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Soph0571
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July 23, 2022
Does anyone really believe that the Shires would vote for someone with Indian Heritage for PM?
Could the tory leadership race be more depressing? Liz Truss is an intellectual lightweight, a quisling and there is nothing more dangerous than a zealous convert to a cult. The cult of course that I refer to is the ERG Brexit. Sunak is also a right wing, pull up the drawbridge after me, typical selfish Tory of the right wing sort. That he is being portrayed as the left wing choice in the right wing press is a joke. This race is between two far right candidates who will continue the destruction of the union that has been gathering pace for the last 12 years.
Liz has already won this race and her tax policy is not what is going to do it. We know that the Tory party has been hijacked by UKIP Gammons - who have made it their life's work to stop any brown or black people landing on our shores. We know that the tory party membership are generally made up of far right deluded old people - who trend to the right of the MPs who represent them - and in this climate that is saying something. Do we really think a combined gammon and blue rinse of the shires brigade will vote in a person of Indian Heritage? Not for one minute do I think this a possibility. Although they are both awful they will pick to worst of the rotten bunch because they are far right cray cray racist nasty - and of course the polling proves this.
Good grief. Truss for PM? Trade war and UK PLC insolvency in 3..2...1...
July 23, 2022
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-2657715688/
Emphasis mine
Living the far right cray cray bubble of delusion gets a bit awkward when you face real world consequences - couldn't have happened to a nicer fella!
Lock him up..LOL
Steve Bannon drank his own Kool aid & didn't realize a judge wouldn't buy his talk
"It's kind of remarkable," said Green. "It's a huge comedown for Bannon. You know, we started this process last October, when he was hit with a subpoena, vowing to 'go medieval' on his enemies, that was his quote. He said he would make it a 'misdemeanor from hell' for the Biden administration. But he wound up not even taking the stand in his own defense today, and a wound up with two guilty charges. So, I think it shows the bubble that he's been living in for the past six months, where you know, all the misinformation, all the kinds of things he has been propagating, I think he's sort of drank his own Kool-Aid in the end, and didn't understand, or didn't want to face the fact that he is in a court of law and that sort of thing isn't going to fly, and the judge made that clear, the jury made that clear."
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"But one of the refrains I heard was that Bannon, until today, never faced accountability for his actions," continued Green. "If you remember, two years ago, he ducked criminal charges for his alleged involvement in a scheme to build a privately-funded border wall. But at the last minute, he finagled a pardon from Trump. I think he's gone on so far in life, being able to talk his way out of situations, and not really having to face a body like this that has real powers to hold him accountable, that he just didn't think through what it was he was doing. And I think you see the consequences of that with the verdict today."
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"But one of the refrains I heard was that Bannon, until today, never faced accountability for his actions," continued Green. "If you remember, two years ago, he ducked criminal charges for his alleged involvement in a scheme to build a privately-funded border wall. But at the last minute, he finagled a pardon from Trump. I think he's gone on so far in life, being able to talk his way out of situations, and not really having to face a body like this that has real powers to hold him accountable, that he just didn't think through what it was he was doing. And I think you see the consequences of that with the verdict today."
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-2657715688/
Emphasis mine
Living the far right cray cray bubble of delusion gets a bit awkward when you face real world consequences - couldn't have happened to a nicer fella!
Lock him up..LOL
July 21, 2022
For the first time in over two years today I felt happy
Proper happy. Just enjoying life. No ifs, no buts, no maybes. Just happy. And it feels grander than a grand mans grand things.
That is all.
Soph x
July 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/musclesnnursing/status/1548740495089827840
Emphasis mine
So, if I understand correctly, the far right cray cray, will be allowed to murder a pregnant person and de facto the foetus, to stop them having a termination? Even though this murder would kill the foetus, thereby making them an abortionist in fact, and therefore a murderer in the far right cray cray way of thinking. Someone please help me make this make sense. Circular firing squad meets far right patriarchy 101.
NC Bill 158 would make it legal to murder a pregnant woman who intends to get an abortion ...
if you are “defending the life of a baby”.https://twitter.com/musclesnnursing/status/1548740495089827840
Emphasis mine
So, if I understand correctly, the far right cray cray, will be allowed to murder a pregnant person and de facto the foetus, to stop them having a termination? Even though this murder would kill the foetus, thereby making them an abortionist in fact, and therefore a murderer in the far right cray cray way of thinking. Someone please help me make this make sense. Circular firing squad meets far right patriarchy 101.
July 17, 2022
Unqualified far right terrorists in the highest court in the Land. And the fact is that hideous excuse for a woman will be perfectly comfortable with the Dr getting death threats and her daughter being threatened, cause that is what fundamentalists do. Violence to meet their ends, oh and any ends justify the means to these lot. Plus they think the Dr is evil because they are religious fanatics.
They will never admit to their duplicity, lying and hypocrisy even as they see it out of the side of their eye. Their far right house of cards would collapse with even an iota of critical thinking skills.
Pack the court. Stat.
Call them what they are: Religious terrorists
Unqualified far right terrorists in the highest court in the Land. And the fact is that hideous excuse for a woman will be perfectly comfortable with the Dr getting death threats and her daughter being threatened, cause that is what fundamentalists do. Violence to meet their ends, oh and any ends justify the means to these lot. Plus they think the Dr is evil because they are religious fanatics.
They will never admit to their duplicity, lying and hypocrisy even as they see it out of the side of their eye. Their far right house of cards would collapse with even an iota of critical thinking skills.
Pack the court. Stat.
July 17, 2022
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jul/16/five-tory-contenders-go-mad-on-brexit-island-cartoon|]
"Some people think Brexit supporters are stupid, well I don't think they're stupid I just think they voted to leave the EU, cos they don't like people from Pakistan". Frankie Boyle
Oh. My. Days. This is what the UK has become. That one of these far right, culture war baiting, free marketeer, corporation tax cutting, deregulators IS going to be the next Prime Minister tells you everything you need to know about post Brexit Britain. Entering terminal decline stage.
Five Tory contenders go mad on Brexit Island
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jul/16/five-tory-contenders-go-mad-on-brexit-island-cartoon|]
"Some people think Brexit supporters are stupid, well I don't think they're stupid I just think they voted to leave the EU, cos they don't like people from Pakistan". Frankie Boyle
Oh. My. Days. This is what the UK has become. That one of these far right, culture war baiting, free marketeer, corporation tax cutting, deregulators IS going to be the next Prime Minister tells you everything you need to know about post Brexit Britain. Entering terminal decline stage.
July 14, 2022
Little Girls. Whelp.
And BOOM you nasty child raping apologist fucker.
Eric Swalwell just blasted Gym Jordan and Gym deserved every second of it
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1547693905650470917Little Girls. Whelp.
And BOOM you nasty child raping apologist fucker.
July 13, 2022
The 31-year-old alleged that after being patted down, fingerprinted and photographed, one of the US border security officials asked her whether she was pregnant.
“She was walking me from one room to the next, and she asked the pregnancy question again,” Ms Gourley said. “I don’t know if she had forgotten, or she wanted to work out if I was lying or something. I said no, and she looked at me again and said, ‘Have you recently had an abortion?’
that to my situation?’”
Subsequently, she was informed that she would not be allowed in the country as she had breached the visa waiver programme.
A spokesperson for the US Customs and Border Protection told the outlet that the visa waiver programme prohibited applicants from engaging “in any type of employment or get compensation for services rendered”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/australian-passing-through-us-asked-if-she-had-an-abortion-and-then-deported-report/ar-AAZwSOP?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=b278e6e4237f477eaa271f559c0eda52
Nothing to worry about here folks... Nothing at all...
Australian passing through US asked if she had an abortion and then deported - report
The 31-year-old alleged that after being patted down, fingerprinted and photographed, one of the US border security officials asked her whether she was pregnant.
“She was walking me from one room to the next, and she asked the pregnancy question again,” Ms Gourley said. “I don’t know if she had forgotten, or she wanted to work out if I was lying or something. I said no, and she looked at me again and said, ‘Have you recently had an abortion?’
that to my situation?’”
Subsequently, she was informed that she would not be allowed in the country as she had breached the visa waiver programme.
A spokesperson for the US Customs and Border Protection told the outlet that the visa waiver programme prohibited applicants from engaging “in any type of employment or get compensation for services rendered”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/australian-passing-through-us-asked-if-she-had-an-abortion-and-then-deported-report/ar-AAZwSOP?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=b278e6e4237f477eaa271f559c0eda52
Nothing to worry about here folks... Nothing at all...
July 10, 2022
Graphic mine
Says it all really - but of course as it is all about patriarchal power and far right toxicity they will never give a shit about the born. Compassion and charity is not their thing, not their thing at all... there is no hate quite like christofacist love...
https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1545801838678933504
To be fair though would you want any of the 400000 kids in the care system be subject to that? Shudder
If anti-abortion ideologues truly cared about the lives of babies...
Graphic mine
Says it all really - but of course as it is all about patriarchal power and far right toxicity they will never give a shit about the born. Compassion and charity is not their thing, not their thing at all... there is no hate quite like christofacist love...
https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1545801838678933504
To be fair though would you want any of the 400000 kids in the care system be subject to that? Shudder
July 10, 2022
Highlights mine
THE UK TORY LEADERHIP RACE IS
The Tories are tearing themselves apart in the leadership race to replace BoJo and I am here for that.
BUT it is not funny really, not funny at all. To a one they have propped up a toxic, vile administration that has done much to strip away our civil rights, break international law and turn us from a serious country on the world stage to a laughing stock.
We are in a time of post Covid economic crisis made much worse than that of our Europeans and American cousins because of the economic self harm caused by Brexit. We have a soaring cost of living crisis, with fuel bills rising at a staggering rate, with the average household expecting to pay circa $5000 per year by February. Inflation is in double digits. Wages are stagnating. People are choosing between heating and eating. Sterling is weaker than a weak mans weak things. Taxes are on the rise and those that are running for office are completely out of touch with this reality. The Tories have relied on their massive majority in the House to bounce through any legislation they want and I do not think that any of it, literally any of it, has been about reform or improvement for the wider community -too busy sending refugees to Rwanda, making protests illegal and stripping us of our Bill of Human Rights.
The big takeaway in the race so far for me, when people are REALLY struggling, is the popular theme amongst the candidates to reduce corporation tax from 25% to 15%... yep, that is the plan, make businesses richer, while people truly and desperately struggle during a period of stagnation and an expected incoming recession. So while it is going to be fun watching the toxics tear each other apart over the next couple of weeks, it is not really funny at all. BoJo has gone, but with this lot running to replace him, his legacy will endure.
We are not out of the danger zone. Not even a little bit. We need an early general election. Stat.
The Tories are tearing themselves apart in the leadership race to replace BoJo & I am here for that
Highlights mine
THE UK TORY LEADERHIP RACE IS
The Tories are tearing themselves apart in the leadership race to replace BoJo and I am here for that.
BUT it is not funny really, not funny at all. To a one they have propped up a toxic, vile administration that has done much to strip away our civil rights, break international law and turn us from a serious country on the world stage to a laughing stock.
We are in a time of post Covid economic crisis made much worse than that of our Europeans and American cousins because of the economic self harm caused by Brexit. We have a soaring cost of living crisis, with fuel bills rising at a staggering rate, with the average household expecting to pay circa $5000 per year by February. Inflation is in double digits. Wages are stagnating. People are choosing between heating and eating. Sterling is weaker than a weak mans weak things. Taxes are on the rise and those that are running for office are completely out of touch with this reality. The Tories have relied on their massive majority in the House to bounce through any legislation they want and I do not think that any of it, literally any of it, has been about reform or improvement for the wider community -too busy sending refugees to Rwanda, making protests illegal and stripping us of our Bill of Human Rights.
The big takeaway in the race so far for me, when people are REALLY struggling, is the popular theme amongst the candidates to reduce corporation tax from 25% to 15%... yep, that is the plan, make businesses richer, while people truly and desperately struggle during a period of stagnation and an expected incoming recession. So while it is going to be fun watching the toxics tear each other apart over the next couple of weeks, it is not really funny at all. BoJo has gone, but with this lot running to replace him, his legacy will endure.
We are not out of the danger zone. Not even a little bit. We need an early general election. Stat.
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