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Soph0571's Journal***ROLL UP ROLL UP FOR THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMER SEASONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST***
Oh my, what a roller coaster! I don’t think I have ever seen such a tightly fought competition as this one. At one point in the voting we had 5 pictures in joint first place which tells me that all the marvellous DUers who voted really struggled to pick an out an out favourite because the standard of entries was so bloody high! Still we got there in the end!
Can I thank everyone who participated, who voted and who kicked so as many DUers as possible could see the wonders that the competitors produced.
Without further ado – apart from a drum roll of course…
The winner of the Summer Seasonal Contest and therefore the host of the Winter contest is…
(OF COURSE) A TIE!
Dyedinthewoolliberal WITH We Have Lift Off!
AND
Callalily WITH Sunset at the cabin
Second Place goes to…
Thyla WITH Summer of dragons
Third place is a THREE WAY tie!
Callalily WITH Hiding in plain sight.
a la izquierda WITH Peaceful summer morning
HAB911 WITH Storm's a brewing on Tampa Bay
Well done everyone!
Please feel free with show your appreciation to the winners in the comments section.
Posted to GD with permission.
This dullness of wit is where the right wing excels...
One of the things that history tells us is that in times of uncertainty nations have a tendency towards insular protectionism. Natural and mild nationalistic tendencies become something more sinister. Fear of the other, the bogeyman, the less understood or the different almost seems to overwhelm, particularly for those whose familial heritage has demonstrated a pattern of living within exclusive communities, those whose familial heritage has bigged them up to be something inherently superior to others around them and those, quite frankly who think that the state owes them, that they, by design right, should be the ones in charge. They were born and raised to think they are superior, and to think yourself superior, you must think others inferior.
A lazy mind will always seek the easy path and following the dictates of your ancestors is a much easier path to take than standing up for truth and social justice. Conservative minds are very lazy indeed. This dullness of wit is where the right wing excels, but instead of owning their lazy racist proudly, they lie about their racism. Deep down they know that whatever their Momma and Poppa taught them at the cradle of white supremacy, that it is not really on. So, they lie. They dissemble; they project the blame onto the victim. Shot while being black and walking down the street, he MUST be a thug and criminal, repeat it often enough and such deceit has an impact. The insincerity and fraud of pretending to accept immigrants – if they come LEGALLY DAMMIT (otherwise lock them in cages), when what they mean is that those that can afford to come from the old country are welcome; after all they look JUST like them. Beating up people from minority communities, is proclaimed as a necessary protection of the people who look just like them, rather than what it is, unacceptable violence in a civilised world.
BUT….BUT….we are not racist they cry. Yeah, right you are, NAZI’s… *rolls eyes*.
It is all about the 'idea', hey?
A significant portion of our current difficulties can be credited to our supposed leaders demonstrating a lack of belief in results based and evidence based policy and decision making. Instead, our 21st governance model is predicated on 'ideas'. You know, like...
• It is easy to leave the EU
• The EU needs us just as much as we need them
• We do not need limit ourselves to the EU with an Empire out there waiting to be reclaimed
• The EU member states are weaker that the UK and respect a STRONG BRITISH HAND
• When we leave the EU we will be an industrial exporting powerhouse
All ideas. No Facts.
Meanwhile in the EU…
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This is sooooo true..
Found this on the interwebs - no idea the origins.. but there is such big truth here!
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MN public school board chairwoman: Evolution is outdated because 'it was discovered in the 1800s'
“You know, Darwin’s theory was done in the mid-1800s and it’s never been proven,” she said. “So I’m wondering why we’re still teaching it.”
[link:https://deadstate.org/mn-public-school-board-chairwoman-evolution-was-discovered-in-the-1800s-so-why-still-teach-it/|]
Well, well, ain't she special
- see what I did there?
Lock up your briefcases!!!! Feminists have a plot...
Soooooooo briefcases being outmoded is REALLY a feminist plot to emasculate men by ensuring it is more difficult for the gutless wankers, that exist among some of the male population to keep their cheating arsehole ways from their other half?!?!?! I kinda wish we had actually thought of that!
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VA state senator #AmandaChase just threatened to shoot and kill children that support gun control..
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1175547921481101312If you threaten to shoot children that simply don’t want to die you shouldn’t be able to own a gun— let alone be an elected official.
Call Sen Chases office
804-698-7511
WTF is wrong with these people? Such violence of words has no place in the political discourse.
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