tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post4043630057189468686..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Recap: Mar 1, 2022Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-81172545563078118512022-03-31T13:19:36.294-05:002022-03-31T13:19:36.294-05:00I beg to differ. We have had information warfare c...I beg to differ. We have had information warfare conducted against us for a very long time. What we now see is the fruit of that long campaign.KMStockTradrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12898006247162589079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56752421203248821092022-03-18T09:09:06.629-05:002022-03-18T09:09:06.629-05:00The GOP only continues to exist in this day and ag...The GOP only continues to exist in this day and age because we have a two-party system that more-or-less requires them to be present.<br /><br />If we had a true multi-party system, with viable non-wackaloon conservative and conservative-ish options, the GOP that we see today would have already been banished to the dark corners.<br /><br />But instead, we have them actively pushing their christo-fascism ever-more-forcefully... and the day will come, probably a lot sooner than many realize, when we have to literally take them out in order to preserve any semblance of the nation as it was intended to be.<br /><br />Or, we give up and let them take it... and move the fuck out. Right now I'm making plans for the latter.Boo Urnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75704962802832357442022-03-07T12:05:59.638-06:002022-03-07T12:05:59.638-06:00"Republicans believe life begins at conceptio..."Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. After that, you're on your own."Dave Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486422338603729301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39768668973397931602022-03-06T13:20:23.803-06:002022-03-06T13:20:23.803-06:00We on the left have not trapped them where they ar...We on the left have not trapped them where they are now. They have done this to themselves. Willfully. Read the Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer and you will find out why this is so.sparkeyjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350962749177807757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41871781502404437022022-03-05T21:35:12.757-06:002022-03-05T21:35:12.757-06:00"Lives don't matter TO Republicans" ..."Lives don't matter TO Republicans" would be truer. Unless you're rich enough to exploit and corrupt, your life's worth nothing at all. MrsChaos Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133347357749122010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19063125887350410962022-03-05T21:26:28.124-06:002022-03-05T21:26:28.124-06:00I blame McCarthy for quite a lot of the MAGA resur...I blame McCarthy for quite a lot of the MAGA resurgence. After 1/6 the GOP looked to be done with Trump; he slithered off, fuming, to lick his wounds while the rest of America breathed a relieved sigh we didn't have to endure his tweets anymore. But all McCarthy saw was the opportunity to put Hitler Spice in his debt, and gain use of his power over his foam-flecked base to support McCarthy's ambition to be Speaker. As McCarthy is not only spineless, but stupid, he failed to realize Trump doesn't honor debts, and doing him a solid when he's down is only a way to gain his enmity and resentment. <br /> Gratitude is an alien to him as repentance, and as I recall, he told a batch of evangelical leaders eager to claim him for christianity that he didn't like the idea of asking God forgiveness, and little Donald has never ever, not once, done anything he'd ever need to be forgiven for. (They didn't listen, sadly, being caught up in the process of enthusiastically accepting the same worldly-power-for-worship deal Christ rejects according to the Sermon on the Mount.)MrsChaos Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133347357749122010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19165771179049051652022-03-05T21:03:38.280-06:002022-03-05T21:03:38.280-06:00As if that tape smuggled out from one of his donor...As if that tape smuggled out from one of his donor dinner parties didn't already tell us.... the one where he cozily confided to all the other gazillionaires that of course, they know "forty seven percent of the country" (allegedly) pays "no taxes at all" and thus can't be trusted to vote for the sensible protection of enormous hoards of wealth. I paraphrase, but the claim that poor Americans PAY NO TAXES was verbatim; he and his coterie of vultures apparently all agree that the only taxes that count are the ones on, say, investment income and other forms of "money you get for having lots of money."MrsChaos Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133347357749122010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20913938201449926532022-03-05T20:57:59.145-06:002022-03-05T20:57:59.145-06:00I'm not sure if this works quite right with yo...I'm not sure if this works quite right with your metaphor as stated... but it's important that every American who can be persuaded to want out of the cult have a safe offramp into sanity, and welcome back to consensual reality. Trapping every temporary enthusiast for MAGA into permanent containment there, with nowhere else to go, serves us even worse than it does them.MrsChaos Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133347357749122010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43853702886755133292022-03-05T08:22:56.743-06:002022-03-05T08:22:56.743-06:00Said so well. I have been telling people this for ...Said so well. I have been telling people this for so long. Ever since the repugnant party backed dumpster fire. I told people who were voting for him and repugnants that they were voting against everything they claim to believe. I am tired.Lackeyreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750770986402916263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-76201105396507328022022-03-03T19:34:05.193-06:002022-03-03T19:34:05.193-06:00I am continually tempted to buy a "Republican...I am continually tempted to buy a "Republican Lives Don't Matter" yard sign for my front lawn, but that would be beyond tempting Fate - more like giving Fate a lap-dance.Dave Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486422338603729301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56950810862690242052022-03-03T19:31:10.469-06:002022-03-03T19:31:10.469-06:00No; apparently GA and CO can't.No; apparently GA and CO can't.Dave Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486422338603729301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-10775171261700925542022-03-03T12:13:51.539-06:002022-03-03T12:13:51.539-06:00But your friend thinks all members of BLM are riot...But your friend thinks all members of BLM are rioters, I bet.Chuck Lavazzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-70026510788852858072022-03-03T09:47:27.050-06:002022-03-03T09:47:27.050-06:00Was thinking the exact same. They remind of the w...Was thinking the exact same. They remind of the women screaming at Bridges going to school. <br /><br />Shows how "far" we've come...csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579533538977578291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14258298597322107332022-03-03T08:21:54.996-06:002022-03-03T08:21:54.996-06:00If you have ten people sitting at a table listenin...If you have ten people sitting at a table listening to a Nazi, you have a table of 11 Nazis.Randomizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732149125750426077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3824740790658912182022-03-03T06:57:41.686-06:002022-03-03T06:57:41.686-06:00I call them Heckle and Dyed.I call them Heckle and Dyed.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-648378888667856362022-03-03T01:26:52.644-06:002022-03-03T01:26:52.644-06:00Attendance last night was not limited, as it was l...Attendance last night was not limited, as it was last year, so any idiot could show up. At least 2 of them did, although I'm sure there were more that were just quiet.<br />Steve Winogradskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661532720112655450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-37644926771726329632022-03-03T00:13:07.262-06:002022-03-03T00:13:07.262-06:00Looking at the first photo...at least Statler and ...Looking at the first photo...at least Statler and Waldorf were *funny*. And not in the "omigod did she just say 'Jewish space lasers?!?'" way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232133335674996409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33251368219651432242022-03-02T23:08:08.663-06:002022-03-02T23:08:08.663-06:00Vote, and make sure it's in the election that ...Vote, and make sure it's in the election that chooses the winner. Most election districts are gerrymandered to be miniature one-party states. That means you need to be voting in the PRIMARY election for your vote to have real impact, so if you're state requires party registration for primary votes, that's the party you need to declare you're a member of. Then you vote for the sanest candidate in the primary. (and whoever you want in the general election).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087980021585469893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-28635640804359037202022-03-02T20:41:53.768-06:002022-03-02T20:41:53.768-06:00Coram is a fairly reasonable Republican, as you sa...Coram is a fairly reasonable Republican, as you say. I do think he has a chance. There is another R in the race, who may dilute the vote. I'm hoping they eventually join forces to get rid of her-who-must-not-be-named.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00385600412853614561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82765107386365374592022-03-02T19:54:37.748-06:002022-03-02T19:54:37.748-06:00Not to be a pedantic asshole, but I think you mean...Not to be a pedantic asshole, but I think you mean consummate when you say penultimate. Penultimate is a fancy way of saying "second-to-last."Everyone and Their Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226555758811435275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38976246628058487962022-03-02T19:41:14.548-06:002022-03-02T19:41:14.548-06:00Or that he's required to stay on the team. The...Or that he's required to stay on the team. The likes of MTG and LB are not a new phenomenon in the Republican party, so the fact that he continues to sleep in the same bed despite the fleas says everything we need to know about his real values.Ben Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422985487768001979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11671181536459104182022-03-02T18:02:29.406-06:002022-03-02T18:02:29.406-06:00I find it astonishing that people vote for these r...I find it astonishing that people vote for these reprehensible representatives. I probably shouldn't, but I still do.Leon J Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59017058175171761122022-03-02T17:13:42.164-06:002022-03-02T17:13:42.164-06:00Vote as if you were a fighting Ukraine. Let them ...Vote as if you were a fighting Ukraine. Let them be an inspiration.Capershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01817743644735231788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67739306872117940552022-03-02T16:35:43.801-06:002022-03-02T16:35:43.801-06:00May I share this on my Meta page? May I share this on my Meta page? Arahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468833726698099387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73546747407620713272022-03-02T15:14:30.440-06:002022-03-02T15:14:30.440-06:00I lay blame at the feet of Kevin McCarthy. I may ...I lay blame at the feet of Kevin McCarthy. I may be wrong, but I have to assume that given last night SOTU attendance was limited, party leaders made the call as to who got to go. McCarthy chose these two. He chose to walk into a Baccarat Crystal Shop with two toddlers, and turn them loose.Ida Gree Butzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472530228263548065noreply@blogger.com