The Insane Rationalizations, Bigotry And Hypocrisy Of The Right

[R011]

I'm not aware of any economist or political theorist who thinks conservatism means lawlessness.  If this casino operator is violating money laundering laws, then there is no philosophical objection to government action.

[rmgill]

One could make an argument in the line of libertarian concepts that money laundering is usually to hide income derived from illicit trades. If those trades were not illegal, there would be less to hide. 

But thats a nuanced view. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by rmgill

[DougRichards]

On 2/10/2021 at 1:16 PM, R011 said:

I'm not aware of any economist or political theorist who thinks conservatism means lawlessness.  If this casino operator is violating money laundering laws, then there is no philosophical objection to government action.

Laissez-faire comes to mind.

[R011]

Laisser-faire doesn't mean no laws, just no direct government interference with the economy.

[NickM]

6 hours ago, R011 said:

Laisser-faire doesn't mean no laws, just no direct government interference with the economy.

Good point, Dave! I recall, back in the dim and dirty days of IMDB when some smart arse tried to make the point that making the US into Somalia was the goal of libertarians/conservatives

[Michael Eastes]

On 10/10/2020 at 2:30 AM, Soren Ras said:Of course that could never get greenlit these days. Though you could possibly make an animated show about the pigeons who live on the empty plinths where Jefferson's statues used to be.

Wow. I just saw this. Many emptied plinths in this region nowadays. I really didn’t expect this stuff in my lifetime.

 

[Soren Ras]

I think possibly the quote function screwed up your comment?

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Soren

[JWB]

Florida officials call for FBI to investigate governor Ron DeSantis ‘for linking vaccines to donations’.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-covid-vaccines-ron-desantis-b1812788.html

[rmgill]

One could not expect  hospitals in highly wealthy neighborhoods to positively have their shit together when it comes to getting vaccinations out vs  hospitals in a crap part of Florida can we? 

I'll bet you we could find a much more expeditious behavior set among staff at Emory University hospital vis a vis vaccinations vs how things are handled at Grady not 10 miles away in the center of Atlanta...

Edited March 7, 2021 by rmgill

[NickM]

recently saw a headline on my local paper about how Cali is trying to 'deal with' the inequities of the vaccinations--so instead of trying to vaccinate as many as possible as fast as possible they're splitting hairs over which 'communities' are not underserved. 

[Skywalkre]

Saw this on the front page of reddit and figured they were taking something way out of context.  Nope... it's as stupid as it sounds.

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Alabama Senate committee deadlocks on bill to lift K-12 yoga ban

A 28-year ban on yoga in Alabama's public schools may be in place a little longer.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday deadlocked on legislation from Rep. Jeremy Gray, D-Opelika, that would lift the 1993 prohibition after testimony from Christian conservatives, including representatives of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's Foundation for Moral Law, who claimed it would lead to proselytizing in public schools by followers of Hinduism.

"Yoga is a very big part of practicing Hindu religion," said Becky Gerritson, a longtime conservative activist based out of Wetumpka. "If this bill passes, then instructors will be able to come into classrooms as young as kindergarten and bring these children through guided imagery, which is a spiritual exercise, and it's outside their parents view, and we just believe that this is not appropriate."

Gray dismissed that in a phone interview Wednesday.

"I’ve been doing yoga probably for 10 years now," he said. "I’ve taught classes for five years, and I can tell you I still go to a Baptist Church every Sunday." 

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2021/03/31/alabama-senate-committee-deadlocks-bill-lift-k-12-yoga-ban/4819975001/

 

[Ssnake]

Next thing she'll play Dungeons and Dragons, and we all know where this leads to.

[rmgill]

Thats no longer allowed by the left. Dungeon crawls that target orcs (for example) are examples of systemic racism. 

[Stargrunt6]

Mitt almost makes me glad he lost to Obama:

 

[Skywalkre]

Saw a post about this on reddit the other day and figured they were misreading something, just lying out their ass, or something else.

Nope... it's as stupid as they made it out to be (the guy calls Fauci a scumbag... like, WTF?!).  An editor at Breitbart thinks the Left is using reverse psychology to influence elements of the R not to get a vaccine in hopes some die off.

Just... /facepalm

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Nolte: Howard Stern Proves Democrats Want Unvaccinated Trump Voters Dead

Do you want to know why I think Howard Stern is going full-monster with his mockery of three fellow human beings who died of the coronavirus? Because leftists like Stern and CNNLOL and Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and Anthony Fauci are deliberately looking to manipulate Trump supporters into not getting vaccinated.

Nothing else makes sense to me.

In a country where elections are decided on razor-thin margins, does it not benefit one side if their opponents simply drop dead?

If I wanted to use reverse psychology to convince people not to get a life-saving vaccination, I would do exactly what Stern and the left are doing… I would bully and taunt and mock and ridicule you for not getting vaccinated, knowing the human response would be, Hey, fuck you, I’m never getting vaccinated!

And why is that a perfectly human response? Because no one ever wants to feel like they are being bullied or ridiculed or mocked or pushed into doing anything.

Who wants to cave to piece of shit like Howard Stern (or Jimmy Kimmel or these repulsive doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated or Bette Midler or, or, or…) Who wants to feel like they’re caving to a guy who’s such a piece of shit he publicly mocks people who have died. And he’s not just a piece of shit mocking them; he’s a piece of shit hurting the families the dead men left behind.

No one wants to cave to a piece of shit like that, or a scumbag like Fauci, or any of the scumbags at CNNLOL, so we don’t. And what’s the result? They’re all vaccinated, and we’re not! And when you look at the numbers, the only numbers that matter, which is who’s dying, it’s overwhelmingly the unvaccinated who are dying, and they have just manipulated millions of their political enemies into the unvaccinated camp.

According to the CDC, 99.5 percent of those dying of the China Flu are unvaccinated. So even if they’re lying or exaggerating, even if it’s 75 or 80 percent, those numbers are pretty stark.

Could it be…? Could it possibly be that the left has manipulated huge swathes of Trump voters into believing they are owning the left by not taking the life-saving Trump Vaccine?

Here’s Stern:

Long-time radio host and media personality Howard Stern laughed as he mocked a string of right-wing radio hosts who died of Covid after publicly stating their opposition to forced vaccine and mask mandates.

On Tuesday’s edition of Sirius XM’s The Howard Stern Show, the host took pleasure in mocking several late radio hosts with whom he disagreed, as he made the case for a mandatory vaccination program.

‘It’s really funny when these radio, the radio guys are the best, they’re like four of them died, four of them were like ranting on the air,’ he cackled.

Have you ever thought that maybe the left has us right where they want us?

Just stand back for a moment and think about this…

Right now, a countless number of Trump supporters believe they are owning the left by refusing to take a life-saving vaccine — a vaccine, by the way, everyone on the left has taken. Oh, and so has Trump.

Now think about this…

On this very day, about 1,000 people in the U.S. will die of the China Flu. How many of those lives could’ve been saved had they been vaccinated? Is it 998?

Is it 778?

Is it 229?

Does it matter?

And if the left is all vaccinated and we’re not, who’s winning?

The push for mandates is another ploy to get us to dig in and not do what’s best for ourselves because no one wants to feel like they’re caving to a mandate.

Final note: How many of you were aware the CDC believes that 99.5 percent of those dying are unvaccinated? I bet not many of you. So why would the metric that is the most convincing one not be all over the place? Once you learn that 99.5 percent of deaths are unvaccinated, it cuts through all the muck. That number is startling, an eye-opener… Forget cases, forget mandates, forget masks, and Howard Stern… When you learn that almost everyone dying is unvaccinated, that’s a come to Jesus moment.

I could be wrong.

Maybe the left isn’t that evil and sly.

But when I think of the unvaccinated lying there dying, being told by their doctor, “Sorry, there’s nothing more we can do to get enough oxygen to your lungs,” I don’t laugh. My heart breaks for that person. Imagine lying there dying thinking that all you had to do was get the Trump Vaccine.

Even if this isn’t the left’s plan, who’s owning who?

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/09/10/nolte-howard-stern-proves-democrats-want-unvaccinated-trump-voters-dead/

[rmgill]

 

[JWB]

Trump aide seeking NH House seat voted in 2 states in 2016.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-chris-christie-new-jersey-new-hampshire-congress-734e2b2722c66883eab85bfca96fbc8c

[sunday]

Just now, JWB said:

Trump aide seeking NH House seat voted in 2 states in 2016.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-chris-christie-new-jersey-new-hampshire-congress-734e2b2722c66883eab85bfca96fbc8c

So he is a closet Democrat, after all...

[JWB]

 

[EchoFiveMike]

I drive over 50,000 miles per year, what is this ignorant subhuman blathering about?  I know these sheltered urban cunts know less than zero about all the enterprises that allow their festering parasitic existence, but the projection about what they value and their own stark stupidity is all I got from that twat.  

The average realtor or sales rep will bury that mileage.  S/F...Ken M

[rmgill]

Chicago is going to pay for more security cameras everywhere to make everyone safer. Even at homes and businesses. Even Vehicle GPS trackers. 
 

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by rmgill

[EchoFiveMike]

Yes, it's unsafe, what you really need is a STASI level surveillance state, so we can watch and masturbate as you're murdered by the feral street animals we empower by robbing and hobbling you.  S/F...Ken M 

[rmgill]

Yep. It's all part of the wordplay of the word "safe". As if anyone is safe if they're filmed while being murdered by a dude that's been arrested 30 times already and nolo prosecui'd. 

[Skywalkre]

Been meaning to post this one.  I've been saying on here how the GA primary results were so refreshing since it seemed to disprove the poll numbers showing a substantially large number of Rs believe the '20 election was stolen.  Then the Texas GOP came along and said 'hold my beer!'

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2020 Election: We believe that the 2020 election violated Article 1 and 2 of the US Constitution, that various secretaries of state illegally circumvented their state legislatures in conducting their elections in multiple ways, including by allowing ballots to be received after November 3, 2020.We believe that substantial election fraud in key metropolitan areas significantly affected the results in five key states in favor of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
 

We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States.

https://texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6-Permanent-Platform-Committee-FINAL-REPORT-6-16-2022.pdf

[rmgill]

If state law says elections shall be held in X way, but the secretary of state does differently, does that make the election handling correct or incorrect (Lawful?)?