Milo Yiannopoulos lasted a single day on Patreon before getting banned

Source: The Verge

Former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos attempted to fund a “magnificent 2019 comeback” on the crowdfunding platform Patreon, only to be banned after one day. Yiannopoulos’ Patreon campaign, whose banner image is seen above, garnered around 250 patrons pledging an unknown amount of money before being kicked off the service.

“Milo Yiannopoulos was removed from Patreon as we don’t allow association with or supporting hate groups on Patreon,” the company said in a tweet. Leaked emails have linked Yiannopoulos to white supremacists, and a 2016 video showed him singing karaoke in a bar while audience members, including white nationalist Richard Spencer, gave Nazi salutes.

“I’ve had a miserable year or two, banned and de-platformed and censored and blacklisted,” Yiannopoulos wrote in his Patreon profile. He asked patrons to help fund a weekly late-night TV talk show, and to help him “pay essential staff and service providers.” The Guardian reported earlier this week that Yiannopoulos was $2 million in debt, a number Yiannopoulos later claimed was actually “at least” $4 million in a flippant Instagram post.

In return, patrons would get rewards like “free Milo ringtones,” a signed poster of Yiannopoulos, and an “elite-tier Milo coffee mug.” Backers who pledged at least $500 per month got more personal perks like “Milo will call you on your birthday,” and for $750 per month, “Milo will fly to you and take you and a friend out for dinner once a year.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18127994/milo-yiannopoulos-patreon-comeback-ban-hate-speech

Colbert's opener was great tonight

Gingerbread pee pee girls!

Today is the NRA's birthday

Let's give them our thoughts and prayers

National security aide headed for exit after clash with Melania Trump's office

Source: CNN

Reflecting the fast-moving nature of the events, soon after a Wall Street Journal report surfaced Tuesday afternoon alleging Ricardel was fired and escorted off the White House grounds, a senior White House official denied the story to reporters.

The official said Ricardel was still in her office Tuesday afternoon. The official declined to speculate further about Ricardel's future in the administration.

Her departure would leave national security adviser John Bolton without one of his key allies in the administration, a deputy who has also shared his penchant for bureaucratic infighting.

It was those sharp elbows that sources said led to the first lady's stinging statement, with Ricardel most recently feuding with members of the first lady's staff over her trip to Africa. One person familiar with the matter said Ricardel quarreled with the first lady's staff over seating on the plane and use of National Security Council resources.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/politics/melania-trump-mira-ricardel/index.html

To hell with politics, I'm enjoying the Hawks today!

They are looking so good. I just wish Steve Rabel was doing the play by play.

I have had it with my godson this week

He spent a few months paralyzed years ago and has since recovered. He loves to pick fights-- gun rights, far right bull shit, all the usual tRumpian crap. Problem is, he lost his job a year ago for being a far RW a-hole. Ever since, he has said that he is handicapped, even though no doctor will confirm that.

Now he has taken to attacking local businesses for not allowing his "service dog" and is trying to collect money from them by extortion to make up for not having a job. I am tired of hearing about what this asshole is doing in my community, and I'm tired of having my friends tell me about all his shit show.

I could go on, but I'm almost ready to call my attorney and let him deal with this shit for me. I'm open to alternatives, particularly from attorneys. My main concern is my family name, and this is a small community where we all know the relationships even if the names are different.

Ideas?

Gab forced offline over apparent tie to Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

Source: Ars Technica

Gab, a "free speech" alternative to Twitter that's popular with the far right, has been shut down after losing service from a number of mainstream technology platforms, including PayPal, Joyent, Medium, and GoDaddy.

"Gab is under attack," the company's home page now reads. "We have been systematically no-platformed by App Stores, multiple hosting providers, and several payment processors." Gab is working to get back online using new service providers.

The attacks on Gab follow revelations that the man accused of Saturday's deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh appeared to be a regular Gab user. An account with his name was "rife with anti-refugee, anti-Semitic and white supremacist posts," according to the Washington Post. One post complained about a "kike infestation."

The account's final post referred to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which works to resettle refugees in the United States: "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/gab-forced-offline-over-apparent-tie-to-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter/

Go fund me- let's buy the Seahawks

I am so tired of the negative adverts coming from TX and other places

So many negative adverts-
Don't vote for her, she will spend all our money.
Don't vote for gun safety, we are safer just the way things are
Don't vote for that carbon tax, it's not fair
That doctor will tax your gas

To hell with this - I have a Netflix subscription.