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On 3/27/2024 at 8:49 AM, RomaVicta said:

She's just a weird haircut and some overtly racist, anti-democratic ejaculations away from being president.

I wouldn't be shocked if Trump picks her for Veep. She's his kind of people. TV grifter people.

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I have an anti-vaxer cousin who has started talking in the Kari Lake voice. This is a step up from her older conversations about witches and curses in what she imagined to be King James scriptural patois.

The problem is that my Mom can't understand a damn thing she says, we were visiting my Mom at the same time, and instead of enunciating, Cuz just kept that blurry purr going.

She and her husband used to have an airport shuttle company that was devastated by Uber, and the man now runs a route for Coca-Cola. Cool. But Cuz couldn't use the actual words, she had to dress it up as "he has various accounts... Hmmm mmmm."

About 4 times my Mom tries to understand what the hell this woman is saying. Finally I busted in:

"He's Drivin a Truck for Co-Cola, Mama."

"Why didn't somebody say so?"

Cousin: "hmmm mm hmmm hmmm."

Every time one of these obscure magat threads is bumped, I'm hoping it's because the person is dead.  Quit disappointing me.

1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

I have an anti-vaxer cousin who has started talking in the Kari Lake voice. This is a step up from her older conversations about witches and curses in what she imagined to be King James scriptural patois.

Might'n your cuz be one of them hill people who still talks in that Elizabethan English they speak up in there? Or is it more of that hushpuppy plantation speech with a bunch of thous, thees, and thines?

1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Might'n your cuz be one of them hill people who still talks in that Elizabethan English they speak up in there? Or is it more of that hushpuppy plantation speech with a bunch of thous, thees, and thines?

Jokes on you guys, it's a Mandarin accent. We used to have a big rickshaw culture in Birmingham getting people to the airport, but like all good things it was destroyed by tech bros.  

On second thought, I will go with a Jasper accent, that seems a more reasoned guess.  

1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Might'n your cuz be one of them hill people who still talks in that Elizabethan English they speak up in there? Or is it more of that hushpuppy plantation speech with a bunch of thous, thees, and thines?

Nope. Actually pretty well-educated in real life, to add to the annoying factor. Used to be an artsy theater chick from Montevallo. Got a little culted out.

35 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Jokes on you guys, it's a Mandarin accent. We used to have a big rickshaw culture in Birmingham getting people to the airport, but like all good things it was destroyed by tech bros.  

On second thought, I will go with a Jasper accent, that seems a more reasoned guess.  

Ahh, you know Jimmy? Everybody knows Jimmy.

Jasper is almost Cockney at times. We stopped in the Jasper Mall to eat at Garfields. Girl asked us if we wanted a bay-ooth.

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7 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Jokes on you guys, it's a Mandarin accent. We used to have a big rickshaw culture in Birmingham getting people to the airport, but like all good things it was destroyed by tech bros.  

On second thought, I will go with a Jasper accent, that seems a more reasoned guess.  

Who pulled the rickshaws?  The homeless?

7 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

We stopped in the Jasper Mall to eat at Garfields. Girl asked us if we wanted a bay-ooth.

 

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7 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Nope. Actually pretty well-educated in real life, to add to the annoying factor. Used to be an artsy theater chick from Montevallo. Got a little culted out.

Ahh, you know Jimmy? Everybody knows Jimmy.

Jasper is almost Cockney at times. We stopped in the Jasper Mall to eat at Garfields. Girl asked us if we wanted a bay-ooth.

Speaking of the Jasper Mall, there is a bizarre documentary on it's decline.  It features, and I'm not making this up, an Australian guy with a mix of an Australian and Alabama accent.  It's the kind of place that would be perfect for a Kari Lake VP rally.  

2 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Speaking of the Jasper Mall, there is a bizarre documentary on it's decline.  It features, and I'm not making this up, an Australian guy with a mix of an Australian and Alabama accent.  It's the kind of place that would be perfect for a Kari Lake VP rally.  

Ayup. I seent it. The rest of Jasper is fortunately doing better than its early-80s-vibe mall.

We found it by accident. We were on a drive NW on a misty day with "Autobahn" pumping out the speakers. Around Jasper we got hungry, just slid on into town using the old visual restaurant finders. At that point the mall was still running at about 90 per cent. Had never heard of Garfields, turns out it's an Applebee's clone aimed at small markets. At the time they still had a dozen or so locations nation-wide, and Corporate had gamely listed them all on a frosted glass sign, including Zanesville Ohio.

"Zanesville!" blurted Mrs. Canecutter, "I saw a dead rat outside a hotel room in Zanesville!"

I'm in Jasper for artsy shit once a year or so. I like dropping in for lunch at Garfields. It's like getting to be an extra in a 90s after-school movie. The mall is shriveling away but Garfields, peeking out of the front, still draws a crowd.

Almost every kid I meet who moved to Birmingham from Jasper used to work in Garfields. @MaybeaCoordinator walked past it during his Scotch-Irish Reconnection tour, but we had eaten already at the far-superior The Frosty Mug.

 

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3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Who pulled the rickshaws?  The homeless?

You're never homeless when you have a rickshaw.

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57 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Ayup. I seent it. The rest of Jasper is fortunately doing better than its early-80s-vibe mall.

We found it by accident. We were on a drive NW on a misty day with "Autobahn" pumping out the speakers. Around Jasper we got hungry, just slid on into town using the old visual restaurant finders. At that point the mall was still running at about 90 per cent. Had never heard of Garfields, turns out it's an Applebee's clone aimed at small markets. At the time they still had a dozen or so locations nation-wide, and Corporate had gamely listed them all on a frosted glass sign, including Zanesville Ohio.

"Zanesville!" blurted Mrs. Canecutter, "I saw a dead rat outside a hotel room in Zanesville!"

I'm in Jasper for artsy shit once a year or so. I like dropping in for lunch at Garfields. It's like getting to be an extra in a 90s after-school movie. The mall is shriveling away but Garfields, peeking out of the front, still draws a crowd.

Almost every kid I meet who moved to Birmingham from Jasper used to work in Garfields. @MaybeaCoordinator walked past it during his Scotch-Irish Reconnection tour, but we had eaten already at the far-superior The Frosty Mug.

 

That Ueli Kunkel wrote some cool tunes for a fucking nihilist. 

1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

That Ueli Kunkel wrote some cool tunes for a fucking nihilist. 

Nihilist. That's bad. Say what you will about the tenets of MAGA, at least it's a grift.

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PHOENIX — This winter, Kari Lake was facing a daunting reality: The voters who rejected her in her 2022 run for governor could now jeopardize her entire political future.

If Lake — “Trump in heels,” as she has referred to herself — didn’t begin to quickly change the minds of those she had shunned or ridiculed, she could lose, again, in her 2024 Senate bid.

“I have never thought of myself as divisive. But it’s not enough for ME to believe that. I need to prove it,” Lake wrote in a social media post in December, acknowledging the need to step away from her tendencies to make incendiary comments and broaden her appeal.

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But with just over seven months until the election, several key Arizona Republicans tell NBC News that they believe Lake’s campaign is facing an increasingly uphill battle.

“What I hear is, everybody has just resigned themselves that we’re going to be stuck with a Ruben Gallego — that’s what I hear from all the major players, the big-money people,” Shiree Verdone, a longtime GOP fundraiser in Arizona, said, referring to Lake’s Democratic Senate opponent. “I haven’t heard anyone say, ‘Kari Lake is going to win.’”

Lake continues to deny that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, tweeting this month about President Joe Biden: “81 million votes, my a--.” She continues to call her 2022 election loss “a sham,” promotes right-wing provocateurs like Laura Loomer, and hosts fundraising events with controversial political figures like Roger Stone at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

Since launching her Senate bid, Lake has set up meetings to mend relationships with other Republicans she cast aside during her run for governor, like Kathy Petsas, a former local party chair in Lake’s home legislative district. Lake’s campaign tweeted at her in 2022: “Kathy, You’re exactly the type of demographic that we feel no need to appeal to.”

“I don’t know one person that she’s gotten on her side of the people who she offended,” Petsas said, suggesting Lake’s overtures have fallen flat. “There’s nobody from my circle that she’s gained, and she’s even alienated some previous supporters, too, who I know.”

 

17 hours ago, RPM said:

I wouldn't be shocked if Trump picks her for Veep. She's his kind of people. TV grifter people.

He wouldn’t pick somebody who might try and steal his spotlight. 

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

Since launching her Senate bid, Lake has set up meetings to mend relationships with other Republicans she cast aside during her run for governor, like Kathy Petsas, a former local party chair in Lake’s home legislative district. Lake’s campaign tweeted at her in 2022: “Kathy, You’re exactly the type of demographic that we feel no need to appeal to.”

“I don’t know one person that she’s gotten on her side of the people who she offended,” Petsas said, suggesting Lake’s overtures have fallen flat. “There’s nobody from my circle that she’s gained, and she’s even alienated some previous supporters, too, who I know.”

 

This is the one good thing about the MAGA types. They're too dumb to try and win people over and build a true coalition. And when they do try, it's (hopefully) too late.

14 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Nope. Actually pretty well-educated in real life, to add to the annoying factor. Used to be an artsy theater chick from Montevallo. Got a little culted out.

Ahh, you know Jimmy? Everybody knows Jimmy.

Jasper is almost Cockney at times. We stopped in the Jasper Mall to eat at Garfields. Girl asked us if we wanted a bay-ooth.

Surly covers too much ground. My parents are from Jasper and we still have a house there. My Uncle Tommy speaks in a language only the locals can understand, I nod along and laugh when he pauses. Who's up for beers at the Tallulah brewery Thanksgiving weekend?!

 

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2 hours ago, Art Vandelay said:

This is the one good thing about the MAGA types. They're too dumb to try and win people over and build a true coalition. And when they do try, it's (hopefully) too late.

Never apologize and never admit you’re wrong. Pretty hard to med fences.

 

And once someone fails the purity test, you convince the rabid rubes who now make up your base that they are corrupt liars, RINOs, or secretly progressives who are part of the system rigging and stealing elections. Even if you can win them back you can’t rehab them with the cult members 

3 hours ago, marriedup said:

Surly covers too much ground. My parents are from Jasper and we still have a house there. My Uncle Tommy speaks in a language only the locals can understand, I nod along and laugh when he pauses. Who's up for beers at the Tallulah brewery Thanksgiving weekend?!

 

I'm down if you gimme a reminder. Brain damage do take a toll don't she.

2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Never apologize and never admit you’re wrong. Pretty hard to med fences.

 

And once someone fails the purity test, you convince the rabid rubes who now make up your base that they are corrupt liars, RINOs, or secretly progressives who are part of the system rigging and stealing elections. Even if you can win them back you can’t rehab them with the cult members 

The ever-constricting circle of trust

On 3/30/2024 at 12:21 PM, BevoAbyss said:

Here's what I will say about the tenets of MAGA ... it's an American fascist/theocratic movement aiming for a violent dictatorship ruled by Trump.

The grift is merely the side-hustle. 

I disagree. I think you’ve got it backwards. The grift is the aim, and we’ll end up in a fascist government just as a side effect. 

17 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I disagree. I think you’ve got it backwards. The grift is the aim, and we’ll end up in a fascist government just as a side effect. 

You're both wrong.  It's all rooted in the fear of losing the racial majority.  Everything else is a consequence.

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You're both wrong.  It's all rooted in the fear of losing the racial majority.  Everything else is a consequence.

Trump doesn’t think past “I like money and hate blacks and jail.” 

8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Trump doesn’t think past “I like money and hate blacks and jail.” 

I wasn't referring to Trump specifically, but rather MAGA writ large, which was the original point.

9 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Trump doesn’t think past “I like money and hate blacks and jail.” 

To be fair to Trump, he also had one other high level thought.  He likes ketchup while also hating it and throwing it around like it was Eric after a little league error.  

10 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

You're both wrong.  It's all rooted in the fear of losing the racial majority.  Everything else is a consequence.

That's my anti-MAGA superpower. I am always whiter than the guys who want White Supremacy. And yet, I still know how to shoot the cag. They'll never learn that at Stormfront.

If you gave me a thousand years to come up with the most disturbingly awful sexual  threesome in human history, I would not be able to top that.  And I’ve got a supremely demented imagination.  

3 hours ago, YGIFS said:

If you gave me a thousand years to come up with the most disturbingly awful sexual  threesome in human history, I would not be able to top that.  And I’ve got a supremely demented imagination.  

Sub MTG for Lake?

2 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Running for Arizona Senator so having a fundraiser in Florida.  Makes sense. 

This is one of those things that pisses me off when it comes to election money.   Aong with getting rid of Citizens United, I'd like to see a Constitutional amendment only allowing money from people in the state (for governors/senators/state) or district (Reps/state senators) to be able to donate money.   No fundraising money accepted from anyone else.   

This will never happen.

49 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Running for Arizona Senator so having a fundraiser in Florida.  Makes sense. 

44 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

This is one of those things that pisses me off when it comes to election money.   Aong with getting rid of Citizens United, I'd like to see a Constitutional amendment only allowing money from people in the state (for governors/senators/state) or district (Reps/state senators) to be able to donate money.   No fundraising money accepted from anyone else.   

This will never happen.

Texas will get school vouchers not because the taxpayers voted in it,  it because a billionaire in Pennsylvania told Greg Abbott to make it happen.

19 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Texas will get school vouchers not because the taxpayers voted in it,  it because a billionaire in Pennsylvania told Greg Abbott to make it happen.

Told Abbott with a big fat fucking check

8 hours ago, YGIFS said:

If you gave me a thousand years to come up with the most disturbingly awful sexual  threesome in human history, I would not be able to top that.  And I’ve got a supremely demented imagination.  

Technically, it could be considered the most disturbingly awful sexual foursome:

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Saw in the NYT this morning, Brett Stephens mentioned that maybe the penalty judgement would "knock the fake out of Lake."

 

I laughed.

But no. It won't. It can't. She could maybe shift into an atonement grift, but it'll still be a grift.

Does that mean she asked if she could dress up or the magazine asked her.   Either way, that's fucked up.

Those cookies were left in the oven too lon…….

oh.

Yeah, that’s fucked up.

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Sarah is so pissed the cookies are burned. But they’re still good 

Roseanne was dropping knowledge at MAL. Hell, she might be gunning to be Trump’s VP choice  

 

That's an astonishingly tonedeaf bit.  What magazine ran with that, and how quickly was the editorial staff fired?

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's an astonishingly tonedeaf bit.  What magazine ran with that, and how quickly was the editorial staff fired?

Fired?  One of them is probably in charge at the NYT now.

8 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Fired?  One of them is probably in charge at the NYT now.

NYT: Roseanne Barr once dressed up as Hitler and pretended to kill a bunch of gingerbread men in an oven 15 years ago. Why this was Joe Biden’s fault and how it’s going to cost him the election in November,

Her campaign account got ratioed by 3yearletterman last night:

And not the first time:

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This sounds dangerous if not outright criminal? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna147902

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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — Arizona GOP Senate hopeful Kari Lake told supporters they can "strap on a Glock" to be prepared for the intensity of the 2024 campaign and urged military and law enforcement veterans to be "ready," as her race heats up in a key battleground state. 

“We need to send people to Washington, D.C., that the swamp does not want there,” Lake said toward the end of a Sunday speech to a crowd of Arizonans in Mohave County. “And I can think of a couple people they don’t want there. First on that list is Donald J. Trump; second is Kari Lake.”

She described standing up to the “swamp” in Washington, saying: “They can’t bribe me, they can blackmail me. That’s what they don’t want me in Washington, D.C. And that’s exactly what President Trump wants me they’re fighting with him.”

“He’s willing to sacrifice everything I am. That’s why they’re coming after us with lawfare, they’re going to come after us with everything. That’s why the next six months is going to be intense. And we need to strap on our — let’s see. What do we want to strap on?” Lake asked as some in the crowd chuckled. “We’re going to strap on our, our seat belt. We’re going to put on our helmet or your Kari Lake ball cap. We are going to put on the armor of God. And maybe strap on a Glock on the side of us just in case.”

“We’re not going to be the victims of crime,” Lake continued. “We’re not going to have our Second Amendment taken away. We’re certainly not going to have our First Amendment taken away by these tyrants.”

Earlier in the roughly 30-minute remarks, Lake gave another warning about the period between now and Election Day. 

“The next six months are going to be difficult. If you are not ready for action, and I have a feeling with as many veterans and former law enforcement, active law enforcement” — Lake paused to ask for a show of hands —  “… you guys are ready for it,” Lake said to her supporters. “It’s going to be a crazy run, the next six months. This is the moment we have to save our country.”

Lake’s campaign declined to comment when asked to clarify the point of her remarks and whether she was implying there might be political violence in the next six months.

While Lake didn’t explicitly warn of political violence, that’s how one of her supporters took her rhetoric. 

“They’re gonna do everything they can to disrupt the election, whether it’s another pandemic, whether it’s going to be inciting the civil war,” said Geenee Roe, 63, when asked about Lake’s speech afterward. The event included a raffle of an AR-15-style rifle.

NBC News asked the Lake Havasu City resident, who plans to vote for Trump and Lake in 2024, if she believed another American civil war is a concrete possibility. 

“The signs are all there,” said Roe, who believes the political left is trying to push the MAGA movement into trouble. “Saying the MAGA people are bad, that we incite riots — and the whole J6 thing that happened, that was all a setup for sure,” said Roe, referencing the debunked conspiracy theory that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a ploy to frame Trump and his supporters. 

Lake’s comments came in Arizona’s northwest Mohave County, which broke for Trump with 75% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. The Senate hopeful is setting her sights on an even larger margin in 2024.

“If Mohave County shows up 100% or close to it, they can’t cheat their way out of this in Maricopa County, no matter what they do,” Lake said, leaning on a signature talking point.

Lake has continually rejected the 2020 election results, which saw President Joe Biden narrowly defeat Trump in Arizona, and the 2022 election results, which saw her bid for governor fail by a slightly wider margin. Court cases and other reviews of the results have not found evidence of fraud or malfeasance affecting the election results. And in March, Lake decided not to contest her liability in a defamation suit brought by a Republican election official in Maricopa County.

Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder, who plays a key role in election administration, filed a defamation claim against Lake in June alleging that she “repeatedly and falsely accused” him of causing her electoral defeat in the race for governor won by Democrat Katie Hobbs. Lake’s legal team recently filed a default judgment motion that indicated she was not challenging her culpability. She instead will argue against damages in the case.

She continued questioning the integrity of Maricopa County’s election results on Sunday.

“You all know what goes on in Maricopa County. I mean, you know that you know, the garbage that they’re pushing down there,” Lake said of Arizona’s most populous county, where Richer and the Republican-controlled board of supervisors run local elections. 

“We’re gonna need all these counties outside of Maricopa County to show up, and I’m counting on Mohave County to lead the way,” Lake said.

 

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