This Is Fine

GodEmperorDune

12:00 AM

did we cover the high school students doing hitler salute in their prom pic yet?

Tim Stone

I don't think we did in here

GodEmperorDune

12:32 AM

JUST IN: DOJ says Acting Attorney General Whitaker will consult with senior ethics officials at DOJ about possible recusal in Special Counsel investigation. DOJ Spox Kerri Kupec says,

Tweeted by PaulaReidCBS on November 13, 2018 at 12:07 AM

lol trump will hit the ceiling if he recuses

@TimStone alright, lemme find a story

Memor-X

> Trump: fuck this AG, he's no better that sessions, fire his ass and get a better AG
Staffer: umm sir, he's just acting AG until you find someone better
Trump: i hire the best!

GodEmperorDune

@Memor-X yeah this is a very vague thing and he seems too much of a party loyalist to recuse

Memor-X

@Yuuki more "the only thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good white guy with a gun. there are no such thing as good black guys with guns"

@GodEmperorDune well probably more than the DOJ would say "you have to recuse yourself for your previous comment" and Whitaker will either fake news or do what Mark Latham did here when he was asked about racist comments and just try and brush them off as "that's in the past, it's got nothing to do with today, don't be a snowflake"

GodEmperorDune

@Memor-X DOJ can say whatever they want, it's still up to the person to actually recuse (and then stick by the recusal later on)

Apparent Nazi salute at prom investigated by Wisconsin school district

@TimStone got it

GodEmperorDune

1:00 AM

.@kyrstensinema, who is bisexual, is heading to the U.S. Senate! Congrats! 💗💜💙 https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062143663835353089

Tweeted by glaad on November 13, 2018 at 12:56 AM

yay more LGBT rep

Unionhawk

1:34 AM

@GodEmperorDune RNC wanted her opponent to push voter fraud conspiracy but they refused

LG heir denied billionaire status with $630 million death tax https://bloom.bg/2DyQMag

Tweeted by markets on November 12, 2018 at 3:54 AM

thoughts and prayers

good

etc

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk yeah it was a smart move on her part

Unionhawk

@GodEmperorDune "come on, everyone is doing it, guy who looks like skeletor, ron desantis"

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk i mean she'll probably get bounced out of the republican party for not doing it

but maybe she can hide for the rest of the trump admin and then emerge from the smoking ruins in a few years

Unionhawk

but then she'll get a nyt opinion job as reasonable republican number 37 and make 6 figs

Nov 6 at 20:22, by Unionhawk

reporters: 54,000
web devs: 60,000
brett stephens: 6 figures
someone who is good at economy please help me my industry is dying

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk that's cheap for web devs in NY

and doesn't even get into the rest of the terrible NYT opinion writers

but yeah

Tim Stone

3:00 AM

@GodEmperorDune She's just going to pick up McCain's seat once Kyl runs the rest of the term

Memor-X

3:30 AM

BREAKING: Melbourne Bourke Street rampager James Gargasoulas has been found guilty of six counts of murder and 27 counts of reckless conduct endangering life http://bit.ly/2JYuorb

Tweeted by SBSNews on November 13, 2018 at 2:19 AM

this isn't the guy from the other day who stabbed people. this is a guy who ran down people on a side walk months ago

Tim Stone

3:44 AM

Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-is-preparing-to-remove-kirstjen-nielsen-as-homeland-security-secretary-aides-say/2018/11/12/77111496-e6b0-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

Tweeted by washingtonpost on November 13, 2018 at 3:38 AM

Can't wait for him to tweet about it

Memor-X

@TimStone he probably already has

The Past: Wait for offical White House release
The Present: Check Trump's Twitter Account first
The Future: call a guy who's just outside the White House to hear if there's yelling

> Newspaper: hey bob, any updates?
Bob: yep, Trump's ranting about how the head of Veteran Affairs is a Dem Spy and wants him gone

Tim Stone

@TimStone Twitter points out that Tom Cotton acting like a xenophobic asshole might make more sense in this context

I mean, he'd certainly do that anyway, but two birds with one racist stone as it were

@TimStone lol of course there's no Deputy Secretary

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone is trump really dumb enough to pull more senators into the cabinet and trigger more special elections?

Tim Stone

100%

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lol

Tim Stone

3:54 AM

Like not even a question

Nielsen's being axed because Trump can't understand that securing a thousand-mile border is hard and that the people who are trying to come here are doing so out of desperation

Since it's not like she hasn't played along with all the horrible shit

GodEmperorDune

> Trump has berated her during Cabinet meetings, belittled her to other White House staff and tagged her months ago as a “Bushie,” a reference to her previous service under president George W. Bush and meant to cast suspicion on her loyalty.

this is the dumbest burn

Tim Stone

He would absolutely do something stupid

lol

GodEmperorDune

oh lol is that why?

Tim Stone

That's like a Democrat-level insult there

> Colleagues who’ve worked closely with Nielsen and defend her performance at DHS say working for Trump on immigration issues is miserable because the president has an unrealistic view of border security and little patience for the intricacies of U.S. immigration law.

GodEmperorDune

lolsob

can't believe this dumbass is president

Tim Stone

4:00 AM

#BOE4 Update

Tweeted by CATargetBot on November 13, 2018 at 1:36 AM

So uh

Yeah, about the Dem candidate

GodEmperorDune

> Litigious stalker

bro what the fuck

Frank

@TimStone I can't tell who I should be rooting for in that case.

Tim Stone

> Yet in 2012, a restraining order keeping him 100 feet from [Brad] Garrett was granted

I did not know that Brad Garrett was also a professional poker player

Like, same Brad Garrett, he's just also a professional poker player

GodEmperorDune

> Schaefer had filed to run for state controller as a Democrat, but District Judge Carolyn Ellsworth removed him from the ballot on April 3 because he had not been a Nevada resident for two years. Her decision was based partly on his run for Los Angeles City Council in 2013.

my dude are you just hopping around to get elected?

Tim Stone

Apparently!

GodEmperorDune

4:05 AM

> Schaefer also submitted a note from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, but Reid didn’t address reinstatement in his Sept. 9 note. It said only “Dear Mike, Good to hear you are well and happy. Sincerely, Harry.”

Tim Stone

Since this is a Board of Equalization (which is the department of revenue but California decided to be odd about it) and thus responsible for collecting taxes and fees I'm sure this will end well

GodEmperorDune

what is wrong with this guy

@TimStone yeah iirc we've had some corruption issues in the past

Tim Stone

Ah so he's qualified then

GodEmperorDune

board members paid by people whose appeals happen to go their way, etc

Tim Stone

So yeah, dude's an 80 year old walking trash fire, gg Dems

GodEmperorDune

4:10 AM

> Assistant Bar Counsel Glenn Machado has been dealing with Schaefer’s reinstatement requests for a decade and will handle the scheduled May 2 public hearing before the bar’s Southern Nevada Disciplinary Panel.

In his prehearing memo, Machado wrote the missives from Reid and Goodman are “essentially irrelevant. … And to the extent Schaefer believes they are relevant, that speaks volumes as to his competency and learning in law.”

lol this whole thing is wild

basically an old white dude with too much money and time on his hands

Memor-X

@GodEmperorDune well to be fair, loyalty to Trump is only to him, not the GOP

served with the GOP for your entire career? who gives a shit, if your not a 100% loyal mouth piece of Trump you're the enemy

Tim Stone

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Georgia to protect provisional ballots; could have effect on gubernatorial and other races https://2wsb.tv/2PYyB3q https://t.co/TdS8uNlOKQ

Tweeted by wsbtv on November 13, 2018 at 4:13 AM

lol that gif

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone did the news van crash into the space time continuum or something?

Tim Stone

They had to break the news

Memor-X

4:37 AM

Defeated GOP lawmaker blames McCain for losing House — in Veterans Day op-ed http://hill.cm/UavBKO5

Tweeted by thehill on November 13, 2018 at 3:52 AM

imagine how Trump is going to react if he looses

aside for the normal trying to sue the government for stealing the election

Swalwell shreds Trump: "Days of Presidential Immunity are OVER" http://hill.cm/s4C3ql4

Tweeted by thehill on November 13, 2018 at 2:58 AM

The prospect of Presidential Harassment by the Dems is causing the Stock Market big headaches!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on November 12, 2018 at 3:34 PM

if your stock market is that prone to a headache....there's something wrong with your stock market i'd think

surprised though he doesn't just keep shut about it and add every time the market rises, even in a recovery, as apart of a running total of what he did

Yuuki

@Memor-X Is this the same one who blamed McCain for her losing her special election to replace him?

Unionhawk

there was no special election to replace john mccain

Memor-X

@Yuuki no because this one is a guy

> Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.), who lost his reelection bid to Democratic challenger Angie Craig, wrote in the op-ed that McCain's vote last year to kill a repeal of the Affordable Care Act "prompted a 'green wave' of liberal special-interest money, which was used to propagate false claims that the House plan 'gutted coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.'"

GodEmperorDune

5:19 AM

@Memor-X bruhhhhh

@Memor-X pretty sure there will be violence

Mad Scientist

12:21 PM

Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two - How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on November 13, 2018 at 11:50 AM

He's really enjoying talking shit about allies

and it's entirely incoherent as the focus on a European army is exactly what the US and NATO want, more defense spending

Wipqozn

@MadScientist You know how the old saying goes, keep your enemies close (because you actually like dictators more anyways), and piss off your allies (they only exist to be exploited anyways).

Mad Scientist

1:24 PM

On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on November 13, 2018 at 1:07 PM

He's trying to sell US wine to France, even without any tariffs that doesn't sound very likely

Yuuki

3:17 PM

Yeah... maybe don't tell doctors who work on firearm injuries to "stay in their lane", NRA.

Tim Stone

4:00 PM

Environmental protestors sitting in Nancy Pelosi’s office after delivering letters, demanding climate action. Arrests likely imminent.

Tweeted by EmmaVigeland on November 13, 2018 at 3:59 PM

Unionhawk

good banner in the back

> WE HAVE TWELVE YEARS
> WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?

Tim Stone

Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin, who is leading in ME-02 but getting nervous, sues—attacking the first ever use of ranked-choice voting in a House election. https://cloudup.com/iEZ0e8O2opJ

Tweeted by nycsouthpaw on November 13, 2018 at 3:32 PM

lmao

Unionhawk

4:16 PM

New York is paying Amazon $1.5 billion: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/amazon-selects-new-york-city-and-northern-virginia-for-new-headquarters

Tweeted by felixsalmon on November 13, 2018 at 2:53 PM

puzzlepiece87

@GodEmperorDune For a moment I was hoping you were talking about fleshed out Florida Man story instead of Stan Lee.

Yuuki

Haha, so their "how about we make two second headquarters since people are so willing to give us free shit" strategy worked.

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk I'm not sure why anyone is surprised about Amazon choosing locations strategically advantageous to their corporate takeover of the country though

Naturally I'm kidding, but only partially!

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a 48 year old man under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of carrying out a paramilitary-style attack in Belfast on 28th September, as part of an investigation into “ongoing dissident Republican activity”

Tweeted by SiobhanFenton on November 13, 2018 at 3:43 PM

The 2003 Office of Legal Counsel opinion that Matthew Whitaker is citing to justify his appointment as acting AG was written by ... wait for it ... Ed Whelan. https://www.justice.gov/file/18951/download

Tweeted by AaronBlake on November 13, 2018 at 4:07 PM

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Our office is aware of pending litigation regarding the ranked choice voting tabulation process. We are continuing to process ballots toward the final tabulation and will review any court orders with our legal advisors.

Tweeted by MESecOfState on November 13, 2018 at 3:49 PM

"Shut up Bruce"

Wipqozn

4:36 PM

@TimStone So tl;dr it makes it harder for the GOP to win, so it's bad

Also I can't believe they used the word "Exotic" to describe ranked-choice voting

Tim Stone

I mean not even necessarily that! (but possibly) It's just he's likely to lose now because he's ahead but not ahead enough, so they'll have to go to ranked-choice

So it wasn't an issue until it turned out he'd probably lose, because he wasn't good enough to even get 50%

Unionhawk

Yeah try just winning a blowout like the last mod election, idiot

Lmao

Wipqozn

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Brexit: Theresa May calls special cabinet meeting - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46188790

@Unionhawk Maybe he'd do better if he was a Russian Turtle who turned animals into robots

Tim Stone

Top aide to John Bolton is also out. Dow Jones alert indicated it was a result of a dispute with Melania Trump.

Tweeted by UrbanAchievr on November 13, 2018 at 4:40 PM

wait what, how? lol

Asked if President Trump was inaccurate in his Tweet this morning on US/French tariffs on wine, Kudlow tells reporters now: “I’m not an expert. By the end of the day I hope to be an expert.”

Tweeted by EamonJavers on November 13, 2018 at 3:58 PM

Yeah Larry that's...that's just dumb

Pelosi puts out statement of support for the @sunrisemvmt protesters in her office, though they have explicitly said that her climate plan is not enough. (They want a Marshall Plan-sized reorientation of the economy to banish fossil fuels.0

Tweeted by daveweigel on November 13, 2018 at 4:48 PM

@TimStone looool, of course it's dumb

> The president became involved in that decision at the urging of first lady Melania Trump, whose staff battled with Ms. Ricardel during the first lady’s trip to Africa last month over seating on the plane and requests to use National Security Council resources, according to people familiar with the matter.

(article (but WSJ so also likely paywalled))

The U.S.-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, and the time-honored bond between the United States and Japan is a model for nations across the region and the world. #VPinAsia https://t.co/RYKU4OGihz

Tweeted by VP on November 13, 2018 at 3:55 PM

> time-honored bond between the United States and Japan

ಠ_ಠ

lol no way

Unionhawk

5:04 PM

Under agreement between Amazon and Virginia, the commonwealth will give the company written notice about any FOIA requests "to allow the Company to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy"

Tweeted by brfreed on November 13, 2018 at 3:51 PM

democracy dies in etc

Tim Stone

Not that that's apparently uncommon, it's just still super gross

Unionhawk

The appropriate remedy is no the deal is subject to relevant records request laws

SaintWacko

@TimStone Wait, is someone claiming he didn't skip it?

Tim Stone

He made remarks the following day, the fact that they mention the umbrella at all after him skipping the day prior is just absurd

Unionhawk

Also john mcaffee, filed to "things that definitely happened"

user15026

5:08 PM

@TimStone They are just trying to pretend he gets the same "I SHOWED UP" cookies as everyone else, it's stupidly performative

Tim Stone

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY VEINS

The story in the New York Times concerning North Korea developing missile bases is inaccurate. We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new - and nothing happening out of the normal. Just more Fake News. I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on November 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM

Somewhere Bolton is stamping his feet

BREAKING: Gov Scott campaign DISMISSES its lawsuit for seeking to seize Palm Beach County equipment after Court expresses skepticism that there is any evidence of impropriety. This is two losses in two days for Scott's false claims of fraud.

Tweeted by marceelias on November 13, 2018 at 4:53 PM

Unionhawk

Wow! @Ocasio2018 just joined @sunrisemvmt in its sit-in in Pelosi's office demanding a #GreenNewDeal

Tweeted by JordanUhl on November 13, 2018 at 3:57 PM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone wowwwwwww

Tim Stone

It's just so bad

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lolololol

user15026

5:14 PM

@TimStone but he's winning?

user15026

I am so confused

Tim Stone

He's only technically winning. Since he didn't pass the 50% threshold it'll now go to ranked-choice voting

He's likely to lose that

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone that’s not how this works, kudlow

Tim Stone

@TimStone (they're in the process of tallying the votes for that now)

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone did they really segue into 14 words?

Tim Stone

5:15 PM

It's the Washington Examiner so yes

🚨 MIFSUD UPDATE https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertonardelli/joseph-mifsud-senate-trump-russia by @AlbertoNardelli, obviously

Tweeted by MiriamElder on November 13, 2018 at 5:12 PM

The professor's not dead!

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lolololol my veins runneth over

@TimStone really following that kobach playbook

@Unionhawk yay AOC but you can like draft these things now and propose them when the session starts

And the normal backroom wheeling and dealing, etc

Sadly this will be like the cap and trade they passed under the bush admin

They can’t get any sort of climate thing through the senate, let alone override a veto

Tim Stone

Chuckster going to go with the centrist play of suggesting we all turn on our air conditioners and open the windows

GodEmperorDune

"so we passed a climate change marshall plan bill but somehow the koch brothers are allowed to appoint all federal judges going forward"

Yuuki

@TimStone Schumer just likes the sound of central air conditioning.

Tim Stone

5:34 PM

I'll accept this pun

GodEmperorDune

"CNN has filed a lawsuit against [Donald] Trump & several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of Jim Acosta's access to the White House. ...The suit alleges that Acosta and CNN's First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the ban." https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/media/cnn-sues-trump/

Tweeted by Shakestweetz on November 13, 2018 at 2:48 PM

Tim Stone

So George Papadopoulos' lawyers have filed a motion seeking to withdraw as counsel. This is somewhat unusual because there's nothing pending for them to do -- he's been sentenced, and their normal tasks are complete. /1

Tweeted by Popehat on November 13, 2018 at 5:41 PM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone moar crimes? my veins cannot handle it

maybe carter page is gonna represent him

"your honor, see these twetes? they prove my innocence"

(jeez someone wanted to unroll a 3 tweet thread)

Tim Stone

I asked Papadopoulos's lawyer, Tom Breen, about George's tweets suggesting Downer meeting was a Steele/British setup. Breen: "Most of our clients listen and follow all of our advice, some follow most of our advice, some follow some of our advice, some follow none of our advice."

Tweeted by AaronBlake on September 12, 2018 at 1:18 AM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone hue

Tim Stone

5:50 PM

Big announcement coming this week. Enough of the responsive and passive approach. https://twitter.com/georgepapa19/status/1054953089260838914

Tweeted by GeorgePapa19 on November 13, 2018 at 2:40 PM

Just the dumbest defendant

user15026

@TimStone I love all these people doing GoFundMe's like wtf

user15026

meanwhile I am scared of asking friends for money to help me pay for my cat's dental surgery he needs to be able to not die.

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone given his cohort in the trump admin, i'm not quite ready to give him that prize yet

Tim Stone

@Ash Wait, is this a real thing?? :(

user15026

Like I feel guilty about even considering GFM for that and these dudes are just like HELP ME WITH YOUR MONEY

user15026

5:52 PM

@TimStone Yep.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash yeah i see twitter stuff like "hi sorry to bother you but i don't have enough money to eat tonight please just RT if it's not too difficult"

Tim Stone

nooooo, you should ask D:

user15026

Like he's not going to like die right this minute but he needs it eventually, I have it booked for Feb. and I will credit card that shit if I gotta, but I gotta find 2k

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune I mean technically they're not defendants yet

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone hmmmm, true

user15026

5:53 PM

@TimStone I am going to put up a GFM soon, probably, if I can't figure out a solution on my own

user15026

@GodEmperorDune I know rigth

user15026

like people be all feeling bad about that shit and these dudes just have teh balls to be like GIVE ME STUFF

user15026

smh

GodEmperorDune

@Ash "lord, give me the confidence of a white man doing things outside of his lane"

user15026

@GodEmperorDune That's why they're my secret cape of pretending, I swear

Tim Stone

5:55 PM

@GodEmperorDune They'd also arguably be better defendants since if they got off with just a slap on the wrist like he did I'm not sure they'd want to rock the boat

But this guy, this guy is not smart

He got an entire 14 days in jail

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone has carter page been in court yet?

user15026

@TimStone Yep, my cat is allergic to his own mouth.

Tim Stone

Oh dear :(

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone by the time the legal paperwork goes through he'd be done......lol

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune No, there was some rumour that whatever was leaked at the time compromised their ability to push forward with that but they might circle back around

GodEmperorDune

5:58 PM

@TimStone i'm sure if adam schiff calls him up to testify he will give them more things to prosecute him on

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune I'm not 100% sure but I think it's already over?

So yeah, I don't even know

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone then wtf is he doing

i don't see the upside for him at all

(excepting the obvious gofundme grift)

Tim Stone

Maybe he's behind on his 200 hours of community service

But most likely someone's pushing him to continue the narrative and he just remains the most gullible of people

lmao, shockingly this is actually about Stan Lee

GodEmperorDune

is there a left wing equivalent of the federalist society?

not with the bad takes but with compiling lists of left wing judges and such

Tim Stone

Right, different Federalists :P But uhhh...good question? I feel like probably not, anything that exists is likely at most centrist?

BradC

6:07 PM

@GodEmperorDune Don't know how influential they are, but Googling found me this:

American Constitution Society

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is a progressive legal organization. The group's stated mission is to "promote the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and the fundamental values it expresses: individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law."ACS was created as a counterweight to, and is modeled after, the Federalist Society, and is often described as its progressive counterpart.Founded in 2001, ACS is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization promotes and facilitates discussion and debate of progressive public...

Tim Stone

Ah, there we go

Interesting

GodEmperorDune

cool, thanks

ah so they are relatively new

TIL

Mr. Bolsonaro said, "If it were up to me, we would not have any more indigenous areas in the country." https://nyti.ms/2QCSASw

Tweeted by nytclimate on November 13, 2018 at 5:38 AM

i knew this guy was bad, but whew

Unionhawk

his son wants to do an anti-communist purge

such purges in indonesia killed I believe 500,000 people.

Tim Stone

Vehicle-only bridge? Dress as a bus then... Four people went across a vehicle-only bridge disguised as a yellow bus, but their ruse was quickly discovered by local security. For more of today's videos: https://news.sky.com/ https://t.co/zQcC8TtNWb

Tweeted by SkyNews on November 13, 2018 at 1:41 PM

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk i don't know who is going to be left standing after all these purges are done

Unionhawk

6:20 PM

@GodEmperorDune the newly fully formed fascist movement

that's it

but hey think of the canadian business opportunities

now that there is suppression of the left with some popular backing

we have 12 years but think of the logging opportunities

we can generate so much value for shareholders by paperclip probleming the earth

GodEmperorDune

7:02 PM

The most heavily nonwhite states tend to vote Democratic -- but the relationship between diversity and partisanship isn't as neat as it may seem. https://wapo.st/2B3OEox

Tweeted by pbump on November 13, 2018 at 6:57 PM

cc @puzzlepiece87 on this data analysis story

GodEmperorDune

7:40 PM

long form article on how Larry nassar (the us olympics pedophile doctor) went unpunished for so long, and what finally got him busted (cw: child sexual abuse)

tl;dr: the abuser presented as a "nice guy", gaslit the community, used character references from other abusers, was brazen, and threw out hard drives full of child porn on a day that the garbage pickup was late and a cop was there to sort through the trash early

then all the survivors' stories were given credence

it is entirely fuct, good riddance to the enabling orgs that are now dissolving

Wipqozn

Youtube is recommending me Jordan Peterson and Ben Sharpio videos. Wtf have I been watching that I think that's something I'd be interested in.

Oh wait I know what itis

I've been watching rick and morty videos lately

and based on what pops up in /r/subredditdrama I bet there's an overlap in the fanbase of those folks and rick and morty

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn yeah it pisses me off, i liked rick and morty

but the community is ridiculously toxic

show: "see how painful it is to be a toxic asshole"
fans: "yeah that asshole is so cool imma emulate him"

Unionhawk

wow interesting that you are just frightened of new and complicated ideas

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk I can tell that sentence caused you physical pain to write

GodEmperorDune

also youtube is radicalizing young people through shit like this

Unionhawk

7:54 PM

@Wipqozn You've got to admit, a man on an all-beef and that's it diet? Must be a genius.

GodEmperorDune

probably not intentional on youtube's part

but alt right propaganda is very good at the algorithm

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune A lot of things young people congregate. Alt right is just very effective at it.

GodEmperorDune

jordan peterson's book is up for a goodreads award and i am extremely upset about it

Tim Stone

Do they have an ironic "badreads" award, or?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone no

Wipqozn

7:56 PM

@GodEmperorDune Goodreads awards have always been trash anyways tbh

GodEmperorDune

it is a favorite in life advice or w/e category

Wipqozn

It's just a popularity contest, so niche genres don't get properly represented at all

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn this is most awards though

Wipqozn

because everyone just votes for that one book from that genre they read or heard of

@GodEmperorDune Any awards which is just a vote by the masses anyways.

Unionhawk

@GodEmperorDune which again, see exhibit The Man Is Doing Keto but Stupider for your judgement on whether or not you should take his life advice

Wipqozn

7:57 PM

Only really makes sense if you get folks who are experts in a genre /field / et cetera to make a decision

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn relying on experts just introduces a different set of biases

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Yeah true

GodEmperorDune

because historically experts have been old straight white guys and they tend to overrepresent the field

see the academy awards, for instance

Wipqozn

True, although really only one problem with any Hollywood based award

MONEY MONEY MONEY

Unionhawk

check this out,,,\

crapitalism

boom

user15026

8:00 PM

@GodEmperorDune Note that they take write ins, as well

Unionhawk

rt if you appreciate my krassenstein impression

user15026

So you can be like "hey you didn't nomintate this book"

Wipqozn

user15026

@Wipqozn Don't even get me started about the romance category, among others

Wipqozn

@Ash Oh that reminds me, I'm going to need to poke you for romance suggestions again for my mother.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

GodEmperorDune

8:01 PM

@Ash yeah for most of the awards i voted for anyone who was a woman of color

Wipqozn

This year I plan to buy her a combination of novels, crafting stuff and chocolate.

user15026

@Wipqozn Awesome, I'll help, I've read some good stuff this year

Wipqozn

I still have no idea what to do for my father.

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn get him a romance book too

Wipqozn

@Ash Awesome. I'll poke you on facebook later.

@GodEmperorDune Pretty sure my dad hasn't read a book in years. I tried to get him to read some fantasy since I thought he'd like it, but no dice.

GodEmperorDune

8:02 PM

@Unionhawk the good one or the bad ones?

Wipqozn

I might see if there's golf clubs I can get him. Or buy him some 70s or 80s shows on DVD. Like Colombo.

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn i hadn't read a book in a very long time, started up again this year

Unionhawk

@GodEmperorDune considering daryl got banned, and klippenstein is not the same word,

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk lol daryl

Wipqozn

Maybe I could buy my mother an eReader

Although that would make it harder to buy future gifts...

GodEmperorDune

8:04 PM

RIP ... *checks notes* SPIKE LEE. @gisbornenews

Tweeted by Ohheykenny on November 13, 2018 at 6:22 AM

@Wipqozn just buy them electronically so they go straight to the ereader

(note that Spike lee is still alive)

(and probably upset, it seems to be his default these days)

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Not sure if that's a thing with Kobo

Buying gifts that is

@GodEmperorDune Spike Lee is gonna be rather surprised

Which is what I'd get her

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn yeah i will defer to @ash's expertise in this area

user15026

You can't buy them specific books with Kobo, you can give them phyiscal or virtual book gift cards tho

GodEmperorDune

i thought they mentioned something about buying ebooks that downloaded automatically

probably my misunderstanding

Wipqozn

@Ash Yeah that's what I thought, and double checking now still seems to be the case/.

@GodEmperorDune They do, but then my mother and I would need to share an account.

And she'd get all my books automatically and I'd get hers

GodEmperorDune

8:09 PM

ahhhhhhhh

Wipqozn

or I could just know her login I suppose, and have my card as part of it

HMMM I COULD MAKE IT WORK

Tim Stone

BREAKING: In an extraordinary statement from the Office of the First Lady, the office publicly declares its position that Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel “no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House.” https://nbcnews.to/2QDLCg3

Tweeted by NBCNews on November 13, 2018 at 7:50 PM

lmfao

It was petty enough that they got Trump to oust her over this but they dropped a public statement, holy crap

Mad Scientist

@TimStone There's really no way the first lady should have any input on this, with the possible exception of clearly unprofessional behaviour towards her. And even then it should not be handled via the press, but they should simply be fired

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone so petty, my veins cannot handle it

@MadScientist yeah, but this is not a normal white house

hopefully it dispels the rumor of "hostage melania" (if the i don't care jacket didn't already do that)

she is definitely an active participant in this mess

Tim Stone

It's so hilarious stupid

> Nancy Reagan was at odds with President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff, Donald Regan, which ultimately helped orchestrate his departure

Wait no way Reagan's CoS was named Donald Regan?

user15026

8:17 PM

@GodEmperorDune yeah, if you have it linked to an account, but you'd have to be able to log into her account and such

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lolwut, scriptwriters get out

Tim Stone

Somehow he was preceded and succeeded by people with the last name Baker too, heh

user15026

@GodEmperorDune So I just made it through this whole article. Holy fuck. What a disgusting mess.

user15026

All of those poor people, and he was so good at grooming them and lying and fucking up their lives.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash yeah

it's fucking monstrous

and all those enablers

Tim Stone

8:28 PM

lmao nro has a better take on amazon than deblasio

Tweeted by JordanUhl on November 13, 2018 at 8:27 PM

Ow my brain

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone 25,000 jobs? nyc believed that

Unionhawk

heartbreaking etc

GodEmperorDune

just go look at foxconn, lol

Unionhawk

I expected Bill to be dumb about it

Tim Stone

lol Ricardel has been escorted off White House grounds as of a few minutes ago

Amazing

GodEmperorDune

8:30 PM

@TimStone this is the one that melania is upset with?

Tim Stone

Yeah

Unionhawk

good luck with selling your state to 21st century andrew carnegie new york and virginia

maybe he'll build amazon bookstores where you can go in and pay for books or something

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk so amazon now has 6 senators to do it's bidding

Unionhawk

book blockbuster home video

Tim Stone

Ahh, the Bezos presidential libraries

Unionhawk

8:32 PM

but utilizing AWS technology

+buzzwords

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk pay to rent books, delivered by drone

Unionhawk

leveraging the flexibility of AWS

GodEmperorDune

and yet the UI of the amazon marketplace is still a clusterfuck

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune For what? I thought she didn't care, do you?

GodEmperorDune

BREAKING: New York Democratic lawmaker moves to block Amazon deal with legislation to take subsidies for Bezos and redirect them into reducing New Yorkers’ student debt https://splinternews.com/will-new-york-resist-the-urge-to-give-amazon-literally-1830404202

Tweeted by davidsirota on November 13, 2018 at 1:35 PM

state- city- company fights are always great

Unionhawk

8:40 PM

@TimStone I like that Certain Segments Of Online is to the right of Pelosi on this lol

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk centrist horse's take on this pissed me off

i am coming around to your thinking that centrist horse is a bad account

Unionhawk

They're the worst account on that entire website and it's not close

Then again every account is the worst account

to be fair

Tim Stone

I'm honestly of the opinion that this isn't significant in either direction so meh. Like sure why pick on Pelosi but also she's not going to be like "ah well let's set the planet on fire scre y'all" so also why not to get the point across but also I don't know how effective that is here but also it's better than not trying so large 🤷🏼‍♂️ from me tbh

Unionhawk

de blasio just now: "One of the biggest companies on earth next to the biggest public housing development in the United States — the synergy is going to be extraordinary."

Tweeted by eliza_relman on November 13, 2018 at 6:17 PM

lmao

jesus

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk thats not what synergy means

Tim Stone

8:50 PM

Oh I thought I linked that earlier but seem to have had a mini-stroke instead over how dumb that statement was and forgot to do so

Unionhawk

extreme YIMBY mindset

Tim Stone

"Can't be homeless if you're perpetually trapped inside the Amazon warehouse taps head" "Sir it's an office building" "Wait what?"

.@brianstelter and ⁦@CNN⁩ are trying to shut down opposing viewpoints on twitter while filing frivolous lawsuits against ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩’s White House. Total meltdown.

Tweeted by BorisEP on November 13, 2018 at 6:35 PM

lmao

Unionhawk

huge defeat in the battle of ideas

Tim Stone

I mean 1 you work for Sinclair shut up 2 "They're disrupting the marketplace of ideas on Twitter dot com"

Unionhawk

oh christ it's that boris

Rule 2 of names: if your name is boris you are a right winger

(1. if you have two first names, 1 corollary if your first and last name are the same, as in erick erickson)

Tim Stone

8:57 PM

A White House official just told reporters the WSJ story is not accurate. Says Mira Ricardel has not been fired or escorted off the grounds and is at her desk and still works at the WH now.

Tweeted by EamonJavers on November 13, 2018 at 8:44 PM

I asked the official if Ricardel will still be sitting at her desk tomorrow. The official said: “I don’t know, will you guys be sitting in your booths tomorrow? We’ll see.”

Tweeted by EamonJavers on November 13, 2018 at 8:52 PM in reply to EamonJavers

Ah they seem very cool and trustworthy

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone wow

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