They just get worse and worse

[Soen Eber]

I'm firmly convinced that modern industrial society is too complex for a significant portion of the population. The stress is unraveling their minds.

The human race needs an update patch

 

[Noodles]

The human race needs an update patch

I kind of worry we are in the middle of one but the patch was to remove some basic reasoning capaicty instead of make it better.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

It's not all bad news!

House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP’s far-right fringe (Washington Post. Paywall)

Democrats joined Republicans to approve the $886 billion legislation after it was stripped of hard-liners’ demands targeting abortion, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights

 

[Soen Eber]

It's not all bad news!

House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP’s far-right fringe (Washington Post. Paywall)

And now I'm going to have to vote against my congresswoman Omar. Country & national security should take precedence over politics ... "waters edge" and all that

 

[Innula Zenovka]

What the fuck is wrong with people.

Like, seriously.

I mean, yeah, everyone has some sort of issues, but sooooo many people have like, ISSUE isssues. Like seriously, WTF.

I think part of it is to assure their supporters that facts don't matter. The great attraction of contemporary right-wing politics is that you want something to be the case, then it is, because you want it to be -- Trump won the election, Biden didn't and neither did Obama, global heating is a hoax, vaccines and lockdowns are useless and covid isn't anything to worry about -- and you can safely ignore any snobbish elitists who come at you with their "facts" from the "mainstream media".

 

[Free]

Georgia GOP Chair Goes Full Flat-Earth, Says Globes Are Part of a Conspiracy

Failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor claimed the prevalence of globes is part of an effort to bury evidence the Earth is flat.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Free]

Everything is a grift to these people.

Alleged Rapist Wants a Huge Payout to Step Down as Florida GOP Chair: Report

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler has requested a multi-million-dollar payout for his resignation amid rape allegations, Florida Politics reports.

www.rollingstone.com

Accused rapist Christian Ziegler has requested a multi-million-dollar buyout in exchange for stepping down from his position as chair of Florida’s Republican Party, Florida Politics reports.

Last month, Ziegler was accused of sexually assaulting a woman involved in a long-term ménage à trois between himself and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler. According to a police complaint obtained by The Florida Trident, and sources who spoke to the outlet, the woman alleges that Christian Ziegler raped her on Oct. 2 while the pair were alone in her home in Sarasota, Florida. The woman told police that she had initially agreed to a sexual encounter with the couple but backed out after learning that Bridget Ziegler would not be participating. Christian Ziegler allegedly showed up at the woman’s residence uninvited and assaulted her. Ziegler has yet to be charged with a criminal offense and denies the allegations of assault despite admitting to police that the two had had sex.

Earlier this month, the Republican Party of Florida called an emergency meeting to discuss Ziegler’s future as party chair. According to a report from The Miami Herald, which obtained a memo from State GOP Vice Chairman Evan Powers, the party’s executive board is considering “censure or discipline” against Ziegler, including the possibility of expulsion from his office. The meeting is due to take place on Dec. 17, and Ziegler has so far declined to attend.

Florida Politics now reports that Ziegler has asked for a massive buyout from the Florida GOP in exchange for his resignation, with one source indicating a requested sum of $2 million. One party official told the outlet that they are in no position to offer Ziegler any sort of payment, and another doubted that the executive board would entertain a buyout given they are already moving to discipline Ziegler.

 

[Free]

Oh mai...

The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends

Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional financial disclosure documents – roughly 1,600 acres (645 hectares) in all.

But there are 6 acres (2.4 hectares) that he bought in 2015 and co-owns with a longtime campaign contributor that he has treated differently, transferring his ownership to Farm Team Properties, a shell company he co-owns with his wife.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

More projection than a movie theater.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

"Real America's Voice" indeed

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I think part of it is to assure their supporters that facts don't matter. The great attraction of contemporary right-wing politics is that you want something to be the case, then it is, because you want it to be -- Trump won the election, Biden didn't and neither did Obama, global heating is a hoax, vaccines and lockdowns are useless and covid isn't anything to worry about -- and you can safely ignore any snobbish elitists who come at you with their "facts" from the "mainstream media".

 

[Free]

"I'm open to anything."

Does that mean he'd be open to a homosexual encounter? I mean, anything provides a vast range of possibilities.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

"I'm open to anything."

Does that mean he'd be open to a homosexual encounter? I mean, anything provides a vast range of possibilities.

I'm not so sure he's not a closet gay.

 

[Free]

I'm not so sure he's not a closet gay.

You don't have to be gay to be "open to anything."

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Backstory here

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

You don't have to be gay to be "open to anything."

True. Very true.

Do you suppose he'd be open to pineapple on pizza?

 

[Free]

Do you suppose he'd be open to pineapple on pizza?

Probably too woke.

 

[Rose Karuna]

Backstory here

I read this story yesterday and was going to post it but it seems similar. I was horrified when I read it.

Johnny Gosch Went Missing In 1982 — But His Mom Says He Visited Her 15 Years Later

Johnny Gosch vanished while delivering newspapers in West Des Moines, Iowa when he was 12 years old.

allthatsinteresting.com

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally | APNews

What could possibly go wrong?