The Absurd GOP

[The Grand Nudger]

The funniest part about it is how they were looking for a four seasons for their vry imprtnt kraken in the first place.

Honestly, it tracks. Book em between the other mlm conventions in the four seasons hall that day.

[The Architect Of Fate]

The Kraken 

[LinuxGal]

In regards to religion, I think the GOP is just like religion. They just go by one way of thinking, and discard others, and they do not actually care for, or even allow freedom, even if they say otherwise. They are just trying to take advantage of and brainwash people to follow them, no matter how wrong they actually are. It is a shame some people do not see through their lies.

Expecting evangelicals to turn against Trump because of his obvious criminality means assuming that they will modify their beliefs in response to real-world objective evidence. If they were capable of doing that, they wouldn't still be evangelicals.  They aren't supporting Trump because they believe he lives and believes in accordance with their ideals. They're supporting him because he offers them the opportunity to feel powerful and dominant over their opponents -- what their more secular fellow Trumpanzees call "owning the libs". It's a primate dominance urge thing.

[LinuxGal]

Moms for Liberty and Parents Involved in Education are once again trying to win seats on my town's school committee and the town library board. They want to ban their way to freedom.

In the last election cycle they trotted out crusty old "no kids in the school system" candidates who vowed to stop woke. They lost by a 8-1 margin. So, of course, the same candidates are running again because hey, maybe we won't be paying attention this time.

The candidate for Library Board has never had a town library card.

Idiocracy.

OnlyBans: a website where librarians and drag queens read books that are illegal in Florida schools.

[ShinyCrystals]

In regards to religion, I think the GOP is just like religion. They just go by one way of thinking, and discard others, and they do not actually care for, or even allow freedom, even if they say otherwise. They are just trying to take advantage of and brainwash people to follow them, no matter how wrong they actually are. It is a shame some people do not see through their lies.

Expecting evangelicals to turn against Trump because of his obvious criminality means assuming that they will modify their beliefs in response to real-world objective evidence. If they were capable of doing that, they wouldn't still be evangelicals.  They aren't supporting Trump because they believe he lives and believes in accordance with their ideals. They're supporting him because he offers them the opportunity to feel powerful and dominant over their opponents -- what their more secular fellow Trumpanzees call "owning the libs". It's a primate dominance urge thing.

Yeah, I can see that. If by primate urge, you mean psychological need, that is something that works.

Though for the record, I was not saying evangelicals would turn against Trump, was I not?

[Fake Messiah]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Lauren Boebert Escorted Out Of Theater

Symptomatic of the larger issue that people no longer know how to behave in public.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a Sunday night performance of the “Beetlejuice” musical in downtown Denver, accused by venue officials of vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance” during the performance.

In an incident report shared with The Denver Post on Tuesday afternoon, officials with Denver Arts & Venues wrote that two patrons were asked to leave the city-owned Buell Theatre during the performance of the touring Broadway show. They previously were issued a warning during the intermission regarding behavior that prompted three complaints from other theatergoers, the report says.

And, of course, she played the 'Do you know who I am?' card.

Boru

[Nanny]

Wingnut Tommy Tuberville's misogynist crusade hamstrings military

Shared from my NYT account.

"For more than six months, Senator Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama, has held up military nominations in protest of a Pentagon policy created to ensure that service members have access to abortions and other reproductive medical care. Hundreds of promotions have now been delayed in a battle that has it all.

It is a showdown between a white former football coach and the country’s first Black defense secretary, two Alabama men, both with deep roots at Auburn University. It is a preview of just how much of an albatross the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade might be on Republicans in elections next year. And it is a political game of chicken in which the country’s national security is at stake."


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/po...=url-share

[Fireball]

That eejit Tuberville thinks Milley will stay on until things clear up. He's clearly clueless. That one person can cause this much disruption is disgusting. How many people are going to vote D next time? I certainly hope many shift their allegiance away from R.

[Nanny]

Nothing says "party over country" like Tuberville's stunt