The Frankish Reich

Does that include findings of digital penetration in a changing room that were finally proved in 2024?

"At times he couldn't operate a cell phone." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-trumps-human-printer-natalie-harp Sorry, Tucker, just one old man who can't operate technology left in this race.

^^ effin weird to cite to "grateful Calvin" as if anyone but nuts knows who this is. For all I know "grateful Calvin" is your alter ego on some other weird board. Like the truly weird experience of having a man who is obviously Donald Trump call into a radio show as "John Barron, Donald Trump's publicist." Like the man said: Weird.

Tell Ben it'll be an epic battle of the reversers! - End Obamacare X - Cut Medicare and Social Security X - Federal Abortion Bans X - Some kind of punishment for women who have abortions X - Rein-in "made out of thin air" cryptocurrency X - Make Mexico Pay X - Do something to legalize the Dreamers X - Ban TikTok X

Now that's the old fashioned kind of Appeal to Authority B-Man is known for! Copy/pasting "Grateful Calvin." So much stronger than just saying it himself!

After some comments about Gab learning about an account disclosure request "30 minutes ago." They covered up something before they learned about it. Riiight.

So what's your point? Or "Antoninus's" point? That "disinformation should be policed?" You mean like it was here? The Community Notes thing seems to be working reasonably well as a crowd-sourced policeman.

OK now, who led you to the Wash Post link. We know you'd never pay a dollar a month for that commie crap that somehow manages to print an op-ed piece that is critical of the commies. Fair and balanced! You mean don't pass the latest version of Federalist Society Law Prof Stephen Calabresi's Supreme Court reform plan?

https://www.theonion.com/report-trump-gunman-googled-how-to-be-an-enigma-1851607974 “Not a good sign for Trump that he’s losing the deranged loners with guns demographic.” KASSIE GARDNER, CALENDAR MANAGER

Keep up the cornball humor! I operate at a higher level.

Far, far past its prime, but The Onion still operates on a far higher level than the Babylon Bee. https://www.theonion.com/who-is-trump-s-vp-pick-j-d-vance-1851594675 Hometown: Decay, Ohio Alma Mater: Ohio State University, Yale School of Political Pandering Ethnicity: Mountain white Conservative Credentials: Somehow both rich and poor? Current Larval Stage: Pupa Books: Hillbilly Elegy, The Wizards Of Elzagard I-III, The Children Of Elzagard IV-V, Elzagard Chornicles: The Crystal Of Sa’Sakar I-IX, Encyclopedia Elzagarium: The Complete Companion To The Elzagard Realm Face Shape: Cherubic Go-To Eyeliner Brand: Covergirl Intensify Me! Liquid Liner in Intense Black When Scanned At Vet, Microchip Identifies Owner As: Peter Thiel Vice Vice President Pick: Matt Gaetz Greatest Liability: Attraction to electric bug zappers Number Of Times Trump Has Issued Order To Have Him Killed: 12 Pet Names For Grandparents: Mamaw and Pissbucket

https://www.natesilver.net/p/harris-trump-electoral-college Nate Silver's update. Note that the electoral college advantage is still squarely with Trump, but it's a lot closer than when Biden was in the race. A completely expected trend: RFK Jr's support starting to crater.

I've said this before. This is the corny old white guy humor of the Babylon Bee. They must have a lame AI generator for their posts. Something about race? Pull out the old Robert Byrd was in the KKK thing. Nobody except us old white guys who are too informed about politics even remembers or knows about that. Old. Tired. Unfunny. And still they persist.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/putin-congratulates-venezuelas-maduro-election-win-2024-07-29/

Good point. But of course that was March, long before the debate debacle.

Wow. Amazing Dem comeback simply by subbing out for Biden. Imagine if the Republicans subbed in, say, Haley for Trump ...

I think Simmons is gonna be forced into a 1-year prove it deal.

It's not true! And I think pretty much everyone who's seen those memes understands that. The new and improved JD Vance gives off a little bit of a creeper vibe, so it works! Fighting back effectively starts with understanding and accepting that. Sorry, politics is a contact sport. It's just that the contact usually isn't with a couch.

Proving my point.

We are now into multiple pages about Couch Screwing.

Oh, I'll let you guys do that. My unwelcome advice: be a little more sophisticated about it. Elon Musk thinks it's still funny (in kind of a meta way, laughing at how deliberately stupid his insults are) to do the Bevis and Butthead thing. He's stuck in the 90s. Couch Banger is an absurdist gem. Sorry, it still makes me laugh just a little. As the old saying goes, "an old story that even if it isn't true, should be true."

Politicians are weird. They're not like us. They're incredibly phony, incredibly power hungry, they have skeletons in their closets, they're fully deserving of parody.

See what I mean about not getting it? "The Left" is having far too much fun with the uptight attitudes about sex, sexuality, and children that still prevail in official conservatism. I don't actually think hooker-banger Trump fits that, and I know Vance doesn't, at least in their private attitudes. But they're still spouting (particularly Vance) the old-fashioned Republican "normal Americans are married (multiple times if you know hIllbilly elegy) and have kids and don't let their kids see drag queens" stuff. And "the left" continues to troll them. And the "weird fascination" is now officially a problem for "the right" too.

That's what gives it legs. It blindsided them. They've been on about Democrats not being like "normal Americans" since the Clinton Administration. Turnabout is fair play. Never saw it coming, and have no idea how to respond other than "oh yeah, look at your own weirdos," which isn't working. OK, military journalist PR kid JD Vance Fan ...

I don't know what "the Left" means here. But yeah, some guy on Twitter/X just made it up. And the right wingers here are missing the point. You're not gonna "refute" it by showing pictures of the purse klepto trans Biden guy. Those people are out there saying "look at me; I'm weird!" That won't accomplish the point. Better to go out there JD and make fun of yourself a little. Loosen up! Be yourself, not a minor league Trump mimic. I know I'm no kid, but I watch how my kids use language and memes, and I'm kind of into it. "Weird" here is "trying too hard to be normal, obviously trying to hide something." And the something here is 'had sex with a couch." That's why it's working!