The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes (Part 1)

She said we should do something about climate change! A Witch! A Witch!!

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The answer is probably not, but these are guys who think the Fugitive Slave Act was a great idea, and with the state of the judiciary, one can never tell what will be “legal” these days.

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One America News might have to shut down because of DirecTV’s decision to drop the right-wing network from its channel lineup, OAN said in a lawsuit against DirecTV and its owner AT&T.

“As a result of the conduct of AT&T, AT&T Services, DirecTV, and Kennard, OAN and AWE might be forced off the air because Herring will no longer be able to broadcast OAN and AWE via DirecTV and Herring presently has limited alternative carriage options,” the lawsuit said

One big problem for Herring’s lawsuit is that AT&T didn’t break a carriage contract—it just decided not to sign a new one after the current deal expires. But Herring has a separate advertising deal with AT&T subsidiary Xandr that runs until July 2024 and claims it “reasonably” viewed this deal as “proof” that the carriage agreement would be renewed:

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For those of you who weren’t persuaded by basic human decency, here’s a cost-benefit analysis.

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Glam Crying GIF

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Sorry Fake Cry GIF by Trevi Moran

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Coca Cola Coke GIF by LimeSoda Interactive Marketing GmbH

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For most dieters, his shopping list on that fateful day in 1983 (chicken pot pie, chili and biscuits) would be, at worst, an embarrassment. But Brooks was no average weight-watcher. He was the founder of the spiritual and pseudoscientific movement known as Breatharianism, famous for spreading the gospel that humans could live on air alone. He claimed he hadn’t eaten in 19 years. To his followers, the binge was an unforgivable sin — as if God himself had taken a bite out of the forbidden apple.

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OMG. What the hell is going on with people?

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I am not a fan of the source of this, but it is interesting none the less.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem

Every news outlet from FOX to CNN to The New York Times to local newspapers has a story with attention-grabbing headlines like “US cities hit all-time murder records.” Fox News and Republicans have jumped on this and framed it as a “Democrat” problem.

There is a measure of truth to these stories. The US saw an alarming 30% increase in murder in 2020
Some “blue” cities, like Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, have seen real and persistent increases in homicides. These cities—along with others like Los Angeles, New York, and Minneapolis—are also in places with wall-to-wall media coverage and national media interest.

But there is a large piece of the homicide story that is missing and calls into question the veracity of the right-wing obsession over homicides in Democratic cities: murder rates are far higher in Trump-voting red states than Biden-voting blue states. And sometimes, murder rates are highest in cities with Republican mayors.

Takeaways

  • The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions.
  • In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden.
  • 8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century.
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Places teeming with GQP murder cultists have higher rates of murder. Who knew?

(Sarcasm aside, It is interesting to see actual numbers.)

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This asshole gets even worse.

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It’s not like he’s in the battlefield personally

Citation needed, considering the buildings that the Russians are targeting.

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He’s literally in the City while it’s under attack- and has had numerous assassination attempts.

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