weird, to drink wine at a football tailgate.

Kind of like someone crusing bud light cans in a tux alongside everyone with brandy and cigars out. It's not forbidden but def out of place.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2022 17:04

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

A.o.D. posted:

There's nothing wrong with drinking wine at a tailgate. The outlier is the wine glass. You drink that poo poo out of a solo cup just like all of the other degenerates.

Yeah definitely.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2022 18:50

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1577740437145649154

# ¿ Oct 5, 2022 23:41

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1577752843792138244?s=20&t=QJyApp4agEVYoLnG4kc6pw

# ¿ Oct 6, 2022 08:42

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Woodchip posted:

Guessing this will end up at the SC and a 6-3 decision

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1577786591401107456?s=46&t=yxL6zi9fnZBrpNHXBpcmnA

I wish congress would just settle this poo poo. (difficult I know)

# ¿ Oct 6, 2022 15:15

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Growing up the oilfield fab/welding shop I worked in would give out raises like 3x per year, drug test the next week, fire everyone that failed (like 20% of the workers) and then re-hire them at their pre-raise pay level a week later. poo poo was like clockwork, never understood why some kept falling for it.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2022 01:09

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

ASAPI posted:

Uvalde just suspended their ISD police force. Like, ALL of them. They are requesting State Troopers in the meantime until they can figure out what to do with their force.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/us/uvalde-police-department-suspended/index.html

While it is a step towards accountability, I am confused why this step took so long. Wouldn't it have been easier to do this when school wasn't in session?

I'm going to guess lawsuits were about to force their hand / make things a lot worse if they didnt but that is entirely a hunch with zero evidence.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2022 19:10

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Immanentized posted:

Local poo poo:
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/04/colorado-schools-heidi-ganahl-students-cat-claims/

I work in a specialty learning center in Aurora 2x a week and we had a parent force entry into the school to search for litterboxes Friday after listening to this chud, leading to a partial lockdown and several of our ND students requiring medical transport. Which of course their families will likely be billed for. This is on top of our trans students dealing with harassment from students and parents caught up in the culture poo poo. No suicides to date, but a handful of attempts logged at a partner school.

Love that the GOP is using children as fulcrum in their insurgency.

This same poo poo happened in RI a few weeks ago.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2022 22:42

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

One country 2 systems went so well last time

# ¿ Oct 10, 2022 22:06

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

ASAPI posted:

Ha! I love this poo poo. Just a few years ago I had a co-worker say that something like this was impossible. It's not like we had to invent technology to do this, we just had to try.

I can't wait for space mining and blowing huge rocks out of the solar system.

If it leads to O'Neill Cylinders and Gundams then I am so here for it.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2022 20:11

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Cugel the Clever posted:

After Feb., I'm increasingly unwilling to give the benefit of the doubt to those on the left who seem to harbor greater hatred for liberals than the fascist.

Not at all trying to be argumentative / dismissive here but how many of these types of people actually exist in meaningful number beyond twitter and the extremely online?

I think most of us on SA are much more highly exposed to this type of behavior than most so I am curious.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2022 17:54

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

CommieGIR posted:

Yeah, the stuff they got from the Secret Service is damning. They knew. Everyone knew

https://twitter.com/JaxAlemany/status/1580623843726458881?s=20&t=8DqzFNy7PRJQaTfbFbcBwg

Who are these from - to?

# ¿ Oct 13, 2022 19:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

facialimpediment posted:

Also, new footage here, the governmental higher-ups essentially bunkering and trying to get ANYONE involved during the actual insurrection.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1580636676484833281

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1580637540960243713

Jesus despite like weeks of run up where it seemed that something like this was going to at least be attempted they seem loving lost.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2022 20:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Crab Dad posted:

Hrm. I think they took their shot and DC will not be loving around if a group forms up again to try this.

At least for the next couple voting cycles.

Depends on if the next president decides to actively impede that process?

# ¿ Oct 13, 2022 20:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

bulletsponge13 posted:

This is being disingenuous. Using this logic, we are bombing the Houthi and committing genocide around the world. Selling arms to a belligerent =/= being an active participant.

Again, Iran hasn't done poo poo that we haven't. They are playing the exact same game we are, but because they aren't America.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2022 12:08

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/PirateSkyProd/status/1582820789203582977?s=20&t=6wE-4DZ3EJgHHliXnv1Ybg

# ¿ Oct 19, 2022 21:14

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://www.rawstory.com/rebels-run/

quote:

An attempt to make a Confederacy-promoting right-wing super hero movie has reportedly "ended in disaster" after $1 million in funders' money has gone completely missing.

The Daily Beast's Will Sommer reports that the planned movie, called "Rebel's Run," was based on a comic book character created by far-right blogger Vox Day that features a hero named Rebel who is "sometimes depicted in a Confederate flag bustier" and who fights against "a global police force hunting down freethinking conservatives."

The film's troubles started when Day, whose given name is Theodore Beale, decided to use a Utah-based firm called Ohana Capital Financial to hold the $1 million he'd raised in donations for the movie in escrow.

Beale went with Ohana because it was a rare financial institution who would do business with him given his long history of unabashed racism and sexism.

The trouble, as Sommer writes, is that Ohana appears to have been a sham institution set up by a con artist.

"Ohana was the creation of James Wolfgramm, a self-described cryptocurrency billionaire who posted pictures of sports cars that supposedly belonged to him on social media," he writes. "But in fact, according to a federal indictment filed last month, Wolfgramm�s wealth was a sham. The sports car pictures, for example, were pulled from other websites. Wolfgramm�s business also sold what were billed as high-tech cryptocurrency mining rigs � but those too were a hoax, according to prosecutors, with their screens just running on a loop to create the illusion of mine."

Day told disappointed supporters recently that their money had, in fact, gone missing while under Wolfgramm's care.

"I wouldn�t count on us getting the money back," said Day, who also baselessly claimed that the theft was part of a grander plot "intended to break our community."

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 16:47

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

shame on an IGA posted:

Ohana means ~~family~~ fourteen words

hahah poo poo

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 19:51

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Stultus Maximus posted:

The difference between a major party condemning or at least remaining silent vs embracing and encouraging is indeed worse.

Eh Reagan press sec and a buncha staffers / a few congressmen would openly laugh when reporters would try to bring up AIDS stuff and use it to poke fun at the reporter by asking why they were so curious. Happened for years.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 21:28

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1583514039787094017?s=20&t=NbC0WLGdBUShOOBWtFVWGA

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 19:17

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

ASAPI posted:

Well, THAT is going to be an interesting day of either, "I am taking the 5th" or word salad followed by a riot of some sort.

My initial thought is that he refuses to show but I got nothing to support that other than a hunch.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 19:54

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/mstratford/status/1583585212025696256

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 23:43

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Stuff like this could easily just be a hitpiece so take with grain of salt but Jayapal is supposedly lovely to her staff. Fits that pattern at least.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/pramila-jayapal-staff-treatment

quote:

Despite the fact that Jayapal is one of the highest-profile progressives in DC and the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, 14 former staffers from throughout her nearly five years in Congress describe a dysfunctional and volatile workplace. There is, they said, a serious disconnect between how she talks about workers� rights and how she treats her own staff. The conversations with former staff members, all granted anonymity to speak candidly due to the insular nature of Capitol Hill and fears of retaliation, reveal an especially harsh office with a boss whose treatment of workers runs contrary to the public expectations she has set for others.

In interviews with BuzzFeed News, they described Jayapal as a boss who berated staff in front of others, demanded grueling hours, and maintained an office culture marked by constantly changing expectations and little tolerance for error, to the extent that some staffers sought therapy and questioned their careers in public service. Since taking office, Jayapal has had one of the highest staff turnover rates in the House, due in large part, former employees said, to the unrealistic standards she sets. �It's not sustainable to be able to stay for too long,� one said.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2022 18:12

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Crab Dad posted:

So I guess I�m buying Addis next time I need some runners.

Good on them.

https://twitter.com/amore_orless/status/1584645507871256578

# ¿ Oct 25, 2022 19:15

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

I read the Nike tweet entirely as a joke and did not post it as a for real criticism of Adidas in any way. I too would be more likely to buy from Adidas in the near future based on them dropping Kanye.

Sadly, those kids working in the factory are more likely to get polio at the rate things are goin.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1584945057169166343?s=20&t=OX1tqJgMjBuCF2o49zfMtA

# ¿ Oct 25, 2022 19:52

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

A.o.D. posted:

Oh no, I'm definitely genx.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2022 11:47

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Twitter off to a good start.

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1585808070466076673

If you're morbidly curious, search the N word. It's... a lot.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2022 12:18

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Tiny Timbs posted:

I thought we'd have to wait for the folks responsible for keeping a lid on that to get fired but I guess Elon must have sent out a memo

He fired the head of Trust and Safety yesterday.

e:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/27/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover

quote:

Shortly after taking the helm of Twitter, Musk reportedly ousted several senior figures, including Agrawal; Ned Segal, the chief financial officer; and Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust and safety.

Agrawal and Segal were in Twitter�s San Francisco headquarters when the deal closed and were escorted out, Reuters reported.

That Works fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Oct 28, 2022

# ¿ Oct 28, 2022 12:26

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

This would be a lot funnier if the results mattered less.

https://twitter.com/srl/status/1585651369435856901?s=20&t=8Av20dX14h436W0R53P8zg

# ¿ Oct 28, 2022 12:53

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Cugel the Clever posted:

Goons: "I don't appreciate that we're now sharing the forums with Stormfront and they're over there explicitly lusting for the death of undesirables."
Others: "Woah, let's not get political. This smells like forum drama so everyone stfu."

Also spotted from goons themselves in one of the Eve threads, where someone quoted another's explicit genocide denial/encouragement and was met with a half dozen replies of "uhh, this is a space fantasy game, let's leave politics out of it." Some people just don't think twice about breaking bread with cryptofascists.

I want to say the nice part of that eve saga was the goon in question was immediately discussed by the goon corp and booted the next day. I was part of that and one of the people that complained about the goon in question to people running the show.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2022 17:17

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

What the gently caress?

Super crowded parade for Halloween, some kind of stampede.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2022 20:54

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

MA-Horus posted:

I don't understand how halloween turned into such a loving thing in 10 years, it was pretty much entirely the foreigner crowd that used to celebrate it.

A friend was posting pictures of halloween celebrations and he's in Seoul, I'm hoping he's just offline right now.

I am not sure if it�s really the cause or not but a pretty popular K drama itaewon class, Featured Halloween in Itaewon As a focal point of the story

# ¿ Oct 30, 2022 01:40

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

kupachek posted:

Twenty years ago (as in, 2002) StormFront was quite active and was a concern beyond "fringe", even with the lower numbers compared to now when so many people are connected online. SF was a bridge between communities, for every member that was online there were was a fuckload more of them meeting in backyards and parks for barbeques and coordinating.

No offense intended, but it kind of feels like you're looking back at a period with a slanted nostalgic view because you were unaware of the garbage at the time, much like how youngin's decide that an arbitrary prior year was "better" based on what they've learned from media or what they remember from being young. An idyllic picture is formed that is false and incomplete.

Hell it was common enough known to make it into the plot for American History X (1998). A plot point there was the neo-nazis being loving thrilled that the internet was allowing them to organize and build better than ever before.

I know it's Hollywood and all but its worth noting that it was enough of a real thing in 1998 to be a viable plot point that I don't think anyone would have viewed as a stretch of the imagination. Couple that to FBI warnings of white supremacist infiltration of police departments 14 years ago...

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 18:54

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

This thread was like yesterday morning, before 6am this morning GayPelosi etc was trending and had been hashtagged like 40,000 times etc.

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1586740957000728577?s=20&t=-NZDGXrdgz3ScKGdDfB8Wg

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1586741093839900672?s=20&t=-NZDGXrdgz3ScKGdDfB8Wg

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1586741875549114370?s=20&t=-NZDGXrdgz3ScKGdDfB8Wg

Basically outlining how the guy now running twitter can push misinformation that basically passes no scruitiny and now will be the dominant counter narrative to an attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House.

e: they wrote a longer article discussing all of this.

https://www.mediamatters.org/fake-news/right-wing-ecosystem-created-paul-pelosi-conspiracy-theory

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 21:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

hypnophant posted:

Tulsi Gabbard was considered progressive

Doubt.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 21:46

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

hypnophant posted:

You may not have thought so, but she endorsed Bernie in 2016, which was considered a yardstick of progressivism at the time

You may have thought that endorsing Bernie waves a magic wand bestowing the title of "progressive" but Tulsi was in no way one despite that.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html

quote:

During her run for state legislature in 2002, Gabbard told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, �Working with my father, Mike Gabbard, and others to pass a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage, I learned that real leaders are willing to make personal sacrifices for the common good. I will bring that attitude of public service to the legislature.� The quote, which CNN�s KFile found during a review of Gabbard�s early career, shows how closely she aligned herself with her father�s mission at the time.

quote:

Listed among Gabbard�s past work in the profile by the Honolulu newspaper was her work at The Alliance for Traditional Marriage.

A CNN KFile review of the organization�s website, which is archived on the Internet Archive�s Wayback Machine, uncovers the organization supported controversial gay conversion therapy, which treats homosexuality as a mental illness that can be fixed.

quote:

�This war of deception and hatred against my mom is being waged by homosexual activists because they know, that if elected, she will not allow them to force their values down the throats of the children in our schools,� Gabbard is quoted as saying.

Tulsi Gabbard�s anti-gay efforts continued after she became a state representative.

Shortly after Gabbard announced her presidential ambitions Friday, her testimony at a hearing opposing a civil unions bill in 2004 resurfaced.

�To try to act as if there is a difference between �civil unions� and same-sex marriage is dishonest, cowardly and extremely disrespectful to the people of Hawaii,� Gabbard said at the time. �As Democrats we should be representing the views of the people, not a small number of homosexual extremists.�

Now, the once anti-gay always flirting with the right-wing "progressive" Tulsi has left the party for more familiar waters.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 22:38

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 13:05

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Kamel posted:

If by barbecues, you mean cross burnings, then yes.

White supremacy has been part of American politics since before the states were united and has been violent most of that time. White supremacists enjoy a broad base of support at every level of power. Stormfront was merely an early online venture of a large, established movement. Communism on the other hand has never been much more than a scare word in America.

I can't think of a more toothless group of folks than tankies. A tiny subset of contrarians from the left, which is already pretty powerless. If you think the DSA of all things is "stormfront 10 years ago" I don't know what to tell you.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 22:42

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