WTF Sh*t's F*cked Up and Bullsh*t - a "Who Cares" thread for news

[Innula Zenovka]

When I was a teenager, I knew a guy who drove a Messerschmitt KR200

What Do You Know About this 10-Horsepower Messerschmitt KR200 Bubble Car?

It used to be a popular car in the 1950s

www.topspeed.com

 

[Free]

That is a kiddie ride.

 

[Arkady Arkright]

That is a kiddie ride.

There were a lot of them about in the 50's & 60's - Messerschmitts and Heinkels mainly. Once, on a pub-crawl with some friends, we lifted a mate's Heinkel into the back of a lorry in the a car-park. When we came out of the pub the lorry was gone... Fortunately the landlord knew who's it was, so we managed to find him and retrieve the Heinkel. Early Heinkels had a front-opening door and no reverse gear, so if you parked nose-first against a wall by mistake you had to climb out of the roof-light. Jolly entertaining in those days of rampant voyeurism and short skirts...

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I remember Heinkels, too -- such strange little machines!

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Crazy Fokkers.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Quebec City police arrest suspect after stabbings leave 2 dead

Spokesperson Étienne Doyon said the suspect is in his mid-20s, and would not say whether he was known to police.

He said the five victims have been transported to a local hospital, with varying levels of injury. The suspect has also been taken to hospital for evaluation, Doyon said.

Doyon said his thoughts are with the victims' families and is asking people to call 911 if they have information in the coming hours or days.

Police said late Saturday they were hunting for a man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a bladed weapon who left "multiple victims."

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

When I was a teenager, I knew a guy who drove a Messerschmitt KR200

What Do You Know About this 10-Horsepower Messerschmitt KR200 Bubble Car?

It used to be a popular car in the 1950s

www.topspeed.com

That looks like a coffin on wheels! Okay, so a fun-looking, brightly colored coffin...

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Jolly entertaining in those days of rampant voyeurism and short skirts...

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Free]

Want to know the political bias? Follow the money.

Of course, part of that is no doubt due to conservative efforts in constantly working the refs.

 

[Sredni Eel]

The politician Doug Jones needs to wear monster costumes, because I keep confusing him with the actor Doug Jones (who was the fish dude in Shape of Water, among other beasties in the movies). I always have to double check who people are talking about on Twitter.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Ambivalence. I both do and do not wish to see the words 'sectarian violence' applied to a story about the USA.

Stay safe, y'all.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Very illuminating thread

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

NYT almost discovered insurance fraud.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

NYT almost discovered insurance fraud.

Hardly surprising that insurance fraud would recommend itself to Trump supporters, I guess.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Ambivalence. I both do and do not wish to see the words 'sectarian violence' applied to a story about the USA.

Stay safe, y'all.

Riots and sectarian violence are the only results I see going forward.

 

[Free]

North Dakota legislature candidate who died from COVID-19 wins election

A Republican candidate for the state legislature in North Dakota who died from COVID-19 in October won his election Tuesday night.

www.fox9.com

A Republican candidate for the state legislature in North Dakota who died from COVID-19 in October won his election Tuesday night.

Election results in North Dakota showed the Bismark-area district going to David Andahl and Dave Nehring. The district chooses two representatives.

According to the Associated Press, Andahl died due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 55 in October. He had been sick and hospitalized with the disease.

 

[bubblesort]

The great political analyst Chuck Tingle is forecasting a Biden win.

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath - The Atlantic

Great article and then

The Democrats, for their part, might look at this near-death experience, and, as they sometimes have in the past, conclude that moving left, including more talk of socialism and more social-justice activism is just the tonic they’ll need to shore up their coalition. Some Democrats tend to believe that almost every election confirms the need to lurch to the left, when in fact the 2020 election should be a reminder that Trump would have beaten anyone left of Biden.

Heave on that Overton Window, Tom! Throw all your weight on it! OH NOES SOCIALISM. Tom, hint, universal health care is not only standard in other industrialized nations, forms of it polls a supermajority in the USA.

And you think the Democratic Party needs to move to the right?

 

[Innula Zenovka]