The Frankish Reich

Read what this nut who killed the lady over the Pride Flag said. Hint: it is essentially what you just said.

What was that about how we're just making up all of this QAnon silliness? The one where it doesn't really exist outside of some crazy liberals' minds? Because it sure seemed to have existed in this killer's mind. In a June 28 post, the Ikeguchi account — which included posts on conspiracy theories along with anti-vaccine and anti-abortion content — posted, “Abortion and same-sex marriage are both immoral and are design to destroy humanity one by one. So if someone is pro-abortion and pro-LGBTQP, they are at war against the foundation of family values. –Travis Ikeguchi 6/23/2023 6:39am” A Gab account bearing Ikeguchi’s name — describing the author as “Anti-freemasonry, Anti-zionism, Anti-jesuits, and Anti-paganism, same-sex marriage should be abolished” — pinned a post with a video titled “When You Should Shoot a Cop,” with Ikeguchi stating, “There will come a time that we have to do this.”

I don’t think he means DC elites when he talks about a 5’3” 300 lb woman buying fudge with food stamps.

You know this because .... ? I mean, that's my hunch. Russia was interested in sowing discord, maybe with the additional benefit of swinging a very small percentage of votes. So I doubt their rather ham-handed strategy worked. At least not on the actual vote count. But "not a single one" is a bit much.

I should offer my services. But really: look at the original post (coming from Pizzagate Fool) blaming the flooding of Dodger Stadium on their LGBT day. And that was presumably offered up as a serious take on a news event, the old "God is punishing the heathens."

That's why some people here say it's a cult. I used to think that was a little overheated. But if it looks like a cult, if it smells like a cult, well ...

I think he's playing a waiting game, hoping that the resolve of the West (particularly of the USA) wanes. That's rational, since Trump, DeSantis, and others have suggested that they'd cut off funding for Ukraine.

Not "pushed back to the border." More like "once Putin understands that there will be no such thing as the victory he imagined he'd win in Ukraine." At that point, the concept of a negotiated withdrawal becomes possible. A preemptive surrender just emboldens him.

Those listless vessels! They're downright ... deplorable!! (He could at least use words tailored to the Poorly Educated. Elitist!!)

The God of The Trumpies. The one who floods Chavez Ravine just a couple months after they mocked his nuns. (see that thread for something so stupid I couldn't even dream it up if someone said "come up with a comical Republican take on Southern California flooding")

I thought God brought this plague? Why intervene when the heathens are meeting their just end? (idiots)

I apologize. You are correct. List of plagues visited on the heathens (recent memory): 1. Maui wildfire. Hawaii democrats to blame. 2. Missouri tornadoes. God enjoys Drag Queen Story Hour and let 'em know it in no uncertain terms. 3. Vermont flooding. Come on. This one's obvious. Ben and Jerry's rainbow ice cream, etc. I predict God will show his anti-DeSantis bias by bringing a hurricane next month, forcing Ron back into his kinky white boots as retribution for all that anti-Disney stuff (God likes Disney too). He may even spend a night at Mar-a-Lago disguised as Hurricane Melania. This is fun! More, please. (idiots)

Here's what he posted: BlackRock, State Street, & Vanguard represent arguably the most powerful cartel in human history: they’re the largest shareholders of nearly every major public company (even of each other) & they use *your* own money to foist ESG agendas onto corporate boards - voting for “racial equity audits” & “Scope 3 emissions caps” that don’t advance your best financial interests. This raises serious fiduciary, antitrust, and conflict-of-interest concerns. So far, a legitimate point. These companies are, of course, the biggest shareholders because they run the biggest mutual funds. But then this: As President I will cut off the real hand that guides the ESG movement - not the invisible hand of the free market, but the invisible fist of government itself. This simply doesn't follow. He says private companies are behind the ESG investing agenda, but then blames the "invisible fist of the government itself." It probably sounds good to the low information voters he is courting, but it is meaningless. What he seems to want is MORE government regulation of the markets, to be achieved through government control, imposing new fiduciary standards on private investment companies. Remember that the next time this vulture investor talks about "too much regulation." https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/vivek-ramaswamy-martin-shkreli-pharma-00098338

We have a new leader in the Dumbest Hot Take of 2023 contest. It's called Chavez Ravine. ra·vine rə-ˈvēn Synonyms of ravine : a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water Ravine flooding generally occurs with excessive seasonal rainfall. The end result is the overflowing of riverbanks or the rise in lake levels at the ravine or river mouth. Can't wait for Pizzagate's take on the next hurricane to slam into Florida.

Dion looks too fat. Brown doesn't look fat enough. Like a family with two dogs where the alpha eats both dinners.

I go with the old wisdom that you can't win any regular season games in the preseason, but you can lose some. Exhibit: Nathaniel Hackett, Broncos 2022. Camp was a walk in the park, no important starters played at all in the preseason, the players (including a new QB) were utterly unprepared, and the regular season was a crap show. But that's the preseason (camp/practice/"games") as a whole. I've not seen any evidence that the games themselves make any difference.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2023/8/11/23827954/how-to-bet-the-nfl-preseason Anyone putting any money on anything related to this game needs to seek treatment. Immediately.

I will file this away in my folder "Uncomfortable Areas of Agreement."

Confirmation bias. Or maybe we should slip Spencer Brown a knife when he's going up against a Pro Bowl edge rusher. I'm not sure which one you're getting at.

From the Library of Congress: In February 1940, Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in reaction to Irving Berlin's song "God Bless America." Guthrie heard Berlin's song repeatedly while he traveled cross-country and became increasingly annoyed that it glossed over the lop-sided distribution of land and wealth that he was observing and had experienced as a child. Although Guthrie was no statistician his observations accurately reflected the fact that, even in the depths of the Depression, nearly 20 percent of the nation's wealth rested with one percent of its population.

Remember Peace through Power? You don't push Putin toward an acceptable negotiated settlement by signaling that you've lost your will to fight back. Short of Putin being ousted in some kind of coup (an extremely unlikely event), this will end with some kind of negotiated withdrawal. It doesn't have to end with a Ukrainian surrender, which is essentially what a lack of allied support would result in.

? More of the self-pleasuring monologue that I don't even understand.

Oh, I agree. Look, I'm over analyzing this and I know it. Mostly because this kid would be smarter just to say, "I'm writing in the character of a rural common man frustrated by a distant government that doesn't seem to know I exist." Or even "the song speaks for itself." He's new to the business, so by oversharing his life story he makes it easy for me to nitpick. But he brings it on himself with that line about fat welfare queens ...

They really should've used AI to make Freddie sing the more honest "tight bottomed boys." I'm pretty sure that would've passed today's censors.