Happy Solstice!
Celebrating the pagan holidays is, for me, grounding. By appreciating nature and participating in some of the ancient rituals practiced by people for thousands of years, I’m able to step outside of myself. It’s humbling to recognize that I’m not nearly as significant as my self-absorbed nature would have me believe. But it’s a hot and stormy day so my festivities will have to take place indoors. Instead of a hike, followed by an evening fire, maybe I’ll bake something sweet, leave an offering for the fairies like my daughter and I used to do when she was a child, and listen to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
There is no real evidence that the Druids used a Wicker Man for human sacrifices. But if we Deadsplinters were to hypothetically set someone ablaze, who would you suggest?
Happy Solstice, Hannibal! My top two wicker man candidates are Mitch McConnell and/or Bret Kavanaugh.
No contest. These are the only two.
…I think they’re probably the best two…but sean hannity or tucker carlson would do in a pinch?
All good ideas, but for sheer brazen crime, I’m gonna go with Matt Gaetz.
@bryanlsplinter I’d rather see Gaetz, and even trump, have to go through the court system. They deserve as much humiliation and financial ruin as possible. If, as I suspect, they wiggle out of it we can use them for the winter solstice.
I’m getting less and less certain that anything will happen to Gaetz legally or even politically. He’s going to come out of this even more popular with Republicans, because none of them see anything wrong with trafficking a teenage girl, and a majority would do it themselves if they thought they could get away with it. I had thought some lower-level Republican operatives might get snagged for their participation, but I don’t even believe that will happen now. My outlook today is gloomy.
And I’ve never thought they’d pin anything on Trump directly. Trump’s got too many people positioned to take any criminal liability. If they couldn’t pin Medicare fraud on Rick Scott, they’ll never manage to get Trump. He’s stupid, but he’s managed to learn enough about organized crime over the decades to make sure he’s not implicated in anything.
…not disagreeing with you…but I find it helps to counter the gloom if I remind myself there’s a first the for everything?
I hope you’re right. But I just get the feeling that people, including Gaetz the Elder, are pulling strings and calling in favors at unprecedented levels to make this disappear. It’s going to help that Gaetz’s accomplice Greenburg is taking the fall. The longer this goes on the more I feel like nothing substantial will happen.
Gaetz is probably getting backslaps, high fives, and atta boys from virtually all his Republican colleagues at this point, and 70 percent are probably asking for the girl’s number.
…regrettably I suspect you’re right…the probability that gaetz will skate is high despite everything that’s wrong with that statement
…in terms of a first time, though…I honestly wonder if trump might not eventually see some consequences he can’t escape?
…even if he doesn’t see jail time it should be possible to have something hit him where it hurts…which is to say his pride & his pocket?
…I’d like to see him basically flayed by forensic accounting in the court of public opinion to the point that he & his no longer represent anything the GOP consider to be an asset worth protecting & see what happens then…for a start
…arguably no less vain a hope than that gaetz gets convicted…but the wheels of justice are said to grind slowly…& tomorrow is a new day?
we can build a bigger wicker man.
Or just be lazy and ziptie some more assholes to the outside…
Absolutely! I also want to add the asshole in my neighborhood who burns plastic and styrofoam in his back yard that gives me migraines.
Let me guess: there’s no point in reporting the burning because freedumb.
@butcherbakertoiletrymaker I hate being that person but I have reported him. He’s running an illegal scrap business in a residential area. It’s noisy and ugly. The burning is the worst part, it gives me terrible migraines. The firefighters come but nothing happens. 🤬
Aw, you know, he’s just a good ol’ boy.
@Elliecoo Thanks! 😊
I’m going to go with E) All of the Above
And, I’d like to add Marge Traitor Green and Lauren Dipshit from Colorado to the fire.
@Lymond Traditionally only men were supposedly sacrificed, but as a feminist neopagan I say shove ‘em in there!
Any Big Lie proponent will do for a wicker man.
Ours is a BIG wicker man, some say the biggest, most beautiful wicker man. We’ve got room for Hannity and Carlson
Hahaha that made me evil cackle at the playground.
Is it really an “evil” cackle, if it’s caused by the idea of making the world a better place?
All of those are great but Rupert Murdoch has got to be in there. Can’t we just light up the whole Fox News building?
Only if he’s in it at the time. Getting the underlings means nothing if you don’t take out the boss.
Ron Watkins.
@PumpkinSpies and @Loveshaq Excellent choices. They’ve both caused so much harm.
This is pretty funny about Fucker…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-secret-source_n_60d01ab7e4b0e08c64bc5158
LOL, that figures. He’s almost as thirsty as trump.
i’d like to set fire to whoever it was that planned this weeks work roster…
they put me in charge of final assembly tomorow..which is fine.. less fine is that they gave me a crew of 3 noobies with less than a weeks experience between them on assembly and one hyperactive turkish guy who means well but unfortunately doesnt understand a word i say to him to take care of packaging…
its already giving me a headache
between trying to make sure the noobies are putting everything together properly and keeping an eye on the turkish guy to make sure he doesnt do anything wierd coz he didnt understand the instructions im probably gonna end up like this by the end of the day
…hang in there farscy…hopefully things will go better for you than inspector dreyfus
…& do try to avoid attempting to murder anyone…no matter how extreme the provocation?
i can almost guarantee the first office wonk that turns up and asks why production seems to be down is getting murdered
@farscythe The person who made that schedule deserves to burn.
Hypothetical?
And only one?
@Yellowbird Hypothetical – for entertainment purposes only – As many as you want.