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Soph0571
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February 10, 2022
Coming to you from my living room wall. We see. Patriarchy blinded us for multiple generations but look at us now. We are strong. Biff baff uppercut! Feminism as my own personal art gallery (you should see the rest). Hurrah!
Our supernatural power is that we see...
Coming to you from my living room wall. We see. Patriarchy blinded us for multiple generations but look at us now. We are strong. Biff baff uppercut! Feminism as my own personal art gallery (you should see the rest). Hurrah!
February 9, 2022
But of course they are...
HRC: Mmmhmm.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1491455637238480896After crusading against Hillary Clinton for her emails, Republicans are noticeably quiet about Trump literally ripping up government documents he was supposed to save https://bit.ly/3GvC5AV w/ @ArthurDelaneyHP @igorbobic
But of course they are...
February 7, 2022
Every part of this lays at the PMs door. All of his enablers need to STOP. Not exactly Jan 6th but if they gave BoJo the boot, what might happen then?!?! It is exhausting seeing the nation being gas lighted all the fucking time and knowing that there is a a fetid pool of right wing shit that know think calling for the hanging of the leader of the opposition is OK. Good grief.
A place where mobs threaten to hang the leader of the opposition over a conspiracy theory.
https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1490767380343107592The full video is deeply distressing. This is the kind of country we're becoming. A place where mobs threaten to hang the leader of the opposition over a conspiracy theory. And they were incited and validated by the prime minister.
Every part of this lays at the PMs door. All of his enablers need to STOP. Not exactly Jan 6th but if they gave BoJo the boot, what might happen then?!?! It is exhausting seeing the nation being gas lighted all the fucking time and knowing that there is a a fetid pool of right wing shit that know think calling for the hanging of the leader of the opposition is OK. Good grief.
February 6, 2022
OBVS.
The RNC truly have jump the fascistic shark at this point - "persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse..". Oh My. Poor violent insurrectionist snow flakes. Looks like the far right cray cray that is now the neo-GOP have decided that their policy positions going forward should be based on Americans not caring about law, justice, democracy, but OBVS are supportive of the attempted violent over throw of a free and fair election. Not a platform that smacks of success to me?
Legitimate Political Discourse OBVS
OBVS.
The RNC truly have jump the fascistic shark at this point - "persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse..". Oh My. Poor violent insurrectionist snow flakes. Looks like the far right cray cray that is now the neo-GOP have decided that their policy positions going forward should be based on Americans not caring about law, justice, democracy, but OBVS are supportive of the attempted violent over throw of a free and fair election. Not a platform that smacks of success to me?
February 6, 2022
BOOM! The worst traits of the lot of them.
Saw this comment in the Guardian and thought it so spot on I wanted to share! @Hak_a_dalan
Apparently today he is saying it will take a Panther division to get him out of no. 10. How very Trumpian of him (again)
Indeed, death, taxes and lies have been the defining features of Johnson's entire premiership.
BOOM! The worst traits of the lot of them.
Saw this comment in the Guardian and thought it so spot on I wanted to share! @Hak_a_dalan
Apparently today he is saying it will take a Panther division to get him out of no. 10. How very Trumpian of him (again)
January 30, 2022
Critical thinking skills for the GOP is like kryptonite to Superman
They all know that the more educated one is the more unlikely one is to vote against ones own best interest, unless you love being given permission for being a racist fascist democracy stealer - and if you are that, you are a horror shit show books or no books... and you are happy for your kids to risk being shot to death cause 2nd amendment dammit, but ban that book... you really have to feel sorry for the kids being raised by the cray cray. Will they ever have access to the knowledge acquisition they need to recognise that their parents jumped the shark and that cray cray abounds - or is this always going to be a circular firing squad between cray cray generations?
Of course they want to ban books
Critical thinking skills for the GOP is like kryptonite to Superman
They all know that the more educated one is the more unlikely one is to vote against ones own best interest, unless you love being given permission for being a racist fascist democracy stealer - and if you are that, you are a horror shit show books or no books... and you are happy for your kids to risk being shot to death cause 2nd amendment dammit, but ban that book... you really have to feel sorry for the kids being raised by the cray cray. Will they ever have access to the knowledge acquisition they need to recognise that their parents jumped the shark and that cray cray abounds - or is this always going to be a circular firing squad between cray cray generations?
January 30, 2022
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/democracy-international-politics/2022/01/freedom-convoy-shows-the-americanisation-of-canadas-right|]
Emphasis mine
More at the link
When even the Canadians are finding themselves having to deal with the far right cray cray - cloaked in the anti-vax movement on this occasion we should all be clutching our pearls. They infect everything and in the 21st Century they get everywhere.
"Freedom Convoy" shows the Americanisation of Canada's right
The phenomenon has been evolving for some time now, for a whole slew of reasons. Fox News and ultra-conservative podcasts cross the border; Canada’s ethnic composition has changed and that worries certain people; a new and far more right-wing Conservative Party replaced the more moderate Progressive Conservatives in 2003; and an increasingly active and organised number of people in western Canada – Alberta in particular – see Ottawa not as the seat of government but as a threat, even an enemy.
Now comes a convoy of lorries, self-styled “Truckers for Freedom” or the “Freedom Rally”, making its way from British Columbia on the west coast to Ottawa, a distance of about 2,800 miles. It’s ostensibly a group of truck drivers and their supporters who are opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, but the truth is a little more complex and unsettling.
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There are echoes of the Capitol Riots of 6 January in Washington DC in this apparent rejection and denial of the democratic process.
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The fundamental issue here is that while Canadians often look and sound American, the essence of the country — its political, emotional and sociological identity — is actually far more north Europe than North Carolina. Just like the NHS, Canada’s socialised medical system has an iconic status, and welfare provisions, absence of military bombast and sheer self-perception have always distinguished Canada from the United States. Canadians may watch US television, benefit from the US economy and many spend winters in Florida, but for generations they’ve been governed by and from the centre.
It’s this reality that so riles the truckers and their base. The convoy is an outward manifestation of a deeper break in Canadian society, an attempt to smash the sacrament and reject the orthodoxy. There’s a whole smorgasbord of resentments and beliefs swirling around: opposition to gun control, dislike of official bilingualism, anger at entirely justified and long overdue Indigenous protests and demands, and the usual certainty that “real” Canadians aren’t being listened to.
This isn’t a nation divided, in that the new conservatism is a minority voice, but it is a country in process and progress, perhaps realising that easy governance may not be as straightforward as was once thought.
Now comes a convoy of lorries, self-styled “Truckers for Freedom” or the “Freedom Rally”, making its way from British Columbia on the west coast to Ottawa, a distance of about 2,800 miles. It’s ostensibly a group of truck drivers and their supporters who are opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, but the truth is a little more complex and unsettling.
----
There are echoes of the Capitol Riots of 6 January in Washington DC in this apparent rejection and denial of the democratic process.
----
The fundamental issue here is that while Canadians often look and sound American, the essence of the country — its political, emotional and sociological identity — is actually far more north Europe than North Carolina. Just like the NHS, Canada’s socialised medical system has an iconic status, and welfare provisions, absence of military bombast and sheer self-perception have always distinguished Canada from the United States. Canadians may watch US television, benefit from the US economy and many spend winters in Florida, but for generations they’ve been governed by and from the centre.
It’s this reality that so riles the truckers and their base. The convoy is an outward manifestation of a deeper break in Canadian society, an attempt to smash the sacrament and reject the orthodoxy. There’s a whole smorgasbord of resentments and beliefs swirling around: opposition to gun control, dislike of official bilingualism, anger at entirely justified and long overdue Indigenous protests and demands, and the usual certainty that “real” Canadians aren’t being listened to.
This isn’t a nation divided, in that the new conservatism is a minority voice, but it is a country in process and progress, perhaps realising that easy governance may not be as straightforward as was once thought.
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/democracy-international-politics/2022/01/freedom-convoy-shows-the-americanisation-of-canadas-right|]
Emphasis mine
More at the link
When even the Canadians are finding themselves having to deal with the far right cray cray - cloaked in the anti-vax movement on this occasion we should all be clutching our pearls. They infect everything and in the 21st Century they get everywhere.
January 30, 2022
[link:https://www.indy100.com/news/washington-police-officer-covid|]
At this point in the pandemic - if you actively choose not to get vaccinated and you end up dead, you are really just owning yourself. Kiss my ass? Well covid kicked his arse to death. Think I will save my thoughts and prayers for those who may have been denied timely medical treatment because of all the unvaccinated sucking up the ventilators and ICU beds.
Police officer who told governor to 'kiss my a**' over vaccine mandate dies from Covid
A police officer who told Washington governor Jay Inslee to “kiss my a**” as he signed off duty after a statewide vaccine mandate has died from Covid-19.
Robert LaMay, 51, served with the State Patrol for 22 years before being forced into retirement last October, refusing to get vaccinated.
He garnered widespread attention online for signing off his final shift by telling Gov. Inslee he “can kiss my a**”.
Robert LaMay, 51, served with the State Patrol for 22 years before being forced into retirement last October, refusing to get vaccinated.
He garnered widespread attention online for signing off his final shift by telling Gov. Inslee he “can kiss my a**”.
[link:https://www.indy100.com/news/washington-police-officer-covid|]
At this point in the pandemic - if you actively choose not to get vaccinated and you end up dead, you are really just owning yourself. Kiss my ass? Well covid kicked his arse to death. Think I will save my thoughts and prayers for those who may have been denied timely medical treatment because of all the unvaccinated sucking up the ventilators and ICU beds.
January 30, 2022
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jan/29/boris-johnson-waiting-for-sue-gray-cartoon|]
Not so long ago, in the before times, any politician – of any political stripe - would have felt compelled to resign over just one of the outrages, deceptions and deficiencies Johnson has inflicted on the UK. But hey – he got Brexit done, so…👀🤔
Every single time they put someone up to try and gaslight and deflect from party gate, the stich up between the Sue Gray Report and Cressida’s current ‘investigation’, they demonstrate to the nation that the Tory Party 2022 think that ethics and integrity are for the little people, certainly not for them. Truss doing the rounds today on the politics shows did not fail to disappoint... And of course, the cherry on the icing on the cake is the bullshit Brexit bollocks as they try to justify protecting him, with the claim that his utter lack of probity was 'priced in' by voters in 2019 and ergo he has an electoral mandate to behave the way he does. Gotta tell you – I think they are in for a shock. They gave him a mandate to do whatever needed to be done, break any rules he wanted – to get Brexit done. The rest of it, I can not see the red wall being in a forgiving mood - and when your whole life becomes one long meme how much credibility can you claim to have at home or internationally? Of course the right wing press today are claiming that Boris has got through the worst of it. Not a bit of it. One has to ask how much longer can he cling on? I am going for after the expected drubbing the Tories will get in the May elections. After that the Shires be like...
Not so long ago, in the before times...
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jan/29/boris-johnson-waiting-for-sue-gray-cartoon|]
Not so long ago, in the before times, any politician – of any political stripe - would have felt compelled to resign over just one of the outrages, deceptions and deficiencies Johnson has inflicted on the UK. But hey – he got Brexit done, so…👀🤔
Every single time they put someone up to try and gaslight and deflect from party gate, the stich up between the Sue Gray Report and Cressida’s current ‘investigation’, they demonstrate to the nation that the Tory Party 2022 think that ethics and integrity are for the little people, certainly not for them. Truss doing the rounds today on the politics shows did not fail to disappoint... And of course, the cherry on the icing on the cake is the bullshit Brexit bollocks as they try to justify protecting him, with the claim that his utter lack of probity was 'priced in' by voters in 2019 and ergo he has an electoral mandate to behave the way he does. Gotta tell you – I think they are in for a shock. They gave him a mandate to do whatever needed to be done, break any rules he wanted – to get Brexit done. The rest of it, I can not see the red wall being in a forgiving mood - and when your whole life becomes one long meme how much credibility can you claim to have at home or internationally? Of course the right wing press today are claiming that Boris has got through the worst of it. Not a bit of it. One has to ask how much longer can he cling on? I am going for after the expected drubbing the Tories will get in the May elections. After that the Shires be like...
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