JDHillFan
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4 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Atta boys. Obama's still got it. Joe did pretty well too.
Did BHO match his ultra-clever “ the 80s called and want their foreign policy back”? That’s a timeless classic if there ever was one.
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1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said:
If you watch the video you'll see that he is essentially one of the "Gays for Gaza" that people ruthlessly mock here ...
That is your reason for describing him as self-hating? Why all the dancing around? Just give us the psych evaluation.
Maybe a self-evaluation while you’re at it.
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7 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
I will wait for Tiffany Hookerlips to weigh in on Glenn Greenwald since I am not capable of independent thought.
It’s almost as if you don’t have a reason for describing him as a self-hating married (widowed) gay man.
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23 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Something I find endlessly fascinating: why do people post tweets like this on this forum? Who is "Tiffany?" Why quote her other than simply saying it yourself? After quoting Axelrod, she adds the incredibly insightful, "Democrats don't like people. They like money and power."
Couldn't have just said that yourself?
I look to see who she is: 52 year old Trump supporter with bad lip injections. Is this some kind of appeal to authority? The authority of Tiffany Hookerlips?
I guess since you’ve moved on to Tiffany that means you won’t tell us why Glenn Greenwald is a self-hating married (widowed) gay man. I was really looking forward to your thoughts. Oh well.
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Millions and millions of dollars are at stake. I am betting the shipping channel is in use during the month of May.
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
-G Benson/W Houston
we’re screwed
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5 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:
Maybe the internet was a bad idea...
Online Conspiracies About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Are Out of Control
Conspiracy theorists are calling the Baltimore bridge collapse a “black swan event” and are blaming everything from Israel to DEI to Covid vaccines.
A non-exhaustive list of things that are getting blamed for the bridge collapse on Telegram and X include President Biden, Hamas, ISIS, P. Diddy, Nickelodeon, India, former president Barack Obama, Islam, aliens, Sri Lanka, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, Wokeness, Ukraine, foreign aid, the CIA, Jewish people, Israel, Russia, China, Iran, Covid vaccines, DEI, immigrants, Black people, and lockdowns.
The Francis Scott Key truss bridge collapsed when the MV Dali cargo ship collided with one of the bridge supports. Six construction workers, who were filling potholes on the bridge’s roadway at the time, are presumed dead. The ship is owned by Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., and the 22-person crew were all Indian. The ship was en route to Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the time of the accident.
This did not stop people from “asking questions” about the incident, a frequent conspiracist response to major events. And though conspiracy theorists are having a hard time pinpointing exactly what conspiracy caused the collapse, the one thing they do agree on is that this incident is a “black swan event.”
The term black swan event has been around for decades and is used to describe a major global event (typically in the financial markets) that can cause significant damage to a country’s economy. But in recent years, the term has been co-opted by the conspiracy-minded to explain an event triggered by the so-called deep state that would signal an imminent revolution, a third world war, or some other apocalyptic catastrophe.
One of the first people to call the bridge collapse a black swan event was disgraced former US national security adviser Michael Flynn. “This is a BLACK SWAN event,” he wrote on X. “Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military) … There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation … start there.” Flynn’s post has been viewed 7.2 million times.
Misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, who has been charged in Romania with rape and human trafficking, also posted on X early on Tuesday morning, writing: “Nothing is safe. Black Swan Event imminent.” The post has been viewed almost 19 million times.
The term black swan quickly began trending on X, and soon conspiracists, extremists, and right-wing lawmakers began coming up with explanations for what or who triggered this “black swan event.”
One post claiming a link between the bridge collapse and the film Leave the World Behind has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. The post claimed that because the ship was headed to Sri Lanka, which has a lion on its flag, then the situation was linked to the ship that runs aground at the beginning of the film which was called White Lion. The post also points out that the film was produced by Obama.
A post from Anthony Sabatini, a former Florida state congressman, declared, without evidence, that “DEI did this”—and its been viewed over 2.2 million times.
Some politicians have boosted the conspiracy as well. “Is this an intentional attack or an accident?” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential and conspiracy-minded member of the GOP, posted on X above a video shared by a prominent QAnon conspiracist.
Under previous iterations of X, formerly Twitter, such speculation would typically have gained little traction, as the algorithm would have prioritized trusted news sources and primary evidence. But under Elon Musk’s reign, anyone willing to pay for a blue check can have their posts artificially boosted by the algorithm. This means that conspiracies like this are ending up in the news feeds of millions of people.
On Telegram, one prominent election denier claimed the incident was linked to the fact that the bridge was named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words for the Star Spangled Banner, and was thus an attempt to undermine America.
“Don't let them erase our history,” the conspiracist wrote.
Investigators are looking into the cause of the tragic incident, but William DelBagno, the FBI special agent in charge, said on Tuesday that there are no indications of terrorism.
No shortage of idiots in the world that’s for damn sure.
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9 hours ago, Roundybout said:
It’s patiently obvious that the right is simply tapping into its roots
Be on the lookout for your ideological board mate, Frankish, to step in here and issue a correction and a harrumph over your use of patiently instead of patently. That’s his thing though it’s possible he only does that to people that don’t share his views. Whatever.
Patiently/patently makes no difference. It’s just another idiotic statement from you. Open your eyes and see what’s in front of you re: the border. The entire world can see it’s a disaster that is based on quantity, not skin color.
You sounded more intelligent when you were telling us how balloons deflate. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽🤦🏽♀️
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3 hours ago, Roundybout said:
Youre scared of brown people.Only the ones that do violent crimes. All the other colors of people that do violent crimes bother me too.
Solid argument you’ve got going. Sadly, it’s with yourself as any breathing being can see what a load of crap it is.
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1 hour ago, 4th&long said:
if trump wins I won’t be able to watch the national news. It’s not a slight against republicans, I just don’t like trump. I couldn’t watch Bidens state of the union. I don’t understand how someone could watch even 5 minutes of that ***** show
Can confirm. We’re screwed.
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3 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Self-hating married gay man thinks we need more Republicans who think his marriage is an abomination on TV.
Shooting the messenger. Appears to be a specialty of yours.
Care to explain why he is self-hating? As an attorney I’m sure you make a fine psychologist.
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sigh….
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18 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Enough. I'm even boring myself
At least you put in the effort on behalf of something or other. Well done.
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2 hours ago, T&C said:
So nearly 9mph. I know zilch about shipping and the rules/precautions/regulations but that seems fast to me until you hit the open ocean... then give her the gas. It wasn't a day trip, it was supposedly a few weeks long journey so why so fast in the harbor.
This area of the Patapsco River is wide open with an enormous amount of room between the main supports. It’s more Chesapeake Bay than river. It was a freak occurrence that had nothing to do with speed.
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2 hours ago, Tommy Callahan said:
Biden is defective.
We can be thankful this bridge didn’t collapse as this good American president rode a train across it many times.
effing idiot
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2 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Dammit, I missed that one.
But thank you! Now I may seize the opportunity to say: "See, this is why editors are important, and we shouldn't treat tweeters as journalists!"
Especially Greenwald now that he seems to tilt right! All that Snowden stuff really wasn’t journalism, even though he was reliable left in those days
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1 minute ago, B-Man said:
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“an” act, not “a” act. Thought I would commit a random act of kindness and save Frankish the trouble of ignoring the point and focusing on the grammar. I’m something!!
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18 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Can't believe the bridge just came down that completely. I really thought only a section would fall, but it just all came crashing down. Major reconstruction effort will be needed to get this super important bridge first removed, and then re-built.
It’s something that needs to be rebuilt, but is not “super important” as you label it. It’s the least trafficked area of the beltway around Baltimore. There are tunnels at interstate 95 and 895 that can be used as well as the beltway around the other side of town.
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He will be persona non grata before long.
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But the president’s rosy economic picture hasn't reached everyone.
Two years of steep inflation has hit working families hard, especially those living paycheck to paycheck.
4th&long says no.
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6 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
The gist.
Not the jest.
Gotta love when morons post moronic things in which they accuse others of behaving moronically.
That’s quite the takeaway. I will see if I can get the attention of “Genius Bot X” and let him/her know of your dissatisfaction.
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11 minutes ago, cle23 said:
Just funny that arresting a wanted criminal at the border is somehow used as a negative about border security. So it's a negative if they get through, and also a negative if they get arrested?
It’s mostly an example of awful journalism and an unwillingness of many to read past the headline. He wasn’t arrested “at” the border. He was arrested “along” the border and has been in the US for years. It’s not a border story.
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So when you stated earlier “he is essentially one of the "Gays for Gaza" that people ruthlessly mock here”
you are in agreement with the basis for the mocking if not the mocking itself? Are you also suggesting that any gay person protesting or expressing support for Gaza is self-hating?
Based on all the tiptoeing you are doing it seems that you were just making a snide comment about a gay dude who’s politics you don’t agree with.