Everything posted by Paul Wesley
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The US Capitol has been Breached [Action and Developing stories]
I don't have the stomach to brave those today, but I did watch 20 minutes of Fox this morning. Over and over, they returned to the theme, "Big Tech Censoring Conservatives!" I mean, they are VICTIMS of an unfair system. It's just so obvious, everyone. We got a couple of very angry Tomi Lahren spots where she screamed at liberals for "dividing us" (never mind that we really need the GOP to individually identify themselves as a party respectful of laws and elections OR lawless right-wing terrorists). We got Newt Gingrich mocking an impeachment. There is zero -- and I mean fucking ZERO -- self analysis, acceptance that the people who support Trump tried to overthrow the government, or that this occurred with the real-time endorsement of many, many Republicans. So anybody who thought this could be a major turning point in big right-wing media pumping out a firehose of lies and treasonous disinformation... sorry to disappoint. And I'm too fucking disgusted and heartbroken to listen to it, but you can be 100% sure that right-wing AM radio, and the prime time Fox lineup of Carlson, Ingraham, and Hannity -- those guys are going to be FAR more seditious than the "news" people.
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The US Capitol has been Breached [Action and Developing stories]
As much as I think that he's really fucking stupid (e.g. "boarder," "smocking gun," "council," etc.), I have to say that after reading the transcript of the Ukraine call, and hearing the actual audio of the Georgie SOS call, Trump is really good at mob-style language where his intent - bribery, intimidation, coercion - is crystal clear, but he uses language that gives himself plausible deniability in a court of law. So yeah, he'll keep right on with the "very special people," and "a lot of people are saying" and agitate these fucking cretins right to the bitter end.
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Rush Limbaugh's corpse continues to rot
Quoting myself here from last week. I'm telling you this: If you haven't listened to Rush lately, it is full-on treason pretty much nonstop. I am totally not surprised that he's still calling for violence even *after* the deeply shameful events of this week. To borrow from Bill Burr... Rush is a first-ballot Treason Hall of Famer.
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The US Capitol has been Breached [Action and Developing stories]
They can lead a revolution against the United States, but by God, they are VICTIMS!
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The US Capitol has been Breached [Action and Developing stories]
OK. I will grudgingly accept this point and apologize to you for the call-out. I will also pour myself a cocktail and consider the idea that you might be correct that we live in the kind of country where we have to be nice to the traitors who tried to overthrow the government so we don't upset 50 million idiots.
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The downfall of Lindsay Graham
I read the quoted text at the top of the tweet, and when I clicked on it, I was expecting to see a video of Georgia Democrats harassing him after they found out he tried to invalidate their votes to steal an election. But no. It's Trumpkins harassing him because he *didn't* cheat hard enough. Weird world.
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The US Capitol has been Breached [Action and Developing stories]
One of the absolutely fucking stupidest takes I've ever seen on these boards. Congrats.
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25th Amendment- 2nd Impeachment
This times a billion. Why on earth would we go after some vague notion of being "unfit" when there is overwhelming concrete evidence (an hour-long phone call) of him committing FELONY ELECTION FRAUD in seeking to overturn the results of a democratic election? I mean, this isn't just "improper"... like, say, sharing polling data and coordinating your campaign with a hostile government. This is actually a felony per US laws.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
I watched a lot of Fox News (Ingraham and Carlson were the worst) and OAN last night, and I must have heard the word "antifa" 500 fucking times. Just a relentless repetition of hosts and guests reinforcing one another. "This might have been antifa." "Of course we don't know if it was antifa." "Let's keep in mind that violence was normalized by antifa." "Antifa has created this dangerous situation in America." So yeah, I think you're right on the money for how this is going to evolve. The last 30 years has taught me that Republicans completely accept as gospel these little nuggets that they affirm to one another over and over again. "Russia hoax." "No collusion." "Mueller is corrupt." "Russia hoax." "No collusion." More recently: "election fraud." "More votes than voters." "destroyed ballots." "election fraud." "dead voters." "Illegal aliens voted." "election fraud." In all those cases, there is literally NO FUCKING EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER for what have become their core, defining, cornerstone beliefs.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
I'm going to be fucking disgusted if articles of impeachment aren't filed. I would strongly prefer that they're based on Trump's phone call to Georgia, with its intimidation, veiled threats, and encouragement of voter fraud. I don't want some vague bullshit about being "unfit." I want it attached to criminal behavior. I want this to happen because 1) it is just and correct, 2) the dirty piece of shit deserves it. But 3) I think it is hugely beneficial to the future of the country to force every Republican to go ON THE RECORD and say if they're still a Trumpkin or not. How their party sorts our those differences afterwards is their problem, not ours. They made up this bed of racism, lawlessness, and absurd conspiracy theories, so they can all go fucking snuggle in it and sort their shit out.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
JFC... antifa, antifa, antifa It's relentless on Fox News and OAN tonight.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
"A few bad apples stormed the nation's Capitol..." OAN host
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
Laura Fucking Ingraham going on and on for her entire show about how "We don't know if it was Antifa." "Antifa normalized this violence." "Why didn't we see this outrage against Antifa?"
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
This. There are a lot of Louie Gohmerts in the House.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
Yeah, remember after the marriage equality decision (?2015), when Cruz immediately started tweeting about how "five unelected judges" have too much power, and how they should be democratically elected instead of appointed? Cruz is ready to wipe his ass with the Constitution the very instant that he thinks it serves his interests to do so. He was ready to abolish the Supreme Court whenever he didn't like their decision. Now he's ready to throw out the voters from another state when he doesn't like how they voted. I never ever want to hear a conservative tell me what a brilliant constitutional mind he is. He's a spineless little cunt, and he is 100% not a patriot or a defender of the Constitution.
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
I had the same reaction to the Cruz speech. "FRAUD!!! FRAUD!!! DEFINITELY FRAUD!!! PROOF OF FRAUD!!! As proof of fraud, let me quote you some statistics on how many Americans think there was fraud." (quotes statistics). "So you see America, there was definitely fraud, and it is crucial that our country goes back to trusting elections. And finally, I leave you with this: FRAUD!!!!"
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Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results: 1/6/21
This is going off the rails very, very quickly
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Shit, I think there's an 80% chance of MAGA riots this afternoon.
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Holy shit, Mitt got abused by the cult tonight
The weirdest thing about the past 10 years of Mitt Romney may be this: I never saw any videos where Democrats confronted him in airports and said, "I believe in marriage equality, protecting the environment, and a woman's right to choose. I also work just as hard as anyone else, pay taxes like everyone else, and love this country as much as anyone else. So I just want to tell you 'fuck you' for calling me a taker, and for lying about why I'm not voting for you." Only when Mitt showed the tiniest amount of integrity by voting to impeach the corrupt president who was (once again) seeking foreign interference in American elections... only then did we start seeing *anyone* go after him in an airport. Weird world.
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Holy shit, Mitt got abused by the cult tonight
Of course the one, single senate Republican who voted with integrity ("I can't think of a more impeachable offense.") is getting repeatedly publicly confronted by all the little Trumpkins.
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Your unpopular music opinions
Satriani playing at a destruction derby is just so incredibly white. I feel like he should do a project where he alternates every other song with Wu-Tang. Like a chicken and waffles kind of thing.
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Texas at Kansas: 11 am on ESPN2. [84-59 FINAL TEXAS]
I re-watched the second half today... you know, just to gloat or whatever. Kansas' shot selection in the second half was just horrid. They didn't go right at the rim, because Texas is really long and athletic. They ended up taking a lot of running shots where they were sweeping across the paint or down toward the baseline... but not really AT the rim. Very low % shots. Must have been frustrating to be a KU fan and think about how much NBA talent was on the roster, and yet *those* were the shots you were getting.... ugh. No reason this Texas team shouldn't be playing in a regional final on the second tourney weekend. Really just depends on two things, IMO... 1) Shot selection. I think the Bilas commentary was 100% on-the-money. A big part of why Texas was on fire from behind the arc is because we were being patient and using dribble penetration to set up teammates. Our 3's were in-rhythm squared-up catch-and-shoots. There were very few hero-ball step-backs. 2). Don't pick up a bunch of stupid reach-in fouls 30 feet from the basket in the first 5 minutes of every half. Our team looks really good this year, but we still like to give away cheap fouls by slapping at the other team right after they secure a rebound, or when they're setting ball screens way out near half court.
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Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12! Big 12!
Man, how fucking horribad is the PAC12? Their champion got rolled by Iowa State. Colorado (4-1 in the PAC12) gets embarrassed by Texas, who immediately fires their coach.
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Rush Limbaugh's corpse continues to rot
Listened to about 15-20 minutes of Rush this morning. He spent the entire time talking about Republican strategies on January 6 that could subvert Congressional certification of the election. Just a laundry list of possible tactics... "If that doesn't work, then McConnell could just refuse to call for a vote." Etc. A couple times he seemed to slip up and accidentally use the phrase "overturn the election." You know... just a good old Medal-of-Freedom recipient fomenting treason.
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2020 Peach Bowl - #8 Cincinnati vs. #9 Georgia @ Atlanta - 11am ESPN
Apparently we need to constantly ask Georgia where they want to be.