American Politics 4.0 - Orangeyou Glad He’s Back?

[Fuzz]

Sounds like the shooter may have just been a nihilistic edgelord exported from the virtual world to the real one. He had no ####s to give. Probably not worth trying to read the tea leaves, err, bullets, on this one. Doesn't sound super complicated.

“If it was ironic, it’s that half irony — where you’re half-kidding, half-serious, just in case,” he said.

“He was never really into politics, especially not politicians,” said another friend, who had known Jahn since age 8. “He was into politics only in the 4chan sense — contrarian, provocative, boundary-pushing for laughs, not conviction.”

“I mostly stopped talking to him when he took his 4chan/irony stuff into daily interactions,” one friend told me. “He was becoming unbearable … once he dropped out of college he had no obligation to be social and none of us reached out due to his edgelord behavior.”

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/th...hooters-motive

[missdpuck]

Right. And if he did write the anti-ICE thing, well, he probably didn’t give a #### about ICE either way.

[CroFlames]

Calling for the bombing of a NYC building, in September. Hmmm.

Jesse Watters actually Jahar Walid? Just asking questions. Anyone photoshop a beard and mustache on him?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

Right. And if he did write the anti-ICE thing, well, he probably didn’t give a #### about ICE either way.

Writing Anti-ICE just doesn't sound like something someone who despised ICE so much they'd lose their life over it.

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Writing Anti-ICE just doesn't sound like something someone who despised ICE so much they'd lose their life over it.

Agree. It’s pretty lame.

[indes]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he...d=BingNewsVerp

Whatever is coming up doesn't sound good. Could be war, could just be the Trump administration firing every general in the army, who even knows anymore.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by indes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he...d=BingNewsVerp

Whatever is coming up doesn't sound good. Could be war, could just be the Trump administration firing every general in the army, who even knows anymore.

Time to swear an oath of allegiance to Trump or get out.

[troutman]

Are there really hundreds of generals?

[pseudoreality]

Originally Posted by troutman

Are there really hundreds of generals?

Over 800 flag officers in the US military.

[puffnstuff]

The biggest baby in the world says what?

A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday — Not one, not two, but three very sinister events! First, the escalator going up to the Main Speaking Floor came to a screeching halt. It stopped on a dime. It's amazing that Melania and I didn't fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster. This was absolutely sabotage, as noted by a day's earlier "post" in The London Times that said UN workers "joked about turning off an escalator." The people that did it should be arrested! Then, as I stood before a Television crowd of millions of people all over the World, and important Leaders in the Hall, my teleprompter didn't work. It was stone cold dark. I immediately thought to myself, "Wow, first the escalator event, and now a bad teleprompter. What kind of a place is this?" I then proceeded to make a Speech without a teleprompter, which kicked in about 15 minutes later. The good news is the Speech has gotten fantastic reviews. Maybe they appreciated the fact that very few people could have done what I did. And third, after making the Speech, I was told that the sound was completely off in the Auditorium where the Speech was made, that World Leaders, unless they used the interpreters' earpieces, couldn't hear a thing. The first person I saw at the conclusion of the Speech was Melania, who was sitting right up front. I said, "How did I do?" And she said, "I couldn't hear a word you said." This wasn't a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. I'm sending a copy of this letter to the Secretary General, and I demand an immediate investigation. No wonder the United Nations hasn't been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do. All security tapes at the escalator should be saved, especially the emergency stop button. The Secret Service is involved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by troutman

Are there really hundreds of generals?

General officers include many different positions including chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA Director. Upper management types.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

First, the escalator going up to the Main Speaking Floor came to a screeching halt. It stopped on a dime. It's amazing that Melania and I didn't fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster. This was absolutely sabotage, as noted by a day's earlier "post" in The London Times that said UN workers "joked about turning off an escalator." The people that did it should be arrested!

Holy moly, what a ####ing sissy. Imagine being this triggered over an escalator that stopped.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by indes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he...d=BingNewsVerp

Whatever is coming up doesn't sound good. Could be war, could just be the Trump administration firing every general in the army, who even knows anymore.

Originally Posted by troutman

Are there really hundreds of generals?

Originally Posted by pseudoreality

Over 800 flag officers in the US military.

Vader just created the Rebels.

[indes]

Originally Posted by pseudoreality

Over 800 flag officers in the US military.

Probably a good idea to get them all in the same room at the same time with a weeks notice in these trying times

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Time to swear an oath of allegiance to Trump or get out.

They could just do that via a memo though. Gathering them all in person under one roof and pulling them away from their duties is highly irregular and seems like a massive security risk.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by direwolf

They could just do that via a memo though. Gathering them all in person under one roof and pulling them away from their duties is highly irregular and seems like a massive security risk.

It's almost as if they don't have the best interests of the country at heart.

Okm I'm out of here...?.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by indes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he...d=BingNewsVerp

Whatever is coming up doesn't sound good. Could be war, could just be the Trump administration firing every general in the army, who even knows anymore.

Well I'm not clicking Bing, but I think Stalin did something similar one time.

[CroFlames]

Can you imagine if there were simultaneous coups and revolutions in both Russia and the USA?

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

It's almost as if they don't have the best interests of the country at heart.

Okm I'm out of here...?.

Well, the original subtitle of Kevin Roberts’ “Dawn’s Early Light” was ‘Burning Down Washington to Save America.’

I’m going to read it, getting it room the library Saturday. I in no way wanted to benefit the author.

[Ped]

Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters is resigning.

Once in office, the Republican proceeded to wage a relentless and legally dubious culture war to impose his religious and political beliefs on Oklahoma students. Walters’ agenda included everything from requiring educators keep Christian Bibles in every classroom to incorporate his preferred holy text into school curricula to threatening the teaching licenses of school teachers who resisted his demands for Bible lessons.

Also recently signed a deal with Turning Point USA for them to form chapters in each school. Also required proof of US citizenship for people to attend school.


So basically a piece of ####.

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he would step down from his role overseeing the state’s schools to lead the conservative group Teacher Freedom Alliance, saying, ‘We’re going to destroy the teachers unions.’ ... Teacher Freedom Alliance confirmed Walters’ new role as CEO, saying in a post to X that he ‘fearlessly fights the woke liberal union mob.’

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...chi-rcna233700