Barry Wynn

The idea that political dissent can only be the product of “paid protesters” or “outside agitators” has a long history. Here is the Mississippi columnist Tom Ethridge in June 1963 concerned that attendees at the upcoming March on Washington might be “whipped into a frenzy by skilled agitators.”

I remember beers...

That was a great weekend.

It's enough to take up a lifetime.

Absolutely

That they are fighting over what could likely be nothing is simultaneously dispiriting and amusing (yes I am petty). Meanwhile,
Percival Everett's "James" is brilliant and wholly perfect for the moment we are in.

From what I can tell, it's all conjecture at this point? No excerpts have actually been released?

I have been ignoring this corner of the news-o-sphere. Is this plausibly going to happen?

*be something... *sigh*

"If I have to be 'nothing' so that you can 'something', then you weren't much to begin with." - my mother

There is a "war on empathy" now? The combined hubris and ignorance, the outright callousness, of some of my fellow Americans is just astounding.

We will make up any "enemy of freedom" we can rather than deal with our own sins, rather than feel our own pain.

Lord, I'm tired...

The Revolution Will Not Only Not Be Televised… It Will Never End “You are here because people who could not see you fought for you.”

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Learning about the things "we" conveniently ignored.

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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

Liv a snitch

Other than the occasional sporting event, we basically only watch commercial TV when my mom is in town (Game Show Network).

Otherwise we stream, so we rarely hear commercials.

I'm ready to strangle whoever sings the "You Rule!" Burger King Jingle

In case you were wondering, a dog running in his sleep next to you in bed feels just like an earthquake.

Guess I should make coffee...

THIS WORD PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES MY ENTIRE ADULT EXISTENCE

forswunk

PRONUNCIATION:
(for-SWUNK)

MEANING:
adjective: Exhausted.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English forswinken (to overwork), from forswink (to exhaust), from for- + swink (to labor). Earliest documented use: 1250.

Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Finds Evidence He Paid for Sex and Used Drugs: Live Updates

Trump Transition Live Updates: Ethics Report Accuses Gaetz of Paying for Sex, Including With 17-Year-Old www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

Someone from the president elect's camp involved in illicit behavior? *clutches pearls*

This might be funny if it weren't so horrifyingly avoidable. We keep shooting ourselves in our collective foot and then have the nerve to wonder why our foot is wet.

I realize that erryboddy got bills but a little piece of me died.

YouTube video by Cosmic Slop 76 Give Up The Funk - Honda Spot from 2007

I gave up when I heard Parliament Funkadelic's " Give Up The Funk" in a minivan ad.

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Eric Daugherty & @EricLDaugh Follow PHOTO: Donald Trump, Daniel Penny and JD Vance 6:07 PM • 12/14/24 • 363K Views

The "accomplishment" that earned Penny this honorific visit with the incoming President and VP was that he killed a homeless man with his bare hands, and then was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide by a jury in the same city where Donald Trump was recently found guilty of 34 felonies.

We’ve never had a presidential election in which the closing week was spent with everyone — including the candidate himself — debating precisely how much he is or isn’t like Adolph Hitler.

I may have to go lay back down...

“why is the election a coin flip”

every single presidential election since 2000 — basically other than 2008 — has been essentially a coin flip in the polls. if you ignore ‘08, the last time the outcome was essentially known in advance was in *1996*