…yup…forget about the song…that’s what it means when something’s ironic…although there is a subsidiary meaning that’s worth bearing in mind, too
a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
…that’ll be your tragic irony, see?
…so…with that in mind…along with maybe that link Loveshaq dropped off yesterday (https://www.ratfuckingthecourts.com) THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE…WHAT THE FUCK ELSE DO WE CALL THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE?
…that…that’s actually exactly what we call this shit
…until the next time they lower the bar(r)
…maybe we need some kind of daily prize or some shit because it is thick out there
President Trump pressed his case Thursday that U.S. schools are indoctrinating children with a left-wing agenda hostile to the nation’s Founding Fathers, describing efforts to educate students about racism and slavery as an insult to the nation’s lofty founding principles.
Trump, speaking before original copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence at the National Archives, characterized demonstrations against racial injustice as “left-wing rioting and mayhem” that “are the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools. It’s gone on far too long.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/trump-history-education/2020/09/17/story.html
[…]
“Patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country,” he said. “American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools, cancel culture at work, or the repression of traditional faith, culture and values in the public square. Not anymore.”
…here’s some variations on a theme
…that one might actually deserve some sort of latent irony award, in fact…I mean he called his fraudulent enterprise “Fraud Guarantee”…how on the nose can a thing be?
President Trump’s luxury properties have charged the U.S. government more than $1.1 million in private transactions since Trump took office — including for room rentals at his Bedminster, N.J., club this spring while it was closed for the coronavirus pandemic, new documents show.
The documents, including receipts and invoices from Trump’s businesses, were released by the Secret Service after The Washington Post filed a public-records lawsuit. They added $188,000 in previously unknown charges to The Post’s running total of payments to Trump’s properties related to the presence of Secret Service agents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-spending-bedminster/2020/09/17/story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/olivia-troye-coronavirus-white-house/2020/09/17/story.html
It’s a cautionary tale about the messy process of citizen-led ballot initiatives and how a dominant political party can exert its power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/17/trump-cant-decide-whom-he-should-tell-people-hate
[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wildfires-rage-false-antifa-rumors-spur-pleas-police-n1239881]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/17/usps-trump-coronavirus-amazon-foia
[…that one counts because I think you’ll find when it came to removing those high-throughput sorting machines they had 95% of what they earmarked yanked before anyone tried to stop their screamingly corrupt efforts]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/17/britains-brexit-drama-comes-washington
…I think I might be tempted to call this one a personal favorite…but that would be to give it a redeeming virtue…&, well…fuck that
At issue was a Tuesday segment that the host allowed to drift out of control. A guest on the program, Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan, claimed that China had created SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes covid-19 — to wreak “damage,” a striking conclusion that had already met with a great deal of scientific refutation. Carlson appeared taken aback by the claim: “What you’re alleging is shocking — more even than I anticipated when we invited you on,” said Carlson.
As the discussion wound down, Carlson confessed to Yan that he lacked the “grounding” to properly explore her findings. Though he refrained from endorsing her claims, he sure did wink at them. “You know, it’s hard to be shocked in a moment like this, but you’ve succeeded in shocking me,” he said.
The upshot? Carlson couldn’t vouch for the incendiary words of a guest that he’d invited to appear on his show. Yet, when Facebook looked at the same material, and reached a similar conclusion — well, that was an outrage worthy of a stern and crinkle-lipped Tucker Carlson tirade. “Facebook suppressed the video, presumably on behalf of the Chinese government,” Carlson ranted, without supplying evidence. “Facebook executives made it harder for users to watch our segment.” (Facebook provided links to earlier fact-checks on the topic).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/17/tucker-carlson-gives-up
…how ironic you find these is I guess a matter of perspective…or possibly fatalism…which is probably-but-not-definitely excessive…& probably something best avoided if you can manage it…I’d say it helps that it’s friday…but wednesday feels like only yesterday…& the weekends aren’t all they’re cracked up to be these days…so I don’t know if that counts?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/17/us/trump-vs-biden
People who ride bikes on the sidewalk
Robocalls
Third parties
Obligatory.
I’m seriously pissed about the ruling against letting former offenders vote in Florida. It’s been a torturous journey, with the Republicans funding their defense with taxpayer money, while the organizations filing suit are paying their own way. So the Republicans basically are forcing the people who voted this into law into paying to have it all undone.
The end of the article talks about a billionaire (Bloomberg?) paying fines and fees for felons. My wife and I had talked already about paying off someone’s fees, but we haven’t researched it and don’t know how to find one. I assume the person featured in the article will get his paid, simply because people will see it and step up. I wish someone would set up a crowdfund that could be vetted and proven legitimate. I’d donate.
You can donate here.
https://voteteenth.org/
Thanks. I’ll research it this weekend. Not to sound all paranoid or anything, but I take nothing on the Internet at face value.
Oh, I totally agree!
1000x this. These people work their balls off getting signatures, knocking on doors, getting petitions, playing the game FAIRLY, finally getting the option on the ballot, with overwhelming support, only to get rat fucked 2 years later. I’m surprised I still have hair left on my head.
The thing that always kills me about issues that have broad bipartisan support that invariably get shut down by elected Republicans is that their sycophantic imbecile voters never punish them for it.
The problem is that most of the time there is no record of what is owed. Are there extra fees? Late payment charges? Interest? The state won’t say and says it can’t come up with a system for years. But if you pay and vote but they decide in three years that you owe fifty cents, you face criminal charges.
This is not only terrible because it blocks people from voting, it sets up the potential for more widescale removal of registered voters via overly broad database purges. If one person named John Smith in Tampa is ineligible, they’ll purge every John Smith in Tampa from the rolls “just to be safe.”
It’s blatantly racist in intent and effect, but the John Roberts conservatives deny there is racism any more. They refused to accept any evidence when they gutted the Voting Rights Act, and there is no way they will change their minds. They know they need to maintain minority rule.
Another good reason to be a Laker & NBA fan!
Thanks to the premier pushing ahead with plans to send kids back to school and infect their parents/teachers/etc, I’ve decided to be a bit of a prepper just in case things go sideways.
Unlike morons who end up stocking up on guns, ammo and MREs, I’ve bought toilet paper I like and some chicken broth (but not hoarding) but it just happened to coincide with sales (limit 4 per customer) so why not?
Also chopped up some fresh celery, carrots and onions into two bags of Mirepox and placed in the freezer for soup later in the year.
Going to the mall today and getting some T-shirts and shoes. And probably get a hair cut from a professional instead of from myself.
Also moving some furniture around just in case my friend with cancer is going to stay longer than a few days.
It’s a good idea. My wife has started our toilet paper stockpile for the exact same reason. I think we red-staters (God, I hate thinking of myself that way) won’t ever go back into lockdown, but if other states do, it’s going to create shortages again.
I just saw this posted on GT, virtual Bonnaroo, streaming free on Yourube.
https://www.bonnaroo.com/?utm_campaign=2020-social&utm_source=roo&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=20200916-virtual-rooality-lineup-launch#Virtual-Lineup
50 Years since the death of Jimi! My brother saw him twice and still talks about it. This was an awful match but pretty good read…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/micky-dolenz-recalls-illfated-monkees-tour-with-opening-act-jimi-hendrix-yeah-it-was-kind-of-embarrassing-011357916.html
Have you ever heard of The Curse of 27? Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died at 27 in 1970 and Jim Morrison at 27 in 1971. Kurt Cobain at 27 in 1994. I think Amy Winehouse too only lived to be 27. I wonder how many others. I only became aware of this phenomenon when Kurt Cobain died.
Yes, very strange until I think back to how indestructible I thought I was at 27!
https://www.history.com/news/curse-of-27-or-is-it-only-rock-n-roll
Paul McCartney’s death became a big thing in 1969 when he was 27.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
I’m I ironically crazy about Fur Face Friday!
https://backtalk.kinja.com/fur-face-friday-1845081001
…certainly nothing tragic about that…thank you kindly
not sure it quite counts as irony
anyhoo..my daughters away for the weekend and as i’d be at work when she left i told her to make sure to go out the back and lock up behind her (the front door tends to catch on the latch and not lock when you shut it so i was pretty sure i’d come home to a wide open front door if she went out that way as she just slams it shut and doesnt check)
anyways..she did actually go out the back and lock up behind her (im shocked)
somehow shes taken both back door keys and now i cant unlock it….
i did not see that one coming
spent most of me afternoon so far explaining to the cats that i cant open that door….they dont seem to be getting it
how is the eye sitch (aka situation)?
better..i still have blur and irritation…but shit seems to be headed the right way
ive learnt enough squinting will give me headaches tho
…to be fair so do the headlines, these days
…hope you recover soon, though
Haven’t had a chance to check & see of this got posted over here yet, but I figure if it wasn’t, y’all might get a really good chuckle out of it like I did–
It’s SUUUUUURE gonna pass off those White Supremacists/Neonates, and Aryan folks!😈😆😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://www.inverse.com/science/viking-dna-study
…I read a bit about that the other day, though from a different source, I think
…given that viking was something they did rather than the name of “a people” I guess I always figured it was going to have a hard time meaning what some folks want it to…but those folks aren’t particularly interested in accuracy so my guess is they won’t learn as much from this as they could?