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steve2470
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February 2, 2022
DeSantis is a silent ally of these Neo-Nazi fools, part of the Trump base. He is a despicable asshole.
eta2:
https://twitter.com/DawneyNP/status/1487512152692989960?s=20&t=k0b-BkdtHsk9-zGNmtflaQ
NEO-NAZIS aka National Socialist Movement out in public in Orlando.. DISGUSTING
This video was done on January 30th, I think
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1487942306439344133
eta:
As officials denounce Nazi rallies in Orlando, DeSantis accuses political opponents of smear
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-orlando-nazis-demonstration-reaction-20220131-sog5iicbuvdfpim2apkt6q74ea-story.html
Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando over the weekend drew bipartisan condemnations from state and local officials, but Gov. Ron DeSantis remained silent until Monday afternoon when he responded to a question about the rallies with a tirade against his political enemies.
So what Im going to say is these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to with do that, were not playing their game, the governor said during a press conference in Palm Beach.
He referred to the demonstrators, a group of about 20 shouting antisemitic slurs while waving Nazi flags near a UCF-area shopping plaza on Saturday and on an Interstate 4 overpass on Sunday, as some jackasses doing this on the street and said theyd be held accountable by law enforcement.
But he also accused Democrats who called for him to denounce the neo-Nazis as fellow Republican office-holders including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and state House Speaker Chris Sprowls had already done of exploiting the demonstrations for political gain, while also touting his record of support for the Jewish community and Israel.
So what Im going to say is these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to with do that, were not playing their game, the governor said during a press conference in Palm Beach.
He referred to the demonstrators, a group of about 20 shouting antisemitic slurs while waving Nazi flags near a UCF-area shopping plaza on Saturday and on an Interstate 4 overpass on Sunday, as some jackasses doing this on the street and said theyd be held accountable by law enforcement.
But he also accused Democrats who called for him to denounce the neo-Nazis as fellow Republican office-holders including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and state House Speaker Chris Sprowls had already done of exploiting the demonstrations for political gain, while also touting his record of support for the Jewish community and Israel.
DeSantis is a silent ally of these Neo-Nazi fools, part of the Trump base. He is a despicable asshole.
eta2:
https://twitter.com/DawneyNP/status/1487512152692989960?s=20&t=k0b-BkdtHsk9-zGNmtflaQ
January 18, 2022
Top of chart for ages 0-17 pediatric deaths from COVID-19: 710
Total deaths from COVID-19 in the USA so far: 834,954
IN CONTRAST:
https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/PedFluDeath.html
Chart on right hand side for pediatric influenza deaths
2020-2021 influenza season pediatric deaths: 1
2021-2022 (so far) influenza season pediatric deaths: 3
Therefore, total deaths (according to this source) is 4.
Yea, COVID-19 is JUST LIKE THE FLU /heavy sarcasm off
Quote this post next time some MAGAT idiot/antivax idiot says that seriously wrong meme.
Note: To get the precise source of those COVID-19 stats, you either have to pay up or register as a business. Since I refused to pay and I have no business, I cannot get the precise source, sorry!
710 children have died so far from COVID-19. In contrast, from 2020-2022, 4 children died from flu
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/Top of chart for ages 0-17 pediatric deaths from COVID-19: 710
Total deaths from COVID-19 in the USA so far: 834,954
IN CONTRAST:
https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/PedFluDeath.html
Chart on right hand side for pediatric influenza deaths
2020-2021 influenza season pediatric deaths: 1
2021-2022 (so far) influenza season pediatric deaths: 3
Therefore, total deaths (according to this source) is 4.
Yea, COVID-19 is JUST LIKE THE FLU /heavy sarcasm off
Quote this post next time some MAGAT idiot/antivax idiot says that seriously wrong meme.
Note: To get the precise source of those COVID-19 stats, you either have to pay up or register as a business. Since I refused to pay and I have no business, I cannot get the precise source, sorry!
January 16, 2022
Fucking psychopathic liar, con man, and grifter. If he wins in 2024 legitimately (not by alternate electors or fraud, etc), I give up on this country.
eta: More lies here from the psychopathic con man
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1482550133166329857
Trump Soft-Launches His 2024 Campaign
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/trump-arizona-rally-2024-election/621244/FLORENCE, Ariz.Tonight, deep in the Arizona desert, thousands of people chanted for Donald Trump. They had braved the wind for hourssome waited the entire dayjust to get a glimpse of the defeated former president. And when he finally appeared on stage, as Lee Greenwood played from the loudspeakers, the crowd roared as though Trump were still the commander-in-chief. To many of them, he is.
I ran twice and we won twice, Trump told his fans. "This crowd is a massive symbol of what took place, because people are hungry for the truth. They want their country back."
Tonights rally was Trumps first public event since July. On paper, the gathering was meant as his response to the anniversary of January 6, as well as an unofficial kickoff for his efforts to support Republicans in the midterm elections. But the event also served as the soft launch of Trumps 2024 presidential campaign. Although he didnt say the words, the former president seems poised to run in two yearsMake America Great Again Again Again, he joked to the crowdand tonight, his message was as clear as it was dishonest: He didnt lose to Joe Biden in 2020, and hell spend the next year working to elect Republicans who agree.
snip
An hour or so into his speech, Trump turned his attention to January 6th, calling the storming of the Capitol an excuse for Democrats to arrest people and abuse them in jail. He mocked the police officer who shot Ashley Babbitt, and the crowd cheered. He suggested that the FBI planted people in the crowd outside the Capitol to incite the riot. The real insurrection took place on election day, November 3, he added.
I ran twice and we won twice, Trump told his fans. "This crowd is a massive symbol of what took place, because people are hungry for the truth. They want their country back."
Tonights rally was Trumps first public event since July. On paper, the gathering was meant as his response to the anniversary of January 6, as well as an unofficial kickoff for his efforts to support Republicans in the midterm elections. But the event also served as the soft launch of Trumps 2024 presidential campaign. Although he didnt say the words, the former president seems poised to run in two yearsMake America Great Again Again Again, he joked to the crowdand tonight, his message was as clear as it was dishonest: He didnt lose to Joe Biden in 2020, and hell spend the next year working to elect Republicans who agree.
snip
An hour or so into his speech, Trump turned his attention to January 6th, calling the storming of the Capitol an excuse for Democrats to arrest people and abuse them in jail. He mocked the police officer who shot Ashley Babbitt, and the crowd cheered. He suggested that the FBI planted people in the crowd outside the Capitol to incite the riot. The real insurrection took place on election day, November 3, he added.
Fucking psychopathic liar, con man, and grifter. If he wins in 2024 legitimately (not by alternate electors or fraud, etc), I give up on this country.
eta: More lies here from the psychopathic con man
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1482550133166329857
January 14, 2022
Hermann Göring, infamous Nazi war criminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring
October 24, 2021: Chile's "El Mercurio" newspaper publishes a positive eulogy about Hermann Goring
( sorry about misspelling of Göring's name in the subject line, DU does not like the German font of ö )
https://twitter.com/jwbartlett92/status/1452381054355054600
Embajada de Alemania en Chile = (in English) Embassy of Germany in Chile
https://twitter.com/AlemaniaenCL/status/1452308710290870272
https://twitter.com/AlemaniaenCL/status/1452308759204831247
Google translate of Chile's German Embassy tweets:
It is not customary for the Embassy to comment on press articles in public. We just want to make it very clear: This character, H. Göring, committed crimes against humanity and was one of the pillars of the Nazi regime. (1/2)
That leaves not the slightest room to justify or minimize morally and or politically - and much less in legal terms - its nefarious role during the Nazi regime and in the Holocaust.
(2/2)
That leaves not the slightest room to justify or minimize morally and or politically - and much less in legal terms - its nefarious role during the Nazi regime and in the Holocaust.
(2/2)
Hermann Göring, infamous Nazi war criminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring
January 13, 2022
https://davidson.house.gov/
Ohio 8th Congressional District (Springfield OH)
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1481395787980582924
A few thoughts about Davidson:
1- He obviously is not Jewish
2- He has no f*****g idea WHY and HOW the Holocaust was done
3- the DC rules are to PRESERVE life, not END it
4- He probably just wants to get on FauxNews, raise campaign cash and appeal to the morons in the Rep. base
OH GOP Congressman: District of Columbia masking and proof-of-vaccine rules are like the Holocaust
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1481385473218121730https://davidson.house.gov/
Ohio 8th Congressional District (Springfield OH)
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1481395787980582924
A few thoughts about Davidson:
1- He obviously is not Jewish
2- He has no f*****g idea WHY and HOW the Holocaust was done
3- the DC rules are to PRESERVE life, not END it
4- He probably just wants to get on FauxNews, raise campaign cash and appeal to the morons in the Rep. base
January 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/jefftimmer/status/1481446837341110272
As far as I know, we have absolutely NO ONE to compete with this guy, or MTG or Boebert or Gohmert or Gym Jordan.
WI GOP State Senator: No way to prevent COVID since you "can't physically see the virus"
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1481446345579843585WI GOP State Rep. Treig Pronschinske, in support of a law banning business from requiring vaccines, says that there is no way to prevent covid since you cant physically see the virus.
https://twitter.com/jefftimmer/status/1481446837341110272
Does it hurt? Being this fucking stupid, I mean.
As far as I know, we have absolutely NO ONE to compete with this guy, or MTG or Boebert or Gohmert or Gym Jordan.
January 10, 2022
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1480336097108496384
Subpoena time, and then criminal charges time (assuming enough evidence)
Rep. Jim Jordan suggests in letter he won't cooperate with Jan. 6 committee...
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1480333495327154183https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1480336097108496384
Subpoena time, and then criminal charges time (assuming enough evidence)
January 10, 2022
You can scroll your mouse to see the larger context or use the minus (-) sign to see it.
Maybe it's not really in the very middle of that river, but it makes sense. No sense squabbling over a boundary under water
Geography trivia: Russia, China and North Korea borders intersection
Intersection of Russian, Chinese and North Korean borders in the middle of the Tumen RiverYou can scroll your mouse to see the larger context or use the minus (-) sign to see it.
Maybe it's not really in the very middle of that river, but it makes sense. No sense squabbling over a boundary under water
January 9, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Max, day one (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Day two (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
George and Max, day 15 (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Lando, day nine (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Max and Nikii, day 12 (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
The article does not say if the cats are still winning the Vitamix box battle
They bought a blender. Three weeks later, their cats continue to hold it hostage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2022/01/08/cats-took-vitamix-hostage/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Max, day one (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Day two (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
On Black Friday, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought a blender. It was a Vitamix blender, a professional-grade splurge, and the couple was looking forward to a winter of smoothies and soups.
It arrived on Dec. 16 at their home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Jessica put the hefty box down on the floor in the kitchen, just for a second. Her 4-year-old tuxedo cat, Max, otherwise known as the sentient soccer ball, jumped up on the box. Jessica thought it was funny and snapped a photo.
Then Maxs 13-year-old feline siblings, George: Destroyer of Worlds (sentient potato) and Lando Calrissian (the questionably sentient dust bunny,), demanded their turn on the knee-high box.
That was three weeks ago. Since then, the cats have refused to leave the box, fighting over who gets to perch upon it and taking turns standing guard while the others eat or are busy elsewhere. The blender remains ensconced inside.
It arrived on Dec. 16 at their home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Jessica put the hefty box down on the floor in the kitchen, just for a second. Her 4-year-old tuxedo cat, Max, otherwise known as the sentient soccer ball, jumped up on the box. Jessica thought it was funny and snapped a photo.
Then Maxs 13-year-old feline siblings, George: Destroyer of Worlds (sentient potato) and Lando Calrissian (the questionably sentient dust bunny,), demanded their turn on the knee-high box.
That was three weeks ago. Since then, the cats have refused to leave the box, fighting over who gets to perch upon it and taking turns standing guard while the others eat or are busy elsewhere. The blender remains ensconced inside.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
George and Max, day 15 (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Lando, day nine (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767
Max and Nikii, day 12 (Jessica Gerson-Neeves)
The article does not say if the cats are still winning the Vitamix box battle
January 9, 2022
Answer: Walla walla (I guessed wrong and said rabble rabble)
So fascinating about the cultural differences mentioned above.
Early actors imitated the murmur of crowds by repeating what phrase ?
https://www.mindbounce.com/trivia/early-actors-imitated-the-murmur-of-crowds-by-repeating-the-phrase/Answer: Walla walla (I guessed wrong and said rabble rabble)
In the early days of radio broadcasting, producers discovered that they could easily recreate the murmuring sound of a crowd in a restaurant or other public space by having the actors not currently involved in the dialogue quietly repeat the word walla over and over again.
With the advent of television broadcasts wherein the listener-turned-viewer could now see the crowd, they switched to using casual improvised conversation (so that it wouldnt look like everyone in the restaurant was, oddly, chanting the same thing over and over again). Despite the transition away from using the pat phrase, the term is firmly embedded in Hollywood, and actors who provide the background noise for the post production effect that is layered over the video of the background extras speaking are known as the walla group.
Whats particularly interesting about the walla walla phenomenon is that the phrases used by actors are highly regional and influenced by the native language of the region. American actors said walla walla, British actors said rhubarb rhubarb, German actors said rhabarber rhabarber, and Japanese actors said gaya gaya.
With the advent of television broadcasts wherein the listener-turned-viewer could now see the crowd, they switched to using casual improvised conversation (so that it wouldnt look like everyone in the restaurant was, oddly, chanting the same thing over and over again). Despite the transition away from using the pat phrase, the term is firmly embedded in Hollywood, and actors who provide the background noise for the post production effect that is layered over the video of the background extras speaking are known as the walla group.
Whats particularly interesting about the walla walla phenomenon is that the phrases used by actors are highly regional and influenced by the native language of the region. American actors said walla walla, British actors said rhubarb rhubarb, German actors said rhabarber rhabarber, and Japanese actors said gaya gaya.
So fascinating about the cultural differences mentioned above.
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