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Disheartening number of responses to this tweet, or rather to the appalled responses to this tweet, saying things along the lines of "well actually Francoism was a very different style of fascism from the one practiced by the Nazis."

 

[therealjohnny]

"Anyone who criticizes the above tweet is extremely un-American"

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

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[Kermit McDermott]

Should have been 4 years.... horrible bastard.

Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon gets prison sentence over refusal to cooperate with Capitol attack probe

Steve Bannon, a prominent figure on the American right who served as a senior strategist for former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year's U.S. Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob.

www.independent.ie

 

[flashback]

Should have been 4 years.... horrible bastard.

Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon gets prison sentence over refusal to cooperate with Capitol attack probe

Steve Bannon, a prominent figure on the American right who served as a senior strategist for former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year's U.S. Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob.

www.independent.ie

He would have been put away, Shitstain pardoned him on the Federal convictions.
There might be more to come too, we can hope at least.

 

[therealjohnny]

"relentlessly patriotic" clothes

Nine Line Apparel - Veteran Owned and Operated Apparel Company

Nine Line Apparel represents the grit and commitment of all Patriotic Americans. Founded on the principles similar to other value based organizations, Nine Line aims to promote the issues faced by all those who have served their country, on both foreign and domestic soil.

www.ninelineapparel.com

 

[therealjohnny]

Rather than asking people directly whether they believe in QAnon, the institute asked over 5,149 adults (age 18 and up) living in the US whether they agreed with core beliefs associated with the conspiracy.
It found that an uncomfortably high 15 percent of Americans agreed with the statement “the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation".

Fifteen Percent Of Americans Believe The US Is Controlled By Satan-Worshippers, Poll Finds

Fifteen Percent Of Americans Believe The US Is Controlled By Satan-Worshippers, Poll Finds

www.iflscience.com

 

[Cormcolash]

In fairness, if I was walking down the street and they asked me that, obviously I'd say yes for a laugh

 

[Cormcolash]

Even if I didn't already believe it, that is

 

[flashback]

Rather than asking people directly whether they believe in QAnon, the institute asked over 5,149 adults (age 18 and up) living in the US whether they agreed with core beliefs associated with the conspiracy.
It found that an uncomfortably high 15 percent of Americans agreed with the statement “the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation".

Fifteen Percent Of Americans Believe The US Is Controlled By Satan-Worshippers, Poll Finds

Fifteen Percent Of Americans Believe The US Is Controlled By Satan-Worshippers, Poll Finds

www.iflscience.com

just reading through this. I found it sadly lacking on details.

Let's say hypothetically I wanted to get into Satan worshiping child trafficking, where do you start? Normally you can get YouTube videos on things, but it's thin on the ground.

I gave out to a few Jewish people earlier as a start. Hopefully Elon Musk can help everyone along on this on Twitter2.

 

[Cormcolash]

Should we all be worshipping Satan and trafficking children now? Only it's just I spend most of the day on the farm, and then in the evenings I usually just like a nice cup of tea.

 

[flashback]

Should we all be worshipping Satan and trafficking children now? Only it's just I spend most of the day on the farm, and then in the evenings I usually just like a nice cup of tea.

I'm not fully committed with the worship bit, like you said, work's a bit hectic.
At the moment I consider myself mates with Satan. I'm not convinced I'll have the time or facilities for child trafficking right now, so I'll probably adopt a dog instead. Generally speaking they're less needy than children.

 

[therealjohnny]

You'd think this would cause some sort of reaction...but no..

Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump

The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trump’s spurious claims about a “terrorist...

news.yahoo.com

 

[flashback]

You'd think this would cause some sort of reaction...but no..

Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump

The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trump’s spurious claims about a “terrorist...

news.yahoo.com

I remember at the time it was a fairly open secret that some agencies were aligned with Trump, DHS being one of the more notable ones. One of the redeeming features of DHS was they gave off a lazy aura, like they're on the side of harm, but they're also taking the piss a little bit.
Not sure how accurate that second impression was though.

 

[magicbastarder]

The Dems seem not to have done as badly as forecast. I haven't been following this much at all but have seen some analysis which suggests that the abortion issue may have hampered the republicans.

 

[magicbastarder]

'Dr Oz beaten to a usually safe rep seat by a lad who's had a stroke and has trouble speaking' is an interesting detail.

 

[nuke terrorist]

RE: Herschel Walker (Georgia Rep. candidate).
from 1986 RTE had an NFL highlights problem presented by Miles Dungan (who had lived on the USA. M.D. generally didn't appear on camera - just did voiceover).
Herschel Walker was one of the best rushing players at the time.
Walker rather than join the NFL had turned pro in the rival short lived USFL in a team that Donald Trump was involved in. The USFL was based in cities that didn't have NFL teams and lasted from 1983-85.
after the NFSL went bust Walker joined the Dallas Cowboys and was the star player in a struggling team.
Walker looked like future Hall of Famer until October 1989.
Dallas decided to write off that season and trade Walker to the Minnesota Vikings in return for future trade picks.
I can't remember anything about Walker's career after that but the picks Dallas got were the basis of a team that won the Super Bowl in 1992, 1993 and 1995.

Herschel Walker trade - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

the Herschel Walker Trade is rated as one of the worst transfers in NFL history because of what the Vikings could have had.

 

[magicbastarder]

I wonder how much wind this has taken out of trump's sails.

 

[ernesto]

I wonder how much wind this has taken out of trump's sails.

hopefully alot. apparently a shitload of Republicans are blaming him for them not winning more

 

[magicbastarder]

I saw a link to a video (which I admittedly didn't watch) where apparently a couple of days before the elections, he told an interviewer that if they went well, he'd be totally responsible, but if they went badly, he'd be completely blameless. Gotta love the man's way of thinking.