Month: December 2021

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Gun Crime Social Media WTF?!

Right-Wingers Are Comparing Kyle Rittenhouse To Jesus Christ

Quick: When you hear the name Kyle Rittenhouse, what image pops into your head? It’s probably the pudgy face of an 18-year-old gun nut weeping on the witness stand to pretend he actually felt bad about shooting and killing two unarmed men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August of last year.

In other words, this is likely what comes to mind when you hear the name Kyle Rittenhouse:

But according to some right-wingers, the image that should actually occur to you is that of Jesus Christ.

Wait…what?!

Yes, according to Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA (think Hitler Youth with a devotion to Trump instead of Adolf), Rittenhouse is a great deal like all sorts of Biblical characters who were wrongly accused:

“We brought Kyle Rittenhouse to the front stage, that’s a win. It’s a win for due process, it’s a win for presumption of innocence—all Biblical values, by the way.

“Plenty of people were wrongfully accused all throughout the Bible, especially the Old Testament, including Jesus Christ himself.

“And so yes, there’s lots of wins happening, and we need to celebrate that.”

At the risk of betraying the goodwill that’s supposed to be a part of the Christmas season, this needs to be said in response to Charlie Kirk: Are you crazy?! Jesus and Kyle Rittenhouse are NOTHING alike. To even mention them in the same sentence is not only blasphemous, it’s the sort of shit that used to start holy wars and wound up causing hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Twitter was only too happy to correct Kirk and remind him that his knowledge of the Bible is non-existent, as is his so-called faith:

https://twitter.com/aliciaatlarge/status/1473654874709635073?s=20
https://twitter.com/LoveHasW1/status/1473639405197967368?s=20

 

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Capitol Insurrection Crime Donald Trump

Jim Jordan In The Crosshairs As Jan. 6 Committee Demands Details On His Phone Calls With Trump

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is now squarely in the crosshairs as the House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol insurrection is demanding that he reveal details of his phone conversations with former President Donald Trump on the day of the riots and also requesting a formal interview with him.

According to The Washington Post, Jordan was informed of the committee’s decision on Wednesday afternoon:

In a letter to Jordan on Wednesday, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the select committee investigating the attack wrote, “We understand that you had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th. We would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail.”

The letter from Chairman Thompson also includes language regarding meetings Jordan may have had with Trump administration officials:

“You may also have information about meetings with White House officials and the then-President in November and December 2020, and early-January 2021, about strategies for overturning the results of the 2020 election.”

Jordan has admitted that he spoke with Trump on multiple occasions as the attack on the Capitol was taking place, telling the House panel in October:

“Of course I talked to the president. I talked to him that day. I’ve been clear about that. I don’t recall the number of times, but it’s not about me. I know you want to make it about that.”

In July, during an interview with Spectrum News, Jordan was asked about his conversations with Trump on the fateful day, and he remarked:

“Yeah I mean — I spoke with the president last week, I speak with the president all of the time. I spoke with him on Jan. 6. I mean, I talked with President Trump all the time and that’s … I don’t think that’s unusual. I would expect members of Congress to talk with the president of the United States when they’re trying to get done the things they told the voters in their district to do.”

It certainly sounds like Jordan is about to go through some things.

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Viral Video

Viral Video Shows Ted Cruz’s iPhone Humiliating Him For Saying He ‘Believes In Free Speech’

Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz got embarrassed when his iPhone fact-checked him as he was bashing “Big Tech” as part of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, which was held in Phoenix.

Cruz was blasting away at tech companies:

“Big Tech, they are hard left. They’re not just Democrats. They’re to the left of the Democratic Party. And they’re trying to drive the Democratic Party left. And, you know, listen, I’m someone who believes in free speech.”

No sooner had the words “free speech” left Cruz’s mouth than Siri, the Apple iPhone virtual assistant, told him:

“Something went wrong. Please try again.”

Cruz tried to laugh the whole thing off, remarking:

“Well, Big Tech is getting mad. Siri just said, ‘Something went wrong. Please try again.’

“I’m actually perfectly happy that Siri got mad. Sorry there, Siri.”

However, as “perfectly happy” as Cruz wanted us to believe, be sure and note in the video that he immediately hands his phone to someone (probably a staffer) and continues with his anti-tech blathering.

Twitter users then joined the fun:

If Cruz hates “big tech” so damn much, shouldn’t he refuse to tweet, post on Facebook, or use a cell phone? Put your money where your fat mouth is, Teddy. Otherwise, it’s just another publicity stunt gone wrong.

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QAnon WTF?!

QAnon Members Have Begun Drinking A Bleach Compound From A Communal Bowl

Members of the QAnon cult who began arriving in Dallas not long ago to await the “return” of the late President John F. Kennedy and his son, John F. Kennedy Jr., have taken yet another step towards becoming a group of fanatics that appear destined to go down in history as an apocalyptic bunch of yahoos who could only find the answers to their endless conspiracy theories by committing mass suicide.

According to a disturbing report from the Dallas Observer, the latest ritual for some of the Dallas QAnon members is drinking a bleach compound from a communal punch bowl, which is eerily reminiscent of the ritual mass suicide that took place in Jonestown, Guyana when the Rev. Jim Jones ordered his believers to drink cyanide-laced fruit punch as a “revolutionary” act:

The family of a Dallas’ QAnon cult member is sounding the alarm.

Multiple members of the Leek family confirmed that their relative, who left her husband and children behind in Delaware to follow a fringe QAnon cult leader to Dallas last month, has been drinking a chemical cocktail containing chlorine dioxide, an industrial disinfectant, among other substances. 

Their relative has been drinking this cocktail alongside her fellow cult members and has been the one to mix it up and distribute it amongst the group as well, says family, who have declined to reveal the name of their relative in the group.

A family member recalled:

“She was proud to tell us that she was the one mixing it up and giving it to everybody.”

Chlorine dioxide, it should be noted, is very similar to bleach, and “is dangerous to ingest in significant quantities. In April 2020, barely a month after the pandemic hit the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration issued a press release warning people against using chlorine dioxide-based products to fight COVID-19.”

Perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us that a group of people who still believe JFK and JFK Jr. will appear in the same place where the former president was assassinated and appoint Donald Trump as the new head of state would be drinking bleach, but such a move is a dangerous escalation, according to author Mike Rothschild, who has written extensively about the QAnon cult:

“This feels like a progression. It immediately evokes images of Jonestown and Heaven’s Gate.
“A group of people in a cult drinking a communal substance is definitely not something to mess around with and is extremely concerning.”

Then again, maybe fewer QAnon members isn’t such a bad thing.

 

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Jill Biden Joe Biden The Biden Administration

Right-Wingers Attack The Bidens For Daring To Adopt A New Puppy

On Monday, President and Mrs. Biden announced there was a new member of the Biden family and administration: An adorable German Shepherd named Commander.

What’s not to love about a dog? They’re loyal, faithful, devoted, and in many cases the best friend a person will ever have.

Yet despite the great news about Commander now roaming the White House grounds, it seems that some right-wingers, conservatives, and MAGAts decided the adoption of a new four-legged buddy was the perfect opportunity to take cheap shots at the president.

https://twitter.com/funtimewf/status/1473054210761494530?s=20

https://twitter.com/OmanReagan/status/1473080231040716801?s=20

It’s been said before but needs to be repeated: Animals are so much better than people.