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Smoove_B wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 6:57 pm That weird rare time when your religious and D&D knowledge actually help you understand something.

Pfft. Necromancers.

The other part was supposed to be the Uk leaving Europe to “rejoin” the US and an alliance with Russia. This is why you see evangelical support for trump loving on Putin.

I remember in 2016 with the Brexit poll several preachers proclaimed the Uk needed to leave Europe to continue the bible prophecy. Comes from 1990s occult Nostradamus “readers” who foresaw some sort of radical Islamist takeover of Europe and Asia requiring a Us/uk/russia alliance to save the day.


Yes it’s bonkers..

This is embarrassing. Our country has become a laughing stock to the world thanks to the GOP.

Ya' know it was a holiday weekend with fireworks going all night... and most of the weekend... Way to venerate those who served and paid the unimaginable price with your explosions and TFG draft dodging, suckers who served, "I like people who weren't captured, okay?" supporting flags.

I'm not grumpy this morning.

It took me a few seconds to get it, but when I did I almost spit up my coffee....

Yup

That's pretty good.

This video is worth a watch..its really good.

perfect

AHAAHAAA!

love it.

Carpet_pissr wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 10:08 am
Who and why did they invite him? Publicity? Money?

There's a attempt to move the Libertarian party to the hard right. To that end, some elements have been pumping money into the Mises Caucus as it tries to take over the party.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mises_Caucus

The Mises Caucus has shifted the Libertarian Party further toward the right ever since their party’s national convention in May 2022.[9] As of 2022, the Mises Caucus is the largest caucus of the Libertarian Party, and controls all leadership positions on the Libertarian National Committee as well as 37 state affiliates.

The Mises Caucus has been highly controversial within and outside the Libertarian Party.[10][12] The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the group as far-right.[47] The caucus has been accused of harboring racists,[10] anti-semites,[48] and transphobes.[10][28] The caucus strongly denies these claims.

In his resignation letter as LNC chair, Bishop-Henchman accused the Mises Caucus of having a "toxic culture" and "bad actors" that is "destroying and driving people away from the party".[10][26][28] In June 2021, former congressman Justin Amash criticized the Mises-controlled New Hampshire affiliate for "edgelording" and being unprofessional in their messaging.[49][50]

Former New Hampshire legislator Caleb Q. Dyer criticized the caucus for claiming neutrality in the culture war "while picking the right-wing side", and called it disingenuous.[10]

In December 2021, Jeremy Thompson, Libertarian Party of Massachusetts Director of Operations explained to the Libertarian National Committee how the comments from Mises-controlled Libertarian Party of New Hampshire were not just "mean words" but “actual harassment”.[51]

In May 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said that "Members of the Libertarian Party are concerned about the Mises Caucus winning control of the party at the May 26 national convention, ushering in an era of collaboration between the U.S.'s largest third party and the hard-right movement inside the Republican Party”.[52] The SPLC said that Caucus chair and founder Michael Heise had cited donations received from Patrick M. Byrne and nominated Daryl Brooks for Governor of Pennsylvania.[52] Both Byrne and Brooks promoted the conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, the SPLC said.[53][54]

Future of the democrats too if trump wins- i am sure the party will be reorganised around rfk jnr.

Stephen Colbert interviewed juror #11 about the trial:

How rational people feel about all this whining about Trump's courtroom problems.

Apparently that child is from the woman the Congressman met when she was 17 and he was a judge for a competition she won. They eventually married when she was 21. If you want to read the announcement, check page 7.

Sorry to ruin the fun.

His father being a massive prick is part of the fun though! The kid is one of us.

edit: although this post from a social media user about the above video made me chuckle.

'Is his mom there, or is she busy studying for finals?'

Also, can you find me the obituary page for the Bozeman, Montana Daily News for 1972? Asking for a friend.

Got a future congressman there. Seems to have the IQ for it.

This is a great video the whole way through.

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:20 am Apparently that child is from the woman the Congressman met when she was 17 and he was a judge for a competition she won. They eventually married when she was 21. If you want to read the announcement, check page 7.

Sorry to ruin the fun.

Chelsea Doss Rose Received a Scholarship Provided by John Rose, Her Future Husband, When She Was in College at Tennessee Tech & Said ‘John Has Made Everything Possible That I’ve Done in FFA Since High School,’ Adding That He ‘Coached Her’

"Groomed" is "coached" now. Got it.


https://heavy.com/news/john-rose-wife-c ... doss-rose/

LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:45 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:20 am Apparently that child is from the woman the Congressman met when she was 17 and he was a judge for a competition she won. They eventually married when she was 21. If you want to read the announcement, check page 7.

Sorry to ruin the fun.

Chelsea Doss Rose Received a Scholarship Provided by John Rose, Her Future Husband, When She Was in College at Tennessee Tech & Said ‘John Has Made Everything Possible That I’ve Done in FFA Since High School,’ Adding That He ‘Coached Her’

"Groomed" is "coached" now. Got it.


https://heavy.com/news/john-rose-wife-c ... doss-rose/

*maga vlad has entered the chat….*

America was great only when there was more wrestling coaches in Congress than people from minorities.

The responses on X to MTG’s 335 ass tonguing words of praise for Trump are comedy gold.

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/17 ... st-1908635

My favorite?

https://twitter.com/smc429/status/1798151191500935251

Daehawk wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:50 pm This is a great video the whole way through.

One interesting part from the interview:

hahaha plain as day. But the MAGA mob will ignore it to their own detriment.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:21 pm [Stuff said in the Acolyte thread]

I was going to post this in response to your problems in the Acolyte thread, but I decided that it had been derailed enough. This is a followup to my post on how to reset your history again. The idea is to prevent you from having to do it over yet again after this.

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And anytime you see anything that's talking about how bad things are because of Biden, or Democrats, or 'gayness', or race, or anything along those lines, click the three dots and "Don't Recommend Channel."

Here's a big hint on how to avoid crap: If a video deals with any controversial issues, and the main drive of the video - especially the title - is emotional, don't click it. What do I mean by emotional? If it sounds shocking, or is likely to make you angry, or is trying to scare you, then it isn't news. It's someone trying to pull your strings like a puppet by manipulating your emotions.

"Look at What Trump Did Now!" - tries to shock you
"If Democrats Win, This Will Happen!" - tries to frighten you
"Lack of Border Controls is Costing Americans Jobs" - tries to frighten you and make you angry.

When people get angry, or afraid, or shocked, they keep clicking. Emotions can work like a drug if you know how to manipulate them. So, again, if the headline and/or video's goal is to yank on your emotions to get you to click, click elsewhere. YouTube will learn not to put that crap in front of you.

And, in general, YouTube is not the place to go for news recommendations. If you want to hear about what's going on in the world, check out the BBC, Associated Press, or Reuters. All three have YouTube channels. The videos are less exciting (because they're focused on presenting facts, not making your emotions explode into endless chain-watching.

I'm sure that somebody here will gladly suggest a few reliable YouTube news/current events channels that are more entertaining, too.

Don't Recommend Channel didn't seem to work that well for me. Maybe I watched too much craps.

Maybe watch Al Jazeera for news? As long as it is not about Qatar or Israel, they're good news source.

And if it is about Israel, just remember that they are biased against Israel but in general they're not going to outright lie to you.

Good maybe I can get it to stop showing me fox news videos. I never watch them..they aren't news just mouth speak.

I always though Al Jazeera was some kinda arab terrorist slanted news thing. Anti west pro arab anything stories.

Daehawk wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 2:02 am Good maybe I can get it to stop showing me fox news videos. I never watch them..they aren't news just mouth speak.

I always though Al Jazeera was some kinda arab terrorist slanted news thing. Anti west pro arab anything stories.

They certainly have their slant, but their reporting is trustworthy.

Daehawk wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 2:02 am Good maybe I can get it to stop showing me fox news videos. I never watch them..they aren't news just mouth speak.

I always though Al Jazeera was some kinda arab terrorist slanted news thing. Anti west pro arab anything stories.

Al Jazeera has almost the same bias rating as CNN and as reliable as CNN.

BBC:
Reliability: 44.74
Bias: -1.43

CNN:
Reliability: 42.11
Bias: -6.58

Al Jazeera:
Reliability: 41.56
Bias: -6.62

For Bias, negative means bias to left.

If you want advice on YouTube, don’t listen to Victoria Raverna. They are manipulated by and spread bullshit videos much worse than you.

For example, there’s no link to the source of the “bias rating” or its methodology. Or analysis beyond trying to equate Al Jazeera to CNN.

YouTube pushes engagement over news, opinion over information. One YouTube board game reviewer comments that his reviews drive engagement because any opinion, good or bad, improves his engagement and economics from how the algorithm reacts. The goal is (anti)-social behavior. And woke/anti-woke movements engage — hard — on anger and fear and hate.

It looks like Ad Fontes Media is the reference for those numbers.

Here is the link to their methodology.

Absolutely 100% true. Anonymous Bosch will link you some youtube frontend sites that link to all of youtube's videos with none of youtube's nonsense.

And bias ratings only go so far. Want world economic information not specific to the US? Fox news will do a decent job. Want political coverage of a US election? Not so much.

CNN and Al Jazeera have their own "off the rails" topics that are pure propaganda.

Anything that tells you how to feel about something, especially before they tell you what that something is, is a huge RED FLAG.

GreenGoo wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 11:15 am Absolutely 100% true. Anonymous Bosch will link you some youtube frontend sites that link to all of youtube's videos with none of youtube's nonsense.

And bias ratings only go so far. Want world economic information not specific to the US? Fox news will do a decent job. Want political coverage of a US election? Not so much.

CNN and Al Jazeera have their own "off the rails" topics that are pure propaganda.

Anything that tells you how to feel about something, especially before they tell you what that something is, is a huge RED FLAG.

You mean like this post?

He wasn't appealing to emotion.

So, here's the thing: Al Jazeera is reliable. Except when they're not. There are some topics on which they are biased.

Which topics? Israel/Palestine, for one. Which others?

Once a news organization makes the decision that their views are more important than facts, then the entire organization becomes questionable. Are most Al Jazeera stories reliable? Sure. But there are enough news sources that don't have variable ethics that I don't feel the need to read one where I have to figure out whether I'm reading the truth or not for every single story.

See also: CNN, NYT, and quite a few others.

I seem to start out watching all the anti trump videos because I hate that guy and end up having some sites sneak in that are for trump or something. I dont mean too. Im really looking for or at anti maga stuff. Makes me feel good to rant on them.