The Frankish Reich

What'd I tell you: psychotic anti-vaxx nut. Lived at home with his parents, did odd jobs, started launching into anti-vaxx lectures to his neighbors. From the reliable reporting of the NY Times. But some neighbors had noticed a shift in him. Nancy Hoalst, who lives across the cul-de-sac from the Whites’ beige two-story house, said he had become “unsettled.” “He very deeply believed that vaccines had hurt him,” Ms. Hoalst said, “and that they were hurting other people.” His apparent obsession with anti-vaccine conspiracy theories seemed to come out of nowhere about a year ago, she said. Mr. White would launch into unrelenting monologues about it on her front porch, describing a vast and confusing conspiracy. She would just let him talk, finding it unwise to acknowledge that she herself was vaccinated. But, she added, she “never thought he would take it out on other people.” “It was a such a belief, it was almost like faith,” Ms. Hoalst said of his obsession with the vaccine. “It was a tenet of who he was.”

I hope Trubisky and White can improve on that in the reg season

Play by Play man: "Beebe broke his leg right about there." Tasker: "Yeah, it's funny."

Ouch.

Beebe looking good! Tasker, umm, whatever

Nice - and dismissive - take on the idiocy of Trump's tariffs in the final few minutes here.

Are you sure this isn't just a DEI pro-chubby chick move?

Dumbasses fell for another self-serving Memecoin prank. Don't give them any attention and maybe they'll go away.

Well, he seemed pretty healthy yesterday, running around with several firearms, shooting villains like an Atlanta cop and the exterior walls of the CDC...

I hate preseason football. I am glad I forgot this was a day game. I do, however, appreciate those folks here who do watch just to give us some analysis (who looks good, who doesn't). I'll wait for that.

Where are all the " what if he pulls a hammy" posts?

Reminder: some people actually bet on this. Another reminder: some people are degenerate gamblers.

We know the shooter claimed that somehow the COVID vaccine made him "sick." My prediction: we will find out that he got the vaccine in his mid-20s, then (as is unfortunately not unusual for mental illness) suffered a psychotic break. And then made the error of logic all too common around here: post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Wow, look at the headline here! "Sources: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters, was sick from COVID vaccine" You can't hate the MSM enough. Oh, wait a minute. A little reading comprehension. CNN is quoting a source who said that. They are not reporting the results of an autopsy. RFK, Jr is winning! He got a cop killed!

I don't mean to sound cruel or classist here. Really, I don't. But this is true. COVID shutdowns and home schooling exposed those kids who aren't self-motivated, who don't have parents who value education, who were likely never to succeed on an academic track. It accelerated that natural division; it didn't create it. That's why I'm all for a system that provides second chances: GEDs, community college, etc., for those kids who couldn't stick to it when they were young but who have now found the necessary discipline.

Hey, if it pops into your head, why not make a whole new post for it! One of the benefits of HHS cuts is that traveling biological supply salesmen have more time to post rambling pseudo-political thoughts on football boards.

Maybe it'll be poor Maria Butina. Didn't Mike Flynn have the hots for her too?

Cruel to keep us waiting

That's the kicker. Home Depot has the resources to eat the increased costs. For now.

I will drink American "Barolo?" I will eat faux "Swiss" milk chocolate? I will drive a Buick and say it's the American Audi?

Love, General Misha

Sorry, Tarheel. I know all about her now. Love, Frankiepoo “The Guardian understands Flynn and Lokhova remained in email contact, conducted through an unclassified channel. In one email exchange described by Andrew, Flynn signed himself as “General Misha”, Russian for Mike.”

Yeah, but he’s all got and bothered about this Svetlana. I think he googled (incognito) “Svetlana Hot Russian.” Now he’s ready to buy $5000 in Best Buy gift cards to help with her legal case. And, you know, maybe meet up some day.

All good MAGA people: please report immediately to the Svetlana something thread. Tarheel is lonely; he’s taken to responding to himself again. I tried to jump in to make the reply count more respectable (I don’t want to be responsible for him doing anything foolish), but he really could use some fake interest from Blitzy or BMan. Hell, he’d probably even take Wolfgang at this point. P.S. He’s promising that this is the first in a series. Don’t let him down or he may get canceled before Season 1’s script roadmap is even completed.

Glad to see your First in a Continuing Series is really catching on. Do I have to wait until next Thursday for Episode 2? Are you more Amazon Prime Video than Netflix?