The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult

[TexasEd 8,162]

On 5/15/2022 at 11:57 AM, Homercles said:

I’ve got a Hispanic friend who went to the Trump rally yesterday.  Coworker of his gave him a $600 ticket.  
 

So out of curiosity I watched a bit of Trumps speech on CSPAN.  I didn’t expect anything different and wasn’t surprised…just constant self-fellating, diatribes against Biden and nothing of actual substance.  No mention of Cruz that I heard though he named about a dozen GOP members in Texas.  
 

No real point here…just have a sick feeling macroeconomic conditions, some brought about by the prior R admin themselves, is going to get that asshat re-elected.  

They were on sale like a fireworks stand.  Buy one, get 10 free.

[TexasEd 8,162]

On 5/16/2022 at 7:21 PM, Gil Bang said:

 

Lol at this guy from the protest

 

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

The thing about the COVID conspiracy stuff...step back for a moment and take a look at the folks denying the Apollo landings.  For those moon landings to have been faked, it would have meant that thousands of Americans who would have had direct knowledge that we didn't land on the Moon, would have kept quiet.  Thousands, probably tens of thousands (since a whole shitload of amateurs outside of NASA/aerospace industry were monitoring everything with radios, telescopes, etc.) would have had some inkling that it was faked..  But wait, there's more!  The Soviets would have been able to detect if we did or didn't land on the moon (and probably the Brits, French, Japanese).   The Soviets would have made damn sure that every country in the world was informed that the US tried to fake the Lunar landings.

The COVID conspiracy - the virus, response, masks, vaccines, Fauci, etc....I think that would have been a bigger coverup than the Apollo landings, because the chain of events that it involves would be so much more elaborate, and could have failed at any step (starting with the the virus not being all that deadly, or escaping in the US, etc.), and countries around the world have easy access to the virus.  If we had deliberately fucked around and planted the virus in China, I think China would not only have figured it out, but they, like the Soviets in 1969, would have made damn sure that every country in the world was informed that the US created it and planted it in Wuhan.  And if people in the US created it to get Trump out of office, that means a shitload of people would have direct access and would have to keep their mouths shut, and they'd have to do it in a facility that would leave some kind of trail if it got out or whatever.

But these people want to believe in The Big Lie, because it's comforting to them, because otherwise Trump failed on his own, and given that their identities are tied to Trump, that means they chose a loser, which would reflect poorly on them.

  

3 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

This is a real conversation I had with what use to be a normal person

H: “you aren’t pissed that the election was stolen?”
Me: “there was never any proof of that, in fact even the audits they did show there was nothing”
H: “it’s all rigged, brother. You should watch the movie 2000 mules, it’s all there.”
Me: “don’t you think if there was evidence, it would be bright out in court?”
H: “the courts are rigged, like the media.”
Me: “what about Trump, Cruz, the crazy lawyer lady? Wouldn’t they show the proof?”
H: “just watch the movie man. It’s all there.”
Me: “so a movie with an anonymous witness and some very disputable research is proof? That no one else is using?”
H: “just watch it. It’s all there”

It’s a sickness. A disease.

He also said the country has moved passed 1/6 and we should stop talking about it and we should focus on the the 10,000 people that were killed in the blm riots.

 

3 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If half the world or more all come together on a ridiculously elaborate plan to ensure that the American president does not get re-elected, isn’t that in and of itself proof that he shouldn’t get re-elected?

the world can’t agree on much, and can accomplish even less as a cohesive unit. 

I call these people "Flat Earthers".  It makes them scratch their heads when they say the election was stolen and I retort, "Oh, so you're a flat earther?"

Edited May 19, 2022 by TexasEd

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

I wanted to have kids one day then became an adult and realized how dumb most people are. Hopefully robots take over soon.

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5 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

This is a real conversation I had with what use to be a normal person

H: “you aren’t pissed that the election was stolen?”
Me: “there was never any proof of that, in fact even the audits they did show there was nothing”
H: “it’s all rigged, brother. You should watch the movie 2000 mules, it’s all there.”
Me: “don’t you think if there was evidence, it would be bright out in court?”
H: “the courts are rigged, like the media.”
Me: “what about Trump, Cruz, the crazy lawyer lady? Wouldn’t they show the proof?”
H: “just watch the movie man. It’s all there.”
Me: “so a movie with an anonymous witness and some very disputable research is proof? That no one else is using?”
H: “just watch it. It’s all there”

It’s a sickness. A disease.

He also said the country has moved passed 1/6 and we should stop talking about it and we should focus on the the 10,000 people that were killed in the blm riots.

How did he respond when you told him he was a goddamned fool and a fucking moron?

You did tell him that, right?

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Of course they did.

Pro-life until babies leave the womb. Then those little freeloaders need to get a job and pay for their own formula like in the good ole days.

Also - check the date -

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18 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

 

Also - check the date -

 

perhaps you didn’t know, but everything was perfect during the trump years !

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8 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

I wanted to have kids one day then became an adult and realized how dumb most people are. Hopefully robots take over soon.

You need to have kids to replace other peoples’ kids. Apparently that’s how it works.  Just replaces them, like they never existed.  

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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

As I drive around hou, I’ll tune into micheal berry for the lulz and let me tell you, he’s pushing very crazy theory …..

the entire Covid - virus, response, masks, vaccine, Fauci, was all an elaborate plan to steal the 2020 election from trump 

The best way to respond to these grandiose conspiracy theories is to remind folks Clinton couldn’t get a blow job in the Oval Office without the whole world finding out. But sure the 2020 election, pizzagate, 9/11 etc… all went off without a hitch.

Edited May 19, 2022 by TexEx15

[Pancho 45,554]

Someone explain this:

 

[Irwin F Fletcher 3,554]

This is a real conversation I had with what use to be a normal person

H: “you aren’t pissed that the election was stolen?”
Me: “there was never any proof of that, in fact even the audits they did show there was nothing”
H: “it’s all rigged, brother. You should watch the movie 2000 mules, it’s all there.”
Me: “don’t you think if there was evidence, it would be bright out in court?”
H: “the courts are rigged, like the media.”
Me: “what about Trump, Cruz, the crazy lawyer lady? Wouldn’t they show the proof?”
H: “just watch the movie man. It’s all there.”
Me: “so a movie with an anonymous witness and some very disputable research is proof? That no one else is using?”
H: “just watch it. It’s all there”

It’s a sickness. A disease.

He also said the country has moved passed 1/6 and we should stop talking about it and we should focus on the the 10,000 people that were killed in the blm riots.

I hope to have this conversation one day. Without hesitation I would tell that person (friend or family), "you are a fucking idiot, how do you make it through the day without drooling all over yourself".

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16 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

As I drive around hou, I’ll tune into micheal berry for the lulz and let me tell you, he’s pushing very crazy theory …..

the entire Covid - virus, response, masks, vaccine, Fauci, was all an elaborate plan to steal the 2020 election from trump 

Michael Berry is great listening.  I have noticed that he and the lunch hour guys (that stupid aggie blogger and some cartoon character) still harp all the time on masks which surprises me given how little salience that issue has left in real life outside of maybe a handful of the more liberal states where these guys have few if any listeners.  

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1 hour ago, Pancho said:

Someone explain this:

 

which part are you having trouble with?

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16 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

This is a real conversation I had with what use to be a normal person

H: “you aren’t pissed that the election was stolen?”
Me: “there was never any proof of that, in fact even the audits they did show there was nothing”
H: “it’s all rigged, brother. You should watch the movie 2000 mules, it’s all there.”
Me: “don’t you think if there was evidence, it would be bright out in court?”
H: “the courts are rigged, like the media.”
Me: “what about Trump, Cruz, the crazy lawyer lady? Wouldn’t they show the proof?”
H: “just watch the movie man. It’s all there.”
Me: “so a movie with an anonymous witness and some very disputable research is proof? That no one else is using?”
H: “just watch it. It’s all there”

It’s a sickness. A disease.

He also said the country has moved passed 1/6 and we should stop talking about it and we should focus on the the 10,000 people that were killed in the blm riots.

Unfortunately your friend is correct.    But you don't have to watch some long movie to understand how the liberal cabel stole this election and handed it to Biden.   I have linked a 6 minutes video which sums it all up if you open your mind.   It's all there man... just look for the signs!

 

 

Edited May 19, 2022 by Horn Dog

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20 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

which part are you having trouble with?

For me, the questions are 1) isn’t this already the law? 2) if not, why not? 3) why the close vote?

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4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

For me, the questions are 1) isn’t this already the law? 2) if not, why not? 3) why the close vote?

1) probably 2) GQP 3) GQP

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1 hour ago, Horn Dog said:

Unfortunately your friend is correct.    But you don't have to watch some long movie to understand how the liberal cabel stole this election and handed it to Biden.   I have linked a 6 minutes video which sums it all up if you open your mind.   It's all there man... just look for the signs!

 

And here's another video with all of the signals.  Just have to open your mind and do your research

 

 

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I really can’t wrap my head around there being absolutely no repercussions for the GQP’s votes against baby formula aid and gas price gouging.

 

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11 minutes ago, Queen Bitch said:

I really can’t wrap my head around there being absolutely no repercussions for the GQP’s votes against baby formula aid and gas price gouging.

As far as Republicans (donors) are concerned, opposing baby formula aid and gas price gouging is a feature, not a bug.

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6 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

As far as Republicans (donors) are concerned, opposing baby formula aid and gas price gouging is a feature, not a bug.

that's because their donors are not people.

take that how you want.

Edited May 19, 2022 by Longhorn_Fan68

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I don’t understand blaming Biden or the federal government in general when gas prices go up.  Are there really red blooded freedom loving Americans that want the federal government to direct private businesses to set prices of their products?  Seems like it’s just good old supply and demand capitalism!

maybe we should have the feds pump their own crude, build their own refineries and the. Be able to sell it to the American people at a reasonable price?

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4 hours ago, Pancho said:

Someone explain this:

 

Not a good look for the GQP.

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15 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I don’t understand blaming Biden or the federal government in general when gas prices go up.  Are there really red blooded freedom loving Americans that want the federal government to direct private businesses to set prices of their products?  Seems like it’s just good old supply and demand capitalism!

maybe we should have the feds pump their own crude, build their own refineries and the. Be able to sell it to the American people at a reasonable price?

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51 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I don’t understand blaming Biden or the federal government in general when gas prices go up.  Are there really red blooded freedom loving Americans that want the federal government to direct private businesses to set prices of their products?  Seems like it’s just good old supply and demand capitalism!

maybe we should have the feds pump their own crude, build their own refineries and the. Be able to sell it to the American people at a reasonable price?

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11 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Hey then because people keep complaining about high cost of houses maybe we again ask the feds for a favor and see if they can build large scale apartments or condos or something.  Then they can rent it to us for a reasonable and stable price? 

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On 5/17/2022 at 12:15 AM, Jive Turkey said:

Even the church wants to start an even bigger insurrection. 

 

This dude is a fuckin caricature. 

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[Bevo14 8,455]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

 

I'm trying to think of a more useless existence than a politician whose agenda revolves around looking for ways to take rights away from certain groups of people.

Edited May 20, 2022 by Bevo14

[atomheartbevo 90,132]

They want the government interfering in private business when it suits them.

https://myfox8.com/news/virginia/va-delegate-seeks-restraining-order-against-barnes-noble-over-gender-queer/

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A book retailer may be facing a legal fight in Virginia over selling certain young adult books. 

According to a Facebook post, Attorney and state delegate Tim Anderson and his client Tommy Altman, a congressional candidate in the district around Virginia Beach, said “the Virginia Beach Circuit Court has found probable cause that the books “Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors.” 

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The post goes on to say that Altman has directed Anderson’s office to “seek a restraining order against Barnes and Noble and Virginia Beach Schools” in order to stop the sale or loaning of these books to minors without parental consent.

“We are in a major fight. Suits like this can be filed all over Virginia. There are dozens of books. Hundreds of schools,” the Facebook post reads.   Bookriot reports that neither of these books contains pornographic material, nor do they fit the definition of obscene.

https://www.facebook.com/virginialawoffice/posts/pfbid02V9Xf7Q7LJdLWTruW2pyG9LAnmv4jLXyQhbAGZtPKKW7YjDGbEDz4uME8cMY5t3dPl

This is just fucking pandering to the base, but it will take up valuable court time, cost taxpayers money, and will be forgotten after the elections.

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The first thing that entered my mind

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What standing could anyone, let alone a sitting state legislator, possibly have to bring such a lawsuit?

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14 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

What standing could anyone, let alone a sitting state legislator, possibly have to bring such a lawsuit?

It's an election year.  Even when it gets thrown out in court, it'll have served its purpose (and cost the taxpayers money in some way).

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20 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

His church needs to have its tax exempt status revoked.

I am not for that, generally speaking, meaning mainstream churches.  But wholeheartedly agree and there are apparently many examples of same.

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5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

For me, the questions are 1) isn’t this already the law? 2) if not, why not? 3) why the close vote?

The difficult thing here, I suppose, is defining gouging.  In the antitrust context, at least, pricing strategy offenses are not regarded as illegal in most cases because they tend to be self defeating.  That is, if pricing is so low as to actually injure competitors, it will injure the predatory pricer first and more gravely; and if prices are exorbitantly high, it will just attract competition and no one will buy. Antitrust is only one area where pricing comes under scrutiny, though, and probably wouldn't apply to most "gouging" cases.

Edited May 20, 2022 by TwiceHorn

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22 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

It's an election year.  Even when it gets thrown out in court, it'll have served its purpose (and cost the taxpayers money in some way).

More performative nonsense.  And when the courts throw it out, moar assault on American institutions.

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5 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I am not for that, generally speaking, meaning mainstream churches.  But wholeheartedly agree and there are apparently many examples of same.

Agreed.  His seems aggregious.  I also look at churches and organizations like Joel Osteen's and think they should seriously be looked at.

[TexasEd 8,162]

18 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

Unfortunately your friend is correct.    But you don't have to watch some long movie to understand how the liberal cabel stole this election and handed it to Biden.   I have linked a 6 minutes video which sums it all up if you open your mind.   It's all there man... just look for the signs!

 

 

So is it the giant floating vagina? Is that the sign?

[TexasEd 8,162]

7 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Agreed.  His seems aggregious.  I also look at churches and organizations like Joel Osteen's and think they should seriously be looked at.

Joel is just Jim & Tammy Faye with less social outreach and better accountant.

Edited May 20, 2022 by TexasEd

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15 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Not a good look for the GQP.

Stop the presses!

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7 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Agreed.  His seems aggregious.  I also look at churches and organizations like Joel Osteen's and think they should seriously be looked at.

The Scientologists will sue the hell out of anyone who even considers it.

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16 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Agreed.  His seems aggregious.  I also look at churches and organizations like Joel Osteen's and think they should seriously be looked at.

Osteen certainly sucks but I don't get the impression that he is overtly political in his church. At least, no more than we are in my UU church where we work for <gasp> social and racial justice, assistance for undocumented students, climate change, etc. I wouldn't want churches taxes unless super blatantly political. Now the Tennessee dude? Yea, fuck him and his "church".

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21 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

More performative nonsense.  And when the courts throw it out, moar assault on American institutions.

Fifth Circuit would find in favor. Why not at this point after abolishing administrative law?

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1 hour ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Osteen certainly sucks but I don't get the impression that he is overtly political in his church. At least, no more than we are in my UU church where we work for <gasp> social and racial justice, assistance for undocumented students, climate change, etc. I wouldn't want churches taxes unless super blatantly political. Now the Tennessee dude? Yea, fuck him and his "church".

I mean, he refused to allow hurricane refugees to shelter in his church, IIRC.

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7 hours ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Osteen certainly sucks but I don't get the impression that he is overtly political in his church. At least, no more than we are in my UU church where we work for <gasp> social and racial justice, assistance for undocumented students, climate change, etc. I wouldn't want churches taxes unless super blatantly political. Now the Tennessee dude? Yea, fuck him and his "church".

Osteen uses his church for profit, so it should be taxed.  He’s not political, but yeah.  He’s the Gemstones.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/20/mcconnell-ukraine-republican-isolationist-00034110

 

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The Kentuckian had already spoken with President Joe Biden by phone ahead of the trip, telling him that he wanted to blunt former President Donald Trump’s influence by conveying to allies in Eastern Europe that “Republicans still believe NATO is important.”

“My argument to [Biden] was, I want to reinforce with the Europeans after some loose talk during the Trump years about whether NATO is important, that at least at the moment, the most important Republican we currently have in Congress has a different point of view,” McConnell said in an interview in his office Thursday just off the Senate floor, a few hours after the chamber had sent the aid package to Biden’s desk.

Keep connecting those dots, Mitch….you’re almost there on what needs to be done to make the GQP respectable…..

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

“My argument to [Biden] was, I want to reinforce with the Europeans after some loose talk during the Trump years about whether NATO is important, that at least at the moment, the most important Republican we currently have in Congress has a different point of view,” McConnell said

Translation:  "Once we regain power, my point of view will change again and NATO can go fuck itself."

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“Dr. Oz should declare victory. It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find,’”

“All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,”

 

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14 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Translation:  "Once we regain power, my point of view will change again and NATO can go fuck itself."

Kentucky has a lot of solid military ties, and Mitch is happy for military-industrial complex money.

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3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Kentucky has a lot of solid military ties, and Mitch is happy for military-industrial complex money.

Daniel Boone and whatnot 

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