The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes (Part 2)

The Blue and Black movement is an openly racist political party that was only added to the official register of political parties after it removed certain parts of its policy programme at the request of the Justice Ministry.

Helsingin Sanomat reports on Wednesday that the party has been disseminating the old, unedited version of its programme, and asks whether that means the party has now broken the law.

The answer is, apparently, no. The party had removed parts of its programme on freedom of speech, equality and fighting discrimination, at the request of the Justice Ministry. Those sections are now being freely shared online, but that does not make any difference to the party’s registration.

“We have not been notified of any changes to the party’s rules or general programme,” said Arto Jääskeläinen of the Justice Ministry. “Changes are only valid after they have been submitted [to us].”

“In that light the Blue and Black programme published online is seen as campaign material, just as party members’ very questionable tweets have been seen as part of the election campaign.”

Across four electoral districts, the party has more than 80 candidates running, several of them with criminal backgrounds.

Parties can only be removed from the register at their own request, or if they fail to get candidates elected to parliament at two successive elections. A third route to dissolution is if the registered association behind the party is disbanded.

That could be possible under the registered association law if it is seen that the party has distributed material attacking human rights established as part of Finnish law.

Enforcing that law is the responsibility of the National Police Board. They refused to comment to HS on the matter.

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Peaceful Leopard Retirement Villages, where it almost looks like you own your property.

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garbage felony charges

Confusing. Isn’t that Tromp’s standard term for anything he might be charged with?

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Another libertarian hellscape, minus the bears.

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happens every single time…

I Wonder Emma Stone GIF by Saturday Night Live

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TLDNR version is never move to Florida and Desantis is as corrupt as they come.

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From the article:

She was also worried about violating the Open Meetings Act again, which is easy to do when there are only three people in charge of the city and two constitutes a quorum.
“If two of us talk on the phone, I think that would be a violation,” she said. “We’ve just stopped speaking to each other. And Alex lives across the alley from me. It’s really sad.”

Reminds me of a recent post on a political prisoner in The Villages on open meeting charges. (I think that was from today, but somehow I can’t find it.)

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Scroll up here to “Peaceful Leopard Retirement Villages”. :grinning:

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Nah that’s too fast. Seagal’s running style is more of a wheezing amble

monster inc running GIF

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Wow, thanks for sharing this! I’m gonna pass it along to a few folks who insist that this type of targeting only happens in movies…or that the victims must’ve deserved it for some reason.

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This is single handedly the most offensive thing I have ever witnessed from the office of the president

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ETA:
Just FYI, this is what they’re having a meltdown over…

“Well, I probably don’t then,” Biden replied. “No, I’m joking. No, I have no idea.”

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And that comment will effectively generate the desired outrage from the “Fuck Your Feelings” base.

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How the fuck can you think that Paul O’Grady was anti-woke?

Edit:
For context, he started his comedy career as a drag queen from Merseyside. I struggle to think how anyone could end up more anti-conservative.

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I doubt Paul O’Grady was any kind of conservative, but it is possible for a drag queen to engage in that kind of cognitive dissonance. Example: Lady MAGA: The Loneliest Drag Queen in America – Rolling Stone

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The only way Biden could have dunked harder on Hawley is by calling him running man.

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FFS, that was an insane read. Desantis’ Florida is truly a nightmare.

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Good job, Joe!

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Go Sam Heughan GIF by Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham

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We don’t negotiate with terrorists, John.

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that sounds like a terroristic threat there! Call the cops… oops.

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